Gabriel Sargissian
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| Full name | Gabriel Eduardi Sargissian |
| Country |
 Armenia
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| Born |
September 3, 1983 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating |
2666 (March 2017) (No. 41 on the January 2016 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2702 (December 2015) |
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| Chess Olympiad | ||
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Turin 2006 | Open |
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Dresden 2008 | Open |
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Istanbul 2012 | Open |
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Bled 2002 | Open |
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Calvià 2004 | Open |
Gabriel Eduardi Sargissian (Armenian: Գաբրիել Էդուարդի Սարգսյան, Gabriel Eduardi Sargsyan; born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian chess player holding the title of Grandmaster (GM) since 2002. He was a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the Chess Olympiads in 2006, 2008 and 2012 and at the World Team Chess Championship in 2011. Sargissian was awarded the Khorenatsi medal in June 2006 and awarded the Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia title in 2009.
Sargissian was born in Yerevan on 3 September 1983 and was taught to play chess by his grandfather when he was 6. He won the World Youth Chess Championship (under 14) in 1996 and the European Youth Chess Championship (under 16) in 1998. In the same year he became an International Master.
Sargissian won the Armenian Chess Championship in 2000 and 2003. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, but was eliminated in the first round by Sergei Tiviakov. Sargissian was victorious at Reykjavík 2006 and Dubai 2006. At the 8th Dubai Open in 2006, Sargissian scored 7/0 points, sharing first place with Sergey Fedorchuk and compatriot Tigran L. Petrosian. In 2007 he won the Ruy Lopez Festival (Zafra, Spain, March 16–25) finishing with 6.5/7, a point-and-a-half above the rest, including in particular players Ponomariov, Sasikiran, I. Sokolov. Sargissian won the Ruy Lopez Memorial 2007 in Zafra by an enormous 2½ point margin and with a 3021 performance rating. He came in third place at the 2008 Second Ruy López International in Mérida with 4.5/7 points. In 2009 he came first in the 18th Annual Chicago Open. He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Li Chao in the first round. Sargissian won the Annual Chicago Open 2012 with 7.0/9 points.
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