1. Gabriel Eduardi Sargissian is an Armenian chess grandmaster.
18 Facts About Gabriel Sargissian
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Gabriel Sargissian 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.
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Gabriel Sargissian was born in Yerevan on 3 September 1983 and was taught to play chess by his grandfather when he was 6.
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Gabriel Sargissian won the World Youth Chess Championship in 1996 and the European Youth Chess Championship in 1998.
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Gabriel Sargissian won the Armenian Chess Championship in 2000 and 2003.
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Gabriel Sargissian took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, but was eliminated in the first round by Sergei Tiviakov.
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Gabriel Sargissian played for Armenia in the Chess Olympiads of 2000,2002,2004,2006,2008,2010 and 2012.
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Gabriel Sargissian took team bronze medal in 2002 and 2004, team gold medal in 2006,2008 and 2012, and team silver medal em 2022.
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In 2008, Gabriel Sargissian won the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden with the Armenia national Chess team, winning gold for the second time in a row at a Chess Olympiad.
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Gabriel Sargissian played on board three and defeated Alexander Grischuk, the only win in a game with Russia, putting Armenia in the lead.
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Armenia and Gabriel Sargissian regained their Olympiad title in 2012 at the 40th Chess Olympiad.
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Gabriel Sargissian was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2011.
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Gabriel Sargissian played for Armenia in the European Team Chess Championships of 2007,2009,2011,2013 and 2015, winning team silver medal in 2007 and 2015, and individual gold in 2009.
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Gabriel Sargissian played for "CA Linex Magic Merida" in the 23rd European Chess Club Cup in Kemer 2007, winning team gold medal.
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Gabriel Sargissian played for "MIKA Yerevan" in the European Chess Club Cup in 2008,2009,2010 and 2011.
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In June 2006 Gabriel Sargissian was awarded the Movses Khorenatsi medal, in December 2009 the Medal For Services Contributed to the Motherland and in July 2012 the Order of Honor of the Republic of Armenia.
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In 2012, together with Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian founded a chess school in Yerevan, where the most talented chess players between the ages of 10 and 18 can study.
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Gabriel Sargissian is married to Liana Avoyan, an alumna of Armenian National Agrarian University.