Susanna Gaboyan (born 25 August 1996) is an

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player who holds the title of

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(2018). She four times won Armenian Women's Chess Championships (2015, 2021, 2024, 2025).

Biography

Susanna Gaboyan regularly participates in the finals of the Armenian Women's Chess Championships. In this tournaments she won four gold (2015, 2021, 2024, 2025), four silver (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) and two bronze (2016, 2017) medals. Susanna Gaboyan played for Armenia in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s: * In 2022, at reserve board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =2, -1), * In 2024, at reserve board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+1, =1, -0). Susanna Gaboyan played for Armenia in the European Women's Team Chess Championships: * In 2021, at fourth board in the 14th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

Čatež ob Savi Čatež ob Savi (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 68–69.) is a village on the right bank of the Sava River at its confluence wit ...

(+3, =1, -2), * In 2023, at reserve board in the 15th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+1, =3, -1). In 2018, she was awarded the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title.

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* * * 1996 births Living people Armenian chess players Armenian female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub