Artur Gabrielian was born in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku during Soviet times, but his family moved to the city of Hrazdan in Armenia a year and a half later.

There, under the guidance of child trainer Arnold Hakobjanyan,[b] Gabrielian began to play chess at the age of 8.

In 2004, Gabrielian reached the final of the internet competition Dos Hermanos, and in 2008 he came in third at the Moscow championship.

[1] After graduating, Gabrielian returned to Georgiyevsk and repeatedly won the championship of South Russia and the North Caucasus.

[1] Together with 43 other Russian chess players, Gabrielian signed an open letter to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, calling on him to immediately stop the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.