Vladimir Akopian
Full name	Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան
Country	Armenia
Born	December 7, 1971 (1971-12-07) (age 36) Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2673 (No. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Baku (Bakı sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakü, is the capital the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan This article is about the former Soviet republic for other similar uses see Azerbaijan (disambiguation. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. 49 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2713 (July 2006)

Vladimir Akopian (Russian: Владимир Акопян) (born December 7, 1971 in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Baku (Bakı sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakü, is the capital the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan This article is about the former Soviet republic for other similar uses see Azerbaijan (disambiguation. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. In Armenia his surname is more commonly written Hakobyan (Armenian: Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան) however, most English texts and the Fédération Internationale des Échecs use a transliteration of the Russian version. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the Transliteration is the practice of Transcribing a Word or text written in one Writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice

Akopian won the World Under-16 Championship in 1986 at the age of 14 and the World Under-18 Championship at 16.

In 1991 he won the World Junior Chess Championship and in 1999 he made his way through to the final of the FIDE Knock-Out World Chess Championship, but lost to Alexander Khalifman, 3. The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 Chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition organized Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (born January 18, 1966, in Leningrad) is a Jewish Russian Chess Grandmaster and former FIDE 5-2. 5. In the 2004 event, he was knocked out in the quarter-finals by the player he had defeated in the 1999 semi-finals, Michael Adams. The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13. Michael Adams (born November 17, 1971 in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK) is a British Grandmaster of

It was reported that Akopian had to withdraw from the 2005 Dubai Open when he was arrested at Dubai airport having been mistaken for an individual of the same name wanted by Interpol for murder. The International Criminal Police Organization, better known by its telegraphic address Interpol is an organization facilitating international police cooperation ^[1]

Akopian was one of the contributing players on the Armenian chess team which won gold at the 2006 Chess Olympiad ahead of second placed China and third placed United States. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

On the January 2007 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2700, making him number twenty in the world and Armenia's number two player, behind Levon Aronian. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Levon Aronian (Լևոն Արոնյան born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian Chess player

Early in 2007, Akopian won the Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar with a score of 7. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar 5/9 ahead of a group of players tied at 7/9 including Michael Adams.

Notes

1. ^ http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg107444.html

External links

• FIDE rating card for Vladimir Akopian
• Rating progress chart
• Vladimir Akopian at ChessGames.com