Vladimir Hakobyan

Vladimir Hakobyan, 2007
Association	Armenia
Born	December 7, 1971 Baku
title	International Master (1988) Grand Master (1991)
Current  Elo rating	2638 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2713 (Jul. – Oct. 2006 and Oct. 2007)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Vladimir Hakobjan ( Armenian Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան ; born December 7, 1971 in Baku , Azerbaijani SSR ) is an Armenian chess grandmaster . The FIDE lists him as Vladimir Akopian . He is not to be confused with the younger Armenian-American grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian .

Surname

Hakobjan is better known as Vladimir Akopjan (in English transcription Vladimir Akopian) from Russian Владимир Акопян. In addition to the Russification that is common in the Soviet Union, this has to do with his place of birth. Hakobjan was born in Baku , the capital of what was then the Azerbaijani SSR , where the Cyrillic script was used, which does not reproduce the h . In addition, the name Hakob (the Armenian variant of Jacob ) is traditionally written in Russian Akop, and Akopjan is derived from it. As a representative of the Soviet Union at chess tournaments, he became known internationally under the Russified name form.

successes

Hakobjan was U16 world champion in Rio Gallegos in 1986 and U18 world champion in Puerto Rico in 1989 . In 1991 he won the Junior World Championship in Mamaia . After that, however, he was unable to reach the absolute top of the world. However, in 1996 he won the Berlin Summer Open . In 1996 and 1997 he was Armenian national champion. In 1999 he came as a surprise to the final of the FIDE Knockout World Championship . In the competition over six games, which took place between August 21 and August 28, 1999 in Las Vegas , he was defeated by Alexander Chalifman 2.5: 3.5.

At the FIDE Knockout World Cup in Tripoli in 2004 , he made it to the quarterfinals, where he was eliminated by Michael Adams .

Hakobjan is one of the few players who can boast a positive record against Garry Kasparov : a win in the match between Russia and the rest of the world in 2002 and three draws .

National team

Hakobjan has been a member of the Armenian national team since 1992 and has since taken part in eleven chess Olympiads , seven team world championships and seven team European championships. He won the Chess Olympiads in 2006 , 2008 and 2012 , where he also achieved the best individual result on the second board in 2008, as well as the 2011 team championship and achieved the best individual result on the top board at the 2001 team championship.

societies

Hakobjan won the Russian team championship in 2002 with Ladja Kazan-1000 , in 2004 with Tomsk-400 and in 2006 and 2008 with Ural Oblast Sverdlovsk . In the Chinese team championship he played for Shandong Linglong Tire in 2009 and Tianjin Nankai University in 2012 , in the French team championship in the 2001/02 season for Vandœuvre Echecs and in the 2003/04 season for Clichy Echecs , in the Spanish team championship in 2007 and 2008 for CA Linex-Magic Mérida , with which he became champion in 2007 . He took part in the European Club Cup ten times between 1995 and 2010. In the team competition he won 1995 with Yerevan , achieved second place with MIKA Yerevan in 2009 and second place with Ural Oblast Sverdlovsk in 2007 and third place in 2006. In the individual ranking he achieved the best result on the top board of SK Alkaloid Skopje in 2003 and the second best result on the fourth board of CA Magic Mérida in 2008 .

Chess composer

Hakobjan has been creating chess compositions since his youth . In 2003 he published a selection of his works: My 111 Problems and Studies (edited by Chess in Armenia).

See also

• List of Armenian champions in chess

Web links

Commons : Wladimir Hakobjan  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Vladimir Hakobjan on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Bezold and Caroline Claus: U20 World Cup with ups and downs . JugendSchach edition 9/1991, pp. 6-8 (report, tables and games).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Wladimir Hakobjan's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Wladimir Hakobjan's results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Wladimir Hakobjan's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Wladimir Hakobjan's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)