Vladimir Akopian

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vladimir Akopian
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 7, 1971(1971-12-07)
Age	53
Birthplace	Baku
Country	Azerbaijan
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Vladimir Akopian Biography

Vladimir Akopian is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on December 7, 1971 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Armenia has won its first Chess Olympiad at the 37th Chess Olympiad. Akopian took part on board 2 for the Olympiad. The Armenia national team of chess took home the gold medal in front of China along with China and the United States.

Vladimir Akopian (Russian: Vladimir Akopian , Armenian: Vladimir Hakobyan born on 7 December 1971, in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is an Armenian Grandmaster of chess.

The Armenia national chess team made its Chess Olympiad debut at the 30th Chess Olympiad in 1992 and won bronze. Akopian played on board two for the Olympiad, behind Rafael Vaganian.

He won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1996 and 1997. In 1999 he made his way through to the final of the FIDE knockout World Chess Championship, but lost to Alexander Khalifman by 3.5-2.5. 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.

Armenia and Akopian returned to their Olympiad title during this year’s 40th Chess Olympiad. It marked the 3rd time Armenia has won gold in the Olympiad. Akopian was playing on board two in the previous two events and board three in the most recent. When the athletes were presented with their gold medals and trophies, the Armenian national song Mer Hayrenik were played. Afterwards, The Armenian flag was hoisted in Istanbul. Levon Aronian was holding an Armenian flag while the team and he were sitting on the top podium. After returning to Yerevan the players were received with a welcome by a large number of people in Yerevan as soon as their plane landed at Zvartnots Airport.

Vladimir Akopian Net Worth

Vladimir Akopian is one of the richest Chess Player from Azerbaijan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vladimir Akopian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Akopian was the winner of Akopian won the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden together with the Armenia national Chess team getting gold two times during an Chess Olympiad. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan was in attendance at the Olympiad to show his support for the team. Following the Olympiad the team returned to Armenia together in the presidential plane Air Force Armenia One.

Akopian admitted following his participation in the 39th Olympiad that he’s not sure whether he’ll ever be able to compete in his next Chess Olympiads again.

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.

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In 2005 he tied for 1st–5th with Emil Sutovsky, Andrei Kharlov, Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Motylev at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow. Akopian had a score of 6.5 at the Aeroflot Open 2005 and took part in a five-way tie. After the tiebreaker, he came in fifth.

Facts & Trivia

Vladimir Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Azerbaijan. Vladimir Akopian celebrates birthday on December 7 of every year.

Early in 2007, Akopian won the Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar with a score of 7.5/9 ahead of a group of players tied at 7/9 including Michael Adams.

Top Facts about Vladimir Akopian

1. Vladimir Akopian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.
2. He was born on December 7, 1971 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
3. Akopian won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1991.
4. He has represented Armenia in numerous Chess Olympiads since 1992.
5. In 1999, he won the prestigious Linares chess tournament.
6. Akopian reached his highest FIDE rating of 2700 in July 2006.
7. He has been a coach for the Armenian national team since 2018.
8. Akopian is known for his positional and endgame skills.
9. He has authored several books on chess strategy and tactics.
10. As of August 2021, he is ranked as the #12 player in Armenia.