CHESS PLAYER

Varuzhan Akobian

1983 - Today

Photo of Varuzhan Akobian

Icon of person Varuzhan Akobian

Varuzhan Akobian (Armenian: Վարուժան Հակոբյան, born 19 November 1983 in Yerevan, Soviet Union) is an Armenian-born American chess Grandmaster. Originally from Armenia, he now resides in St. Louis. He played on the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in the 2006 and 2008 Chess Olympiads. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Varuzhan Akobian is the 471st most popular chess player (down from 425th in 2024), the 178th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 164th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Armenian Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Varuzhan Akobian by language

Loading...

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 471 out of 461. Before him are Sergei Azarov, Shen Yang, Parham Maghsoodloo, Dinara Saduakassova, Yu Yangyi, and Jennifer Shahade. After him are Maxim Rodshtein, Nurgyul Salimova, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Robert Hovhannisyan, Irina Krush, and Dorsa Derakhshani.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 1,611. Before him are Thiago Alves, Eugene Jeter, Nektarios Alexandrou, James McFadden, Kevin Rudolf, and Irek Zaripov. After him are Olivier Karekezi, Takuya Hara, Jacoby Ellsbury, Hiroyuki Omata, Francisco Cortés Juncosa, and Irina Sokolovskaya.

Others Born in 1983

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 178 out of 163. Before him are Mikhail Aloyan (1988), Hrayr Mkoyan (1986), Mihran Harutyunyan (1989), Hovhannes Danielyan (1987), Arsen Harutyunyan (1999), and Hovhannes Bachkov (1992). After him are Harutyun Merdinyan (1984), Zaven Badoyan (1989), Ferdinand Karapetian (1992), Gevorg Sahakyan (1990), Karen Aslanyan (1995), and Artem Harutyunyan (1990).

Others born in Armenia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Armenia

Among chess players born in Armenia, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 11. Before him are Artashes Minasian (1967), Gabriel Sargissian (1983), Karen Asrian (1980), Lilit Mkrtchian (1982), Tigran L. Petrosian (1984), and Nelly Aginian (1981). After him are Zaven Andriasian (1989), and Tatev Abrahamyan (1988).

Armenian born Chess Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous