CHESS PLAYER

Varuzhan Akobian

1983 - Today

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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Varuzhan Akobian is the 436th most popular chess player (down from 425th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Armenia and the 10th most popular Armenian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 436 out of 461. Before him are Deysi Cori, Sergei Azarov, Shen Yang, Dinara Saduakassova, Yu Yangyi, and Jennifer Shahade. After him are Maxim Rodshtein, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Robert Hovhannisyan, Irina Krush, Dorsa Derakhshani, and Nino Batsiashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 1,411. Before him are Đorđe Lazić, Luo Wei, Eugene Jeter, James McFadden, Kevin Rudolf, and Irek Zaripov. After him are Takuya Hara, Hiroyuki Omata, Francisco Cortés Juncosa, Erin Cafaro, Kunal Khemu, and Anna Meares.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 164 out of 163. Before him are Lusine Gevorkyan (1983), Vahan Bichakhchyan (1999), Mikhail Aloyan (1988), Hrayr Mkoyan (1986), Mihran Harutyunyan (1989), and Hovhannes Bachkov (1992). After him are Harutyun Merdinyan (1984), Ferdinand Karapetian (1992), Gevorg Sahakyan (1990), Karen Aslanyan (1995), Andranik Karapetyan (1995), and Zaven Andriasian (1989).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Armenia

Among chess players born in Armenia, Varuzhan Akobian ranks 10. Before him are Ashot Anastasian (1964), Artashes Minasian (1967), Gabriel Sargissian (1983), Karen Asrian (1980), Lilit Mkrtchian (1982), and Tigran L. Petrosian (1984). After him are Zaven Andriasian (1989).

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