14 Facts About Vladimir Akopian

Vladimir Akopian is an Armenian-American chess Grandmaster.

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

Vladimir Akopian won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1996 and 1997.

Vladimir Akopian made it to the quarterfinals in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, where he lost to eventual tournament runner-up Michael Adams.

Vladimir Akopian had a score of 6.5 at the Aeroflot Open 2005 and took part in a five-way tie.

Vladimir Akopian lost to Peter Leko, who had the same score, in a tiebreaker.

In 2021, Vladimir Akopian switched federations to represent the United States of America.

Vladimir Akopian played on board two for the Olympiad, behind Rafael Vaganian.

Vladimir 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.

Vladimir Akopian won the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden with the Armenia national Chess team, winning gold for the second time in a row at a Chess Olympiad.

Armenia and Vladimir Akopian regained their Olympiad title at the 40th Chess Olympiad.

Vladimir Akopian played on board two at the previous two and board three for the latest.

Vladimir Akopian revealed after the 40th Olympiad that he is unsure if he will ever compete at the Chess Olympiads again.

Vladimir Akopian was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2011.