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| Nov-20-08 |
| karoaper: Akopian always seems to me a little bit tired and not really into it. Whereas Aronian seems to enjoy every second of it, and it shows, Akopian seems to approach chess as more of a vocation. Let's hope his great win against Mamedyarov will rekindle his inner chess fire. |
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| Nov-20-08 |
| karoaper: Though, it could just be his general demeanor, and he might be quietly intense. Does anyone have any links to his interviews, preferably as audio or video. He seems like a very likeable person. |
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Nov-20-08
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| arsen387: thanks to Vladimir for a very important win against such a strong player like Mamedyarov. He's 4.5/6 with 2791 rating performance so far. |
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| Nov-24-08 |
| khursh: According to http://chess.liverating.org/ Akopian is back to 2700 club Congratulations ! |
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| Nov-25-08 |
| edwitten: I think Akopian is one of the less talked about GM.
Won 3 junior wch, finalist in 1999 World ch., got a 2700 rating, and in both Armenian olympic gold medals he was I think the main hero of the team (sargissian got more points, but against weaker opponents).
And still I can't remember seeing a game commented by him, or an interview. |
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Nov-26-08
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| arsen387: Akopian really made a huge contribution for our final success, with 8/11 without a single loss. Thank you, Vladimir, for second consecutive golden medals! <Akopian is back to 2700 club> glad to hear that |
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| Nov-26-08 |
| karoaper: where is Paraconti when his favorite player wins the 2nd board prize? you're missing it Paraconti. ;(
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| Nov-26-08 |
| Davolni: et paracontin mi hat pordzank er Karoaper ;)))
mard cher jogum eti iskakanic vatanuma Vladimir Akopiani vra te dzera arnum?? heto Davon(ArmeniaNL) het@ xosacel er, asuma che iskakanic shata sirum, chnayac indz minchev himi tvum a vor dzer er arnum et himar@. Eti inch vor mek@ yerkrord anun er bacel u grum-mrum er eli.. Karoaper, nerox en olympiadayi forumum chpatasxaneci. Et Chess TV im mot shat chotki cuyc er talis. Pakman araroxutyun@ shat lav ein kazkamerkerpel, durs shat ekav. apsos ko mot cuyc chi tvel. |
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Nov-28-08
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| Domdaniel: Did they *really* make him 'Vice Champion of the World', as the CG biog says? And in Las Vegas, too. If nothing else, the venue was appropriate. |
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Dec-05-08
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| Eyal: Akopian has entered the Grand-Prix (assuming the whole thing isn't going to fall apart completely) - he's the nominee of Yerevan, which has been announced as the new hosting city for the Grand-Prix tournament of August 2009 (the one which was supposed to take place in Elista, before it was called to the rescue to host the upcoming tournament instead of Doha). I suppose this also means that Akopian is scheduled to play in GP Elista this month. http://www.fide.com/component/conte... |
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| Dec-09-08 |
| DUS: <Eyal> Indeed he will play in Elista. <GM Vladimir Akopian will participate in the FIDE Grand Prix tournament to be held from December 14 to 29, 2008, in Elista, Russia. Akopian's opponents will be GMs Leko (Hungary), Jakovenko, Grischuk, Inarkiev, Alekseev (Russia), Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Gashimov (Azerbaijan), Cheparinov (Bulgaria), Bacrot (France), Wang Yue (China), Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan), Eljanov (Ukraine).> http://armchess.am
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| Dec-10-08 |
| jamesmaskell: Congrats to Akopian for the shot. I think its due, being a fan of his play. The changes to the hosting cities is confusing. If my thinking is right then the schedule is Elista, Montreux, Yerevan and Karlovy Vary, but I thought Montreux was also in serious doubt? |
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Dec-10-08
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| Eyal: Montreux is definitely out of the picture, according to both chessdom source and an e-mail from FIDE quoted by Henrik Carlsen in his blog; also, its nominee - Pelletier - isn't playing in Elista and has been replaced. Going by chessdom, there may be problems with Karlovy Vary as well. |
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| Dec-27-08 |
| Cactus: He's not doing well in the Grand Prix at all, with 0 wins and 3 losses. |
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Feb-20-09
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| vonKrolock: this problem wa presented in the Corus playing hall, brought by Aronian, as a challenge to John Nunn - soon other players were also trying to solve (inclusive young A. Giri) - The problem with the problem was that Aronian forgot to place the  in 'e4', then soon the question became "what's wrong here?" - Well, undone the mistake, a good puzzle arise, with a star variation created by a key that is not exactly classical, but with the charm of it's own, so to say, subversion V Akopian
(source?)
reproduced in
"chessbase.com" feb. 2009
click for larger view
#3 white to play and mate in 3
More (including photos in this article by F. Friedel - not the solution - try to solve until you find the time invested reasonable, then you can load the FEN in your engine and it will show the solution http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Apr-26-09 |
| Vakus: Great performance so far in Nalchik. Shared 3rd after 10 rounds.
Kamsky, Karjakin and Bacrot overplayed very convincingly. |
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| Apr-26-09 |
| Udit Narayan: this guy is awesome ! |
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Apr-27-09
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| arsen387: really, after the first 4-5 rounds scoring -2, who could've thought that he'll be +1 at round 10. nice wins against Kamsky, Bacrot and Karjakin, especially the latter. Hope he'll score another win in the remaining 3 rounds :) |
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| Apr-27-09 |
| Vakus: And he defended so easily with balck pieces against Svidler, Ivanchuk and Grischuk. No surprise GM Gleyzerov, a well known ChessPro commentator, made a special report on his game with Karjakin. |
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Apr-30-09
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| arsen387: heey, I was right, great win with blacks in the last round against Eljanov to clinch the shared second place. Congrats to Vladimir! |
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Aug-23-09
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| notyetagm: Akopian vs M Vachier Lagrave, 2008 This attacking masterpiece by Akopian just won the <Best Game Prize> for Chess Informant 104. http://www.chesscafe.com/informant/... |
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| Aug-24-09 |
| Davolni: I bet Vova feels some type of a guilt, that he couldn't hold Ivanchuk to a draw to have Levon, Gelfand and Ivanchuk at shared 1st place. |
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Aug-24-09
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| notyetagm: <Davolni: I bet Vova feels some type of a guilt, that he couldn't hold Ivanchuk to a draw to have Levon, Gelfand and Ivanchuk at shared 1st place.> When Chucky is in form like he is now, no one can stop him. Chucky will be back in the Top 5 in no time, mark my words. |
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| Aug-25-09 |
| Davolni: <When Chucky is in form like he is now, no one can stop him. Chucky will be back in the Top 5 in no time, mark my words.> As far as I can see, 9 people have stopped him from getting the full point. And that's what I had in mind, just a draw, as we all knew that 8.0 points would make 3 people shared 1st. matter of fact he is #9 current live rating +52.8 points. No doubt he will be in Top 5 or Top 10 very soon. |
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Dec-07-09
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| wordfunph: "Chess players are apt to superstitions. Many of them are attentive to the clothes. If they lose they put these clothes away. If the game is successful they go on playing the tournament in the same clothes. Some care about the pen. If the tournament is successful with one pen they write with it, if not they change it. I also care about clothes and pens. This tournament was not successful for me at the beginning, so I put away the suit I played in. Now I'm playing in other clothes. And it works for the time being." GM Vladimir Akopian |
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