[Event “Chess Match”][Round “5”][White “GM Akobian”][Black “GM Shulman”][Result “1-0”][ECO “D43”][White Elo “2612”][Black Elo “2632”][EventDate “2009.4.24”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3...
Akobian 2.5 – 1.5 Shulman
GM Shulman happily mowing 100 acres of lawn in exchange for his hotel accommodation and meals 🙂 Game 1: Akobian 1-0 ShulmanGame 2: Shulman 1/2 AkobianGame 3: Akobian 0-1 ShulmanGame 4: Shulman 0-1 Akobian Standings after 4 games: Akobian...
Akobian draws first blood in California
Two of my friends, 2008 U.S. Champion Shulman and 2008 SPICE Cup Co-Champion Akobian are facing off in a match in California. Akobian drew first blood with a win in game 1. GM Akobian (2612) – GM Shulman (2632)...
Akobian vs. Shulman Match
A big rapid chess match between GM Shulman and GM Akobian will take place on April 22-25 near the San Fransisco area. The official website is http://www.chessmastered.com where the games will be broadcast live and more updates are coming...
Gibraltar action
Final position IM Kozlov (2187) – GM Haugstad [D11]Gibraltar (10), 05.02.2009 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.Rd1 Qc7 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.e4 e5 11.h3 Rd8 12.Be3 b5 13.b3 cxb3 14.axb3 Bb7...
Chess Talk with Akobian
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Game analysis
Akobian, Varuzhan (2610) – Perelshteyn, Eugene (2555)2008 Spice Cup, Texas Tech UniversityQueen’s Gambit Declined [D38] http://www.chesscafe.com/polgar/polgar.htm 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 The Ragozin variation of the QGD is a relatively popular and attractive alternative to the...
Akobian, Kritz share 1st with 3 games still in progress
GM Akobian (2610) – GM Kritz (2610) [D38]SPICE Cup 2008, 28.09.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 0–0 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Nb5 Ne4 10.Nxd6 cxd6 11.Qc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 d5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.0–0 Qa5...