Position after 93.Be7 I am not 100% certain that I have the correct scores. However, from the moves which I just received, Gata just missed a forced draw with 93…Rxe7. His move 93…Rb8+ leads to a mate in 11 according to the endgame tablebase. GM Akopian (2696) – GM Kamsky (2720) [C07]Nalchik Grand Prix (5), […]
No tie for Armenian players
No tie for Armenian players11:59 am Today Sports Leading Armenian chess players Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan faced off in the 2nd round of the FIDE Gran-Prix tournament taking place in Nalchik. A tied game was foreseen in the Armenian chess players’ match. Bookmakers accepting bets before the match also thought so, but Aronyan won […]
Aronian was a boy of 14-15
VLADIMIR HAKOPIAN: “WHEN I WAS WINNING, ARONIAN WAS A BOY OF 14-15” In the second round of FIDE “Grand Prix” tournament Levon Aronian and Vladimir Hakopian set was hard enough. In the end, Levon Aronian won his Armenian elder partner. Yuri Vasilev, chess reporter, had a chance to give some questions to the Armenian GM-s, […]
I won’t be easy to win 3 in a row
Vladimir AKOPYAN: “Itwon’t be easy to win the Olympiad for the third time” Thursday, 18 December 2008 – Vladimir, you have taken gold medals as a member of Armenian team at two World Chess Olympiads in a row – Turin-2006 and Dresden-2008. Which of these two outstanding victories was more difficult for your team? – […]
Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition
Vladimir Hakobyan – “Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition” Lilit NurijanyanDecember 15, 2008 Ten year-old Vladimir received many congratulations in school on November 26th. He was proud of his father who had just become an Olympiad champion for the second time. On the evening of November 26th Vladimir along with his brothers, 4 […]
Another interesting one by Morozevich
Akopian – Morozevich [D38]14.06.2008, Yerevan 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.e3 Qe7 11.a3 Bc5 12.Be2 0–0 13.0–0 a6 14.Rac1 b6 15.Na4 Bd6 16.Bc3 b5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nc3 Bb7 19.Rcd1 Rac8 20.Qb1 Nb6 21.e4 Rxc3 22.e5 Bxe5 23.bxc3 Bxc3 24.Nd2 g6 25.Bf3 Rc8 […]
Morozevich versus Akopian
Morozevich – Akopian [B84]14.06.2008 – Asrian Memorial 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.0–0–0 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Rhe1 Bc5 16.Nf5 0–0 17.Qc3 f6 18.Ne3 b4 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Qb3 bxa3 21.Rxd5 Qxb3 22.cxb3 a2 23.Kc2 Rfe8 24.Bc4 Rxe1 […]
Akopian (2700) 1/2 Moskalenko (2402)
Final position GM Akopian (2700) – FM Moskalenko (2402) [E66]02.02.2008Moscow Open 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Nf3 c5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 a6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 e5 13.Qc2 Bh6 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 Nh5 16.e3 f5 17.Bf3 Nf6 18.Rbe1 Qb6 19.Ba1 Bd7 20.Ne2 bxc4 21.bxc4 Rbe8 22.e4 fxe4 […]
Shirov back in top form, eliminated Akopian
Position after 35…Kxc6 GM Shirov (2739) – GM Akopian (2713) [B96]04.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qd3 h5 11.0–0–0 Bd7 12.Nf5 exf5 13.Nd5 Qa5 14.Nxf6+ Kd8 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.Qb3 Be7 17.Qxb7+ Qc7 18.Qxc7+ Kxc7 19.exf5 h4 20.g4 hxg3 21.hxg3 a5 22.Bh5 f6 […]
WC round 4: Akopian 0-1 Shirov
GM Akopian (2713) – GM Shirov (2739) [B30]03.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b5 8.c4 bxc4 9.bxc4 Rb8 10.Bc3 d6 11.Na3 e5 12.Nc2 g6 13.Ne3 Bh6 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Rfb1 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Nd4 17.Qxa6 Ne2+ 18.Kf2 Nxc3 19.dxc3 Ke7 20.Nd2 Ra8 21.Qb7 Qa5 22.Qb2 Rhb8 23.Qc2 Rxb1 24.Nxb1 […]