ARMENIA’S CHESS TEAM RANKED THIRD BY FIDE
Armenpress
YEREVAN, APRIL 4, ARMENPRESS: According to FIDE 2005, April 1 rating
list, five Armenian chess players are among the world’s top 100
players. They are Vladimir Hakobian, Levon Aronian, Smbat Lputian,
Rafael Vahanian and Gabriel Sarkisian.
Armenia’s top ranked player, Vladimir Hakobian, is the seventieth
top player with more 2,700. He is a 3-time former world champion –
u/16, u/18 and u/20. Levon Aronian is in the 21-st position with 2,693.
Armenia’s national team has moved from the sixth position last year
to the third coming after Russia and Ukraine.