VAROUZHAN HAKOBYAN – WINNER OF THE SAN MARINO TOURNAMENT

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[12:46 pm] 14 June, 2006

Armenian Grand Master Varouzhan Hakobyan became the winner of the
chess international tournament in San Marino together with Vadim
Milov from Switzerland.

Hakobyan and Milov have 7.5 points after 9 games. 148 chess players,
including 30 Grand Masters participated in the tournament.

Varouzhan Hakobyan has been citizen of the USA for the last five
years. Together with the US team he won a bronze medal in the World
Olympiad. By the way, in 1998 in the Youth Chess Olympiad in Istanbul
Varouzhan became the champion together with the Armenian national team.