VARUZHAN HAKOBYAN SUFFERS ANOTHER DEFEAT IN CORUS CHESS TOURNAMENT"

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.01.2010 16:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Corus chess festival continues in the Dutch city of
Wijk aan Zee until January 31. Armenian grandmaster Varuzhan Akopian
(USA) plays in the "B" tournament. In the 5th round Hakobyan lost
Parimardzhanu Negi (India) and has only one point, comes last in
the standings.

At 6 round Hakobyan met with Parimarjan Negi (India). In the 6th
round Hakobyan will meet with Pentala Harikrishna (India).

Varuzhan Hakobyan is an Armenian grandmaster. In 1992, he came 3rd in
the Junior Championships of Armenia. At the world championship among
juniors (Czechoslovakia) Hakobyan was the 8th among 50 participants.

Since 2002, Hakobyan has represented the United States, and in 2005
took the 8th place in Alajuela Open Champion. In 2006, Varuzhan
Hakobyan was the bronze medalist of the Chess Olympiad. In 2007,
he was second in the World Open Champion. In 2008, Hakobyan won the
Chicago Open tournament.

Corus Chess 2010 is the International Chess Tournament, which takes
place annually in the Dutch city of Wijk aan Zee. In 2008, the Armenian
grandmaster Levon Aronian became the winner of the tournament.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress