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Vladimir Akopian (born December 7, 1971) is a leading Armenian chess master.
In 1991 he won the World Junior Chess
Championship and in 1999 he unexpectedly made his way through to the final of the FIDE
Knock-Out World Chess Championship, but lost to
Alexander Khalifman, 3.5-2.5. In the 2004 event, he was knocked out in
the quarter-finals by the player he had defeated in the 1999 semi, Michael
Adams.
On the July 2004 FIDE list, Akopian had an Elo rating of 2692, making him
number 17 in the world and Armenia's number one player.
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