Varuzhan Akobian | |
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Country | Armenia (until 2002) United States (since 2002) |
Born | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | 19 November 1983
Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
FIDE rating | 2564 (October 2024) |
Peak rating | 2673 (June 2017) |
Peak ranking | No. 76 (June 2017) |
Varuzhan Akobian (Armenian: Վարուժան Հակոբյան, born 19 November 1983 in Yerevan, Soviet Union) is an Armenian-born American chess Grandmaster. Originally from Armenia, he now resides in St. Louis. He played on the bronze-medal-winning U.S. team in the 2006 and 2008 Chess Olympiads.[1]