GMVladimir Akopian

USA Born 1971 (Age ≈55) Male

FIDE ID: 13300032
USCF ID: 12561112

About Vladimir Akopian

Vladimir Akopian won world titles at under-16, under-18 and junior level between 1986 and 1991. His major senior breakthrough came in 1999, when he reached the final of the FIDE World Championship before losing narrowly to Alexander Khalifman. He later defeated Garry Kasparov in the 2002 Russia versus the Rest of the World match and won the 2007 Gibraltar tournament. He was also an important member of Armenia's national team from its earliest Olympiad appearances. In the United States, he won the 2024 Senior Championship unbeaten with a round to spare. He won the senior title again in 2026 after a playoff with Alexander Onischuk.

Ratings

Classical

2562.0

Published FIDE

Rapid

2590

Published FIDE

Blitz

2645

Published FIDE

USCF Regular

2618

Published US Chess

Official classical ranks

World rank: #244
National rank · USA: #20

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating: 2713 Jul 2006
Recorded years: 2001–2026
Archived games: 552

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

USCF rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

#	Date	Event	Site	Round	White	Black	Result	Moves	View
101	2022-07-30	122nd US Open 2022	Rancho Mirage USA	1.1	Nathan Gan	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	29	Open
102	2022-07-16	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	9.1	Vladimir Akopian	Nick De Firmian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	46	Open
103	2022-07-16	ch-USA Seniors TB 2022	Saint Louis USA	5.2	Maxim Dlugy	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
104	2022-07-16	ch-USA Seniors TB 2022	Saint Louis USA	4.1	Vladimir Akopian	Larry Christiansen	Lost: 0-1	52	Open
105	2022-07-16	ch-USA Seniors TB 2022	Saint Louis USA	3.1	Dmitry Gurevich	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	74	Open
106	2022-07-16	ch-USA Seniors TB 2022	Saint Louis USA	2.2	Vladimir Akopian	Alexander Shabalov	Draw: 1/2-1/2	30	Open
107	2022-07-15	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	8.2	Joel Benjamin	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	96	Open
108	2022-07-14	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	7.4	Vladimir Akopian	Maxim Dlugy	Won: 1-0	51	Open
109	2022-07-13	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	6.3	Larry Christiansen	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	39	Open
110	2022-07-11	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	5.4	Vladimir Akopian	Igor Khmelnitsky	Won: 1-0	47	Open
111	2022-07-10	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	4.2	Gregory Kaidanov	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	58	Open
112	2022-07-09	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	3.2	Vladimir Akopian	Dmitry Gurevich	Draw: 1/2-1/2	31	Open
113	2022-07-08	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	2.3	Alexander Shabalov	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	91	Open
114	2022-07-07	ch-USA Seniors 2022	Saint Louis USA	1.1	Vladimir Akopian	Igor Novikov	Lost: 0-1	46	Open
115	2022-06-12	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	8.3	Vladimir Akopian	Richard Bitoon	Won: 1-0	40	Open
116	2022-06-11	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	7.2	M Siddarth	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	40	Open
117	2022-06-11	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	6.2	Vladimir Akopian	Emilio Cordova	Draw: 1/2-1/2	49	Open
118	2022-06-10	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	5.1	Arman Mikaelyan	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	41	Open
119	2022-06-10	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	4.1	Vladimir Akopian	Semen Khanin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	43	Open
120	2022-06-09	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	3.1	Mark Heimann	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	30	Open
121	2022-06-09	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	2.1	Vladimir Akopian	Prateek Mishra	Won: 1-0	46	Open
122	2022-06-08	National Open 2022	Las Vegas USA	1.2	Eugene Yanayt	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	40	Open
123	2022-05-30	31st Chicago Open 2022	Chicago USA	9	Vladimir Akopian	Aleksey Sorokin	Lost: 0-1	42	Open
124	2022-05-30	31st Chicago Open 2022	Chicago USA	8	Emilio Cordova	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	27	Open
125	2022-05-29	31st Chicago Open 2022	Chicago USA	7	Vladimir Akopian	Timur Gareyev	Draw: 1/2-1/2	47	Open
126	2022-05-28	31st Chicago Open 2022	Chicago USA	4	Michael Mulyar	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	30	Open
127	2021-12-30	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	9.2	Vladimir Akopian	Joseph G. Gallagher	Won: 1-0	41	Open
128	2021-12-29	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	8.2	Zurab Javakhadze	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	37	Open
129	2021-12-29	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	7.3	Vladimir Akopian	Kostya Kavutskiy	Won: 1-0	26	Open
130	2021-12-28	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	6.1	Awonder Liang	Vladimir Akopian	Lost: 1-0	36	Open
131	2021-12-28	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	5.1	Vladimir Akopian	Guillermo Vazquez	Draw: 1/2-1/2	21	Open
132	2021-12-27	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	4.2	Mai Narva	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	22	Open
133	2021-12-27	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	3.1	Vladimir Akopian	Alexander Katz	Won: 1-0	31	Open
134	2021-12-26	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	2.2	Erick Zhao	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	34	Open
135	2021-12-26	31st North American Open	Las Vegas USA	1.2	Vladimir Akopian	Bryan Xie	Won: 1-0	32	Open
136	2021-07-03	49th Annual World Open	Philadelphia USA	4	John Fedorowicz	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	36	Open
137	2021-07-02	49th Annual World Open	Philadelphia USA	2.4	Joshua Posthuma	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	60	Open
138	2021-07-01	49th Annual World Open	Philadelphia USA	1.4	Vladimir Akopian	Armando Lopez Trujillo	Won: 1-0	23	Open
139	2021-06-29	14th Philadelphia Int	Philadelphia USA	8.2	Atulya Shetty	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	44	Open
140	2021-06-28	14th Philadelphia Int	Philadelphia USA	6.2	Praveen Balakrishnan	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	38	Open
141	2021-06-28	14th Philadelphia Int	Philadelphia USA	5.4	Joshua Sheng	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	57	Open
142	2021-06-27	14th Philadelphia Int	Philadelphia USA	4.1	Vladimir Akopian	Cemil Can Ali Marandi	Draw: 1/2-1/2	14	Open
143	2021-06-20	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	9.7	Christopher Woojin Yoo	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	39	Open
144	2021-06-20	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	8.6	Vladimir Akopian	Justin Wang	Draw: 1/2-1/2	29	Open
145	2021-06-19	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	7.9	Levy Rozman	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	58	Open
146	2021-06-19	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	6.3	Vladimir Akopian	Andrew Hong	Lost: 0-1	51	Open
147	2021-06-18	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	5.2	Aleksey Sorokin	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	31	Open
148	2021-06-18	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	4.5	Vladimir Akopian	Arthur Guo	Won: 1-0	59	Open
149	2021-06-17	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	3.13	Tatev Abrahamyan	Vladimir Akopian	Won: 0-1	45	Open
150	2021-06-16	National Open 2021	Las Vegas USA	1.3	Joshua Grabinsky	Vladimir Akopian	Draw: 1/2-1/2	60	Open