The Team named after Tigran Petrosian

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The World Team

Tigran Petrosian Memorial
International Chess Match

Garry Kasparov (Russia)
April 11, 1963
Rating Elo - 2817
The World Champion among the youths (1980).
The World Champion (1985-2000). The winner of 11 Chess Oscars.
In 2004 shared places 2-3 in Linares.
Read: «Garry Kasparov: lessons given by Petrosian»

Peter Leko (Hungary)
September 8, 1979
Rating Elo - 2741
The winner of the tournament of candidates in Dortmund (2002).
In 2003 shared places 1-2- in Linares.
In 2004 shared places 2-3- in Veik-an-Zea and Linares

Boris Gelfand (Israel)
June 24, 1968
Rating Elo - 2714
International grand master since 1989.
The winner of the USSR championship among the youths (1985).
A participant of the FIDE world championships.
The winner of international tournaments: Debrecen (1989),
Alekhin Memorial (1992), Halkidiki (1993), Dos-Hermanas (1994),
Vienna (1996), Tilburg (1996), Rubinstein Memorial (1998,2000).

Vladimir Akopyan (Armenia)
December 7, 1971
RatingElo - 2689
Чемпион мира среди юношей (1991).
Финалист чемпионата мира ФИДЕ (1999).
В 2004 г. в составе команды «Томск-400-ЮКОС»
стал чемпионом России.

Rafael Vaganyan (Armenia)
October 15, 1951
Rating Elo - 2639
The USSR champion (1989).
In 2004 shared places 1-3 in Aeroflot Span,
as a member of the Ports team became the champion of Germany (Bundesleague).

Smbat Lputyan (Armenia)
February 14, 1958
Rating Elo - 2634
Grand master since 1984.
Winner of tournaments: Berlin (1982), Saraevo (1985), Gastings (1986), Dortmund (1988), Erevan (1988), Rimavska Sobota (1991), New-York Open (1998).
The director of the Armenian Chess Academy since April 2002