Armenian grandmaster, a native of Baku, Vladimir Hakobyan, will now perform under the US flag, reports Haqqin.az with reference to Satellite-Armenia.
In the rating of FIDE Hakobyan, it is already represented as an American chess player and ranks 12th among US grandmaster.
As you know, earlier with a statement about moving from Armenia to America, the strongest grandmaster of the country Levon Aronian was performed. But officially he has not yet changed sports citizenship.
His decision the chess player explained to the dismissive attitude and interrupted support for chess players from the state during the reign of Nikola Pashinyan.
I wonder what America has become a real refuge for Armenian chess players. In the TOP-100 chess community, the United States also includes Samvel Sevyan, Varuzhan Hakobyan and Melixet Khachyan.