Beating GM Perez at World Cup Qualifier | Insane in the Endgame – GM Varuzhan Akobian

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Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows his quarterfinal World Cup Qualifier game against Cuban GM Luis Manuel Perez at the online hybrid knockout tournament. Akobian won his match against Perez, but ultimately failed to qualify for the Cup.

2021.06.01
Varuzhan Akobian vs. Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez, 2021: D10 Queen’s Gambit Declined Slav defence, exchange variation
https://www.365chess.com/game.php?back=1&gid=4287864

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