- Karen Asrian
Infobox chess player
playername = Karen Asrian
caption=
birthname = Karen Asrian
Կարեն Ասրյան
country = ARM
datebirth = birth date|1980|4|24
placebirth =
datedeath =death date and age|2008|6|9|1980|4|24
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2630
(No. 92 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating = 2646 (January 2006)Karen Asrian (
24 April 1980 –9 June 2008 ) was anArmenia nchess Grandmaster.As of the October 2006
FIDE rating list, his Elo rating was 2634, tied for the fourth highest rank in Armenia.He won the national Armenian Championship in 1999, 2007, and 2008, and the tournaments of Dubai 2001 and Tigran Petrosian Memorial in 2004.
In 2006, Asrian won the Chess Olympiad in Turin as a member of Armenian team. He was playing on board three.Asrian had a solid playing style, refusing to take much risk on board. Combined with good endgame technique this made him an excellent team player.
On
9 June 2008 theArmenian Chess Federation said Asrian had died of a suspected heart attack while driving. [cite web|author=|title=Grandmaster, Armenian chess champion Asrian dies at 28|publisher=MSNBC |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25061254/|date=2008-06-09 |accessdate=2008-06-09]Tournament records
*2003 4th European Individual Championship 8/13
*2004 3rd Aeroflot Open 5.5/9
*2004 Petrosian Memorial Tournament 6/9
*2004 6th Dubai Open 5/9
*2004 5th European Individual Championship 8/13
*2005 65th Armenian Championship 7/11
*2005 4th Aeroflot Open 5.5/9
*2005 Karabakh International 4/9
*2005 6th European Individual Championship 9/13
*2006 66th Armenian Championship 5.5/9
*2006 5th Aeroflot Open 5.5/9
*2006 37th Chess Olympiad 5/10
*2007 67th Armenian Championship 9.5/13
*2007 6th Aeroflot Open 5.5/9
*2007 7th European Individual Championship 6/11
*2008 68th Armenian Championship 8/13
*2008 Moscow Open 6/9
*2008 7th Aeroflot Open 5.5/9
*2008 8th European Individual Championship 6.5/11References
External links
*fide|id=13300490|name=Karen Asrian
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* [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/rnjjz1bd.html OlimpBase]
* [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=13300490 Rating data]
* [http://benoni.de/schach/elo/his.html?id=13300490 Historical elo rating]
* [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4687 Karen Asrian, 1980–2008]Persondata
NAME= Asrian, Karen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Asrian, Karen
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Chess Grandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH=24 April 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=9 June 2008
PLACE OF DEATH=
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