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TOP ARMENIAN GM KAREN ASRIAN DIES AT 28
Chessbase News
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsi d=4687
June 9 2008
Germany
09.06.2008 - We have received word that one of Armenia's leading
grandmasters, Karen Asrian, died today. Apparently he suffered a heart
attack while driving a car. Karen Asrian won the title of Armenia's
champion for three times. He also earned gold medals during a 2006
Olympiad held in Turin. His final rating, in April this year, was
2630. In memoriam.
Karen Asrian was born on April 24, 1980. He won the national Armenian
Championship in 1999, 2007 and 2008, and the tournaments of Dubai 2001
and Stepanakert 2004. In 2006 he won the Chess Olympiad in Turin as
a member of Armenian team, 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. His highest rating was 2634 (in October 2006), his final
rating 2630.
MSNBC reports that Asrian, apparently feeling ill, pulled his car into
a courtyard in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, early Monday and lost
consciousness. An ambulance crew pronounced him dead at the scene,
possibly of a heart attack. A moment of silence was held in his memory
before the opening of a speed-chess tournament in Yerevan on Monday,
after his death was announced by Armenian player Smbat Lputian.
Chessbase News
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsi d=4687
June 9 2008
Germany
09.06.2008 - We have received word that one of Armenia's leading
grandmasters, Karen Asrian, died today. Apparently he suffered a heart
attack while driving a car. Karen Asrian won the title of Armenia's
champion for three times. He also earned gold medals during a 2006
Olympiad held in Turin. His final rating, in April this year, was
2630. In memoriam.
Karen Asrian was born on April 24, 1980. He won the national Armenian
Championship in 1999, 2007 and 2008, and the tournaments of Dubai 2001
and Stepanakert 2004. In 2006 he won the Chess Olympiad in Turin as
a member of Armenian team, 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. His highest rating was 2634 (in October 2006), his final
rating 2630.
MSNBC reports that Asrian, apparently feeling ill, pulled his car into
a courtyard in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, early Monday and lost
consciousness. An ambulance crew pronounced him dead at the scene,
possibly of a heart attack. A moment of silence was held in his memory
before the opening of a speed-chess tournament in Yerevan on Monday,
after his death was announced by Armenian player Smbat Lputian.