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ROBERT HOVHANNISYAN WON THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT AFTER KAREN ASRYAN
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19:09, 24 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 24, ARMENPRESS: Grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan became
the winner of the tournament after Karen Asryan.
"Armenpress" was informed from Armenian chess federation that Robert
Hovhannisyan gaining 7.5 points from 9 possible became the winner
of the tournament. 2-3 positions shared with each other Samvel
Ter-Sahakyan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan.
In the tournament after Karen Asryan took part 55 grandmasters from
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Israel, Brazil and other
countries. This tournament is held since 2008 in memory of one of
the best Armenian chess palyers Karen Asryan who died at the age of 28.
He won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1999, 2007, and 2008, and
the Dubai 2001 and Tigran Petrosian Memorial (2004) tournaments. In
2006, Asrian won the Chess Olympiad in Turin, playing third board on
the Armenian team. Asrian had a solid playing style, refusing to take
much risk, and this combined with good endgame technique has made him
an excellent team player. On 9 June 2008 the Armenian Chess Federation
said Asrian had died of a suspected heart attack while driving.
Robert Hovhannisyan won the 71st Armenian Chess Championship in 2011
and was a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the World
Team Chess Championship in Ningbo2011. In August 2011 he came second
in the World Junior Chess Championship in Chennai. In January 2012
he took second place in the 72nd Armenian Chess Championship.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/723769/robert-hovhannisyan-won-the--memorial-tournament-after-karen-asryan.html
19:09, 24 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 24, ARMENPRESS: Grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan became
the winner of the tournament after Karen Asryan.
"Armenpress" was informed from Armenian chess federation that Robert
Hovhannisyan gaining 7.5 points from 9 possible became the winner
of the tournament. 2-3 positions shared with each other Samvel
Ter-Sahakyan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan.
In the tournament after Karen Asryan took part 55 grandmasters from
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Israel, Brazil and other
countries. This tournament is held since 2008 in memory of one of
the best Armenian chess palyers Karen Asryan who died at the age of 28.
He won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1999, 2007, and 2008, and
the Dubai 2001 and Tigran Petrosian Memorial (2004) tournaments. In
2006, Asrian won the Chess Olympiad in Turin, playing third board on
the Armenian team. Asrian had a solid playing style, refusing to take
much risk, and this combined with good endgame technique has made him
an excellent team player. On 9 June 2008 the Armenian Chess Federation
said Asrian had died of a suspected heart attack while driving.
Robert Hovhannisyan won the 71st Armenian Chess Championship in 2011
and was a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the World
Team Chess Championship in Ningbo2011. In August 2011 he came second
in the World Junior Chess Championship in Chennai. In January 2012
he took second place in the 72nd Armenian Chess Championship.