Ashot Anastasian
Number of games in database: 421
Years covered: 1983 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2566
Highest rating achieved in database: 2602
Overall record: +155 -102 =164 (56.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  English (23)      A15 A13 A11 A10 A14  King's Indian Attack (18)      A07 A08  English, 1 c4 e5 (15)      A22 A21 A25 A29 A26  Nimzo Indian (14)      E32 E35 E39 E34 E21  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      A45 A46 A40 E10  Reti System (13)      A04 A06	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (58)      B90 B32 B51 B29 B83  Caro-Kann (26)      B12 B19 B17 B18 B14  French Defense (26)      C10 C03 C07 C11 C00  Queen's Indian (25)      E12 E15 E16  Nimzo Indian (22)      E38 E40 E21 E20 E32  French (20)      C10 C11 C00 C12

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Anastasian vs Tiviakov, 1999 1-0
   A Dokutchaev vs A Anastasian, 1994 0-1
   A Anastasian vs Leko, 2001 1/2-1/2
   Leko vs A Anastasian, 2001 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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ASHOT ANASTASIAN (born Jul-16-1964) Armenia [what is this?] Grandmaster (1993) from Armenia. He won the Championship of Armenia in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, and 2005.

page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 421  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Anastasian vs Yermolinsky   0-1 45 1983 Tournament A30 English, Symmetrical 2. Yermolinsky vs A Anastasian   1-0 36 1985 Tbilisi (Georgia) A04 Reti Opening 3. Romanishin vs A Anastasian   1-0 20 1986 Yerevan B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 4. A Anastasian vs Khalifman   0-1 36 1986 Minsk (Belarus) D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 5. A Anastasian vs Balashov   0-1 78 1986 Yerevan A20 English 6. A Anastasian vs Shabalov   0-1 38 1986 Minsk A46 Queen's Pawn Game 7. A Anastasian vs Tal 1-0 43 1986 Yerevan A04 Reti Opening 8. A Anastasian vs Yermolinsky 0-1 18 1987 URS A52 Budapest Gambit 9. Ulibin vs A Anastasian   0-1 29 1987 Pavlodar B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. Chekhov vs A Anastasian   1-0 28 1987 URS-ch otbor E10 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Psakhis vs A Anastasian   ½-½ 33 1988 Yerevan B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 12. A Anastasian vs S Smagin   ½-½ 81 1988 Yerevan E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 13. Bagirov vs A Anastasian   ½-½ 19 1988 02, Nabereznye Chelny E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 14. A Anastasian vs Yermolinsky 1-0 15 1988 URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 15. A Anastasian vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 39 1988 Novi Sad op A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 16. Romanishin vs A Anastasian   0-1 43 1988 Yerevan A07 King's Indian Attack 17. Kupreichik vs A Anastasian   ½-½ 62 1988 URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Azmaiparashvili vs A Anastasian   1-0 24 1989 Armenia E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 19. G Timoshenko vs A Anastasian   ½-½ 69 1989 URS-ch U26 C10 French 20. A Anastasian vs Ivanchuk   0-1 80 1989 Yerevan D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 21. Marjanovic vs A Anastasian   1-0 40 1989 Erevan (Armenia) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 22. A Anastasian vs Yudasin   ½-½ 72 1989 World Cup (Open) A37 English, Symmetrical 23. G Giorgadze vs A Anastasian   0-1 40 1989 URS-ch U26 E12 Queen's Indian 24. A Anastasian vs Shabalov   1-0 93 1989 URS-YM Tbilisi D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. A Anastasian vs Razuvaev   0-1 27 1989 GMA op A21 English  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 421

Jun-14-04    ARMENIA: God Bless Ashot for his lessons that he has taught many!!! Another proud son of Armenia! Jun-14-04    orthochess: What is the secret of Aermenia having lots of GM's ??? Great players, lil country..... So nice.... Jun-14-04    ARMENIA: Our history has taught us many unforgettable lessons... Jun-27-04    rochade18: Looking back in history one can see that the Armenian armys were always smaller than the enemy's. So when both armys have the same strength (like in chess) the Armenians have an advantage ;) Jul-01-05    ARMENIA: Ashot jan... I love you and am fond of you very much! Your talent has lit up the darkness that we are in... Your way of thinking has shown us a new way of success in chess! God Bless you and God Bless Armenia Sep-01-05    Anastasia: thx <armenia> i luv u 2 Oct-18-05    ARMENIA: Very funny Jan-06-06    blingice: I suppose you have to do more than be a GM and win a National Championship to get a picture or a multi-sentence biography. Mar-17-06    BIDMONFA: Ashot Anastasian ANASTASIAN, Ashot http://www.bidmonfa.com/anastasian_... _ May-28-06    Open Defence: I think he was Armenian champion a number of times not just in 2005 Sep-15-06    argishti: ashot! God bless you, what a great talent from our chess talented rich country Armenia! we look strong having you! Oct-05-06    Rocafella: <we look strong having you> Everywhere you look in chess there is deception...;) Jan-22-07    WannaBe: I wonder if he is always looking for the Anastasian mate. Feb-21-07    argishti: "Rocafella:" hahaha, you are so not funny man!! chop! Jul-16-07    whiteshark: Just another picture: http://www.chessbase.de/2005/abudha... Jul-16-07    arnaud1959: Thanks bidmonfa for the link. Some interesting points that I saw in the chronology of the Armenian Championship: -After becoming champion in 1980, Smbat Lputian waited for 18 years to win the title once again. -Vaganian has never been champion. -And finally, Anastassian became champion at the age of 19 only, but never a top player. It shows how much the level of chess in Armenia is high and that one must be very talented and work hard to get to the top level. May-02-08    Whitehat1963: as hot as what? May-22-09    WhiteRook48: what did he come up with? Anastasia's mate? Jul-16-09    wordfunph: Happy Birthday Armenian GM Ashot Anastasian! Jul-16-09    kurtrichards: Eight (8) times Armenian champion. Great. Happy Birthday, GM Ashot Anastasian!

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