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Karen Asrian
K Asrian 
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 542
Years covered: 1993 to 2008
Last FIDE rating: 2625
Highest rating achieved in database: 2646
Overall record: +139 -67 =319 (56.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 17 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (131) 
    B90 B92 B33 B84 B32
 Ruy Lopez (52) 
    C77 C90 C67 C84 C80
 Sicilian Najdorf (37) 
    B90 B92
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (24) 
    C90 C84 C92 C87 C95
 French Defense (22) 
    C07 C03 C10 C05 C11
 Sicilian Scheveningen (20) 
    B84 B83
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (83) 
    B12 B18 B10 B13 B14
 Queen's Gambit Declined (33) 
    D35 D37 D30
 Semi-Slav (28) 
    D45 D43 D47 D44
 Orthodox Defense (25) 
    D58 D52 D59 D50 D67
 Nimzo Indian (18) 
    E54 E32 E21 E34 E37
 French Defense (16) 
    C15 C18 C02 C07 C04
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K Maslak vs K Asrian, 2007 0-1
   K Asrian vs A Pashikian, 2006 1-0
   K Asrian vs Sveshnikov, 2004 1/2-1/2
   K Asrian vs T Kotanjian, 2007 1-0
   A Yegiazarian vs K Asrian, 2006 0-1
   G Sargissian vs K Asrian, 1999 1/2-1/2
   Sadler vs K Asrian, 1999 1/2-1/2
   Kasimdzhanov vs K Asrian, 1999 0-1
   K Asrian vs Khenkin, 2001 1/2-1/2
   K Asrian vs B Belotti, 2001 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Armenian Championship (2007)
   Dubai Open (2001)
   Armenian Championship (2005)
   World Junior Championship (2000)
   Ubeda Open (1999)
   World Junior Championship (1999)
   Armenian Championship (2008)
   European Championship (2005)
   European Championship (2002)
   European Championship (2004)
   Yerevan Olympiad (1996)
   European Championship (2001)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2000)
   European Championship (2003)
   European Championship (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 196 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 195 by 0ZeR0


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KAREN ASRIAN
(born Apr-24-1980, died Jun-09-2008, 28 years old) Armenia

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Karen Asrian was one of Armenia's leading grandmasters. He was awarded the title in 1997 and won the Armenian Championship in 1999, 2007, and 2008, and the tournaments of Dubai 2001 and Stepanakert 2004. In 2006, Asrian won a gold medal at the Chess Olympiad in Turin, playing on board #3 for the Armenian team.

Asrian died of a heart attack in 2008 at the age of 28.

Wikipedia article: Karen Asrian

Last updated: 2017-05-21 00:17:54

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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 542  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Dervishi vs K Asrian  1-0371993EU-ch U14B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
2. K Asrian vs Kasimdzhanov  0-1431993Wch U16B83 Sicilian
3. K Asrian vs S Ovsejevitsch  0-1591993Wch U16B32 Sicilian
4. H Tirard vs K Asrian  1-0351993Wch U16B12 Caro-Kann Defense
5. Vasiukov vs K Asrian  ½-½501994Moscow opB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
6. K Asrian vs T Nalbandian  0-1471995Armenian ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
7. K Asrian vs V Akopian  ½-½461995Armenian ChampionshipB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. A Yegiazarian vs K Asrian  1-0441995Armenian ChampionshipA14 English
9. N Kalantaryan vs K Asrian  1-0371995Armenian ChampionshipD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
10. V Mirumian vs K Asrian  1-0431995Armenian ChampionshipA14 English
11. K Asrian vs A Minasian  0-1411995Armenian ChampionshipB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
12. K Asrian vs A Anastasian  0-1691995Armenian ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
13. K Asrian vs Lputian  0-1281995Armenian ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
14. A Petrosian vs K Asrian  ½-½711995Armenian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
15. K Asrian vs Minasian  ½-½641995Armenian ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
16. M Khachiyan vs K Asrian  ½-½531995Armenian ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
17. K Asrian vs V Akopian  ½-½271996ARM-chB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
18. Tukmakov vs K Asrian  1-0611996Yerevan opE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
19. M Sher vs K Asrian  0-1651996Yerevan opB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
20. K Asrian vs Gulko  ½-½171996PCA Qualifier g/25 Moscow RUSB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
21. K Asrian vs Razuvaev  ½-½181996Yerevan opB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
22. K Asrian vs A Yegiazarian  ½-½471996Yerevan opB58 Sicilian
23. A Yegiazarian vs K Asrian  ½-½311996ARM-chA07 King's Indian Attack
24. K Asrian vs Aronian  ½-½231996ARM-chB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. K Asrian vs Movsesian  ½-½801996ARM-chB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
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Jun-12-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: I can imagine him in the great beyond having a ball and playing blitz with the likes of Tal, Fischer, and Petrosian. Rest in Peace.
Jun-12-08  Riverbeast: RIP GM Asrian!

You achieved quite a bit in your (too short) life

Jun-15-08  Atking: I want to congratulate the armenian people for their dignity to have rename their tournament in the memory of their great player Asrian.
Jun-15-08  DUS: <dazone3> indeed some time they do not come up. Also there are so many news each day it is not easy to find the one you need.

Jun-15-08  DUS: A chessbase report on GM Karen Asrian memorial.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Jun-15-08  DUS: In previous link you may see a photo of IM Lilit Mkrtchian and GM Katerina Lahno (the very last photo). Here is the final report of chessbase.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Jun-17-08  DUS: Sorry for too many postings, but I think the following link is interesting...

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Jun-18-08  pawn to QB4: No need at all to be sorry for your postings: thanks for that link, and my best wishes to all who loved or admired Karen Asrian. The author of that sympathetic piece is an Iranian master who came to England and left a lot of good memories, at much the same time as England and chessgames' own Nigel Short was teaching in Iran.
Jul-17-08  Jafar219: He was good player.
Nov-25-08  DUS: Below I copy a nice posting of <Ezzy> from the page of Chess Olympiad 2008 because the posting concerns to Karen Asrian too who was a member of Armenian team in 2006.

<Nov-25-08 Ezzy: Astounding effort again by Armenia!!. To retain the title against the worlds best, is a major achievement which will be remembered by all chess enthusiasts all over the world. I think this ranks as one of the greatest achievements of a chess nation. Sargissian is just plainly "Mr Olympiad." He is making this event his own. But it's about the whole team.

A great tribute to Karen Asrian. They did it again just for him!

Congratulations to Armenia, a great chess nation!!>

Apr-24-09  wordfunph: We've got the same birthday GM Karen Asrian but unfortunately we lost a terrific GM like you..

Happy Birthday GM Asrian!!!

Jul-09-09  myschkin: . . .

Vor meinem Tod ist mir nicht bang,
nur vor dem Tod derer,
die mir nah sind.
Wie soll ich leben,
wenn sie nicht mehr da sind?

Der weiß es wohl,
dem Gleiches widerfuhr,
Und die es trugen,
mögen mir vergeben.

Bedenkt, den eignen Tod,
den stirbt man nur,
doch mit dem Tod des andern
muss man leben.

(Mascha Kaleko)

RIP

Jun-30-10  Jafar219: <He died of a heart attack in 2008 at the age of 28>

No, it was suicide.

Jun-30-10  wordfunph: <Jafar219: <He died of a heart attack in 2008 at the age of 28>

No, it was suicide.>

<Jafar219> heart attack and not suicide..

Jul-05-10  Jafar219: <heart attack and not suicide..>

Can you prove it?

Jul-05-10  Winter: It says here that he lost consciousness while driving... possibly heart attack.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

The burden of proof is now in your hand <jafar>. Show us why it was suicide.

Jul-06-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: I see absolutely no reasons for suicide, but... heart attack at the age of 28? Was he known for heart problems prior to his death?
Oct-16-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: www.chessbase.com has a report on the third memorial tournament (ended 10-14-10)
Jun-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <alexmagnus: I see absolutely no reasons for suicide, but... heart attack at the age of 28? Was he known for heart problems prior to his death?>

He wasn't anorexic, was he? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_...

Jun-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <FSR> Did you ever deal with Wildhartlivie on Wikipedia? She was something else.

Always a shock to see someone go while so young, when they aren't an athlete or drug user. Long ago, I knew a girl even younger than Asrian was at his death who was heavily into coke, had a heart attack and almost didn't make it.

Jun-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <perfidious> No, I never dealt with her. I did adopt a couple of handles like "FatNonVirgin" and used them to comment on a Featured Article Nomination by SlimVirgin. They were both nuked with stunning alacrity.
Jun-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <FSR> FatNonVirgin, indeed! ROFL

Funny-I'd never heard of SlimVirgin till now. 'Course, I'll bet she never got involved in chess and the like.

Jun-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <perf> Actually, she did some (non-substantive) editing on my chess articles as I recall, particularly the two that got to Featured Article status. Google SlimVirgin; it's very interesting. There's a whole weird world of Wikipedia politics out there.
Jun-10-11  chessthomas: <myschkin>

thank you very much for posting
the poem of Mascha Kaleko.
I had never heard of her before,
and I may say that I am very impressed.
www.kaleko.ch

Jun-10-11  IRONCASTLEVINAY: R. I. P.
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