"CHESS GIANTS" TOURNAMENT SUSPENDED
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10.06.2008 12:45
The games of the "Chess Giants" rapid chess tournament scheduled for
today and tomorrow will not take place because of the untimely death of
Grand Master Karen Asryan. The tournament will restart on June 12.
The Open Rapid Chess Tournament scheduled for June 12-15 in Yerevan has been
canceled.
Olympic champion, triple champion of Armenia, winner of many international
tournaments Karen Asryan, 28, died on June 9.
Karen Asryan 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 a gold medal at the Chess Olympiad in Turin
as a member of Armenian team, playing on board three.
Asryan 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.