Ashot Anastasian

Ashot Anastasian (Armenian: Աշոտ Անաստասյան; 16 July 1964 – 26 December 2016) was an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He won two team bronze medals and one individual gold medal at Chess Olympiads.[1] On the March 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2556,[2] making him ranked number 14 in Armenia.[3]

Ashot Anastasian
CountryArmenia
Born(1964-07-16)16 July 1964
Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Died25 December 2016(2016-12-25) (aged 52)
TitleGrandmaster (1993)
Peak rating2606 (January 2000)

Anastasian won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, and 2005.[2] He received his International Master title in 1988 and Grandmaster title in 1993.[4] In 1993 he placed first in Katowice.[5] In 2007, he tied for first with Bassem Amin in the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival.[6]

In September 2009 FIDE rating list he was ranked 325th in the world among active players.[4]

In 2010, he was appointed coach of the Armenian national women's team.[7]

On 26 December 2016, Armenpress reported that Anastasian had died.[8]

Notable games

Notes
  1. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Ashot Anastasian". OlimpBase. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "The chess games of Ashot Anastasian" Chessgames.com
  3. "World Chess Federations Ranking: Armenia" Archived 26 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine FIDE
  4. "FIDE Chess Profile: 13300059: Anastasian, Ashot" FIDE
  5. "Katowice Fibak op 1993". 365Chess.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  6. Crowther, Mark (20 August 2007). "TWIC 667: Abudhabi Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  7. "Ashot Anastasian - Women's National Team Coach". Armchess.am. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  8. "Chess grandmaster Ashot Anastasyan dies". armenpress.am. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  9. "Ashot Anastasian vs Sergei Tiviakov" Chessgames.com


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