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Ashot Anastasian (Armenian: Աշոտ Անաստասյան; 10 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
Country	Armenia
Born	(1964-07-10)10 July 1964 Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Died	25 December 2016(2016-12-25) (aged 52)
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2556 (March 2011)

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

• Ashot Anastasian vs. Sergei Tiviakov (1999) at the European Team Championship Games, 1-0[9]

Notes

External links

• Grandmaster Games Database - Ashot Anastasian

На других языках

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- [en] Ashot Anastasian

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[ru] Анастасян, Ашот Гамлетович

Ашот Гамлетович Анастасян (арм. Աշոտ Անաստասյան; 16 июля 1964, Ереван — 26 декабря 2016, Ереван) — армянский шахматист; международный гроссмейстер, восьмикратный чемпион Армении (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 и 2005)[1], шестикратный участник шахматных олимпиад (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)[2].

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