Ashot Anastasian
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Ashot Anastasian is an Armenia
n chess
Grandmaster. On the March 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo
rating of 2556, making him ranked number 14 in Armenia.
Anastasian won the Armenian Chess Championship
in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, and 2005. He received his International Master title in 1988 and Grandmaster title in 1993. In September 2009 FIDE rating list he is ranked 325th in the world among active players.
In 2010, he was appointed the Armenian national women's team coach.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster. On the March 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
rating of 2556, making him ranked number 14 in Armenia.
Anastasian won the Armenian Chess Championship
Armenian Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the Armenian Chess Championship. The first championship was played in 1934, when Armenia was a part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. Championships were held sporadically in the Armenian SSR until 1945, when they became contested every year; this has continued today...
in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, and 2005. He received his International Master title in 1988 and Grandmaster title in 1993. In September 2009 FIDE rating list he is ranked 325th in the world among active players.
In 2010, he was appointed the Armenian national women's team coach.
Notable games
- Ashot Anastasian vs. Sergei Tiviakov (1999) at the European Team Championship Games, 1-0