Zaven Andriasian
{{Short description|Armenian chess player (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Zaven Andriasian
|image = Zaven Andriasian 2012.jpg
|caption = Zaven Andriasian, Warsaw 2012
|birthname =
|country = Armenia
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|3|11}}
|birth_place = Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (2006)
|worldchampion =
|peakrating = 2645 (March 2011)
|FideID = 13302000
}}
Zaven Andriasian (sometimes transliterated as Andriasyan; {{langx|hy|Զավեն Անդրիասյան}}; born March 11, 1989)[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main1449.jpg International Master title application]. FIDE. Retrieved 25 January 2016 is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion.
Chess career
He won the 2005 European Youth Chess Championship for under-16[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2653 ChessBase.com - Chess News - European Youth Championship the winners] and the 2006 World Junior Chess Championship.[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3432 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Shen Yang and Zaven Andriasian World Junior Champions] The latter victory automatically earned him the title of Grandmaster (GM). In November 2010 he won the Russian Cup Final after defeating Artyom Timofeev in the second game of the final.{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic837.html#10|title=The Week in Chess 837: Russian Cup Final 2010|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2010-11-22|publisher=London Chess Center|access-date=13 November 2011}} In January 2012 he came second in the Armenian Chess960 Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/90416/Hrant_Melkumyan_becomes_Armenias_Chess_960_champion_of_2012|title=Hrant Melkumyan becomes Armenia's Chess 960 champion of 2012|date=2012-01-28|publisher=PanArmenian.net|access-date=29 January 2012}} In December 2012 he shared first with Alexander Kovchan and Sipke Ernst in the Groningen Chess Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/50th-groningen-chess-festival-2012|title= The Week in Chess: 50th Groningen Chess Festival 2012|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2012-12-31|publisher=The Week in Chess|access-date=2 January 2013}} In 2016 Andriasian won the Armenian Chess Championship.{{cite web|title=Zaven Andriasian is 2016 Armenian champion|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/9375-zaven-andriasian-is-2016-armenian-champion.html|publisher=FIDE|access-date=30 January 2016|date=2016-01-24}}
Books
- {{cite book|last=Andriasyan|first=Zaven|title=Winning with the Najdorf Sicilian. An Uncompromising Repertoire for Black|date=2013|publisher=New In Chess|isbn=978-90-5691-429-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Andriasyan|first=Zaven|title=The English Attack against the Taimanov Sicilian. A Guide for White|date=2015|publisher=New In Chess|isbn=978-90-5691-555-1}}
Notable games
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1432759, Zaven Andriasian vs Maxim Rodshtein, World Junior Championship 2006, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense Modern Line (C07), 1-0]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1461237, Falko Bindrich vs Zaven Andriasian, World Youth Stars 2007, Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D30), 0-1]
References
External links
- {{Chessgames player|id=84227}}
- {{chessclub player|id=ZavenGrozny}}
- [http://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/grandmaster-games/index.php?player=Zaven_Andriasian&masterplayerid=20925 Grandmaster Games Database - Zaven Andriasian]
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Category:Armenian chess players
Category:World Junior Chess Champions
Category:Armenian chess writers
Category:Chess players from Yerevan
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in chess
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Armenia
Category:Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
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