Levon Ashotovich Grigorian (7 September 1947 – 29 November 1975), was a Soviet Armenian chess player
and son of the poet
Ashot Grashi.
He won
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 beca ...
s in 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972
and
Uzbekistani Chess Championship The Uzbekistani Chess Championship is a chess tournament held in Uzbekistan
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s in 1974 and 1975.
Grigorian was born in
Yerevan, Armenia
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and died in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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.
His brother
Karen Grigorian
Karen Ashotovich Grigorian (7 September 1947 – 30 October 1989) was an Armenian chess master, and son of the poet Ashot Grashi.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Grigorian won the Armenian Chess Championship three times (joint winner 1969, winner 197 ...
was a chess
International Master
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.
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1947 births
1975 deaths
Armenian chess players
Soviet chess players
Chess players from Yerevan
20th-century chess players
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