Levon Ashotovich Grigorian (7 September 1947 – 29 November 1975), was a Soviet Armenian chess player
and son of the poet
Ashot Grashi Ashot or Ashod ( hy, ) is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with that surname include:
Kings of the Bagratuni Dynasty
*Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826)
* Ashot I of Armenia (Ashot the Great), ruled 884-890
*Ashot II, Ashot Yer ...
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He won
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s in 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972
and
Uzbekistani Chess Championships in 1974 and 1975.
Grigorian was born in
Yerevan, Armenia and died in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
His brother
Karen Grigorian was a chess
International Master
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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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