Zaven Andriasian (sometimes

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as Andriasyan; hy, Զավեն Անդրիասյան; born March 11, 1989, in

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) is an

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Grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion.

Chess career

He won the 2005

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for under-16 and the 2006

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. 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. In January 2012 he came second in the Armenian

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Championship. In December 2012 he shared first with

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and

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in the Groningen Chess Festival. In 2016 Andriasian won the

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Books

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Notable games

Zaven Andriasian vs Maxim Rodshtein, World Junior Championship 2006, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense Modern Line (C07), 1-0Falko Bindrich vs Zaven Andriasian, World Youth Stars 2007, Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D30), 0-1

References

External links

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Grandmaster Games Database - Zaven Andriasian
1989 births Living people Chess grandmasters Armenian chess players World Junior Chess Champions Chess writers Sportspeople from Yerevan Universiade medalists in chess Universiade silver medalists for Armenia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub