Zaven Andriasian

Who is Zaven Andriasian?

Zaven Andriasian is an Armenian Grandmaster of chess. He won the 2005 European Youth Chess Championship for under 16 and the 2006 World Junior Chess Championship. 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 Chess960 Championship. In December 2012 he tied for 1st-3rd with Alexander Kovchan and Sipke Ernst in the Groningen Chess Festival. He defeated German grandmaster Falko Bindrich in the 2007 World Youth Stars tournament in a notably strong game.

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Be1 Bg4 14. Nfd4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Re8 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Rd1 Bc7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Qe2 Qe6 21. Kg2 b6 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Ncb5 Bb8 24. Rc1 h5 25. h3 Nc5 26. Rd1 Ned3 27. Nf3 Nf4

As of January 2013, his FIDE rating is 2598.