Levon Ashotovich Grigorian

Levon Ashotovich Grigorian
CountryArmenia
Born(1947-09-07)7 September 1947
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Died29 November 1975(1975-11-29) (aged 28)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Peak rating2490 (July 1972)

Levon Ashotovich Grigorian (7 September 1947 – 29 November 1975), was a Soviet Armenian chess player[1][2] and son of the poet Ashot Grashi.

He won Armenian Chess Championships in 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972[3] and Uzbekistani Chess Championships in 1974 and 1975.

Grigorian was born in Yerevan, Armenia and died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1] His brother Karen Grigorian was a chess International Master.

  1. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 150, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. ^ Grigorian, Levon A., Olimpbase.org
  3. ^ All Champions of Armenia, Chess in Armenia Magazine, archived from the original on 2012-01-20