The Armenian Chess Federation is organizing the 8th Karen Asrian Memorial Open Tournament on June 15-25, 2015, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk.
The international event is dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, who passed away in June 2008, at the age of 28. He was member of the Armenian national team which won the first gold medal at the 2006 Chess Olympiad in Turin.
The tournament is a 9-round Swiss tournament with hefty prize fund in total of 22,500 US dollars.
GM Karen Grigoryan was the winner of the 7th Asrian Memorial.
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