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  • Armenians Say Last Farewell To Karen Asrian

    ARMENIANS SAY LAST FAREWELL TO KAREN ASRIAN
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    ARMENPRESS
    June 11, 2008

    President Serzh Sarkisian, Parliament Speaker Tigran Torosian and
    Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian joined today thousands of Armenians
    to say the last farewell to talented chess player Karen Asrian who
    died suddenly on June 9.

    Karen Asrian was only 28, but he was Olympic chess champion, three
    times champion of Armenia and winner of many international chess
    competitions.

    The leadership of the country visited the Chess House in Yerevan were
    Karen Asrian's coffin was laid, to convey their condolences to Karen
    Asrian's family and relatives.

    Levon Aronian, Vladimir Hakobian, Gabriel Sarkisian, Peter Leko of
    Hungary, Michael Adams of UK, Alexander Morozevich of Russia and Boris
    Gelfand of Israel who are in Yerevan for an international competition,
    paid their last tribute to their friend.
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