ZAVEN ANDRIASIAN U20 CHESS WORLD CHAMPION

AZG Armenian Daily
17/10/2006

Armenian international master Zaven Andriasian became World Chess
Champion under 20 at the juniors and girls championship held in
Yerevan. Drawing the last game against Georgian Levan Pantsulaia,
Zaven gained 9.5 points and left the closest rivals Vitiugov Nikita,
Kryvoruchko Yuriy and Pantsulaia Levan behind by 0.5 point.

Zaven managed to reach the frontrunners defeating Kryvoruchko and
Vitiugov in rounds 11 and 12.

17-year-old Zaven was European champion U18 in 2005 and took the
second prize this year. This is a wonderful achievement for Zaven
himself and for the Armenian chess school that keeps supply the world
chess with new talents.