The Armenian Chess Federation organized the 5th Karen Asrian Memorial Chess Tournament on June 16-25, 2012, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk.
The 9-round Swiss event was 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.
Georgian Grandmaster David Arutinian was the convincing winner after collecting 7.5 points and leaving the opposition a full point behind. He earned 4000 USD of the prize fund that amounted to 18.500 USD.
Karen Asrian
GM Tigran Kotanjian was the consecutive winner of the 3rd and 4th Asrian Memorial.
