Narine Karakashian

Armenian chess player

Narine Karakashian

Country| Armenia
Born|  (1971-06-30) 30 June 1971 (age 53)
Title| Woman International Master (1992)
Peak rating| 2200 (January 1992)

Narine Karakashian (Armenian: Նարինե Կարակաշյան; born 30 June 1971) is an Armenian chess player holding the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She is also a psychologist.[1]

## Career

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Karakashian competed at the 30th Chess Olympiad for Armenia.[2] She also represented the Armenian SSR at the 2nd Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship 1991.[3]

## Personal life

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Her mother is Nonna Karakashyan, who was also a chess player and the first Armenian woman awarded with FIDE title of International Arbiter. Both mother and daughter were awarded with International chess titles (IA and WIM, correspondingly) at the same FIDE Congress in Manila, Philippines in 1992.

## References

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1. ^ "Dr. Narine Karakashian, PHD". HealthGrades. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
2. ^ "30th Chess Olympiad (women): Manila 1992". OlimpBase. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
3. ^ "2nd Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship: Azov 1991". OlimpBase. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

## External links

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* Narine Karakashian rating card at FIDE
* Narine Karakashian player profile and games at Chessgames.com
* Narine Karakashian chess games at 365Chess.com
* Narine Karakashian at Redhotpawn.com
* Narine Karakashian Women's Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org