Bolat Asanov
Asanov in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Болат Асанов |
| Born | May 7, 1961 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Title | Grandmaster (1994) |
| FIDE rating | 2404 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2505 (January 1995) |
Bolat Kärışalūly Asanov[a] (Kazakh: Болат Кәрішалұлы Асанов; born 7 May 1961) is a Kazakh chess grandmaster[1][2][3] and writer. A son of Karishal Asanov, Soviet-Kazakhstani dissident, Kazakhstan's independence fighter, he is author of a book "The Championship Diary", published in Tallinn, Estonia in 2023. Asanov was a member of the FIDE Central Committee (1994–1998), FIDE representative to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (2006–2008).[4]
Asanov, being a candidate of historical sciences, on July 15, 2005, achieved that the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defence of Russia officially confirmed the fact of hoisting the red flag on the Reichstag Building in Berlin on April 30,[5] 1945 by Lieutenant Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev[6] and Private Grigory Bulatov. For this purpose, on 7 May 2005, Bolat Asanov addressed a letter to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[7][8]
Notes
- ^ Often transliterated as Bolat Karishaluly Assanov through a Russified Romanization of Болат Каришалулы Асанов.
References
- ^ "Asanov, Bolat". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ "The chess games of Bolat Karishaluly Asanov". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ "Bolat Asanov chess games - 365Chess.com". www.365chess.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ "FIDE Representative to IOC Bolat Asanov visits IOC in Lausanne". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2006-08-14.
- ^ "Asyl Sagimbekov. Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev hoisted the banner over the Reichstag - official confirmation of the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defence of Russia". online.zakon.kz. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
- ^ "Aigul Amantaeva, Toktar Terlikbaev, Amanzhol Baigazin. Russian Foreign Ministry published an article about the feat of Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev". Khabar TV channel. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Aida Urazalina. The Victory Banner was carried at the parade in Astana". liter.kz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Bauyrzhan Makhanov. The Victory Banner: why Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev was bypassed by deserved glory during his lifetime?". Qmonitor.kz. Retrieved 2022-05-03.