"I could keep talking about Ashot as chess player, composer, theoretician, or a trainer; however I would rather write about him as a person. If I were asked, which of my close friends is the most honest and kind, I would not hesitate to name Ashot."
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Levon Aronian, in Genius in the Background by Tibor Károlyi and Nick Aplin (2009), p. 218
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