Career
In 1946, he was awarded a Romanian chess master title. Samarian was a Romanian national coach both for men"s and women"s teams. He emigrated to West Germany in 1976, and became a German national coach for women"s team
Samarian was the author of the 1974 book "The Queen"s Gambit Declined" published in English in 1974 by Chess Digest, Incorporated., Dallas Texas.
The book was translated by Grev Corbett and Patrick Miles and has no ISBN number.