| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1961 |
| Grandmaster (1994) | |
| Peakrating: | 2505 (January 1995) |
| Fideid: | 13700049 |
| Native Name: | Болат Асанов |
Bolat Karishaluly Asanov (born 7 May 1961) is a Kazakh chess grandmaster,[1] [2] [3] a son of Karishal Asanov, Soviet, Kazakhstani dissident, fighter for Kazakhstan's independence. Writer, author of a book "The Championship Diary", published in Tallinn, Estonia in 2023. As well Bolat Asanov was a member of the FIDE Central Committee (1994-1998), FIDE representative to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (2006-2008).[4]