The Chess Federation of Armenia (), also known as the Armenian Chess Federation, is the governing

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organization in

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

and is affiliated to

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. The body was founded in 1927. Responsible for organizing individual and club championships for men and women and the various important international tournaments in Armenia, it also forms the Armenian national men's and women's teams. The Federation is a member of the European Chess Union.

History

Founded in 1927 as a chess section, in 1959 it was transformed into a federation. In 1958, the national team of Armenia took part in the USSR Chess Championship. The federation organizes men and women tournaments every year in the Armenian Chess Championship. The first championship was held in 1934 and the first champion of Armenia was Genrikh Kasparyan, who went on to win the championships a total of 10 times. So far, 75 championships have been held in Armenia. Armenia became a member of

in 1992. In Armenia, chess teams frequently participate in international competitions and have achieved considerable success. Armenia has hosted and organized many major international tournaments at the European and world level. The 32nd Chess Olympiad was held in Yerevan in 1996, the World Team Chess Championship was held in Yerevan in 2001 and in Tsaghkadzor in 2015, the 2014

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was held in Yerevan in 2014 and the European Senior Chess Championship was held in Yerevan in 2016. Since 1970, the federation has been operating in the Yerevan Chess House, which in 1984 was renamed the Tigran Petrosian Chess House. The building is located on Abovyan Street. In 1972, Kasparyan published the ''Chess in Armenia'' magazine. The Chess Academy of Armenia was founded in 2002.

Board Members

Ten board members include: *President – Serzh Sargsyan *First vice-president –

Smbat Lputian Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (also Transliteration, transliterated as ''Lputyan''; ; born 14 February 1958) is an Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Chess career He was first at the tournament in Berlin in 1982, shared first place ...

*General Secretary – Gaguik Oganessian *Vice-President – Tigran Sargsyan *Vice-President – Levon Eolyan *Vice-President – Yuri Arustamyan *Vice-President – Gagik Gevorgyan *Vice-President – Hovik Khalikyan *Vice-President – Ashot Vardapetyan *Vice-President – Hrach Tavadian *Chairman Emeritus – Vanik Zakaryan The Chess Federation presidency is composed of 59 members.

Presidium

Presidium consists of 64 members, including grandmasters: * Ashot Anastasian * Levon Aronian * Avetik Grigoryan * Elina Danielian * Arsen Yegiazarian * Robert Hovhannisyan *

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Artashes Minasian Artashes Minasian (also Transliteration, transliterated as ''Minasyan''; ; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He tied for first in the 1991 USSR Chess Championship and is a six-time Armenian Chess Champi ...

Sergei Movsesian Sergei Musheghi Movsesian (; born 3 November 1978) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 2011 World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo. ...

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* Arman Pashikian * Arshak Petrosian * Tigran L. Petrosian * Gabriel Sargissian *

Rafael Vaganian Rafael Artemovich Vaganian (, , ''Rafael Artemovich Vaganyan''; born 15 October 1951) is an Armenian chess player holding the title of grandmaster (GM). He was Soviet champion in 1989. Chess career Vaganian achieved his Grandmaster title in 1 ...

and International Masters: * Vahagn Khachatryan * Eduard Mnatsakanian * Ashot Nadanian

Committees

The Chess Federation establishes committees to coordinate the various aspects of chess and make relevant decisions: *Club committee work carried out with (President Hovik Khalikyan) *Chess board (president, Rafael Vahanyan) *The ethics committee (president, Levon Yolyan) *Media commission *Women's committee (president, Argen Geghamyan) *Composition Committee (chairman, Alexei Gasparyan) *Chess modern technology committee (chairman, Aram Hajyan) *Mass work committee (chairman Smbat Lputyan) *Coaching (children's) board (president, Mr. Tavadyan) *Referees Committee (chairman, Armen Nikoghosyan) *Qualification Commission (Chairman Gagik Gevorgyan) *Ratings committee (Chairman Ashot Vardapetyan) *Veterans Committee (chairman, Yury Arustamyan) *Audit committee (chairman, Armen Gevorgyan)

References

External links

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