The Azerbaijan Chess Federation (, ''AŞF'') is the governing

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organization in

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and is affiliated to the World Chess Federation

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. The Azerbaijan Chess Federation was founded in 1920 when Azerbaijan became a member of the

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as the Azerbaijan SSR the same year, and was reorganized in 1992, after Azerbaijan attained its independence with the

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, and became a member of FIDE the same year. Its headquarters are in

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

. Elman Rustamov was the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation from 2007 until 2021.

Executive committee

The executive committee includes: *President – Mahir Mammedov *First Vice-president – Faiq Hasanov *Vice-president – Seymur Talibov *General Secretary – Ilaha Gadimova

Members

Its members include: Grandmasters International Masters Women Grandmasters Women International MastersAzerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani Women International Masters

Competitions

The federation organizes the following chess competitions: * Azerbaijani Chess Championship *Azerbaijan Women's Chess Championship *Azerbaijan Children's Chess Championship

International events

* FIDE Grand-Prix 2008 (April 19 – May 6, 2008) in

* 42nd Chess Olympiad (2016) in Baku

References

External links

* National members of the European Chess Union Chess in Azerbaijan

Chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...