The Azerbaijan Chess Federation ( az, Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası, ''AŞF'') is the governing

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

organization in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

and is affiliated to the World Chess Federation

FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

. 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 dissolution of the Soviet Union, and became a member of FIDE the same year. Its headquarters are in Baku.

Elman Rustamov Elman Rustamov ( az, Elman Rüstəmov) is an Azerbaijani politician. He was the chairman of Azerbaijan Central Bank from January 1995 until April 2022. Biography Rustamov was born 29 June 1952 in Jabrail district of Azerbaijan. Education ...

was the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation since 2007. Elman Rustamov & Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

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 Baku *

42nd Chess Olympiad The 42nd Chess Olympiad ( az, 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this ...

(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, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...