Artashes Minasian

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Artashes Minasian
Arshak Petrosian and Minasian (right) at the 2008 Chess Olympiad
Country Armenia
Born ( 1967-01-21 ) 21 January 1967 (age 57)
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster (1992) [1]
FIDE   rating 2460 (June 2024)
Peak rating 2620 (July 1998) [1]

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

Chess career [ edit ]

Minasian (2nd left) with his 2008 Olympiad teammates on a 2009 stamp of Armenia

He participated in eight Chess Olympiads with a record of +23 ?12 =28. In 2006 the Armenian team took the first place at the 37th Chess Olympiad . Along with himself, the team consisted of Levon Aronian , Vladimir Akopian , Karen Asrian , Smbat Lputian , Gabriel Sargissian ). [2] Minasian won the Armenian Chess Championship six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006. [3] He also won the final USSR Chess Championship in 1991 [4] and New York open championship in 1998. [5]

He achieved a peak rating of 2620 in July 1998. [1]

In December 2009, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia. [6]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c Felice, Gino Di (16 January 2018). Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016 . McFarland. p. 214. ISBN   978-1-4766-3361-9 .
  2. ^ "Olympiad R13 Armenia and Ukraine take Gold" . ChessBase. 5 June 2006.
  3. ^ "All Champions of Armenia" . Armchess.am . Retrieved 16 December 2011 .
  4. ^ "URS-ch58 Moscow 1991" . Russian Chess Base. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009 . Retrieved 7 July 2009 .
  5. ^ Sloan, Sam. "Armenians Sweep 1998 New York Open Chess Tournament" . Anusha.com . Retrieved 28 June 2009 .
  6. ^ "High Titles of Olympic Champions" . Armchess. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010 . Retrieved 19 December 2009 .

Notable chess games [ edit ]

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