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Armenian chess player
Artashes Minasian
(sometimes
transliterated
as Minasyan;
Armenian
:
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; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian
chess
grandmaster
. He tied for first in the
USSR Chess Championship
in 1991 and is a six-time
Armenian Chess Champion
.
Chess career
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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
).
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Minasian won the
Armenian Chess Championship
six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006.
[2]
He also won the final
USSR Chess Championship
in 1991
[3]
and New York open championship in 1998.
[4]
In December 2009, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia.
[5]
References
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Notable chess games
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External links
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