Artashes Minasian

Artashes Minasian (sometimes transliterated as Minasyan; Armenian: Արտաշես Մինասյան; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. He won the USSR Chess Championship in 1991 and is a six-time Armenian Chess Champion.

Artashes Minasian
Arshak Petrosian and Artashes Minasian (right) at the 2008 Chess Olympiad
Full nameArtashes Minasian
CountryArmenia
Born (1967-01-21) 21 January 1967
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1992)
FIDE rating2472 (August 2020)
Peak rating2620 (July 1998)

Chess career
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).[1] 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]

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References
  1. "Olympiad R13 Armenia and Ukraine take Gold". ChessBase. 5 June 2006.
  2. "All Champions of Armenia". Armchess.am. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  3. "URS-ch58 Moscow 1991". Russian Chess Base. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  4. Sloan, Sam. "Armenians Sweep 1998 New York Open Chess Tournament". Anusha.com. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  5. "High Titles of Olympic Champions". Armchess. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

Notable chess games


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