Artashes Minasian

Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Artashes Minasian

Artashes Minasian (also transliterated as Minasyan; Armenian: Արտաշես Մինասյան; 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.

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Artashes Minasian
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Arshak Petrosian and Minasian (right) at the 2008 Chess Olympiad
CountryArmenia
Born (1967-01-21) 21 January 1967 (age 58)
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1992)[1]
FIDE rating2460 (February 2025)
Peak rating2620 (July 1998)[1]
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Chess career

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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]

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Notable chess games

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