Artashes Minasian
Artashes Minasian | |
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![]() Arshak Petrosian and Artashes Minasian (right) at the 2008 Chess Olympiad | |
Country | Armenia |
Born | Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union | 21 January 1967
Title | Grandmaster (1992) |
FIDE rating | 2462 (February 2022) |
Peak rating | 2620 (July 1998) |
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.
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).[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]
References[]
- ^ "Olympiad R13 Armenia and Ukraine take Gold". ChessBase. 5 June 2006.
- ^ "All Champions of Armenia". Armchess.am. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "URS-ch58 Moscow 1991". Russian Chess Base. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ^ Sloan, Sam. "Armenians Sweep 1998 New York Open Chess Tournament". Anusha.com. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ "High Titles of Olympic Champions". Armchess. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
Notable chess games[]
- Kateryna Lahno vs Artashes Minasian, 6th Aeroflot Festival 2007, Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (B18), 0-1
- Artashes Minasian vs Tigran Nalbandian, Armenian Championship 2008, Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01), 1–0
- Artashes Minasian vs Loek Van Wely, Philadelphia 1994, Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07), 1-0
External links[]
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- Artashes Minasian player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Artashes Minasian Grandmaster Games Database at RedHotPawn.com
- Artashes Minasian Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Artashes Minasian player profile at Chessmetrics
- 1967 births
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- Chess grandmasters
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- Armenian chess players
- Sportspeople from Yerevan
- Soviet chess players
- European chess biography stubs
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