Artashes Minasian
Encyclopedia
Artashes Minasian is an Armenia
n chess
Grandmaster.
. Along with himself, the team consisted of Levon Aronian
, Vladimir Akopian, Karen Asrian
, Smbat Lputian
, Gabriel Sargissian). Minasian won the Armenian Chess Championship
six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006. He also won the final USSR Chess Championship
in 1991 and New York open championship in 1998.
, at his peak in November 1992 Minasian's play was equivalent to a rating of 2678, and he was ranked number 39 in the world. His best single performance was at Moscow (URS Championship), 1991, where he scored 8.5 of 11 possible points (77%) against 2639-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2767.
On the March 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2558.
In December 2009, he was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia".
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster.
Chess career
He participated in eight Chess Olympiads with a record of +23,=28,-12. In 2006 the Armenian team took the first place at the 37th Chess Olympiad37th Chess Olympiad
The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:...
. Along with himself, the team consisted of Levon Aronian
Levon Aronian
Levon Grigor Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2807, making him number three in the world and Armenia's number one...
, Vladimir Akopian, Karen Asrian
Karen Asrian
Karen Asrian was an Armenian chess Grandmaster.As of the October 2006 FIDE rating list, his Elo rating was 2634, tied for the fourth highest rank in Armenia....
, Smbat Lputian
Smbat Lputian
Smbat Gariginovich Lputian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was first at tournament in Berlin 1982, shared first at Athens 1983 and at Irkutsk 1983, first at Sarajevo 1985 and at Irkutsk 1986, shared first at Hastings 1986-87 and first at Dortmund 1988...
, Gabriel Sargissian). Minasian won the Armenian Chess Championship
Armenian Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the Armenian Chess Championship. The first championship was played in 1934, when Armenia was a part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. Championships were held sporadically in the Armenian SSR until 1945, when they became contested every year; this has continued today...
six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006. He also won the final USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
in 1991 and New York open championship in 1998.
Chess strength
According to ChessmetricsChessmetrics
Chessmetrics is a system for rating chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. It is intended as an improvement over the Elo rating system.-Implementation:...
, at his peak in November 1992 Minasian's play was equivalent to a rating of 2678, and he was ranked number 39 in the world. His best single performance was at Moscow (URS Championship), 1991, where he scored 8.5 of 11 possible points (77%) against 2639-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2767.
On the March 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2558.
In December 2009, he was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia".
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