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Smbat Lputyan has been the founder-president of Chess Academy of Armenia since 2002. [10] Lputian earned the International Master (IM) title in 1982 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1984. [3] In December 2009, he was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia". [11] On the July 2009 FIDE list, his Elo rating is 2574.
In 2002, the Chess Academy of Armenia was opened. The chess house is also serving as the home of the Chess Federation of Armenia. The president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, is the current head of the Chess Federation of Armenia. The building of the chess house is listed among the historic and cultural monuments of the city of Yerevan.
The Chess Academy of Armenia (Հայաստանի շախմատի ակադեմիա) is a leading education institutions of chess in Armenia. It was founded in 2002 by the initiative of Grandmaster Smbat Lputian and supported by then-Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan. The academy has also organized international and national chess tournaments. [71]
Robert Aghasaryan (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Աղասարյան; born 1994 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster (2014). As of June 2018 [update] , he is rated by FIDE as with an Elo rating of 2537, his best until now.
Tigran Levoni Petrosian (Armenian: Տիգրան Լևոնի Պետրոսյան; born 17 September 1984) is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 2004. A two-time national champion, he competed in two Chess Olympiads, winning team gold in 2008 and 2012.
He led the Armenian national team to the gold medals in the Chess Olympiads of 2006 (Turin), 2008 (Dresden) and 2012 (Istanbul) [5] and at the World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo 2011. He won the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010 , qualifying him for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012 .
This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE , which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments.
The Tigran Petrosian Chess House, where the Chess Federation of Armenia is based. Founded in 1927 as a chess section, in 1959 it was transformed into a federation. In 1958, the national team of Armenia took part in the USSR Chess Championship. The federation organizes men and women tournaments every year in the Armenian Chess Championship.