Artashes Minasian

Infobox chess player


playername = Artashes Minasian
birthname = Artashes Minasian
country = ARM
datebirth = birth date and age|1967|01|21
placebirth = Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
rating = 2571 (October 2007)
peakrating = 2620 (July 1998)

Artashes Minasian (sometimes transliterated as Minasyan; Armenian: Արտաշես Մինասյան; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. 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 Olympiad. 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 [ [http://members.aol.com/graemecree/chesschamps/ussr/index.htm] Soviet Championship records] and New York open championship in 1998 [ [http://anusha.com/nyopen98.htm] NY Open records] .

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*fide|id=13300040|name=Artashes Minasian
*chessgames player|id=49445
* [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/r39577zi.html Artashes Minasian at Olimpbase]
* [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=13300040 Rating data]