Artashes Minasian (sometimes

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as Minasyan; hy, Արտաշես Մինասյան; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian

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grandmaster. He won the

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in 1991 and is a six-time Armenian Chess Champion.

Chess career

He participated in eight

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s with a record of +23 −12 =28. In 2006 the Armenian team took the first place at the

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. Along with himself, the team consisted of

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Smbat Lputian Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (sometimes transliterated as Lputyan; hy, Սմբատ Լպուտյան; born 14 February 1958, in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was first at tournament in Berlin 1982, shared first at Athens 1983 and ...

Gabriel Sargissian Gabriel Eduardi Sargissian ( hy, Գաբրիել Էդուարդի Սարգսյան, ''Gabriel Eduardi Sargsyan''; born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the Chess Olympi ...

). Minasian won the

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six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006. He also won the final

in 1991 and New York open championship in 1998. In December 2009, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia.

References

Notable chess games

Kateryna Lahno vs Artashes Minasian, 6th Aeroflot Festival 2007, Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (B18), 0-1Artashes Minasian vs Tigran Nalbandian, Armenian Championship 2008, Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01), 1–0Artashes Minasian vs Loek Van Wely, Philadelphia 1994, Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07), 1-0

External links

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Grandmaster Games Database at RedHotPawn.com *
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player profile at

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