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Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1967)

Artashes Minasian
Arshak Petrosian and Minasian (right) at the 2008 Chess Olympiad
Country	Armenia
Born	(1967-01-21) 21 January 1967 (age 57) Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1992)
FIDE rating	2460 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2620 (July 1998)

Artashes Minasian (also transliterated as Minasyan; Armenian: Արտաշես Մինասյան; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. He tied for first in the 1991 USSR Chess Championship and is a six-time Armenian Chess Champion.

Chess career

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). 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.

He achieved a peak rating of 2620 in July 1998.

In December 2009, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia.

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v t e Armenian Grandmasters
Chess players for Armenia with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
Robert Aghasaryan Varuzhan Akobian Vladimir Akopian Ashot Anastasian Zaven Andriasian Levon Aronian Georgy Arzumanian Karen Asrian Levon Babujian Vahe Baghdasaryan Artur Chibukhchian Elina Danielian Oganes Danielian Hovhannes Gabuzyan Sergey Galdunts Mamikon Gharibyan Avetik Grigoryan Karen H. Grigoryan Aram Hakobyan Gevorg Harutjunyan Tigran Harutyunyan Hovik Hayrapetyan Robert Hovhannisyan Melikset Khachiyan Tigran Kotanjian Smbat Lputian David Markosian Haik M. Martirosyan Hrant Melkumyan Arman Mikaelyan Ara Minasian Artashes Minasian Sergei Movsesian Karen Movsziszian Tigran Nalbandian Emin Ohanyan Arman Pashikian Arshak Petrosian Davit G. Petrosian Tigran L. Petrosian Manuel Petrosyan Gabriel Sargissian Shant Sargsyan Narek Seferjan Hrair Simonian Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Rafael Vaganian Arsen Yegiazarian
See also: List of chess grandmasters List of Armenian chess players § Grandmasters Category:Armenian chess players

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