Artashes Minasian

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Artashes Minasian
Full name	Artashes Minasian
Country	Armenia
Born	January 21, 1967 (1967-01-21) (age 41) Armenia
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2571 (October 2007)
Peak rating	2620 (July 1998)

Artashes Minasian (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. The team consisted of Artashes Minasian, together with Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Karen Asrian, Smbat Lputian, Gabriel Sargissian). He won the Armenian Chess Championship six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006. He also won the last USSR Chess Championship in 1991.

[edit] External links

• FIDE rating card for Artashes Minasian
• Artashes Minasian at ChessGames.com
• Artashes Minasian at Olimpbase