Armenian Chess Championship Explained

This is a list of all the winners of the Armenian Chess Championship. The first championship was played in 1934, when Armenia was a part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. Championships were held sporadically in the Armenian SSR until 1945, when they became contested every year; this has continued today in independent Armenia. The tournament has usually been held as a round robin of the country's top players.

Open Division Winners

	Year	Winner^[1]
1	1934	(1)
2	1938	(2) Alexander Dolukhanian (1)
3	1939	(2)
4	1941	Vazgen Karapetian
5	1945
6	1946	(1)
7	1947	(2) Genrikh Kasparian (3)
8	1948	(3) Genrikh Kasparian (4)
9	1949	(5)
10	1950	(6)
11	1951	(7)
12	1952
13	1953	(1)
14	1954	(8)
15	1955	(9)
16	1956	(10)
17	1957
18	1958	(1)
19	1959	(2)
20	1960	(3)
21	1961	(1) Artsrun Sargsian (2)
22	1962	(4)
23	1963	(1)
24	1964	(1)
25	1965	(2)
26	1966	(2)
27	1967	(5)
28	1968	(3)
29	1969	(4) Karen Grigorian (1)
30	1970	(2)
31	1971	(5)
32	1972	(6) Karen Grigorian (3)
33	1973	(1)
34	1974	(1)
35	1975
36	1976	(2) Vanik Zakarian (2) Gagik Akopian
37	1977	(2)
38	1978	(1)
39	1979
40	1980	(2)
41	1981	(1) Karen Movsisian
42	1982
43	1983	(1)
44	1984	(2)
45	1985	(2)
46	1986	(3)
47	1987	(4)
48	1988	(5)
49	1989
50	1990	(1)
51	1991
52	1992	(6) Artashes Minasian (2)
53	1993	(3)
54	1994	(7)
55	1995	(4)
56	1996	(1)
57	1997	(2)
58	1998	(3)
59	1999	(1)
60	2000	(1)
61	2001	(4)
62	2002
63	2003	(2)
64	2004	(5)
65	2005	(8)
66	2006	(6)
67	2007	(2)
68	2008	(3)
69	2009	(1)
70	2010
71	2011
72	2012	(1)
73	2013	(2) ^[2]
74	2014	^[3]
75	2015
76	2016	Zaven Andriasian
77	2017	Hovhannes Gabuzyan
78	2018	Haik M. Martirosyan
79	2019	(2)
80	2020	Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
81	2021	Hovhannes Gabuzyan^[4]
82	2022	Manuel Petrosyan^[5]

Women's winners

	Year	Winner
1	1934	Margarita Mirza-Avagian
2	1939
3	1941
4	1949
5	1950	(1)
6	1951	(1)
7	1952	(2)
8	1953	(1)
9	1954	(2)
10	1955	(2)
11	1956	(1)
12	1957	(1)
13	1958	(2)
14	1959	(3)
15	1960	(4)
16	1961	(5)
17	1962	(2)
18	1963	(1)
19	1964	(3) Tamara Boiakhchian (1)
20	1965	(2) Venera Boiakhchian (2)
21	1966	(3)
22	1967
23	1968	(4) Venera Boiakhchian (3)
24	1969	(5)
25	1970
26	1971	(6)
27	1972	(7) Anna Hakobian (1)
28	1973	(1)
29	1974	(2)
30	1975	(1)
31	1976	(2)
32	1977
33	1978	(3)
34	1979	(2)
35	1980	(1)
36	1981	(3)
37	1982	(2)
38	1983	(4)
39	1984	(1)
40	1985
41	1986	(2)
42	1987	(3)
43	1988	(5)
44	1989	(6)
45	1990	(7)
46	1991	(4)
47	1992	(5)
48	1993	(1)
49	1994	(2)
50	1995	(1)
51	1996	(1)
52	1997	(2)
53	1998	(2)
54	1999	(3)
55	2000	(3)
56	2001	(3)
57	2002	(4)
58	2003	(5)
59	2004	(6)
60	2005	(4)
61	2006	(1)
62	2007	(2)
63	2008	(1)
64	2009	(2)
65	2010
66	2011	(3)
67	2012	(1) ^[6]
68	2013	^[7]
69	2014	^[8]
70	2015	(1)
71	2016	Maria Gevorgyan (1)
72	2017	Maria Gevorgyan (2)
73	2018	Maria Kursova (2)
74	2019	Maria Gevorgyan (3)
75	2020	Maria Gevorgyan (4)
76	2021	Susanna Gaboyan (2)
77	2022	Mariam Mkrtchyan

References

1. Web site: Armchess - ALL CHAMPIONS OF ARMENIA. 2012-01-20. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120120000741/http://www.armchess.am/all_ch_arm.htm. 2012-01-20. 2020-05-12.
2. Web site: Armenian Chess Championships 2013. 2013-01-25. FIDE. 18 January 2014. 2021-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112072914/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/6767-armenian-chess-championships-2013.html. dead.
3. Web site: Tigran Kotanjian wins Armenia’s Chess Championship. 2014-01-21. Aysor.am. 21 January 2014.
4. https://en.chessbase.com/post/hovhannes-gabuzyan-wins-armenian-championship-2021 Hovhannes Gabuzyan wins Armenian Championship 2021
5. https://sport.news.am/eng/news/128840/manuel-petrosyan-becomes-armenia-chess-champion.html Manuel Petrosyan becomes Armenia chess champion
6. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/89215/ Maria Kursova wins Armenian Women’s Chess Championship 2012
7. http://www.armchess.am/news2013-1.htm Anna Hairapetian - Armenian Woman Champion 2013
8. http://armenpress.am/eng/news/747032/ Shushanna Sargsyan becomes Armenia's Chess Champion 2014

External links

• RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994(2009-10-24)
• RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960(2009-10-25)
• RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990(2009-10-25)
• RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984 (Archived 2009-10-25)
• Champions from the Armenian Chess Federation Men and Women