Azerbaijan Chess Federation Explained

Azerbaijan Chess Federation Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası
Size:	200px
Abbreviation:	AŞF
Formation:	1920 (1992)
Headquarters:	Xaqani küçəsi 1, Baku
Region Served:	Azerbaijan
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Mahir Mammedov
Affiliations:	FIDE, European Chess Union

The Azerbaijan Chess Federation (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası, AŞF) is the governing chess organization in Azerbaijan and is affiliated to the World Chess Federation FIDE.^[1] The Azerbaijan Chess Federation was founded in 1920 when Azerbaijan became a member of the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR the same year, and was reorganized in 1992, after Azerbaijan attained its independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and became a member of FIDE the same year. Its headquarters are in Baku.^[2]

Elman Rustamov was the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation since 2007.^[3]

Executive committee

The executive committee includes:^[4]

• President – Mahir Mammedov
• First Vice-president – Faiq Hasanov
• Vice-president – Seymur Talibov
• General Secretary – Ilaha Gadimova

Members

Its members include:

Grandmasters^[5]

International Masters^[6]

Women Grandmasters^[7]

Women International Masters^[8]

Competitions

The federation organizes the following chess competitions:

• Azerbaijani Chess Championship
• Azerbaijan Women's Chess Championship
• Azerbaijan Children's Chess Championship

International events

• FIDE Grand-Prix 2008 (April 19 – May 6, 2008) in Baku
• 42nd Chess Olympiad (2016) in Baku

See also

• Chess in Azerbaijan
• List of Azerbaijani chess players
• Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)

Notes and References

1. http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?task=country&fid=13 World Chess Federation – Azerbaijan
2. http://www.azerichess.az/ru/story Azerbaijan Chess Federation – History – Federation
3. http://www.chess.az/President.html Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Federation – President
4. Web site: Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Federation – Management . 2013-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913075130/http://www.chess.az/ManagementEn.html . 2012-09-13 . dead .
5. http://www.chess.az/GM.html Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani Grandmasters
6. http://www.chess.az/IM.html Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani International Masters
7. http://www.chess.az/WGM.html Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani Women Grandmasters
8. http://www.chess.az/WIM.html Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani Women International Masters