| Artashes Minasian | |
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| Full name | Artashes Minasian |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | 21 January 1967 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2525 (November 2011) |
| Peak rating | 2620 (July 1998) |
Artashes Minasian (sometimes transliterated as Minasyan; Armenian: Արտաշես Մինասյան; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.
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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).[1] Minasian won the Armenian Chess Championship six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006.[2] He also won the final USSR Chess Championship in 1991[3] and New York open championship in 1998.[4]
According to Chessmetrics, at his peak in November 1992 Minasian's play was equivalent to a rating of 2678, and he was ranked number 39 in the world. His best single performance was at Moscow (URS Championship), 1991, where he scored 8.5 of 11 possible points (77%) against 2639-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2767.[5]
On the November 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2525.
In December 2009, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia.[6]