Armenian Chess Championship

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 - Genrikh Kasparian (1) - 2 - 1938 - Genrikh Kasparian (2) 
 Alexander Dolukhanian (1)- 3 - 1939 - Alexander Dolukhanian (2) - 4 - 1941 - Loris Kalashian 
 Vazgen Karapetian- 5 - 1945 - Alexander Kalantar - 6 - 1946 - Tigran Petrosian (1) - 7 - 1947 - Tigran Petrosian (2) 
 Genrikh Kasparian (3)- 8 - 1948 - Tigran Petrosian (3) 
 Genrikh Kasparian (4)- 9 - 1949 - Genrikh Kasparian (5) - 10 - 1950 - Genrikh Kasparian (6) - 11 - 1951 - Genrikh Kasparian (7) - 12 - 1952 - Vladimir Goldin - 13 - 1953 - Artsrun Sargsian (1) - 14 - 1954 - Genrikh Kasparian (8) - 15 - 1955 - Genrikh Kasparian (9) - 16 - 1956 - Genrikh Kasparian (10) - 17 - 1957 - Nikolay Miasnikov - 18 - 1958 - Eduard Mnatsakanian (1) - 19 - 1959 - Eduard Mnatsakanian (2) - 20 - 1960 - Eduard Mnatsakanian (3) - 21 - 1961 - Vanik Zakarian (1) 
 Artsrun Sargsian (2)- 22 - 1962 - Eduard Mnatsakanian (4) - 23 - 1963 - Adolph Demirkhanian (1) - 24 - 1964 - Levon Grigorian (1) - 25 - 1965 - Adolph Demirkhanian (2) - 26 - 1966 - Levon Grigorian (2) - 27 - 1967 - Eduard Mnatsakanian (5) - 28 - 1968 - Levon Grigorian (3) - 29 - 1969 - Levon Grigorian (4) 
 Karen Grigorian (1)- 30 - 1970 - Karen Grigorian (2) - 31 - 1971 - Levon Grigorian (5) - 32 - 1972 - Levon Grigorian (6) 
 Karen Grigorian (3)- 33 - 1973 - Albert Arutiunov (1) - 34 - 1974 - Arshak Petrosian (1) - 35 - 1975 - Vahagn Voskanian - 36 - 1976 - Arshak Petrosian (2) 
 Vanik Zakarian (2)
 Gagik Akopian- 37 - 1977 - Albert Arutiunov (2) - 38 - 1978 - Smbat Lputian (1) - 39 - 1979 - Slavik Movsisian - 40 - 1980 - Smbat Lputian (2) - 41 - 1981 - Vladimir Shaboian (1) 
 Karen Movsisian- 42 - 1982 - Hrachik Tavadian - 43 - 1983 - Ashot Anastasian (1) - 44 - 1984 - Vladimir Shaboian (2) - 45 - 1985 - Ashot Anastasian (2) - 46 - 1986 - Ashot Anastasian (3) - 47 - 1987 - Ashot Anastasian (4) - 48 - 1988 - Ashot Anastasian (5) - 49 - 1989 - Armen Ambartsoumian - 50 - 1990 - Artashes Minasian (1) - 51 - 1991 - Sergey Galdunts - 52 - 1992 - Ashot Anastasian (6) 
 Artashes Minasian (2)- 53 - 1993 - Artashes Minasian (3) - 54 - 1994 - Ashot Anastasian (7) - 55 - 1995 - Artashes Minasian (4) - 56 - 1996 - Vladimir Akopian (1) - 57 - 1997 - Vladimir Akopian (2) - 58 - 1998 - Smbat Lputian (3) - 59 - 1999 - Karen Asrian (1) - 60 - 2000 - Gabriel Sargissian (1) - 61 - 2001 - Smbat Lputian (4) - 62 - 2002 - Levon Aronian - 63 - 2003 - Gabriel Sargissian (2) - 64 - 2004 - Artashes Minasian (5) - 65 - 2005 - Ashot Anastasian (8) - 66 - 2006 - Artashes Minasian (6) - 67 - 2007 - Karen Asrian (2) - 68 - 2008 - Karen Asrian (3) - 69 - 2009 - Arman Pashikian (1) - 70 - 2010 - Avetik Grigoryan - 71 - 2011 - Robert Hovhannisyan - 72 - 2012 - Tigran L. Petrosian (1) - 73 - 2013 - Tigran L. Petrosian (2) [2] - 74 - 2014 - Tigran Kotanjian[3] - 75 - 2015 - Karen H. Grigoryan - 76 - 2016 - Zaven Andriasian - 77 - 2017 - Hovhannes Gabuzyan - 78 - 2018 - Haik M. Martirosyan - 79 - 2019 - Arman Pashikian (2) - 80 - 2020 - Samvel Ter-Sahakyan - 81 - 2021 - Hovhannes Gabuzyan[4] - 82 - 2022 - Manuel Petrosyan[5] - 83 - 2023 - Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2)[6] - 84 - 2024 - Robert Hovhannisyan (2)[7] - 85 - 2025 - Robert Hovhannisyan (3)[8] 
Women's winners
- # - Year - Winner - 1 - 1934 - Sirush Makints 
 Margarita Mirza-Avagian- 2 - 1939 - Lusik Kalashian - 3 - 1941 - Silva Karapetian - 4 - 1949 - Alis Aslanyan - 5 - 1950 - Rima Manukian (1) - 6 - 1951 - Marieta Melik-Pashaian (1) - 7 - 1952 - Marieta Melik-Pashaian (2) - 8 - 1953 - Nefelina Marjanian (1) - 9 - 1954 - Nefelina Marjanian (2) - 10 - 1955 - Rima Manukian (2) - 11 - 1956 - Marlena Vardanian (1) - 12 - 1957 - Galina Lyapunova (1) - 13 - 1958 - Galina Lyapunova (2) - 14 - 1959 - Galina Lyapunova (3) - 15 - 1960 - Galina Lyapunova (4) - 16 - 1961 - Galina Lyapunova (5) - 17 - 1962 - Marlena Vardanian (2) - 18 - 1963 - Venera Boiakhchian (1) - 19 - 1964 - Marlena Vardanian (3) 
 Tamara Boiakhchian (1)- 20 - 1965 - Tamara Boiakhchian (2) 
 Venera Boiakhchian (2)- 21 - 1966 - Tamara Boiakhchian (3) - 22 - 1967 - Armenuhi Mehrabian - 23 - 1968 - Tamara Boiakhchian (4) 
 Venera Boiakhchian (3)- 24 - 1969 - Tamara Boiakhchian (5) - 25 - 1970 - Naira Agababean - 26 - 1971 - Tamara Boiakhchian (6) - 27 - 1972 - Tamara Boiakhchian (7) 
 Anna Hakobian (1)- 28 - 1973 - Vera Ghazarian (1) - 29 - 1974 - Vera Ghazarian (2) - 30 - 1975 - Erna Khalafian (1) - 31 - 1976 - Anna Hakobian (2) - 32 - 1977 - Hasmik Babaian - 33 - 1978 - Anna Hakobian (3) - 34 - 1979 - Erna Khalafian (2) - 35 - 1980 - Meri Mangrian (1) - 36 - 1981 - Erna Khalafian (3) - 37 - 1982 - Meri Mangrian (2) - 38 - 1983 - Erna Khalafian (4) - 39 - 1984 - Ludmila Aslanian (1) - 40 - 1985 - Nune Abrahamian - 41 - 1986 - Ludmila Aslanian (2) - 42 - 1987 - Ludmila Aslanian (3) - 43 - 1988 - Erna Khalafian (5) - 44 - 1989 - Erna Khalafian (6) - 45 - 1990 - Erna Khalafian (7) - 46 - 1991 - Ludmila Aslanian (4) - 47 - 1992 - Ludmila Aslanian (5) - 48 - 1993 - Elina Danielian (1) - 49 - 1994 - Elina Danielian (2) - 50 - 1995 - Lilit Mkrtchian (1) - 51 - 1996 - Gohar Hlghatian (1) - 52 - 1997 - Gohar Hlghatian (2) - 53 - 1998 - Lilit Mkrtchian (2) - 54 - 1999 - Elina Danielian (3) - 55 - 2000 - Lilit Mkrtchian (3) - 56 - 2001 - Gohar Hlghatian (3) - 57 - 2002 - Elina Danielian (4) - 58 - 2003 - Elina Danielian (5) - 59 - 2004 - Elina Danielian (6) - 60 - 2005 - Lilit Mkrtchian (4) - 61 - 2006 - Siranush Andriasian (1) - 62 - 2007 - Siranush Andriasian (2) - 63 - 2008 - Lilit Galojan (1) - 64 - 2009 - Lilit Galojan (2) - 65 - 2010 - Anahit Kharatyan - 66 - 2011 - Siranush Andriasian (3) - 67 - 2012 - Maria Kursova (1) [9] - 68 - 2013 - Anna Hairapetian[10] - 69 - 2014 - Shushanna Sargsyan[11] - 70 - 2015 - Susanna Gaboyan (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 - 78 - 2023 - Maria Gevorgyan (5) - 79 - 2024 - Susanna Gaboyan (3)[12] - 80 - 2025 - Susanna Gaboyan (4)[13] 
References
- ^ "Armchess - ALL CHAMPIONS OF ARMENIA". 2012-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- ^ "Armenian Chess Championships 2013". FIDE. 2013-01-25. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Tigran Kotanjian wins Armenia's Chess Championship". Aysor.am. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Hovhannes Gabuzyan wins Armenian Championship 2021, chessbase.com.
- ^ Manuel Petrosyan becomes Armenia chess champion, news.am.
- ^ 83th Armenian Ch. The Highest League
- ^ "The 2024 Armenian Chess Championship has ended".
- ^ "Robert Hovhannisyan became the Armenian Chess Champion in 2025".
- ^ Maria Kursova wins Armenian Women’s Chess Championship 2012
- ^ Anna Hairapetian - Armenian Woman Champion 2013 Archived February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shushanna Sargsyan becomes Armenia's Chess Champion 2014
- ^ "The 2024 Armenian Women's Chess Championship has ended".
- ^ "The 2025 Armenian Women's Chess Championship has ended".
External links
- RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994( Archived 2008-08-09 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-24)
- RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960( Archived 2005-09-03 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-25)
- RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990( Archived 2009-04-05 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-25)
- RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984 (Archived 2009-10-25)
- Champions from the Armenian Chess Federation Men Archived 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine and Women Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine