Azerbaijan Chess Federation

Governing body of chess in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası

Abbreviation	AŞF
Formation	1920 (1992)
Headquarters	Xaqani küçəsi 1, Baku
Region served	Azerbaijan
President	Mahir Mammedov
Affiliations	FIDE, European Chess Union
Website	www.chess.az

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. 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.

Elman Rustamov was the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation from 2007 until 2021.

Executive committee

The executive committee includes:

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

Members

Its members include:

Grandmasters

International Masters

Women Grandmasters

Women International Masters

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

References

"World Chess Federation – Azerbaijan". FIDE.
"Азербайджанская шахматная федерация – История – Федерация" (in Russian). Azerichess.az.
Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Federation – President Archived 2011-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
"Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Federation – Management". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani Grandmasters Archived 2012-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani International Masters Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani Women Grandmasters Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Chess Players – Azerbaijani Women International Masters Archived 2012-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)

External links

Official website (in Azerbaijani and English)

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