{ "city": "yerevan", "country": "AM", "collected": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "cards": [ { "slug": "vahanyan-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School after R. Vahanyan", "name_local": "Ռաֆայել Վահանյանի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "11 Taronts Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Shengavit", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 24 events dated between 8 February 2025 and 14 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 14 October 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school gives a founding date of 14 December 2015 in the Shengavit community. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-14", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "011641164", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School after. R. Vahanyan 11, Taronts str." }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ռաֆայել Վահանյանի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1518119.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ռաֆայել Վահանյանի (Գավաթ-2026)" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1292723.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ռաֆայել Վահանյանի Գավաթ-2025" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/7", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մարզադպրոցը հիմնադրվել է 14.12.2015 թ-ին Երևանի Շենգավիթ համայնքում" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "yerevan-sport-school-of-chess-mastery", "name": "Yerevan Sport School of Chess Mastery", "name_local": "Շախմատի Երևանի բարձրագույն վարպետության մարզադպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "80 S. Vratsyan Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [ { "name": "Norayr Kalantaryan", "title_claimed": "IM", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13300300", "fide_title_seen": "IM", "src": 4 }, { "name": "Hovik Hayrapetyan", "title_claimed": "GM", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13302639", "fide_title_seen": "GM", "src": 6 }, { "name": "Vahe Baghdasaryan", "title_claimed": "GM", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13303139", "fide_title_seen": "GM", "src": 8 }, { "name": "Arman Hayrapetyan", "title_claimed": "IM", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13300890", "fide_title_seen": "IM", "src": 10 }, { "name": "Vahe Danielyan", "title_claimed": "IM", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13304828", "fide_title_seen": "IM", "src": 12 } ], "branches": null, "src": 4 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists one event, a New Year blitz dated 27 December 2025, organised with this school. The city's sports-school platform page for the school states that it was founded in 2021. Two further events carry the abbreviation ԲՎՄ in their titles: a blitz tournament dedicated to Independence Day dated 20 September 2025 and a rapid tournament dated 15 November 2025. The abbreviation stands for the school's Armenian name (Բարձրագույն վարպետության մարզադպրոց): the players' club fields read Բարձրագույն վ/մդ followed by a coach's first name, and the school's page lists those coaches.", "evidence_date": "2025-12-27", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010570597", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Yerevan Sport School of Chess Mastery 80, S.Vratsyan str." }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Շախմատի Երևանի բարձրագույն վարպետության մարզադպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1323731.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Բարձրագույն վարպետության մարզադպրոցի Ամանորյա բլից մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/9", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՀՈԱԿ-ը հիմնվել է 2021թ.-ին" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/9", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Նորայր Քալանթարյան - միջազգային վարպետ" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13300300", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Kalantaryan, Norayr FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/9", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հովիկ Հայրապետյան - միջազգային գրոսմայստեր" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13302639", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Hayrapetyan, Hovik FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/9", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Վահե Բաղդասարյան - միջազգային գրոսմայստեր" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13303139", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Baghdasaryan, Vahe FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/9", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Արման Հայրապետյան - միջազգային վարպետ" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13300890", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Hayrapetyan, Arman Ash. FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/9", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Վահե Դանիելյան - միջազգային վարպետ" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13304828", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Danielyan, Vahe FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1256461.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Բլից- ԲՎՄ նվիրված անկախության օրվան" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1295282.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ԵՐԵ/Բարձրագույն վ/մդ/Արման Հ." } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "ajapnyak-chess-school", "name": "Chess school of Ajapnyak", "name_local": "Աջափնյակի շախմատի դպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "5 Beknazaryan Street, Ajapnyak, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Ajapnyak", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 30 events dated between 17 February 2025 and 13 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 13 October 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school gives a founding date of 10 January 2014 and says about 300 pupils attend, most of them holding a qualification category (undated text). A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-13", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010349438", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Chess school of Ajapnyak 5, Beknazaryan str." }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Աջափնյակի շախմատի դպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1517602.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Աջափնյակ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1118284.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգ Աջափնյակ 17-25.02.2025թ." }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/11", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Երևանի Աջափնյակի շախմատի դպրոցը հիմնադրվել է 2014 թվականի հունվարի 10-ին" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "avan-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School of Avan", "name_local": "Ավանի ՇՄՄ", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "38 Narekatsi quarter, Avan, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Avan", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 43 events dated between 11 February 2025 and 6 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 6 October 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school gives 2007 as its founding year and reports a second place in the 2023 city team championship of chess schools. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-06", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010611820", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School of Avan 38, Narekatsi quarter" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ավանի ՇՄՄ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1512957.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ավանի 4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար - Բ խումբ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1116827.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ավանի 4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Ա խումբ" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/13", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Երևանի Ավան համայնքի շախմատի մասնագիտացված մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց ՀՈԱԿ-ը հիմնադրվել է 2007թ․-ին։" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "arabkir-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir", "name_local": "Արաբկիրի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "37 Komitas Avenue, Arabkir, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Arabkir", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [ { "organiser": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir", "weekday": "Mon", "time": null, "note": "Courses run six days a week, Monday to Saturday; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 4 }, { "organiser": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir", "weekday": "Tue", "time": null, "note": "Courses run six days a week, Monday to Saturday; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 4 }, { "organiser": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir", "weekday": "Wed", "time": null, "note": "Courses run six days a week, Monday to Saturday; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 4 }, { "organiser": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir", "weekday": "Thu", "time": null, "note": "Courses run six days a week, Monday to Saturday; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 4 }, { "organiser": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir", "weekday": "Fri", "time": null, "note": "Courses run six days a week, Monday to Saturday; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 4 }, { "organiser": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir", "weekday": "Sat", "time": null, "note": "Courses run six days a week, Monday to Saturday; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 4 } ], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 57 events dated between 20 January 2025 and 8 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 8 October 2026. The server also carries an entry dated 19 October 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school states that courses run six days a week, Monday to Saturday, with about 200 children and 10 coaches (undated text), and that the school organises qualification tournaments. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-19", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010206564", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School of Arabkir 37,Komitas ave." }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Արաբկիրի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1513391.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար- Արաբկիր" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1103274.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար -Արաբկիր" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/17", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մեր մարզադպոցում դասընթացները անցկացվում են շաբաթական 6 օր՝ երկուշաբթիից շաբաթ:" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "davtashen-chess-school", "name": "Davtashen Chess School", "name_local": "Դավթաշենի շախմատի դպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Davtashen 2nd quarter, Davtashen, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Davtashen", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 4 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 26 events dated between 11 February 2025 and 6 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 6 October 2026. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-06", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010360023", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Davtashen Chess School Davtashen 2nd quarter" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Դավթաշենի շախմատի դպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1512850.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Դավթաշենի կիսաեզրափակիչ փակ առաջնություն" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1116697.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րդ կարգի մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "erebuni-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School of Erebuni", "name_local": "Էրեբունու ՇՄՄ", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "5/2 Nor Aresh quarter, Erebuni, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Erebuni", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 42 events dated between 30 January 2025 and 14 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 14 October 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school gives a founding date of 29 January 2015. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-14", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "043366464", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School of Erebuni 5/2 Nor Aresh quarter" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Էրեբունու ՇՄՄ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1516749.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Էրեբունու ՇՄՄ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1107341.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Էրեբունու ՇՄՄ 3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/20", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Էրեբունու շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց ՀՈԱԿ-ը հիմնադրվել է 2015 թ․ հունվարի 29-ին:" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "malatia-sebastia-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School of Malatia-Sebastia", "name_local": "Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "South-western quarter B-2, Malatia-Sebastia, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Malatia-Sebastia", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 46 events dated between 10 January 2025 and 1 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 1 October 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school gives a founding date of 1 February 2015. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-01", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010747424", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School of Malatia-Sebastia South-western quarter, B-2" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1508542.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիայի 1-ին կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1096711.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա ՇՄՄ-ի 10-ամյակին նվիրված փակ մրցաշար Գ խումբ" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/23", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՀՈԱԿ-ը հիմնադրվել է 2015թ․-ի փետրվարի 1-ին։" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "nor-nork-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School of Nor Nork", "name_local": "Երևանի Նոր Նորքի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Luxemburg 2nd lane, Nor Nork, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Nor Nork", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 37 events dated between 25 February 2025 and 12 October 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 12 October 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school says it opened, renovated, in January 2015. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-12", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "093463342", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School of Nor Nork Luxemburg str.2nd lane" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Երևանի Նոր Նորքի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1515793.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Նոր Նորք-15։30" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1125900.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար 16։00-Նոր Նորք" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/26", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մարզադպրոցը վերանորոգված բացվել է 2015 թ․ հունվարին։" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "nork-marash-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School of Nork-Marash", "name_local": "Նորք-Մարաշի ՇՄՄ", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "62 11th street of Nork, Nork-Marash, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Nork-Marash", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 6 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 16 events dated between 3 March 2025 and 11 May 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 11 May 2026. The address shown, 62, 11th street of Nork, is printed by the city list and by the school's own platform page; the chess-results records give the venue as Sargis Baghdasaryan 128. A city news item of 26 December 2016 reports the opening of the new school in the Nork-Marash district to give children free chess education, and states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-05-11", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010650545", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School of Nork-Marash 62, 11th street of Nork" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Նորք-Մարաշի ՇՄՄ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1410696.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րգ կարգի որակավորաման մրցաշար Նորք-Մարաշում" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1130108.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Նորք-Մարաշի 4 -րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "currently can accept up to 200 children to provide them with free chess education" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/38", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Նորքի 11-րդ փ. 62" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "nubarashen-chess-school", "name": "Children and Youth Chess School of Nubarashen", "name_local": "Նուբարաշեն ՇՄՄ", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "8 B-11 street of Nubarashen, Nubarashen, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Nubarashen", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 27 events dated between 14 February 2025 and 11 July 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 11 July 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school gives 1 February 2016 as the start of its activity. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-07-11", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "077762444", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Children and Youth Chess School of Nubarashen 8, B-11 str. of Nubarashen" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Նուբարաշեն ՇՄՄ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1448082.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1118474.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/37", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՀՈԱԿ-ը իր գործունեությունը սկսել է 2016թ-ի փետրվարի 1-ից։" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "kanaker-zeytun-chess-school", "name": "Kanaker-Zeytun Children and Youth Chess School", "name_local": "Քանաքեռ Զեյթունի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "89 Avetisyan Street, Kanaker-Zeytun, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Kanaker-Zeytun", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 5 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The city's list of sports schools names this chess school with its address and a telephone number. The chess-results server lists 25 events dated between 18 February 2025 and 25 September 2026 that name it as organiser or venue; the latest is dated 25 September 2026. The city's sports-school platform page for the school gives December 2016 as its founding. A city news item of 26 December 2016 states that the free chess schools work in all administrative districts of the city.", "evidence_date": "2026-09-25", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": "010246024", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://yerevan.am/en/sport/sport-municipality", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Քանաքեռ Զեյթունի շախմատի մանկապատանեկան մարզադպրոց 89, Avetisyan str." }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Զեյթուն ՇՄՄ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1504275.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Զեյթուն ՇՄՄ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1121091.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Զեյթուն ՇՄՄ-ի 1/4 եզրափակիչ մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://sport.yerevan.am/sport-school/sports/32", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "հիմնադրվել է 2016թ.-ի դեկտեմբերին:" }, { "url": "https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/mayrak-aghak-owm-amboghjowt-yamb-avartvets-shakhmati-dprots-ner-himnelow-tsragire/", "kind": "city_gov", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "free chess schools now work in all administrative districts" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "tigran-petrosian-chess-house", "name": "Tigran Petrosian Chess House", "name_local": "Տիգրան Պետրոսյանի անվան Շախմատի Տուն", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play", "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "50 Khanjyan Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": "Kentron", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 1 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 149 events dated between 9 January 2025 and 12 October 2026 that name the House, its Khanjyan Street address or its organiser entry, many of them organised by the Armenian Chess Association; the latest is dated 12 October 2026. They include the 7th Yerevan Open (5 to 7 December 2025) and the House's own championship, whose final is dated 16 December 2025. The server also carries entries dated 20 October 2026. An encyclopedia article describes the building as home to the Yerevan chess school operating since 1971.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-20", "moved_to": null, "src": 5 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigran_Petrosian_Chess_House", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "located on Khanjyan street, within the Circular Park of the Kentron district" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigran_Petrosian_Chess_House", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "home to the Yerevan chess school operating since 1971" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Yerevan, TIGRAN PETROSYAN CHESS HOUSE, Khanjyan St., 50 Building" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ք․ Երևան, Խանջյան 50" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1308764.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Տ․Պետրոսյանի անվան շախմատի տուն-մ/դ-ի պատ․ միջ․4-րդ փառատոն/ Ա-12" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1512323.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "T. Petrosyan Chess House CH. 2026 SF" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Տ.Պետրոսյանի անվան շախմատի տուն-մարզադպրոց" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "chess-academy-of-armenia", "name": "Chess Academy of Armenia", "name_local": "Հայաստանի շախմատի ակադեմիա", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "34 Shevchenko Street, Yerevan, 0050, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "registration_required", "src": 7 }, "cost": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 1 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": true, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 2 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [ "group_classes", "kids_classes", "camps", "tournament_prep" ], "ages": "4-18", "languages": [], "price": { "value": "free", "amount": null, "src": 1 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [ { "name": "Vahagn Khachatryan", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 8 }, { "name": "Tigran Harutyunyan", "title_claimed": "GM", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13303635", "fide_title_seen": "GM", "src": 9 }, { "name": "Artur Chibukhchyan", "title_claimed": "GM", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 11 }, { "name": "Levon Babujyan", "title_claimed": "GM", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13301993", "fide_title_seen": "GM", "src": 12 }, { "name": "Sargis Manukyan", "title_claimed": "FM", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 14 }, { "name": "Tigran Azaryan", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 15 }, { "name": "Albert Shahinyan", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 16 }, { "name": "Emil Markarian", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 17 }, { "name": "Hayk Khachikyan", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 18 }, { "name": "Roman Akopov", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13300121", "fide_title_seen": "FM", "src": 19 }, { "name": "Gevorg Muradyan", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 21 }, { "name": "Gagik Stepanyan", "title_claimed": "none stated", "fide_profile": null, "fide_title_seen": null, "src": 22 } ], "branches": null, "src": 1 }, "sessions": [ { "organiser": "Chess Academy of Armenia", "weekday": "Mon", "time": null, "note": "Group classes run six days a week, Monday to Saturday, free of charge; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 1 }, { "organiser": "Chess Academy of Armenia", "weekday": "Tue", "time": null, "note": "Group classes run six days a week, Monday to Saturday, free of charge; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 1 }, { "organiser": "Chess Academy of Armenia", "weekday": "Wed", "time": null, "note": "Group classes run six days a week, Monday to Saturday, free of charge; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 1 }, { "organiser": "Chess Academy of Armenia", "weekday": "Thu", "time": null, "note": "Group classes run six days a week, Monday to Saturday, free of charge; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 1 }, { "organiser": "Chess Academy of Armenia", "weekday": "Fri", "time": null, "note": "Group classes run six days a week, Monday to Saturday, free of charge; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 1 }, { "organiser": "Chess Academy of Armenia", "weekday": "Sat", "time": null, "note": "Group classes run six days a week, Monday to Saturday, free of charge; hours are not printed.", "live_page": null, "src": 1 } ], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The academy's own site lists group classes held six days a week, Monday to Saturday, free of charge, and a calendar plan for 2026 with tournaments through the year. A news post dated 16 September 2026 announces qualification-category tournaments run with the Chess Academy Club from 7 to 17 October 2026, with the first round on 7 October 2026 at 16:30. The chess-results server lists 93 events dated between 9 January 2025 and 7 October 2026 organised by the academy at its Shevchenko Street address; the latest is dated 7 October 2026. The admission page says children are put on a waiting list throughout the school year and are told by telephone when a new group forms, and its coach menu lists twelve coaches whose pupil groups are shown under the Yerevan main building. The FIDE profile is linked only where the name is unique among Armenian players or the title the site prints matches the one on the profile; for the other coaches the profile is not linked because several players carry the same name or the spelling differs.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-07", "moved_to": null, "src": 3 }, "contacts": { "website": "https://chessacademy.am/", "email": "info@chessacademy.am", "phone": "010 44 84 76", "social": [ "https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chess-Academy-of-Armenia" ] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/6?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հասցե՝ Շևչենկո 34, ք. Երևան, 0050, ՀՀ" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/35?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "շաբաթական 6 օր՝ երկուշաբթիից շաբաթ. ԱՆՎՃԱՐ հիմունքներով" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/35?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-5 տարեկան սկսնակ երեխաներ, ում կուսուցանեն շախմատ` սկսած առաջին քայլից" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "7 հոկտեմբերի - 1-ին տուր՝ 16:30" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/59?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Անդրանիկ Մարգարյանի 16-րդ հուշամրցաշար - Շվեյցարական մրցակարգով" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1512939.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար - ՀՇԱ 07․10-16․10․2026" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/4?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ակադեմիան նախկինում մասնաճյուղեր ուներ Հայաստանի շուրջ 50 քաղաքներում" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/35?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հերթագրումը կատարվում է ամբողջ ուսումնական տարվա ընթացքում:" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մեր մարզիչները Վահագն Խաչատրյան" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՄԳ Տիգրան Հարությունյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13303635", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Harutyunyan, Tigran K. FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՄԳ Արթուր Չիբուխչյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՄԳ Լևոն Բաբուջյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13301993", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Babujian, Levon FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՖՄ Սարգիս Մանուկյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Տիգրան Ազարյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ալբերտ Շահինյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Էմիլ Մարկարյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հայկ Խաչիկյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ռոման Ակոպովի սաները" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13300121", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Akopov, Roman FIDE Profile" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Գևորգ Մուրադյանի սաները" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/11?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Գագիկ Ստեփանյանի սաները" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "chess-academy-club", "name": "Chess Academy Club", "name_local": "Շախմատի ակադեմիայի ակումբ", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "34 Shevchenko Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The academy's contact page lists a telephone number for the club. The chess-results server lists 12 events dated between 9 January 2025 and 5 May 2026 that name the Chess Academy Club among the organisers, held at the academy's Shevchenko Street address; the latest is dated 5 May 2026. A news post dated 16 September 2026 names the club as co-organiser of qualification tournaments from 7 to 17 October 2026. The venue address is that of the events; the club's own page does not print one.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-07", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": "chessacademyclub.am@gmail.com", "phone": "099 64 68 85", "social": [ "https://www.facebook.com/ChessAcademyClub.am" ] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/6?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Շախմատի ակադեմիայի ակումբ - 099 64 68 85" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Chess Academy of Armenia, Chess Academy Club" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1395413.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Spring - 2026 Swiss Tournament" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1294448.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "\"Winter-2025\" Swiss Tournament" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "7 հոկտեմբերի - 1-ին տուր՝ 16:30" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "armenian-chess-federation", "name": "Armenian Chess Federation", "name_local": "Հայաստանի շախմատի ֆեդերացիա", "kind": "other", "sections": [ "community" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "34 Shevchenko Street, Yerevan, 0050, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The federation's site prints its Yerevan address and describes the body as founded in 1927 as a chess section and turned into a federation in 1959. The chess-results server lists 67 events dated between 25 January 2025 and 21 September 2026 organised by the federation at that address, among them the Armenian Rapid Championship 2026 (27 January 2026) and the semifinal of the 87th Armenian Championship (2 September 2026); the latest is dated 21 September 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-09-21", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": "https://chessfed.am/", "email": "info@chessfed.am", "phone": "099-44-01-05", "social": [ "https://www.facebook.com/chessfed.am/", "https://www.instagram.com/armchessfed/" ] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chessfed.am/am/federations", "kind": "federation", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Շևչենկո 34, ք. Երևան, 0050, ՀՀ" }, { "url": "https://chessfed.am/am/static-page/detail/1", "kind": "federation", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հայաստանի շախմատի ֆեդերացիան (ՀՇՖ) հիմնադրվել է 1927 թվականին" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1487051.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "87th Armenian Championship (semifinal)" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1340786.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Armenian Rapid Chess Championship 2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1501919.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՀՀ Անկախության օրվան նվիրված վետերաների արագ շախմաի առաջնությւոն" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "yerevan-chess-federation", "name": "Yerevan Chess Federation", "name_local": "Երևանի շախմատի ֆեդերացիա", "kind": "other", "sections": [ "community" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 73 events dated between 2 March 2025 and 8 October 2026 that name the Yerevan Chess Federation as organiser, among them the 7th Yerevan Open (5 to 7 December 2025) at the Tigran Petrosian Chess House, a Children's Cup in September 2025 and September 2026, and the Yerevan Spring tournaments of May 2025 and April to May 2026, many of them held at the Arabkir chess school on Komitas Avenue; the latest is dated 8 October 2026. The server also carries an entry dated 19 October 2026. No page printing the federation's own address was found. Entries that carry only the Armenian abbreviation ԵՇՖ are matched to the federation by form only.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-19", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Yerevan Chess Federation" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Yerevan Chess Federation" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1517168.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Կայծակնային շախմատի «Երևանի գավաթ» մրցաշարի կիսաեզրափակիչ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1492664.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մանկական գավաթ 2026 (U11)" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1403603.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "YEREVAN SPRING ID CUP BLITZ 01.05.2026" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "yerevan-open", "name": "Yerevan Open", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "50 Khanjyan Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries the 7th Yerevan Open, in sections A, B and blitz, dated 5 to 7 December 2025, with the Yerevan Chess Federation as organiser and the Tigran Petrosian Chess House as venue. The FIDE list of rated tournaments carries the 6th edition dated 5 December 2024 and the 2025 edition dated 5 December 2025.", "evidence_date": "2025-12-07", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1298276.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "7th Yerevan Open Tournament A" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Yerevan, TIGRAN PETROSYAN CHESS HOUSE, Khanjyan St., 50 Building" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=438632", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Yerevan Open 2025 (A) January 2026 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=394342", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "6th Yerevan Open (A) January 2025 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report" } ] }, { "slug": "andranik-margaryan-memorial", "name": "Andranik Margaryan Memorial", "name_local": "Անդրանիկ Մարգարյանի հուշամրցաշար", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "34 Shevchenko Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The academy's calendar plan for 2026 lists the 16th memorial tournament for 8 to 16 January 2026, in Swiss and round-robin sections, and the chess-results server carries its age sections dated 8 January 2026 with the Chess Academy of Armenia as organiser at its Shevchenko Street address. 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Petrosyan International Youth Festival", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The FIDE list of rated tournaments carries the 5th festival, in under-12, under-14 and under-18 sections, dated 18 June 2026, and the 4th festival, dated 18 June 2025.", "evidence_date": "2026-06-18", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=481728", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "T. Petrosyan 5th Int. Youth Festival U12 July 2026 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=426522", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "T.Petrosyan 4th Int. 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Աբովյան 4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար /2017 թ./" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Աբովյան համայնքի «Աբովյան քաղաքի շախմատի դպրոց» ՀՈԱԿ" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "abovyan-open", "name": "Abovyan Open", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Abovyan", "address": "Hanrapetutyan 1/85, Abovyan, Kotayk, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries the Abovyan Open 2025, in sections dated 4 August 2025, and the Abovyan Open 2026, dated 31 July 2026, organised by the school of Abovyan city; an Abovyan Open Blitz 2026 is dated 9 August 2026. The 2025 sections give the venue as Hanrapetutyan 1/85. The FIDE list of rated tournaments carries both Open editions.", "evidence_date": "2026-08-09", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1223624.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Abovyan OPEN 2025/Tournament B (U12)" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1444039.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Abovyan OPEN 2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Abovyan, Hanrapetutyan 1/85" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=427575", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Abovyan Open 2025 September 2025 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=486140", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Abovyan OPEN-2026 September 2026 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1469659.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Abovyan OPEN Blitz 2026 (09.08.2026 at 12:00)" } ] }, { "slug": "masis-qualification-tournaments", "name": "Masis qualification tournaments", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Masis", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 24 events dated between 11 January 2025 and 24 September 2026 held in Masis and organised under the abbreviation ՀՇԱ, the Chess Academy of Armenia (the server names it as the uploader of the tournament pages): qualification-category tournaments such as the 3rd-category tournament dated 24 September 2026 and the 2nd-category tournament dated 20 June 2026, and a Street Chess event dated 24 May 2026. The records give the venue as the town, and some name the Masis children and youth creative centre.", "evidence_date": "2026-09-24", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1503343.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար, քաղաք Մասիս" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1440441.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար, քաղաք Մասիս" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1297483.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար - Քաղաք Մասիս" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1423517.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "STEET CHESS MASIS 12+" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "քաղաք Մասիս" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1503343.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Creator/Last Upload: Chess Academy of Armenia" } ] }, { "slug": "masis-mayors-cup", "name": "Masis Mayor's Cup", "name_local": "Մասիսի համայնքապետի գավաթ", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Masis", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries the 2025 cup dated 11 January 2025 and the 2026 cup dated 12 January 2026, organised by the Masis community office with the Ararat province chess federation and ՀՇԱ, an abbreviation for the Chess Academy of Armenia (the server names it as the uploader of the cup page).", "evidence_date": "2026-01-12", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1329752.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մասիսի համայնքապետի գավաթ - 2026 ազգային վարկանիշի հաշվարկով մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1095496.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մասիսի Համայնքապետի գավաթ - 2025" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Մասիսի համայնքապետարան,Արարատի մարզի շախմատի ֆեդերացիա,ՀՇԱ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1329752.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Creator/Last Upload: Chess Academy of Armenia" } ] }, { "slug": "vagharshapat-no1-sports-school", "name": "Vagharshapat No. 1 Sports School", "name_local": "Վաղարշապատի N1 մարզադպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Vagharshapat", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 4 events dated between 15 March 2026 and 21 June 2026 organised by the school in Ejmiatsin: fourth-category qualification tournaments dated 15 March, 12 April and 21 June 2026 and a rapid tournament dated 9 May 2026. The records give the venue as Ejmiatsin without a street address.", "evidence_date": "2026-06-21", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Վաղարշապատի N1 մարզադպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1442867.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4 կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Էջմիածին" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1410969.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հաղթանակի օրվան նվիրված արագ շախմատի մրցաշար- Էջմիածին" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1392232.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4 կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Էջմիածնում" } ] }, { "slug": "gazprom-armenia-educational-sports-complex", "name": "Gazprom Armenia Educational and Sports Complex", "name_local": "Գազպրոմ Արմենիայի Ուսումնա-սպորտային համալիր", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "closed_membership" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Երևան, Ծարավ Աղբյուր 55/25", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 5 events dated between 23 June 2025 and 8 June 2026 that name the complex as organiser and give its street address as the venue: third- and fourth-category qualification tournaments dated 23 June 2025, 23 December 2025 and 8 June 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-06-08", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Գազպրոմ Արմենիայի Ուսումնա-սպորտային համալիր" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Երևան, Ծարավ Աղբյուր 55/25" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1433202.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար /Գազպրոմ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1204913.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար Գազպրոմ" } ] }, { "slug": "basic-school-no-89", "name": "Basic School No. 89", "name_local": "Թիվ 89 հիմնական դպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "closed_membership" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Երևան, Սեբաստիա 19", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 15 events dated between 28 January 2025 and 21 September 2026 that name the school, or its address on Sebastia Street, as organiser or venue: the school's own cup dated 22 June 2026, a school final dated 27 April 2026 and qualification-category tournaments, the latest dated 21 September 2026. The server also carries entries dated 18 October 2026. A chess-school educational centre lists the same address as the venue of rapid tournaments dated 21 September 2025, 19 July 2026 and 21 September 2026, matched by the address only.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-18", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Թիվ 89 հիմնական դպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Երևան, Սեբաստիա 19" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1430939.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Թիվ 89 դպրոցի գավաթ 2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1385800.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Թիվ 89 հիմնական դպրոցի եզրափակիչ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1512633.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3 կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար - 89 դպրոց 18․10-25․10․2026" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "nork-armenian-childrens-house", "name": "Nork Armenian Children's House", "name_local": "Նորքի հայորդյաց տուն", "kind": "other", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Երևան, Նոր նորքի 7-րդ զանգված, Դավիթ Բեկ/60", "district": "Nor Nork", "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 10 events dated between 16 February 2025 and 27 May 2026 that name it as organiser: rounds of a rapid-chess series abbreviated ՆՀՏ, with quarterfinals dated 16 February 2025, semifinals dated 5 April 2025 and 23 May 2026, and finals dated 3 May 2025, 16 June 2025 and 27 May 2026. The English name is a literal rendering of the Armenian name.", "evidence_date": "2026-05-27", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Նորքի հայորդյաց տուն" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Երևան, Նոր նորքի 7-րդ զանգված, Դավիթ Բեկ/60" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1425342.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՆՀՏ արագ շախմատ եզրափակիչ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1120357.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՆՀՏ 1/4 եզրափակիչ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1200255.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՆՀՏ արագ շախմատի եզրափակիչ" } ] }, { "slug": "global-bridge-educational-complex", "name": "Global Bridge Educational Complex", "name_local": "Գլոբալ Բրիջ կրթահամալիր", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "closed_membership" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Երևան, Գ․ Լուսավորիչ 7", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 7 events dated between 18 January 2025 and 12 March 2026 that name the school or its address as organiser or venue, among them third- and fourth-category qualification tournaments dated 12 March and 21 February 2026, with the Yerevan Chess Federation, named in the records by its abbreviation ԵՇՖ and matched by form only, as co-organiser; the earliest is dated 18 January 2025.", "evidence_date": "2026-03-12", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Երևան, Գ․ Լուսավորիչ 7" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ԵՇՖ, Գլոբալ Բրիջ դպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1370305.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար- Գլոբալ Բրիջ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1358013.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար- Գլոբալ Բրիջ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1102670.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար- Գլոբալ Բրիջ կրթահամալիր" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "mav-educational-complex", "name": "MAV Educational Complex", "name_local": "ՄԱՎ կրթահամալիր", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "closed_membership" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries the complex's cup in lightning chess, dated 19 April 2026 at Shiraz Street 4/6, and a blitz tournament dated 4 May 2025 at Bashinjaghyan 1st lane 12. The two records give different street addresses, so none is shown.", "evidence_date": "2026-04-19", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "64 շախմատի դպրոց, ՄԱՎ կրթահամալիր" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1396702.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ՄԱՎ կրթահամալիրի գավաթ կայծակնային շախմատի մրցաշար 19.04.2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1170779.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հաղթանակի օրվան նվիրված բլից մրցաշար «ՄԱՎ» կրթահամալիր" } ] }, { "slug": "kaissa-chess-school", "name": "Kaissa Chess School", "name_local": null, "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "learn" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 9 events dated between 11 June 2025 and 24 July 2026 that name it as organiser: second-, third- and fourth-category qualification tournaments, the latest dated 24 July 2026. One record gives the place as Yerevan; no street address was found.", "evidence_date": "2026-07-24", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Kaissa Chess School" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1463165.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար - Կաիսա" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1197117.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար - Կաիսա" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "ground-zero-venture-cafe", "name": "Ground Zero Venture Café", "name_local": null, "kind": "cafe_bar", "sections": [ "play", "community" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "1 Martiros Saryan Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "registration_required", "src": 1 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 2 }, "formats": [ "simul" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "An event page lists a simultaneous exhibition against a grandmaster at the café on Sunday 19 July 2026 at 10:00, presented with the Chess Academy of Armenia, with 12 boards and registration required; the page also reports an edition held in 2025 with 13 players. It is an annual International Chess Day event, not a weekly session.", "evidence_date": "2026-07-19", "moved_to": null, "src": 3 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://luma.com/l1j7r0nr", "kind": "meetup", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Venue: Ground Zero Venture Café, 1 Saryan St., Yerevan" }, { "url": "https://luma.com/l1j7r0nr", "kind": "meetup", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Registration is required for players." }, { "url": "https://luma.com/l1j7r0nr", "kind": "meetup", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Families, children, students, and anyone with an interest are warmly welcome." }, { "url": "https://luma.com/l1j7r0nr", "kind": "meetup", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Celebrate International Chess Day with a unique experience that only happens once a year." } ] }, { "slug": "charles-aznavour-square-chessboard", "name": "Interactive chessboard in Charles Aznavour Square", "name_local": null, "kind": "other", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Charles Aznavour Square, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "unconfirmed", "evidence": "A news item dated 25 April 2013 reports an interactive chessboard unveiled in Charles Aznavour Square in Yerevan. 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The same series has events outside Yerevan.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-04", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1383368.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Street Chess Tournament 31.03.2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1442780.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Street Chess Tournament / U12/ - 21.06.2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1511737.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Sreet Chess Grand Final 2026 U12" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/59?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Street Chess Tournament" } ] }, { "slug": "chessu-blitz", "name": "ChessU Blitz Tournaments", "name_local": "ChessU Բլից Մրցաշար", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries three blitz tournaments in Yerevan under the ChessU name, dated 29 August, 12 September and 3 October 2026; the third, an amateur blitz, gives Holiday Inn Express as the venue. They are listed with two private individuals as organisers.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-03", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1509688.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ChessU Սիրողական Բլից Մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1494503.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ChessU Բլից Մրցաշար #2" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1484708.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ChessU Բլից Մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Yerevan, Holiday Inn Express" } ] }, { "slug": "hovhannes-danielyan-memorial", "name": "Hovhannes Danielyan Memorial", "name_local": "Հովհաննես Դանիելյանի հուշամրցաշար", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The Chess Academy of Armenia lists the memorial in its 2026 calendar plan for 9 to 15 May 2026. The FIDE list of rated tournaments carries a round-robin memorial dated 9 May 2026 and one dated 8 May 2025, both in Yerevan.", "evidence_date": "2026-05-09", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/static/article/59?lang=am", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հովհաննես Դանիելյանի հուշամրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=476738", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Hovhannes Danielyan Memorial 2026 - Round Robin Tournament with IM norm June 2026 Armenia FIDE" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=417228", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Hovhannes Danielyan Memorial - Round Robin Tournament with IM norm June 2025 Armenia FIDE Chess" } ] }, { "slug": "arsen-yeghiazaryan-memorial", "name": "Arsen Yeghiazaryan Memorial", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "34 Shevchenko Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries the 6th memorial dated 14 July 2026, organised by the Chess Academy of Armenia with the venue given as Shevchenko 34. The FIDE list of rated tournaments carries it too.", "evidence_date": "2026-07-14", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1455964.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Arsen Yeghiazaryan 6th Memorial" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Arsen Yeghiazaryan 6th Memorial" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=486139", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Arsen Yeghiazaryan 6th Memorial August 2026 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report" } ] }, { "slug": "armenian-chess-association", "name": "Armenian Chess Association", "name_local": "Շախմատի հայկական ասոցիացիա", "kind": "other", "sections": [ "community" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists 107 events dated between 24 January 2025 and 11 October 2026 that name it as organiser, mostly at Khanjyan Street 50 in Yerevan: the Tigran Petrosian Chess House championship (final dated 16 December 2025, 2026 semifinal dated 8 October 2026), Sunny Chess and qualification-category tournaments; the latest is dated 11 October 2026. The server also carries entries dated 20 October 2026. Its organiser entries appear under the English name, the Armenian name and the abbreviation ACA; the abbreviation entries are matched to it by abbreviation.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-20", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Armenian Chess Association" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Շախմատի հայկական ասոցիացիա" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1512323.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "T. Petrosyan Chess House CH. 2026 SF" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1313316.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "T. Petrosyan Chess House Ch./Final" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1462212.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "SUNNY CHESS 2026/ՇՏ" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "friends-house-chess", "name": "Friend's House", "name_local": null, "kind": "other", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "Isahakyan 14, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries a \"Friend's House Chess\" tournament, a 5-minute plus 3-second event, dated 23 February 2025, 22 March 2025, 17 May 2026 and 11 July 2026, with the venue given as Isahakyan 14 in Yerevan. The March 2025 entry lists ՀՇԱ among its organisers, an abbreviation for the Chess Academy of Armenia (the server names it as the uploader of the March 2025 page). No page describing the venue itself was found.", "evidence_date": "2026-07-11", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1454649.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Friend's House Chess" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1418507.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Friend's House Chess" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Friend's House" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Isahakyan 14" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1143275.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Friend's House Chess" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1143275.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Creator/Last Upload: Chess Academy of Armenia" } ] }, { "slug": "melkonyan-school-no-11", "name": "M. Melkonyan School No. 11", "name_local": "Մ․ Մելքոնյանի անվան թիվ 11 դպրոց", "kind": "academy", "sections": [ "closed_membership" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server carries a blitz tournament marking Tigran Petrosian's 96th anniversary, dated 15 June 2025, and a New Year rapid tournament dated 21 December 2025, both with the school as venue. The organisers are private individuals and no street address is printed.", "evidence_date": "2025-12-21", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1196519.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Տիգրան Պետրոսյանի 96-ամյակին նվիրված բլից մրցաշար Ա խումբ 11 դպրոց" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1317395.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ամանորյա արագ շախմատի մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ք․ Երևան, «Մ․ Մելքոնյանի անվան թիվ 11 դպրոց»" } ] }, { "slug": "chess-research-institute-aspu", "name": "Chess Scientific Research Institute of the Armenian State Pedagogical University", "name_local": "Շախմատային գիտահետազոտական ինստիտուտ", "kind": "other", "sections": [ "community" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "A news agency report of 9 February 2018 says the institute opened that day inside the Armenian State Pedagogical University as a separate division for research on chess in education. The Chess Academy of Armenia site, in posts dated 9 September 2026 and 5 October 2026, names it as organiser, with the International School Chess Federation, of the international conference on chess education held on 1 and 2 October 2026 in Tsaghkadzor. No street address for the institute was found.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-05", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://armenpress.am/en/article/922096", "kind": "press", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "The Institute will operate within the ASPU as a separate division." }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հայաստանի պետական մանկավարժական համալսարանի Շախմատային գիտահետազոտական ինստիտուտը" }, { "url": "https://chessacademy.am/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Ծաղկաձորում ավարտվեց" } ] }, { "slug": "ashtarak-qualification-tournaments", "name": "Ashtarak qualification tournaments", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Ashtarak", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists seven qualification-category tournaments labelled Ashtarak: two 4th-category events dated 6 to 8 June 2025, 2nd- and 3rd-category events dated 4 to 8 December 2025, a 4th-category event dated 21 to 24 December 2025, and 3rd- and 4th-category events dated 20 to 23 June 2026; the latest is dated 20 June 2026. The December 2025 records give the venue as Sasunik, at the Gevorg Chaush sports school; the other records give only the town. The tournament pages are uploaded under the name of the Chess Academy of Armenia, and the players' club field names an Ashtarak chess school group with the abbreviation ՀՇԱ. The Aragatsotn province chess federation page on the national federation site prints a telephone number and no address.", "evidence_date": "2026-06-20", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1443846.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ք․Աշտարակ 3րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1311246.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ք. Աշտարակ, 3-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1322222.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "4-րդ կարգի որակավորման մրցաշար, ք. Աշտարակ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1311246.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ԱՐԱԳ/Աշտարակի շ/դ - ՀՇԱ/Մարկարյան Է" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1311246.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Creator/Last Upload: Chess Academy of Armenia" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Սասունիկ, Գևորգ Չաուշի մ/դ" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "karen-asrian-memorial", "name": "Karen Asrian Memorial", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "34 Shevchenko Street, Yerevan, Armenia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": "Armenian Chess Federation", "src": 2 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The FIDE tournament list carries the Karen Asrian Memorial rapid tournament with a start date of 27 November 2025, rated in FIDE's December 2025 report; the list also shows a blitz tournament of the same name dated 29 November 2025. The regulations of the 2024 edition (23 April to 2 May 2024) state that the Armenian Chess Federation organised it at the Chess Academy of Armenia on Shevchenko Street, which is the address given here; the FIDE pages for the 2025 edition do not print its venue.", "evidence_date": "2025-11-29", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_information.phtml?event=450669", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Start Date 2025-11-27" }, { "url": "https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=450669", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Karen Asrian Memorial (Rapid) December 2025 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report" }, { "url": "https://doc.fide.com/docs/CALENDAR/2024/Karen_Asrian_regulations.pdf", "kind": "federation", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "The Armenian Chess Federation is organizing Karen Asrian Memorial International Chess Tournament" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "yerevan-state-university-chess-team", "name": "Yerevan State University chess team", "name_local": "ԵՊՀ շախմատի թիմ", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "closed_membership" ], "municipality": "Yerevan", "address": "ՀՀ, ք. Երևան, 0025, Ալեք Մանուկյան 1", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "unconfirmed", "evidence": "The university's sports pages describe a chess team of the university with a coach from the department of physical education and sport, and a news item dated 22 March 2024 reports the team's third place at the 25th inter-university student games, among eleven universities. The same item says the university's chess teams take part in the inter-university games every year. No dated trace from 2025 or 2026 was found, and the pages state no weekly meeting or access rule. The address is that of the university.", "evidence_date": "2024-03-22", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ysu.am/faculty/526/articles/54987", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ԵՊՀ շախմատի հավաքական թիմը՝ մրցանակակիր" }, { "url": "https://www.ysu.am/faculty/526/50603", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ԵՊՀ շախմատի թիմի մարզիչն է Ֆիզիկական դաստիարակության և սպորտի ամբիոնի դոցենտ" }, { "url": "https://www.ysu.am/faculty/526/50603", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Հասցե` ՀՀ, ք. Երևան, 0025, Ալեք Մանուկյան 1" }, { "url": "https://www.ysu.am/faculty/526/articles/54987", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ԵՊՀ շախմատի հավաքական թիմերը յուրաքանչյուր տարի ակտիվ մասնակցություն են ունենում" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" } ], "chess960": { "searched": [ "Chess960 Fischer Random tournament Yerevan Armenia (web search, English)", "chess-results.com, all ARM events 2025-01-01 to 2027-12-31 (1,515), titles, organisers and time controls scanned for 960, Fischer, Freestyle, random and the Armenian forms", "FIDE list of rated tournaments, ARM, January 2025 to October 2026 (109 events), titles scanned for 960, Fischer, Freestyle and random" ], "found": [], "note": "Nothing over the board found. One chess-results entry, a Victory Day tournament dated 9 May 2025 in Yerevan, is named after Robert Fischer but is played at 10 minutes plus 2 seconds, so it is not Chess960. A 2012 report (not opened) names a national Chess960 champion, which is outside the date window." }, "not_included": [ { "name": "Province chess federations of Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir and Kotayk", "reason": "province-wide bodies listed on the national federation site with a telephone number and no address; no seat inside the metro area is stated" }, { "name": "Chess in Schools national curriculum (compulsory chess lessons)", "reason": "a national programme, not a place; schools enter only with their own club or tournament record (five did: Basic School No. 89, Global Bridge Educational Complex, MAV Educational Complex, M. Melkonyan School No. 11 and the Gazprom Armenia complex)" }, { "name": "Armen Nazaryan Youth Sports School (Masis)", "reason": "one dated occasion only (23 November 2025)" }, { "name": "Olympia Chess School (Hrazdan)", "reason": "outside the metro area (Hrazdan)" }, { "name": "Chess Learning school (Parakar / Mertsavan)", "reason": "outside the metro area (Parakar is not one of the listed towns)" }, { "name": "Loft Yerevan and RafEvo Chess Armenia (Moskovyan 3A)", "reason": "two tournaments on a single day (28 August 2026); not a numbered series" }, { "name": "Next Move school (Avan 4th street, house 8)", "reason": "one dated occasion only (opening lightning tournament, 26 July 2026)" }, { "name": "Fast Bank, Nork-Marash (Hovsepyan 32/6)", "reason": "one rapid tournament (24 July 2026); venue of one event" }, { "name": "Magic Crafts (Yerevan)", "reason": "one qualification tournament (24 August 2026)" }, { "name": "Holiday Inn Express, Yerevan", "reason": "venue of one ChessU amateur blitz (3 October 2026); covered by the ChessU Blitz Tournaments card" }, { "name": "Ameria Bank internal chess tournament 2026", "reason": "internal company tournament" }, { "name": "Armenian Insurers Association tournament (Khanjyan 50, 14 June 2025)", "reason": "one dated occasion at the Chess House" }, { "name": "Journalists chess championship (Khanjyan 50, 12 April 2026)", "reason": "one dated occasion at the Chess House" }, { "name": "European Universities Chess Championship 2025 (Yerevan, September 2025)", "reason": "one-off event; the FIDE list gives only the city" }, { "name": "Draughts, Renju, Gomoku and Pente events (International Draughts Association, Armenian Renju Federation, RIF, Armenian Draughts Federation)", "reason": "not chess" }, { "name": "ChessMood", "reason": "online-only school; its site names no Yerevan address or office" }, { "name": "Hobby Games and Game Pub (Yerevan board-game venues)", "reason": "a magazine article on the board-game scene is the only source and it does not say chess is played there" }, { "name": "Armenian Student Sports Federation, 27th student games chess (March 2026)", "reason": "one dated occasion" }, { "name": "Spyur.am business directory", "reason": "host answered 403 to one request; not used" }, { "name": "AVC online chess course for chess teachers of Yerevan and Kotayk", "reason": "two presentations dated 12 and 19 November 2016; outside the 2025-2026 window and not a place" }, { "name": "International chess festival in Yerevan, October 2026 (Mediacrat Studio, Matena Business School)", "reason": "a single announced festival, reported in November 2025, with no venue or series named" }, { "name": "Intellect EVN board game club and Game Pub (Yerevan)", "reason": "the pages describing them name board games in general, not chess" }, { "name": "Aragatsotn province chess federation", "reason": "province-wide body listed on the national federation site with a telephone number and no address; its Ashtarak tournaments are covered by the Ashtarak qualification tournaments card" } ] }