Azerbaijan Chess Federation

Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası

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

The Azerbaijan Chess Federation (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası, AŞF) is the national chess organization in Azerbaijan. It is a member of the World Chess Federation (FIDE).^[1] The Azerbaijan Chess Federation was founded in 1920, when Azerbaijan became a member of the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. It was reorganized in 1992, after Azerbaijan gained its independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It became a member of FIDE the same year. The headquarters of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation is in Baku.^[2] This is the capital city of Azerbaijan.

As of 2023, the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation is Mahir Mammedov.

President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation Elman Rustamov (left) with the President of the World Chess Federation FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

Executive Committee

The executive committee includes:^[3]

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

Competitions

The federation organizes the following chess competitions:

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

Related pages

• Chess in Azerbaijan
• List of Azerbaijani chess players
• Azerbaijani Chess Championship

References

1. World Chess Federation – Azerbaijan (in English)
2. Azerbaijan Chess Federation – History – Federation Archived 2020-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
3. Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Federation – Management Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine (in English)

Other websites

• Official Azerbaijan Chess Federation Website Archived 2005-04-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani and English)