Azerbaijan Chess Federation

Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası
AbbreviationAŞF
Formation1920 (1992)
HeadquartersXaqani küçəsi 1, Baku
Region served
Azerbaijan
President
Mahir Mammedov
AffiliationsFIDE, European Chess Union
Websitewww.chess.az

The Azerbaijan Chess Federation (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası, AŞF) is the governing chess organization in Azerbaijan and is affiliated to the World Chess Federation FIDE.[1] The Azerbaijan Chess Federation was founded in 1920 when Azerbaijan became a member of the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR the same year, and was reorganized in 1992, after Azerbaijan attained its independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and became a member of FIDE the same year. Its headquarters are in Baku.[2]

Elman Rustamov was the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation from 2007 until 2021.[3]

President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation Elman Rustamov (left) with the President of the World Chess Federation FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
  1. ^ "World Chess Federation – Azerbaijan". FIDE.
  2. ^ "Азербайджанская шахматная федерация – История – Федерация" (in Russian). Azerichess.az.
  3. ^ Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Federation – President Archived 2011-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)