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Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası

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

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

Elman Rustamov was the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation since 2007.

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:

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

Members

Its members include:

Grandmasters

International Masters

Women Grandmasters

Women International Masters

Competitions

The federation organizes the following chess competitions:

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

International events

• FIDE Grand-Prix 2008 (April 19 – May 6, 2008) in Baku
• 42nd Chess Olympiad (2016) in Baku

See also

• Chess in Azerbaijan
• List of Azerbaijani chess players
• Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)