Federations and chess bodies in Yerevan 4

Behind most tournaments in this reference stand a few organisations, and they are listed here so that a name on a tournament page can be placed. The Armenian Chess Federation, which began as a chess section in 1927 and became a federation in 1959, has its seat on Shevchenko Street with the Chess Academy and runs the national championships and the rapid championship of Armenia.

The Yerevan Chess Federation organises the Yerevan Open, Yerevan Spring, the Children's Cup and many events at the Arabkir chess school. The Armenian Chess Association runs the championship of the Tigran Petrosian Chess House and most other tournaments held there. The Chess Scientific Research Institute of the Armenian State Pedagogical University, opened in 2018, studies chess in education and co-organised an international conference on the subject in October 2026.