Grandmaster Arshak Petrosian is the best chess coach of the world in 2011

YEREVAN, JULY 18, AREMENPRESS: Head coach of men national chess team of Armenia grandmaster Arshak Petrosian has been recognized as the best chess coach of the world in 2011 by Chess international Federation –FIDE and was awarded a medal after Micheil Botvinnik. Armenpress was informed about this from Armenian chess federation.

Petrosian is awarded with this title and medal for the second time. For the first time he was recognized best chess coach of the world in 2008 when National men chess team of Armenia gained the title of the champion of World Chess Olympiad for the second time.

Petrosian is the head coach of National chess team of Armenia which won the world chess championship in China in 2011.

Arshak B. Petrosianis an Armenianchessplayer andNational Coach.FIDEawarded him theInternational Grandmastertitle in 1984. He won theArmenian Chess Championshipin 1974 and 1976.He became a prominentSoviettournament player during the 1980s, winning games against such noted grandmasters asAlexey Shirov,Rafael Vaganian, and Alexander Morozevich.