What is Azerbaijan Chess Federation?
{{Infobox organization | name = Azerbaijan Chess Federation<br />Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası | image = | size = | type = [[Chess]] [[organization]] | abbreviation = AŞF | formation = 1920 (1992) | headquarters = Xaqani küçəsi 1, [[Baku]] | region_served = [[Azerbaijan]] | leader_title = President | leader_name = Mahir Mammedov | affiliations = [[FIDE]] | num_staff = | website = {{URL|http://www.chess.az/}} }} The '''Azerbaijan Chess Federation''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası}}, ''AŞF'') is the [[national]] [[chess]] [[organization]] in [[Azerbaijan]]. It is a [[member]] of the World Chess Federation ([[FIDE]]).<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?task=country&fid=13 World Chess Federation – Azerbaijan] {{in lang|en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.azerichess.az/ru/story Azerbaijan Chess Federation – History – Federation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714002159/http://www.azerichess.az/ru/story |date=2020-07-14 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> This is the capital city of Azerbaijan. As of 2023, the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation is Mahir Mammedov. [[File:Elman Rustamov & Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.jpg|thumb|238px|right|President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation Elman Rustamov (left) with the President of the World Chess Federation [[FIDE]], Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.]] ==Executive Committee== The [[:wikt:executive|executive]] [[:wikt:committee|committee]] includes:<ref>[http://www.chess.az/ManagementEn.html Azerbaijan Chess Federation – Federation – Management] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913075130/http://www.chess.az/ManagementEn.html |da