Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whiwhi a Armenia i tōna mana motuhake i te Soviet Union i te tau 1991. Mai i taua wa, kua whai waahi nga kaitakaro mekemeke Armenia ki te tohu i te Republic of Armenia. E toru nga whakataetae taatai nui i whakahaerehia i Armenia motuhake: te
Ko te 32nd Chess Olympiad i tu ki te Sports & Music Complex i Yerevan i te 1996; ko te 2001 World Team Chess Championship me te 2014 European Individual Chess Championship i tu ki te Yerevan Opera Theatre.