Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whiwhi a Armenia i tōna rangatiratanga mai i te Soviet Union i te 1991. Mai i taua wa, kua whai waahi nga kaitakaro mekemeke Armenia ki te tohu i te Republic of Armenia. E toru nga whakataetae nui o te kaitakaro i whakahaerehia i Armenia motuhake: te 32nd Chess Olympiad
i whakahaerehia i te Sports & Music Complex i Yerevan i te tau 1996; ko te 2001 World Team Chess Championship me te 2014 European Individual Chess Championship i whakahaerehia i te Yerevan Opera Theatre.