Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'akụkọ ihe mere eme, nke a abụghị ihe ọhụrụ, ebe ọ bụ na esemokwu dị n'etiti Armenia na Azerbaijan n'ihi esemokwu Nagorno-Karabakh ka a na-ahụ na chess kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ, na-eme ka enweghị ndị egwuregwu si na otu n'ime mba abụọ ahụ na asọmpi a na-akwado na mba ọzọ na ọbụna ịkwaga ihe omume chess. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, asọmpi ndị na-aga ime asọmpi maka
World Chess Championship 2012 emesịrị kwaga (kpamkpam) site na Baku na Kazan, na-atụle na otu ihe kpatara ya bụ n'ihi na Levon Aronian nke Armenia bụ onye na-enweghị obi ụtọ n'egwuregwu na Azerbaijan. N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, Azerbaijan họọrọ ịghara igwu egwu na 2015 World Team Chess Championship na Tsaghkadzor, na ndị egwuregwu Azerbaijani esonyeghị na European Individual Chess Championship 2014 na Yerevan. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, ndị egwuregwu Armenia, gụnyere Levon Aronian, na-egwuri egwu na 2015 Chess World Cup na Baku, na-enye ụfọdụ olileanya na ndị otu ga-apụta na Olympiad.