Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Armenia koyaushe ta yi fice a wasan chess tare da 'yan wasanta galibi suna cikin mafi girman matsayi da ƙawata. Hedikwatar Tarayyar Chess ta Armenia tana cikin Gidan Chess na Tigran Petrosian na Yerevan. Tuni a makarantar firamare, ana ba da ilimin chess. Birnin yana da gida ga ƙungiyoyin wasan chess da makarantun horo da yawa. A shekara ta 1996, duk da mawuyacin halin tattalin arziki a kasar, Yerevan ya karbi bakuncin taron kasa da kasa na kasa da kasa a Yerevan.
Gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 32. A cikin 2006, mambobi huɗu daga Yerevan na ƙungiyar chess ta Armenia sun ci gasar Olympiad ta Chess ta 37 a Turin kuma sun maimaita aikin a gasar Olympiad ta Chess ta 38 a Dresden. Armenian ya lashe gasar Olympics ta Chess a karo na 3 a 2012 a Istanbul. Shugaban kungiyar 'yan wasan chess na kasa; Levon Aronian, wanda aka haife shi a Yerevan, yana daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan chess a duniya.