Grandmaster Tigran Petrosyan became first Armenian Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess) champion.

Arman Pashikyan and Zaven Andriasyan finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

The award ceremony will take place on February 1, 2011.

Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant invented by former World Champion Bobby Fischer. It uses the same board and pieces as standard chess but the starting position of the main pieces is chosen at random.