Faiq Hasanov (transliterated as Gasanov; ; born April 13, 1940, in Kirovobad, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) is an Azerbaijani chess International Arbiter (1980), coach, television presenter, author and vice-president of Azerbaijan Chess Federation.Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyasının vitse-prezidenti Faiq Həsənov İspaniyaya dəvət edilib Фаик Гасанов: Чтобы быть популярными шахматам необходима господдержка
Chess arbiter The first international tournament that Hasanov refereed took place in Baku in 1964. He also refereed sports contest between the USSR nations.В Азербайджане несколько тренеров по шахматам, которых могу назвать лучшими в мире – Фаик Гасанов
Hasanov was awarded the title of International Arbiter by FIDE in 1980. He has been in charge of World and European Championships, Olympiads, World Team Chess Championship. He also has been refereeing the tournament in Linaress for twenty years and was the chief arbiter of the first FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Baku. He was a member of the reconstituted Appeal Committee during the World Chess Championship 2006.Appeal of Vladimir Kramnik: Decision of the Appeals Committee FIDE Published 2 October 2006
Author and presenter Hasanov is widely known as television presenter of weekly Şahmat klubu (Chess Club) programme, which is broadcasting each Sunday in AzTV. He has presenting this programme for 40 years without any major interruptions as programme considered to be one of the longest programmes in the history of AzTV channel.Faik Gasanov – the Father of Chess in Azerbaijan Chessbase Published 14 March 2007İdman Azərbaycan” kanalının direktoru Elsevər Dünyamalıyevin SİA-ya eksklüziv müsahibəsi
Awards and titles He was awarded with Shohrat Order (Order of Glory) for his role in the development of chess in Azerbaijan. Since 2006, he holds the position of vice-president of Azerbaijani Chess Federation.Фаиг Гасанов profile on Azeri Chess Federation
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Azerbaijani Chess Federation