Genrikh Kasparyan[a] (Surname also spelled Kasparian) (27 February 1910 – 27 December 1995) was an Armenian chess player.

He reached the USSR Championship finals four times (1931, 1937, 1947, 1952), but never finished higher than tenth place.

He wrote several books and collections and composed about 600 studies, many on the theme of domination, winning 57 first prizes.

(Chernev 1989:103) Apart from being a prolific composer of chess problems Kasparyan was, as mentioned above, an excellent tournament player.

One of his games, Genrikh Kasparyan–Koryun Manvelyan, Armenian Championship, Yerevan 1938, has found its way into countless books on chess tactics: 1.d4 g6 2.b3 Bg7 3.Bb2 d6 4.e4 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Qd7 8.f4 0-0-0 9.Nf3 a5 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.a4 Rhe8 14.Bc3 b6 15.0-0-0 Kb7 16.Rhe1 Bd5 17.Re2 e5 18.Rde1 exf4 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Qxf4 Ka6 21.Qh4 Rh8 22.Rd1 Qc8 23.Rd3 Be6 24.d5 Bxc3 25.Rxc3 Bxd5 (diagram) 26.Rxc6!