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Asian Chess Championship

Chess tournament in Asia

Summary

Chess tournament in Asia

The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations (FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.8). It is held with the Swiss system and consists of two divisions, Open and Women's, the latter of which is reserved to female players. Both sections determine the Asian champions and qualify a certain number of players for the FIDE World Cup and Women's World Cup. The Championship is regulated by the Asian Chess Federation.

Winners

Open

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! Nr !! Year !! City !!Winner |- | 1 || 1998 || Tehran || Rustam Kasimdzhanov |- | 2 || 2000 || Udaipur || Xu Jun |- | 3 || 2001 || Kolkata || Xu Jun |- | 4 || 2003 || Doha || Krishnan Sasikiran |- | 5 || 2005 || Hyderabad || Zhang Zhong |- | 6 || 2007 || Cebu City || Zhang Pengxiang |- | 7 || 2009 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || Surya Shekhar Ganguly |- | 8 || 2010 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || Ni Hua |- | 9 || 2011 || Mashhad || Pentala Harikrishna |- | 10 || 2012 || Ho Chi Minh City || Parimarjan Negi |- | 11 || 2013 || Manila || Li Chao |- | 12 || 2014 || Sharjah || Yu Yangyi |- | 13 || 2015 || Al Ain || Salem A. R. Saleh |- | 14 || 2016 || Tashkent || S. P. Sethuraman |- | 15 || 2017 || Chengdu || Wang Hao |- | 16 || 2018 || Makati || Wei Yi |- | 17 || 2019 || Xingtai || Lê Quang Liêm |- | 18 || 2022 || New Delhi || R Praggnanandhaa |- | 19 || 2023 || Almaty || Shamsiddin Vokhidov |- | 20 || 2025 || Al Ain || Bardiya Daneshvar |- | 21 || 2026 || Ulaanbaatar || TBD |}

Women

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! Nr !! Year !! City !!Winner |- | 1 || 1981 || Hyderabad || Rohini Khadilkar |- | 2 || 1983 || Kuala Lumpur || Rohini Khadilkar |- | 3 || 1985 || Dhaka || Anupama Gokhale |- | 4 || 1987 || Hyderabad || Anupama Gokhale |- | 5 || 1991 || Bhopal || Bhagyashree Thipsay |- | 6 || 1996 || Salem || Upi Darmayana Tamin |- | 7 || 1998 || Kuala Lumpur || Xu Yuhua |- | 8 || 2000 || Udaipur || Hoang Thanh Trang |- | 9 || 2001 || Chennai || Li Ruofan |- | 10 || 2003 || Kozhikode || Humpy Koneru |- | 11 || 2004 || Beirut || Wang Yu |- | 12 || 2007 || Tehran || Tania Sachdev |- | 13 || 2009 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || Zhang Xiaowen |- | 14 || 2010 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || Atousa Pourkashiyan |- | 15 || 2011 || Mashhad || Harika Dronavalli |- | 16 || 2012 || Ho Chi Minh City || Irene Kharisma Sukandar |- | 17 || 2013 || Manila || Huang Qian |- | 18 || 2014 || Sharjah || Irene Kharisma Sukandar |- | 19 || 2015 || Al Ain || Mitra Hejazipour |- | 20 || 2016 || Tashkent || Bhakti Kulkarni |- | 21 || 2017 || Chengdu || Vo Thi Kim Phung |- | 22 || 2018 || Makati || Padmini Rout |- | 23 || 2019 || Xingtai || Dinara Saduakassova |- | 24 || 2022 || New Delhi || P. V. Nandhidhaa |- | 25 || 2023 || Almaty || Divya Deshmukh |- | 26 || 2025 || Al Ain || Song Yuxin |- | 27 || 2026 || Ulaanbaatar || TBD |}

Gallery

File:Asian Champions 2022- GM R Praggnanandhaa and WGM P. V. Nandhidhaa.jpg|R Praggnanandhaa and P. V. Nandhidhaa- Champions in 2022

Notes

References

Selected tournament results 1981-2005
Tournament report of edition 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Results women's championship 1981-1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 2003, 2004, 2007
Complete standings from Chess-Results.com: 2007 (Open), 2007 (Women) 2009, 2010, 2011 (Open), 2011 (Women), 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
Asian Continental 2013 in THE WEEK IN CHESS: 2013

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