Asian Team Chess Championship

The Asian Team Chess Championship (recently also called the Asian Nations Chess Cup) is an international team chess tournament open to national federations affiliated to FIDE in Asia and Oceania. It is organized by the Asian Chess Federation, and the winner qualifies to participate at the next World Team Chess Championship.[1] The open championship has been held at intervals of anywhere from one to four years since 1974. The Asian Women's Team Chess Championship has been held concurrently with the open championship since 1995. Recent editions have additionally featured side team events held at rapid and blitz time controls.

The current Asian champion is Iran, which won in 2018 on home soil at Hamadan.[2] Of the twenty editions of the open championship, China has won eight times, the Philippines has won six times, India has won three times, and Iran, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan have each won once.[3] The defending champion of the women's tournament is China, which has won eight of the ten women's championships played; Vietnam won the other two.[4]

## Competition

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Each member federation located in FIDE Zones 3.1 to 3.7 is entitled to enter a national team of four players and an optional reserve player into the open or women's tournament.[5] The hosting nation is allowed to field two teams, and may field a third team if it results in an even number of participating teams.[1] Currently, matches in both the open and women's tournament are contested on four boards; the women's tournament had been contested on three boards from 1995 to 2008. Since 2008, the final standings in the tournament have been determined by the number of match points scored by each team; before 2008, scores were calculated based on board points. Various formats have been used for both the open and women's championships, with a round robin or Swiss-system tournament being the most common.

## Summary of results

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### Open championship

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Year  | Location  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Format  | No. of teams[3]

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1974 |  Penang |  Philippines
Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
Glenn Bordonada
Roger Abella
César Caturla
Rico Mascariñas
Jesús Rafael Maninang |  Australia
Max Fuller
Michael Woodhams
Arthur Pope
William Jordan
Phillip Viner |  Indonesia
Arovah Bachtiar
Jacobus Sawandar Sampouw
Max Arie Wotulo
Monang Simulingga
Abir Dipo | Single round-robin  | 8
1977 |  Auckland |  Philippines
Eugene Torre
Rico Mascariñas
Glenn Bordonada
Jesús Rafael Maninang
Luis Chiong |  China
Qi Jingxuan
Chen De
Chang Tung Lo
Hsu Hung Hsun
Li Chung Tsien |  Indonesia
Salor Sitanggang
Ardiansyah
Jacobus Sawandar Sampouw
Eddy Suwandhio
Herman Kusnadi
Bing Sarjono | Single round-robin  | 10
1979 |  Singapore |  Philippines
Eugene Torre
Rico Mascariñas
Ruben Rodríguez
Glenn Bordonada
Jesús Rafael Maninang
Andrónico Yap |  China
Qi Jingxuan
Liu Wenzhe
Li Zunian
Liang Jinrong
Chen De |  Indonesia
Edhi Handoko
Sutan Aritonang
Ronny Gunawan
Ardiansyah
Arovah Bachtiar | Preliminary and final group round-robins  | 16
1981 |  Hangzhou |  Philippines
Eugene Torre
Rosendo Balinas Jr.
Rico Mascariñas
Jesús Rafael Maninang
Ruben Rodríguez
Andrónico Yap |  China
Liu Wenzhe
Qi Jingxuan
Liang Jinrong
Li Zunian
Ye Jiangchuan
Chen De |  Australia
Ian Rogers
Darryl Johansen
William Jordan
Phillip Viner
Chris Depasquale | Preliminary and final group round-robins  | 12
1983 |  New Delhi |  China
Qi Jingxuan
Li Zunian
Ye Jiangchuan
Liang Jinrong
Xu Jun
Wang Li |  Philippines
Eugene Torre
Rico Mascariñas
Andrónico Yap
Ricardo de Guzman
Ruben Rodríguez
Domingo Ramos |  India
Dibyendu Barua
Pravin Thipsay
Pabitra Mohanty
Syed Nasir Ali
Mohamed Rafiq Khan
Neeraj Kumar Mishra | Single round-robin  | 10
1986 |  Dubai |  Philippines
Eugene Torre
Andrónico Yap
Rico Mascariñas
Ricardo de Guzman
Chito Garma
Ronald Cusi |  India
Vaidyanathan Ravikumar
Arun Vaidya
Ahanthem Meetei
Viswanathan Anand
Devaki Prasad
Balottam Varma |  Indonesia
Herman Suradiradja
Dirwan Sinuraya
Tigor Hutagalung
Harry Siregar
Yurlinsyah Ruslan
Sri Sutrisno | Nine-round Swiss | 17
1987 |  Singapore |  China
Xu Jun
Ye Jiangchuan
Liang Jinrong
Li Zunian
Lin Ta
Ye Rongguang |  Indonesia
Ardiansyah
Ronny Gunawan
Edhi Handoko
Cerdas Barus
Syarif Mahmud
Ruben Gunawan |  Singapore
Tan Lian Ann
Alphonsus Chia
Chan Peng Kong
Derrick Heng
Wong Meng Kong
Winston Williams | Nine-round Swiss  | 14
1989 |  Genting Highlands |  China
Ye Jiangchuan
Xu Jun
Liang Jinrong
Ye Rongguang
Wang Zili
Chen De |  Indonesia
Utut Adianto
Ardiansyah
Ronny Gunawan
Nasib Ginting
Edhi Handoko |  India
Viswanathan Anand
Pravin Thipsay
Lanka Ravi
Raja Ravi Sekhar
Dibyendu Barua
N. Sudhakar Babu | Nine-round Swiss  | 16
1991 |  Penang |  China
Xu Jun
Ye Rongguang
Liang Jinrong
Wang Zili
Wu Shaobin
Liu Wenzhe |  Philippines
Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Rico Mascariñas
Rogelio Barcenilla
Ruben Rodríguez
Enrico Sevillano |  Indonesia
Utut Adianto
Edhi Handoko
Nasib Ginting
Salor Sitanggang
Hamdani Rudin
Hendrik Poha | Nine-round Swiss  | 18
1993 |  Kuala Lumpur |  Kazakhstan
Yevgeniy Vladimirov
Serik Temirbaev
Yakov Nesterov
Vladislav Tkachiev
Vladimir Seredenko
Bolat Asanov |  Uzbekistan
Alexander Nenashev
Sergey Zagrebelny
Tahir Vakhidov
Saidali Iuldachev
Sergei Nadyrkhanov
Dmitry Kaiumov |  Philippines
Eugene Torre
Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Rogelio Barcenilla
Rico Mascariñas
Ruben Rodríguez
Enrico Sevillano | Nine-round Swiss  | 19
1995 |  Singapore |  Philippines
Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Nelson Mariano II
Rogelio Barcenilla
Ricardo de Guzman
Barlo Nadera
Rolando Nolte |  China
Xu Jun
Wang Zili
Peng Xiaomin
Liang Jinrong
Lin Weiguo
Zhang Zhong |  Uzbekistan
Alexander Nenashev
Sergey Zagrebelny
Mihail Saltaev
Shukhrat Safin
Saidali Iuldachev
Dmitry Kaiumov | Nine-round Swiss  | 20
1999 |  Shenyang |  Uzbekistan
Alexander Nenashev
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Saidali Iuldachev
Tahir Vakhidov
Marat Dzhumaev
Dmitry Kaiumov |  Kazakhstan
Yevgeniy Vladimirov
Pavel Kotsur
Murtas Kazhgaleyev
Ruslan Irzhanov
Serik Temirbaev |  India
Krishnan Sasikiran
Pravin Thipsay
Abhijit Kunte
Devaki Rasad
G. B. Prakash | Nine-round Swiss  | 16
2003 |  Jodhpur |  China
Ye Jiangchuan
Zhang Zhong
Xu Jun
Zhang Pengxiang
Yu Shaoteng |  India 1
Krishnan Sasikiran
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Pentala Harikrishna
Dibyendu Barua
Abhijit Kunte |  India 3
Neelotpal Das
Sriram Jha
Lanka Ravi
Kumar Sharma Dinesh
Bandyopadhyay Roktim | Nine-round Swiss  | 13
2005 |  Esfahan |  India
Krishnan Sasikiran
Abhijit Kunte
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Kidambi Sundararajan
Sandipan Chanda |  Vietnam
Đào Thiên Hải
Nguyễn Anh Dũng
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Lê Quang Liêm
Từ Hoàng Thông |  Iran
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
Elshan Moradi
Morteza Mahjoub
Morteza Darban
Mehdi Khaghani | Double round-robin  | 6
2008 |  Visakhapatnam |  China
Wang Yue
Bu Xiangzhi
Wang Hao
Zhao Jun
Zhou Jianchao |  India
Krishnan Sasikiran
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Abhijit Kunte
Geetha Narayanan Gopal
Abhijeet Gupta |  Vietnam
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Lê Quang Liêm
Nguyễn Anh Dũng
Đào Thiên Hải
Nguyễn Minh Thắng | Single round-robin  | 8
2009 |  Kolkata |  India
Pentala Harikrishna
Krishnan Sasikiran
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Parimarjan Negi
J. Deepan Chakkravarthy |  Vietnam
Lê Quang Liêm
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Bùi Vinh
Đào Thiên Hải
Nguyễn Anh Dũng |  Iran
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
Elshan Moradi
Morteza Mahjoub
Amir Bagheri
Homayoon Toufighi | Seven-round Swiss  | 10
2012 |  Zaozhuang |  China
Wang Hao
Wang Yue
Li Chao
Ding Liren
Yu Yangyi |  India
Krishnan Sasikiran
Pentala Harikrishna
Parimarjan Negi
Abhijeet Gupta
Geetha Narayanan Gopal |  Vietnam
Lê Quang Liêm
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Nguyễn Đức Hòa
Nguyễn Văn Huy
Đào Thiên Hải | Nine-round Swiss  | 14
2014 |  Tabriz |  China
Ding Liren
Yu Yangyi
Wei Yi
Ma Qun
Xiu Deshun |  India
S. P. Sethuraman
Baskaran Adhiban
Krishnan Sasikiran
Parimarjan Negi
M. R. Lalith Babu |  Vietnam
Lê Quang Liêm
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Nguyễn Đức Hòa
Nguyễn Huỳnh Minh Huy
Đào Thiên Hải | Single round-robin  | 10
2016 |  Abu Dhabi |  India
Baskaran Adhiban
S. P. Sethuraman
Vidit Gujrathi
Krishnan Sasikiran
Deep Sengupta |  China
Bu Xiangzhi
Wang Yue
Wei Yi
Lu Shanglei
Zhou Jianchao |  Kazakhstan
Rinat Jumabayev
Anuar Ismagambetov
Murtas Kazhgaleyev
Rustam Khusnutdinov
Petr Kostenko | Nine-round Swiss  | 22
2018 |  Hamadan |  Iran
Parham Maghsoodloo
Pouya Idani
Amin Tabatabaei
Alireza Firouzja
Masoud Mosadeghpour |  India
Baskaran Adhiban
S. P. Sethuraman
Krishnan Sasikiran
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Abhijeet Gupta |  China
Lu Shanglei
Wen Yang
Zhou Jianchao
Bai Jinshi
Xu Xiangyu | Seven-round Swiss  | 14

### Women's championship

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Year  | Location  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Format  | No. of teams[4]

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1995 |  Singapore |  China
Xie Jun
Zhu Chen
Qin Kanying
Xu Yuhua |  Vietnam
Hoang Thanh Trang
Mai Thị Thanh Hương
Nguyễn Thị Tường Vân
Nguyễn Thị Thuận Hóa |  Kazakhstan
Elvira Sakhatova
Fliura Uskova
Tamara Klink | Nine-round Swiss  | 12
1999 |  Shenyang |  China 1
Wang Lei
Wang Pin
Xu Yuhua
Qin Kanying |  China 2
Zhao Xue
Li Ruofan
Wang Yu
Pan Qian |  India
Bhagyashree Thipsay
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
Swati Ghate
Shahnaz Safira | Single round-robin  | 6
2003 |  Jodhpur |  China
Zhu Chen
Xu Yuhua
Wang Yu
Huang Qian |  Vietnam
Hoang Thanh Trang
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Lê Kiều Thiên Kim
Võ Hồng Phượng |  India
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
Nisha Mohota
Aarthie Ramaswamy
Harika Dronavalli | Nine-round Swiss  | 12
2005 |  Esfahan |  Vietnam
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Lê Thanh Tú
Lương Minh Huệ
Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm |  India
Nisha Mohota
Mary Ann Gomes
Swati Ghate
Anupama Gokhale |  Iran 2
Shirin Navabi
Mahini Mona Salman
Mitra Hejazipour
Ghazal Hakimifard | Double round-robin  | 4
2008 |  Visakhapatnam |  China
Zhao Xue
Huang Qian
Shen Yang |  India
Harika Dronavalli
Nisha Mohota
Tania Sachdev
Aarthie Ramaswamy |  Vietnam
Lê Thanh Tú
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Lê Kiều Thiên Kim
Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm | Single round-robin  | 8
2009 |  Kolkata |  Vietnam
Lê Thanh Tú
Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng
Hoàng Thị Như Ý |  India
Harika Dronavalli
Eesha Karavade
Tania Sachdev
Soumya Swaminathan
Nadig Krutika |  Iran
Atousa Pourkashiyan
Shadi Paridar
Shayesteh Ghaderpour
Mitra Hejazipour
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh | Seven-round Swiss  | 9
2012 |  Zaozhuang |  China
Zhao Xue
Ju Wenjun
Shen Yang
Huang Qian
Ding Yixin |  India
Harika Dronavalli
Eesha Karavade
Tania Sachdev
Mary Ann Gomes
Padmini Rout |  Vietnam
Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Phạm Bích Ngọc
Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng
Hoàng Thị Như Ý | Single round-robin  | 10
2014 |  Tabriz |  China
Ju Wenjun
Huang Qian
Tan Zhongyi
Shen Yang
Guo Qi |  India
Harika Dronavalli
Tania Sachdev
Eesha Karavade
Mary Ann Gomes
Padmini Rout |  Iran
Atousa Pourkashiyan
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
Mitra Hejazipour
Ghazal Hakimifard
Shayesteh Ghaderpour | Single round-robin  | 6
2016 |  Abu Dhabi |  China
Ju Wenjun
Zhao Xue
Tan Zhongyi
Lei Tingjie
Guo Qi |  Uzbekistan
Nafisa Muminova
Sarvinoz Kurbonboeva
Irina Gevorgian
Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
Sevara Baymuradova |  Kazakhstan
Dinara Saduakassova
Zhansaya Abdumalik
Madina Davletbayeva
Gulmira Dauletova
Sholpan Zhylkaidarova | Single round-robin  | 10
2018 |  Hamadan |  China
Lei Tingjie
Shen Yang
Wang Jue
Guo Qi
Zhai Mo |  Vietnam
Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm
Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng
Lương Phương Hạnh |  India
Harika Dronavalli
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Eesha Karavade
Padmini Rout
Aakanksha Hagawane | Single round-robin  | 8

## Medal table

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### Open table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 8| 5| 1| 14
2|  Philippines| 6| 2| 1| 9
3|  India| 3| 6| 4| 13
4|  Kazakhstan| 1| 1| 1| 3
Uzbekistan| 1| 1| 1| 3
6|  Iran| 1| 0| 2| 3
7|  Indonesia| 0| 2| 5| 7
8|  Vietnam| 0| 2| 3| 5
9|  Australia| 0| 1| 1| 2
10|  Singapore| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 20| 20| 20| 60

### Women's table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 8| 1| 0| 9
2|  Vietnam| 2| 3| 2| 7
3|  India| 0| 5| 3| 8
4|  Uzbekistan| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  Iran| 0| 0| 3| 3
6|  Kazakhstan| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (6 entries)| 10| 10| 10| 30

## Other Asian team tournaments

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Team chess events are currently part of the program of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, and have sometimes been part of the Southeast Asian Games, most recently in 2013. The 2006 and 2010 Asian Games also featured team chess events, as did the Pan Arab Games from 1999 to 2011.

An Asian Cities Chess Championship has been held roughly once every two years since 1979.[6]

An Asian Nations Online Chess Cup was held in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was won by Australia in the open section and India in the women's section.[7]

## See also

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* Chess Olympiad
* Chess at the African Games
* Pan American Team Chess Championship
* European Team Chess Championship

## References

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1. ^ a b "Regulations for the Asian Team Championship". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
2. ^ Pereira, Antonio (1 September 2018). "Asian Nations Cup 2018: Iran and China on top". ChessBase. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
3. ^ a b Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Asian Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics: 1971-2016". OlimpBase. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
4. ^ a b Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Asian Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics: 1995-2016". OlimpBase. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
5. ^ "Asian Nations Chess Cup" (PDF). Asian Chess Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
6. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Asian Cities Chess Campionship's Overall Statistics: 1979-2017". OlimpBase. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
7. ^ Doggers, Peter (27 October 2020). "Australia, India Clinch Asian Nations Cup Titles". Chess.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

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