Asian Junior Chess Championship Last updated April 30, 2025 Chess championship for players under 20 years old in Asia
The Asian Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in Asia and Oceania (FIDE Zones 3.1 to 3.7) who are under 20 years of age. The tournament has been held annually since 1977 with occasional interruptions. Since 1985, a separate Asian championship for girls has also been organized. [ 1] Since at least 1996, the two championships have always been held concurrently. [ 2]
Competition The championships are organized by national federations affiliated with the Asian Chess Federation . They are open to chess players who are under 20 years of age as of 1 January of the year in which the championship is held. [ 3] The championships are organized as a round-robin or a Swiss-system tournament depending on the number of participants. Since 2006, the open championship has been a nine-round Swiss. [ 4]
The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships . [ 5] In the open championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Grandmaster title. In the girls' championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the Woman International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Woman Grandmaster title. [ 6]
Results Open championship Results are taken from Olimpbase [ 4] unless otherwise indicated.
Year Host city Winner 1977 Baguio , Philippines Murray Chandler (NZL ) 1978 Tehran , Iran Vaidyanathan Ravikumar (IND ) 1979 Sivakasi , India Wong Meng Kong (SIN ) 1980 Baguio , Philippines Domingo Ramos (PHI ) 1981 Dhaka , Bangladesh Ricardo de Guzman (PHI ) 1982 Baguio , Philippines Marlo Micayabas (PHI ) 1983 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia Ruben Gunawan (INA ) [ 7] 1984 Coimbatore , India Viswanathan Anand (IND ) 1985 Hong Kong Viswanathan Anand (IND ) 1986 Manila , Philippines Enrico Sevillano (PHI ) 1988 Dubai , United Arab Emirates Shane Hill (AUS ) [ 8] 1989 Dubai , United Arab Emirates Rogelio Barcenilla (PHI ) Feb 1991 Kozhikode , India Rogelio Barcenilla (PHI ) [ 9] Sep 1991 Dubai , United Arab Emirates Andi Supardi Suhendra (INA ) [ 10] 1992 Doha , Qatar Khatanbaatar Bazar (MGL ) [ 11] 1993 Doha , Qatar Nguyen Khai (VIE ) [ 12] 1994 Shah Alam , Malaysia Nelson Mariano II (PHI ) 1995 Tehran , Iran Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ ) [ 13] 1996 Macau Wu Wenjin (CHN ) 1997 Jaipur , India Abhijit Kunte (IND ) 1998 Rasht , Iran Tejas Bakre (IND ) 1999 Vũng Tàu , Vietnam Krishnan Sasikiran (IND ) 2000 Mumbai , India Tejas Bakre (IND ) 2001 Tehran , Iran Nguyễn Thanh Sơn (VIE ) 2002 Marawila , Sri Lanka J. Deepan Chakkravarthy (IND ) 2003 Negombo , Sri Lanka Magesh Chandran Panchanathan (IND ) 2004 Bikaner , India Subramanian Arun Prasad (IND ) 2006 New Delhi , India Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE ) 2007 Mumbai , India Karthikeyan Pandian (IND ) 2008 Chennai , India Ashwin Jayaram (IND ) 2009 Colombo , Sri Lanka Ashwin Jayaram (IND ) 2010 Chennai , India Baskaran Adhiban (IND ) 2011 Colombo , Sri Lanka Shyam Sundar M. (IND ) 2012 Tashkent , Uzbekistan Srinath Narayanan (IND ) 2013 Sharjah , United Arab Emirates Srinath Narayanan (IND ) 2014 Tagaytay , Philippines Srinath Narayanan (IND ) 2015 Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI ) 2016 New Delhi , India Aravindh Chithambaram (IND ) 2017 Shiraz , Iran Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI ) 2018 Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia Novendra Priasmoro (INA ) 2019 Surakarta , Indonesia Nguyễn Anh Khôi (VIE ) 2022 Tagaytay , Philippines Harshavardhan G B (IND )
Results between 1988 and 1996 are incomplete. Later results are taken from Olimpbase [ 14] unless otherwise indicated.
Year Host city Winner 1985 Adelaide , Australia Anupama Abhyankar (IND ) Audrey Wong (MAS ) [ 15] [ 16] 1988 Adelaide , Australia Xie Jun (CHN ) [ a] 1991 Philippines [ 18] ?1993 Adelaide , Australia Saheli Dhar (IND ) [ 19] 1994 Shah Alam , Malaysia Zhu Chen (CHN ) [ 20] 1996 Macau Xu Yuhua (CHN ) [ 2] 1997 Jaipur , India Li Ruofan (CHN ) [ 21] 1998 Rasht , Iran Nguyễn Thị Dung (VIE ) 1999 Vũng Tàu , Vietnam Wang Yu (CHN ) [ 22] 2000 Mumbai , India Koneru Humpy (IND ) 2001 Tehran , Iran M. Kasturi (IND ) 2002 Marawila , Sri Lanka Tania Sachdev (IND ) 2003 Negombo , Sri Lanka Prathiba Yuvarajan (IND ) 2004 Bikaner , India Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm (VIE ) 2006 New Delhi , India Mary Ann Gomes (IND ) 2007 Mumbai , India Mary Ann Gomes (IND ) 2008 Chennai , India Mary Ann Gomes (IND ) 2009 Colombo , Sri Lanka Padmini Rout (IND ) 2010 Chennai , India Võ Thị Kim Phụng (VIE ) 2011 Colombo , Sri Lanka Bhakti Kulkarni (IND ) 2012 Tashkent , Uzbekistan Ivana Maria Furtado (IND ) 2013 Sharjah , United Arab Emirates Võ Thị Kim Phụng (VIE ) 2014 Tagaytay , Philippines Mikee Charlene Suede (PHI ) 2015 Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (UZB ) 2016 New Delhi , India Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh (MGL ) 2017 Shiraz , Iran Ivana Maria Furtado (IND ) 2018 Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh (MGL ) 2019 Surakarta , Indonesia Assel Serikbay (KAZ ) 2022 Tagaytay , Philippines Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong (VIE )
Asian Youth Chess Championship Asian Chess Federation (ACF)
2020 not held. 2024: https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr954929.aspx?lan=1&art=35&turdet=YES&flag=30 2023: https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr859400.aspx?lan=1&art=35&flag=30 https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-at-Asian-Youth-Chess-Championships-2023?srsltid=AfmBOoparzVfPB8IHZSRfoYvlxDDE-n_MHT1ESmB3PrO2OJN-JG1M4Ps - 2023 India won 51 medals including 19 individual (9 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze) medals, 32 team (15 Gold, 14 Silver and 3 Bronze). https://aicf.in/report-on-the-asian-youth-chess-championships-2023/ - 25th Asian Youth Chess Championships India has won a mammoth 46 medals including 27 individual (13 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze) medals, 19 team (8 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze) - 2022 https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-wins-46-medals-at-Asian-Youth-Chess-Championships-2022?srsltid=AfmBOoqJRDx1SCuZyBPMtTsN54IVmyjf-WnfqS1rVNiWFrk9c2utpW8m https://aicf.in/asian-youth-chess-championship-2022/ https://doc.fide.com/docs/OGA2020/OGA_Annexes/Annex_7.3.pdf https://chessnews.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Asian_Youth_CC_Regulation_2019.pdf https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr3743.aspx?lan=1&art=1 https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr96576.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=IRI&wi=821&snr=7&transfer=J https://www.fide.com/category/fide-events/page/6/ https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2016/FIDE_News/GA_Agenda_2016/Annex_64.pdf https://astanatimes.com/2024/06/almaty-to-host-26th-asian-youth-chess-championships/ https://chessdailynews.com/record-number-of-players-in-beijing-asian-youth/ http://www.achmaz.ir/791/Asian-Youth-Championship-2008--in-Tehran/ https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/1769-260-sheikh-sultan-hosts-asian-youth-championships-in-al-ain-uae.html https://www.fide.com/2005/05/15/ https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=31608 https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_information.phtml?event=31608 https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2471-962-asian-youth-chess-championships-2004-singapore.html https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2781-1272-asian-youth-championship-(u-101214).html - Under 10, 12 & 14 years Calicut, India, 6-14 June 2003 To All Affiliated Asian Chess Federations FIDE Zones 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.4 https://vietnamchess.vn/index.php/chessnews/tournament-news/tournament-international/continential-events/asian-youth/asianyouth-ch2002 https://vietnamchess.vn/index.php/chessnews/tournament-news/tournament-international/continential-events/asian-youth/asianyouth-ch2001 https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic261.html - IM Krishnan Sashikiran, won 1999 Asian Junior Championships in Vung Tau City, Vietnam Asian School 18th Asian Schools Chess Championships, Bangkok, Thailand from 1st (arrival) to 11th December (departure) 2024.
12th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2016 - Iran _ Tehran - 9 to 18 July 2016
Open (Boys) and Girls U07/U09/U11/U13/U15/U17 Classic/Rapid/Blitz Notes ↑ In 1988, the Asian Girls' Junior Championship was incorporated into the World Girls' Junior Championship. Xie Jun tied for second place and received the Asian title as the highest-placed player from Asia. [ 17] This page is based on this
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