Asian Junior Chess Championship

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

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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

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Open championship

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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)

Girls' championship

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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)

Notes

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  1. ^ 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]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "Suelo finishes 18th in Asian juniors". Manila Standard. 27 August 1996. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Asian Junior (Open & Girls) Chess Championships 2019" (PDF). Indonesian Chess Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b Bartelski, Wojciech. "Asian Junior Chess Championship". OlimpBase. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championships". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Table for Direct Titles effective from 1 July 2017". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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  10. ^ "Chess". Manila Standard. 3 October 1991. p. 23.
  11. ^ "Sankar Roy fifth". The Indian Express. Madras. 15 September 1992. p. 15.
  12. ^ "Khai emerges champ". The Indian Express. Madras. 13 September 1993. p. 15.
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  16. ^ Quah Seng Sun (25 April 2008). "Out of Limbo". The Star. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  17. ^ Xie Jun (1998). Chess Champion from China: The Life and Games of Xie Jun. London: Gambit Publications. p. 25. ISBN 1-901983-06-4.
  18. ^ "Mrunalini Kunte-Aurangabadkar". Kunte's Chess Academy. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  19. ^ Spiller, Paul; Frost, Ted (October 1993). "1993 Asian Girls Championship" (PDF). New Zealand Chess. Vol. 19, no. 5. p. 15. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  20. ^ "为爱情回归家庭 中国美女棋后诸宸的阿拉伯之恋". 中国侨网 (in Chinese). 30 October 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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