# 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. 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. 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. 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.

## Competition

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. 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. 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.

## Results
### Open championship

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Format | No. of teams |
| 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

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Format | No. of teams |
| 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
### Open table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Philippines | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | India | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 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) | Totals (10 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

### Women's table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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) | Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Other Asian team tournaments

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.
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.