Asian Chess Championship

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's held with the Swiss system and consists in 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 knockout Women's World Chess Championship respectively. The Championship is regulated by the Asian Chess Federation.

The 2007 championship was a FIDE Zone 3 qualification event for the 2007 Chess World Cup, the next stage in the 2010 World Chess Championship. Ten players qualified for the 2007 World Cup: Zhang Pengxiang (China), Wang Hao (China), Abhijit Kunte (India), Zhao Jun (China), Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia), Wen Yang (China), Darwin Laylo (Philippines), Zhou Jianchao (China), G. N. Gopal (India), Hossain Enamul (Bangladesh).

Ten players qualified for the 2009 Chess World Cup: Ganguly Surya Shekhar (India), Zhou Weiqi (China), Yu Yangyi (China), Yu Shaoteng (China), Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam), Rogelio Antonio Jr. (Philippines), Hou Yifan (China), Zhou Jianchao (China), Chanda Sandipan (India), and Sasikiran Krishnan (India).

Winners

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

Women's winners

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 * 1 || 1981 || Hyderabad    || 🇮🇳 Rohini Khadilkar (IND)
 * 2 || 1983 || Kuala Lumpur || 🇮🇳 Rohini Khadilkar (IND)
 * 3 || 1985 || Dhaka        || 🇮🇳 Anupama Gokhale (IND)
 * 4 || 1987 || Hyderabad    || 🇮🇳 Anupama Gokhale (IND)
 * 5 || 1991 || Bhopal       || 🇮🇳 Bhagyashree Thipsay (IND)
 * 6 || 1996 || Salem        || 🇮🇩 Upi Darmayana Tamin (IDN)
 * 7 || 1998 || Kuala Lumpur || 🇨🇳 Xu Yuhua (CHN)
 * 8 ||	2000 || Udaipur     || Hoang Thanh Trang
 * 9 || 2001 || Chennai      || 🇨🇳 Li Ruofan (CHN)
 * 10 || 2003 || Kozhikode     || 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (IND)
 * 11 || 2004 || Beirut      || 🇨🇳 Wang Yu (CHN)
 * 12 || 2007 || Tehran      || 🇮🇳 Tania Sachdev (IND)
 * 13 || 2009 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone      || 🇨🇳 Zhang Xiaowen (CHN)
 * 14 || 2010 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone      || 🇮🇷 Atousa Pourkashiyan (IRN)
 * 15 || 2011 || Mashhad     || 🇮🇳 Harika Dronavalli (IND)
 * 16 || 2012 || Ho Chi Minh City     || 🇮🇩 Irene Kharisma Sukandar (IDN)
 * 17 || 2013 || Manila || 🇨🇳 Huang Qian (CHN)
 * 18 || 2014 || Sharjah || 🇮🇩 Irene Kharisma Sukandar (IDN)
 * 19 || 2015 || Al Ain || 🇮🇷 Mitra Hejazipour (IRN)
 * 20 || 2016 || Tashkent || 🇮🇳 Bhakti Kulkarni (IND)
 * 21 || 2017 || Chengdu || Vo Thi Kim Phung
 * 22 || 2018 || Makati || 🇮🇳 Padmini Rout (IND)
 * 23 || 2019 || Xingtai || 🇰🇿 Dinara Saduakassova (KAZ)
 * 24 || 2022 || New Delhi || 🇮🇳 P. V. Nandhidhaa (IND)
 * 25 || 2023 || Almaty || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * }
 * 14 || 2010 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone      || 🇮🇷 Atousa Pourkashiyan (IRN)
 * 15 || 2011 || Mashhad     || 🇮🇳 Harika Dronavalli (IND)
 * 16 || 2012 || Ho Chi Minh City     || 🇮🇩 Irene Kharisma Sukandar (IDN)
 * 17 || 2013 || Manila || 🇨🇳 Huang Qian (CHN)
 * 18 || 2014 || Sharjah || 🇮🇩 Irene Kharisma Sukandar (IDN)
 * 19 || 2015 || Al Ain || 🇮🇷 Mitra Hejazipour (IRN)
 * 20 || 2016 || Tashkent || 🇮🇳 Bhakti Kulkarni (IND)
 * 21 || 2017 || Chengdu || Vo Thi Kim Phung
 * 22 || 2018 || Makati || 🇮🇳 Padmini Rout (IND)
 * 23 || 2019 || Xingtai || 🇰🇿 Dinara Saduakassova (KAZ)
 * 24 || 2022 || New Delhi || 🇮🇳 P. V. Nandhidhaa (IND)
 * 25 || 2023 || Almaty || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * }
 * 20 || 2016 || Tashkent || 🇮🇳 Bhakti Kulkarni (IND)
 * 21 || 2017 || Chengdu || Vo Thi Kim Phung
 * 22 || 2018 || Makati || 🇮🇳 Padmini Rout (IND)
 * 23 || 2019 || Xingtai || 🇰🇿 Dinara Saduakassova (KAZ)
 * 24 || 2022 || New Delhi || 🇮🇳 P. V. Nandhidhaa (IND)
 * 25 || 2023 || Almaty || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * }
 * 24 || 2022 || New Delhi || 🇮🇳 P. V. Nandhidhaa (IND)
 * 25 || 2023 || Almaty || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * }
 * 25 || 2023 || Almaty || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * }