Sunday, April 24, 2011

Penang In 18th, Asian Cities Jakarta

24th April 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Jakarta, the 17th Asian Cities chess championship is on-going from 22 April 2011 till 29th April 2011. After round 3, Penang chess team representing Malaysia is in 18th position with 2 points comprising of one win and two draws.

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Meanwhile Malaysia’s second team, Putrajaya, is pegged at the bottom with no points to show after three rounds. Hopefully the second team would get valuable exposure and experience.

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TWIC reported that there are 24 teams competing. Leading players: Wesley So, Yu Yangyi, Li Chao B, Murtas Kazhgaleyev. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami etc. Bulletins and results are available on the official site.

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Asian Cities Chess Championship history


The Asian Cities Chess Championship was the brainchild of the Hong Kong Chess Federation. It was first held in the former British Colony in 1979 (and was won by Singapore). It quickly gained renown in the Asian chess world as an iron item in annual chess calendar in Asia.

The first four editions took place in Hong Kong with the participation of many strong cities from all over the continent. The 1980s were totally dominated by the Chinese who won all five editions. There were no championships between 1985 to 1990. Since then the tournaments take place on a biennial basis.

During 1990s United Arab Emirates hosted the Asian teams three times and Malaysia were the hosts twice. Dhaka of Bangladesh were surprise winners from 1990, then Jakarta took the trophy twice. In 1996 Uzbekistani capital Tashkent took the title followed by Shijiazhuang in 1998, the fourth Chinese city to win the Championship.

In 2000 the games arrived on Lebanese soil (the first international team tournament in Lebanon) and Pavlodar (Kotsur, Vladimirov) from Kazakhstan won. They managed to defended the title next time in Yemen. In 2004 the event was awarded to the Philippines and it was also the first time when Filipino city won.

The system of play is four board Swiss (all-play-all alternatively if circumstances make it possible) with each team having right to field up to six players. Each Asian country has right to send one city team to the championship. In some cases the organizers may admit one additional city from a federation. The winning city in the Asian Cities Chess Championship is awarded custody of the challenge Dubai Cup. [Source OlimpBase]


Asian Cities Championship summary

no.

Host city

Year

Winners

System

Boards

Teams

1.

Hong Kong

1979

Singapore

S-7

4

12

2.

Hong Kong

1980

Guangzhou

 

 

14

3.

Hong Kong

1981

Shanghai

 

 

26

4.

Hong Kong

1983

Beijing

 

 

30

5.

Penang

1984

Shanghai

 

 

26

6.

Hong Kong

1985

Shanghai

 

 

26

7.

Dubai

1990

Dhaka

 

 

32

8.

Dubai

1992

Jakarta

 

 

36

9.

Kuala Lumpur

1994

Jakarta

 

 

28

10.

Dubai

1996

Tashkent

 

 

40

11.

Genting Highlands

1998

Shijiazhuang

S-9

4

27

12.

Beirut

2000

Pavlodar

S-9

4

22

13.

Aden

2002

Pavlodar

S-9

4

18

14.

Manila

2004

Tagaytay

S-9

4

19

15.

Teheran

2007

Pavlodar

S-9

4

18

16.

Beirut

2009

Tehran

S-9

4

20

17.

Jakarta

2011

 

S-9

 

 

Links:

17th Asian Cities 2011 (Jakarta INA)
Fri 22nd Apr 2011 - Fri 29th Apr 2011 - Official Site - Results

17th Asian Cities (9 Rds Swiss Team TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

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