Asian Junior Chess Championship
# 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. Since at least 1996, the two championships have always been held concurrently.

## 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. 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.

The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships. 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.

## Results

### Open championship

Results are taken from Olimpbase 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) |
| 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) |
| 1989 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Rogelio Barcenilla (PHI) |
| Feb 1991 | Kozhikode, India | Rogelio Barcenilla (PHI) |
| Sep 1991 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Andi Supardi Suhendra (INA) |
| 1992 | Doha, Qatar | Khatanbaatar Bazar (MGL) |
| 1993 | Doha, Qatar | Nguyen Khai (VIE) |
| 1994 | Shah Alam, Malaysia | Nelson Mariano II (PHI) |
| 1995 | Tehran, Iran | Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ) |
| 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 (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

Results between 1988 and 1996 are incomplete. Later results are taken from Olimpbase unless otherwise indicated.

| Year | Host city | Winner |
| - | - | - |
| 1985 | Adelaide, Australia | Anupama Abhyankar (IND) Audrey Wong (MAS) |
| 1988 | Adelaide, Australia | Xie Jun (CHN) |
| 1991 | Philippines | ? |
| 1993 | Adelaide, Australia | Saheli Dhar (IND) |
| 1994 | Shah Alam, Malaysia | Zhu Chen (CHN) |
| 1996 | Macau | Xu Yuhua (CHN) |
| 1997 | Jaipur, India | Li Ruofan (CHN) |
| 1998 | Rasht, Iran | Nguyễn Thị Dung (VIE) |
| 1999 | Vũng Tàu, Vietnam | Wang Yu (CHN) |
| 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) |
