ASEAN+ AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ASEAN+ AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

The ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships, now approaching its third decade, has has been acknowledged to be the single most important catalyst for young talent development in the ASEAN region.

Practically every leading young star, most who are the top players in their countries today, got their first international exposure in this event and many grew over the years in intense but friendly rivalry and competition together!

In fact, many tasted their first success at the ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships.

Over the years, under the leadership of the ASEAN Chess Confederation helmed by Ignatius Leong and other prominent regional leaders including the Philippines Prospero Pichay Jr, Indonesia’s Utut Adianto and Myanmar’s Maung Maung Lwin, the event has grown from strength to strength as the participation summary table below clearly shows, with the high being Singapore in 2015 and the low in Malaysia 2017 last year when the event for once was not given direct titles and norms:

B8 B10 B12 B14 B16 B18 B20 G8 G10 G12 G14 G16 G18 G20 S50 S65 Total Male Female
2000 VIE 24 26 23 14 10 14 14 12 12 6 155 97 58
2001 MAS 21 26 40 32 19 13 7 6 12 15 12 8 211 151 60
2002 SIN 17 42 40 36 13 12 11 16 12 14 11 12 236 160 76
2003 BRU 17 33 29 32 24 17 8 17 14 12 15 7 225 152 73
2004 VIE 19 23 28 25 9 8 14 18 16 13 9 6 188 112 76
2005 THA 17 30 29 31 31 14 13 20 19 14 14 12 244 152 92
2006 INA 24 42 38 42 25 21 16 26 26 22 14 10 306 192 114
2007 THA 24 24 24 28 26 23 16 20 15 12 13 10 6 241 155 86
2008 VIE 35 41 38 29 24 19 26 22 25 28 16 11 7 321 193 128
2009 VIE 28 36 21 17 12 23 18 29 19 20 9 16 6 254 143 111
2010 PHI 21 25 21 34 20 31 10 27 22 14 15 14 13 267 165 102
2011 INA 25 29 30 37 15 19 17 27 28 22 17 19 4 289 159 130
2012 VIE 41 55 42 35 23 30 22 37 33 26 21 27 6 398 232 166
2013 THA 44 49 40 39 27 10 19 23 26 31 28 14 16 11 13 390 241 149
2014 MAC 38 38 33 26 15 16 14 18 30 24 22 12 12 14 12 4 328 196 132
2015 SIN 58 65 39 36 23 14 24 21 36 29 29 14 16 21 16 7 448 277 171
2016 THA 37 39 31 24 12 20 13 27 27 26 21 19 6 12 16 6 336 195 141
2017 MAS 21 33 30 23 23 9 5 10 13 28 15 15 7 6 10 3 251 157 94
Total 488 654 579 550 355 206 178 277 411 393 339 252 140 139 109 20 5,088 3,129 1,959
Average 29 37 32 31 20 15 22 17 23 21 19 14 10 17 10 6 285 175 110

Happily the ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships has now had all its privileges restored and is all set to make a resurgence with it being hosted in the country that more than any other proved that Asians could compete on equal terms with the rest of the world.

WELCOME TO DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES

The 19th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships as organised by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines  under the auspices of the ASEAN Chess Confederation, endorsed and supported by the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE (World Chess Federation), and will be held from 18-28 June 2018 at the Royal Madalaya Hotel in Davao City.

ASEAN Secretariat | 70 A Jalan Sisingamangaraja | Jakarta 12110 Indonesia

For all information to participate, please download 19TH AAG Brochure

Official website is at: https://www.19aagphil.com/