Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan (center) announces the Asian Individual Chess Championship at a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Abu Dhabi together with (from left) Omar Al Waswasi, Board Member of Al Ain Chess and Mind Games Club, ACF General Secretary Hisham Al Taher, Suhail bin Abdullah Al Arifi, Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council and Abdulrahim Mahdi representing the UAE Chess Federation.
A record 250 players from 33 countries are participating in the Asian Individual Chess Championship scheduled 6-16 May 2025 at the Danat International Resort Hotel in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
This was announced by Asian Chess Federation President Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan, concurrent president of the organizing Al Ain Chess and Mind Games Club.
An awesome 53 Grandmasters, 19 Woman Grandmasters, 69 IMs and 19 WIMs, 20 FMs and 19 WFMs are competing in separate divisions.
Visit chess-results.com for full list of players.
The top ten shall qualify into the FIDE World Cup. The top two women shall qualify into the FIDE Women’s World Cup.
A total of $80,000 in cash prizes are at stake for the standard and blitz championships.
Eleven men and nine women who have already qualified from the Zonals into the World Cup are joining again. Should they finish in the top ten men or top two women, the next in line shall qualify into the respective FIDE World Cups.