Men/Open
Asia’s No. 1 team is China which is seeded third behind the USA and Russia while India is the fifth seed. The young Iran team which is the winners of the Asian Nations Cup is seeded twenty second.
Fourth ranked Vietnam comes next, seeded twenty seventh and then Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Australia can be considered the only amateur chess country in the Asian Top 10 and is seeded fourth. Then comes Mongolia, Philippines and Bangladesh.
Women
China is ranked No. 1 in both the World and Asia but thanks to the absence of World No. 1 Hou Yifan, is only seeded third behind Russia and Ukraine.
Just behind is the fourth seeded Indian team, arguably their strongest for many years with the return of a genuine world championships challenger in Koneru Humpy.
Kazakhstan has put together its best team and so is seeded eighth and Mongolia is seeded fifteenth with Vietnam seeded sixteenth.
