The Al Ain Chess Club and Mind Games, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF), FIDE and UAE Chess Federation, has the honor to invite all Asian National Chess
Federations to participate in the 2024 Asian Amateur Chess Championships, which will be held from 14th (arrival) to 23rd (departure) December 2024 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
The Asian Amateur Championships 2024 is open to all Asian amateur players, registered by their federation, who should not have a FIDE rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament. Download Asian Amateur 2024 Invitation and Regulations
A total of US $ 25,000 in cash prizes shall be at stake as follows:
Players should not have a FIDE title higher than FIDE Master (i.e., WIM, WGM, IM and GM). All participants must have a FIDE ID to participate in this tournament. The deadline for registration is 14th Nov 2024.
The playing venue shall be at the official Hotel Danat Al Ain Resort.
The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations. Each player will have 90 minutes with the addition of 30 seconds per move starting from the first move.
Schedule is:
Direct titles shall be awarded for Standard Chess in accordance with FIDE handbook https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B01DirectTitles2024. The Gold Medallist Under 2000 shall be awarded the CM/WCM title.
The winner from each Continental Amateur Championship rating section is qualified with personal rights (as long as they don’t reach or exceed 2300 rating by the registration deadline) to the 2025 World Amateur and their places cannot be substituted.