Asian Senior Chess Championship

The Asian Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament organised by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). The participants are aged 50 years and over. The inaugural edition was held in 2010 in Lebanon.

List of winners

#YearLocationSourcesWinnerWomen's winner
12010 Beirut  Khosro Harandi (IRI)
22011 Bentota  Massoud Amir Sawadkuhi (IRI)
32012 Parramatta  Anthonie Luchtmeijer (AUS) Shirchin Battsengel (MGL)
4Jan–Feb
2014		 Amman  Bakr Hafez (JOR)
5Dec 2014 Waskaduwa, Kalutara  Baimurzin Aitkazy (KAZ) (50+)
 Massoud Amir Sawadkuhi (IRI) (65+)
62015 Lar  Mahmood Lodhi (PAK) (50+)
 Wazeer Ahmad Khan (IND) (65+)		 Helen Milligan (NZL) (50+)
 Bakhyt Badamshina (KAZ) (65+)
72016 Mandalay  Myint Han (MYA) (50+)
 Wazeer Ahmad Khan (IND) (65+)		 Helen Milligan (NZL)
82017 Auckland  Mahmood Lodhi (PAK) (50+)
 Eugenio Torre (PHI) (65+)		 Helen Milligan (NZL)
92018 Tagaytay  Chito Garma (PHI) (50+)
 Eugenio Torre (PHI) (65+)		 Helen Milligan (NZL)
102019 Almaty  Talal Alzaim (SYR) (50+)
 Tolegen Nukin (KAZ) (65+)		 Yelena Ankudinova (KAZ) (50+)
 Nadezhda Iskichekova (KAZ) (65+)
–2020not held
112021 Damascus  Hussein al-Ali (IRQ) (50+)
 Tilek Takyrbashev (KGZ) (65+)
122022 Auckland  Gary Lane (AUS) (50+)
 Efren Bagamasbad (PHI) (65+)		 Helen Milligan (NZL) (50+)
 Vivian Smith (NZL) (65+)
132023 Tagaytay  Chito Garma (PHI) (50+)
 Efren Bagamasbad (PHI) (65+)		 Inna Matveyeva-Poprukailo (KAZ) (50+)
 Irina Bulanova (KAZ) (65+)
142024 Ulaanbaatar  Bazar Khatanbaatar (MGL) (50+)
 Evgenij Kalegin (RUS) (65+)		 Alfiya Turebayeva (KAZ) (50+)
 Galina Strutinskaya (RUS) (65+)
152025 Erbil  Aziz Umarbekov (UZB) (50+)
 Marat Primbetov (KAZ) (65+)		 Iman Mahdi Ahmed (IRQ) (50+)
 Galina Strutinskaya (RUS) (65+)
162026 Osh to be determinedto be determined

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, an online tournament was held at rapid time controls. The winners in the open 50+ and 65+ sections were Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Marat Primbetov respectively. Liang Zhihua won the 50+ women's section.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Long, Peter (13 November 2016). "Chess in Myanmar". ChessBase News. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
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  19. ↑ "Evgenij Kalegin Becomes Asian Seniors 65+ Champion". Chess Federation of Russia. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
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