Asian Indoor Games 2007 : 24 nations will compete in standard, Rapid and Blitz Chess

Written by content team 12 October 2007
The total of 24 teams seeing action in the 2nd Asian Indoor Games scheduled 26th October to 3rd November 2007 in Macau. Chess tournament shall be in Standard, Rapid and Blitz Chess. For each category there will be mixed team competitions and individual competitions for both men and women with 9 gold medals at stake. The Team Competitions in Rapid and Classical Chess shall be held as a Swiss system of six rounds. Read report with attractive photos

The Asian Indoor Games is a multi-sport event held every two years among athletes representing countries from Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia. The first games were held in 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The 2nd Asian Indoor Games will be held in Macau, China from October 26, 2007 to November 3, 2007. Most events will take place at the Macao East Asian Games Dome. Chess will be the one of the games amongst other 19 games. Venue for chess will be Macau International Shooting Range, 6 km from the Macau city center with a seating capacity of over 400.

Schedule for chess event :

Date	Time	Event	Gender	Phase
Oct. 25	20:00	Technical Meeting
Oct. 26	09:00-17:00	Rapid Chess Team	Mixed	Rds. 1 -4
Oct. 27	10:00-12:30	Rapid Chess Team	Mixed	Rds. 5-6
	15:30-18:00	Rapid Chess Individual	M W	Semis 1 & 2
	18:30-21:00	Rapid Chess Individual	M W	Final Games
Oct. 28	09:00-20:00	Classical Chess Team	Mixed	Rds 1 & 2
Oct. 29	09:00-20:00	Classical Chess Team	Mixed	Rds 3 & 4
Oct. 30	09:00-20:00	Classical Chess Team	Mixed	Rds 5 & 6
Oct. 31	09:00-20:00	Classical Chess Individual	M W	Semis 1 & 2
Nov. 1	09:00-20:00	Classical Chess Individual	M W	Finals 1 & 2
Nov. 2	09:00-13:00	Blitz Chess Individual	M W	Rds. 1-9
	16:00-18:00	Blitz Chess Individual	M W	Semis & Final
Nov. 3	09:00-13:00	Blitz Chess Team	Mixed	Rds. 1-9

Time controls for chess event would be 90 minutes for whole game with increment of 30 seconds per move in Standard chess; 25 minutes with increment of 10 seconds per move in Rapid chess; and 3 minutes with increment of 2 seconds per move in blitz chess. The blitz chess team and individual (M & W) shall be 9-round Swiss system events. From the team event, the best two scores on each board shall qualify for the individual event provided they must have played all six rounds.
Asian Chess Federation President Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan has designated Mr. Ignatius Leong as Technical Delegate.

2nd Asian Indoor Games indoor stadium



2nd Asian Indoor Games Ceremony for 60-Day Countdown and Uniform Show


2nd Asian Indoor Games Ceremony


Macau 2007 2nd Asian Indoor Games Torch Relay and Dedication Pledge

There shall be 19 sports disciplines: Aerobic gymnastics, bowling, chess, xianggi, billiards, dancesport, dragon and lion dance, electronic sports, extreme sports, finswimming, futsal, hoop sepaktakraw, indoor athletics, indoor cycling, indoor hockey, kabaddi, muay, short course swimming, and demonstration sports kickboxing and kurash.

The participating countries are: India, Bahrain, Jordan, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mangolia, Iran, Indonesia, China, Japan, Kazakhistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Chinese Taipei, the Maldives and hosts Macau.

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