| 16th Asian Games (chess): Guangzhou 2010 |
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| 16th Asian Games (chess) (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 18th - 26th November 2010 |
| City: | Guangzhou, China |
| Venue: | Guangzhou Chess Institute |
| Tournament Director: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Casto Abundo (PHI) |
| Deputy Chief Arbiter: | IA Sultan Al-Taher (UAE) |
| Teams participating: | 17 |
| Players participating: | 80 (incl. 34 GMs, 7 IMs, 11 WFMs and 2 CMs) |
| Games played: | 240 (16 games were forfeited) |
| Competition format: | Preliminary round: Four board seven round Swiss. Play-offs: knock-out. Rapid tie-break in case of a tie. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Game points; 3. Sonneborn-Berger |
| Time control: | 90 minutes per game + 30 sec. increment per move |
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| Website: | http://www.gz2010.cn/en/ |
| Interesting Websites: | FIDE preview ChessDom reports: round 1, round 2, round 3, round 4, round 5, round 6, round 7, semifinals, finals Asian Chess Federation: previev, rounds 1-4, rounds 5-7, semifinals, finals |
| Downloadable game file: | 10asiad.zip |
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There were 17 teams at the start line (Lebanon withdrew soon) and of top four seeds only Kazakhstan did not qualify to the semifinal stage, failing to win five consecutive matches. China won all 7 matches and The Philippines came just behind. Other semifinalists were India and Iran, the latter being fortunate: not only they came ahead of Qatar by virtue of better Berger; but Vietnam could have well taken fourth spot had they managed to beat poor Yemeni team 4-0 in the very last round; sadly IM Nguyễn Huỳnh Minh Huy failed to seal his advantage and FM Othman found cool way to the perpetual check. In the semifinals China beat Iran (as expected) and India badly lost to The Philippines. The final stage saw no-history matches; both China and India took gold and bronze medals respectively scoring easy 3½-½ wins. Individual medal winners (nine round Swiss rapid): 1. GM Kasimdzhanov 7½; 2. GM Lê Quang Liêm 7½; 3. GM Bu Xiangzhi 6½ (see results). |