Winners crowned at 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships
From left to right: Chief Arbiter K.K. Chan, Asian Chess Federation Deputy President Bharat Singh and Thailand Chess Association President Sahapol Nakvanich The 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships, held from 20–30 November 2025, concluded after a record-breaking gathering of 697 young players from 33 countries. Players competing under the FIDE flag emerged as the overall winners in the classical (standard) section, securing a medal haul of 2 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. China and Vietnam followed closely on the medal table. The event, organized by the Thailand Chess Association under the auspices of FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation, featured Standard, Rapid, and Blitz tournaments across the Under-8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 age groups for both boys and girls. The massive organizational effort was streamlined by technology, utilizing a dedicated Asian Chess Federation portal for registration, visa applications, flight and hotel management, and printing of ID cards (with individual QR codes), table name cards, and certificates for all participants. An AI-powered system also managed the event’s photo gallery. Visit asianchess.com for photos of medalists in standard events. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and to download scoresheets. India tops rapid event Indian youngsters topped the Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship, leading the medal count with 3 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze. Vietnam followed with a tally of 2 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze, while China and the FIDE contingent shared third place with identical results of 1 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze each. Visit asianchess.com for Rapid event results and awards photos. To encourage teamwork, medals were awarded in each category based on the total score of the top three players from a federation. Federations with fewer than three players were not eligible. Ties were broken using the players’ tie-break scores. Visit: Team Awards Asian Youth Chess Championship Standard – Asian Chess Iran, Kazakhstan and China dominate blitz After days of intense calculation and quiet tension, the championships culminated in a fittingly frantic finale: the blitz. With pieces flying and clocks ticking mercilessly, Asia’s best young minds battled in a lightning-fast showdown. When the dust settled, Iran stood atop the medal table with 3 gold and 1 silver. Kazakhstan and China followed closely, sharing second and third places with identical finishes of 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze—proof of the razor-thin margins in this rapid-fire discipline. Beaming with pride, Thailand Chess Association President Sahapol Nakvanich (pictured above, left) praised the event’s success. “The huge turnout motivated us even more to continue hosting events of this magnitude—and even bigger ones in the future,” he said. Full results: chess-results.com Visit: blitz individual medalists Photo gallery Official website: asianchess.com/