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22 nations started in the Asian Nations Cup and played a nine-round Swiss tournament to fight for the right to represent Asia in the World Team Championship. The crucial encounter of the tournament came in round five when the big favorites China and India clashed. India won this match and managed to defend their lead till the very end. In the final India played against Vietnam and only needed a 2-2 draw to win gold. However, the Indians once again proved their confidence and strength and scored a clear 3-1 victory to win the tournament in style.
Krishnan Sasikiran won a fine game against Anh Khoi Nguyen by exploiting an opening inaccuracy by his opponent with powerful play:
China scored a clear 4-0 against team from the United Arab Emirates and won silver. Kazakhstan won against Mongolia which brought them bronze.
The Indian team from (from left to right): Captain R.B. Ramesh,
Krishnan Sasikiran, Deep Sengupta, S.P. Sethuraman, B. Adhiban und Vidit Santosh Gujrathi.
| Rg. | Snr | Team | Anz | + | = | - | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 |
| 1 | 2 | India | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 26,0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | China | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 27,5 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 23,0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Iran | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 23,5 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | Uzbekistan | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 23,0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | Mongolia | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20,5 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | Bangladesh | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20,5 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | UAE 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18,5 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | Vietnam | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20,5 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19,5 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | Iraq | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18,5 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | Lebanon | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17,5 | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | Afghanistan | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17,0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | Oman | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15,5 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | Sri Lanka | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15,0 | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | Jordan | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13,5 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | Palestine | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16,0 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | UAE 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14,0 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | Nepal | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11,5 | 1 |
| 20 | 18 | Kuwait | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11,5 | 1 |
| 21 | 22 | Tajikistan | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13,0 | 0 |
| 22 | 21 | UAE 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10,5 | 0 |
Women's tournament
In the women's tournament, which was played as a ten team round-robin tournament, China was clear favorite but things did not always go smoothly for the Chinese women. They had to concede a 2-2 draw against India and even lost to Uzbekisten.
In the match between Uzbekistan and China in round six Nufisa Numinova achieved a theoretically interesting and lively win against China's Ju Wenjun:
However, in the end the Chinese team still managed to win gold because no other team was as balanced - as can be seen from the list of the best players in which the five Chinese occupy places three to seven.
| Nr. | Name | EloI | Team | Pkt. | Anz | % | Br. | |
| 1 | WIM | Gevorgyan Irina | 2281 | Uzbekistan | 7,0 | 8 | 87,5 | 2 |
| 2 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2384 | India | 7,0 | 9 | 77,8 | 3 |
| 3 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2518 | China | 6,0 | 7 | 85,7 | 2 |
| 4 | GM | Ju Wenjun | 2568 | China | 6,0 | 8 | 75,0 | 1 |
| 5 | WGM | Lei Tingjie | 2495 | China | 6,0 | 8 | 75,0 | 3 |
| 6 | IM | Guo Qi | 2435 | China | 5,5 | 6 | 91,7 | 4 |
| 7 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2504 | China | 5,5 | 7 | 78,6 | 1 |
| 8 | WGM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2381 | Kazakhstan | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 1 |
| 9 | IM | Batchimeg Tuvshintugs | 2395 | Mongolia | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 2 |
| 10 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2444 | Mongolia | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 2 |
With 7.0/8 Irina Gevorgyan, Uzbekistan's board two, was the top-scorer of the tournament.
| Rg. | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 |
| 1 | China | * | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29,0 | 0 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 2½ | * | 1 | 0 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22,5 | 0 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 3 | * | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 13 | 24,0 | 0 |
| 4 | India | 2 | 4 | 1½ | * | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25,5 | 0 |
| 5 | Vietnam | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | * | 1½ | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 11 | 22,5 | 0 |
| 6 | Mongolia | ½ | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | * | 1½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21,5 | 0 |
| 7 | Iran | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | * | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21,0 | 0 |
| 8 | UAE - 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 4,5 | 0 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 2 | * | 2 | 2 | 5,5 | 0 |
| 10 | UAE - 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1½ | 2 | * | 1 | 4,0 | 0 |
Complete results at chess-results...
