Asian Team Championship – video reports and Chinese culture
6/22/2012 – Although the Asian Nations Chess Cup finished, the talented and generous Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh has shared his video reports on the event in YouTube, and since they are all excellent work, we could not help but make sure his effort did not go unnoticed. You will find not only reports on results and games, but also cultural tidbits such as learning to write in Chinese.
The Asian Nations Chess Cup
Although the Asian Nations Chess Cup finished, the talented and generous Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh has shared his video reports on the event in YouTube, and since they are all excellent work, not to mention extremely informative, we could not help but make sure his effort did not go unnoticed.
Final Standings
| Rk | Team | Team |
Gms |
+ |
= |
- |
MPts |
GPts |
| 1 | China 1 | CHN 1 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
28.5 |
| 2 | India | IND |
9 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
26.5 |
| 3 | China 2 | CHN 2 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
23.5 |
| 4 | Vietnam | VIE |
9 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
25.5 |
| 5 | Iran | IRI |
9 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
22.5 |
| 6 | Singapore | SIN |
9 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
22.0 |
| 7 | Indonesia | INA |
9 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
20.0 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | KAZ |
9 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
17.5 |
| 9 | Iraq | IRQ |
9 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
17.0 |
| 10 | Mongolia | MGL |
9 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
17.5 |
| 11 | Korea | KOR |
9 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
13.5 |
| 12 | Yemen | YEM |
9 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
11.0 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | HKG |
9 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
5.5 |
| 14 | ChineseTaipei | TPE |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
1.5 |
Video reports by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh
Round five with Negi's game and start to learn some Chinese words
Round six with some games, an interview and some more Chinese words
Round seven with game commentary by Li Chao (2704) and a description of Chinese writing
Round eight with a visit to the ancient City & Magic plus a game at the end
Round nine
with some fun during the Closing Ceremony
LinksYou can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs to replay the games in PGN. You can also download our free Playchess client, which will in addition give you immediate access to the chess server Playchess.com. |
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