While Iran and China again won the top two places in the blitz tournament, Sri Lanka was the surprise bronze medalist


Iran Wins Asian Under-14 Youth Team Championship

Iran finished alone with 17 match points to win the first Asian Nations Cup Under-14 Youth Team Championship held 6-11 November 2016 in Jiaxing, China. China-A grabbed the silver medal followed by Malaysia in third place for the bronze medal. Sixteen teams from eleven countries competed in the 9-round Swiss System tournament organized by the Chinese Chess Association. See chess-results.com for final standings.

The champion Iranian team was composed of Gholami Orimi Mahdi, FM Derakhshani Borna, Daghli Arash, Zahedifar Anahita and Poormosavi Seyed Kian.

Board medalists were:

Board 1:
Gold – Lin Yi (CHN-A)
Silver – Gholama Orimi Mahdi (IRI)
Bronze – Wong Yinn Long (MAS)

Board 2:
Gold – FM YU Kaifeng (CHN-A)
Silver – Shen Shiyan (CHN-B)
Bronze – Derakhshani Borna (IRI)

Board 3:
Gold – Daghli Arash (IRI)
Silver – Peng Hongchi (CHN-A)
Bronze – Wu Wenda (CHN-D)

Board 4:
Gold – Huang Renjie (CHN-A)
Silver – Nisban Curys (SGP-A)
Bronze – Poormosavi Seyed Kian (IRI)

In the blitz tournament, Iran and China-A again placed first and second, respectively, but Sri Lanka was the surprise bronze medalist in third place.

Final Standings

Asian Chess Federation Secretary General Hisham Al Taher awarding trophies to teams of Iran, China and Malaysia


Chines Chess Associaion Vice President Tian Hongwei and Asian Chess Federaiton Secretary General Hisham Al Taher open the tournament

The well organized Tournament Hall