Chess at the 2006 Asian Games
Appearance
Chess at the 2006 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Al-Dana Indoor Hall |
Dates | 2–14 December |
Competitors | 63 from 21 nations |
Chess was contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from 2 December 2006 to 14 December 2006. Rapid Chess was held for men and women individually as well as a mixed team Standard Chess competition. All events were held at the Al-Dana Indoor Hall.
India topped the medal table with two gold medals, Kazakhstan won the men's individual gold.
Schedule
● | Round | ● | Last round |
Event↓/Date → | 2nd Sat |
3rd Sun |
4th Mon |
5th Tue |
6th Wed |
7th Thu |
8th Fri |
9th Sat |
10th Sun |
11th Mon |
12th Tue |
13th Wed |
14th Thu |
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Men's individual rapid | ●●● | ●●● | ●●● | ||||||||||
Women's individual rapid | ●●● | ●●● | ●●● | ||||||||||
Mixed team standard | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual rapid |
Murtas Kazhgaleyev Kazakhstan |
Đào Thiên Hải Vietnam |
Bu Xiangzhi China |
Women's individual rapid |
Humpy Koneru India |
Zhao Xue China |
Zhu Chen Qatar |
Mixed team standard |
India Krishnan Sasikiran Pentala Harikrishna Humpy Koneru |
China Bu Xiangzhi Wang Yue Zhao Xue |
Iran Ehsan Ghaemmaghami Elshan Moradi Atousa Pourkashian |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | India (IND) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Participating nations
A total of 63 athletes from 21 nations competed in chess at the 2006 Asian Games:[1]
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References
- ^ "15th Asian Games – Athletes – Chess". doha-2006.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2013.