Asian Junior Chess Championships 2026 To Feature 157 Players From 10 Countries In Mumbai
Mumbai: A strong field of 157 players representing 10 countries, including six International Masters (IMs) and 24 FIDE Masters (FMs) and Women FIDE Masters (WFMs), will compete in the Asian Junior Chess Championships 2026, to be hosted by the Maharashtra Chess Association (MCA) from Aug 16 to 26. The details were announced at a press conference on Wednesday addressed by MCA President Dr Parinay…
Mumbai will host the Asian Junior Chess Championships 2026 from August 16 to 26, hosting 157 players from 10 countries. The event, organized by the Maharashtra Chess Association, will feature six International Masters, 24 FIDE Masters, and 24 Women FIDE Masters. The competition will span seven rapid and blitz rounds, along with nine classical Swiss rounds.
Past champions include Viswanathan Anand, Abhijit Kunte, Tejas Bakre, Tania Sachdev, Koneru Humpy, and Ivana Furtado. The tournament, under the auspices of the All India Chess Federation, Asian Chess Federation, and FIDE, will grant Grandmaster norms to IM winners and IM norms to non-IM winners. India's top players, IM Mayank Chakraborty, IM Artem Pingin, and IM Apoorv Kamble, are expected to lead the field, with WFM Pratitee Bordoloi, WFA Mariya Kholyavko, and Turkmenistan's WFM Lala Shohradova leading the junior women's section.
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