The Asian Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations (FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.8). It is held with the Swiss system and consists of two divisions, Open and Women's, the latter of which is reserved to female players. Both sections determine the Asian champions and qualify a certain number of players for the FIDE World Cup and Women's World Cup. The Championship is regulated by the Asian Chess Federation.
Winners Open {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Nr !! Year !! City !!Winner |- | 1 || 1998 || Tehran || |- | 2 || 2000 || Udaipur || |- | 3 || 2001 || Kolkata || |- | 4 || 2003 || Doha || |- | 5 || 2005 || Hyderabad || |- | 6 || 2007 || Cebu City || |- | 7 || 2009 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || |- | 8 || 2010 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || |- | 9 || 2011 || Mashhad || |- | 10 || 2012 || Ho Chi Minh City || |- | 11 || 2013 || Manila || |- | 12 || 2014 || Sharjah || |- | 13 || 2015 || Al Ain || |- | 14 || 2016 || Tashkent || |- | 15 || 2017 || Chengdu || |- | 16 || 2018 || Makati || |- | 17 || 2019 || Xingtai || |- | 18 || 2022 || New Delhi || |- | 19 || 2023 || Almaty || |- | 20 || 2025 || Al Ain || |- | 21 || 2026 || Ulaanbaatar ||
Women {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Nr !! Year !! City !!Winner |- | 1 || 1981 || Hyderabad || |- | 2 || 1983 || Kuala Lumpur || |- | 3 || 1985 || Dhaka || |- | 4 || 1987 || Hyderabad || |- | 5 || 1991 || Bhopal || |- | 6 || 1996 || Salem || |- | 7 || 1998 || Kuala Lumpur || |- | 8 || 2000 || Udaipur || |- | 9 || 2001 || Chennai || |- | 10 || 2003 || Kozhikode || |- | 11 || 2004 || Beirut ||
| 12 || 2007 || Tehran || |- | 13 || 2009 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || |- | 14 || 2010 || Subic Bay Freeport Zone || |- | 15 || 2011 || Mashhad || |- | 16 || 2012 || Ho Chi Minh City || |- | 17 || 2013 || Manila || |- | 18 || 2014 || Sharjah || |- | 19 || 2015 || Al Ain || |- | 20 || 2016 || Tashkent || |- | 21 || 2017 || Chengdu || |- | 22 || 2018 || Makati || |- | 23 || 2019 || Xingtai || |- | 24 || 2022 || New Delhi || |- | 25 || 2023 || Almaty || |- | 26 || 2025 || Al Ain || |- | 27 || 2026 || Ulaanbaatar ||
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See also World Chess Championship Asian Senior Chess Championship
References Selected tournament results 1981-2005 Tournament report of edition 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 Results women's championship 1981-1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 2003, 2004, 2007 Complete standings from Chess-Results.com: 2007 (Open), 2007 (Women) 2009, 2010, 2011 (Open), 2011 (Women), 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 Asian Continental 2013 in THE WEEK IN CHESS: 2013