The Asian Cities Championship takes place every two years and is open for city teams from affiliated chess federations in Zones 3.1 to 3.7. The format is nine round Swiss for teams composed of 4 players plus 1 reserve. The winning city is awarded custody of the Dubai Cup, which cannot be acquired in perpetuity.

The championship was first held in the Hong Kong in 1979 (won by Singapore) and quickly became popular and strong chess meeting held on biennial basis. Of 16 editions held so far, Chinese cities won six times, Kazakhstani three times, and Indonesian teams twice. Shanghai and Pavlodar made it three times each.

The event saw many top-class GMs like GM Vladimirov, GM Kotsur, GM Graf, GM Kasimdzhanov or GM Ghaem Maghani, just to list a few. The 2011 edition is scheduled in April in Jakarta.

Along with the Asian Cities history we added detailed coverage of the World Cities which took place only twice (1997 and 1999). As it saw little intereset outside Asia the series is no longer continued.

See Asian Cities Champoinship summary
See World Cities Championship summary

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See IndonesiaBase