The Asian Nations Cup for men and women took place from 20th to 30th May, 2014 in the city of Tabriz, Iran. The event was open to all chess federations in FIDE zones 3.1 to 3.7.

The Asian Nations Cup for men was a 10 team round-robin Team Championship, where each team consisted of 4 players plus 1 reserve. China and India shared first place with 16 points each, but China emerged winner on superior tie-break score. Vietnam, with the 2013 World blitz champion GM Le Quang Liem at the head, took the bronze with 14 points, leaving the nearest contender Kazakhstan 2 points behind.

The Asian Nations Cup for women was played in 5 rounds. The teams consisted of the same number of players (4+1), as the Men’s Section. The last round of the event was crucial. The top seeded team of China crushed Kazakhstan 4:0 to claim the gold with total 15 points. Meanwhile, India couldn’t overplay the local team of Iran and finished equal 2:2 after the more experienced IM Eesha Karavade lost against the young talented Iranian WIM Mitra Hejazipour. Thus India remained second with 13 points, while the team of Iran deservedly grabbed the bronze with 10.5 points.

As blitz championship was introduced back in 2012, this time six sets of medals were prepare: 2 for standard time control, 2 for rapid (new!) and two for blitz. In open section Kazakshtan beat China in the final (!) while China grabbed blitz honours ahead of India. Mighty Chinese female squad easily took gold medals in rapid competition, yet were eliminated in the semifinal of the blitz. India then beat Vietnam in the final.

See tournament website: http://an2014.ircf.ir

Detailed results of 2014 Asian Team Championship: open and women
Asian Team Chess Championship all-time summary: open and women
Asian Team Chess Championship all-time statistics: open and women

Details from rapid and blitz competition taken from chess-results.com
Open - rapid: preliminaries and play-offs
Open - blitz: preliminaries and play-offs
Women - rapid: preliminaries and play-offs
Women - blitz: preliminaries and play-offs

Asian Team Championship 2014 medal table:

1. China        4 gold - 1 silver - 1 bronze
2. India        1 gold - 4 silver - 0 bronze
3. Kazakhstan   1 gold - 0 silver - 1 bronze
4. Vietnam      0 gold - 1 silver - 4 bronze
5. Iran A       0 gold - 0 silver - 3 bronze
6. Iran B       0 gold - 0 silver - 1 bronze

/ based on news from chessdom.com /