1974 Asian Chess Team Championship

The 1st Asian Team Chess Championship was held in Penang, Malaysia from December 9 to 21, 1974. The competition involved 8 teams.

Time control : 2 hours 30 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 16 moves per hour.

Content

Commands

Philippines

Rodolfo Cardozo
Glenn Bordonade
Roger abella
César caturla
Rico Mascarinas
Rafaelito Maninang

Australia

Maxwell Fuller
Michael woodhams
Arthur pope
William Jordan
Phillip Weiner

Indonesia

Arovakh Bakhtiar
Jacobus Sawandar Sampouw
Max Votulo
Monang simulingga
Abir dipo

Tour Movement

1st round 12/11/1974
Philippines	0	4-0	0	Japan
Indonesia	0	4-0	0	New Zealand
Hong Kong	0	½: 3½	0	Singapore
Australia	0	4-0	0	Malaysia
4th round 12/14/1974
Australia	eleven	2: 2	eleven	Philippines
Hong Kong	four	½: 3½	eight	Indonesia
Singapore	five	4-0	4½	Japan
Malaysia	1½	½: 3½	3	New Zealand
7th round 12/18/1974
Singapore	15½	2: 2	20	Australia
Japan	eight	½: 3½	sixteen	Indonesia
Philippines	18½	4-0	3	Malaysia
New Zealand	8½	2: 2	6½	Hong Kong

2nd round 12/12/1974
Singapore	3½	1: 3	four	Indonesia
New Zealand	0	½: 3½	four	Philippines
Australia	four	4-0	½	Hong Kong
Malaysia	0	1: 3	0	Japan
5th round 12.16.1974
Philippines	13	3: 1	4½	Hong Kong
Japan	4½	½: 3½	13	Australia
New Zealand	6½	1½: 2½	9	Singapore
Indonesia	11½	3: 1	2	Malaysia

3rd round 12/13/1974
Indonesia	7	1: 3	eight	Australia
Philippines	7½	3½: ½	4½	Singapore
Japan	3	1½: 2½	½	New Zealand
Hong Kong	½	3½: ½	one	Malaysia
6th round 12/17/1974
Indonesia	14½	1½: 2½	sixteen	Philippines
Australia	16½	3½: ½	eight	New Zealand
Malaysia	3	0: 4	11½	Singapore
Hong Kong	5½	1: 3	five	Japan

Table

Malaysian team, from right to left: Quah Seng Sun (from Penang), Jerry Augustus (from Johor), Tan Kai Ming (from Penang), Chew Soon Keong (from Selangor) and Abdul Rahman Ahmad (from Kelantan)

No.	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	+	-	=	Glasses	A place
one	Philippines		2	2½	3½	3½	four	3	four	6	0	one	22½	one
2	Australia	2		3	2	3½	3½	four	four	five	0	2	22	2
3	Indonesia	1½	one		3	four	3½	3½	3	five	2	0	19½	3
four	Singapore	½	2	one		2½	four	3½	four	four	2	one	17½	four
five	New Zealand	½	½	0	1½		2½	2	3½	2	four	one	10½	five
6	Japan	0	½	½	0	1½		3	3	2	five	0	8½	6
7	Hong Kong	one	0	½	½	2	one		3½	one	five	one	8½	7
eight	Malaysia	0	0	one	0	½	one	½		0	0	7	3	eight

Links

Tournament Information on OlimpBase.org
FIRST ASIAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP , Part 1
FIRST ASIAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP , Part 2