Chess at the 2006 Asian Games

Chess was contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from 2 December 2006 to 14 December 2006. Rapid Chess was held for men and women individually as well as a mixed team Standard Chess competition. All events were held at the Al-Dana Indoor Hall.

Chess at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Al-Dana Indoor Hall
Dates	2–14 December 2006
Competitors	63 from 21 nations
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India topped the medal table with two gold medals, Kazakhstan won the men's individual gold.

Schedule

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Round

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Last round

Event↓/Date →	2nd Sat	3rd Sun	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu
Men's individual rapid	●●●	●●●	●●●
Women's individual rapid	●●●	●●●	●●●
Mixed team standard					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual rapid details	Murtas Kazhgaleyev  Kazakhstan	Đào Thiên Hải  Vietnam	Bu Xiangzhi  China
Women's individual rapid details	Koneru Humpy  India	Zhao Xue  China	Zhu Chen  Qatar
Mixed team standard details	India Krishnan Sasikiran Pentala Harikrishna Koneru Humpy	China Bu Xiangzhi Wang Yue Zhao Xue	Iran Ehsan Ghaemmaghami Elshan Moradi Atousa Pourkashian

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	2	0	0	2
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
3	China (CHN)	0	2	1	3
4	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
5	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

Participating nations

A total of 63 athletes from 21 nations competed in chess at the 2006 Asian Games:^[1]

•  Bahrain (3)
•  Bangladesh (3)
•  China (3)
•  India (3)
•  Indonesia (3)
•  Iran (3)
•  Japan (3)
•  Jordan (3)
•  Kazakhstan (3)
•  Macau (3)
•  Mongolia (3)
•  Nepal (3)
•  Palestine (3)
•  Philippines (3)
•  Qatar (3)
•  Sri Lanka (3)
•  Syria (3)
•  Turkmenistan (3)
•  United Arab Emirates (3)
•  Uzbekistan (3)
•  Vietnam (3)