Asian teams meet in the Thar Desert
16.04.2003 It is held every four years: this time the Asian Team Championships is taking place from April 7th to 17th in Jodhpur, which lies in the state of Rajasthan, India. The participating teams include India, China, Vietnam, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kazhakstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. We have received a lot of pictures from the tournament and the royal town in the middle of the desert. Here is Vijay Kumar's report from Jodhpur.

China sweeps Asian Team Chess titles
17.04.2003 The Chinese men and women won the Asian Team chess title in Jodhpur. The men ended up with 25 points, India 'A' came second with 23.5, points while Kazakhstan took third place with 22.5. The Chinese women reached 20 points, while Vietnam came second with 19 points and India 'A' took third place with 18.5 points. Here is our second illustrated report from Rajasthan.