The Asian Nations Cup for men is taking place from 20rd to 30th May, 2014 in the city of Tabriz, Iran.
The event is open to all chess federations in FIDE zones 3.1 to 3.7. It is a team championship, where the teams can participate with 4 players plus 1 reserve. The format of the tournament is a 7 round Swiss.
Top seed is the team of China.
List of participants:
1. CHINA (2658) – GM DING LIREN 2714, GM YU YANGYI 2675, GM WEI YI 2634, GM MA QUN 2609, GM XIU DESHUN 2550
2. INDIA (2630) – GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2669, GM Negi Parimarjan 2643, GM Adhiban B. 2624, GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2571, GM Sethuraman S.P. 2582
3. VIETNAM (2579) – GM Le Quang Liem 2712, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2621, GM Dao Thien Hai 2484, IM Nguyen Duc Hoa 2498, IM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy 2477
4. IRAN (2541) – GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2580, GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2586, GM Golizadeh Asghar 2497, IM Alavi Sayed Javad 2467, IM Idani Pouya 2499
5. KAZAKHSTAN (2534) – GM Jumabayev Rinat 2561, GM Kotsur Pavel 2558, GM Ismagambetov Anuar 2508, GM Kostenko Petr 2507, Akhmetov Ayan 2386
6. IRAN B (2423) – FM Mousavi Seyed Khalil 2375, Noroozi Omid 2359, GM Darini Pouria 2449, FM Pourramezanali Amirreza 2449, GM Toufighi Homayoon 2419
7. Sri Lanka (2116) – Kalugampitiya R S 2145, FM Kurukulasuriya Prasanna 2073, CM Galappaththi Chinthaka Anurud 2131, IM Weerawardane Romesh 2113
8. JORDAN (2043) – FM Mansour Sameer 2257, Ahmad Al Khatib 2098, Saad Baha 2024, Yousef Abu-Khalaf 1756, Ahmad Saadah 1793
9. Oman (1406) – Al Masshani Amer Said 0, Fadhi Said Ahmed Jidah Fadhi 0, Salim Ali Ahmed Aliyan Almashi 2025, Al Ansi Amin Hassan 0, Al Amri Salim Mohammed 0
This is a strong field.