TEHRAN The 24th Asian Under-20 Chess Championship clashes will start at the venue of Iran's Chess Federation (ICF) on July 12.

In the boys' and girls' competitions, the chess players of 16 Asian countries of Iran, Qatar, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Yemen, the Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Iraq, and Afghanistan will participate.