In the men's sections, the two Chans from Hong Kong both met and drew the Chinese masters and round 1. The match between Vietnam's Vo Van Chuong and Indonesia's IGM Ifan Minarta also ended in a draw. There was an unexpected game forfeit by Kho Kei Kuan of East Malaysia because of flight problem. As for the rest, Maucau's Lei Kam Fun, Australia's George Lu, Philippines' Kung Kar Cheong, Indonesia's Henry Tan, and the young Chao IFan from Chinese Taipei all played well to score a point from their opponents

Men's Section Round 1 Results
Red No Result No Black

1 李锦欢 Lei Kam Fun (2)         1:0     (1) 颜增智 Gan Chern Chih
2 鲁钟能 George Lu (4)            1:0     (3) 叶汉明 Pairoj Panichkul
3 余仲明 Ifan Minarta (6)         .5:.5    (5) 武文章 Vo Van Chuong
4 赵奕帆 Chao IFan (8)            1:0     (7) 黄长丰 Huang Chang Feng
5 许继光 Kho Kei Kuan (10)      0:1     (9) 卢国龙 Law Kok Leong
6 陈振杰 Chan Chun Kit (12)    .5:.5    (11) 潘振波 Pan ZhenBo
7 尤泽标 Setiawan (14)             0:1     (13) 龚家祥 Kung Kar Cheung
8 黄敏生 Wong Man Sang (16)  0:1     (15) 陈懋煌 Henry Tan
9 陈强安 Chan Keung On (18)   .5:.5   (17) 赵国荣 Zhao GuoRong

Women's Section Round 1 results
Red No Result No Black

1 陈丽淳 Chen LiChun (2)                     1:0 (7) 魏琬妮 Gooi Wen Nee
2 谭氏垂容 Tham Thi Thuy Dung (3)      1:0 (6) 邱真珍 Khoo Chin Chin
3 何晓敏 He Xiao Min (4)                      1:0 (5) 李孟儒 Li Meng Ju
4 简蕊蕊 Dian Fitry Yani (1)                         bye