Chess: India in silver medal contention

HANGZHOU: The Indian men's and women's chess teams are placed second in the standings after seven rounds, with two rounds to go, at the Asian Games 2023.

In round 7 of the men's chess team event, Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi won his game while Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh Dommanraju and Vidit Gujarathi drew. India collected 2.5 points, compared to the 1.5 scored by their opponents Vietnam.

Meanwhile, India shared 2.0 points with Kazakhstan in the women's team round 7. Harika Dronavalli won her game while Vaishali Ramesh Babu suffered a defeat. Koneru Humpy and Vanitka Agrawal drew their games. Agencies

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