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Indian womens chess player Koneru Humpy faced defeat, and Dronavalli Harika played out a tie, while Vidit Santosh secured a win and Arjun Kumar played out a tie in the fourth round of the womens and mens individual competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
In the women's round of four, Humpy lost 1-0 to Chinas Yifan Hou. Meanwhile, Harika played a 0.5-0.5 tie with Uzbekistans Nilufar Yakubbaeva. On the other hand, in the men's fourth round, Vidit Gujarathi clinched a 1-0 win against Vietnams Tuan Minh Le. While Arjun Kumar played out a 0.5-0.5 tie against Irans Seyedmohammadamin Tabatabaei. In the first round of Men's individual chess, Vidit and Arjun clinched a win. Whereas in womens individual chess, both Humpy and Harika have successfully secured a win. In the second round, both the men failed to seal a win as Vidit lost to Kazakhstans Kazybelk Nogerbek, and Arjun played a tie with Vietnam Tuan Minh Le. However, both Harika and Humpy have managed to win in the second round of the women's individual chess. Earlier today in the third round of the women's event, Harika against Chinas Hou Yifan. Meanwhile, Humpy played a tie with Chinas Zhu Jiner. On the other hand, both Arjun and Vidit managed to seal a victory in the third round of the men's event. Asian Games 2023 Chess: India squad Men: D Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, P Harikrishna and R Praggnanandhaa. Women: Koneru Humpy, D. Harika, R Vaishali, Vantika Aggarwal and Savitha Shri. On Monday, shooters and rowers showcased a stupendous performance at the Asian Games and added five medals to Indias tally, while the Indian womens cricket team secured a gold medal by defeating in the final. With this, India now has 11 medals at the Asan games which includes two gold, three silver, and six bronze medals. (ANI)
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