Hangzhou: Both Indian men's and women's chess teams bagged silver medals at the Asian Games here on Saturday.
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Grand Master Harika Dronavalli, International Master Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, and Savitha Shri Baskar all won their games in a dominating fashion to beat South Korea 4-0 in the final round to finish with 15 match points. Vidit, Arjun and Harikrishna P also won their respective Round 9 matches against Philippines.
The top-seeded Chinese team won its last round match against the UAE with a 4-0 margin to take the gold with 17/18 match points. The Indian men finished their campaign with a 3.5-0.5 win against the Philippines.
Top seeds Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi, and Harikrishna Pentala all won their matches against their Filipino counterparts while R Praggnanandhaa drew his game to finish second behind gold winners Iran. (With agency inputs)
