19th Asian Games 2022 Team R4: Indian Men crush Kyrgyzstan 0.5-3.5

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/10/2023

Kyrgyzstan got crushed by the Indian Men 0.5-3.5 in the fourth round of 19th Asian Games 2022. GM D Gukesh, GM Vidit Gujrathi and GM Pentala Harikrishna scored comfortable wins. Only GM Arjun Erigaisi was held to a draw by FM Ruslan Sezdbekov. India currently has a score of 7/8, a full point behind the sole leader Iran 8/8. Vietnam, Uzbekistan and China are at 5/8 each. Indian Women suffered their first loss of the event against China 1.5-2.5. GM Koneru Humpy, GM Harika Dronavalli and IM Vantika Agrawal drew their respective games. Only IM Vaishali suffered a loss against the former Women's World Champion, GM Zhongyi Tan. Indian Men will be facing the tournament leader Iran, while Women will go against Mongolia in Round 5. It starts today from 3 p.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Official site

China gets the better of Indian Women

D Gukesh scored his second win in-a-row

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Men: Kyrgyzstan - India: 0.5-3.5

GM D Gukesh (2758), GM Vidit Gujrathi (2716) and GM Pentala Harikrishna (2711) scored comfortable wins against their much lower rated opponents. Only GM Arjun Erigaisi (2711) was held to a draw by FM Ruslan Sezdbekov (2261).

Kyrgyzstan - India: 0.5-3.5

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Women: India - China: 1.5-2.5

GM Koneru Humpy (2550), GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) and IM Vantika Agrawal (2435) drew their respective games against GM Yifan Hou (2628), GM Jiner Zhu (2493) and WGM Zhai Mo (2328) respectively. Only IM Vaishali R (2502) suffered a loss against the former Women's World champion, GM Zhongyi Tan (2517).