Two medals came in quick succession for India as mens and womens chess teams secured silver medals at the ongoing Asian Games 2023. This will be the nations final two medals at the multisports event at Hangzhou.The Indian mens contingent comprised of Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, and Pentala Harikrishna secured silver by winning their games in a dominating fashion to beat South Korea 4-0 in the final round to finish with 15 match points.Another Silver medal in Chess 😍India win Silver medal in Mens Team event. The squad comprised of Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi & Pentala Harikrishna. #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/JwutFRp2CZ— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 7, 2023The top-seeded Chinese team won its match against the UAE with a 4-0 margin to claim the gold with 17/18.Silver in womens chess team events The Indian womens contingent comprising Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri Baskar, Harika Dronavalli, Koneru Humpy, and Vaishali Ramesh Babu secured silver. China clinched the gold medal and Kazakhstan had to settle for bronze in the womens team chess competition at the 19th Asian Games.SILVER medal in Chess 😍 India wins the Silver medal in Womens Chess Team event. Indian squad comprised of Konery Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali, Vantika & Savitha. #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/qffCn9K7M3— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 7, 2023Iran India, and Uzbekistan won the gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively, in the mens team chess events. Top seeds Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi, and Harikrishna Pentala all won their matches against their counterparts while R Praggnanandhaa drew his game to finish second behind gold winners Iran.Union Minister for I&B and Youth Affairs & Sports, Anurag Thakur shared congratulatory posts on microblogging platform, X “𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐀 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 Congratulations to @DGukesh @viditchess @rpragchess @ArjunErigaisi and @HariChess on winning silver in the Mens Chess Team event. Your exceptional acumen and strategic brilliance on the chessboard have raised our nations sporting prowess to new heights. With this feat, 🇮🇳 stands tall and proud at #AsianGames2022 with 107 medals!! Proud of you, Champions!”𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐀 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 Congratulations to @DGukesh @viditchess @rpragchess @ArjunErigaisi and @HariChess on winning 🥈 in the Mens Chess Team eventYour exceptional acumen and strategic brilliance on the… pic.twitter.com/lnISy07omj— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) October 7, 2023
