Indian ladies crushed Uzbekistan 4-0, whereas the boys have been held to a 2-2 draw by China within the sixth spherical of the chess group competitors within the Asian on Wednesday. Against China, the top-seeded Indian males noticed video games on all 4 boards ending in attracts. The nation’s high participant D Gukesh and Chinese GM Wei Yi performed out a draw, whereas R Prgannanandhaa held Xiangzhi Bu on the second board. Vidit Gujarathi and P Harikrishna, taking part in on boards three and 4 respectively, shared honours with Qun Ma and Xiangyu Xu.

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India continues to occupy the second spot with 9 match factors (2 match factors for a win and 1 for a draw) behind Iran (10 MPs).

Third-seeded Iran needed to be content material with a 2-2 draw towards Vietnam, whereas No.4 seed Uzbekistan scored a 3-1 over Mongolia.

Meanwhile, the ladies bounced again after a loss to China within the earlier spherical to brush previous Uzbekistan, profitable on all 4 boards.

The top-ranked Indian lady Koneru Humpy proved too good for Nilufar Yakkubeva and this was adopted by wins for R Vaishali, Vantika Agarwal and B Savitha Shri.

Vaishali beat Umida Omonova, Agarwal beat Afruza Khamdamova and Savitha Shri defeated Mattuna Bobomurodova.

The second-seeded Indian ladies is in second spot within the standings with 8 match factors. The top-seeded Chinese group outclassed Vietnam 3.5-0.5 to stay on high with 9 match factors.

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