Chess: Vaishali Shines As Indian Women Beat Vietnam In Asian Games

The second-seeded Indian women's chess team registered a 2.5-1.5 win over Vietnam in the second round of the team event in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. The top-seeded men's team was held to a 2-2 draw by a strong Uzbekistan team with all four matches ending in draws. In the India-Vietnam match, R Vaishali scored the first win with black pieces against WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung. The country's top player, Koneru Humpy, and Vantika Agarwal drew their games.

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On the fourth board, B Savitha Shri drew against Thi Bao Tram Hoang as India closed out a 2.5-1.5 victory.

Meanwhile, it was a solid draw for India against Uzbekistan.

D Gukesh was under pressure on the top board against Nodirbek Abdusattorov, but managed to hold on for a draw.

R Praggnanandhaa had an edge in the middlegame against Javokhir Sindarov, but could not force a win. Vidit S Gujrathi drew against Nodirbek Yakubboev and Arjun Erigaisi held on for a draw in his game against Shamsiddin Vokhidov.

Both the Indian men and women had won their opening round matches by 3.5-0.5 margins on Friday.

Bridge: Indian men's team remains second, mixed team gets to fourth

The Indian men's team on Saturday remained second and the mixed team moved up one spot to fourth, but the women's side was languishing at the seventh position in the bridge event of the Asian Games.

The Indian men's team reached a total of 205.98 points after playing 196 boards and remained at the second place, with Hong Kong toppling Japan to occupy the first position.

In men's round robin 2-1, India began with an 18.65-1.35 win over Philippines and defeated Pakistan by a margin of 17.91-2.09 in their afternoon assignment of round robin