The India vs. Uzbekistan Match. All games are broadcast live on www.asia-chess.com


Four Men's teams and three Women's teams lead after the second day of the Team Championship in the 16th Asian Games being held at the Guangzhou Chess Institute in Guangzhou, China.

The Men's teams of China, India, Vietnam and Kazhakstan are in front with perfect Match points in the Men's section.

Top seed China beat the Philippines 3:1, India blanked Uzbekistan 4:0, Vietnam crushed Iran 3.5:0.5 and Kazhakstan edged Qatar 2.5:1.5. Scoring for China were Zhou Jianchou and Ni Hua on the bottom two boards while Wang Yue and Bu Xiagzhi drew in the top two boards.

Powerhouse India swamped Uzbekistan with Harikrishna, Sasikiran, Ganguly and Gopal winning their games.

Visit chess-results.com for results and standings. Match points count 2 for a win, 1 for a draw and zero for a loss. First tie break is by game points.

In other games of round two, Bangladesh beat Lebanon 4:0, Yeman beat Iraq 3:1, Korea beat Jordan 3.5:.5 and Mongolia drew with Kyrgyzstan 2:2.

In the women's section, China, India and Vietnam won their games to be on top with 4 match points each. China defeated Iran 3:1 with Hou Yifan and Huang Qian winning their games while the other two boards were drawn.

India managed to keep their match points intact as they rode on the fourth board win by Nisha Mohata, while they drew the other three boards.

Vietnam blanked Bangladesh 4:0 to join the two top seeds China and India to be with 4 full match points from two rounds.

In the other Women's matches of the day, Mongolia beat Syria 3:0, Turkmenistan beat Korea 3:1 and Qatar blanked Jordan 4:0.

A view of the playing hall at Guangzhou Chess Institute, newly built purposely for the Asian Games.


A total of 17 teams have entered the competition in the men's section and 12 in the women's section with China and India being the first and second seeds in both sections.

The Championship will be held in two phases. Phase one, Preliminaries, will be seven round Swiss to determine the four qualifiers for the semifinals. Each team's place in order of classification shall be decided by the number of Match points it has scored.

Phase two will be Semifinals. Qualifiers will be paired by their Preliminaries ranking. Match A will be between 1st and 4th and Match B will be between 2nd and 3rd. The two winners shall play the finals on November 26th for gold and silver medals while the other two will play for the bronze.

All games are broadcast live on www.asia-chess.com

The Media Team



D.V. Sundar of India, Publicity Officer for the Asian Games Chess Event, at work in the Guangzhou Chess Institute.