Hangzhou, Sep 26: Third-seeded Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi went down to top-ranked Chinese player Wei Yi in the seventh round of the men’s individual chess event in the 19th Asian Games here on Tuesday. Despite the defeat, the 28-year old Indian is in joint second place with 5 points from 7 rounds, half-a-point behind Yi. Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov is sharing the second place with Gujrathi.
Arjun Erigaisi, the other Indian in the fray, beat Indonesia’s Novendra Priasmoro in the seventh round to reach 4.5 points. He shares the joint third spot with three other players.
In the women’s event, Koneru Humpy and D Harika posted wins in the fifth round after a below par showing on the second day of the competition on Monday. While Humpy beat Nilufar Yakubbaeva (Uzbekistan), Harika put it across Vietnam’s Vo Thi Kim Phung.
Both Humpy and Harika have 4.5 points each and are half a point behind third placed Hou Yifan (China) and Bibissara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan).
Two more rounds remain to be played in the individual events (men and women). (PTI)
