<p>Indian men’s and women’s teams produced fine efforts to register easy wins over their rivals in the third round of the chess competition at the Asian Games here on Sunday.</p>.<p>The top-seeded men's team comprising GMs D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and P Harikrishna beat Kazakhstan 3-1.</p>.<p>The women’s side, which is seeded second here, crushed Indonesia 3.5-0.5 for a third straight win.</p>.<p>The India No.1 D Gukesh scored his first win of the event, beating GM Rinat Jumabayev.</p>.Parveen seals Olympic berth, assures India of medal in boxing at Asian Games.<p>On the second board, Praggnanandhaa won with the black pieces against GM Alisher Suleimenov.</p>.<p> Harikrishna, playing his first match, secured a solid draw against IM Nogerbek Kazybek while Erigaisi drew IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov.</p>.<p>The Indian women were all over the fourth-seeded Indonesia, with Koneru Humpy, D Harika and Vantika Agarwal posting wins while R Vaishali drew her game.</p>.<p>After Humpy and Vantika's scored wins over Medina Warda Aulia and Ummi Fisabiullah respectively, Harika defeated WGM Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia Citra to seal the match.</p>.<p> Vaishali settled for a draw against WIM Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite as India swept to victory.</p>.<p>Meanwhile in a surprise result in the men's section, Iran stunned second-seeded China 2.5-1.5 while a strong Uzbekistan team eased past Vietnam 3-1.</p>.<p>In the women's event, top-seeded China thrashed Thailand 4-0 for a second victory after having been held by Uzbekistan in round one.</p>
<p>Indian men’s and women’s teams produced fine efforts to register easy wins over their rivals in the third round of the chess competition at the Asian Games here on Sunday.</p>.<p>The top-seeded men's team comprising GMs D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and P Harikrishna beat Kazakhstan 3-1.</p>.<p>The women’s side, which is seeded second here, crushed Indonesia 3.5-0.5 for a third straight win.</p>.<p>The India No.1 D Gukesh scored his first win of the event, beating GM Rinat Jumabayev.</p>.Parveen seals Olympic berth, assures India of medal in boxing at Asian Games.<p>On the second board, Praggnanandhaa won with the black pieces against GM Alisher Suleimenov.</p>.<p> Harikrishna, playing his first match, secured a solid draw against IM Nogerbek Kazybek while Erigaisi drew IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov.</p>.<p>The Indian women were all over the fourth-seeded Indonesia, with Koneru Humpy, D Harika and Vantika Agarwal posting wins while R Vaishali drew her game.</p>.<p>After Humpy and Vantika's scored wins over Medina Warda Aulia and Ummi Fisabiullah respectively, Harika defeated WGM Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia Citra to seal the match.</p>.<p> Vaishali settled for a draw against WIM Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite as India swept to victory.</p>.<p>Meanwhile in a surprise result in the men's section, Iran stunned second-seeded China 2.5-1.5 while a strong Uzbekistan team eased past Vietnam 3-1.</p>.<p>In the women's event, top-seeded China thrashed Thailand 4-0 for a second victory after having been held by Uzbekistan in round one.</p>