<p>India went down 1-3 to Uzbekistan in the semifinal of the FIDE World Team chess Championship here on Friday.</p>.<p>The two teams shared honours in the first round at 2-2 scoreline with S L Narayanan's superb win with black pieces over Shamsiddin Vokhidov being offset by S P Sethuraman's loss to Jakhongir Vokhidov.</p>.<p>Vidit Santosh Gujrathi drew with Nordirbek Yakubboev on the top board, followed by an identical result in the tie between Nihal Sarin and Javokhir Sindharov.</p>.<p>In the second round, Gujrathi and Sarin lost to Yakubboev and Sindharov respectively.</p>.<p>Narayanan beat Vokhidov in 44 moves but that was not enough as K Sasikiran, playing on the fourth board in place of Sethuraman, drew with Sindharov to hand Uzbekistan, winner of the Open title in the Chess Olympiad earlier this year, a 2.5-1.5 victory for a place in the final.</p>.<p>A win in a round gives a team two points while a draw is worth one point.</p>.<p>In the other semifinal, China got the better of Spain to advance to the summit clash. After the first round saw honours being shared, China won the second 3-1 to book a final clash with the Uzbeks.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, India will meet Spain in the battle for the third place later on Friday.</p>
<p>India went down 1-3 to Uzbekistan in the semifinal of the FIDE World Team chess Championship here on Friday.</p>.<p>The two teams shared honours in the first round at 2-2 scoreline with S L Narayanan's superb win with black pieces over Shamsiddin Vokhidov being offset by S P Sethuraman's loss to Jakhongir Vokhidov.</p>.<p>Vidit Santosh Gujrathi drew with Nordirbek Yakubboev on the top board, followed by an identical result in the tie between Nihal Sarin and Javokhir Sindharov.</p>.<p>In the second round, Gujrathi and Sarin lost to Yakubboev and Sindharov respectively.</p>.<p>Narayanan beat Vokhidov in 44 moves but that was not enough as K Sasikiran, playing on the fourth board in place of Sethuraman, drew with Sindharov to hand Uzbekistan, winner of the Open title in the Chess Olympiad earlier this year, a 2.5-1.5 victory for a place in the final.</p>.<p>A win in a round gives a team two points while a draw is worth one point.</p>.<p>In the other semifinal, China got the better of Spain to advance to the summit clash. After the first round saw honours being shared, China won the second 3-1 to book a final clash with the Uzbeks.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, India will meet Spain in the battle for the third place later on Friday.</p>