Humpy, Harika to spearhead India’s challenge in Asian Games 2022
The HinduIndia will send a strong 10-member chess contingent, including double gold medallist Koneru Humpy and bronze medallist Dronavalli Harika, for the Asian Games scheduled to commence in Hangzhou on September 23. The 36-year-old Humpy, who had said earlier this year that she might skip the Asian Games in Hangzhou due to COVID, will be the senior-most Indian chess player at the quadrennial games. AICF president Sanjay Kapoor said he was confident Indian players will be on the podium in all the events they compete in at the Asian Games. The India ‘B’ team comprising Gukesh, Nihal Sarin, Praggnanandhaa and Raunak Sadhwani clinched bronze in the 44th Chess Olympiad held near Chennai, while the women’s team, comprising Humpy, Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni, blew up a great chance against the US, to finish third on the podium.
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