26 November 2010
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hello Everyone,
As most people expected, China has won both the men’s and women’s team events in the 16th Asian Games being held in Guangzhou, China.
The Chinese men’s team beat Philippines 3.5-1.5 to pick the gold while India beat Iran with same score to take the Bronze medal.
In the final match of the women’s tournament the Chinese women beat Uzbekistan 2.5-1.5 to win the gold while India lost to Vietnam after a drawn match to give the latter the Bronze medal after a rapid tie-break.
You can find more details at the www.fide.com website and www.asia-chess.com.
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