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Updated On: 22 September, 2023 08:29 AM IST | Hangzhou | IANS
Both Gujarathi and Erigaisi will represent the country in the nine-round rapid competition to be played in Swiss League format at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall from Sunday (September 24)
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Quarterfinalists at the recently-concluded FIDE World Cup in Baku, India`s Vidit Santosh Gujarathi and Arjun Erigaisi will get into action in the men`s individual competition as chess returns to the Asian Games after a gap of 12 years at Hangzhou.
Both Gujarathi and Erigaisi will represent the country in the nine-round rapid competition to be played in Swiss League format at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall from Sunday (September 24).
In the corresponding women`s individual competition, India will be represented by two of the country`s most experienced and accomplished women players -- former World Rapid Champion Koneru Humpy and World championship medallist Dronavalli Harika.
Humpy won the gold medal in women`s Individual Rapid in the 2006 event in Doha, Qatar. She was also part of the India team that won the Mixed Team competition.
FIDE World Cup 2023 runner-up Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and India`s highest-ranked player in classical chess, Dommaraju Gukesh, along with Vidit and Arjun will form the India men`s team that will participate in the men`s Team Competition. Seasoned Pentala Harikrishna is the fifth member of the Indian team.
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