Savitha shri

Hong Kong China:  The Indian men's and women's chess teams maintained their chances of winning medals in Team competitions in chess at the Asian Games with both teams placed second at the end of the eighth and penultimate round, here on Friday.

In the eighth round played on Friday at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall, the Indian men's team defeated the Republic of Korea 3.5-0.5 and the women's team blanked Hong Kong China 4-0.

Thus, the men's team trailing Iran by one Match Point -- 13 to 14 while the women's team was trailing China by two Match Points -- 13 to 15.