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World Rapid Champion Koneru Humpy:  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.