By IANS
Macau : The Indian chess team continued its winning run with facile victories in second and third rounds of Classical Chess at the second Asian Indoor Games.
The Indians have now won each of their three rounds and are on the path to yet another gold medal.
They will, however, have to contend with the Chinese who have also won three matches. But the Vietnamese, strong rivals, lost the second round to Qatar team. Qatar in turn had dropped a point while drawing 2-2 with the Philippines in third round.
India is, however, in danger of finding K. Sasikiran out of the semis as he drew in both second and third round matches. In contrast, Surya Sekhar Ganguly has won both matches after drawing his first round.
Koneru Humpy and Dronvalli Harika have won all three games.
The top four players in team events qualify for the semi-finals in the race for individual medals, while the team gold is decided by team wins and if equal, then by points achieved during each win. That means the India-China clash will become the crucial one.
Round 2
India beat Philippines 3.5-0.5
Sasikiran drew with So Wesley
Banco Ronald lost to SS Ganguly
Koneru Humpy beat Catherine Perena
Lomibao Sheerie Joy lost to Harika
Other results:
China beat Iran 3.5-0.5; Qatar beat Vietnam 3-1; Indonesia beat MOngolia 3.5-0.5
Round 3
India beat Indonesia 3.5-0.5
Adianto drew with Sasikiran
SS Ganguly beat Mergranto Susanto
Irine Khadisma lost to Koneru Humpy
Harika beat Lisa Karlina Lumongdong
China beat Kazhakstan 3.5-0.5; Vuetnam beat Iraq 4-0; Iran beat Jordan 4-0; Qatar drew with Philippines 2-2