India wins another Gold medal in Doha

India win classical chess gold
Thursday, December 14, 2006 22:01 IST

DOHA: India expectedly bagged the coveted gold medal in the Asian Games chess mixed team classical event on Thursday to end the country’s campaign on a golden note.

The Indian team, which had already taken an invincible lead in the competition, drew their ninth and last round with Kazakhstan to accumulate a total of 22.5 points and fetch the second gold medal in the game of 64 squares.

Koneru Humpy had given a terrific start by winning the individual gold medal in the first week of the Asian Games.

“It is a good feeling to win another gold for the country. We were confident of winning the title before the competitions started, and its great to have done it,” Humpy said.

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Congrats to India! This is good news for a wonderful chess country. I hope with more good results, support for chess will increase as well.