India men and women enter semifinals of Asian chess

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The Indian men’s and women’s teams entered the semifinals of the Asian Nations (Regions) Online Cup Championship today. The top-seeded women’s team made short work of Kyrgyzstan in the last-eight round, winning the two match-ups easily — 4-0 and 3.5-0.5. They will face Mongolia in the semifinals on Saturday. The Indian men were given a tough fight by Mongolia. Both the matches ended with a similar 2.5-1.5 scoreline in favour of India. They will take on Iran in Saturday’s semifinals.

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