Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Tahere, right foreground, with medalists in the Asian Games Men’s competition, from left, silver medalist Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, gold medalist Wei Yi of China and bronze medalist Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan.
China also won the women’s division with the gold medal of GM Zhu Jiner. Umida Omonova of Uzbekistan won the silver medal by tie break followed by Hou Yifan of China with bronze.
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Thursday is a free day. The Men’s and Women’s team championships start 3pm Friday.
At the podium are, from left, silver medalist Umida Omonova of Uzbekistan, gold medalist Zhu Jiner and bronze medalist Hou Yifan, both of China.
Asian Games women Arbiters