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.
In the last round, Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran drew with Kazakh GM Darmen Sadvakassov while GM Pentala Harikrishna lost to GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev.
In the final game, Koneru Humpy beat Dana Akateyeva to give India a total of 1.5 points from the tie, the same as the Kazakh team.
The Chinese team took second position with a total of 17.5 points while Iran came third with 16 in the chess event, which made its maiden appearance at the Asian Games here.
