TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s chess team claimed a gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games on Saturday.

Team Melli consisting of Parham Maghsoudloo, Bardia Daneshvar, Mohammadamin Tabatabaei, Amirreza Pouraghabala and Pooya Idani beat South Korea in the ninth round to secure a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games underway in Hangzhou, China on Saturday.

Iran continued to lead the standings with 14 match points (two MPs for a win and 1 for a draw) with India close on their heels with 13 MPs. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan.  

It was Iran’s 13th gold medal in the Games.

Iran’s men’s volleyball national team, wushu athletes Afshin Salimi and Yousf Sabri, Sadegh Azarang in Kurash, discus thrower Hossein Rasouli, climber Reza Alipour, wrestlers Mohammadhadi Saravi, Amin Mirzazadeh, Younes Emami, Hassan Yazdani and Amirhossein Zare as well as Karate athlete Sajad Ganjzadeh had already won 12 gold medals.