Quarterfinalists at the recently-concluded FIDE World Cup in Baku, India's Vidit Santosh Gujarathi and Arjun Erigaisi will get into action in the men's individual competition as chess returns to the Asian Games after a gap of 12 years at Hangzhou.

Both Gujarathi and Erigaisi will represent the country in the nine-round rapid competition to be played in Swiss League format at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall from Sunday (September 24).

In the corresponding women's individual competition, India will be represented by two of the country's most experienced and accomplished women players -- former World Rapid Champion Koneru Humpy and World championship medallist Dronavalli Harika.

Humpy won the gold medal in women's Individual Rapid in the 2006 event in Doha, Qatar. She was also part of the India team that won the Mixed Team competition.

FIDE World Cup 2023 runner-up Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and India's highest-ranked player in classical chess, Dommaraju Gukesh, along with Vidit and Arjun will form the India men's team that will participate in the men's Team Competition. Seasoned Pentala Harikrishna is the fifth member of the Indian team.