KOLKATA: In a bizarre incident three top Indian chess players were attacked by local goons on the streets of Makati city in Philippines on Sunday night. The trio, who was there to take part in the Asian Continental meet, stepped out on the road to buy drinking water when the incident took place just about 250 metres away from their hotel.India's highest-rated player of the tournament Vidit Gujrathi later took to his Facebook page to report the incident."Me & my colleagues Abhijit Kunte and Lalith Babu went outside to buy water, but then the most unexpected incident happened. We were attacked by local goons who possessed weapons. We were cornered and then attacked. We tried to flee but we were chased and finally marginally escaped. We are still trying to recover from this horrible incident," he wrote.However, apart from being stirred, Gujrathi was saddened by the fact that the local organisers did not see the incident with any seriousness. "The saddest part is that upon informing this to organizers they remained aloof and ignored the seriousness of the issue," he wrote.Talking to a website, Gujrathi later said "The police did not know that there was such a tournament here. Thus, they could not provide security."The Nashik-born Grandmaster is unhappy with the arrangements provided for the players. "The hotel which they have provided us is bad. The food is bad. There is no net. I have brought a SIM card. There is no WiFi in our room," he was quoted as saying."What kind of an event is this? Players are charged 5 times more and forced to stay in this place, where basic necessities like cleanliness, proper food and water are not provided. This is sheer exploitation of players. I am writing this post so that FIDE and the authorities will take the rightful action," he wrote on the FB.However, All India Chess Federation (AICF) has stood by the players in this crisis situation. AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan has taken up the matter with first secretary of Embassy of India in Manila and has also received a positive response from him.Singh has also written to Asian Chess Federation president and secretary about this.The organisers too woke up late and took all the three players to senior superintendent of police three of them and other on Monday morning. The police have now assured security for all the players in the tournament.The tournament will see a number of top-level Indian players taking part in this tournament. Apart from being crowned Asia's best, the top five finishers of this meet will also get spots in the upcoming chess World Cup.