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Chess: Harikrishna posts win; Harika held to a draw
Updated On: 01 November, 2021 07:22 AM IST | Latvia | PTI
The India No. 3 beat Armenia’s Sergey Movsesian in 56 moves in a Ruy Lopez game late on Saturday and is among a bunch of players with 2.5 points which also includes GMs D Gukesh and K Sasikiran
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Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna continued his recovery from a poor start by notching up his second straight win to move to 2.5 points after four rounds in the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament here. The India No. 3 beat Armenia’s Sergey Movsesian in 56 moves in a Ruy Lopez game late on Saturday and is among a bunch of players with 2.5 points which also includes GMs D Gukesh and K Sasikiran.
Harikrishna, the seventh-seed, was the only winner among the Indian men, while R Vaishali secured the sole victory among the women. In the women’s event, Lei Tingjie became the sole leader with 3.5 points after defeating Valentina Gunina in a Caro-Kann game in round four. There are now nine players with three points including Indian WGM D Harika, who drew against China’s Zhu Jiner. Vaishali defeated Meruert Kamalidenova (Kazakhstan) to move to two points.
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