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Thursday, January 10th, 2008Reggio Emilia (Italy) (PTI): Grandmaster P Harikrishna took unwarranted risk but finally drew with Romanian GM Mihail Marin in the sixth round of the 50th Reggio Emilia International Chess tournament here.
With three draws, two win and a loss against Zoltan Almasi of Hungary, Harikrishna took his tally to 3.5 points out of a possible 6 […]
Hari draws with Gashimov
Friday, January 4th, 2008NEW DELHI: P. Hari Krishna drew with fellow overnight-leader Azerbaijan’s Vugar Gashimov in the fifth round of the Reggio Emilia International chess tournament at Reggio Emilia, Italy, on Wednesday.
The 52-move battle, the day’s longest, ended with both players having a rook, a bishop and six pawns each. Hari now shares the second spot with three […]
Harikrishna in the lead
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008January 02, 2008 Grandmaster P Harikrishna got the better of David Navara’s defence and tamed the Czech to leapfrog to the lead after the fourth round of the 50th Reggio Emilia Chess tournament.
After his first round loss against Zoltan Almasi of Hungary, this was Harikrishna’s second victory in the 10-player round robin event and the Indian […]
Harikrishna second in Carlos Torre Memorial
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008New Delhi (PTI): Grandmaster P Harikrishna finished second in the Carlos Torre Memorial knockout chess tournament after losing to World No. 2 Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine 1-3 in the final in Mexico.
Harikrishna played impressively throughout the event and even beat Ivanchuk in one of the Classical games before he was beaten in the tiebreaker.
Harikrishna started […]
“Work hard, from the heart, and rest assured”: Harikrishna
Friday, August 17th, 2007Former World Junior Champion and Grandmaster P Harikrishna rose to fame in chess when he won the World Under –10 chess championship in 1996. In the years that followed Harikrishna won many prestigious tournaments including the Commonwealth championship. In 2001 Harikrishna became the youngest Grandmaster in India and since then the growth of the Hyderabad […]
Harikrishna shares title with Peter Acs
Friday, August 17th, 2007Paks (Hungary), August 16: Defending champion P Harikrishna had to share the Marx Gyorgy Memorial International Chess title with Hungarian Peter Acs after being held to a draw by local GM Csaba Balogh in the final round here.
The Indian ended with six points out of a possible 10 after a midway recovery following a disastrous […]
Harikrishna is currently leading in the Marx Gyorgy memorial tournament
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Paks (Hungary), Aug. 13 (PTI): P Harikrishna toppled tournament leader Viktor Korchnoi of Switzerland to take the sole lead after the seventh round of the Marx Gyorgy Memorial International chess tournament here.
The defending champion, who started off with a loss and three draws in the category-14 tournament, scored his third victory on the trot and […]
P. Harikrishna has got the Arjuna Award.
Friday, August 10th, 2007The sports ministry said that President Pratibha Patil will confer the awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan Aug 29, the birthday of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand that is also celebrated as the National Sports Day.
The Arjuna Award comprises Rs.300,000, a statute of warrior Arjuna and a scroll of honour in recognition of outstanding achievements at international level […]
Chess: Harikrishna slips from lead
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Montreal (Canada), July 26: Grandmaster P. Harikrishna slipped to the second position in the Montreal International Chess tournament after drawing his sixth round game against Polish Grandmaster Kamil Miton. Grandmaster Sergei…
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Harikrishna shocks Tiviakov
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Montreal: Grandmaster P. Harikrishna scored a significant win over Sergei Tiviakov in the eighth round of the Montreal International chess tournament here.
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