Harikrishna holds world no. 6 in Rd 3

New Delhi: Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna held world no. 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in a third round clash of the Geneva Fide Grand Prix chess tournament on Sunday. The world no. 22, playing with white pieces, attacked from the onset and found himself in a winning position but a slight miscalculation saw him surrender the advantage to his second seeded opponent. “I was playing a good game and got into a winning position but played the wrong move to give away the win,” Harikrishna said. “Instead of playing Kh2 on the 28th move, the precise move to win would have been Nc5,” he added. Harikrishna is tied second with two points, courtesy a win and two consecutive draws. The 31-year-old will next face another Azerbaijan’s GM and table topper Teimour Radjabov in his fourth round match.

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