Harikrishna holds second seeded Mamedyarov at Geneva chess meet

Geneva July 9 (IANS) Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna held World No.6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan to a thrilling draw in the third-round clash of the Geneva FIDE Grand Prix late here.

The World No. 22 Indian playing with white pieces on Saturday attacked from the onset and found himself in a winning position but a slight miscalculation saw him surrender the advantage to the second seeded Azerbaijan player.

"I was playing a good game and got into a winning position but played the wrong move to give away the win. Instead of playing Kh2 on the 28th move the precise move to win would ve been Nc5 " Harikrishna said.

Harikrishna is tied second with two points courtesy of a win and two consecutive draws. The 31-year-old Guntur player will take on another Azerbaijani Grand Master and table topper Teimour Radjabov in his fourth-round encounter later tonight.

"Teimour has been playing really well in this tournament so far. He is a solid player and I ll look to play my normal game and see how it goes " Harikrishna said ahead of the clash.

--IANS
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