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Harikrishna draws again, keeps lead

Harikrishna draws again, keeps lead

Rediff.com4 Aug 2006

The Indian Grandmaster was held by former world junior champion Peter Acs of Hungary in the sixth round of the Marx Gyorgy Memorial chess tournament.

Ganguly, Gokhale leap into joint lead

Ganguly, Gokhale leap into joint lead

Rediff.com17 Mar 2004

The duo joined overnight leaders Pavel Kotsur, Saidali Iuldachev and Serik Temirbaev at the top after the penultimate round in the Parsvanath chess tournament.

Kotsur, Iuldachev maintain joint lead

Kotsur, Iuldachev maintain joint lead

Rediff.com14 Mar 2004

They remained in joint lead with 6.5 points each after the seventh round of the Parsvanath International Chess tournament.

Negi loses, slips to 9th place

Negi loses, slips to 9th place

Rediff.com3 Jan 2006

Parimarjan Negi was beaten by second seed Valerij Neverov of Ukraine in the sixth round of the Masters section of Hastings International Chess Congress.

Negi remains in joint lead

Negi remains in joint lead

Rediff.com2 Jan 2006

The 12-year-old Indian ace held Grandmaster Milos Pavlovic of Serbia to a draw in the fifth round of the Hastings International Chess Congress.

Negi becomes youngest Indian International Master

Negi becomes youngest Indian International Master

Rediff.com1 Jan 2006

The 12-year-old Indian chess ace bagged the title after beating Grandmaster Sergei Erenburg of Israel in the fourth round of the Masters section in the Hastings International Chess Congress.

Harikrishna settles for a draw

Harikrishna settles for a draw

Rediff.com26 Dec 2005

P Harikrishna drew with Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov to remain in joint lead after third round

Ganguly scores over Sasikiran

Ganguly scores over Sasikiran

Rediff.com10 Sep 2004

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania and World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan lead the field in the category-16 Super Grandmasters Pune chess festival.

Harikrishna maintains fifth spot

Harikrishna maintains fifth spot

Rediff.com7 Apr 2005

The Indian had to battle for a draw against world's youngest ever Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin.

Harikrishna back to winning ways

Harikrishna back to winning ways

Rediff.com6 Apr 2005

P Harikrishna outplayed Spanish hope Miguel Cordoba in the fifth round to climb two places at Dos Hermanas International Chess

Sasikiran loses to Morozevich

Sasikiran loses to Morozevich

Rediff.com28 Jul 2004

The Indian Grandmaster now trails the defending champion by a full point after the eighth round at the Biel chess festival.

Harikrishna moves into semis

Harikrishna moves into semis

Rediff.com16 Sep 2005

After winning the first game, India's World junior champion drew the second of the two-game mini match in Lausanne Young Masters International Chess tournament .

Harikrishna crushes Carlsen

Harikrishna crushes Carlsen

Rediff.com15 Sep 2005

P Harikrishna scored a thumping victory over wonder-kid Magnus Carlsen in the first game of the Lausanne Young Masters

Upsets galore in Tata chess

Upsets galore in Tata chess

Rediff.com15 Oct 2003

Unheralded Vinod Bhagwat beat British Open champion Abhijit Kunte in the third round.

Ganguly back in reckoning

Ganguly back in reckoning

Rediff.com23 Aug 2005

The Indian ace scored his second straight victory in the Masters' section of 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess festival.

Sasikiran misses out on a win

Sasikiran misses out on a win

Rediff.com27 Apr 2004

Draws ruled the roost in the 8th round as players were only willing to consolidate their position in the Dubai International Chess Championship.

Eljanov shoots into sole lead

Eljanov shoots into sole lead

Rediff.com26 Apr 2004

Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran slipped to joint second after drawing with GM Artashes Minasian of Armenia in the seventh round of the Dubai International Chess Championship.

Indians surrender lead

Indians surrender lead

Rediff.com22 Apr 2004

Krishnan Sasikiran, S S Ganguly and Pendyala Harikrishna drew their third round matches in the Dubai Chess Championship and dropped to second place.

Anand draws again, remains on second spot

Anand draws again, remains on second spot

Rediff.com28 Jan 2006

Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Sergei Tiviakov in the 11th round.

Aarthie bags first IM norm

Aarthie bags first IM norm

Rediff.com16 Mar 2004

The woman Grandmaster achieved the norm after splitting points with Dinesh Kumar Sharma in the ninth round of the Parsvanath International Chess Championship.

Harikrishna slips to second

Harikrishna slips to second

Rediff.com29 Dec 2005

P Harikrishna slipped to the second spot after settling for a draw with Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov

Harikrishna in sole lead

Harikrishna in sole lead

Rediff.com27 Dec 2005

P Harikrishna jumped in to sole lead at Ciudad de Pamplona Chess tournament with a win over GM Laurent Fresinet

Harikrishna moves into lead

Harikrishna moves into lead

Rediff.com25 Dec 2005

He scored a thumping victory over Aguado in the second round of the 15th Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament.

Karavade is India's 8th WGM

Karavade is India's 8th WGM

Rediff.com13 Apr 2005

The 17-year old Indian got the title in the Dubai chess tournament, which was won by Wang Hao of China.

Harikrishna finishes sixth

Harikrishna finishes sixth

Rediff.com10 Apr 2005

The world junior champion finished sixth following a draw with Lenier Dominguez of Cuba in the ninth and final round of the Dos Hermanas International Chess tournament.

Kunte finishes fourth

Kunte finishes fourth

Rediff.com6 Jan 2004

Grandmasters Jonathan Rowson and Vasilios Kotronias tied for the first place in the Hastings chess tournament.

Harikrishna settles for draw

Harikrishna settles for draw

Rediff.com8 Apr 2005

P Harikrishna drew with Russian Alexander Rustemov in the seventh round at Dos Hermanas.

Kunte moves to fourth place

Kunte moves to fourth place

Rediff.com5 Jan 2004

The Indian GM beat Alexander Cherniaev of Russia in the eighth and penultimate round in the Hastings Chess Congress.

Kunte moves up after draw

Kunte moves up after draw

Rediff.com3 Jan 2004

Grandmaster Vladimir Epishin emerged sole leader in the Hastings chess tournament.

Kunte starts new year with dull draw

Kunte starts new year with dull draw

Rediff.com2 Jan 2004

The Indian Grandmaster drew with Ukraine's Kateryna Lahno and is placed fifth after the fifth round in the Hastings chess tournament.

Kunte holds top seed Epishin

Kunte holds top seed Epishin

Rediff.com31 Dec 2003

The Indian Grandmaster remains joint-seventh in the 10-player Hastings chess tournament.

Kunte suffers shock defeat

Kunte suffers shock defeat

Rediff.com29 Dec 2003

The Indian Grandmaster was beaten by GM Mark Hebden of England in the opening round of the Hastings International Chess Congress.\n\n

Sasikiran finishes second at Biel

Sasikiran finishes second at Biel

Rediff.com29 Jul 2004

Top seed Alexander Morozevich of Russia made sure of retaining the title with a round to spare in the Biel chess festival.

Sasikiran, Morozevich share lead

Sasikiran, Morozevich share lead

Rediff.com26 Jul 2004

Indian GM Sasikiran beat Yannick Pelletier to go to the top after the sixth round in the Biel International chess festival.

Sasikiran maintains second position

Sasikiran maintains second position

Rediff.com24 Jul 2004

GM Alexander Morozevich of Russia, with 3.5 points from first five games, leads after the fifth round of the Grandmaster section in the Biel International Chess Festival.

Harikrishna bows out in semi-final

Harikrishna bows out in semi-final

Rediff.com18 Sep 2005

The Indian GM drew the second game of the semi-final against GM Andrei Volokitn of Ukraine to lose 0.5-1.5 in the Lausanne Young Masters International Chess tournament.

Harikrishna in must-win situation

Harikrishna in must-win situation

Rediff.com17 Sep 2005

He was beaten by Andrei Volokitin in the first game of the two-game semi-final on Saturday.

Sareen upsets Ganguly

Sareen upsets Ganguly

Rediff.com5 Oct 2003

P Harikrishna and R B Ramesh share the lead in the Parsvnath international chess tournament.

Shetty, Mishra stun GMs

Shetty, Mishra stun GMs

Rediff.com4 Oct 2003

: They joined three others in the lead in the Parsvnath International chess tournament.

Eight-year-old Grover dazzles on the chessboard

Eight-year-old Grover dazzles on the chessboard

Rediff.com2 Oct 2003

Sahaj Grover beat an opponent rated more than 400 points above him in the Parsvnath International Chess tournament.