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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

Harikrishna settles for a draw

Harikrishna settles for a draw

Rediff.com4 Apr 2005

P Harikrishna settled for a draw against top seed Alexey Dreev of Russia but managed to grab the second spot

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

Harikrishna holds Dreev

Harikrishna holds Dreev

Rediff.com4 Dec 2005

The former world junior champion settled for an easy draw in the first game of the third round in the World Chess Cup.

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.

Harikrishna in WC second round

Harikrishna in WC second round

Rediff.com30 Nov 2005

The Indian GM marched his way in to the second round of the World Chess Cup with a sweeping 2-0 win over Yu Shaoteng of China

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.

Sachdev back to her winning ways

Sachdev back to her winning ways

Rediff.com17 Nov 2005

The Indian Woman Grandmaster is joint-fifth after the seventh round in the World Junior girls' chess championship.

Harikrishna loses to Gelfand

Harikrishna loses to Gelfand

Rediff.com8 Feb 2005

The defeat saw the Indian slip to joint-third in the Bermuda Invitational chess tournament.

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 .

Arun Prasad wins with a round to spare

Arun Prasad wins with a round to spare

Rediff.com6 Jan 2004

The Tamil Nadu lad made sure of the National Sub-junior Super League chess championship in the penultimate round.

Humpy suffers shock defeat

Humpy suffers shock defeat

Rediff.com13 Apr 2006

Diwakar Prasad Singh beat her in the 13th round of the 43rd National 'A' chess championship.

Harikrishna settles for a draw

Harikrishna settles for a draw

Rediff.com20 Jul 2005

The World Junior Champion retained his half point lead over Alexander Motylev in the 10th round of the Grandmasters chess tournament.

Harikrishna closes in on title

Harikrishna closes in on title

Rediff.com19 Jul 2005

With his seventh win in nine games, Harikrishna retained his slender half a point lead over Alexander Motylev of Russia

Harikrishna well-placed after sixth win

Harikrishna well-placed after sixth win

Rediff.com15 Jul 2005

After drawing with Wang Yue of China, India's world junior champ beat Tigran Petrosian of Armenia to keep the lead in the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters tournament.

Harikrishna extends lead with fifth win

Harikrishna extends lead with fifth win

Rediff.com14 Jul 2005

The World junior champion beat GM Wang Hao to stretch his lead by 1.5 points at the end of the 5th round in the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters tournament.

Harikrishna keeps sole lead

Harikrishna keeps sole lead

Rediff.com12 Jul 2005

The world junior champion beat Grandmaster Luke McShane of England for his third straight win in the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters tournament.

Harikrishna takes sole lead

Harikrishna takes sole lead

Rediff.com11 Jul 2005

P Harikrishna outplayed Woman Grandmaster Zhao Xue of China in the second round

Harikrishna off to smooth start

Harikrishna off to smooth start

Rediff.com10 Jul 2005

P Harikrishna started off with a facile victory over Grandmaster Zhang Pengxiang of China in the first round

Korchnoi takes sole lead

Korchnoi takes sole lead

Rediff.com20 Jun 2005

The 74-year-old chess legend proved too good for former world junior champion Peter Acs of Hungary in the Marx Gyorgy Memorial Grandmasters' tournament.

Harikrishna finishes joint second

Harikrishna finishes joint second

Rediff.com25 Aug 2004

The Indian Grandmaster beat Evegeny Gleizerov in the ninth and final round in the Masters section of Abu Dhabi Chess Festival.

Harikrishna makes winning start

Harikrishna makes winning start

Rediff.com15 Aug 2004

The Indian GM beat over compatriot WGM Nisha Mohota in the first round of the Masters' section in Abu Dhabi chess festival.

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.

Indian cheers on the 64-square

Indian cheers on the 64-square

Rediff.com30 Dec 2005

India had plenty to cheer about its ace Viswanathan Anand in 2005

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

Ponomariov settles for exciting draw

Ponomariov settles for exciting draw

Rediff.com16 Dec 2005

The former World champion was playing his first game of the finals against Levon Aronian at the World Chess Cup.

Tania upsets Eesha

Tania upsets Eesha

Rediff.com16 May 2004

Tania Sachdev of Delhi upset top seed Eesha Karvade in the seventh round of the National Junior Girls Chess Championship.

Eesha Karvade emerges sole leader

Eesha Karvade emerges sole leader

Rediff.com13 May 2004

The top seed is closely followed by Kruttika Nadig after the fourth round in the National Junior girls' chess championship.

The World's Youngest Grandmaster

The World's Youngest Grandmaster

Rediff.com29 Jan 2019

At 12 years, seven months and 17 days, Dommaraju Gukesh is the second youngest Grandmaster of all time.

Harikrishna loses in eighth round

Harikrishna loses in eighth round

Rediff.com17 Jul 2005

P Harikrishna went down fighting against top seed Alexander Motylev at the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters chess tournament

Ramesh holds Evgeny Vladimirov

Ramesh holds Evgeny Vladimirov

Rediff.com22 Aug 2004

The result put the Indian Grandmaster in joint-third position after the seventh round in the Masters section of 14th Abu Dhabi chess festival.

Tania, Kruttika in joint lead

Tania, Kruttika in joint lead

Rediff.com17 May 2004

The second and third seeds are half a point ahead of a group of three players after the penultimate round in the National Junior girls' championship.

Eesha maintains sole lead

Eesha maintains sole lead

Rediff.com14 May 2004

Five others are half a point behind the top seed in joint second place, in the National Junior girls' chess championship.

Humpy shares lead with two others

Humpy shares lead with two others

Rediff.com18 Dec 2002

The top seeded Indian GM easily beat Ekaterina Ubiennykh of Russia in the 11th round and joined Zhao Xue of China and Nadezhda Kosintseva at the top in the World juniors girls' chess championship.

Humpy moves into joint lead

Humpy moves into joint lead

Rediff.com11 Dec 2002

The defending champion scored an easy victory over Tian Tian of China in the fourth round of the tournament.

Prathiba in title race

Prathiba in title race

Rediff.com25 Jul 2003

With two more rounds to go, the Indian girl established a lead of 1.5 points over her nearest rival in the Asian junior chess championship.

Nadig shocks Harika

Nadig shocks Harika

Rediff.com21 Jul 2003

The victory put Nadig in a two-way lead with Luong Phong Hanh of Vietnam in the Asian Junior girls' chess championship.

Humpy slips to joint-third position

Humpy slips to joint-third position

Rediff.com14 Dec 2002

WGM Zhao Xue of China emerged sole leader after the seventh round in the World junior chess championships.