The Indian scored 8.5 points in all with 7 victories against Alexander Motylev, who finished second with 7.5 points
The Indian GM needs at least two points from his matches against China's Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi, and Sergey Karjakin in the Sanjin Hotel Cup chess tournament.
While Harikrishna is ranked 28th on 2673 points, Sasikiran is 30th on 2670 points.
P Harikrishna drew with Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov to remain in joint lead after third round
The former world junior champion settled for an easy draw in the first game of the third round in the World Chess Cup.
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
D Harika drew with Gu Xiaobing of China in the 11th round of the World Junior Chess Championship
The Indian Woman Grandmaster is joint-fifth after the seventh round in the World Junior girls' chess championship.
Parimarjan Negi drew his fifth round match with Andrey Zhigalko of Belarus to take another stride towards to his International Master title at the World Junior Chess Championships.
Tania Sachdev beat Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia in the third round and shares the lead with three others in World Junior Girls' Chess Championships.
The spotlight will be on Neeraj Chopra and Hima Das while Dutee Chand would look to prove a point when India's track and field athletes begin their campaign in the Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday.
Grandmaster Gabriel Sargissian of Armenia won the Abu Dhabi Chess festival, finishing half a point ahead of four rivals.\n
P Harikrishna opted for a quick draw with tournament leader Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan.
The Indian had to battle for a draw against world's youngest ever Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin.
P Harikrishna outplayed Spanish hope Miguel Cordoba in the fifth round to climb two places at Dos Hermanas International Chess
P Harikrishna settled for a draw against top seed Alexey Dreev of Russia but managed to grab the second spot
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 .
P Harikrishna scored a thumping victory over wonder-kid Magnus Carlsen in the first game of the Lausanne Young Masters
Top seeded Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov strengthened his position at the top in the World Jr. chess, maintaining a ghalf point lead.
The defeat saw the Indian slip to joint-third in the Bermuda Invitational chess tournament.
The Indian world junior champion forged ahead after sole leader Giovanni Vescovi of Brazil was beaten in the fifth round in the Bermuda chess tournament.
The World Junior Champion retained his half point lead over Alexander Motylev in the 10th round of the Grandmasters chess tournament.
With his seventh win in nine games, Harikrishna retained his slender half a point lead over Alexander Motylev of Russia
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.
P Harikrishna slipped to the second spot after settling for a draw with Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov
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.
P Harikrishna jumped in to sole lead at Ciudad de Pamplona Chess tournament with a win over GM Laurent Fresinet
The world junior champion beat Grandmaster Luke McShane of England for his third straight win in the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters tournament.
P Harikrishna outplayed Woman Grandmaster Zhao Xue of China in the second round
P Harikrishna started off with a facile victory over Grandmaster Zhang Pengxiang of China in the first round
The second mini-match game between Ponomariov and Aronian was drawn on Friday.
The former World champion was playing his first game of the finals against Levon Aronian at the World Chess Cup.
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.
After six rounds, the Woman Grandmaster has four points from six games and looks good for a medal at the World Junior Chess championships.
The Indian Grandmaster is half a point ahead of second-placed Zhao Jun of China after nine round in the World Junior Chess Championship.
The Indian Grandmaster drew with third seed Evgeny Alekseev of Russia in the sixth round in the World Junior chess championship.
Track and field success at the Olympics has largely eluded India
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.
Krishnan Sasikiran, S S Ganguly and Pendyala Harikrishna drew their third round matches in the Dubai Chess Championship and dropped to second place.
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