
Former world junior champion P Harikrishna jumped into sole lead in the 15th Ciudad de Pamplona International chess tournament with a crushing victory over Grandmaster Laurent Fresinet of France in the fourth round here today. With his second victory in the tournament, Harikrishna took his tally to 3 points out of a possible 4 and is now half a point adrift of nearest rivals former world champion, Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine and Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria, both at 2.5 points.