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KOZHIKODE, JULY 2: Pentala Harikrishna of AP and M B Muralidharan of Kerala shared the lead with two points each in the Susheela Thipsay Memorial Fide-rated Chess Tournament organised by Tal Chess Club today.
Muralidharan got the better of International Master and former Commonwealth champion P Mitrakanth of NLC in 47 moves of Kings Indian Reverse while Harikrishna defeated K Haridas of Tamil Nadu Transport in 39 moves of Reti Opening.
Muralidharan won an exchange on move 19 and then found a good Queen and rook combination to deliver mate. Harikrishna pounced on Haridas8217; passive play and got better as the game progressed. Haridas blundered a rook in the end.
IM R B Ramesh of PSCB and former Kerala champion N A Majeed were in the second position with 1.5 points each. Ramesh beat Nazia Nona of Tal Academy in 26 moves of Sicilian Defence after snatching a pawn in the opening phase while Majeed outwitted Ratnakaran in 45 moves of Reti Opening.
IM K Murugan of NLC recovered from his first round loss anddefeated K R Madhusoodanan of Tal Academy in 49 moves of Queens Gambit Declined.
Results 2nd round: K Haridas 0.5 lost to Harikrishna 2; M B Muralidharan 2 bt Mitrakanth NLC 1; N A Majeed 1.5 bt Ratnakaran 0; Nazia Nona 0.5 lost to R B Ramesh 1.5; KR Madhusoodanan 0 lost to Murugan 1.
