Harikrishna second in Mexico tournament

Grandmaster P Harikrishna finished second in the Carlos Torre Memorial...

• By: PTI
• New Delhi | December 26, 2007 12:00 AM IST
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Grandmaster P Harikrishna finished second in the Carlos Torre Memorial knockout chess tournament after losing to World No. 2 Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine 1-3 in the final in Mexico.

Harikrishna played impressively throughout the event and even beat Ivanchuk in one of the Classical games before he was beaten in the tiebreaker.

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Harikrishna started the event with a 1.5-0.5 victory over Gilberto Hernandez of Mexico and drew the second game with difficulty. In the second round, German GM Meier Georg was at the receiving end against the Indian.

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