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Harikrishna is joint second

Hastings (England) Jan. 6 . Though he failed to defend his title, Grandmaster Pentyala Harikrishna had a positive start to the season finishing a creditable tied second in the Premier tournament of the Hastings international chess congress here.

Harikrishna trailed the winner GM Peter Heine Nielsen of Denmark by half a point after a victory against GM Glenn Flear of England in the ninth and final round.

The results (final round): Keith Arkell (Eng, 5.5) drew with Peter Heine Nielsen (Den, 6); P. Harikrishna (5.5) beat Glenn Flear (Eng, 4); Sergey Karjakin (Ukr, 5) drew with Alexei Barsov (Uzb, 5); Krishnan Sasikiran (4.5) drew with Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Rus, 2); Alexandra Kosteniuk (Rus, 3) beat Luke McShane (Eng, 4.5).

Final standings: 1. Nielsen 6; 2-3. Harikrishna, Arkell 5.5 each; 4-5. Barsov, Karjakin 5 each; 6-7. McShane, Sasikiran 4.5 each; 8. Flear 4; 9. Kosteniuk 3; 10. Tseshkovsky 2. — PTI

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