Harika shuts out Shulman, shares lead
Rakesh Rao
NEW DELHI, February 27, 2010
D. Harika upstaged fifth seed US Grandmaster Yuri Shulman to share the lead at three points with three others after the third round of the Reykjavik Open chess tournament at Reykjavic on Friday.
Harika, rated 2471, came up with a crafty technique in an ending involving queens, rooks and pawns against Shulman, rated 2624.
Sahaj Grover did not have to work too hard to hold Iceland’s GM Hannes Stefansson, seeded nine, in 15 moves. Tania Sachdev, too, played above her rating to hold 11th seeded French GM Sebastien Maze.
However, eighth seed Abhijit Gupta surprisingly surrendered to Denmark’s International Master Thorbjorn Bromann.
The results (third round, involving Indians):
Yuri Shulman (USA, 2) lost to D. Harika (3); Thorbjorn Bromann (Den, 3) bt Abhijeet Gupta (2); Hannes Stefansson (Isl, 2.54) drew with Sahaj Grover (2.5); Sebastian Maze (Fra, 2) drew with Tania Sachdev (2); Eesha Karavade (2) bt Bjarni Hjartarson (Isl, 1); Vishal Sareen
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