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Harikrishna
Advances, Humpy Bows Out
By Arvind Aaron
Grandmaster
P.Harikrishna of Hyderabad who is looking for a sponsorship entered the
knock out phase of the Cap d'Agde Masters Rapid Chess Tournament on Oct 30
in France. With the top four players advancing, Harikrishna lost the first
game on Sunday but advanced to the next stage by taking the fourth place
in Group A. Harikrishna will face winner of Group B, Volokitin in the last
quarter finals on Tuesday.
Koneru Humpy tied for the third to sixth places in Group B and played the
tie-break blitz. She beat Karpov yet again a second time in the event! But
it was not enough. She lost 0.5-1.5 to Bacrot, 0-2 to Zhao Xue and won
1.5-0.5 with Karpov in the blitz double round robin play off.
The two Ukrainians, Sergey Karjakin and Andrei Volokitin won the two
groups and should be favourites thought Radjabov and Harikrishna are the
experienced players. Negi found the heat in Group A and did not make it to
the next stage.
Group A: 1 S.Karjakin (Ukr) 5.5/7, 2-3 L.Fressinet (Swz), T.Radjabov (Aze)
5 each, 4 P.Harikrishna (Ind) 4.5 each, 5 A.Stefanova (Bul) 4, 6
Parimarjan Negi (Ind) 3.5, 7 Marie Sebag (Fra) 2.5, 8 A.Kosteniuk (Rus) 2.
Group B: 1 A.Volokitin (Ukr) 5.5/7, 2 M.Carlsen (Nor) 4.5, 3-6 E.Bacrot,
Zhao Xue (Chn), Koneru Humpy (Ind), A.Karpov (Rus) 3.5, 7 M.V.Lagrave (Fra)
2.5, 8 A.Skripchenko (Fra) 1.5.
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Published on : 31.10.2006
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