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Harikrishna, Neelotpal earn draws

TRIPOLI, JUNE 22. Grandmaster P. Harikrishna played out a well-fought draw against Ukranian Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk in the first game of the second round of World chess championship 2004 underway here.

The result saw him and International Master Neelotpal Das, who held Armenian GM Ashot Anastesian to a creditable draw with white pieces, being the two Indians left in the fray.

Harikrishna, who fought till the last move, could not do much against the solid play of Ivanchuk, the finalist of the last World championship held in Moscow in 2001.

The results (second round): Aleksander Delchev (Bul) lost to Veselin Topalov (Bul); Elarbi Abobker (Lba) lost to Pavel Smirnov (Rus); Karen Asrian (Arm) drew with Michael Adams (Eng); P. Harikrishna (Ind) drew with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr); Lenier Dominguez (Cub) drew with Vladimir Malakhov (Rus); Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Rom) bt Sergei Tiviakov (Ned); Andrei Kharlov (Rus) bt Ivan Sokolov (Ned); Alexey Dreev (Rus) bt Ruben Felgaer (Arg); Utut Adianto (Ina) drew with Vladimir Akopian (Arm); Ye Jiangchuan (Chn) drew with Ni Hua (Chn); Ashot Anastasian (Arm) drew with Neelotpal Das (Ind); Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Geo) lost to Alexander Lastin (Rus); Viorel Iordachescu (Mda) drew with Sergei Rublevsky (Rus); Teimour Radjabov (Aze) drew with Peter Heine Nielsen (Den); Alexander Beliavsky (Slo) drew with ikhail Kobalia (Rus); Zoltan Almasi (Hun) drew with Francisco Vallejo Pons (Esp); Kritz Leonid (Ger) lost to Rafael Leitao (Bra); Smbat Lputian (Arm) drew with Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov (Aze); Alexander Graf (Ger) drew with Vladislav Tkachiev (Fra); Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (Usa) drew with Vadim Zvjaginsev (Rus); Rustan Kasimdzhanov (Uzb) bt Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iri); Valerij Filippov (Rus) bt Loek Van Wely (Ned); Hichem Hamdouchi (Mar) drew with Sergey Kudrin (Usa); Levon Aronian (Arm) bt Gadir Guseinov (Aze); Peter Acs (Hun) bt Sergei Movsesian (Svk). — PTI

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