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Monday, Apr 04, 2005

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Hari holds Azmaiparashvili

DOS HERMANAS (SPAIN), APRIL 3. For a second straight day, P. Hari Krishna drew his game in 31 moves with Georgia's Zurab Azmaiparashvili in the Dos Hermanas International chess tournament here on Saturday. Hari now has one point from two rounds, same as top-seeded Russian Alexey Dreev and four others in the 10-player field.

In the Ragozin variation of Queen's Gambit Declined, Hari came under pressure after a series of exchanges. Though he was never in any serious danger of losing the game, Hari had to defend accurately to deny Azmaiparashvili any decisive advantage. Finally, the game ended after repetition of moves.

The match between joint leaders Sergey Karjakin and Miguel Illescas ended in 35 moves following the opening lines of Queen's Gambit Accepted.

The results (second round): Miguel Illescas (Esp) (1.5) drew with Sergey Karjakin (Ukr) (1.5); Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Geo) (1) drew with P. Hari Krishna (1); Alexey Dreev (Rus) (1) drew with Teimour Radjabov (Aze) (1); Ruben Felfaer (Arg) (1) bt Alexander Rustemov (Rus) (0.5); Lenier Dominguez (Cub) (0.5) drew with Oleg Korneev (Rus) (1).

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