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Hari draws with Karjakin

DOS HERMANAS (SPAIN), APRIL 7. P. Hari Krishna earned a creditable 84-move draw against the world's youngest Grandmaster, Sergey Karjakin, in the sixth round of the Dos Hermanas International chess tournament here on Wednesday.

After a series of exchanges, both players were left with a minor piece and six pawns each. Though Karjakin claimed a pawn on the 72nd turn, it was not enough for him to force the issue.

This hard-fought draw in Ruy Lopez took Hari's tally to three points and kept him in the joint-third place. Azerbaijan's Teimour Radjabov split points with Russia's Alexander Rustemov to reach four points and maintain his overnight half-point lead.

Even as four matches ended in draws, Miguel Illescas ended his three-game losing streak to beat Russia's Oleg Korneev in 64 moves.

The results (sixth round): Sergey Karjakin (Ukr) (3.5) drew with P. Hari Krishna (3); Ruben Felgaer (Arg) (3.5) drew with Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Geo) (3.5); Alexander Rustemov (Rus) (3) drew with Teimour Radjabov (Aze) (4); Miguel Illescas (Esp) (2.5) bt Oleg Korneev (Rus) (2.5); Lenier Dominguez (Cub) (2) drew with Alexey Dreev (Rus) (2.5).

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