Harikrishna holds Sasikiran

MERIDA, MAY 23. International Master Pentyala Harikrishna held Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran to a draw in the first of their two-game Lausanne Young Masters quarterfinal match on Tuesday.

The second game, where Sasikiran will have the advantage of playing white, the first move will be the decider.

All other opening game quarterfinals matches were drawn. R. Ponomariov (Ukr) drew with Volokitin (Ukr), Xiangzhi Bu (Chn) drew with Lazaro Bruzon (Cub), P. Harikrishna (Ind) drew with K. Sasikiran (Ind), L. Aronian (Arm) drew with E. Bacrot (Fra).

Free day in Kazakhstan

The category 20 Super Grandmaster tournament in Kazakhstan had a free day and the fourth round will be played on Thursday with Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik in the lead on 2.5 points from three games. Behind them are: 3-4 B. Gelfand (Isr), A. Shirov (ESP) 1.5 each, 5 A. Morozevich (Rus) 1, 6 D. Sadvakasov (Kaz) 0.

- Our Chess Correspondent

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