Gujrathi, Harikrishna settle for draws in Prague IOC

15 February,2020 05:00 AM IST |   | 


Gujrathi, Harikrishna settle for draws in Prague Prague: Indiau2019s Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and P Harikrishna had to settle for half- a- point each on a day of draws in the Masters event of the Prague Chess Festival here.

Grand Master Gujrathi had to settle for a draw against David Anton Guijarro of Spain in 49 moves late on Thursday.

He is in joint lead with 1.5 points from two rounds with Jan- Krzysztof Duda and Nikita Vitiugov. Harikrishna battled top- seed and higher- rated Duda of Poland and signed the peace treaty in 31 moves in a Catalan opening game.

Worldu2019s top junior playeru2014 Alireza Firouzja and Swedish GM Nils Grandelius were involved in 80- move draw lasting nearly five hours.

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