Harikrishna loses in Chess meet

Moscow May 16: Indian Grand Master P. Harikrishna has been lost his game against the Russian GM Peter Svidler here in the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament.

while going to matter, he went down fighting to Russian GM Peter Svidler in the third round to suffer his first loss in the tournament.

Harikrishna playing in white pieces started off aggressively and maintained pressure on his huge rated opponent during the initial stage of the game late on Sunday night.



However, one miscalculated move mid-way into the tie saw Svidler seize the momentum and turned the tides on Harikrishna.

With two draws and one loss, Harikrishna now has one point from three rounds in the 9-round Swiss tournament which offers prize money of 130,000 euros as well as chance to qualify for the prestigious candidate's tournament.