Indian grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna suffered a defeat at the hands of compatriot SP Sethuraman in the tie breaker games of the second round and exited the FIDE World Cup in Georgia. The 20th seeded Harikrishna, playing with black pieces in the first rapid game, started off neck to neck against his countryman and the tie breaker lived up to the billing. After that grueling encounter, Harikrishna wanted to wrap it up in the second rapid game. This was Harikrishna’s sixth performance at the FIDE World Cup but he feels there will be a seventh and will lookto focus on his next tournaments. Harikrishna will be next seen in action when he features in the European Club Cup in Antalya Turkey in the second week of October.

Source: Hindustan Times September 08, 2017 17:15 UTC