Harikrishna bounced back to draw

Moscow, May 20: Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna bounced back to draw against Russian GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in the seventh round of the FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2017 chess tournament at the DI Telegraph here after the loss of last game on Thursday.

While coming to details that Harikrishna is playing with white pieces got off to a good opening and it was evenly poised for much of the initial phases on Friday.

In his 24th move, his miscalculated in which allowed the Russian to take advantage mid-way into the game but the Indian hung on and with time running out both the players decided to share the point.

Harikrishna said that "Kc2 was a bad move allowing Black's manoeuvre Bb7-Bc6. After the time control the position was more in favour of Black, but eventually, it finished in a draw"

Harikrishna now has three points and is placed 15th on the points table. He will take on Russia GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the next round later on Saturday.