Hari draws to be in joint lead

Junior world champion P Harikrishna drew yet again, with Ukrainian champion Andrei Volokitin, and remained in joint lead after the seventh round of the international invitational chess tournament here.

The day produced just one decisive game, won by Bartlomiej Macieja of Poland who easily crashed through the defences of Cuban Lenier Dominiguez, shattering his hopes despite leading the table jointly till now. As things stand now in this category-17 double round-robin tournament amongst six players, Harikrishna, Giovanni Vescovi of Brazil and Boris Gelfand of Israel share the lead with 4 points apiece from seven games.

With just three rounds remaining, Dominiguez is on the toes of the leaders with 3.5 points in his bag while Macieja took his tally to 3 points and moved to fifth place. Volokitin is at placed last with 2.5 points.