Harikrishna draws, stays joint second

Grandmaster P Harikrishna took unwarranted risk but finally drew with Romanian GM Mihail Marin in the sixth round of the 50th Reggio Emilia International Chess tournament here.

With three draws, two win and a loss against Zoltan Almasi of Hungary, Harikrishna took his tally to 3.5 points out of a possible 6 and remained in joint second spot.

The lead positions remained unchanged as all the five games of round six ended in draws for the first time in this category-16 round robin event. As a result, Almasi remained at the helm with 4 points in his kitty.