Harika loses to Kosteniuk; slips to third spot

Lausanne, Mar 8:
Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika went down to former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the sixth round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament here to slip to third spot.
The Indian no.2 was outmanoeuvred by the Russian in a Berlin defence game in 55 moves late on Saturday.
It was the first loss for Harika in the tournament after two wins and three draws. On the other hand, the win was change in fortunes for Kosteniuk, who had struggled thus far and had lost three straight games.
The world no. 9 Harika will face Zhansaya Abdumalik in the seventh round on Monday after a rest day.(PTI)

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