Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna (2737) scored 7.0/9 to win the Isle of Man PokerStars tournament on tiebreak. French GM Laurent Fressinet (2702) and Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian (2679) also scored 7.0/9, but finished second and third on tiebreak respectively.
India was represented by six GMs and 2 IMs in the star-studded field. IM Swayams Mishra was the second best Indian after Harikrishna, finishing 16th with 6.0/9.
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The top board game between French GM Laurent Fressinet (2702) and Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian (2658) ended in a draw, allowing five others grandmasters to catch up with the erstwhile leaders in the Isle of Man Chess tourney.
Indian GM Dronavalli Harika (2516) suffered a defeat at the hands of the evergreen Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov (2612) to remain stranded 2.5/4. Other Indians had positive results to stay in the race.
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French GM Laurent Fressinet (2702) and Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian (2658) lead the PokerStars Isle of Man tournament with a perfect score of 3.0/3.
Second seed GM Pentala Harikrishna (2737) dropped half a point in the third round to move to 2.5/3. GM Deep Sengupta (2580), GM Dronavalli Harika (2516) and GM Sundararajan Kidambi (2497) are also placed at 2.5/3.
Check the Round 4 pairings here.