Harika beats Kashlinskaya to grab joint second spot

Dronavalli Harika

India's Dronavalli Harika wore down Russia's Alina Kashlinskaya with black pieces in the ninth round of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss chess tournament to share the joint second spot with four other players.

Harika opted for the Slav Defence against the Russian opponent and obtained an overwhelming advantage in a rook endgame and smoothly converted it. Kashlinskaya resigned on move 83. Harika now has six points after nine rounds.

With eight points, Lei Tingjie of China has a two-point lead over the rest of the field and is almost certain to take the top spot in the Women's section. In the Open section, Indian GM K Sasikiran defeated Pavel Eljanov in the ninth round to take his tally to 6 points and is in joint third place with nine others.

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