India s Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna held off a strong challenge from Grandmaster Anish Giri of Netherlands to consolidate his eighth position after round 11 in the Tata Steel Chess tournament here. Harikrishna, starting in black found himself in trouble initially and his German opponent got into winning position. "Anish played strong novelty and got into winning position. Harikrishna will now take on the Hungarian Grandmaster Richard Rapport in his next round on Saturday night. Tata Steel Chess is an elite tournament in this northern town of The Netherlands, popularly known as the Wimbledon of chess.

Source: dna January 28, 2017 09:48 UTC