Harikrish finishes second

Biel, July 24: Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrish got off to a flying start in the Biel Intertiol Chess Festival campaign after finishing runner-up in the Rapid Chess Championship here.
The eight-player closed-tourment saw the likes of former World Champion Atoly Karpov, women's World Champion Hou Yifan, David vara (top seed), Alexander Morozevich, Yannick Pelletier, Rafael Vaganian and Vlastimil Hort feature alongside Harikrish, who is the sole Indian representative in this prestigious event. IANS