FIDE Grand Prix: P Harikrishna dishes out stellar performance to beat world No.4 Levon Aronian

Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna gave a stellar performance to beat world number 4 Levon Aronian of Armenia in the sixth round to climb to the top of the leaderboard at the Geneva FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament. 

With this win, Harikrishna has taken a huge claim for a podium finish in the Candidates tournament. World No. 22 Indian, playing with black pieces, started on a balanced note but



capitalised as the top seeded Armenian slipped with a miscalculated move.

After the end of six rounds, Harikrishna has amassed a total of four points, courtesy of two wins and four draws. He is now joint first along with Alexander Grischuk and Teimour Radjabov.

In the seventh round of the tournament, Harikrishna will take on Alexander Grischuk from Russia.