By IANS
Reggio Emilio : Pentala Harikrishna drew his fifth round with Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan and dropped half a point behind the leaders, Zoltan Almasi and Konstantin Landa in the 50th Reggio Emilio Grandmasters chess tournament Wednesday.
The Indian Grandmaster, who was among the four co-leaders drew with Gashimov in 53 moves as the game ended with opposite colours bishops besides equal number of pawns and a rook and queen each.
In the only two decisive games, David Narra who lost to Harikrishna in fourth round, bounced back to beat veteran Swiss player, Viktor Korchnoi, while Almasi beat Mihail Marin.
The other games were drawn.
Results of fifth round: Godena drew with Landa; Narra beat Korchnoi; Almasi beat Marin; Ni Hua beat Tiviakov; Gashimov drew with Harikrishna
Standings after fifth round: 1-2. Zoltan Almasi (HUN 2691) and Konstantin Landa (RUS 2678) 3.5 points; 3-5. Pentala Harikrishna (IND 2668) and Vugar Gashimov (AZE 2663) and Ni Hua (Chn 2641) 3 points; 6. Mihail Marin (ROM 2551), Sergey Tiviakov (NED 2643), Viktor Korchnoi (SUI 2611) and David Navara (CZE 2656) 2 points 10. Michele Godena (ITA 2535) 1.5 points