Negi draws

 Dato ArthurTan Malaysian open (DATMO)2009 Champion Parimarjan Negi let his country man Harikrishna off the hook in round 7 Corus B match tonight,both agreeing to a draw after a series of checks by HariKrishna

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Negi, P."]
[Black "Harikrishna, P."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Bb7 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Re1
O-O-O 15. Kh1 Kb8 16. a4 Rg8 17. Qxf7 Rdf8 18. Qxe6 Nf6 19. Bxh6 Bc8 20. Qe2
Rf7 21. Ne5 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. f3 Bc8 24. f4

(24. Bc4 Rh8 25. Bxf7 Rxh6 26.
Qe8 Bxh2 27. Re6 Rh4 28. c3 c5 29. Re4 Bf4+ 30. Kg1 Bh2+ 31. Kf1 Rxe4 32. fxe4
cxd4 33. Ke2 dxc3 34. Rc1 Qg3 35. Rxc3 Qxg2+) 24... Rh7

25. Bxh7

(25. Qh5 Rgh8
26. Bxh7 Qxh7 27. g3 Qxh6 28. Qxh6 Rxh6 29. a5 b5 30. h4 Kc7 with still an advantage for white) 25... Qxh7 26.
Qh5 Rg6 27. Re8 Rxh6 28. Qg4 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxc2+ 31. Ke3 Qb3+ 32.
Ke4 Qc2+ 33. Ke3 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2