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Sunday, January 18, 2004

"Thipsay battles Short to draw in Commonwealth Chess tilt
By Manny Benitez
Chess Columnist
Veteran Indian Grandmaster Praveen Thipsay battled top seed Nigel Short of England to a draw on Saturday in the penultimate eighth round to keep his hopes alive for the plum in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Mumbai, India. "
Here is how the Englishman, playing White, did it:

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 Ngf3 cxd4 5 exd5 Qxd5 6 Bc4 Qd6 7 0-0 Nf6 8 Nb3 Nc6 9 Nbxd4 Nxd4 10 Nxd4 a6 11 Bb3?! Qc7?! 11...e5 was best 12 Qf3 Bd6 13 Kh1!? Bd7 13... Bxh2 fails against 14 g3! 14 Bg5 Be5 15 Rad1 h6 16 Bh4 0-0 17 Rfe1 Rfd8 18 c3 Rac8 19 h3 Bxd4 20 Rxd4 Bc6 21 Qe3 Rxd4 22 Qxd4 Qd8? 22...Rd8 was more accurate 23 Bxf6! Qxf6? 23...gxf6 was safer 24 Qxf6 gxf6 25 Rxe6!! 1-0.

After 25 Rxe6!!

If 25...fxe6 26 Bxe6+!, and the rook falls. If 25...Kg7 26 Rd6 wins.
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posted by ChessManiac.com Team Member at Sunday, January 18, 2004

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