Sasikiran beats Nigel Short in Corus chess
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran defeated Commonwealth champion and former world championship finalist Nigel Short of England.
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Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), Jan 22: Grandmaster
Krishnan Sasikiran defeated Commonwealth champion and former
world championship finalist Nigel Short of England in the
fifth round of the `B` group of Corus International chess
tournament, here on Thursday.
Sasikiran, who had a bad start with just one point from
the first four games, proved his mettle against joint leader
Short and the Indian now seems on a recovery path with 2
points from five games played so far.
Former world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan
emerged as the new leader in the 14-player round robin
tournament after settling for a quick draw with Dutchman
Dimitri Reindermann.
The other overnight leader - Fabiano Caruana of Italy
also met his nemesis in Zahar Efimenko of Ukraine.
Sasikiran got the better of Short, playing white, in a
rather complicated game.
An early deviation in the Sicilian defense witnessed
Short gaining a spatial advantage and good central control
but the Indian kept himself in the hunt with timely counter
attacking measures on the king side.
Short missed the thread of the position in the later part
of the middle game and Sasikiran won an exchange that proved
decisive in the end. It was an overwhelming attack on his king
which forced Short to throw in the towel after 35 moves.
In `C` group being played simultaneously, Grandmsater
Abhijeet Gupta (2.5) bounced back with a victory over
Holland`s Manuel Bosboom.
Grandmaster Tiger HIlarp Persson of Sweden emerged as
sole leader in this section with a clinical demolition of
youngster Anish Giri of Russia.
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