[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 2006"]
[Site "Eskay Resorts, Mumbai"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "Kiran Monisha Mohanty, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.11.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 
Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. Rb1 Be6 15.
bxa3 Qc8 16. a4 Na5 17. Rd1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ra6 21. 
Rb3
Rc6 22. Rdb1 Rd8 23. a5 h6 24. R1b2 Rd7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Kf1 Qa8 27. Bb6 Nxd5
28. exd5 Rc8 29. Qb5 Re7 30. Rb4 Bxb6 31. Qxb6 Rd7 32. c4 Rc5 33. a6 Qxa6 
34.
Qxa6 bxa6 35. Ke2 a5 36. Ra4 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Rb5 Ra7 39. g4 Kd7 40. Ra3 
Kc7
41. Rxc5+ dxc5 42. Rb3 a4 43. Rb5 Kd6 44. Rb6+ Kd7 45. Ke4 f6 46. a3 Ke7 47. 
h4
Kd7 48. h5 Ke7 49. Kf5 Kd7 50. Kg6 Kd8 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 2006"]
[Site "Eskay Resorts, Mumbai"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "Kiran Monisha Mohanty, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.11.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 
Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. Rb1 Be6 15.
bxa3 Qc8 16. a4 Na5 17. Rd1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ra6 21. 
Rb3
Rc6 22. Rdb1 Rd8 23. a5 h6 24. R1b2 Rd7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Kf1 Qa8 27. Bb6 Nxd5
28. exd5 Rc8 29. Qb5 Re7 30. Rb4 Bxb6 31. Qxb6 Rd7 32. c4 Rc5 33. a6 Qxa6 
34.
Qxa6 bxa6 35. Ke2 a5 36. Ra4 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Rb5 Ra7 39. g4 Kd7 40. Ra3 
Kc7
41. Rxc5+ dxc5 42. Rb3 a4 43. Rb5 Kd6 44. Rb6+ Kd7 45. Ke4 f6 46. a3 Ke7 47. 
h4
Kd7 48. h5 Ke7 49. Kf5 Kd7 50. Kg6 Kd8 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championshp 2006"]
[Site "Eskay Resorts"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soumya Swaminathan, India"]
[Black "Ganguly S S, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.11.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 
8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bb2 f5 12. c4 b6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 
Rf7
15. Bh5 Re7 16. a4 Bb7 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Qh4 a6 19. Rad1 e5 20. Qh3 Rf8 21. 
Bf3
e4 22. Bh5 Re6 23. Bc1 f4 24. Qh4 Rh6 25. Bxf4 Rxh5 26. Qxh5 Rxf4 27. Rd2 
Bc6
28. Rfd1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan, India"]
[Black "Mishra Swayams, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. 
c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nbd2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. e5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nd7 19. f4 Rc8 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. 
Nxc4
dxc4 22. Nf5 Nc5 23. Qxd8 Bxd8 24. Nd6 Rc6 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rad1 Be7 27. 
Nf5
Rc7 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rd6 Ra8 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Red1 Ke8 32. Ke3 Rc7 33. Kd4 
a5
34. Rd5 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Kc3+ Ke7 37. Rd5 b4+ 38. Kc2 a4 39. Ra5 b3+ 
40.
Kc3 bxa2 41. Rxa4 Rb7 42. Rxa2 Rb3+ 43. Kxc4 Rxh3 44. b4 Rf3 45. f5 h5 46. 
Ra7+
Kd8 47. Rxf7 hxg4 48. Kd5 g6 49. fxg6 Rxf7 50. gxf7 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kxf7 52. b5 
Ke6
53. b6 g3 54. b7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iyer Prasanna, India"]
[Black "Rahman Ziaur, Bangladesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8. Nh3 
dxc4
9. Nf4 Qd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Ne6 Kd7 14. exf5 Nxf2+ 
15.
Kc2 cxb3+ 16. Kxb3 Bd3 17. Be3 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Bh3 19. Rhf1 Bxg2 20. e6+ Ke8 
21.
Rxf2 Bh3 22. Re1 Na6 23. e7 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kd6 25. Ne4+ Kd7 26. Rf7+ Kc8 27. 
Be7
Bxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd8 29. Nxc6 Rd7 30. Nc3 Nc5+ 31. Kc4 Kb7 32. Rxd7+ Nxd7 33. 
Nd4
Rc8+ 34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35. Kd2 Rc7 36. Re5 Rd7 37. Ke3 Bg2 38. h4 Bc6 39. g4 Kc7 
40.
Ncb5+ Bxb5 41. Nxb5+ Kb7 42. Nd4 Na4 43. Rh5 g6 44. Re5 Nb2 45. Rg5 Nc4+ 46.
Ke4 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abhijit Kunte, India"]
[Black "Van Den Heever Donovan, South Africa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. 
e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Qd3 f5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Qc4+ Kh8 
15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Bb1 Be6 
21.
Rd6 Rae8 22. h4 Bg8 23. Bd3 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Somak Palit, India"]
[Black "Nigel Short, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 a6 10. cxd4 axb5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne2 Re8 13. d5 c6 14. dxc6 
bxc6
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Qb3 c5 17. a3 Be6 18. Qc2 bxa3 19. bxa3 Reb8 20. Nc3 h6 21. 
a4
Qb2 22. Rfc1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Bc8 24. Kf1 Ba6 25. Ke2 c4 26. dxc4 Bxc4+ 27. Kf3
Bd3 28. Rca2 Rb3 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Re3 Rcxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. a5 Bxe4+ 33. 
Ke2
Rc8 34. Rd2 Bd5 35. Kd1 Ra8 36. Ra3 Ra6 37. Rb2 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Black "Rahul Shetty, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 
8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rd1 Bc7 13. c4 O-O 14. Ne2
Rb8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bc5 Rfb8 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Kf8 20. Rad1 
Ke7
21. b3 Ra7 22. Rb6 Kd8 23. Nc3 Kc7 24. Rbd6 Re8 25. b4 Re7 26. a4 Ra8 27. c5
Rf8 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Bc8 30. b6+ Kb8 31. Ra1 Nd7 32. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Adhiban B, India"]
[Black "Sandipan Chanda, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. 
h3
Rb8 9. f4 Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. g5 Nc7 13. h4 b4 14. Nce2 f6 15. Qd2 
d5
16. f5 dxe4 17. g6 hxg6 18. fxg6 exd3 19. Nf4 f5 20. Qd1 Ne8 21. Nd5 Nf6 22.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qh5 Rxg6 24. Qxg6 Ne5 25. Qh5 Be8 26. Qd1 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxh4+ 
28.
Kg1 c4 29. Rf3 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Bc6 31. Qe1 Nxf3 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qxc6 Nh2+ 34.
Ke1 Qxg3+ 35. Kd1 dxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "S Nikhil, India"]
[Black "Thipsay P M, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nf3 e6 
8.
Qe2 Be7 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. d3 Bd6 13. Be3 Re8 14. 
O-O-O
Bxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Qd2 b5 17. d4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rhe1 Qe7 20. Bf2 
Rc8
21. b3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 bxc4 23. Kb2 cxb3 24. axb3 h6 25. Bc3 Qc7 26. Rxe4 Bxe4
27. Qd4 f6 28. g3 Bg6 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Qa4 Be8 32. Qa3 Bf7 33. b4
Qb5 34. Ka1 Qe2 35. Rd2 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 Rc8 37. Qa5 Kh7 38. Qa3 Re8 39. Rc2 Bg6
40. Rc1 Qe2+ 41. Ka1 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta, India"]
[Black "Nitin S, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. 
Bg5
Nc7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qe7 14. f3 b5 
15.
Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 d5 17. Qe2 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Rae1 f5 20. Bc6 Rab8 
21.
b3 Kh7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qc4 Rbc8 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h3 Rd8 26. Kh1 Re8 27. 
Bxc5
1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Bxb5 Nge7 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Na3 Rb8 14. 
Qa4
Bc3 15. Rac1 Bb2 16. Rxc7 Qd6 17. Rxc8 Nxc8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Nxb2 Nd6 20. 
Bxd7
Rxb2 21. Bc6 Rfb8 22. a3 Rb1 23. g3 h6 24. e5 Nf5 25. Be4 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Ne7
27. d5 Qc5 28. d6 Nd5 29. Qd4 Qb5+ 30. Kg2 Nb6 31. Ne1 Qa5 32. Nd3 Qxa3 33. 
Nc5
Rc8 34. d7 Nxd7 35. Nxd7 Qc3 36. Qxa7 Qd2 37. Qb7 Rd8 38. Bc6 Qc3 39. h4 h5 
40.
Be4 Qd2 41. Bd5 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Praveen Kumar, India"]
[Black "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Re8 12. b3 c6 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nd3 
Bf5
15. f3 Qc7 16. Ra2 h5 17. Kh1 Re7 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Nf2 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3 
21.
Qe1 h4 22. Ne4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "S Kidambi, India"]
[Black "D Harika, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 f5 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Qa5+ 
8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nb3 Qe5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf3
Qe5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Rb1 d6 17. Re1 Qf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4+ 
e5
21. Qe3 Qf4 22. Rbd1 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rb8 24. Bf3 b5 25. Rb3 Be6 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 
27.
cxb5 Bxa2 28. Rxd6 Rc8 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. h3 Rd7 31. b6 axb6 32. Rxb6 Rd4 33. 
Bc6
Kg7 34. b4 Bd5 35. b5 Kf8 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxh7 
Kc5
40. Rb7 Rd2 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Arghyadip Das, India"]
[Black "Surya Sekhar Ganguly, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qc5 h6 14. Bf4 
e5
15. Be3 Bb7 16. a3 Rd8 17. Rd6 Qb8 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nf5 Ne8 20. Rxc6 dxc6 21.
Ne7+ Kh7 22. b4 Bc7 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxf8 Nd6 25. Qe7 Rd7 26. Qh4 a5 27. 
Nd5
axb4 28. axb4 Qa8 29. Kb2 Bd8 30. Qf2 Bxd5 31. exd5 Bf6 32. c3 Qxd5 33. Qc2+ 
g6
34. Be2 Qe6 35. Bc5 Nb7 36. Be3 Nd6 37. Bc5 Nb7 38. Be3 Qc6 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. 
Bd3
Qc8 41. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "Saptarshi Roy, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nf6 
8.
f3 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Ne5 11. h4 Rc8 12. Be2 b5 13. Ncxb5 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. Qd3 Ra4 16. Nc3 Rb4 17. h5 Qb8 18. h6 Bh8 19. g5 Rxb2 20. gxf6 Qb4 
21.
a3 Qxa3 22. Kd2 Rc8 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. Rxa7 Be6 25. Ra4 Qb7 26. fxe7 d5 27. 
Nxd5
Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "S Satyapragyan, India"]
[Black "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4
Be7 9. b3 f6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bb2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Ndxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Nf3 
Rxf3
15. gxf3 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. h5 Rf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 
21.
Rg1 Kg7 22. Bd3 Be8 23. c4+ d4 24. O-O-O Rxf4 25. Rde1 Bf7 26. Re2 Bh4 27. 
Rg2
Kf6 28. Kb1 g5 29. Bc1 Rf3 30. Be4 Bh5 31. Re1 Ne5 32. Bxf3 Nxf3 33. Rh1 
Bg6+
34. Kb2 Be4 35. Rh3 a5 36. Rg4 Kf5 37. Rhxh4 gxh4 38. Rf4+ Ke5 39. Rf8 Bf5 
0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "S Meenakshi, India"]
[Black "Ziaur Rahman, Bangladesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Nb6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Bb2 exd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 
Rb8
15. Bd5 c6 16. Na4 cxd5 17. Bxd4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 dxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ 
Qf6
21. Qxc4 Rfc8 22. Qa6 Rb2 23. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Commonwelth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pravin Thipsay, India"]
[Black "Prathamesh Mokal, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. 
c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 b6 14. Rfd1 Re8 
15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. b3 Qb8 19. Nh2 Nhf6 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. 
Qe3
b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxb5 25. a4 Qa6 26. Bd3 Qb7 27. Bb5
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qc1 Qb7 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Nb8 33. 
Bb5
d5 34. g4 f6 35. Be3 1-0

[Event "Commonwelth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "C Praveen Kumar , India"]
[Black "R B Ramesh, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 a5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. h3 Bxf4 14. exf4 
b6
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Rd1 Qd6 
21.
Be3 Bd7 22. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Aswin Jayram, India"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. c4 
Rad8
15. Nd2 f5 16. Rab1 Bc8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Kh2 Rd6 19. Nf3 e4 20. Ng1 c5 21. 
Rb8
Rfd8 22. Rfb1 Qe8 23. R1b3 Be6 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh4 g5 27. Qh5 
Bf7
28. Qe2 Bxc4 29. Rc3 exd3 30. cxd3 Bxd3 31. Qh5 Be4 32. Rxc5 Rd2+ 33. Ne2 g4
0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sandipan Chanda, India"]
[Black "Nigel Short, England"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. 
dxc5
a5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qxc5 11. b4 Qc7 12. b5 Rd8 13. Bb2 a4 14. O-O Nbd7 
15.
Rc1 Nc5 16. Qe2 b6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. f4 Rf8 19. Ndf3 Nfe4 20. f5 Bd5 21. Nxf7
Rxf7 22. fxe6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Qd6 25. Rf7 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. 
Rd7
Qxe6 28. Qxe6+ Nxe6 29. Rd6 Nc5 30. Rxb6 Bg5 31. Rc3 Re8 32. Rc6 Rxe3 33. 
Rxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Black "S Vijayalakshmi, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. 
Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 Qe7 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. g3 Ne6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. h4 Ne7 15. 
d4
c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc2 c5 18. Be3 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Nh2 Bh3 21. dxc5 
dxc5
22. f3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Qf2 Ne6 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Bf6 27. Nf3 Bc6 
28.
h5 b6 29. e5 Bg7 30. f5 gxf5 31. h6 f4 32. hxg7 Ng5 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qh4+ 
Kg6
35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Rd6+ Qxd6 37. Qxg5+ Kh7 38. exd6 fxe3 39. Kh2 Rxg5 40. 
Nxg5+
Kg6 41. Nh3 Re8 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Rf1+ Ke4 44. Rxf7 Kd3 45. Nf4+ Kd2 46. d7 
Rg8+
47. Kh4 e2 48. Nxe2 Kxe2 49. Rg7 Rb8 50. Kg5 Rd8 51. Rg6 Bxd7 52. Rxb6 Bb5 
53.
b3 c4 54. bxc4 Bxc4 55. a4 Kd3 56. Kf6 Kxc3 57. Ke7 Rd5 58. Rb1 Bb3 59. Rc1+
Kb4 60. Rc6 a5 61. Rb6+ Kxa4 62. Rb8 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Black "K Ratnakaran, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 
b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. g3 Qb6 11. Ne2 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. b3 a5 14. g4 Na7 15. f5 
Nb5
16. Nf4 Nc3 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nfxe6 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Nh3 Ne4
22. Qc1 O-O 23. Bg2 Qg6 24. Nf4 Qa6 25. Qd1 g5 26. Ne2 Qb6 27. Qc1 Rac8 28. 
h4
Ba6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. hxg5 Rf3 31. Rxh6 Qb5 32. Qd2 Qxe2+ 33. Qxe2 Bxe2 34.
Kxe2 Rxc2+ 35. Bd2 Rd3 36. Rd1 Rxd4 37. e6 Ne5 38. e7 Kf7 39. Re6 Ke8 40. 
Rxe5
a4 41. g6 e3 42. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "S Kidambi, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. a4 
Bb4
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. e4 c6 18. e5 b5 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. Ne4 bxa4 21.
Bxa6 Ba8 22. Qc2 c5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc5 26. Qc2 a3 
27.
bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Bd3 Qc5 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Re1 Bb4 32. Rd1 g6 33. Bc2
Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Kg7 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Bd3 Bc6 37. Bc4 Qa5 38. Bd3 Bc5 39. Be4 
Qa1+
40. Kh2 Bxe4 41. Qxe4 Bxf2 42. Qf4 Qa7 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qh4 Be3
46. Qf6 Qd7 47. Kh3 Kg8 48. g4 Qd5 49. Kg3 Bc5 50. g5 h5 51. Qf4 Be7 52. Kh3
Qd1 53. Kh2 Kf8 54. g4 hxg4 55. Qxg4 Bxg5 56. Qxg5 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 26"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Black "Arghyadip Das, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. 
a4
Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Bd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 
15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qc1 Qd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rd8 21.
Ra1 Qe8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxd5 Ra1+ 24. Ne1 Nd4 25. h3 Rb1 26. Kh2 Rxb2 27. 
Bc4
Bf8 28. Bc3 Rb1 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Nf3 c6 31. Qxd4 Kh7 32. Qa7 Be7 33. Qa5 g6
34. Qe5 Qf8 35. Qc7 Kg7 36. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 2006"]
[Site "Eskay Resorts, Mumbai"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "Kiran Monisha Mohanty, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.11.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 
Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. Rb1 Be6 15.
bxa3 Qc8 16. a4 Na5 17. Rd1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ra6 21. 
Rb3
Rc6 22. Rdb1 Rd8 23. a5 h6 24. R1b2 Rd7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Kf1 Qa8 27. Bb6 Nxd5
28. exd5 Rc8 29. Qb5 Re7 30. Rb4 Bxb6 31. Qxb6 Rd7 32. c4 Rc5 33. a6 Qxa6 
34.
Qxa6 bxa6 35. Ke2 a5 36. Ra4 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Rb5 Ra7 39. g4 Kd7 40. Ra3 
Kc7
41. Rxc5+ dxc5 42. Rb3 a4 43. Rb5 Kd6 44. Rb6+ Kd7 45. Ke4 f6 46. a3 Ke7 47. 
h4
Kd7 48. h5 Ke7 49. Kf5 Kd7 50. Kg6 Kd8 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championshp 2006"]
[Site "Eskay Resorts"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soumya Swaminathan, India"]
[Black "Ganguly S S, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.11.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 
8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bb2 f5 12. c4 b6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 
Rf7
15. Bh5 Re7 16. a4 Bb7 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Qh4 a6 19. Rad1 e5 20. Qh3 Rf8 21. 
Bf3
e4 22. Bh5 Re6 23. Bc1 f4 24. Qh4 Rh6 25. Bxf4 Rxh5 26. Qxh5 Rxf4 27. Rd2 
Bc6
28. Rfd1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan, India"]
[Black "Mishra Swayams, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. 
c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nbd2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. e5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nd7 19. f4 Rc8 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. 
Nxc4
dxc4 22. Nf5 Nc5 23. Qxd8 Bxd8 24. Nd6 Rc6 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rad1 Be7 27. 
Nf5
Rc7 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rd6 Ra8 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Red1 Ke8 32. Ke3 Rc7 33. Kd4 
a5
34. Rd5 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Kc3+ Ke7 37. Rd5 b4+ 38. Kc2 a4 39. Ra5 b3+ 
40.
Kc3 bxa2 41. Rxa4 Rb7 42. Rxa2 Rb3+ 43. Kxc4 Rxh3 44. b4 Rf3 45. f5 h5 46. 
Ra7+
Kd8 47. Rxf7 hxg4 48. Kd5 g6 49. fxg6 Rxf7 50. gxf7 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kxf7 52. b5 
Ke6
53. b6 g3 54. b7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iyer Prasanna, India"]
[Black "Rahman Ziaur, Bangladesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8. Nh3 
dxc4
9. Nf4 Qd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Ne6 Kd7 14. exf5 Nxf2+ 
15.
Kc2 cxb3+ 16. Kxb3 Bd3 17. Be3 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Bh3 19. Rhf1 Bxg2 20. e6+ Ke8 
21.
Rxf2 Bh3 22. Re1 Na6 23. e7 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kd6 25. Ne4+ Kd7 26. Rf7+ Kc8 27. 
Be7
Bxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd8 29. Nxc6 Rd7 30. Nc3 Nc5+ 31. Kc4 Kb7 32. Rxd7+ Nxd7 33. 
Nd4
Rc8+ 34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35. Kd2 Rc7 36. Re5 Rd7 37. Ke3 Bg2 38. h4 Bc6 39. g4 Kc7 
40.
Ncb5+ Bxb5 41. Nxb5+ Kb7 42. Nd4 Na4 43. Rh5 g6 44. Re5 Nb2 45. Rg5 Nc4+ 46.
Ke4 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championhip 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abhijit Kunte, India"]
[Black "Van Den Heever Donovan, South Africa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. 
e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Qd3 f5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Qc4+ Kh8 
15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Bb1 Be6 
21.
Rd6 Rae8 22. h4 Bg8 23. Bd3 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Somak Palit, India"]
[Black "Nigel Short, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 a6 10. cxd4 axb5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne2 Re8 13. d5 c6 14. dxc6 
bxc6
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Qb3 c5 17. a3 Be6 18. Qc2 bxa3 19. bxa3 Reb8 20. Nc3 h6 21. 
a4
Qb2 22. Rfc1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Bc8 24. Kf1 Ba6 25. Ke2 c4 26. dxc4 Bxc4+ 27. Kf3
Bd3 28. Rca2 Rb3 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Re3 Rcxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. a5 Bxe4+ 33. 
Ke2
Rc8 34. Rd2 Bd5 35. Kd1 Ra8 36. Ra3 Ra6 37. Rb2 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Black "Rahul Shetty, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 
8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rd1 Bc7 13. c4 O-O 14. Ne2
Rb8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bc5 Rfb8 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Kf8 20. Rad1 
Ke7
21. b3 Ra7 22. Rb6 Kd8 23. Nc3 Kc7 24. Rbd6 Re8 25. b4 Re7 26. a4 Ra8 27. c5
Rf8 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Bc8 30. b6+ Kb8 31. Ra1 Nd7 32. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Adhiban B, India"]
[Black "Sandipan Chanda, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. 
h3
Rb8 9. f4 Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. g5 Nc7 13. h4 b4 14. Nce2 f6 15. Qd2 
d5
16. f5 dxe4 17. g6 hxg6 18. fxg6 exd3 19. Nf4 f5 20. Qd1 Ne8 21. Nd5 Nf6 22.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qh5 Rxg6 24. Qxg6 Ne5 25. Qh5 Be8 26. Qd1 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxh4+ 
28.
Kg1 c4 29. Rf3 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Bc6 31. Qe1 Nxf3 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qxc6 Nh2+ 34.
Ke1 Qxg3+ 35. Kd1 dxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "S Nikhil, India"]
[Black "Thipsay P M, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nf3 e6 
8.
Qe2 Be7 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. d3 Bd6 13. Be3 Re8 14. 
O-O-O
Bxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Qd2 b5 17. d4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rhe1 Qe7 20. Bf2 
Rc8
21. b3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 bxc4 23. Kb2 cxb3 24. axb3 h6 25. Bc3 Qc7 26. Rxe4 Bxe4
27. Qd4 f6 28. g3 Bg6 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Qa4 Be8 32. Qa3 Bf7 33. b4
Qb5 34. Ka1 Qe2 35. Rd2 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 Rc8 37. Qa5 Kh7 38. Qa3 Re8 39. Rc2 Bg6
40. Rc1 Qe2+ 41. Ka1 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta, India"]
[Black "Nitin S, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. 
Bg5
Nc7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qe7 14. f3 b5 
15.
Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 d5 17. Qe2 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Rae1 f5 20. Bc6 Rab8 
21.
b3 Kh7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qc4 Rbc8 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h3 Rd8 26. Kh1 Re8 27. 
Bxc5
1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Bxb5 Nge7 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Na3 Rb8 14. 
Qa4
Bc3 15. Rac1 Bb2 16. Rxc7 Qd6 17. Rxc8 Nxc8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Nxb2 Nd6 20. 
Bxd7
Rxb2 21. Bc6 Rfb8 22. a3 Rb1 23. g3 h6 24. e5 Nf5 25. Be4 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Ne7
27. d5 Qc5 28. d6 Nd5 29. Qd4 Qb5+ 30. Kg2 Nb6 31. Ne1 Qa5 32. Nd3 Qxa3 33. 
Nc5
Rc8 34. d7 Nxd7 35. Nxd7 Qc3 36. Qxa7 Qd2 37. Qb7 Rd8 38. Bc6 Qc3 39. h4 h5 
40.
Be4 Qd2 41. Bd5 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Praveen Kumar, India"]
[Black "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Re8 12. b3 c6 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nd3 
Bf5
15. f3 Qc7 16. Ra2 h5 17. Kh1 Re7 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Nf2 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3 
21.
Qe1 h4 22. Ne4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "S Kidambi, India"]
[Black "D Harika, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 f5 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Qa5+ 
8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nb3 Qe5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf3
Qe5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Rb1 d6 17. Re1 Qf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4+ 
e5
21. Qe3 Qf4 22. Rbd1 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rb8 24. Bf3 b5 25. Rb3 Be6 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 
27.
cxb5 Bxa2 28. Rxd6 Rc8 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. h3 Rd7 31. b6 axb6 32. Rxb6 Rd4 33. 
Bc6
Kg7 34. b4 Bd5 35. b5 Kf8 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxh7 
Kc5
40. Rb7 Rd2 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Arghyadip Das, India"]
[Black "Surya Sekhar Ganguly, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qc5 h6 14. Bf4 
e5
15. Be3 Bb7 16. a3 Rd8 17. Rd6 Qb8 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nf5 Ne8 20. Rxc6 dxc6 21.
Ne7+ Kh7 22. b4 Bc7 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxf8 Nd6 25. Qe7 Rd7 26. Qh4 a5 27. 
Nd5
axb4 28. axb4 Qa8 29. Kb2 Bd8 30. Qf2 Bxd5 31. exd5 Bf6 32. c3 Qxd5 33. Qc2+ 
g6
34. Be2 Qe6 35. Bc5 Nb7 36. Be3 Nd6 37. Bc5 Nb7 38. Be3 Qc6 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. 
Bd3
Qc8 41. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "Saptarshi Roy, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nf6 
8.
f3 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Ne5 11. h4 Rc8 12. Be2 b5 13. Ncxb5 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. Qd3 Ra4 16. Nc3 Rb4 17. h5 Qb8 18. h6 Bh8 19. g5 Rxb2 20. gxf6 Qb4 
21.
a3 Qxa3 22. Kd2 Rc8 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. Rxa7 Be6 25. Ra4 Qb7 26. fxe7 d5 27. 
Nxd5
Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "S Satyapragyan, India"]
[Black "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4
Be7 9. b3 f6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bb2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Ndxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Nf3 
Rxf3
15. gxf3 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. h5 Rf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 
21.
Rg1 Kg7 22. Bd3 Be8 23. c4+ d4 24. O-O-O Rxf4 25. Rde1 Bf7 26. Re2 Bh4 27. 
Rg2
Kf6 28. Kb1 g5 29. Bc1 Rf3 30. Be4 Bh5 31. Re1 Ne5 32. Bxf3 Nxf3 33. Rh1 
Bg6+
34. Kb2 Be4 35. Rh3 a5 36. Rg4 Kf5 37. Rhxh4 gxh4 38. Rf4+ Ke5 39. Rf8 Bf5 
0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "S Meenakshi, India"]
[Black "Ziaur Rahman, Bangladesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Nb6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Bb2 exd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 
Rb8
15. Bd5 c6 16. Na4 cxd5 17. Bxd4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 dxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ 
Qf6
21. Qxc4 Rfc8 22. Qa6 Rb2 23. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Commonwelth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pravin Thipsay, India"]
[Black "Prathamesh Mokal, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. 
c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 b6 14. Rfd1 Re8 
15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. b3 Qb8 19. Nh2 Nhf6 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. 
Qe3
b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxb5 25. a4 Qa6 26. Bd3 Qb7 27. Bb5
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qc1 Qb7 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Nb8 33. 
Bb5
d5 34. g4 f6 35. Be3 1-0

[Event "Commonwelth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "C Praveen Kumar , India"]
[Black "R B Ramesh, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 a5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. h3 Bxf4 14. exf4 
b6
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Rd1 Qd6 
21.
Be3 Bd7 22. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Aswin Jayram, India"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. c4 
Rad8
15. Nd2 f5 16. Rab1 Bc8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Kh2 Rd6 19. Nf3 e4 20. Ng1 c5 21. 
Rb8
Rfd8 22. Rfb1 Qe8 23. R1b3 Be6 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh4 g5 27. Qh5 
Bf7
28. Qe2 Bxc4 29. Rc3 exd3 30. cxd3 Bxd3 31. Qh5 Be4 32. Rxc5 Rd2+ 33. Ne2 g4
0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sandipan Chanda, India"]
[Black "Nigel Short, England"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. 
dxc5
a5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qxc5 11. b4 Qc7 12. b5 Rd8 13. Bb2 a4 14. O-O Nbd7 
15.
Rc1 Nc5 16. Qe2 b6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. f4 Rf8 19. Ndf3 Nfe4 20. f5 Bd5 21. Nxf7
Rxf7 22. fxe6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Qd6 25. Rf7 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. 
Rd7
Qxe6 28. Qxe6+ Nxe6 29. Rd6 Nc5 30. Rxb6 Bg5 31. Rc3 Re8 32. Rc6 Rxe3 33. 
Rxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Black "S Vijayalakshmi, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. 
Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 Qe7 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. g3 Ne6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. h4 Ne7 15. 
d4
c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc2 c5 18. Be3 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Nh2 Bh3 21. dxc5 
dxc5
22. f3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Qf2 Ne6 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Bf6 27. Nf3 Bc6 
28.
h5 b6 29. e5 Bg7 30. f5 gxf5 31. h6 f4 32. hxg7 Ng5 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qh4+ 
Kg6
35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Rd6+ Qxd6 37. Qxg5+ Kh7 38. exd6 fxe3 39. Kh2 Rxg5 40. 
Nxg5+
Kg6 41. Nh3 Re8 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Rf1+ Ke4 44. Rxf7 Kd3 45. Nf4+ Kd2 46. d7 
Rg8+
47. Kh4 e2 48. Nxe2 Kxe2 49. Rg7 Rb8 50. Kg5 Rd8 51. Rg6 Bxd7 52. Rxb6 Bb5 
53.
b3 c4 54. bxc4 Bxc4 55. a4 Kd3 56. Kf6 Kxc3 57. Ke7 Rd5 58. Rb1 Bb3 59. Rc1+
Kb4 60. Rc6 a5 61. Rb6+ Kxa4 62. Rb8 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Black "K Ratnakaran, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 
b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. g3 Qb6 11. Ne2 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. b3 a5 14. g4 Na7 15. f5 
Nb5
16. Nf4 Nc3 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nfxe6 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Nh3 Ne4
22. Qc1 O-O 23. Bg2 Qg6 24. Nf4 Qa6 25. Qd1 g5 26. Ne2 Qb6 27. Qc1 Rac8 28. 
h4
Ba6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. hxg5 Rf3 31. Rxh6 Qb5 32. Qd2 Qxe2+ 33. Qxe2 Bxe2 34.
Kxe2 Rxc2+ 35. Bd2 Rd3 36. Rd1 Rxd4 37. e6 Ne5 38. e7 Kf7 39. Re6 Ke8 40. 
Rxe5
a4 41. g6 e3 42. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "S Kidambi, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. a4 
Bb4
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. e4 c6 18. e5 b5 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. Ne4 bxa4 21.
Bxa6 Ba8 22. Qc2 c5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc5 26. Qc2 a3 
27.
bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Bd3 Qc5 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Re1 Bb4 32. Rd1 g6 33. Bc2
Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Kg7 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Bd3 Bc6 37. Bc4 Qa5 38. Bd3 Bc5 39. Be4 
Qa1+
40. Kh2 Bxe4 41. Qxe4 Bxf2 42. Qf4 Qa7 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qh4 Be3
46. Qf6 Qd7 47. Kh3 Kg8 48. g4 Qd5 49. Kg3 Bc5 50. g5 h5 51. Qf4 Be7 52. Kh3
Qd1 53. Kh2 Kf8 54. g4 hxg4 55. Qxg4 Bxg5 56. Qxg5 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 26"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Black "Arghyadip Das, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. 
a4
Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Bd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 
15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qc1 Qd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rd8 21.
Ra1 Qe8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxd5 Ra1+ 24. Ne1 Nd4 25. h3 Rb1 26. Kh2 Rxb2 27. 
Bc4
Bf8 28. Bc3 Rb1 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Nf3 c6 31. Qxd4 Kh7 32. Qa7 Be7 33. Qa5 g6
34. Qe5 Qf8 35. Qc7 Kg7 36. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 26"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Deepan Chakravarthy, India"]
[Black "S Meenakshi, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. c5 
Nbd7
9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. Nd2 a5 14. c4 Ba6 15. 
Rc1
Re8 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf3 Re8 20. cxd5 Bxe2 21. 
Qxe2
cxd5 22. Qb5 Re6 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rb5 Ra6 27. Ne5 
Rc7
28. Rdb1 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Rbxd5 Rc2 32. R1d2 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 
a4
34. Kg3 Rb1 35. R5d3 Kg7 36. Ra3 Rb4 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. exd4 Kf6 39. Kf4 Ke6 
40.
Ke4 Kd6 41. g4 Ra5 42. h4 f5+ 43. gxf5 Rxf5 44. Rxa4 Rxf2 45. Ra6+ Kd7 46. 
a4
Rh2 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. Rxh7 Re2+ 49. Kd3 Ra2 50. Rg7 Kd5 51. Rxg6 Ra3+ 52. Ke2
Kxd4 53. Rg4+ Ke5 54. Kd2 Kd5 55. a5 Ke6 56. Rg5 Kf6 57. Rb5 Ke6 58. h5 Kf6 
59.
Kc2 Ke6 60. Kb2 Ra4 61. h6 Kf7 62. h7 Kg7 63. Rh5 Kh8 64. Kb3 Rf4 65. a6 Rf6
66. Ra5 Rf3+ 67. Kc4 Rf4+ 68. Kd3 Rf7 69. Rc5 Rd7+ 70. Kc4 Rd2 71. a7 Ra2 
72.
Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "S Arun Prasad, India"]
[Black "Praveen Thipsay, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. 
e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. f4 Ned7 
15.
Bg2 b6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Bf2 a6 19. Qc2 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. a3 
Rc8
22. Rad1 Nb6 23. Qb3 Nc4 24. Nd5 Qb8 25. Qb4 Qa8 26. b3 Nxd5 27. exd5 Rxe1+ 
28.
Rxe1 Nb6 29. Qxd6 Nxd5 30. f5 Rd8 31. Qc5 Bf8 32. Qc1 Rc8 33. Qg5 h6 34. Qd2 
g5
35. b4 Nf6 36. Bxb7 Qxb7 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. Nxf3 g4 40. hxg4 Nxg4 
41.
Bd4 Rd5 42. Re8 Rxf5 43. Nh4 Rg5 44. Kg2 Rd5 45. Bc5 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Rd3 47. 
Rxf8+
Kg7 48. Ra8 Rxa3 49. Bd4+ f6 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Kg2 Ne3+ 52. Bxe3 Rxe3 53. 
Rxa6
Re4 54. Rxf6 Rxb4 55. Rxh6 Kf7 56. Nf5 Ke8 57. Kf3 Rb1 58. Re6+ Kd7 59. Re3 
b4
60. Nd4 Kd6 61. Ke4 Rg1 62. Ne2 Re1 63. Kd4 b3 64. Kc3 Rb1 65. Kc4 Rc1+ 66.
Kxb3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, India"]
[Black "Deepan Chakravarthy, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O Rb8 8. 
a3
O-O 9. Rb1 b5 10. b4 a6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Ne2 Nd7 16. f4 Bb7 17. g4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. c3 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 
e5
22. f5 g5 23. Qd2 f6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nb6 26. Qe3 Na4 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28.
Rc1 Nc3 29. Kh1 Rc8 30. Qe1 Kh8 31. Rc2 Kg8 32. Bf3 Kh8 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Kf1 
Kh8
35. Bg2 Kg8 36. Bf3 Kh8 37. Qc1 Kg8 38. Qb2 Kg7 39. Be2 Kf7 40. Ke1 e4 41. 
dxe4
Kg7 42. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neeloptal Shah"]
[Black "M R Venkatesh"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 
15.
Bg2 Qa5 16. O-O Qc5 17. Kh1 f5 18. f4 Bh6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nce3 *

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Neeloptal Shah"]
[Black "M R Venkatesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 
15.
Bg2 Qa5 16. O-O Qc5 17. Kh1 f5 18. f4 Bh6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nce3 exf4 21. 
gxf4
Nd4 22. a3 a5 23. axb4 axb4 24. Ra2 g6 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Re1 Kh8 27. Bh3 Bg7
28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Re7 Rh5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Rc7 Qd4 32. Rd2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Be5 
34.
Rd1 Qb2 35. Qxb2 Bxb2 36. Re1 g5 37. f5 g4 38. Ree7 Be5 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. f6
Rh3 41. Rd7 Rxb3 42. c5 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 b3 44. c6 Rc2 45. c7 b2 46. Rd8 Kg8 47.
Rb8 Kf7 48. Rb7 Ke6 49. Ne3 Rc3 50. Kf2 Rxf6+ 51. Ke2 Rxc7 52. Rxb2 Rg6 53. 
Rb8
Ra7 54. Re8+ Kf7 55. Rxe5 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.11.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sandipan Chanda, India"]
[Black "Dibyendu Barua, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Bc2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nc3 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Qa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14.
Kxe2 Rc8 15. Rhc1 Rg8 16. g3 Rc4 17. Ke3 Rb4 18. Rc2 a5 19. Ne2 Ba4 20. b3 
Bc6
21. Nf4 a4 22. Nd3 Rb6 23. bxa4 Kd7 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Ra8 26. a5 Rb5 
1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Black "Nigel Short, England"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 
8.
Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rfd1 Ng6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14.
Rad1 Rhe8 15. Bc1 c5 16. b3 Qe6 17. Qxe6+ Rxe6 18. Rd2 b5 19. Kf1 Rde8 20. 
Rde2
Kb7 21. g3 h5 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. f4 Nc6 24. c3 b4 25. c4 Nd4 26. Rf2 g5 27. Bb2 
h4
28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Ke2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. Rg1 d3+ 32. Kxd3 Bc5 33. Rff1 
Rd6+
0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nigel Short, England"]
[Black "S Vijayalakshmi, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. 
c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. a4 Bd7 15. 
a5
Nb8 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Bc2 c5 19. b4 cxd4 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Nxd4 
Nc6
22. f4 Rac8 23. Rad1 h5 24. Nf3 Be6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bc5 Qd7 27. Qf2 exf4 28.
Nxh5 Nxh5 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Bb3 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Ne5 33. Nxf7 
Nxf7
34. Bxf7+ Kh7 35. Qe7 Bf5 36. Kf2 Kh6 37. Bd5 Bf6 38. Qb7 Rd8 39. Kf3 Bc2 
40.
Qf7 Bg7 41. Be7 Rc8 42. h4 Bf5 43. Bc5 Rd8 44. Be4 Rd7 45. Qb3 Bxe4+ 46. 
Kxe4
Bf6 47. Qe6 Rd8 48. Qxa6 Bxh4 49. Qxb5 Bg5 50. a6 Nf6+ 51. Kf3 Nd7 52. a7 
Ne5+
53. Ke4 Ng4 54. Qb8 Nf6+ 55. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Himanshu Sharma, India"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. 
Qe2
Qc7 9. Bb3 Na5 10. O-O-O b5 11. f3 Be7 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. 
h4
Nc5 16. Qh2 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 Nc4 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Bb3 Ne5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Nb5 Qd7
22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Ba6 25. f4 Nxg4 26. Rhg1 Nf2 27. Rd2 
Nh3
28. Rg4 h5 29. Rgg2 Nxf4 30. Rgf2 e5 31. Nxf7 a4 32. Nxe5+ axb3 33. axb3 Ne2
34. Rf5 Rad8 35. Nc6 Rxd2 36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Black "S Vijayalakshmi, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. 
Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 Qe7 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. g3 Ne6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. h4 Ne7 15. 
d4
c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc2 c5 18. Be3 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Nh2 Bh3 21. dxc5 
dxc5
22. f3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Qf2 Ne6 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Bf6 27. Nf3 Bc6 
28.
h5 b6 29. e5 Bg7 30. f5 gxf5 31. h6 f4 32. hxg7 Ng5 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qh4+ 
Kg6
35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Rd6+ Qxd6 37. Qxg5+ Kh7 38. exd6 fxe3 39. Kh2 Rxg5 40. 
Nxg5+
Kg6 41. Nh3 Re8 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Rf1+ Ke4 44. Rxf7 Kd3 45. Nf4+ Kd2 46. d7 
Rg8+
47. Kh4 e2 48. Nxe2 Kxe2 49. Rg7 Rb8 50. Kg5 Rd8 51. Rg6 Bxd7 52. Rxb6 Bb5 
53.
b3 c4 54. bxc4 Bxc4 55. a4 Kd3 56. Kf6 Kxc3 57. Ke7 Rd5 58. Rb1 Bb3 59. Rc1+
Kb4 60. Rc6 a5 61. Rb6+ Kxa4 62. Rb8 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Black "K Ratnakaran, India"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 
b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. g3 Qb6 11. Ne2 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. b3 a5 14. g4 Na7 15. f5 
Nb5
16. Nf4 Nc3 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nfxe6 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Nh3 Ne4
22. Qc1 O-O 23. Bg2 Qg6 24. Nf4 Qa6 25. Qd1 g5 26. Ne2 Qb6 27. Qc1 Rac8 28. 
h4
Ba6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. hxg5 Rf3 31. Rxh6 Qb5 32. Qd2 Qxe2+ 33. Qxe2 Bxe2 34.
Kxe2 Rxc2+ 35. Bd2 Rd3 36. Rd1 Rxd4 37. e6 Ne5 38. e7 Kf7 39. Re6 Ke8 40. 
Rxe5
a4 41. g6 e3 42. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "G B Prakash, India"]
[Black "Praveen Thipsay, India"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 
c5
9. d5 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Qc2 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. Be2 e6 15. 
dxe6
Bxe6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. 
Qd3
Bf5 22. Rxh6 Bxd3 23. Rxf6 Kg7 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxd3 Kf6 26. Ke2 b6 27. 
Rd1
Rff8 28. g4 Ke7 29. Bb7 Kd7 30. Rd5 Rg8 31. Bxa6 Rdf8 32. e4 Rf6 33. f3 Rh6 
34.
Kf2 Ke7 35. Rd1 Rgh8 36. Rd5 Rg6 37. Bb7 Rh1 38. Rf5 Rc1 39. Bd5 Rg7 40. e5
Rxc3 41. Rf6 dxe5 42. Rxb6 Ra3 43. Rb5 Kd6 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. Rc6 Rxa4 46. 
Rxc5
Kd7 47. Rb5 Kd6 48. Ke3 Ra1 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Ke4 Rg1 51. Kxe5 Rxg2 52. Rb7+ 
Kf8
53. Rb8+ Ke7 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxg7 Kxg7 56. c5 Kf8 57. Kd6 *

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "S Sethuraman, India"]
[Black "S S Ganguly, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. 
O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bb3 
Bd7
15. h3 Ne4 16. Be3 a5 17. Ng3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 a4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. d5 Nd4 21.
Qxe4 axb3 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. axb3 Re8 24. Rad1 Bf7 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qf4 Qb4 27.
Rd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sriram Jha, India"]
[Black "M R Venkatesh, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. 
Nbd2
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. a4 Re8 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Qb6 
15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Qf3 Ncd7 19. Qg3 g6 20. Ra3 Nh5 21. Qg4 
Ne5
22. Qd1 Nf4 23. Rg3 Bc8 24. Be3 Bxf5 25. Bxf4 Bd7 26. Bg5 Be7 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 
28.
f4 Nd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. axb5 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Qxb5 32. b3 f5 33. Re3 Qc5 34. 
Rfe1
Bb5 35. Qf3 Rae8 36. e5 Qb4 37. Rxd3 Bxd3 38. Qxd3 dxe5 39. d6 Rd7 40. Rxe5 
Rc8
41. Re6 Rc1+ 42. Nf1 Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Qxd6 44. Qe2 Qe7 45. Qxa6 Qe1 46. Kg1 
Qe3+
47. Kh1 Qxf4 48. Kg1 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Qf2 50. Qc8+ Rxc8 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Das Neelotpal, India"]
[Black "Vijayalakshmi S, India"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 b5 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 a6 8. a4 
b4
9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nb3 a5 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Bf4 Re8 15. 
Qc2
c6 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. f3 Ng5 18. e4 Ne6 19. Be3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nf6 21. Ne5 Qc7 
22.
Nxf7 Qxf7 23. e5 Be7 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Be4 Kh8 26. Rf3 c5 27. d5 Nc7 28. 
Bxh7
Qh5 29. Be4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxc5 Bxb2 34.
Rf5 Nc3 35. Bd6 Nxa4 36. Nxa5 Bc3 37. Rb5 Ra6 38. Be7 Rb6 39. Rxb6 Nxb6 40. 
Nb3
Kg8 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Bc5 Na4 43. Be3 Ke6 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Na5 Ke4 46. h4 Be5 
47.
Bd2 Nc3+ 48. Bxc3 bxc3 49. g4 Bf4 50. Nb3 c2 51. Nc5+ Kd5 52. Nd3 c1=Q 53. 
Nxc1
Bxc1 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Kg3 Ke4 56. h5 Bh6 57. Kh2 Kf4 58. Kh3 Bg5 59. h6 Bxh6 
60.
Kh4 g6 0-1


