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"I
went blank,'' said the 16-year-old from Dehli, unable to explain why she took
the offer of draw when she was about to win a piece. And this was her first
ever meeting with a GM. This is the final position in that game:
Tania Sachdev,I (2245) – Surya Sekhar Ganguly,I (2542)
Mumbai, India Mumbai, India (1)
White to play. After his last move, 29...Nb5, Ganguly offered a draw, which Tania Sachdev accepted. Unfortunately she overlooked the very nice combination 30.Qxc6! Qxc6 31.Ne7+ Kf8 32.Bxc6, winning a piece and probably the game.
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Meanwhile there is good new for Asian chess: The organizers of the 2006 Asian
Games in Doha, Qatar, have decided to include chess as one of the 33 disciplines
there, as the Times
of India reports.
