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Corus chess: Moves of Indian players in second round

By IANS

Netherlands : Following are moves of the games played by the Indian Grandmasters at the 70th Corus Grandmasters chess tournament at De Moriaan Hall in Wijk Aan Zee.

Pentala Harikrishna was the only Indian to score a win, while Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy drew their games and Parimarjan Negi suffered a second straight loss.

Following are the moves:

Group A

Viswanathan Anand (Ind) v Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nge7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Kh8 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Ne2 f5 17. Bd1 fxe4 18. fxe4 d5 19. e5 Nf5 20. Nf4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6 22. Qc3 Nd8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Bxf4 25. exf4 Ne6 26. Rd7 Rxf4 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28. Bxd5 Re8 29. e6 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Ra7 Rd3 32. Rxa6 Rd2 33. b4 Re7 34. a4 bxa4 35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 Re8 1/2-1/2

Group B

Koneru Humpy (Ind) v Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus)

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5 13. Nbd2 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 f4 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 fxe3 21. fxe3 Rae8 22. Rf1 Qg6 23. Rd2 Qh6 24. Re1 Rf7 25. b5 Qh5 26. Rf2 Ref8 27. Qb3 h6 28. Ref1 Kh8 29. h3 Bc8 30. Nd4 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Qf7+ 33. Kg1 Bf5 34. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

Pentala Harikrishna (Ind) v Hou Yifan (Chn)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. c4 Kh8 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. N1d2 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Qd1 Qa3 21. Nb3 d4 22. Bg5 e5 23. Nfd2 Bg4 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 e4 26. Qg2 e3 27. Qxc6 Rac8 28. Qxd6 exf2+ 29. Kg2 fxe1=N+ 30. Rxe1 Qxa2 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qxc5 Rff8 33. Qxd4 Rcd8 34. Qc3 Qa6 35. Nf3 h6 36. Re7 Rf6 37. Nbd2 Rdf8 38. Qe5 Qa3 39. Ne4 R6f7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. c5 Qa2+ 42. Nfd2 Kh7 43. d4 Qc2 44. Qe6 Rf8 45. Qb3 Qc1 46. Qb1 Qxb1 47. Nxb1 Rd8 48. Nd6 Kg6 49. d5 Rb8 50. c6 Rb2+ 51. Kh3 Rc2 52. Na3 Rc5 53. Ne4 Rc1 54. d6 Kf7 55. c7 1-0

Group C

Arik Braun (Ger) v Parimarjan Negi (Ind)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 f6 9. Rb1 c4 10. b3 Bf5 11. Ra1 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. e3 Be6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Qa4 Rd8 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Qc4 Nce6 20. Be3 b5 21. Qa2 Bg4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rd2 Qc8 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Qb2 Qc4 27. Nxb5 Ne6 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Nd6 Qa4 30. Qb8 Qd7 31. Bc6 1-0