By IANS
Wijk Aan Zee (Netherlands) : Indians lost in three of the four games that they figured in on the opening day of the 70th Corus Grandmasters chess tournament at the de Moriaan Hall here.
While Viswanathan Anand lost in Group A, Pentala Harikrishna drew his game against Nigel Short in group B. In another group B game, Koneru Humpy went down to Jan Smeets of Netherlands, while in group C, Parimarjan Negi was beaten by Pontus Carlsson.
Following are the moves of the games played by Indians in the first round:
Group A
T. Radjabov vs V. Anand [D43]
Corus A: Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.Re1 Bf8N 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Bd6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.b3 b4 19.Na4 c3 20.a3 a5 21.d5 Qe7 22.d6 Qf6 23.e5 Qf4 24.Bd3 bxa3 25.Qe2 Qd2 26.Rxa3 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 g4 28.Nxc3 Rg8 29.Ne4 Kd8 30.Nd2 c5 31.Bb5 Bd5 32.Nc4 Rg5 33.Rea2 Nxe5 34.Nb6 Rb8 35.Rxa5 Be4 36.Ra7 f6 37.R2a6 Rg8 38.Rc7 Rf8 39.Rxc5 Rf7 40.d7 Nxd7 41.Nxd7 Rxd7 42.Bxd7 Kxd7 43.Rc3 f5 44.Ra7+ Kd6 45.Rh7 Bd5 46.Rxh6 Bxb3 47.h3 gxh3 48.Rhxh3 Bd5 49.Rc2 Ke5 50.f3 Kf6 51.Kf2 Rb4 52.Re2 Kg6 53.Kg3 Ra4 54.Rh4 Ra7 55.Rb2 Kf6 56.Rhb4 Ke5 57.Re2+ Kf6 58.Rd2 Ke5 59.Re2+ Kf6 60.Kf4 Ra3 61.Rd2 Ra5 62.Re2 Ra3 63.Kg3 Ra8 64.Rc2 Ke5 65.Rh4 Rg8+ 66.Kh2 Ra8 67.Re2+ Kf6 68.f4 Ke7 69.Rh7+ Kd6 70.Kg3 Rg8+ 71.Kh3 Rg4 72.g3 Rg8 73.Rd2 Rc8 74.Kh4 Rc3 75.Rg7 Ra3 76.Rc2 Bc6 77.Rc1 Rb3 78.Rg1 Bd5 79.Kg5 Kc5 80.Kf6 Kd4 81.Re1 Rb6 82.Rd7 Rc6 83.Ke7 Ra6 84.Rd6 Ra7+ 85.Kf6 1-0
P. Harikrishna vs N. Short
Corus B: Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Qd7 4. Nf3 b6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Ba6 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bc3 Qc6 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nd7 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. d5 Qa8 15. Be2 Nh4 16. Qe4 g5 17. dxe6 Nxg2+ 18. Kf1 Bb7 19. exd7+ Rxd7 20. Bf3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qb8 22. Kxg2 Rhd8 23. Nb3 c5 24. Rhe1 Qc7 25. e6 fxe6 26.
Be5 Rd6 27. a4 a5 28. Rab1 Qf7 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Rb5 Qh5 31. Rxc5+ Kd7 32.
Bg3 Ke7 33. Bf3 Qg6 34. Be4 Qh5 35. Bf3 Qg6 36. Rxa5 g4 37. Bd5 Qh5 38. Rb5
Kf6 39. Be4 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Rd1 41. Rb1 Rxb1 42. Bxb1 Rc8 43. Bd3 Qh5 44. Re4
Qg5 45. Rf4+ Kg7 46. h4 gxh3 47. Kh2 Rd8 48. Be2 Qa5 49. Kxh3 Qxa4 50. Rg4+
Kf7 51. Rf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
J. Smeets vs H. Koneru
Corus B: Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5
8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bxb7 c6 17. d5 Rae8 18. dxc6 Nd5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. c7 Nxc7 21. Nc3 h5 22. Qxd6 Re7 23. Qc5 Qc2 24. Nd5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Rd7 26. Bc6 Nxd5 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Bxa7 Nf8 29. Rd1 Bc6 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Rc5 Nf6 32. b4 Ne6 33. Ra5 g6 34. a4 Kf8 35. b5 Ke7 36. Bb8 Nd5 37. Ra6 Kd8 38. Bd6 Nd4 39. Ra8+ Bc8 40. Ra7 Nf5 41. Bc5 Nf6 42. Rxf7 Nd7 43. Bf2 Bb7 44. a5 Nd6 45. Rg7 Be4 46. Rg8+ Ke7 47. b6 Nc4 48. Be1 Kf7 49. Rc8 Nd6 50. Rc7 Ke6 51.
Bb4 Nb5 52. Rc8 Bb7 53. Re8+ Kd5 54. Re7 1-0
P. Negi vs P. Carlsson
Corus C: Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 b4 16. Nce2 Rc7 17. Ng3 Rc3 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 e5 20. g5 Ng4 21. fxg4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qa5 23. Rd5 Qa3 24. Rc1 Rc6 25. Rd2 Be6 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Bxb3 28. axb3 Ra6 29. c3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Ra2+ 32.
Kd3 Qf1+ 33. Ke3 Qe1+ 34. Kf3 Qxd2 35. f6 Qxc3+ 36. Kf4 Rf2+ 0-1