Nigel Short Wins Commonwealth Championship

Submitted by SonofPearl on Tue, 10/07/2008 at 12:02pm.

The 2008 Commonwealth Chess Championship in Nagpur, India, has been won by the English Grandmaster, and former world title challenger, Nigel Short (pictured).

Short took a clear first place with 9.5/11, half a point ahead of his nearest challenger, Surya Shekhar Ganguly.

Here is a fascinating win by Short from round 8 of the event, where his queen overcomes his opponent's two rooks in the ending.

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by cruzfranzenrico - 53 days ago
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Great Technique!

by Eli - 53 days ago
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Thanks rileyriley, I knew I didn't catch somthing obvious that GM Short didn't.

by nibir - 54 days ago
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Eli then think about 10. ...Bd7 you will get your ans.

by hazillow - 54 days ago
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Why did black 11. Nd5 ?

by Ajfonty - 54 days ago
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Wow, what a great combination to get a Q vs 2R endgame!

by jeb083079 - 54 days ago
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Wow, that was a very intensive long game.

by MBickley - 54 days ago
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brandon... Do you mean "wow, grandmasters still play the italian game" (signified by 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4). Black didn't play the guicco piano (3... Bc5)