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Shirov Beaten
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Shirov Beaten
By Arvind Aaron
Finally, Alexei Shirov's brilliant run ended in his first defeat
when Hikaru Nakamura, the American defeated him in the seventh
round of the Corus Chess Tournament on Jan 23. Seven rounds are
completed in all the three sections and six rounds remain to be
played.
World champion Viswanathan Anand is quiet with his seventh round
draw against Fabiano Caruana of Italy. Anand is on 3.5/7. Though
jolted, Shirov leads with 5.5 points.
In the Grand Master Group B, Harikrishna drew Negi with the
black pieces and is on four points. Anish Giri of the
Netherlands is leading with 5.5 points.
In the Grand Master Group C, Soumya Swaminathan drew Kuipers
with the black pieces and moved out of the jinxed half point to
one point. Abhijeet Gupta scored over Plukkel with the black
pieces to move to joint second place on 5/7. Robson leads with
5.5/7.
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on January 25th , 2010
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