Commonwealth Championship Selection

(1) Short,Nigel (2677) - Gupta,Abhijeet (2481) [C52] Commonwealth Chess Championship (5.1), 24.11.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qb3 Qf6 8.0-0 b5 9.Bxb5 Nge7 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.cxd4 0-0 13.Na3 Rb8 14.Qa4 Bc3 15.Rac1 Bb2 16.Rxc7 Qd6 17.Rxc8 Nxc8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Nxb2 Nd6 20.Bxd7 Rxb2 21.Bc6 Rfb8 22.a3 Rb1 23.g3 h6 24.e5 Nf5 25.Be4 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Ne7 27.d5 Qc5 28.d6 Nd5 29.Qd4 Qb5+ 30.Kg2 Nb6 31.Ne1 Qa5 32.Nd3 Qxa3 33.Nc5 Rc8 34.d7 Nxd7 35.Nxd7 Qc3 36.Qxa7 Qd2 37.Qb7 Rd8 38.Bc6 Qc3 39.h4 h5 40.Be4 Qd2 41.Bd5 0-1

(2) Chanda,Sandipan (2559) - Short,Nigel (2677) [E11] Commonwealth Chess Championship (8.1), 27.11.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 a5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Qxc5 11.b4 Qc7 12.b5 Rd8 13.Bb2 a4 14.0-0 Nbd7 15.Rc1 Nc5 16.Qe2 b6 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.f4 Rf8 19.Ndf3 Nfe4 20.f5 Bd5 21.Nxf7 Rxf7 22.fxe6 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Qd6 25.Rf7 Nf6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Rd7 Qxe6 28.Qxe6+ Nxe6 29.Rd6 Nc5 30.Rxb6 Bg5 31.Rc3 Re8 32.Rc6 Rxe3 33.Rxe3 1/2-1/2

(3) Ganguly,SS (2573) - Shetty,Rahul (2302) [C10] Commonwealth Chess Championship (2.2), 21.11.2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg2 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Rd1 Bc7 13.c4 0-0 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.Be3 Bd7 16.Ba7 Ra8 17.Bc5 Rfb8 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Kf8 20.Rad1 Ke7 21.b3 Ra7 22.Rb6 Kd8 23.Nc3 Kc7 24.Rbd6 Re8 25.b4 Re7 26.a4 Ra8 27.c5 Rf8 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Bc8 30.b6+ Kb8 31.Ra1 Nd7 32.Ne4 1-0

(4) Ganguly,SS (2677) - Short,Nigel (2573) [C68] Commonwealth Chess Championship (10.1), 29.11.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Rfd1 Ng6 11.Nc4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Qe7 13.Re1 0-0-0 14.Rad1 Rhe8 15.Bc1 c5 16.b3 Qe6 17.Qxe6+ Rxe6 18.Rd2 b5 19.Kf1 Rde8 20.Rde2 Kb7 21.g3 h5 22.Nd2 Ne5 23.f4 Nc6 24.c3 b4 25.c4 Nd4 26.Rf2 g5 27.Bb2 h4 28.Bxd4 cxd4 29.Ke2 hxg3 30.hxg3 Rh8 31.Rg1 d3+ 32.Kxd3 Bc5 33.Rff1 Rd6+ 0-1