Negi’s First Loss

 

Datuk Arthur Tan Malaysian open 2009 champion Negi who drew the first 4 of his games in Corus B and won the fifth yesterday against American Akobian ,  tasted the first defeat against L’Ami in a  rook ending with a pawn down

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Negi, P."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 h6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Nd7 9. Bf4 c6 10. Bc4 Bg7 11. Kc2 Nc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. f3 b6 14. a4 Bxc4
15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. h5 g5 17. Be5 Rhg8 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Ne5 Rd6 20. b4 Nd7 21.
Ng4 Re6 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd2 f5 26. Rhd1 e6 27. exf5
exf5 28. Rd6 c5 29. Rxh6 cxb4 30. Rc6+ Rc7 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. cxb4 *

 

32. … Re2+ 33. Kd3
Re6 34. Rc1+ Kd7 35. Rc5 1-0