The Commonwealth Chess Championships for 2008 is being held at Nagpur, India. Nagpur is situated right at the center of India.
Live games are available here: http:://www.monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1120
Official site: http://www.commonwealth-chess.com
Some strong players including Nigel Short, current world junior champ Abhijeet Gupta are participating.
Short had a disastrous start losing to a local player. Last heard, he is trying to claw his way up the standings, but will find it difficult to battle against youth. His world ranking has slipped in the recently announced FIDE rankings. If he loses any more games, he'll soon be out of the top 100, unfortunately for him.
Top standings after Round 5
IM Sengupta Deep 2454 IND 5
IM Deshmukh Anup 2284 IND 5
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2631 IND 4½
IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 2414 IND 4½
IM Suvrajit Saha 2367 IND 4½
IM Arun Prasad S 2492 IND
IM Ashwin Jayaram 2436 IND 4½
Murali Krishnan B T 2412 IND 4½
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