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Anupama Gokhale shocks GM Davies

Indian International Masters V Saravanan (2) and Abhijit Kunte (2) joined a band of 12 players with perfect scores of two points each after the second round of the British Chess Championship in Scarborough.

IWM Anupama Gokhale (1.5) pulled off a major upset by defeating the ninth-seeded GM Nigel Davies (0.5) of England.

In a king's Indian game, Anupama took advantage of Nigel's weak king position and won the queen and the game after 42 moves.

Abhijit employed Nimzo-Indian defence and attacked ferociously on king-side against Ed Dearing (1) of Scotland. Dearing resigned when faced with an unavoidable checkmate.

In a close Sicilian game, Saravanan got a double bishop advantage against IWM Houska (1) of England. The Indian master showed good technique to score a neat victory.

Top seed Grandmaster Julian Hodgson (1.5) and second seed GM Alexander Baburin (1.5) were held to a draw by WGM Harriet Hunt (1.5) of England and International Master Agnus Dunnington (1.5) of England.

In an all-Indian affair, S Kidambi (1.5) playing black, employed Caro-Kan defence to hold GM Pravin Thipsay (1.5) to a creditable draw. After playing 40 moves, both players exchanged a majority of pieces and agreed to split the point with only knights remaining on board.

National champion IM K Shashikiran (1) bounced back with an easy win over lowly-rated C Storey (0) of England in Ruy Lopez game.

IWM Bhagyashree Thipsay (1) fought well but finally had to give up against GM Peter Wells (2) of England.

IWM Koneru Humpy (0) was defeated by England's H Richards (1).

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