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Nigel Short was crowned the 2008 Commonwealth Chess Champion at Nagpur, India. Surya Shekhar Ganguly finished second a half point behind. This was an amazing performance by Short considering the fact that he was beaten by a local kid in an earlier round . World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta suffered in the early rounds and finished way behind in the points tally. D P Singh, who was involved in a huge controversy and accused of taking computer assistance some time back, finished on 8 points and above his expected score. Leading Final Points Tally Short 9.5 Ganguly 9 Hossain 8.5 More details at the official site

The Commonwealth Chess Championships for 2008 is being held at Nagpur, India. Nagpur is situated right at the center of India. Nigel Short, Abhijeet Gupta, Suryashekhar Ganguly, Parimarjan Negi are playing. Live games link and more details