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First it was Harikrishna, then Nisipeanu. Now, Sutovsky is the next big GM to fall to the young Dutch phenom Anish Giri.

[Event “Corus B Group”]
[Date “2010.01.21”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Giri”]
[Black “Sutovsky”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D85”]
[WhiteElo “2588”]
[BlackElo “2657”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f5 14. e5 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 O-O 17. Ke2 Rad8 18. Rb1 Rd5 19. a4 Rfd8 20. g3 h6 21. h4 Na5 22. Rc7 R5d7 23. Rc5 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rb6 Kf7 26. Bd2 Bf8 27. Bc3 e6 28. Ne1 Be7 29. Nc2 Bd8 30. Bxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxb7+ Ke8 32. Rb4 Rd5 33. Rc4 Rd7 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rb7 36. a5 Rb2 37. Kd3 Ra2 38. Ra7+ {White wins} 1-0

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