SportAccord World Mind Games 2014: Basque Winners Print
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:19
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Basque winners

Men

Gold - Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)
Silver - Radjabov Teimour (AZE)
Bronze - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)

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Basque winners men

Women

Gold - Hou Yifan (CHN)
Silver - Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)
Bronze - Zhao Xue (CHN)

Full women basque final ranking

Basque winners women


Basque Games Day 1

Ranking crosstable after Round 3

Men

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict BL RtgØ
1 7 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2801 RUS 4½ 0 3 3 2771
2 9 GM Harikrishna P. 2701 IND 4 0 2 3 2757
3 2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2828 RUS 3½ 0 3 3 2768
4 11 GM Radjabov Teimour 2776 AZE 3½ 0 2 3 2807
5 14 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2763 CUB 3½ 0 2 3 2740
6 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2728 FRA 3½ 0 2 3 2734
7 3 GM Leko Peter 2773 HUN 3 0 1 3 2771
8 5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2739 AZE 3 0 1 3 2736
9 12 GM Aronian Levon 2813 ARM 3 0 1 3 2733
10 8 GM Gelfand Boris 2719 ISR 3 0 0 3 2781
11 13 GM Wang Yue 2765 CHN 3 0 0 3 2752
12 10 GM Wang Hao 2719 CHN 2½ 0 2 3 2755
13 6 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2684 POL 2½ 0 1 3 2738
14 16 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2811 UKR 2½ 0 0 3 2756
15 1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2738 UKR 2 0 0 3 2736
16 15 GM Bacrot Etienne 2731 FRA 1 0 0 3 2731

Women

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict BL RtgØ
1 13 GM Zhao Xue 2485 CHN 5½ 0 5 3 2523
2 1 GM Hou Yifan 2600 CHN 5 0 4 3 2544
3 11 GM Koneru Humpy 2611 IND 4½ 0 4 3 2501
4 16 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2577 RUS 4 0 3 3 2449
5 6 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2547 GEO 3½ 0 3 3 2508
6 2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2578 BUL 3½ 0 3 3 2505
7 9 GM Muzychuk Anna 2546 UKR 3½ 0 2 3 2478
8 3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2505 RUS 3 0 3 3 2575
9 10 GM Ushenina Anna 2489 UKR 3 0 3 3 2518
10 12 GM Ju Wenjun 2555 CHN 3 0 3 3 2462
11 4 GM Gunina Valentina 2552 RUS 2½ 0 2 3 2552
12 15 GM Harika Dronavalli 2421 IND 2½ 0 1 3 2528
13 7 GM Cramling Pia 2443 SWE 1½ 0 1 3 2547
14 8 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2407 GEO 1 0 1 3 2543
15 5 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2445 UKR 1 0 1 3 2533
16 14 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2485 GER 1 0 1 3 2483

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Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure and so does the Blitz arena for the media worldwide! An exhilarating race is too modestly said, especially when the top players crave for more than they got in the previously played Rapid competition.

Each player handled the three day roller coaster intense emotions the best way they could. The games end up rapidly, but take off a lot of energy. In order to retrieve their calm and forces from one game to another, some players read, others visit the draughts section or play... wee games!

Heading for the stars, Hou Yifan faced her opponents head-on, left behind the rather "disappointing" silver medal from the Rapid and claimed the gold this time, swapping places with Valentina Gunina, who had to content herself as being the 2nd best.
In the men's ring, we witnessed a copy-paste Rapid-Blitz final ranking, with Grischuk holding to gold, followed by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. A for effort for MVL who swam towards the 1st place during these three days of blitz but he got bogged down in the process by the Russian, who is now the proud owner of two (!) shiny gold medals!

Blitz winners

Men
Gold - Grischuk Alexander (RUS)
Silver - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)
Bronze - Radjabov Teimour (AZE)

Full men blitz final ranking

blitz winners men


Women
Gold - Hou Yifan (CHN)
Silver - Gunina Valentina (RUS)
Bronze - Muzychuk Anna (UKR)

Full women blitz final ranking

blitz winners


Blitz: Day 2

On the board of Blitz, one needs a cool temperament, a rattling feeling for the pieces, speed, reflexes, hand-eye coordination, tremendous mental power, timing and physical dexterity. This looks like an ample list, but it doesn't suffice for creating the winning recipe; true champions achieve their goals and collect their points with the force of character and judgement. Some may argue that luck must be involved for such lightening speed competitions, where 3m+2sec is a rather short time control, so anything and everything can happen. There might be the hand of Caissa in some cases yet the chess players must strike the right balance between speed and quality!

After Day2 of Blitz, we have two clear leaders who succeeded doing so: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, having one point extra on the ranking list, closely followed by Grischuk and Ivanchuk, both with 13/20, and in the women section, Hou Yifan is dominating the pack, enjoying the 1.5 point lead, currently being on 15.5/20.

Ranking Crosstable after Round 20

Men

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict SB BL
1 12 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2776 FRA 14 0 11 135.50 10
2 2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2819 RUS 13 ½ 10 125.00 10
3 8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2720 UKR 13 ½ 10 123.75 10
4 4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2866 AZE 11½ 1 11 108.00 10
5 15 GM Aronian Levon 2850 ARM 11½ 1 8 106.25 10
6 10 GM Radjabov Teimour 2715 AZE 11 0 8 108.50 10
7 9 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2788 RUS 10½ 0 9 102.50 10
8 1 GM Gelfand Boris 2757 ISR 9½ 0 6 88.25 10
9 6 GM Wang Hao 2693 CHN 9 0 6 84.75 10
10 7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2758 UKR 8½ 2 6 79.75 10
11 3 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2728 CUB 8½ 2 5 80.00 10
12 14 GM Leko Peter 2694 HUN 8½ 1 4 85.50 10
13 16 GM Harikrishna P. 2728 IND 8 2 5 80.00 10
14 13 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2743 POL 8 ½ 5 78.75 10
15 11 GM Wang Yue 2680 CHN 8 ½ 5 73.25 10
16 5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2739 FRA 7½ 0 5 74.25 10


Women

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict SB BL
1 16 GM Hou Yifan 2662 CHN 15½ 0 14 149.25 10
2 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2582 RUS 14 0 13 124.00 10
3 10 GM Muzychuk Anna 2665 UKR 12 0 11 107.50 10
4 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2479 RUS 11½ 1½ 9 115.25 10
5 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2569 BUL 11½ ½ 7 112.50 10
6 12 GM Harika Dronavalli 2533 IND 11 2 8 87.25 10
7 9 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2591 GEO 11 0 9 100.50 10
8 8 GM Zhao Xue 2576 CHN 10½ 1 9 98.25 10
9 15 GM Koneru Humpy 2521 IND 10½ 0 6 89.00 10
10 14 GM Ju Wenjun 2469 CHN 9½ 0 7 76.25 10
11 11 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2578 RUS 9 1 7 72.50 10
12 3 GM Ushenina Anna 2467 UKR 9 0 6 91.50 10
13 2 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2522 GER 8½ 0 6 83.50 10
14 7 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2439 UKR 7 0 4 71.25 10
15 5 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2457 GEO 6½ 0 3 62.00 10
16 6 GM Cramling Pia 2433 SWE 3 0 1 27.50 10


Blitz: Day 1

Ranking Crosstable after Round 10

Men

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict SB BL
1 8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2720 UKR 7 0 5 35.00 5
2 15 GM Aronian Levon 2850 ARM 7 0 5 31.25 5
3 14 GM Leko Peter 2694 HUN 7 0 4 33.25 5
4 4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2866 AZE 6 0 6 26.00 4
5 12 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2776 FRA 6 0 4 26.50 6
6 2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2819 RUS 5½ 1 4 24.75 4
7 6 GM Wang Hao 2693 CHN 5½ 0 4 25.25 5
8 10 GM Radjabov Teimour 2715 AZE 5 0 4 24.00 6
9 9 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2788 RUS 4½ 0 4 22.50 6
10 16 GM Harikrishna P. 2728 IND 4½ 0 4 20.50 5
11 13 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2743 POL 4½ 0 4 16.50 6
12 3 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2728 CUB 4½ 0 3 21.00 4
13 1 GM Gelfand Boris 2757 ISR 4½ 0 3 18.50 4
14 11 GM Wang Yue 2680 CHN 3 1 1 13.50 6
15 7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2758 UKR 3 0 1 17.00 5
16 5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2739 FRA 2½ 0 1 14.50 4


Women

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict SB BL
1 16 GM Hou Yifan 2662 CHN 7 0 6 33.50 5
2 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2582 RUS 6½ 0 6 29.00 6
3 9 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2591 GEO 6 0 5 31.25 6
4 10 GM Muzychuk Anna 2665 UKR 6 0 5 29.25 6
5 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2569 BUL 6 0 4 28.00 4
6 3 GM Ushenina Anna 2467 UKR 6 0 4 27.25 4
7 14 GM Ju Wenjun 2469 CHN 5½ 0 4 23.75 5
8 15 GM Koneru Humpy 2521 IND 5½ 0 3 23.00 5
9 8 GM Zhao Xue 2576 CHN 5 0 4 27.00 5
10 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2479 RUS 5 0 3 22.00 4
11 11 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2578 RUS 4½ 1 4 20.50 6
12 12 GM Harika Dronavalli 2533 IND 4½ 0 3 18.00 6
13 2 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2522 GER 4 0 3 17.75 4
14 7 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2439 UKR 3½ 0 2 19.25 5
15 6 GM Cramling Pia 2433 SWE 3 0 1 13.00 5
16 5 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2457 GEO 2 0 0 10.00 4



The Rapid tournament within the SportAccord World Mind Games 2014 is over.

Grischuk Alexander (RUS) became the winner of the tournament, Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) finished in the second place and Bronze medal went to Wang Hao (CHN).

rapid men winners

In women section the winners are ranked as follows:

Gold - Gunina Valentina (RUS) 
Silver - Hou Yifan (CHN)
Bronze - Ushenina Anna (UKR)

women winners

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Rapid Day1: China and Georgia atop

Ranking after Round 4: Men

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res.
1 14 GM Wang Hao 2719 CHN 3½ 0
2 1 GM Grischuk Alexander 2828 RUS 3 0
3 2 GM Aronian Levon 2813 ARM 2½ 0
4 7 GM Wang Yue 2765 CHN 2½ 0
5 9 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2739 AZE 2½ 0
6 6 GM Leko Peter 2773 HUN 2 0
7 10 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2738 UKR 2 0
8 8 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2763 CUB 2 0
9 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2811 UKR 2 0
10 12 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2728 FRA 2 0
11 15 GM Harikrishna P. 2701 IND 2 0
12 16 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2684 POL 1½ ½
13 4 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2801 RUS 1½ ½
14 13 GM Gelfand Boris 2719 ISR 1 0
15 11 GM Bacrot Etienne 2731 FRA 1 0
16 5 GM Radjabov Teimour 2776 AZE 1 0


Ranking after Round 4: Women

Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res.
1 7 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2547 GEO 3½ 0
2 2 GM Hou Yifan 2600 CHN 3 0
3 9 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2505 RUS 2½ 0
  11 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2485 GER 2½ 0
5 10 GM Ushenina Anna 2489 UKR 2½ 0
6 6 GM Gunina Valentina 2552 RUS 2½ 0
7 8 GM Muzychuk Anna 2546 UKR 2½ 0
8 12 GM Zhao Xue 2485 CHN 2½ 0
9 3 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2578 BUL 2 0
10 16 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2407 GEO 1½ 0
11 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2577 RUS 1½ 0
12 15 GM Harika Dronavalli 2421 IND 1½ 0
13 5 GM Ju Wenjun 2555 CHN 1½ 0
14 1 GM Koneru Humpy 2611 IND 1 0
15 14 GM Cramling Pia 2443 SWE 1 0
16 13 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2445 UKR ½ 0

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Beijing in December may bring to mind the image of a cold city with - 5 degrees but with its inhabitants ready to stand snow and fire to successfully fulfil their duties. On this evening's agenda two major activities were red-lettered: the opening ceremony of the SportAccord World Mind Games 2014 and the technical meeting for the section dedicated to our beloved sport, chess.

Needless to say that the Chinese organizers didn't fail to accomplish what we all had expected: a beautiful opening ceremony, where all the high-end officials and sportsmen were ready to speak and smile into the cameras, followed by a generous dinner-buffet. The evening warmed everybody up and prepared the neurons of our favourite grandmasters to give their best in the first three rounds of tomorrow.

Beijing ambassadors
We are proud to have such ambassadors: Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk

Beijing General director
In his speech, the SportAccord General Director, the Romanian Vlad Marinescu, highlighted the value of working together

Beijing Drawing of lots

And the first move in the Rapid event was made with the drawing of lots:

In the first round, both highest rated players in the men and women rapid lists will enjoy the white colour: Alexander Grischuk and Koneru Humpy will face Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Tatiana Kosintseva, respectively. The rate of play will be 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move, so we can count on many worth following time troubles.

R1 Rapid pairings: men
Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo.
1 1 GM Grischuk Alexander 0   0 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 9
2 10 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 0   0 GM Aronian Levon 2
3 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 0   0 GM Bacrot Etienne 11
4 12 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 0   0 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 4
5 5 GM Radjabov Teimour 0   0 GM Gelfand Boris 13
6 14 GM Wang Hao 0   0 GM Leko Peter 6
7 7 GM Wang Yue 0   0 GM Harikrishna P. 15
8 16 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 0   0 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 8


R1 Rapid pairings: women
Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo.
1 1 GM Koneru Humpy 0   0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 9
2 10 GM Ushenina Anna 0   0 GM Hou Yifan 2
3 3 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 0   0 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 11
4 12 GM Zhao Xue 0   0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 4
5 5 GM Ju Wenjun 0   0 IM Muzychuk Mariya 13
6 14 GM Cramling Pia 0   0 GM Gunina Valentina 6
7 7 GM Dzagnidze Nana 0   0 GM Harika Dronavalli 15
8 16 GM Khotenashvili Bela 0   0 GM Muzychuk Anna 8

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