IMSA Elite Mind Games 2016: Basque Winners Print
Wednesday, 02 March 2016 17:08

IMSA Elite Mind Games 2016 logo

GM Ding Liren and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk are the winners of Basque system chess tournament.

Final ranking Basque Men
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1 2 GM Ding Liren 2686 CHN 7 0 2905 2756
2 5 GM Navara David 2738 CZE 6 0 2809 2737
3 1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2672 UKR 6 0 2782 2710
4 14 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2719 RUS 6 0 2780 2708
5 11 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2771 AZE 6 0 2779 2707
6 16 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2722 POL 5½ 0 2794 2758
7 8 GM Wang Yue 2758 CHN 5½ 0 2783 2747
8 12 GM Harikrishna P. 2694 IND 5½ 0 2768 2732
9 10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2844 UKR 5½ 0 2741 2705
10 7 GM Fressinet Laurent 2723 FRA 4½ 0 2714 2750
11 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2667 ARM 4½ 0 2673 2709
12 15 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2775 CUB 4½ 0 2645 2681
13 6 GM Wang Hao 2752 CHN 4 0 2634 2706
14 4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2725 ARM 3½ 1½ 2581 2691
15 9 GM Li Chao b 2620 CHN 3½ ½ 2603 2713
16 13 GM Mamedov Rauf 2655 AZE 2½ 0 2517 2710


Final ranking Basque Women
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1 7 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2543 RUS 7 0 2644 2495
2 12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2560 GEO 6½ 0 2588 2478
3 4 GM Gunina Valentina 2464 RUS 6 0 2550 2478
4 1 WGM Huang Qian 2443 CHN 5½ 0 2542 2506
5 15 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2459 ARM 5½ 0 2539 2503
6 10 GM Lagno Kateryna 2593 RUS 5½ 0 2504 2468
7 13 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2563 BUL 5½ 0 2500 2464
8 8 GM Zhao Xue 2506 CHN 5 0 2520 2520
9 6 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2444 GEO 5 0 2499 2499
10 14 GM Ju Wenjun 2532 CHN 5 0 2498 2498
11 11 GM Harika Dronavalli 2478 IND 5 0 2486 2486
12 9 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2450 CHN 5 0 2474 2474
13 5 GM Krush Irina 2444 USA 4½ 0 2502 2538
14 3 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2482 GER 3½ 1 2399 2509
15 16 GM Ushenina Anna 2502 UKR 3½ 1 2391 2501
16 2 GM Socko Monika 2441 POL 2 0 2247 2487



Basque Day 1: Results after Round 6

In 2016 IMSA Elite Mind game chess field, the Basque competition has been started. Basque game has been developed for recent years and welcomed by an increasing number of professional players. Basically, it requires players to play two games simultaneously, with one black and one white but the time limit remains the same. It’s both mental and physical demanding, and besides, players must remain clear at the mind during the competition, since the switch between two games are extremely fast and other game may frequently interrupt. In time panic, players could hardly focus on both two games, which made the competition process full of excitement to watch.  

During the first 3 rounds, the VIP player on men’s group was undoubtedly Tomashevsky, who won two rounds in a row to beat Wang Hao and Ponomariov with all boards triumphed. In round 3, he drawed with Navara with 1-1 and currently leading the board with 5/6, followed by Ding Liren and Navara who scored 4 / 6.

Men-basque
   
Ranking Crosstable after Round 6
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1 14 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2719 RUS 5 0 2994 2721
2 2 GM Ding Liren 2686 CHN 4 0 2922 2797
3 5 GM Navara David 2738 CZE 4 0 2814 2689
4 16 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2722 POL 3½ 0 2808 2751
5 7 GM Fressinet Laurent 2723 FRA 3½ 0 2798 2741
6 12 GM Harikrishna P. 2694 IND 3½ 0 2797 2740
7 11 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2771 AZE 3½ 0 2749 2692
8 10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2844 UKR 3½ 0 2745 2688
9 1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2672 UKR 3 0 2697 2697
10 15 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2775 CUB 3 0 2692 2692
11 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2667 ARM 2½ 0 2677 2734
12 4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2725 ARM 2½ 0 2622 2679
13 8 GM Wang Yue 2758 CHN 2 0 2628 2753
14 6 GM Wang Hao 2752 CHN 2 0 2557 2682
15 13 GM Mamedov Rauf 2655 AZE 1½ 0 2526 2719
16 9 GM Li Chao b 2620 CHN 1 0 2474 2747

In women’s group, there are currently no player on super hot-streak mode now. Currently, Kosteniuk, Mkrtchian, Tan Zhongyi all on the top of the leaderboard with 4/6, while Krush, Dzagnidze, Gunina staying on the second with 3.5 / 6.

Tomorrow there would be the last day of chess competition, two gold medalist would be determined, please stay tuned for the latest news from official site.

Women-basque
   
Ranking Crosstable after Round 6
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1 7 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2543 RUS 4 0 2632 2507
2 15 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2459 ARM 4 0 2623 2498
3 9 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2450 CHN 4 0 2579 2454
4 5 GM Krush Irina 2444 USA 3½ 0 2620 2563
5 12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2560 GEO 3½ 0 2553 2496
6 4 GM Gunina Valentina 2464 RUS 3½ 0 2550 2493
7 1 WGM Huang Qian 2443 CHN 3 0 2535 2535
8 8 GM Zhao Xue 2506 CHN 3 0 2498 2498
9 11 GM Harika Dronavalli 2478 IND 3 0 2465 2465
  14 GM Ju Wenjun 2532 CHN 3 0 2465 2465
11 13 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2563 BUL 3 0 2444 2444
12 16 GM Ushenina Anna 2502 UKR 2½ 0 2453 2510
13 10 GM Lagno Kateryna 2593 RUS 2½ 0 2386 2443
14 6 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2444 GEO 2 0 2393 2518
15 3 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2482 GER 2 0 2388 2513
16 2 GM Socko Monika 2441 POL 1½ 0 2309 2502



Mamedov and Lagno - From Behind To The Blitz Game Gold Medal

In IMSA elite mind game chess field, the last day of the competition was undoubtedly breath-taking. The leader-board of both groups changed for few times and until the last round the victor could ultimately been determined. Mamedov from Azerbaijan took men’s blitz game gold medal, while Russian player Lagno took women blitz game gold medal.

There is a relentless battle on men’s group in Day-3 of the blitz game, since the previous leader Ding Liren and Harikrishna no longer on their hot-streak, only scored 3.0/10 and 4.0/10 individually for today. Ding Liren listed 6th with 17.5/30, while Harikrishna barely took his bronze medal by scoring 18.0/30 benefited from the tie-break. Dominguez and Wang Hao both scored 18.0/30 but the tie-break made them on 4th and 5th position. The gold medalist Mamedov scored 19.5/30 overall, benefited from two win in-a-row at round 29, and the critical triumph over Ding Liren at the very last round. His compatriot Mamedyarov supported him all the day and sent him a big hug after the decisive game. The silver medal was taken by Russia player Tomashevsky, who scored 18.5/30 overall.

IMG 9380 2

Final ranking Blitz Men
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict
1 11 GM Mamedov Rauf 2810 AZE 19½ 0 275.25 15
2 8 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2733 RUS 18½ 0 267.25 11
3 15 GM Harikrishna P. 2661 IND 18 3½ 263.75 12
4 7 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2743 CUB 18 2½ 260.25 12
5 2 GM Wang Hao 2744 CHN 18 0 261.75 14
6 5 GM Ding Liren 2688 CHN 17½ 0 241.00 14
7 4 GM Navara David 2739 CZE 16½ 0 232.00 13
8 10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2811 UKR 16 0 232.75 13
9 6 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 AZE 14½ 0 213.75 8
10 9 GM Wang Yue 2694 CHN 13 0 183.00 9
11 12 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2730 UKR 12½ 2½ 175.25 10
12 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2743 ARM 12½ 2 190.50 6
13 14 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2674 POL 12½ 1½ 192.25 7
14 13 GM Movsesian Sergei 2662 ARM 11½ 0 160.25 7
15 16 GM Li Chao b 2651 CHN 11 0 157.00 7
16 1 GM Fressinet Laurent 2713 FRA 10½ 0 153.50 5


In women’s group, the battle of gold medal was between two Russia female player for all day long. Lagno played her A-game at Day-3, while former leader Gunina failed to resist the pressure. Her hot-streak was stopped by Poland player Socko again at round 29, which made Lagno took the breath and came over the top for the first time before the last round started. Lagno grasped her opportunity solidly with 21.5/30 points overall, leaving Gunina only took the silver medal with 20/30 points. Former world chess champion Stefanova took the bronze medal by scoring 19.5/30.

For Tomorrow, the special Basque competition would start, please stay tuned for the latest news from the official site.

IMG 9275 2

Final ranking Blitz Women
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict
1 7 GM Lagno Kateryna 2594 RUS 21½ 0 308.75 18
2 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2598 RUS 20 0 285.00 18
3 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2518 BUL 19½ 0 267.25 15
4 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2485 RUS 19 0 275.75 17
5 16 GM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN 17½ 1 240.25 14
6 8 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2524 CHN 17½ 1 236.75 14
7 5 GM Zhao Xue 2552 CHN 15½ 0 205.50 14
8 10 GM Ushenina Anna 2472 UKR 14½ 1½ 195.25 13
9 14 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2581 GEO 14½ ½ 212.25 11
10 3 GM Krush Irina 2400 USA 14 0 202.25 11
11 12 GM Harika Dronavalli 2554 IND 13½ 0 188.00 9
12 6 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2483 GER 12½ 0 179.00 10
13 2 GM Socko Monika 2375 POL 12 0 179.25 11
14 15 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2430 GEO 10 0 133.75 6
15 9 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2405 ARM 9½ 0 134.50 6
16 11 WGM Huang Qian 2455 CHN 9 0 130.00 7



Ding Liren & Gunina Takes the lead in Blitz Game Day-2

In 2016 IMSA Elite Mind Games Chess field, today round 11-20 of the blitz game has been accomplished. There is no much change of the leaderboard for men’s group, Chinese player Ding Liren and Indian Player Harikrishna stepped ahead steadily, scored 7/10 and 6.5/10 individually. Currently, Ding Liren is taking the lead with 14.5/20 scores overall, half point ahead of Harikrishna. On the other side, Mamedov scored 12.5/20 to take the third position, followed by Wang Hao and Tomashevsky who both got 12/20 points.

IMG 8793 2

Blitz Men

Ranking Crosstable after Round 20
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict
1 5 GM Ding Liren 2688 CHN 14½ 0 133.00 12
2 15 GM Harikrishna P. 2661 IND 14 0 136.50 10
3 11 GM Mamedov Rauf 2810 AZE 12½ 0 110.75 9
4 2 GM Wang Hao 2744 CHN 12 ½ 114.75 9
5 8 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2733 RUS 12 ½ 107.25 7
6 7 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2743 CUB 10½ 0 98.75 7
7 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2743 ARM 10 0 100.25 6
8 10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2811 UKR 9½ 0 99.25 8
9 14 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2674 POL 9 3 85.50 5
10 16 GM Li Chao b 2651 CHN 9 2 90.00 6
11 1 GM Fressinet Laurent 2713 FRA 9 2 85.00 4
12 6 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 AZE 9 1 84.75 5
13 4 GM Navara David 2739 CZE 8½ 0 75.00 6
14 13 GM Movsesian Sergei 2662 ARM 7 ½ 68.50 3
15 9 GM Wang Yue 2694 CHN 7 ½ 68.00 3
16 12 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2730 UKR 6½ 0 55.25 5

For women group, Gunina’s hot streak was stopped by Poland player Socko at round 14, then lost to Kosteniuk, Zhao Xue, Lagno and only scored 5.5/10 for today. Even though she still leading the board with 15.5/20, but other players like Lagno, who scored 7.5/10 has catch up quickly with 14.5/20 points. Stefanova and Ju Wenjun followed behind with 12.5/20 points.

Tomorrow is the final day for chess blitz games, please stay tuned to get the latest results.

IMG 8631 2 2

Blitz Women

Ranking Crosstable after Round 20
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict
1 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2598 RUS 15½ 0 153.75 15
2 7 GM Lagno Kateryna 2594 RUS 14½ 0 136.50 12
3 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2518 BUL 12½ 1½ 112.50 9
4 16 GM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN 12½ ½ 109.00 10
5 8 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2524 CHN 12 0 103.75 9
6 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2485 RUS 11½ 0 114.00 10
7 5 GM Zhao Xue 2552 CHN 10½ 0 98.50 9
8 12 GM Harika Dronavalli 2554 IND 9½ 0 84.50 7
9 3 GM Krush Irina 2400 USA 9 0 84.00 7
10 6 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2483 GER 8½ 0 77.75 7
11 10 GM Ushenina Anna 2472 UKR 8 1 66.00 8
12 14 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2581 GEO 8 0 77.25 6
13 9 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2405 ARM 7 2½ 64.25 5
14 2 GM Socko Monika 2375 POL 7 2 73.00 6
15 11 WGM Huang Qian 2455 CHN 7 2 65.00 5
16 15 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2430 GEO 7 1½ 63.25 5


Tournament website http://imsa2016.fide.com/

Gunina Scored 10/10 on the first blitz day

In 2016 IMSA Elite Minds Games, Chess players have started 3min+2sec/move blitz game competition at Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, China. Chinese top seed player Ding Liren, who’s been pretty quite when playing rapid games, made some noise in today’s games and currently taking the lead with 7.5/10 scores overall. India famous player Harikrishna, even though did lose to Ding Liren in round 4, behaved pretty good afterwards and scored 7.5/10 as well and currently on second place.  

Russia player Tomashevsky scored 6.5/10 at third place, followed by Sargissian Gabriel, Mamedov Rauf and Wang Hao. Since the blitz games would been playing for 30 rounds with double round-robin, it is uneasy to predict the final victorious player at now.

Tournament website http://imsa2016.fide.com/

IMG 8257 2

Blitz Men

Ranking Crosstable after Round 10
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict
1 5 GM Ding Liren 2688 CHN 7½ 1 32.50 7
2 15 GM Harikrishna P. 2661 IND 7½ 0 38.25 6
3 8 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2733 RUS 6½ 0 30.00 4
4 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2743 ARM 6 0 32.75 4
5 11 GM Mamedov Rauf 2810 AZE 6 0 22.25 4
6 2 GM Wang Hao 2744 CHN 5½ 0 27.50 3
7 14 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2674 POL 5½ 0 25.25 3
8 7 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2743 CUB 5 1 23.75 3
9 1 GM Fressinet Laurent 2713 FRA 5 0 25.00 3
10 10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2811 UKR 4½ 0 20.50 3
11 4 GM Navara David 2739 CZE 4½ 0 17.75 3
12 9 GM Wang Yue 2694 CHN 4 0 16.25 2
13 6 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 AZE 3½ 0 18.00 1
14 16 GM Li Chao b 2651 CHN 3½ 0 15.00 3
15 12 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2730 UKR 3½ 0 12.75 2
16 13 GM Movsesian Sergei 2662 ARM 2 0 8.00 1

Comparing to male’s player’s fierce competition, the female player seemingly relying more on ‘momentum’. On day-1 of the blitz game competition, Russia female player Gunina Valentina made an absolutely unbelievable record: winning ten games in a row and scored 10/10 full marks! Even though she did on some sorts of the tough position during the games, she handled the difficulty perfectly and won the games ultimately. Russia Player Lagno scored 7.0/10 and on second position currently, followed by Antoaneta Stefanova who scored 6.5/10 overall. Gunina Valentina undoubtedly was the super star for today, and many spectators would like to see if she could continue her super hot-streak in the following day.

IMG 8256 2

Blitz Women

Ranking Crosstable after Round 10
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict
1 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2598 RUS 10 0 45.50 10
2 7 GM Lagno Kateryna 2594 RUS 7 0 33.00 6
3 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2518 BUL 6½ 0 27.25 5
4 6 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2483 GER 6 0 24.50 5
5 8 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2524 CHN 6 0 23.00 4
6 16 GM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN 5½ 0 18.75 5
7 14 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2581 GEO 5 0 22.50 4
8 15 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2430 GEO 5 0 19.50 4
9 3 GM Krush Irina 2400 USA 5 0 24.00 5
10 12 GM Harika Dronavalli 2554 IND 4½ 0 19.25 3
11 10 GM Ushenina Anna 2472 UKR 4 0 16.00 4
12 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2485 RUS 3½ 1 16.75 2
13 5 GM Zhao Xue 2552 CHN 3½ 0 15.50 3
14 9 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2405 ARM 3 1 10.50 2
15 2 GM Socko Monika 2375 POL 3 0 17.00 2
16 11 WGM Huang Qian 2455 CHN 2½ 0 13.50 1

IMSA Elite Mind Games 2016: Rapid Winners

Mamedyarov and Tan Zhongyi took the gold medal

In IMSA Elite Mind Games Chess Rapid game Day-2, two champions have been crowned. In women’s section, Tan Zhongyi continued her hot-streak and beat German player Paehtz in round 5 and scored astonishing five victories in a row. Even though she lost to Lagno in the round 6 playing black, Tan Zhongyi still held a solid half-point advantage. As a veteran player, she quickly adjusted her mood, and conquered former world champion, Ukrainian player Anna Ushenina in final round, won the trophy with 6/7 overall score.  When all games finished, Tan Zhongyi expressed her excitement, claiming that’s literally the first time for her to participate in the IMSA elite mind games and very excited to take the first gold medal. Bela Khotenashvili took the second place, while Ju Wenjun took the bronze medal with similar 4.5/7 points.

Final ranking Rapid Women
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1 4 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2450 CHN 6 0 2807 2498
2 14 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2444 GEO 4½ 1½ 2609 2507
3 3 GM Ju Wenjun 2532 CHN 4½ 1½ 2594 2492
4 6 GM Lagno Kateryna 2593 RUS 4½ 0 2592 2490
5 15 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2563 BUL 4 0 2569 2519
6 7 GM Krush Irina 2444 USA 3½ 0 2552 2487
7 1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2560 GEO 3½ 0 2503 2503
8 2 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2482 GER 3½ 0 2485 2485
9 5 GM Zhao Xue 2506 CHN 3½ 0 2479 2479
10 9 GM Ushenina Anna 2502 UKR 3½ 0 2477 2477
11 12 WGM Huang Qian 2443 CHN 3 1 2454 2504
12 16 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2543 RUS 3 0 2420 2470
13 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2464 RUS 2½ 0 2403 2505
14 8 GM Harika Dronavalli 2478 IND 2½ 0 2383 2485
15 11 GM Socko Monika 2441 POL 2½ 0 2329 2511
16 10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2459 ARM 1½ 0 2260 2490

In men’s group, the battle had been more fierce. After a tense battle of another three rounds today, Mamedyarov and Ponomariov both scored 5/7 which a tie-break is inevitable. A sudden-death match had to be played. The chief arbiter made a draw-lot for those two players, Mamedyarov won and decided to take the white with 5 minutes on clock against his opponent’s 4 minutes, but in such a Armageddon game, a draw game would counted as black won. A relentless fight between two elite players and a breath-taking game was played. As a result, Mamedyarov won the game to become champion, Ponomariov took the second place, while Dominguez Perez took the bronze medal with 4.5/7.

Final ranking Rapid Men
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1（playoff) 7 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2771 AZE 5 ½ 2880 2722
2（playoff) 15 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2672 UKR 5 ½ 2880 2722
3 14 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2775 CUB 4½ ½ 2840 2738
4 9 GM Wang Hao 2752 CHN 4½ ½ 2806 2704
5 13 GM Ding Liren 2686 CHN 4 0 2776 2726
6 10 GM Li Chao b 2620 CHN 4 0 2769 2719
7 1 GM Harikrishna P. 2694 IND 4 0 2754 2704
8 5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2722 POL 3½ 0 2718 2718
9 8 GM Mamedov Rauf 2655 AZE 3½ 0 2701 2701
10 2 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2667 ARM 3½ 0 2696 2696
11 4 GM Navara David 2738 CZE 3 0 2688 2738
12 16 GM Wang Yue 2758 CHN 3 0 2677 2727
13 11 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2719 RUS 3 0 2674 2724
14 6 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2844 UKR 2 1 2565 2723
15 12 GM Fressinet Laurent 2723 FRA 2 0 2578 2736
16 3 GM Movsesian Sergei 2725 ARM 1½ 0 2493 2723

Tournament website http://imsa2016.fide.com/

 MG 8368 2

Rapid Day 1: Tan Zhongyi takes lead with 4/4

2016 IMSA Elite Mind Game has just kicked off today at Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, China. For the rapid 25 min +10 sec/move chess competition, four rounds have been accomplished for the first day, and the men's group battled fiercely. Dominguez, Ponomariov and Wang Hao all scored 3 points out of 4 without losing one single game, climbing to the top of the leader-board. Meanwhile, Ding Liren, Mamedyarov, Wojtaszek all scored 2.5 points out of 4 to stay behind.

For Women's group, famous Chinese player Tan Zhongyi had super hot-streak and a spectacular performance helped her scored full marks, perfect triumph beating Huang Qian and Gunina playing white, as well as conquering Khotenashvil and Dzagnidze playing black. In those four game, Tan Zhongyi showed excellent skill and played undoubtedly her A-game, dominating the position from start to the end and gave her opponents absolutely no chance. The German player Paehtz scored 3.0/4 to stay at the second position, meanwhile Khotenashvili, Dzagnidze, Lagno all scored 2.5 /4.

Tournament website http://imsa2016.fide.com/

Tan Zhongyi

Rapid Men

Ranking Crosstable after Round 4
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1 14 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2775 CUB 3 0 2945 2752
2 15 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2672 UKR 3 0 2924 2731
3 9 GM Wang Hao 2752 CHN 3 0 2913 2720
4 13 GM Ding Liren 2686 CHN 2½ 0 2815 2720
5 7 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2771 AZE 2½ 0 2813 2718
6 5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2722 POL 2½ 0 2801 2706
7 1 GM Harikrishna P. 2694 IND 2 0 2743 2743
8 11 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2719 RUS 2 0 2705 2705
9 8 GM Mamedov Rauf 2655 AZE 2 0 2692 2692
  10 GM Li Chao b 2620 CHN 2 0 2692 2692
11 2 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2667 ARM 2 0 2688 2688
12 16 GM Wang Yue 2758 CHN 1½ 0 2654 2741
13 3 GM Movsesian Sergei 2725 ARM 1½ 0 2603 2690
14 6 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2844 UKR 1 0 2552 2745
15 4 GM Navara David 2738 CZE 1 0 2527 2720
16 12 GM Fressinet Laurent 2723 FRA ½ 0 2440 2762

Rapid Women

Ranking Crosstable after Round 4
   
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. ratP RtgØ
1 4 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2450 CHN 4 0 3278 2478
2 2 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2482 GER 3 0 2656 2463
3 14 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2444 GEO 2½ 0 2600 2505
4 1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2560 GEO 2½ 0 2590 2495
5 6 GM Lagno Kateryna 2593 RUS 2½ 0 2568 2473
6 15 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2563 BUL 2 0 2519 2519
7 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2464 RUS 2 0 2512 2512
8 9 GM Ushenina Anna 2502 UKR 2 0 2497 2497
9 5 GM Zhao Xue 2506 CHN 2 0 2477 2477
10 3 GM Ju Wenjun 2532 CHN 2 0 2452 2452
11 11 GM Socko Monika 2441 POL 1½ 0 2451 2538
12 7 GM Krush Irina 2444 USA 1½ 0 2421 2508
13 10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2459 ARM 1½ 0 2413 2500
14 12 WGM Huang Qian 2443 CHN 1 0 2329 2522
15 8 GM Harika Dronavalli 2478 IND 1 0 2324 2517
16 16 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2543 RUS 1 0 2259 2452

Photo Gallery


From February 25th to March 3th, The IMSA Elite Mind Games will be held in China, Huai-an, which is the city with great long history and significant cultural influence.

This event is hosted by IMSA organization and the Sports management center of Chinese Sports General Administration, orgnized by Jiangsu Sports Bureau and Huai'an government. Jiang Su Sports Industry Group Co., Ltd., cooperate with Sports management center of Jiangsu Province Sports Bureau, Huai'an Sports Bureau.Jiangsu Sports Co., Ltd. are working hard for the promotion operation.

By then, there will be 143 players and 77 technical officers from 43 countries, participate in varieties of board games including Bridge, GO, Chess, Chinese Chess and Draughts.

Totally, there would be 23 individual events which divided into five categories.

Furthermore, there would be another well-expected solitaire game called "Guan dan", originated from Huai'an province as history records, open to international game media for the first time for exhibit purpose.

Like the saying goes, "Wisdom of the world, Gathering in Huai'an", we are ready for 2016 IMSA Elite Mind Games, are looking forward to see a marvelous opening-ceremony and spectacular game competition of all world-class elite players out here!

IMSA Elite Mind Games

 
 
Contact:
Media: press@fide.com
General inquiries: office@fide.com
        

FIDE Sponsor
COMMISSIONS
Planning and Development Commission
pdc.fide.com
Arbiters' Commission
arbiters.fide.com
Chess in Education Commission
cis.fide.com
Commission for Women's Chess
womenchess.fide.com
Ethics Commission
ethics.fide.com
Events Commission
events.fide.com
Rules Commission
rules.fide.com
System of Parings Commission
pairings.fide.com
Trainers Commission
trainers.fide.com
 
©  International Chess Federation  |  Privacy Policy