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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 – Basque Event (Men)

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Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Ponomariov
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Karjakin won the 2nd gold medal of 3 in this event (8.5 points out of 10)! Mamedyarov was 2nd with 6.5 and Ponomariov 3rd with 6.

Finals standings

1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2787 Russia 8.5 0.0 7 5 2771

2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2795 Azerbaijan 6.5 0.0 5 5 2771

3 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2748 Ukraine 6.0 0.0 4 5 2762

4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2732 Ukraine 5.5 0.0 4 5 2758

5 GM Kamsky Gata 2734 United States of America 5.5 0.0 4 5 2733

6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2828 Russia 5.5 0.0 3 5 2759

7 GM Wang Yue 2729 China 5.5 0.0 3 5 2758

8 GM Le Quang Liem 2756 Vietnam 5.0 0.0 4 5 2760

9 GM Wang Hao 2690 China 4.5 0.0 4 5 2763

10 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2799 Russia 4.5 0.0 3 5 2740

11 GM Aronian Levon 2797 Armenia 4.5 0.0 2 5 2774

12 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2758 Cuba 4.5 0.0 1 5 2783

13 GM Giri Anish 2700 Netherlands 4.0 0.0 3 5 2744

14 GM Radjabov Teimour 2749 Azerbaijan 3.5 0.0 1 5 2754

15 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2761 France 3.5 0.0 1 5 2731

16 GM Leko Peter 2738 Hungary 3.0 0.0 0 5 2739

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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 – Basque Event (Women)

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Ju, Hou, Zhao
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The Chinese players had a very good event and managed to get all 3 medals! Zhao Xue won the 1st place with 7.5 points, while Hou Yifan had a better tie break points than Ju Wenjun, so the latter had to settle for the bronze.

Finals standings

1 GM Zhao Xue 2489 China 7.5 0.0 7 5 2524

2 GM Hou Yifan 2579 China 7.0 1.0 7 5 2554

3 WGM Ju Wenjun 2552 China 7.0 1.0 6 5 2521

4 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2450 Lithuania 6.0 0.0 6 5 2544

5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2588 Russia 6.0 0.0 5 5 2541

6 GM Gunina Valentina 2543 Russia 6.0 0.0 4 5 2574

7 GM Muzychuk Anna 2566 Slovenia 4.5 0.0 4 5 2538

8 GM Sebag Marie 2502 France 4.5 0.0 3 5 2571

9 GM Ushenina Anna 2478 Ukraine 4.5 0.0 3 5 2542

10 GM Lagno Kateryna 2566 Ukraine 4.5 0.0 3 5 2541

11 GM Cramling Pia 2513 Sweden 4.5 0.0 3 5 2524

12 GM Koneru Humpy 2626 India 4.5 0.0 2 5 2526

13 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2513 Germany 4.0 1.0 4 5 2521

14 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2575 Georgia 4.0 1.0 3 5 2519

15 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2503 Russia 3.5 0.0 1 5 2560

16 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2582 Bulgaria 2.0 0.0 0 5 2525

Official site.