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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 last day – Blitz (Women)

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Gunina, Hou, Muzychuk
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The 3 times Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan won the tournament with 21.5 points out of 30 games. Gunina (who won the rapid event) became 2nd and Muzychuk – 3rd.

Final standings

1 GM Hou Yifan 2559 China 21.5 0.0 19 302.50 15

2 GM Gunina Valentina 2527 Russia 19.5 0.0 18 271.50 15

3 GM Muzychuk Anna 2639 Slovenia 18.5 0.0 17 274.75 15

4 GM Ushenina Anna 2489 Ukraine 17.5 0.0 15 242.50 15

5 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2508 Bulgaria 17.0 0.0 13 244.25 15

6 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 Ukraine 16.0 0.0 12 225.50 15

7 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2612 Russia 15.0 0.0 10 220.75 15

8 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2579 Georgia 14.5 2.5 13 203.25 15

9 GM Zhao Xue 2471 China 14.5 2.5 11 195.50 15

10 GM Koneru Humpy 2558 India 14.5 1.0 12 211.75 15

11 GM Sebag Marie 2501 France 14.0 1.5 12 206.50 15

12 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2480 Russia 14.0 0.5 13 209.75 15

13 WGM Ju Wenjun 2454 China 13.5 0.0 11 198.75 15

14 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2532 Lithuania 10.5 0.0 7 152.75 15

15 GM Cramling Pia 2430 Sweden 10.0 0.0 7 144.75 15

16 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2574 Germany 9.5 0.0 7 128.75 15

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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 last day – Blitz (Men)

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Aronian, Karjakin, Vachier Lagrave
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Karjakin and Aronian shared 1st-2nd places with 19.5 out of 30, but Karjakin had better tie break and thus became the winner. Vachier-Lagrave won the 3rd place as he also had better tie-break score than Mamedyarov.

Final standings

1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2837 Russia 19.5 1.5 15 290.50 15

2 GM Aronian Levon 2817 Armenia 19.5 0.5 16 275.00 15

3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2825 France 18.0 1.5 13 255.00 15

4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2721 Azerbaijan 18.0 0.5 15 256.00 15

5 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2830 Russia 17.0 2.0 13 246.25 15

6 GM Le Quang Liem 2841 Vietnam 17.0 0.0 13 240.75 15

7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2798 Russia 16.5 0.0 13 242.25 15

8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2774 Ukraine 14.5 1.5 11 201.25 15

9 GM Giri Anish 2747 Netherlands 14.5 0.5 9 211.50 15

10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2750 Ukraine 14.0 0.0 11 209.25 15

11 GM Kamsky Gata 2671 United States of America 13.5 1.0 9 185.25 15

12 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2769 Cuba 13.5 1.0 8 193.25 15

13 GM Radjabov Teimour 2755 Azerbaijan 12.0 0.0 6 179.25 15

14 GM Wang Yue 2723 China 11.0 1.5 4 165.25 15

15 GM Leko Peter 2722 Hungary 11.0 0.5 5 161.25 15

16 GM Wang Hao 2698 China 10.5 0.0 5 152.00 15

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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 2nd day – Blitz (Men)

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Nepomniaschij-Mamedyarov
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Mamedyarov is leading the tournament with 14 points out of 20, Vietnamese GM Le Quang is 2nd with 13.5 and Armenian super GM Aronian is 3rd with 13.

1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2721 Azerbaijan 14.0

2 GM Le Quang Liem 2841 Vietnam 13.5

3 GM Aronian Levon 2817 Armenia 13.0

4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2837 Russia 12.5

5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2825 France 12.5

6 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2830 Russia 11.5

7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2798 Russia 10.0

8 GM Radjabov Teimour 2755 Azerbaijan 10.0

9 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2750 Ukraine 10.0

10 GM Kamsky Gata 2671 United States of America 9.5

11 GM Giri Anish 2747 Netherlands 8.0

12 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2769 Cuba 7.5

13 GM Wang Yue 2723 China 7.5

14 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2774 Ukraine 7.5

15 GM Leko Peter 2722 Hungary 7.0

16 GM Wang Hao 2698 China 6.0

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