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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 – Rapid (Women)

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Gunina
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GM V.Gunina won the tournament with an amazing 6 points out of 7 games! GM Hou was 2nd with 5.5 and WGM Ju shared 3rd-4th with GM Lagno but had better tie-break.

Final standings

1 GM Gunina Valentina 2543 Russia 6.0 2571
2 GM Hou Yifan 2579 China 5.0 2531
3 WGM Ju Wenjun 2552 China 4.5 2551
4 GM Lagno Kateryna 2566 Ukraine 4.5 2552
5 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2575 Georgia 4.0 2545
6 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2513 Germany 4.0 2520
7 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2503 Russia 3.5 2529
8 GM Ushenina Anna 2478 Ukraine 3.5 2517
9 GM Koneru Humpy 2626 India 3.5 2555
10 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2582 Bulgaria 3.5 2523
11 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2588 Russia 3.0 2524
12 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2450 Lithuania 3.0 2566
13 GM Cramling Pia 2513 Sweden 2.5 2540
14 GM Zhao Xue 2489 China 2.0 2549
15 GM Sebag Marie 2502 France 2.0 2543
16 GM Muzychuk Anna 2566 Slovenia 1.5 2528

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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 – Rapid (Men)

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Wang Yue
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Wang Yue shared 1st-2nd with Leko but had a better tie break and thus won the event with 5 out of 7!

Final standings

1 GM Wang Yue 2729 China 5.0 2763
2 GM Leko Peter 2738 Hungary 5.0 2766
3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2828 Russia 4.5 2763
4 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2758 Cuba 4.5 2766
5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2795 Azerbaijan 4.0 2764
6 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2799 Russia 4.0 2732
7 GM Wang Hao 2690 China 4.0 2771
8 GM Karjakin Sergey 2787 Russia 3.5 2751
9 GM Radjabov Teimour 2749 Azerbaijan 3.5 2748
10 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2748 Ukraine 3.0 2749
11 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2761 France 3.0 2747
12 GM Kamsky Gata 2734 United States of America 3.0 2761
13 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2732 Ukraine 3.0 2737
14 GM Aronian Levon 2797 Armenia 2.5 2761
15 GM Le Quang Liem 2756 Vietnam 2.0 2746
16 GM Giri Anish 2700 Netherlands 1.5 2771

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