2nd SportAccord World Mind Games – Blindfold event

The event finished within two days only. Aronian won the 1st place in the men’s and Hou in the women’s.

Final standings in the men’s event

Aronian

1. Aronian 5.5 out of 7
2. Nakamura 5
3-4. Mamedyarov, Kamsky 4.5
5-7. Leko, Ding, Radjabov 4
8-10. Bologan, Morozevich, Wang 3.5
11-12. Giri, Ivanchuk 3
13-14. Karjakin, Grischuk 2.5
15. Jobava 2
16. Fressinet 1

Final standings in the women’s event

Hou

1. Hou 6 out of 7
2. Cmilyte 5.5
3. Zatonskih 4.5
4-6. Koneru, Zhao, Muzychuk 4
7-11. Lahno, Zhu, Paehtz, Harika, Danielian 3.5
12. Kosteniuk 3
13-14. Stefanova, Cramling 2.5
15. Khotenashvili 1.5
16. Socko 1

2nd SportAccord World Mind Games – 4th day

Yesterday the last 7 games were played.

Final standings in the men’s event

Karjakin

1. Karjakin 12.5 out of 15
2. Nakamura 11
3-5. Mamedyarov, Aronian, Fressinet 9
6-7. Morozevich, Grischuk 8.5
8. Ivanchuk 8
9-10. Wang, Leko 6.5
11. Kamsky 6
12-14. Jobava, Radjabov, Bologan 5.5
15. Giri 5
16. Ding 4

Standings in the women’s event

Kosteniuk

1-2. Kosteniuk, Muzychuk 11.5
3-4. Paehtz, Koneru 9.5
5. Cmilyte 8
6-7. Harika, Zhu 7.5
8. Hou 7
9-11. Khotenashvili, Lahno, Cramling 6.5
12-14. Stefanova, Danielian, Zatonskih 6
15. Socko 5.5
16. Zhao 5

2nd SportAccord World Mind Games – 3rd day

Yesterday was the 1st day of the Blitz event. Eight rounds were played out of 15 and today 7 will be played.

Standings after 8 rounds in the men’s event

1-3. Nakamura, Aronian, Karjakin 6
4. Ivanchuk 5.5
5-7. Fressinet, Mamedyarov, Bologan 5
8. Jobava 4
9-10. Morozevich, Grischuk 3.5
11-14. Wang, Radjabov, Leko, Kamsky 3
15. Ding 1.5
16. Giri 1

Standings after 8 rounds in the women’s event

1. Kosteniuk 7
2-4. Paehtz, Muzychuk, Koneru 5.5
5. Zhu 5
6. Cmilyte 4.5
7 Zhao 4
8-11. Hou, Cramling, Danielian, Lahno 3,5
12-13. Harika, Socko 3
14-15. Zatonskih, Stefanova 2.5
16. Khotenashvili 2

You can view the live games on http://sportaccord2012.fide.com/en/component/content/article/40-static-content/133-live-games

Photo gallery is on http://sportaccord2012.fide.com/en/component/content/article/40-static-content/132-photo-gallery

You can download the games on http://sportaccord2012.fide.com/en/main-page and then go to Games (pgn) and select the one you wish to download.

2nd SportAccord World Mind Games – 2nd day

The last 3 rounds of the rapid event were played today.

Final ranking in men’s competition

Fressinet

1-2. Fressinet, Nakamura 5.5
3-4. Grischuk, Ding 4.5
5-6. Morozevich, Radjabov 4
7-10. Kamsky, Leko, Jobava, Wang 3.5
11-12. Giri, Karjakin 3
13. Aronian 2.5
14-15. Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov 2
16. Bologan 1.5

Final ranking in women’s competition

Lahno

1-4. Lahno, Hou, Koneru, Muzychuk 5 points
5. Paehtz 4.5
6-7. Kosteniuk, Stefanova 4
8-9. Danielian, Socko 3.5
10-11. Zhao, Cramling 3
12-14. Cmilyte, Zhu, Zatonskih 2.5
15. Harika 2
16.Khotenashvili 1

2nd SportAccord World Mind Games – 1st day

Today is the action began! Four games with rapid time control were played in both groups.

The participants in the men’s event

Aronian, Levon
Radjabov, Teimour
Karjakin, Sergey
Nakamura, Hikaru
Morozevich, Alexander
Ivanchuk, Vassily
Grischuk, Alexander
Fressinet, Laurent
Kamsky, Gata
Leko, Peter
Bologan, Viktor
Jobava, Baadur
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Wang, Hao
Giri, Anish
Ding, Liren

Women’s event

Hou, Yifan
Muzychuk, Anna
Koneru, Humpy
Zhao, Xue
Lahno, Kateryna
Cmilyte, Viktorija
Zatonskih, Anna
Stefanova, Antoaneta
Khotenashvili, Bela
Harika, Dronavalli
Paehtz, Elisabeth
Zhu, Chen
Cramling, Pia
Socko, Monika
Danielian, Elina
Kosteniuk, Alexandra

Nakamura

Standings after 4 rounds in men’s competition

1. Nakamura 3.5
2-3. Ding Liren, Fressinet 3
4-6. Kamsky, Leko, Grischuk 2.5
7-10. Morozevich, Karjakin, Radjabov, Aronian 2
11-14. Bologan, Jobava, Giri, Wang Hao 1.5
15. Ivanchuk 1
16. Mamedyarov 0

Hou Yifan

Standings after 4 rounds in women’s competition

1. Hou Yifan 3.5
2-3. Lahno, Koneru 3
4-7. Cramling, Muzychuk, Stefanova and Paehtz 2.5
8-9. Kosteniuk, Danielian 2
10-13. Cmilyte, Harika, Zhu Chen, Socko 1.5
14-15. Zhao Xue, Zatonskih 1
16. Khotenashvili 0.5

Watch the games live on http://sportaccord2012.fide.com/en/component/content/article/40-static-content/133-live-games

Vie the photo gallery on http://sportaccord2012.fide.com/en/component/content/article/40-static-content/132-photo-gallery