World Cities Chess Team Championship

This event starts today in Al-Ain (UAE) and teams composition looks highly impressive:

1. Paris (RtgAvg:2677)
1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2711 FRA
2 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700 FRA
3 GM Edouard Romain 2686 FRA
4 GM Hamdouchi Hicham 2610 FRA

2. Hoogeveen (RtgAvg:2666)
1 GM Giri Anish 2720 NED
2 GM Sokolov Ivan 2667 NED
3 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2663 NED
4 GM Smeets Jan 2614 NED

3. Lviv (RtgAvg:2659)
1 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2710 UKR
2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2671 UKR
3 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2661 UKR
4 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2593 UKR

4. Baku (RtgAvg:2626)
1 GM Safarli Eltaj 2626 AZE
2 GM Guseinov Gadir 2628 AZE
3 GM Mamedov Rauf 2647 AZE
4 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2602 AZE
5 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2587 AZE

5. Saratov (RtgAvg:2626)
1 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2725 RUS
2 GM Lysyj Igor 2617 RUS
3 GM Romanov Evgeny 2616 RUS
4 GM Iljushin Alexei 2505 RUS
5 GM Shaposhnikov Evgeny 2544 RUS

6. Novi Sad (RtgAvg:2610)
1 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2633 SRB
2 GM Markus Robert 2619 SRB
3 GM Perunovic Milos 2614 SRB
4 GM Sedlak Nikola 2572 SRB
5 GM Popovic Dusan 2579 SRB

7. Ptuj (RtgAvg:2594)
1 GM Lenic Luka 2637 SLO
2 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 SLO
3 GM Borisek Jure 2560 SLO
4 GM Skoberne Jure 2549 SLO

8. London (RtgAvg:2594)
1 GM Short Nigel D 2692 ENG
2 GM Howell David W L 2634 ENG
3 GM Gordon Stephen J 2533 ENG
4 GM Williams Simon K 2515 ENG

9. Timisoara (RtgAvg:2589)
1 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2618 ROU
2 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2628 ROU
3 GM Marin Mihail 2564 ROU
4 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2545 ROU
5 GM Manolache Marius 2541 ROU

10. Athens (RtgAvg:2558)
1 GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2618 GRE
2 GM Banikas Hristos 2620 GRE
3 GM Halkias Stelios 2561 GRE
4 IM Tzermiadianos Andreas 2434 GRE
5 Stathopoulos Ioannis 2228 GRE

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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