SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 – Blitz (Men)

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Aronian
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Aronian is leading with 8.5 points out of 10 and is a whole point ahead of Nepomniaschij (7.5 points) and 2 points ahead of Mamedyarov – 6.5 points.

Standings after 10 rounds (of 30)

1 GM Aronian Levon 2817 ARM 8½

2 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2830 RUS 7½

3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2721 AZE 6½

4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2798 RUS 6

5 GM Le Quang Liem 2841 VIE 6

6 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2825 FRA 6

7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2755 AZE 6

8 GM Karjakin Sergey 2837 RUS 5½

9 GM Kamsky Gata 2671 USA 5

10 GM Wang Yue 2723 CHN 5

11 GM Giri Anish 2747 NED 3½

12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2750 UKR 3½

13 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2774 UKR 3

14 GM Wang Hao 2698 CHN 3

15 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2769 CUB 2½

16 GM Leko Peter 2722 HUN 2½

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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 – Blitz (Women)

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Gunina
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GM Gunina is leading the women’s event with 8 points out of 10 games. GM Muzychuk is 2nd with 7.5, while Women’s World Champion GM Hou Yifan is 3rd with 6.5

Standings after 10 rounds (of 30!)

1 GM Gunina Valentina 2527 RUS 8

2 GM Muzychuk Anna 2639 SLO 7½

3 GM Hou Yifan 2559 CHN 6½

4 GM Zhao Xue 2471 CHN 6

5 GM Koneru Humpy 2558 IND 5½

6 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR 5½

7 GM Sebag Marie 2501 FRA 5½

8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2508 BUL 5

9 GM Ushenina Anna 2489 UKR 5

10 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2612 RUS 4½

11 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2579 GEO 4½

12 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2574 GER 4

13 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2480 RUS 4

14 GM Cramling Pia 2430 SWE 3

15 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2532 LTU 3

16 WGM Ju Wenjun 2454 CHN 2½

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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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