SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 – Basque Event (Women)

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Ju, Hou, Zhao
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The Chinese players had a very good event and managed to get all 3 medals! Zhao Xue won the 1st place with 7.5 points, while Hou Yifan had a better tie break points than Ju Wenjun, so the latter had to settle for the bronze.

Finals standings

1 GM Zhao Xue 2489 China 7.5 0.0 7 5 2524

2 GM Hou Yifan 2579 China 7.0 1.0 7 5 2554

3 WGM Ju Wenjun 2552 China 7.0 1.0 6 5 2521

4 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2450 Lithuania 6.0 0.0 6 5 2544

5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2588 Russia 6.0 0.0 5 5 2541

6 GM Gunina Valentina 2543 Russia 6.0 0.0 4 5 2574

7 GM Muzychuk Anna 2566 Slovenia 4.5 0.0 4 5 2538

8 GM Sebag Marie 2502 France 4.5 0.0 3 5 2571

9 GM Ushenina Anna 2478 Ukraine 4.5 0.0 3 5 2542

10 GM Lagno Kateryna 2566 Ukraine 4.5 0.0 3 5 2541

11 GM Cramling Pia 2513 Sweden 4.5 0.0 3 5 2524

12 GM Koneru Humpy 2626 India 4.5 0.0 2 5 2526

13 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2513 Germany 4.0 1.0 4 5 2521

14 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2575 Georgia 4.0 1.0 3 5 2519

15 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2503 Russia 3.5 0.0 1 5 2560

16 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2582 Bulgaria 2.0 0.0 0 5 2525

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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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