SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 2nd day – Blitz (Men)

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Nepomniaschij-Mamedyarov
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Mamedyarov is leading the tournament with 14 points out of 20, Vietnamese GM Le Quang is 2nd with 13.5 and Armenian super GM Aronian is 3rd with 13.

1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2721 Azerbaijan 14.0

2 GM Le Quang Liem 2841 Vietnam 13.5

3 GM Aronian Levon 2817 Armenia 13.0

4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2837 Russia 12.5

5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2825 France 12.5

6 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2830 Russia 11.5

7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2798 Russia 10.0

8 GM Radjabov Teimour 2755 Azerbaijan 10.0

9 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2750 Ukraine 10.0

10 GM Kamsky Gata 2671 United States of America 9.5

11 GM Giri Anish 2747 Netherlands 8.0

12 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2769 Cuba 7.5

13 GM Wang Yue 2723 China 7.5

14 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2774 Ukraine 7.5

15 GM Leko Peter 2722 Hungary 7.0

16 GM Wang Hao 2698 China 6.0

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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 2nd day – Blitz (Women)

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Hou Yifan
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Three times Women’s World Champion GM Hou Yifan is leading the blitz event with 16 points of 20 games (out of 30). GM Gunina of Russia is 2nd with 14 points and GM Muzychuk of Slovenia is on 13 points.

Standings after 20 games

1 GM Hou Yifan 2559 CHN 16.0

2 GM Gunina Valentina 2527 RUS 14.0

3 GM Muzychuk Anna 2639 SLO 13.0

4 GM Ushenina Anna 2489 UKR 12.5

5 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2579 GEO 11.0

6 GM Sebag Marie 2501 FRA 10.5

7 GM Zhao Xue 2471 CHN 10.5

8 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR 10.0

9 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2612 RUS 9.5

10 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2508 BUL 9.5

11 GM Koneru Humpy 2558 IND 8.0

12 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2574 GER 7.5

13 WGM Ju Wenjun 2454 CHN 7.5

14 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2480 RUS 7.0

15 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2532 LTU 7.0

16 GM Cramling Pia 2430 SWE 6.5

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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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