Selection of my games from Mind Sports Games

Here is a selection from my games:

Rapid

1.Rd8 and Black resigned!

Blitz

Blindfold

The official website of the Chess event was http://sportaccord2011.fide.com/index.php and you can still download games or just view them there!

Mind Sport Games in China

This tournament was organized on a very high level and included several disciplines such as Go, Bridge, Chinese Chess, Draughts and Chess. In Chess there were two separate Elite sections – Men and Women – with three events each: Rapid, Blitz and Blindfold. And if some men have played Blindfold Chess before in Monaco, this was the first ever such event for women! So, in total there were 32 chess-players – 16 men and 16 women. I was rated 13th in all these events but managed to finish on much higher places! In Rapid event I shared 8th-10th with 3.5 points out of 7, in Blitz I shared 6th-7th with 8 out of 15 and in Blindfold I shared 2nd-6th and was 5th with 4.5 out of 7!

New ideas in chess :) – Rapid and Blitz ratings

Recently FIDE has been discussing the addition of Rapid and Blitz ratings. So, here we are: we will have new ratings in the two new “disciplines” already next year. For some it will be easy and pleasant and for some it will be necessary to adapt themselves to a new rate of play.

Here is what FIDE has to say about the matter – http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html

What do you think about it?

European women’s team championship 2011

I finished the event on +2 on first board with a single loss (playing against 6 GMs among other titled players) and won 0.2 points which is also something 🙂 Unfortunately, the team didn’t didn’t finish on a good place 🙁 Here are the final results – http://chess-results.com/tnr57855.aspx?art=0&rd=9&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30

And here are the rest of my games in the event

And a selection of my and my team’s photos from various sources