Similar Podiums in China

by Alejandro Ramirez
12/15/2014 – In the open section Grischuk and Vachier-Lagrave managed to win gold and silver, respectively, again! The bronze medal was taken by Radjabov after he finished the blitz tournament with an excellent 7.0/10. In the women's section Hou Yifan annihilated the field and won by a full three point advantage, while Gunina took silver from Muzychuk in the very last second.
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On December 11th the World Mind Games began in Beijing, China. One week some of the word's best players compete in Chess, Go, Draughts, Chinese Chess, (Xiangqi), and Bridge. In chess 16 top men and women play rapid, blitz and basque chess.

The chessplayers will play rapid, blitz and Basque chess (two players play two games simultaneously against each other - one with white, one with black). All in all 24 medals can be won. The first chess tournament is the rapid competition for men and women (Thursday and Friday). After that follows blitz (Saturday to Monday) until the Basque chess tournament finally rounds it off (Tuesday and Wednesday).

Open Blitz - Day Three

An exciting last day of blitz chess, in which new faces showed up to try to claim the medals. We left with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave leading the event, but he started the day with a loss against Radjabov. He recovered by scoring 2.5/3 against Wang Yue, Harikrishna and Bacrot but after that did not win a single game!

Speaking of Radjabov, he had an amazing day. He opened the day with a hattrick against MVL, Wojtaszek and Leko. Despite losing in the 24th round against Aronian he was still able to recover and finish the day with a great 7.0/10.

Cuba's top player finished with 13.0/30: Leinier Dominguez Perez

Nepomniachtchi, Grischuk and Ponomariov all scored 6.5/10, but due to the results of the previous days the only one that had good medal chances was Grischuk. He entered the final round with an extra point over MVL and a draw was sufficient to claim the title.

Two silvers for France's #1: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Although MVL scored -1 today he was able to hold on to silver while Grischuk's performance today gave him gold! So far Grischuk and MVL have had a great performance in Beijing: Grischuk won both the blitz and the rapid and MVL won silver in both!

Grischuk hasn't destroyed the field on any day, but he consistently
scored well and that brought him two gold medals

Harkrishna-Mamedyarov was a 93 move draw.
The longest game of the day, but only by three moves!

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40...Bxf4 Despite the few remaining pieces left on the board, the endgame is somewhat tricky. 41.Bxb6 41.h3 Bc7 42.Ke4 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.c5= 41...Bxh2 42.Ke4 g4 43.c5? Bacrot places a lot of trust in his pawns, but he is tempi behind. h4 44.c6 44.Ke3! draws but that is not an easy move to find. 44...h3 now its over. Notice how much better the king on e6 is placed compared to the king on e4. That being said, Grischuk still has to find an amazing sequence: 45.Ba7 Bd6 45...Bg3! 46.Bg1 Bf2 was the correct way of winning. 46.Bg1 h2?? 46...Be5! 47.b6 Kd6 48.c7 Kd7 49.Kxe5 g3 is very pretty. 47.Bxh2 Bxh2 48.b6 Kd6 49.c7 Kd7 50.Ke3 and here Bacrot.... overstepped his time limit! There is no way to make progress for Black as the only way to take the pawn on b6 is with the bishop, but that will leave the g4 pawn defenseless! A nice gift for Grischuk! 0–1
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Bacrot,E2718Grischuk,A28100–12014E18SportAccord Blitz 201421.6

MVL lost a key game against Aronian:

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44.Ne4 A double edged position. White is threatening to push his pawn, but Black's is already on a2. Bd5? Winning a queen, but that is not enough! 44...Rd1 45.d7 Kf8 46.Nc3! Rxd7 47.Nxa2 and Black should be able to hold this endgame. 45.Rxd5 Rg1+ 46.Kxg1 a1Q+ 47.Kg2 White's pieces are perfectly placed to support the d-pawn. Qa8 48.Rd4 Qd8 49.d7 Kg7 50.Nd6 there is no way to stop Nb7. A vital game for the final standings. 1–0
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Aronian,L2797Vachier-Lagrave,M27581–02014A15SportAccord Blitz 201426.1

Blitz Standings

Rank Name Rtg FED Pts
1 Grischuk Alexander 2819 RUS 19½
2 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2776 FRA 18½
3 Radjabov Teimour 2715 AZE 18
4 Aronian Levon 2850 ARM 17½
5 Ivanchuk Vassily 2720 UKR 17
6 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2866 AZE 17
7 Nepomniachtchi Ian 2788 RUS 17
8 Ponomariov Ruslan 2758 UKR 15
9 Leko Peter 2694 HUN 14½
10 Gelfand Boris 2757 ISR 14½
11 Dominguez Perez Leinier 2728 CUB 13
12 Wang Hao 2693 CHN 13
13 Wang Yue 2680 CHN 12½
14 Harikrishna P. 2728 IND 11½
15 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2743 POL 11½
16 Bacrot Etienne 2739 FRA 10

The podium: MVL, Grischuk and Radjabov

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 c6 8.Be2 Be6 9.Qd3 Na6 10.0-0 Qb6 11.h3 Rad8 12.a3 Bc8 13.Be3 Qc7 14.b4 Nb8 15.Qc2 Rfe8 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Rac1 e6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Nbd7 20.e5 Nh5 21.Bxd8 Qxd8 22.Qd2 Bf8 23.Ne4 Kh7 24.Bf1 Ng7 25.a4 Be7 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Nb6 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Qa5 Bd7 30.Nc5 Nd5 31.Qxd8 Rxd8 32.Nxd7 Rxd7 33.Rxc6 Nf5 34.g3 Kg7 35.h4 Bb4 36.Rc4 Ba5 37.Bh3 Nfe7 38.Bf1 Nf5 39.Ra1 Bb6 40.Rb1 Ba5 41.Rb5 Bd8 42.Rb8 Bc7 43.Rb7 Re7 44.Rc1 Bb6 45.Rxe7 Ndxe7 46.Rc4 Nd5 47.Bd3 Nfe7 48.Be4 Nc7 49.Kg2 Kf8 50.Rb4 Ba5 51.Ra4 Bb6 52.Nd2 Kg7 53.Nb3 f5 54.exf6+ Kxf6 55.Nc5 Bxc5 56.dxc5 Ke5 57.f4+ Kf6 1–0
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Radjabov,T2734Vachier-Lagrave,M27581–02014D97SportAccord Blitz 201421.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2714Wojtaszek,R27440–12014B11SportAccord Blitz 201421.2
Ivanchuk,V2704Leko,P27230–12014E15SportAccord Blitz 201421.3
Ponomariov,R2714Aronian,L27971–02014E60SportAccord Blitz 201421.4
Wang,H2710Gelfand,B27431–02014B90SportAccord Blitz 201421.5
Bacrot,E2718Grischuk,A28100–12014E18SportAccord Blitz 201421.6
Mamedyarov,S2765Dominguez Perez,L27261–02014E60SportAccord Blitz 201421.7
Wang,Y2720Harikrishna,P27271–02014A05SportAccord Blitz 201421.8
Grischuk,A2810Wang,H2710½–½2014D00SportAccord Blitz 201422.1
Gelfand,B2743Ponomariov,R27141–02014D30SportAccord Blitz 201422.2
Aronian,L2797Ivanchuk,V27041–02014A04SportAccord Blitz 201422.3
Leko,P2723Nepomniachtchi,I27141–02014B90SportAccord Blitz 201422.4
Wojtaszek,R2744Radjabov,T27340–12014D37SportAccord Blitz 201422.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Wang,Y2720½–½2014C42SportAccord Blitz 201422.6
Harikrishna,P2727Mamedyarov,S2765½–½2014A05SportAccord Blitz 201422.7
Dominguez Perez,L2726Bacrot,E27181–02014C65SportAccord Blitz 201422.8
Nepomniachtchi,I2714Aronian,L2797½–½2014A36SportAccord Blitz 201423.1
Ivanchuk,V2704Gelfand,B27430–12014B90SportAccord Blitz 201423.2
Ponomariov,R2714Grischuk,A28100–12014E60SportAccord Blitz 201423.3
Wang,H2710Dominguez Perez,L27261–02014A07SportAccord Blitz 201423.4
Bacrot,E2718Mamedyarov,S27650–12014A50SportAccord Blitz 201423.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Harikrishna,P27271–02014B12SportAccord Blitz 201423.6
Wang,Y2720Wojtaszek,R27441–02014A13SportAccord Blitz 201423.7
Radjabov,T2734Leko,P27231–02014A35SportAccord Blitz 201423.8
Mamedyarov,S2765Wang,H27101–02014D11SportAccord Blitz 201424.1
Aronian,L2797Radjabov,T27341–02014E06SportAccord Blitz 201424.2
Leko,P2723Wang,Y2720½–½2014C42SportAccord Blitz 201424.3
Wojtaszek,R2744Vachier-Lagrave,M27580–12014A15SportAccord Blitz 201424.4
Harikrishna,P2727Bacrot,E2718½–½2014A07SportAccord Blitz 201424.5
Gelfand,B2743Nepomniachtchi,I27140–12014A04SportAccord Blitz 201424.6
Dominguez Perez,L2726Ponomariov,R27141–02014B06SportAccord Blitz 201424.7
Grischuk,A2810Ivanchuk,V27041–02014D00SportAccord Blitz 201424.8
Ponomariov,R2714Mamedyarov,S27651–02014A50SportAccord Blitz 201425.1
Wang,H2710Bacrot,E2718½–½2014A07SportAccord Blitz 201425.2
Wojtaszek,R2744Harikrishna,P27270–12014E12SportAccord Blitz 201425.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Leko,P2723½–½2014C65SportAccord Blitz 201425.4
Wang,Y2720Aronian,L27971–02014D91SportAccord Blitz 201425.5
Radjabov,T2734Gelfand,B2743½–½2014A12SportAccord Blitz 201425.6
Nepomniachtchi,I2714Grischuk,A28101–02014B23SportAccord Blitz 201425.7
Ivanchuk,V2704Dominguez Perez,L27261–02014A04SportAccord Blitz 201425.8
Aronian,L2797Vachier-Lagrave,M27581–02014A15SportAccord Blitz 201426.1
Leko,P2723Wojtaszek,R2744½–½2014E17SportAccord Blitz 201426.2
Harikrishna,P2727Wang,H27101–02014D17SportAccord Blitz 201426.3
Bacrot,E2718Ponomariov,R27140–12014A41SportAccord Blitz 201426.4
Mamedyarov,S2765Ivanchuk,V2704½–½2014D90SportAccord Blitz 201426.5
Dominguez Perez,L2726Nepomniachtchi,I27140–12014B90SportAccord Blitz 201426.6
Grischuk,A2810Radjabov,T2734½–½2014A45SportAccord Blitz 201426.7
Gelfand,B2743Wang,Y27201–02014D41SportAccord Blitz 201426.8
Ponomariov,R2714Wang,H2710½–½2014D19SportAccord Blitz 201427.1
Wang,Y2720Grischuk,A28100–12014D91SportAccord Blitz 201427.2
Radjabov,T2734Dominguez Perez,L27261–02014A06SportAccord Blitz 201427.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2714Mamedyarov,S27651–02014C45SportAccord Blitz 201427.4
Ivanchuk,V2704Bacrot,E2718½–½2014A33SportAccord Blitz 201427.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Gelfand,B2743½–½2014D43SportAccord Blitz 201427.6
Leko,P2723Harikrishna,P2727½–½2014C87SportAccord Blitz 201427.7
Wojtaszek,R2744Aronian,L27970–12014D85SportAccord Blitz 201427.8
Grischuk,A2810Vachier-Lagrave,M2758½–½2014A45SportAccord Blitz 201428.1
Mamedyarov,S2765Radjabov,T2734½–½2014B90SportAccord Blitz 201428.2
Dominguez Perez,L2726Wang,Y27201–02014C42SportAccord Blitz 201428.3
Bacrot,E2718Nepomniachtchi,I27140–12014D85SportAccord Blitz 201428.4
Gelfand,B2743Wojtaszek,R27440–12014E12SportAccord Blitz 201428.5
Aronian,L2797Leko,P2723½–½2014A15SportAccord Blitz 201428.6
Harikrishna,P2727Ponomariov,R27140–12014A04SportAccord Blitz 201428.7
Wang,H2710Ivanchuk,V27040–12014A07SportAccord Blitz 201428.8
Wojtaszek,R2744Grischuk,A2810½–½2014D02SportAccord Blitz 201429.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Dominguez Perez,L27260–12014D27SportAccord Blitz 201429.2
Wang,Y2720Mamedyarov,S2765½–½2014A10SportAccord Blitz 201429.3
Radjabov,T2734Bacrot,E27181–02014A07SportAccord Blitz 201429.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2714Wang,H27101–02014C45SportAccord Blitz 201429.5
Ivanchuk,V2704Ponomariov,R27140–12014A41SportAccord Blitz 201429.6
Aronian,L2797Harikrishna,P27271–02014A05SportAccord Blitz 201429.7
Leko,P2723Gelfand,B27431–02014A34SportAccord Blitz 201429.8
Mamedyarov,S2765Vachier-Lagrave,M2758½–½2014D90SportAccord Blitz 201430.1
Dominguez Perez,L2726Wojtaszek,R2744½–½2014B17SportAccord Blitz 201430.2
Grischuk,A2810Leko,P2723½–½2014B33SportAccord Blitz 201430.3
Gelfand,B2743Aronian,L27971–02014E60SportAccord Blitz 201430.4
Harikrishna,P2727Ivanchuk,V27040–12014B02SportAccord Blitz 201430.5
Ponomariov,R2714Nepomniachtchi,I27141–02014E60SportAccord Blitz 201430.6
Wang,H2710Radjabov,T2734½–½2014D85SportAccord Blitz 201430.7
Bacrot,E2718Wang,Y27201–02014D41SportAccord Blitz 201430.8

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Women's Blitz - Day Three

A light-hearted mood before the last ten games of blitz

Even though Hou Yifan lost her first game of the day, and actually only scored 50% in the first five games, there was little doubt who was going to win the tournament. After Gunina won her game against the World Champion, Hou Yifan still had a two point advantage over both Gunina and Muzychuk, and three over Kosteniuk. A great performance in the last few rounds left the Chinese player with a three point advantage claiming her gold medal.

Anna Ushenina scored 13.0/30

The fight for silver was much closer. Actually, it all came down to the very last round. Anna Muzychuk was paired against Pia Cramling, who had so far scored 4.5/29:

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46...Kg7 White is up an exchange, a pawn and has a killer attack. 47.Ra7?? White's position is so good that blundering the full rook is still drawn. 47.Rg6+ fxg6 48.Re7+ Kh8 49.Qc8+ is mate. 47...Rb1?? But Muzychuk tries for more! Unfortunately she must have forgotten about f7. 47...Qxa7 48.Qg4+ Kh7 49.Qf5+= 48.Qxf7+ And with this win and Gunina's draw against Ushenina it was the Russian player that took silver medal. 1–0
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Cramling,P2518Muzychuk,A25451–02014E10SportAccord Blitz w 201430.3

Former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova with 14.0/30

Despite Koneru Humpy's incredible strength in classical chess, she is not particularly known for her blitz skills. Here she is unable to stop Hou Yifan's rolling pawns on both sides of the board.

Blitz Standings - Women

Rank Name Rtg FED Pts
1 Hou Yifan 2662 CHN 22½
2 Gunina Valentina 2582 RUS 19½
3 Muzychuk Anna 2665 UKR 19½
4 Harika Dronavalli 2533 IND 17
5 Dzagnidze Nana 2591 GEO 17
6 Zhao Xue 2576 CHN 16½
7 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2479 RUS 16½
8 Koneru Humpy 2521 IND 16
9 Ju Wenjun 2469 CHN 15½
10 Kosintseva Tatiana 2578 RUS 14
11 Stefanova Antoaneta 2569 BUL 14
12 Ushenina Anna 2467 UKR 13
13 Paehtz Elisabeth 2522 GER 12½
14 Khotenashvili Bela 2457 GEO 10½
15 Muzychuk Mariya 2439 UKR 10½
16 Cramling Pia 2433 SWE 5½

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 0-0 10.Qd2 a5 11.0-0 a4 12.Rac1 Be6 13.f4 Qa5 14.Rfd1 Rfc8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Bxb2 19.Rb1 a3 20.f5 Qf2 21.Rf1 Qh4 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Rf3 Qh8 24.Rbf1 Rf8 25.Bd3 Be5 26.Rh3 Qg7 27.Qg5 Ra4 28.Qxe7 Rb4 29.Rhf3 Rb2 30.Bb1 Qh6 31.Rh3 Qd2 32.Rg1 Qf4 33.Qh4 Qxh4 34.Rxh4 Re8 35.Rh3 Bd4 36.Rf1 Ree2 37.Rg3 Bc5 38.h4 Bd4 39.h5 Be5 40.Rg4 g5 41.Rxg5+ Kf8 42.h6 Ke7 43.h7 Rb4 44.Rxe5+ Rxe5 45.h8Q 1–0
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Kosintseva,T2483Hou,Y26731–02014B36SportAccord Blitz w 201421.1
Muzychuk,A2545Harika,D2505½–½2014C15SportAccord Blitz w 201421.2
Dzagnidze,N2570Gunina,V2522½–½2014A28SportAccord Blitz w 201421.3
Zhao,X2514Ju,W25681–02014E60SportAccord Blitz w 201421.4
Muzychuk,M2529Koneru,H25810–12014B27SportAccord Blitz w 201421.5
Cramling,P2518Stefanova,A2517½–½2014A41SportAccord Blitz w 201421.6
Khotenashvili,B2504Paehtz,E2485½–½2014A30SportAccord Blitz w 201421.7
Kosteniuk,A2541Ushenina,A24941–02014B51SportAccord Blitz w 201421.8
Ushenina,A2494Khotenashvili,B25041–02014A40SportAccord Blitz w 201422.1
Paehtz,E2485Cramling,P25181–02014A01SportAccord Blitz w 201422.2
Stefanova,A2517Muzychuk,M25291–02014D05SportAccord Blitz w 201422.3
Koneru,H2581Zhao,X2514½–½2014A46SportAccord Blitz w 201422.4
Ju,W2568Dzagnidze,N25701–02014C10SportAccord Blitz w 201422.5
Gunina,V2522Muzychuk,A25450–12014A52SportAccord Blitz w 201422.6
Harika,D2505Kosintseva,T24831–02014A15SportAccord Blitz w 201422.7
Hou,Y2673Kosteniuk,A25411–02014C24SportAccord Blitz w 201422.8
Kosintseva,T2483Gunina,V25221–02014B12SportAccord Blitz w 201423.1
Muzychuk,A2545Ju,W25681–02014C41SportAccord Blitz w 201423.2
Dzagnidze,N2570Koneru,H25811–02014E11SportAccord Blitz w 201423.3
Zhao,X2514Stefanova,A25171–02014D15SportAccord Blitz w 201423.4
Muzychuk,M2529Paehtz,E24850–12014E94SportAccord Blitz w 201423.5
Cramling,P2518Ushenina,A2494½–½2014D11SportAccord Blitz w 201423.6
Khotenashvili,B2504Kosteniuk,A25410–12014D02SportAccord Blitz w 201423.7
Harika,D2505Hou,Y2673½–½2014A04SportAccord Blitz w 201423.8
Gunina,V2522Harika,D2505½–½2014A53SportAccord Blitz w 201424.1
Hou,Y2673Khotenashvili,B25041–02014A01SportAccord Blitz w 201424.2
Kosteniuk,A2541Cramling,P25181–02014B43SportAccord Blitz w 201424.3
Ushenina,A2494Muzychuk,M25290–12014D05SportAccord Blitz w 201424.4
Paehtz,E2485Zhao,X25141–02014B01SportAccord Blitz w 201424.5
Stefanova,A2517Dzagnidze,N2570½–½2014A05SportAccord Blitz w 201424.6
Koneru,H2581Muzychuk,A2545½–½2014A52SportAccord Blitz w 201424.7
Ju,W2568Kosintseva,T24831–02014A00SportAccord Blitz w 201424.8
Gunina,V2522Hou,Y26731–02014A40SportAccord Blitz w 201425.1
Muzychuk,A2545Stefanova,A25171–02014C41SportAccord Blitz w 201425.2
Dzagnidze,N2570Paehtz,E2485½–½2014A40SportAccord Blitz w 201425.3
Zhao,X2514Ushenina,A24940–12014D11SportAccord Blitz w 201425.4
Muzychuk,M2529Kosteniuk,A2541½–½2014C42SportAccord Blitz w 201425.5
Cramling,P2518Khotenashvili,B2504½–½2014A42SportAccord Blitz w 201425.6
Harika,D2505Ju,W25680–12014A46SportAccord Blitz w 201425.7
Kosintseva,T2483Koneru,H25810–12014B27SportAccord Blitz w 201425.8
Paehtz,E2485Muzychuk,A25450–12014B45SportAccord Blitz w 201426.1
Stefanova,A2517Kosintseva,T2483½–½2014D02SportAccord Blitz w 201426.2
Koneru,H2581Harika,D2505½–½2014A05SportAccord Blitz w 201426.3
Ju,W2568Gunina,V25221–02014B10SportAccord Blitz w 201426.4
Hou,Y2673Cramling,P25181–02014B23SportAccord Blitz w 201426.5
Khotenashvili,B2504Muzychuk,M2529½–½2014D03SportAccord Blitz w 201426.6
Kosteniuk,A2541Zhao,X25140–12014B04SportAccord Blitz w 201426.7
Ushenina,A2494Dzagnidze,N25700–12014E46SportAccord Blitz w 201426.8
Dzagnidze,N2570Kosteniuk,A2541½–½2014A13SportAccord Blitz w 201427.1
Zhao,X2514Khotenashvili,B25040–12014A05SportAccord Blitz w 201427.2
Muzychuk,M2529Cramling,P25181–02014A45SportAccord Blitz w 201427.3
Ju,W2568Hou,Y26730–12014B20SportAccord Blitz w 201427.4
Gunina,V2522Koneru,H25811–02014E11SportAccord Blitz w 201427.5
Harika,D2505Stefanova,A25171–02014D00SportAccord Blitz w 201427.6
Kosintseva,T2483Paehtz,E24851–02014C04SportAccord Blitz w 201427.7
Muzychuk,A2545Ushenina,A24941–02014B20SportAccord Blitz w 201427.8
Stefanova,A2517Gunina,V25220–12014A07SportAccord Blitz w 201428.1
Koneru,H2581Ju,W25681–02014E71SportAccord Blitz w 201428.2
Hou,Y2673Muzychuk,M25291–02014B23SportAccord Blitz w 201428.3
Cramling,P2518Zhao,X25140–12014A46SportAccord Blitz w 201428.4
Khotenashvili,B2504Dzagnidze,N2570½–½2014A46SportAccord Blitz w 201428.5
Kosteniuk,A2541Muzychuk,A2545½–½2014B33SportAccord Blitz w 201428.6
Ushenina,A2494Kosintseva,T2483½–½2014D05SportAccord Blitz w 201428.7
Paehtz,E2485Harika,D25050–12014C17SportAccord Blitz w 201428.8
Koneru,H2581Hou,Y26730–12014A40SportAccord Blitz w 201429.1
Gunina,V2522Paehtz,E24851–02014A41SportAccord Blitz w 201429.2
Harika,D2505Ushenina,A2494½–½2014D00SportAccord Blitz w 201429.3
Kosintseva,T2483Kosteniuk,A25411–02014B30SportAccord Blitz w 201429.4
Muzychuk,A2545Khotenashvili,B25041–02014B15SportAccord Blitz w 201429.5
Dzagnidze,N2570Cramling,P25181–02014A51SportAccord Blitz w 201429.6
Zhao,X2514Muzychuk,M25291–02014D43SportAccord Blitz w 201429.7
Ju,W2568Stefanova,A25171–02014A00SportAccord Blitz w 201429.8
Hou,Y2673Zhao,X2514½–½2014B02SportAccord Blitz w 201430.1
Muzychuk,M2529Dzagnidze,N2570½–½2014C01SportAccord Blitz w 201430.2
Cramling,P2518Muzychuk,A25451–02014E10SportAccord Blitz w 201430.3
Khotenashvili,B2504Kosintseva,T24831–02014A09SportAccord Blitz w 201430.4
Kosteniuk,A2541Harika,D2505½–½2014C05SportAccord Blitz w 201430.5
Ushenina,A2494Gunina,V2522½–½2014D05SportAccord Blitz w 201430.6
Paehtz,E2485Ju,W25680–12014B46SportAccord Blitz w 201430.7
Stefanova,A2517Koneru,H25810–12014A07SportAccord Blitz w 201430.8

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Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez has been playing tournament chess since 1998. His accomplishments include qualifying for the 2004 and 2013 World Cups as well as playing for Costa Rica in the 2002, 2004 and 2008 Olympiads. He currently has a rating of 2583 and is author of a number of popular and critically acclaimed ChessBase-DVDs.

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