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5/18/2019 – In Hengshui, China, the IMSA World Master Championships began. IMSA stands for International Mind Sports Association and in Hengshui some of the world's best players in games such as Go, Bridge, Checkers, etc. meet to fight for money and fame. The chess players challenge each other in rapid and blitz. Day 5 of the tournament and day 2 of the blitz starts May 18th at 13:00 local time (7:00 CEST, 1:00 EDT). Follow the games live, with commentary.

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Day 5

Current standings (Blitz Open)

Live Games Blitz Open

The tournament is a 22-round Swiss with a time control of 3 minutes for the entire game plus a 2-second increment from move 1.

Live commentary

Commentary by GM Gata Kamsky and IM Jovanka Houska | FIDE

Live Games Blitz Women

Current standings (Blitz Women)

The prize fund in both groups is 75,000 Euros, of which the winner receives 18,000 Euros.

Starting rank open (Blitz Open)

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	4158814	RUS	2793
2	GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	3503240	USA	2743
3	GM	Korobov Anton	14105730	UKR	2738
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	13401653	AZE	2730
5	GM	Yu Yangyi	8603820	CHN	2724
6	GM	Leko Peter	703303	HUN	2721
7	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	5029465	IND	2715
8	GM	Gelfand Boris	2805677	ISR	2706
9	GM	Le Quang Liem	12401137	VIE	2699
10	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2905540	GEO	2695
11	GM	Wang Hao	8602883	CHN	2688
12	GM	Jones Gawain C B	409561	ENG	2687
13	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	24130737	RUS	2684
14	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	14103320	UKR	2681
15	GM	Rapport Richard	738590	HUN	2674
16	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	8601445	CHN	2671

Starting rank (Blitz Women)

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Lei Tingjie	8605114	CHN	2502
2	GM	Gunina Valentina	4167570	RUS	2491
3	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	13601903	GEO	2488
4	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2902257	BUL	2469
5	GM	Koneru Humpy	5008123	IND	2466
6	GM	Zhao Xue	8601283	CHN	2460
7	GM	Harika Dronavalli	5015197	IND	2452
8	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	4128125	RUS	2451
9	GM	Ushenina Anna	14110911	UKR	2433
10	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	4181751	RUS	2429
11	GM	Tan Zhongyi	8603642	CHN	2408
12	GM	Krush Irina	2012782	USA	2397
13	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	4641833	GER	2381
14	IM	Abdumalik Zhansaya	13703544	KAZ	2368
15	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	13602640	GEO	2361
16	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	14114550	UKR	2358