IMSA Live

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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

Schedule

Rapid: 14th to 16th May
Blitz: 17th to 18th May

Links

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