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SportAccord Mind Games will be held in Beijing, China between the 12th of December and 20th December 2012. The World Mind Games was held for the first time in 2008 and consisted of 5 disciplines: chess, bridge, draughts (checkers), go, and xiangqi (Chinese chess). SportAccord, the organizer of the Mind Games, is the umbrella organization for both Olympic and non-Olympic sports as well as for major organizers of conferences and sporting events.
China's number one/two (Wang Hao has the exact same live rating as Wang Yue) took out Aronian in round one
Round 1
Name | FED |
Pts
|
Res.
|
Pts
|
Name | FED |
Aronian Levon | ARM |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Wang Hao | CHN |
Giri Anish | NED |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
Wang Yue | CHN |
0.0
|
1 - 0
|
0.0
|
Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR |
Kamsky Gata | USA |
0.0
|
1 - 0
|
0.0
|
Radjabov Teimour | AZE |
Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Le Quang Liem | VIE |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Karjakin Sergey | RUS |
Grischuk Alexander | RUS |
0.0
|
1 - 0
|
0.0
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE |
Leko Peter | HUN |
0.0
|
1 - 0
|
0.0
|
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA |
Round one started with a mountain of decisive results. Aronian fell victim to a powerful Wang Hao who converted a better position from the opening with impressive technique (albeit being a little sloppy when the game was already essentially over).
Kamsky's handling of the Sveshnikov against Radjabov was rather weird but it paid off at the end
Giri's over aggression against Nepomniachtchi did not pay off and the Gruenfeld scored a victory. The other Chinese player, Wang Yue, demolished Ponomariov's set up with a well calculated sequence. Some of the games were rather strange but all of them were exciting to the very end.
Round 2
Bo. | Name | FED |
Pts
|
Res.
|
Pts
|
Name | FED |
1 | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
1.0
|
1 - 0
|
1.0
|
Grischuk Alexander | RUS |
2 | Wang Hao | CHN |
1.0
|
½ - ½
|
1.0
|
Wang Yue | CHN |
3 | Karjakin Sergey | RUS |
1.0
|
1 - 0
|
1.0
|
Kamsky Gata | USA |
4 | Le Quang Liem | VIE |
0.5
|
0 - 1
|
1.0
|
Leko Peter | HUN |
5 | Radjabov Teimour | AZE |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.5
|
Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR |
6 | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Aronian Levon | ARM |
7 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB |
8 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Giri Anish | NED |
Things cooled off a little bit in the second round but with that a few leaders emerged. Leko, Karjakin and Nepomniachtchi were the only ones to score 2.0/2. Nepo outplayed Grischuk in a long Scotch game. Karjakin took advantage of Kamsky's dubious opening:
[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"] [Site "Beijing CHN"] [Date "2013.12.12"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2013.12.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 {This is not the first time that Kamsky has played this move which must be dubious. But perhaps after this game it will be the last.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 $1 {A strong move taking advantage of Black's lack of control over many, many squares.} g6 7. Ndb5 (7. Nxc6 Bxc6 ( 7... dxc6 $2 8. Nb5 $1 {is already completely lost for Black.}) 8. Qd4 {seems unpleasant to say the last for the second player.} (8. Nd5 {may be even stronger.})) 7... Rc8 8. Nd5 d6 9. Qd2 Bg7 $2 (9... a6 {was absolutely mandatory. Perhaps Kamsky was afraid of} 10. Qc3 e5 11. Be3 axb5 12. Bxb5 {but its not clear that this is all that strong for White.}) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nxe7 { Now Black's position falls apart.} axb5 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bxb5 Nge7 14. Bxd6 O-O (14... Qe6 {is the computer recommendation but White should still be almost winning after} 15. Bxc6+ Bxc6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd6 {and White has too many pawns, despite his opponent's pair of bishops.}) 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 {A crazy material balance. White has two rooks for three pieces, but the fact that he also has three pawns on top of that makes all the difference.} 17. Qd6 Qa8 18. Kb1 b5 19. f4 Bc8 20. Qa3 Qb7 21. Rd5 h5 22. Rhd1 Bg4 23. R1d2 b4 24. Qe3 Qa6 25. R2d3 $2 Be6 (25... b3 $1 {was veyr strong and Black's last chance to get back in the game.} 26. cxb3 Nb4 $13) 26. Qc5 Kh7 27. b3 $2 {Very unnecessary, now Black will obtain couterplay on the dark squares.} Bxd5 28. exd5 Qa3 $1 {Creating problems.} 29. c3 Qa6 (29... Na7 30. Qxb4 {is a slow but sure death.}) 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. dxc6 Qg1+ 32. Kc2 bxc3 33. Rxc3 $2 {Eliminating the passed pawn is not what White needed at the moment.} (33. b4 $1 Qxg2+ 34. Kb3 Qb2+ 35. Ka4 c2 36. c7 c1=Q 37. c8=Q {is difficult to play with limited time on the clock, but the variation seems to work for White.}) 33... Qxg2+ 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Rc1 Qf2 $1 {White has problems defending from the simple threat of checkmate, despite his huge material advantage.} 36. Rc2 Qe1+ 37. Rc1 Qd2 38. Qc2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Qxa2+ 41. Kd1 Qxb3+ 42. Rc2 Qb1+ $2 {Spoiling the hard work.} (42... Qd5+ $1 {is an immediate perpetual as White cannot avoid being checked on h1.}) 43. Kd2 Bh6 $2 {Very inefficient use of the bishop.} 44. Qc4 Qb8 45. c7 Qc8 46. Qxf7+ Bg7 47. Rc6 {This would be a terrible game under normal circumstances, but under rapid time controls it was simply crazy and fun!} 1-0
Round 3
Bo. | Name | FED |
Pts
|
Res.
|
Pts
|
Name | FED | ||
1 | GM | Leko Peter | HUN |
2.0
|
½ - ½
|
2.0
|
GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
2 | GM | Wang Yue | CHN |
1.5
|
0 - 1
|
2.0
|
GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS |
3 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR |
1.0
|
½ - ½
|
1.5
|
GM | Wang Hao | CHN |
4 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS |
1.0
|
1 - 0
|
1.0
|
GM | Giri Anish | NED |
5 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA |
1.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.5
|
GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA |
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | ARM |
0.5
|
1 - 0
|
0.5
|
GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE |
7 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB |
0.5
|
½ - ½
|
0.5
|
GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE |
8 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE |
0.0
|
1 - 0
|
0.5
|
GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR |
The duel between the leaders resulted in a draw, but Karjakin took out Wang Yue with a pretty tactic:
[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"] [Site "Beijing CHN"] [Date "2013.12.12"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Wang, Yue"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2756"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2013.12.12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Qh4 h6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 g5 13. Qh3 g4 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Qc8 $1 {Black has played a very powerful opening. He has not been afraid of weakening the kingside and has obtained important space, gaining tempi for development and he has driven White's queen relatively out of play.} 16. b3 $2 {And now a convincing finish:} Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ng6 $1 18. Qh5 Bxd4 $1 19. Rxd4 Qc3 {White's rooks cannot be defended!} 20. Rc4 Qxa1 21. Qxg4 Kf8 22. Rc2 h5 23. Qd7 h4 24. Bb2 h3+ 25. Kf3 Qxb2 {Finishing it off in style; the queen cannot be taken because of Ne5+} 0-1
Tactics do not escape this man: Karjakin started with 3.0/3
This put Karjakin in the temporarily lead.
Bo. | Name | FED |
Pts
|
Res.
|
Pts
|
Name | FED |
1 | Karjakin Sergey | RUS |
3.0
|
0 - 1
|
2.5
|
Leko Peter | HUN |
2 | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
2.5
|
0 - 1
|
2.0
|
Wang Hao | CHN |
3 | Aronian Levon | ARM |
1.5
|
½ - ½
|
2.0
|
Grischuk Alexander | RUS |
4 | Kamsky Gata | USA |
1.5
|
1 - 0
|
1.5
|
Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR |
5 | Radjabov Teimour | AZE |
1.0
|
0 - 1
|
1.5
|
Wang Yue | CHN |
6 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA |
1.0
|
0 - 1
|
1.0
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE |
7 | Giri Anish | NED |
1.0
|
0 - 1
|
1.0
|
Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB |
8 | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR |
0.5
|
0 - 1
|
0.5
|
Le Quang Liem | VIE |
Leko won a pawn early in the game but the transition to the endgame was less than optimal. In what should have been a drawn endgame Leko danced with his knight for dozens of moves, until eventually Karjakin made a fatal mistake and allowed his opponent's king in with a decisive effect. With this Leko takes the lead of the tournament with three rounds to be played tomorrow. He will face Wang Hao with the black pieces while Karjakin will be black himself against Grischuk, who has 2.5/4 with Wang Yue, Nepo and Kamsky.
Leko is now leading after grinding out Karjakin in a very long endgame
Standings
Rank | Name | Rtg | Federation | Pts |
1 | Leko Peter | 2738 | Hungary | 3.5 |
2 | Karjakin Sergey | 2787 | Russia | 3.0 |
3 | Wang Hao | 2690 | China | 3.0 |
4 | Grischuk Alexander | 2828 | Russia | 2.5 |
5 | Wang Yue | 2729 | China | 2.5 |
6 | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2799 | Russia | 2.5 |
7 | Kamsky Gata | 2734 | United States of America | 2.5 |
8 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2795 | Azerbaijan | 2.0 |
9 | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2758 | Cuba | 2.0 |
10 | Aronian Levon | 2797 | Armenia | 2.0 |
11 | Le Quang Liem | 2756 | Vietnam | 1.5 |
12 | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2732 | Ukraine | 1.5 |
13 | Giri Anish | 2700 | Netherlands | 1.0 |
14 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2761 | France | 1.0 |
15 | Radjabov Teimour | 2749 | Azerbaijan | 1.0 |
16 | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2748 | Ukraine | 0.5 |
Note: Rapid ratings used
Men Games rounds one to four
Viktorija Cmilyte, from Lithuania, started the event with four draws!
Round 1
Name | FED |
Pts
|
Res.
|
Pts
|
Name | FED | SNo. | |
1 | Cramling Pia | SWE |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 9 |
2 | Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2 |
3 | Sebag Marie | FRA |
0.0
|
1 - 0
|
0.0
|
Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 11 |
4 | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Gunina Valentina | RUS | 4 |
5 | Koneru Humpy | IND |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 13 |
6 | Zhao Xue | CHN |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Hou Yifan | CHN | 6 |
7 | Lagno Kateryna | UKR |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Ju Wenjun | CHN | 15 |
8 | Ushenina Anna | UKR |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 8 |
Round one started with a few draws. The Chinese players Zhao Xue and Hou Yifan took half a point away from each other, but Ju Wenjun won a pretty King's Indian against Lagno.
Round 2
Name | FED |
Pts
|
Res.
|
Pts
|
Name | FED | |
1 | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER |
1.0
|
1 - 0
|
1.0
|
Sebag Marie | FRA |
2 | Gunina Valentina | RUS |
1.0
|
1 - 0
|
1.0
|
Ju Wenjun | CHN |
3 | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO |
0.5
|
1 - 0
|
0.5
|
Cramling Pia | SWE |
4 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS |
0.5
|
1 - 0
|
0.5
|
Zhao Xue | CHN |
5 | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS |
0.5
|
0 - 1
|
0.5
|
Koneru Humpy | IND |
6 | Hou Yifan | CHN |
0.5
|
½ - ½
|
0.5
|
Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU |
7 | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Lagno Kateryna | UKR |
8 | Muzychuk Anna | SLO |
0.0
|
0 - 1
|
0.0
|
Ushenina Anna | UKR |
Ushenina beat Muzychuk in round two. Muzychuk used to play for Ukraine, like Ushenina, but she switched federations some time ago to Slovenia.
The World Champion was held to a draw for the second time in a row, and perhaps more surprisingly Anna Muzychuk started with 0.0/2 while Paehtz, the only player not to have the GM title in the event, started with 2.0/2. This was slightly aided when Sebag, in a position where she was slightly worse, simply blundered a queen.
Gunina set a nice trap against Ju Wenjun, who fell for it squarely, and also led with 2.0/2.
Paehtz started off the event with two big wins
Round 3
Name | FED |
Pts
|
Res.
|
Pts
|
Name | FED | |
1 | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER |
2.0
|
0 - 1
|
2.0
|
Gunina Valentina | RUS |
2 | Koneru Humpy | IND |
1.5
|
½ - ½
|
1.5
|
Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS |
3 | Sebag Marie | FRA |
1.0
|
½ - ½
|
1.5
|
Dzagnidze Nana | GEO |
4 | Ju Wenjun | CHN |
1.0
|
0 - 1
|
1.0
|
Hou Yifan | CHN |
5 | Lagno Kateryna | UKR |
1.0
|
½ - ½
|
1.0
|
Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU |
6 | Ushenina Anna | UKR |
1.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.5
|
Cramling Pia | SWE |
7 | Zhao Xue | CHN |
0.5
|
0 - 1
|
0.5
|
Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS |
8 | Muzychuk Anna | SLO |
0.0
|
½ - ½
|
0.0
|
Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL |
Paehtz started off dominating Gunina and obtained a winning position, however she got into time trouble and panicked when the Russian made a simple attack. With incorrect responses she found herself in a lost position soon after and Gunina moved to 3.0/3.
The strange amount of draws meant that Gunina was leading by a full point ahead of Kosteniuk, Koneru, Sebag, Dzagnidze and Hou Yifan.
Kateryna Lagno is a strong blitz and rapid player but it took her some time to get her gears started in this event
Kosintseva beat ex-World Champion Ushenina in round four to move to +1 and keep her chances of a good rapid result
Round 4
Bo. | Name | FED | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | FED |
1 | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 3.0 | 1 - 0 | 2.0 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS |
2 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2.0 | 1 - 0 | 2.0 | Koneru Humpy | IND |
3 | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2.0 | 1 - 0 | 2.0 | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER |
4 | Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU | 1.5 | ½ - ½ | 1.5 | Sebag Marie | FRA |
5 | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 1.5 | 1 - 0 | 1.5 | Ushenina Anna | UKR |
6 | Cramling Pia | SWE | 1.0 | 0 - 1 | 1.5 | Lagno Kateryna | UKR |
7 | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 1.0 | ½ - ½ | 0.5 | Muzychuk Anna | SLO |
8 | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 0.5 | ½ - ½ | 0.5 | Zhao Xue | CHN |
The match between the World Champion and World's number three Koneru was surely highly anticipated, but it was not a close contest as the Chinese demolished her opponent's kingside and took an easy game.
[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"] [Site "Beijing CHN"] [Date "2013.12.12"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2509"] [BlackElo "2527"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4bk1/Q4p2/p1q1b2p/1p4pB/1P2p3/P3P1BP/5PPK/3R4 w - - 0 31"] [PlyCount "5"] [EventDate "2013.12.12"] 31. Qd4 {The game has been leve all throughout. Here Bb3 or Rc8 would keep an approximate balance even if White's position is maybe technically more pleasant.} a5 $4 32. Qf6 {Suddenly Black is helpless against both Be5 and Bxf7+.} Bg7 33. Bxf7+ 1-0
With this victory Gunina keeps her lead and her perfect score. Tomorrow she will defend the Black pieces against Hou Yifan.
Gunina leads and will defend her position against Hou Yifan tomorrow
Standings
Rank | Name | Rtg | Federation | Pts |
1 | Gunina Valentina | 2543 | Russia | 4.0 |
2 | Hou Yifan | 2579 | China | 3.0 |
3 | Dzagnidze Nana | 2575 | Georgia | 3.0 |
4 | Lagno Kateryna | 2566 | Ukraine | 2.5 |
5 | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2503 | Russia | 2.5 |
6 | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2513 | Germany | 2.0 |
7 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2588 | Russia | 2.0 |
8 | Koneru Humpy | 2626 | India | 2.0 |
9 | Sebag Marie | 2502 | France | 2.0 |
10 | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2450 | Lithuania | 2.0 |
11 | Ju Wenjun | 2552 | China | 1.5 |
12 | Ushenina Anna | 2478 | Ukraine | 1.5 |
13 | Zhao Xue | 2489 | China | 1.0 |
14 | Cramling Pia | 2513 | Sweden | 1.0 |
15 | Muzychuk Anna | 2566 | Slovenia | 1.0 |
16 | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2582 | Bulgaria | 1.0 |
Note: Rapid ratings used
Women Games rounds one to four
Thursday, December 12th | 14:00-19:00 Rapid Event: 1-4 rounds (men), 1-4 rounds (women) |
Friday, December 13th | 14:00-19:00 Rapid Event: 5-7 rounds (men), 5-7 rounds (women) |
Saturday, December 14th | 14:00-19:00 Blitz Event: 1-10 rounds (men), 1-10 rounds (women) |
Sunday, December 15th | 14:00-19:00 Blitz Event: 11-20 rounds (men), 11-20 rounds (women) |
Monday, December 16th | 14:00-19:00 Blitz Event: 21-30 rounds (men), 21-30 rounds (women) |
Tuesday, December 17th | 14:00-19:00 Basque System: 1-3 rounds (men), 1-3 rounds (women) |
Wednesday, December 18th | 11:00-16:00 Basque System: 4-5 rounds (men), 4-5 rounds (women) & Closing Ceremony |
Photos by WGM Gu Xiaobing, taken from the official FIDE website
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