Mind Games Day 3: Gunina, Aronian lead blitz

by Alejandro Ramirez
12/14/2013 – Day one of the brutal blitz tournament has started. The event has a total of 30 rounds and today the first set of ten was played. In the Men's section Armenian Levon Aronian has destroyed the competition and emerged the strong leader with 8.5/10. In the Women's Gunina started with two losses, rebounded with an amazing eight wins and leads over Muzychuk and Yifan. Day 3 impressions.
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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.

Day 3: Blitz - Men

Geoffrey Borg, FIDE CEO, and rapid winner Wang Yue

Le Quang Liem is the reigning World Blitz Champion. His showing so far has been solid as he is in 5th place

Aronian, who had a very weak showing in the rapids, came back and reminded the World of his strength in blitz chess. He started pretty well with a win against Ponomariov, a draw against Wang Yue and then three in a row victories against Wang Hao, Ivanchuk and Leko. He was stopped after Karjakin took advantage of a strange to win against Aronian with black. However the Armenian's day one finish was truly amazing with four triumphs in a row: Kamsky, Radjabov, Le Quang Liem and Dominguez all fell in a row to him.

Professional DGT boards come with two queens. Rumor has it that this is in case that a pawn is promoted before the queens are traded off. The truth is, as Giri here proves, that the spare queen is used to have a piece to fiddle with before anything comes off the board.

Nepomniachtchi, who is currently in second, started with a win against Ivanchuk, lost to Karjakin and Radjabov and then won an amazing six in a row. He finished the day with a draw against Kamsky which is good enough for 7.5/10

Blitz means time scrambles and extra pressure

Grischuk's +2 (6.0/10) is enough to put him in fourth thanks to tiebreaks

The field is just incredilby competitive. Prove of this is that Leko, the rapid winner, is currently tied for last with Dominguez who was World Blitz Champion only a few years ago.

Tomorrow there will be ten more rounds, and the blitz finishes on Monday with the last set of ten.

Ten more rounds means Dominguez has ten more chances to recover tomorrow

  Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts
1 Aronian Levon 2817 ARM * *       1   1 0 1 ½   1 1 1 1 1 8½
2 Nepomniachtchi, I 2830 RUS   * *       1 0 0 ½   1 1 1 1 1 1 7½
3 Mamedyarov, S 2721 AZE     * *     0 ½ 0   1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6½
4 Grischuk Alexander 2798 RUS       * * 1 0 ½ 1 0   0   1 ½ 1 1 6
5 Le Quang Liem 2841 VIE 0     0 * * 1 ½   1   1   1 ½ ½ ½ 6
6 Vachier-Lagrave, M 2825 FRA   0 1 1 0 * *   0 1 1   1   ½   ½ 6
7 Radjabov Teimour 2755 AZE 0 1 ½ ½ ½   * * 1   ½ ½ 1     ½   6
8 Karjakin Sergey 2837 RUS 1 1 1 0   1 0 * *   0 1 0     ½   5½
9 Kamsky Gata 2671 USA 0 ½   1 0 0     * *   1   0 ½ 1 1 5
10 Wang Yue 2723 CHN ½   0     0 ½ 1   * * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½   5
11 Giri Anish 2747 NED   0 0 1 0   ½ 0 0 ½ * * 1       ½ 3½
12 Ivanchuk Vassily 2750 UKR 0 0 1     0 0 1   0 0 * * 1   ½   3½
13 Ponomariov Ruslan 2774 UKR 0 0 0 0 0       1 ½   0 * * 1   ½ 3
14 Wang Hao 2698 CHN 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½     ½ ½     0 * *   ½ 3
15 Dominguez Perez, L 2769 CUB 0 0 0 0 ½   ½ ½ 0 ½   ½     * *   2½
16 Leko Peter 2722 HUN 0 0 0 0 ½ ½     0   ½   ½ ½   * * 2½

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-0–12013A57WMSG Blitz1.1
Wang Hao (CHN)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-½–½2013D11WMSG Blitz1.2
Leko Peter (HUN)-Giri Anish (NED)-½–½2013B27WMSG Blitz1.3
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-1–02013A45WMSG Blitz1.4
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-½–½2013C65WMSG Blitz1.5
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-1–02013E12WMSG Blitz1.6
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-1–02013A11WMSG Blitz1.7
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Wang Yue (CHN)-1–02013D70WMSG Blitz1.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Wang Yue (CHN)-½–½2013A11WMSG Blitz2.1
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-1–02013B11WMSG Blitz2.2
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-1–02013C18WMSG Blitz2.3
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-½–½2013A04WMSG Blitz2.4
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-½–½2013C65WMSG Blitz2.5
Giri Anish (NED)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-0–12013D15WMSG Blitz2.6
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Leko Peter (HUN)-½–½2013A46WMSG Blitz2.7
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Wang Hao (CHN)-1–02013C43WMSG Blitz2.8
Wang Hao (CHN)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-0–12013D44WMSG Blitz3.1
Leko Peter (HUN)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-½–½2013C67WMSG Blitz3.2
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-0–12013A45WMSG Blitz3.3
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Giri Anish (NED)-1–02013A04WMSG Blitz3.4
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-1–02013A37WMSG Blitz3.5
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-0–12013B30WMSG Blitz3.6
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-0–12013E34WMSG Blitz3.7
Wang Yue (CHN)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-1–02013A20WMSG Blitz3.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-1–02013D31WMSG Blitz4.1
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Wang Yue (CHN)-0–12013B49WMSG Blitz4.2
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-½–½2013C54WMSG Blitz4.3
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-0–12013C03WMSG Blitz4.4
Giri Anish (NED)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-1–02013D70WMSG Blitz4.5
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-0–12013C65WMSG Blitz4.6
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-1–02013B43WMSG Blitz4.7
Wang Hao (CHN)-Leko Peter (HUN)-½–½2013A08WMSG Blitz4.8
Leko Peter (HUN)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-0–12013B40WMSG Blitz5.1
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Wang Hao (CHN)-½–½2013B12WMSG Blitz5.2
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-1–02013A06WMSG Blitz5.3
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-0–12013B96WMSG Blitz5.4
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Giri Anish (NED)-1–02013D90WMSG Blitz5.5
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-1–02013D20WMSG Blitz5.6
Wang Yue (CHN)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-½–½2013A37WMSG Blitz5.7
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-1–02013C48WMSG Blitz5.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-0–12013A05WMSG Blitz6.1
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-1–02013D85WMSG Blitz6.2
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Wang Yue (CHN)-½–½2013B48WMSG Blitz6.3
Giri Anish (NED)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-0–12013A04WMSG Blitz6.4
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-0–12013C03WMSG Blitz6.5
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-0–12013B12WMSG Blitz6.6
Wang Hao (CHN)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-½–½2013D30WMSG Blitz6.7
Leko Peter (HUN)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-0–12013B15WMSG Blitz6.8
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-0–12013A46WMSG Blitz7.1
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Leko Peter (HUN)-½–½2013E15WMSG Blitz7.2
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Wang Hao (CHN)-½–½2013B12WMSG Blitz7.3
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-1–02013C45WMSG Blitz7.4
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-0–12013D90WMSG Blitz7.5
Wang Yue (CHN)-Giri Anish (NED)-½–½2013A37WMSG Blitz7.6
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-½–½2013B90WMSG Blitz7.7
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-0–12013B30WMSG Blitz7.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-1–02013A48WMSG Blitz8.1
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-½–½2013C77WMSG Blitz8.2
Giri Anish (NED)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-1–02013E15WMSG Blitz8.3
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Wang Yue (CHN)-1–02013B40WMSG Blitz8.4
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-0–12013B12WMSG Blitz8.5
Wang Hao (CHN)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-0–12013A04WMSG Blitz8.6
Leko Peter (HUN)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-0–12013B44WMSG Blitz8.7
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-0–12013A45WMSG Blitz8.8
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-0–12013E06WMSG Blitz9.1
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-0–12013B12WMSG Blitz9.2
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Leko Peter (HUN)-1–02013A35WMSG Blitz9.3
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Wang Hao (CHN)-1–02013D70WMSG Blitz9.4
Wang Yue (CHN)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-½–½2013A86WMSG Blitz9.5
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-0–12013A00WMSG Blitz9.6
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Giri Anish (NED)-1–02013A04WMSG Blitz9.7
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-½–½2013A04WMSG Blitz9.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-1–02013A05WMSG Blitz10.1
Giri Anish (NED)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-½–½2013D78WMSG Blitz10.2
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-0–12013C88WMSG Blitz10.3
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-0–12013B47WMSG Blitz10.4
Wang Hao (CHN)-Wang Yue (CHN)-½–½2013D11WMSG Blitz10.5
Leko Peter (HUN)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-0–12013B18WMSG Blitz10.6
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-½–½2013B06WMSG Blitz10.7
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-0–12013E97WMSG Blitz10.8

Day 3: Blitz - Women

Gunina is having a good time in China

Stefanova and Lagno kicked off the tournament with a draw against each other

Things in the Women's section looked very similar to the way the rapid progressed, with some big exceptions. First of all Gunina is leading the blitz after winning the rapid, but she is doing in a very unusual way. She started with losses against Cmilyte and Muzychuk and then proceeded to destroy the rest of her opponents with eight wins in a row! Speaking of Muzychuk she turned around her dissmal performance in the rapid and is now second in the blitz only half a point away from Gunina.

Muzychuk has rebounded nicely!

Hou Yifan will need to win more games to do better than bronze this time

In third is the World Champion Hou Yifan with 6.5/10, half a point ahead of another Chinese player, Zhao Xue, who is in fourth. Ju Wenjun, who got bronze in the rapids, finished the day with four losses in a row and only has 2.5/10.

Ju Wenjun only has 2.5/10 but she has two thirds of the tournament left

Ushenina is back in China after losing the World Championship to Hou Yifan earlier this year. In the blitz she has scored 50%

Rank Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts
1 Gunina Valentina 2527 RUS * * 0   1   1   1 1 1   1   1 0 1 8
2 Muzychuk Anna 2639 SLO 1 * * 1 1 1 ½ 0       1 1 0   1   7½
3 Hou Yifan 2559 CHN   0 * * ½ 0 1 0   1 1 1   1   1   6½
4 Zhao Xue 2471 CHN 0 0 ½ * *       ½ 0 1   1   1 1 1 6
5 Koneru Humpy 2558 IND   0 1   * * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1   0   ½   5½
6 Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR 0 ½ 0   ½ * *   ½     0 1   1 1 1 5½
7 Sebag Marie 2501 FRA   1 1   0   * * 0 1 ½ 0     1 0 1 5½
8 Stefanova Antoaneta 2508 BUL 0     ½ 0 ½ 1 * *     0 1 1 1   0 5
9 Ushenina Anna 2489 UKR 0   0 1 ½   0   * *   ½ 0 1 1   1 5
10 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2612 RUS 0   0 0 1   ½     * * 1 ½ 1   ½ 0 4½
11 Dzagnidze Nana 2579 GEO   0 0   0 1 1 1 ½ 0 * *     0 1   4½
12 Paehtz Elisabeth 2574 GER 0 0   0   0   0 1 ½   * * 1 1   ½ 4
13 Kosintseva Tatiana 2480 RUS   1 0   1     0 0 0   0 * * 0 1 1 4
14 Cramling Pia 2430 SWE 0     0   0 0 0 0   1 0 1 * *   1 3
15 Cmilyte Viktorija 2532 LTU 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1     ½ 0   0   * *   3
16 Ju Wenjun 2454 CHN 0     0   0 0 1 0 1   ½ 0 0   * * 2½

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-½–½2013A05WMSG Blitz1.9
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-0–12013D02WMSG Blitz1.10
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-1–02013A13WMSG Blitz1.11
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-0–12013A80WMSG Blitz1.12
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-0–12013A57WMSG Blitz1.13
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-½–½2013A10WMSG Blitz1.14
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-1–02013B42WMSG Blitz1.15
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-0–12013B22WMSG Blitz1.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-0–12013B84WMSG Blitz2.9
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-1–02013D12WMSG Blitz2.10
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013C84WMSG Blitz2.11
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-0–12013A05WMSG Blitz2.12
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-1–02013A03WMSG Blitz2.13
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-½–½2013B06WMSG Blitz2.14
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-1–02013A88WMSG Blitz2.15
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-1–02013A40WMSG Blitz2.16
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-0–12013A05WMSG Blitz3.9
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-1–02013A12WMSG Blitz3.10
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-1–02013B54WMSG Blitz3.11
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-1–02013A05WMSG Blitz3.12
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-0–12013A30WMSG Blitz3.13
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-1–02013B77WMSG Blitz3.14
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-1–02013B53WMSG Blitz3.15
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-0–12013A13WMSG Blitz3.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-½–½2013B42WMSG Blitz4.9
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-1–02013B42WMSG Blitz4.10
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-1–02013D12WMSG Blitz4.11
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-0–12013A03WMSG Blitz4.12
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-0–12013B04WMSG Blitz4.13
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-0–12013D35WMSG Blitz4.14
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-1–02013B07WMSG Blitz4.15
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-1–02013A48WMSG Blitz4.16
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-0–12013A01WMSG Blitz5.9
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-1–02013A46WMSG Blitz5.10
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-1–02013A06WMSG Blitz5.11
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-0–12013A11WMSG Blitz5.12
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-0–12013B66WMSG Blitz5.13
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-1–02013B40WMSG Blitz5.14
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-1–02013A36WMSG Blitz5.15
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-1–02013A40WMSG Blitz5.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-0–12013B75WMSG Blitz6.9
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-½–½2013A17WMSG Blitz6.10
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-1–02013B41WMSG Blitz6.11
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-½–½2013B96WMSG Blitz6.12
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013A09WMSG Blitz6.13
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-½–½2013A45WMSG Blitz6.14
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-0–12013D52WMSG Blitz6.15
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-½–½2013A04WMSG Blitz6.16
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-0–12013C23WMSG Blitz7.9
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-1–02013A04WMSG Blitz7.10
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-1–02013A05WMSG Blitz7.11
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-0–12013C60WMSG Blitz7.12
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-1–02013B53WMSG Blitz7.13
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-0–12013A22WMSG Blitz7.14
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-0–12013D08WMSG Blitz7.15
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-1–02013B70WMSG Blitz7.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-1–02013A04WMSG Blitz8.9
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-1–02013B40WMSG Blitz8.10
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-1–02013C47WMSG Blitz8.11
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-½–½2013A04WMSG Blitz8.12
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-1–02013D10WMSG Blitz8.13
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013D30WMSG Blitz8.14
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-0–12013E40WMSG Blitz8.15
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-0–12013B10WMSG Blitz8.16
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-1–02013A04WMSG Blitz9.9
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-1–02013A41WMSG Blitz9.10
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-1–02013C41WMSG Blitz9.11
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-1–02013B40WMSG Blitz9.12
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-1–02013D15WMSG Blitz9.13
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-½–½2013D11WMSG Blitz9.14
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-1–02013B89WMSG Blitz9.15
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-0–12013A04WMSG Blitz9.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-½–½2013B40WMSG Blitz10.9
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-½–½2013B74WMSG Blitz10.10
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-0–12013A30WMSG Blitz10.11
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-0–12013D00WMSG Blitz10.12
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-1–02013E21WMSG Blitz10.13
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-0–12013D10WMSG Blitz10.14
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013A01WMSG Blitz10.15
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-1–02013A30WMSG Blitz10.16

Photos by WGM Gu Xiaobing taken from the official FIDE website

Schedule

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

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The games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.
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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