Mind Games Day 4: Yifan big winner

by Alejandro Ramirez
12/15/2013 – In the Men's section a very close situation has occurred. Mamedyarov's excellent day two catapulted him to first place with 14.0/20, but there are many players in hot pursuit. Le Quang Liem is only half a point behind, Aronian one point, Karjakin and Vachier a point and a half. In the Women's a fantastic 9.5/10 score for Yifan in day two puts her ahead with a two point lead. Pictorial report.
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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.

Children's Simultaneous

The grandmasters giving the live commentary in Beijing are Peter Heine Nielsen from Denmark and Bartolomiej Herbela from Poland. They also gave a simultaneous exhibition to some of the local players. Here are some impressions:

The enthusiastic crowd that participated in the activities

Being a tall nordic man doesn't help when the tables are rather short

GM Herbela demonstrating how to handle the opening

Rarely do you see someone be so happy when their last piece is being taken in a simul!

And a closing interview to the real winners of the exhibition: the players!

Photos of the simultaneous by SportAccord Official Vianney Thibaut

Day 4: Blitz - Men

Aronian is wondering where his leader position went...

Karjakin is always dangerous in blitz and he is in striking distance of the leaders

The two chinese players, Wang Yue (pictured) and Wang Hao had a terrible day two, scoring only 5.5/20 with their combined scores

The silver medallist of the rapid has not found his way around the blitz yet

Radjabov's results are good enough to put him in the middle of the board

After this draw Mamedyarov went on a killing spree while Nepomniachtchi didn't win a single game

Grischuk's power pawns on a6 and b7 were no match for Wang Yue's extra... rook and queen...

Aronian, the leader after the first day, started with three draws and two losses in the first five games of the day which pushed him away from the leader position. Meanwhile Mamedyarov started the day rather slowly. He scored 50% in the first four games, but then he followed up with four consecutive victories. and that was enough to put him in the number one spot after day two.

The Blitz World Champion Le Quang Liem also scored 7.5/10 in day two but Mamedyarov had scored half point more in the previous set of games and is currently ahead by that margin. Aronian is currently in third with 13.0/20 but the tournament is still wide open as Karjakin and Vachier-Lagraeve are only 1.5 points behind the leader at 12.5/20 each. The tournament is certainly very close! Even players with 10 points have realistic chances of going for a medal if they have a good third day.

Rank Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts
1 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2721 AZE * * 0 1 0 1 0 ½​ 1 ½​ ½​ 0 1 ½​ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.0
2 Le Quang Liem 2841 VIE 1 * * 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½​ 1 1 1 1 1 ½​ ½​ 1 1 1 ½​ ½​ 13.5
3 Aronian Levon 2817 ARM 0 1 * * 0 ½​ 0 ½​ 1 1 0 1 ½​ 1 ½​ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 13.0
4 Karjakin Sergey 2837 RUS 1 0 1 1 * * 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 ½​ 1 1 ½​ 0 ½​ 1 ½​ ½​ 12.5
5 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2825 FRA 1 0 0 ½​ 0 * * 0 1 1 ½​ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½​ 1 ½​ ½​ 12.5
6 Nepomniachtchi Ian 2830 RUS ½​ 1 1 0 0 1 * * 0 0 0 1 ½​ ½​ 1 ½​ 1 0 ½​ 1 1 1 11.5
7 Grischuk Alexander 2798 RUS 0 1 ½​ 1 0 0 0 1 * * ½​ 1 0 0 0 ½​ 1 1 0 1 1 ½​ 10.0
8 Radjabov Teimour 2755 AZE ½​ ½​ ½​ 0 0 1 ½​ 1 1 ½​ 0 * * 1 0 ½​ ½​ ½​ 1 0 0 1 10.0
9 Ivanchuk Vassily 2750 UKR 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½​ 0 0 ½​ 1 0 * * ½​ 0 ½​ 0 1 1 1 1 10.0
10 Kamsky Gata 2671 USA ½​ 0 0 0 0 0 ½​ 1 1 ½​ * * 1 ½​ 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½​ 0 9.5
11 Giri Anish 2747 NED 0 0 0 ½​ 0 0 0 ½​ 1 ½​ ½​ 1 0 ½​ * * 0 ½​ ½​ ½​ 1 1 8.0
12 Dominguez Perez Leinier 2769 CUB 0 0 ½​ ½​ 0 ½​ 0 0 1 0 0 ½​ ½​ 0 1 1 * * ½​ 1 ½​ 0 7.5
13 Wang Yue 2723 CHN 0 0 0 ½​ 0 1 ½​ 0 ½​ 1 ½​ 0 1 0 0 ½​ ½​ * * ½​ ½​ ½​ 7.5
14 Ponomariov Ruslan 2774 UKR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½​ 0 ½​ * * ½​ 1 1 1 7.5
15 Leko Peter 2722 HUN 0 ½​ 0 1 ½​ ½​ 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½​ 0 ½​ ½​ ½​ 0 * * ½​ 1 7.0
16 Wang Hao 2698 CHN 0 ½​ 0 0 ½​ ½​ ½​ 0 ½​ 0 0 ½​ 1 0 1 ½​ 0 0 ½​ 0 * * 6.0

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Men Blitz games 11-20

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Ne2 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.Ng3 Nh4 13.Be3 b6 14.f4 Ng6 15.Rae1 c5 16.Bc1 h6 17.Nf3 Ne7 18.f5 Nc6 19.Nh5 f6 20.Nf4 fxe5 21.Ne6 Bf7 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 Bd6 24.Ree1 Rg8 25.f6 g5 26.Ng7 Kb7 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Ne7 Rh8 29.b3 Re8 30.Bb2 Rh7 31.Re3 c4 32.b4 c3 33.Bxc3 Bxa2 34.Rfe1 Bc4 35.Re4 b5 36.Re5 a6 37.g4 h5 38.h3 hxg4 39.hxg4 Bxe7 40.Rxe7 Reh8 41.Rxh7 Rxh7 42.Re5 Rh3 43.Bd2 Rg3+ 44.Kf2 Rxg4 45.Bxg5 Rd4 46.Ke3 Rd1 47.Rf5 Rd7 48.Bf4 Be6 49.Re5 Bf7 50.Rc5 c6 51.Be5 Rd5 52.Rxd5 cxd5 53.Kd4 Kc6 54.c3 Be6 55.Bg3 Bf7 56.Ke5 Kd7 57.Bf2 Kc6 58.Bd4 Kd7 59.Kf5 Kd6 60.Bc5+ Kd7 61.Ke5 Kc6 ½–½
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Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-½–½2013C67WMSG Blitz11.1
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-1–02013C45WMSG Blitz11.2
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-½–½2013E38WMSG Blitz11.3
Wang Yue (CHN)-Leko Peter (HUN)-½–½2013A37WMSG Blitz11.4
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Wang Hao (CHN)-1–02013B12WMSG Blitz11.5
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-1–02013A06WMSG Blitz11.6
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-½–½2013D85WMSG Blitz11.7
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Giri Anish (NED)-1–02013A25WMSG Blitz11.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Giri Anish (NED)-½–½2013A48WMSG Blitz12.1
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-1–02013B52WMSG Blitz12.2
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-1–02013B36WMSG Blitz12.3
Wang Hao (CHN)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-½–½2013A08WMSG Blitz12.4
Leko Peter (HUN)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-0–12013C67WMSG Blitz12.5
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Wang Yue (CHN)-1–02013A45WMSG Blitz12.6
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-1–02013D10WMSG Blitz12.7
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-1–02013B96WMSG Blitz12.8
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-1–02013D31WMSG Blitz13.1
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-1–02013D90WMSG Blitz13.2
Wang Yue (CHN)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-0–12013A38WMSG Blitz13.3
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-½–½2013D15WMSG Blitz13.4
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Leko Peter (HUN)-½–½2013C26WMSG Blitz13.5
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Wang Hao (CHN)-1–02013E10WMSG Blitz13.6
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-1–02013C77WMSG Blitz13.7
Giri Anish (NED)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-0–12013D85WMSG Blitz13.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-½–½2013D17WMSG Blitz14.1
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Giri Anish (NED)-½–½2013B27WMSG Blitz14.2
Wang Hao (CHN)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-1–02013A06WMSG Blitz14.3
Leko Peter (HUN)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-1–02013B33WMSG Blitz14.4
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-0–12013A45WMSG Blitz14.5
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-1–02013A41WMSG Blitz14.6
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Wang Yue (CHN)-0–12013B48WMSG Blitz14.7
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-½–½2013B11WMSG Blitz14.8
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-1–02013E32WMSG Blitz15.1
Wang Yue (CHN)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-½–½2013A34WMSG Blitz15.2
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-1–02013D72WMSG Blitz15.3
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-1–02013C65WMSG Blitz15.4
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-0–12013D10WMSG Blitz15.5
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Leko Peter (HUN)-½–½2013C67WMSG Blitz15.6
Giri Anish (NED)-Wang Hao (CHN)-1–02013E10WMSG Blitz15.7
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-0–12013C50WMSG Blitz15.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-1–02013A88WMSG Blitz16.1
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Wang Hao (CHN)-½–½2013B12WMSG Blitz16.2
Giri Anish (NED)-Leko Peter (HUN)-1–02013A08WMSG Blitz16.3
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-1–02013B15WMSG Blitz16.4
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-0–12013A38WMSG Blitz16.5
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-1–02013B30WMSG Blitz16.6
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-½–½2013A00WMSG Blitz16.7
Wang Yue (CHN)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-0–12013D10WMSG Blitz16.8
Wang Yue (CHN)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-0–12013A15WMSG Blitz17.1
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-1–02013A41WMSG Blitz17.2
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-0–12013A22WMSG Blitz17.3
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-1–02013B30WMSG Blitz17.4
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-½–½2013A06WMSG Blitz17.5
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Giri Anish (NED)-½–½2013A46WMSG Blitz17.6
Leko Peter (HUN)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-0–12013A20WMSG Blitz17.7
Wang Hao (CHN)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-0–12013A88WMSG Blitz17.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Wang Hao (CHN)-1–02013D37WMSG Blitz18.1
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Leko Peter (HUN)-1–02013C67WMSG Blitz18.2
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-1–02013B40WMSG Blitz18.3
Giri Anish (NED)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-0–12013A40WMSG Blitz18.4
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-0–12013B10WMSG Blitz18.5
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-1–02013A42WMSG Blitz18.6
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-0–12013B12WMSG Blitz18.7
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Wang Yue (CHN)-1–02013B48WMSG Blitz18.8
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Aronian Levon (ARM)-1–02013A36WMSG Blitz19.1
Wang Yue (CHN)-Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-½–½2013A15WMSG Blitz19.2
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-½–½2013D70WMSG Blitz19.3
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-0–12013B08WMSG Blitz19.4
Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-Giri Anish (NED)-½–½2013B77WMSG Blitz19.5
Le Quang Liem (VIE)-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-1–02013A05WMSG Blitz19.6
Kamsky Gata (USA)-Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-1–02013A81WMSG Blitz19.7
Leko Peter (HUN)-Wang Hao (CHN)-1–02013B17WMSG Blitz19.8
Aronian Levon (ARM)-Leko Peter (HUN)-0–12013B50WMSG Blitz20.1
Wang Hao (CHN)-Kamsky Gata (USA)-1–02013E21WMSG Blitz20.2
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)-Le Quang Liem (VIE)-0–12013C67WMSG Blitz20.3
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)-Grischuk Alexander (RUS)-1–02013B08WMSG Blitz20.4
Giri Anish (NED)-Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS)-½–½2013A40WMSG Blitz20.5
Dominguez Perez Leinier (CUB)-Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)-0–12013A28WMSG Blitz20.6
Radjabov Teimour (AZE)-Wang Yue (CHN)-1–02013A46WMSG Blitz20.7
Karjakin Sergey (RUS)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-½–½2013C65WMSG Blitz20.8

Day 4: Blitz - Women

Muzychuk is in third but is three points away from Hou Yifan. She will need an extraordinary day three to take the gold medal from the Chinese.

Marie Sebag is by far and away France's strongest woman, but she will have to do better in day three to opt for a medal position, which is still realistic

Koneru had a dismal day two with only 2.5/10

Yifan was the big winner of today. Here she is calmly pressing her clock with five seconds left. The time control is g/3 + 2" so she will get two seconds every time she moves.

Paehtz struggled somewhat on the second day of the blitz

Hou Yifan simply destroyed the field today. An unbelievable 9.5/10, only drawing Ju Wenjun, puts her a full two points ahead of Gunina who is now second. Ushenina also had a great second day with 7.5/10 but since she had only scored 50% in the first set of 10 this means she is still in fourth.

Rank Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts
1 Hou Yifan 2559 CHN * * 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½​ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½​ 1 1 1 1 16.0
2 Gunina Valentina 2527 RUS 0 * * 0 0 1 1 0 ½​ 1 1 1 ½​ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 14.0
3 Muzychuk Anna 2639 SLO 1 1 1 * * 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½​ ½​ 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
4 Ushenina Anna 2489 UKR 0 0 0 1 * * ½​ 0 1 1 ½​ ½​ ½​ ½​ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.5
5 Dzagnidze Nana 2579 GEO 0 0 1 0 ½​ * * 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½​ 0 1 1 1 0 11.0
6 Sebag Marie 2501 FRA 1 0 ½​ 1 0 1 0 0 * * ½​ 1 ½​ 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 10.5
7 Zhao Xue 2471 CHN ½​ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½​ * * ½​ 1 1 ½​ 1 1 1 1 1 ½​ 1 10.5
8 Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR 0 0 ½​ ½​ 0 1 0 ½​ * * 1 ½​ 0 ½​ 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½​ 10.0
9 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2612 RUS 0 0 ½​ ½​ ½​ 1 ½​ 0 0 0 * * 1 1 ½​ 0 0 1 1 1 ½​ ½​ 9.5
10 Stefanova Antoaneta 2508 BUL 0 0 0 1 ½​ 0 1 ½​ ½​ 1 0 * * 0 1 1 0 ½​ 1 0 1 ½​ 9.5
11 Koneru Humpy 2558 IND 1 0 0 0 ½​ 1 0 1 0 0 ½​ 0 0 1 * * 1 ½​ 0 0 ½​ 1 8.0
12 Paehtz Elisabeth 2574 GER 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½​ 0 0 0 ½​ 1 0 0 0 * * ½​ 1 1 1 1 7.5
13 Ju Wenjun 2454 CHN ½​ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 ½​ ½​ ½​ * * 0 1 0 ½​ 7.5
14 Kosintseva Tatiana 2480 RUS 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 * * 1 0 0 7.0
15 Cmilyte Viktorija 2532 LTU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½​ 0 ½​ 1 ½​ 0 0 0 1 * * ½​ 7.0
16 Cramling Pia 2430 SWE 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½​ ½​ 0 ½​ 0 0 0 1 ½​ 1 ½​ * * 6.5

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-½–½2013A10WMSG Blitz11.9
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-0–12013B12WMSG Blitz11.10
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-1–02013B06WMSG Blitz11.11
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-0–12013A45WMSG Blitz11.12
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-1–02013D26WMSG Blitz11.13
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-1–02013C54WMSG Blitz11.14
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-0–12013A06WMSG Blitz11.15
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-½–½2013B30WMSG Blitz11.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-1–02013B30WMSG Blitz12.9
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-1–02013D08WMSG Blitz12.10
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-0–12013A45WMSG Blitz12.11
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-0–12013A46WMSG Blitz12.12
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-½–½2013A05WMSG Blitz12.13
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-½–½2013A01WMSG Blitz12.14
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-½–½2013A06WMSG Blitz12.15
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013A14WMSG Blitz12.16
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-1–02013C17WMSG Blitz13.9
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-½–½2013C70WMSG Blitz13.10
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-1–02013D46WMSG Blitz13.11
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-1–02013B06WMSG Blitz13.12
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-½–½2013B90WMSG Blitz13.13
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-½–½2013D26WMSG Blitz13.14
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-0–12013C60WMSG Blitz13.15
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-½–½2013B22WMSG Blitz13.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-½–½2013B92WMSG Blitz14.9
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-0–12013A06WMSG Blitz14.10
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-1–02013D02WMSG Blitz14.11
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-1–02013A04WMSG Blitz14.12
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-0–12013A01WMSG Blitz14.13
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-1–02013A40WMSG Blitz14.14
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-0–12013A25WMSG Blitz14.15
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-0–12013B90WMSG Blitz14.16
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-1–02013C07WMSG Blitz15.9
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013A22WMSG Blitz15.10
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-0–12013A46WMSG Blitz15.11
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-1–02013B19WMSG Blitz15.12
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-0–12013A41WMSG Blitz15.13
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-1–02013B52WMSG Blitz15.14
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-½–½2013B22WMSG Blitz15.15
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-½–½2013A06WMSG Blitz15.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-0–12013C47WMSG Blitz16.9
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-1–02013D26WMSG Blitz16.10
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-1–02013C47WMSG Blitz16.11
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-1–02013B06WMSG Blitz16.12
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-0–12013D12WMSG Blitz16.13
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-1–02013C67WMSG Blitz16.14
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-0–12013D01WMSG Blitz16.15
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-1–02013D47WMSG Blitz16.16
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-0–12013A45WMSG Blitz17.9
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-1–02013B40WMSG Blitz17.10
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-0–12013B35WMSG Blitz17.11
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-½–½2013A04WMSG Blitz17.12
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-0–12013A04WMSG Blitz17.13
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-1–02013A01WMSG Blitz17.14
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-0–12013A06WMSG Blitz17.15
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-½–½2013D15WMSG Blitz17.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-½–½2013B28WMSG Blitz18.9
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-½–½2013B07WMSG Blitz18.10
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-1–02013A41WMSG Blitz18.11
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-½–½2013B11WMSG Blitz18.12
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-1–02013B04WMSG Blitz18.13
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013D37WMSG Blitz18.14
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-1–02013B90WMSG Blitz18.15
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-0–12013E15WMSG Blitz18.16
Koneru Humpy (IND)-Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-0–12013A49WMSG Blitz19.9
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-Hou Yifan (CHN)-0–12013A34WMSG Blitz19.10
Sebag Marie (FRA)-Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-0–12013B70WMSG Blitz19.11
Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-1–02013B01WMSG Blitz19.12
Zhao Xue (CHN)-Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-1–02013A20WMSG Blitz19.13
Gunina Valentina (RUS)-Ushenina Anna (UKR)-1–02013D45WMSG Blitz19.14
Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-0–12013A01WMSG Blitz19.15
Ju Wenjun (CHN)-Cramling Pia (SWE)-½–½2013A40WMSG Blitz19.16
Lagno Kateryna (UKR)-Ju Wenjun (CHN)-0–12013B52WMSG Blitz20.9
Cramling Pia (SWE)-Paehtz Elisabeth (GER)-0–12013B07WMSG Blitz20.10
Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL)-Gunina Valentina (RUS)-0–12013E06WMSG Blitz20.11
Ushenina Anna (UKR)-Zhao Xue (CHN)-1–02013E33WMSG Blitz20.12
Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS)-Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS)-1–02013B22WMSG Blitz20.13
Muzychuk Anna (SLO)-Sebag Marie (FRA)-1–02013B51WMSG Blitz20.14
Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU)-Dzagnidze Nana (GEO)-0–12013A05WMSG Blitz20.15
Hou Yifan (CHN)-Koneru Humpy (IND)-1–02013C54WMSG Blitz20.16

Photos by 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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