Basque Chess at SportAccord World Mind Games Sergey Karjakin, Zhao Xue win Gold in Men, Women's Section

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Hello everyone,

Sergey Karjakin from Russia dominated the Basque system chess tournament at the SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing the last few days. Karjakin won the gold with a great score of 8,5 out of 10. His advantage over second Shahkryiar Memadyarov from Azerbaijan was up two points. Bronze went to Ruslan Ponomariov from Ukraine.

In the women's section China got the ultimate triumph by taking all the top three medals, Gold: Zhao Xue China 7.5 points, Silver: Hou Yifan China 7. points, Bronze: Ju Wenjun China 7. points. Right behind were GMs Viktorija Cmilyte and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, at just a point away.

In ”Basque” chess, the players face each other in two games simultaneously. 

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SportAccord Mind Games Chess Participants' List Announced

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Hi everyone, 

FIDE has published the list of players who have been selected to participate in the SportAccord Mind Games 2013.

Men
Karjakin, Sergey RUS
Grischuk, Alexander RUS
Aronian, Levon ARM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE
Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
Radjabov, Teimour AZE
Le, Quang Liem VIE
Wang, Hao CHN
Wang, Yue CHN
Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA
Kamsky, Gata USA
Leko, Peter HUN
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
Giri, Anish NED

Women
Koneru, Humpy IND
Hou, Yifan CHN
Muzychuk, Anna SLO
Dzagnidze, Nana GEO
Lagno, Kateryna UKR
Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS
Gunina, Valentina RUS
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL
Ju, Wenjun CHN
Sebag, Marie FRA
Zhao, Xue CHN
Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS
Cramling, Pia SWE
Ushenina, Anna UKR
Paehtz, Elisabeth GER
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU

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