Monday chess trivia: Guess who?

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Hi everyone,


Simple Tuesday trivia question? Guess who!

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Champion chess players' alter ego Part 2 - Anish Giri's alter ego is Harry Potter, Stefanova's is Demi Moore...

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Hi everyone,


Here is the second part of the 'alter ego' feature from the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 which just concluded in Beijing. You can read the first part here where you can check what Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk's alter ego is. Enjoy.


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Anna Muzychuk —— A butterfly Anish Giri —— Harry Potter Elina Danielian —— An eagle Ruslan Ponomariov —— A babysitter Antoaneta Stefanova —— Demi Moore Vugar Gashimov —— Jackie Chen Elisabeth Paehtz —— Doctor House Francisco Vellejo —— Chuck Norris Monica Socko —— A politician Wang Hao ——  Nana Dzagnidze —— Queen of the Earth Wang Yue —— A housewife  Anna Zatonskih —— A Genetic reseacher Gata Kamsky ——A dracula “Love never dies" Dronavalli Harika —— Judit Polar Nikita Kim —— Faramir     Vladimir Kukaev —— A spaceman

Congratulations to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave for winning SportAccord World Mind Games Men's Blitz 2011

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Hello everyone,

Time for a little chess news update from Beijing. The SportAccord World Mind Games - for which Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is the official ambassador - saw French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave pick up the gold in the men's blitz event. He scored 12 points in 16 games. Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk picked up the silver with 10.5 points and Azerbaijan Grandmaster Shahriyar Mamedyarov got the bronze. The 4th place went to Russian Sergey Karjakin with 9.5 points. Azerbaijan Vugar Gashimov, Spanish Pons Vallejo and Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk share 5-7 places with 9 points.

Photo: Winners of the men and women's section of Blitz at SportAccord World Mind Games 2011. See our report on women's event here.

You can track some nice photos at the official website.

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Congratulations to Hou Yifan for winning the SportAccord World Mind Games Blitz

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Hello everyone,

Congratulations to the talented Hou Yifan for winning the SportAccord World Mind Games Blitz Event of the Women's Section. She had a fine show picking up the gold with 11.5 points out of 15. Congrats to former women's world chess champion Antoaneta Stefanova for the silver with  9.5 points and Anna Muzychuk from Slovenia picking up the bronze on tiebreak. Nana Dzagnidze from Georgia and Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk from Russia shared the 4th and 5th places with 9 points each.

As you already know, the Chess Queen has been happy with the gold in the Rapid Section of the SportAccord World Mind Games for which she is also the official ambassador. "The competition was brilliant", - according to SportAccord President Hein Verbruggen, who visited the competition on the second day. - "It is a great spectacle".

You can track some great photos and other Mind Sport games at the official website.

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Congratulations to GM Wang Hao for winning SportAccord World Mind Games Rapid 2011

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Hello everyone,

Congratulations to GM Hao Wang for winning the WorldAccord Mind Games Rapid 2011 in Beijing today. He notched up the win with a steady performance ahead of GM Vugar Gashimov (second) and GM Gata Kamsky (third).

Here is the list of final standings and you can access some links for more details.


Sportaccord World Mind Games Rapid – Men
Final standings:
1. GM Wang Hao CHN 2736 – 5.5
2. GM Gashimov Vugar AZE 2757 – 5
3. GM Kamsky Gata USA 2732 – 4.5
4. GM Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 2712 – 4
5. GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2723 – 4
6. GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2752 – 4
7. GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2733 – 3.5
8. GM Wang Yue CHN 2697 – 3.5
9. GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2710 – 3.5
10. GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2763 – 3.5
11. GM Nielsen Peter Heine DEN 2693 – 3
12. GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2705 – 2.5
13. GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2707 – 2.5
14. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2714 – 2.5
15. GM Giri Anish NED 2714 – 2.5
16. GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2775 – 2

www.chessdom.com
World Mind Games in mainstream media
Official website (FIDE)
World Mind Games – SportAccord website

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