TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
SportAccord World Mind Games Chess 2012 (Games and Results)
SportAccord World Mind Games Chess 2012
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 19th December 2012
Aronian vs Morozevich on day 1 of the SportAccord World Mind Games. Photo © Anastasiya Karlovich. | http://sportaccord2012.fide.com
SportAccord World Mind Games took place in Beijing, China 12th to 19th December 2012. Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) were the games featured and the chess section was very strong. There were three two day events, Men's and women's sections Rapid, Blitz and finally blindfold chess.
Men's Rapid: Laurent Fressinet beat Hikaru Nakamura and edged him to the title on tie-break after both finished on 5.5/7. Women's Rapid: Kateryna Lahno edged out Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzychuk on tie-break after all scored 5/7.
Blitz Men. Sergey Karjakin won the blitz with 12.5/15 a point clear of Hikaru Nakamura. Blitz Women: Alexandra Kosteniuk won with 11.5/15 on tie-break from Anna Muzuchuk.
Blindfold Men: Levon Aronian finally came good and won with 5.5/7 half a point clear of Hikaru Nakamura who completed a hat-trick of second places in the event. Blindfold Women: Hou Yifan won with 6/7 half a point clear of Viktorija Cmilyte who beat the winner.
All PGN games corrected and results made to agree with the official table.
SportAccord World Mind Games 2012 (Beijing CHN)
Wed 12th Dec 2012 - Wed 19th Dec 2012 -
Official Site - Live
SportAccord Rap Men (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Men Games
SportAccord Bl Men (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Men Blitz
SportAccord BF Men (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Blindfold Men
SportAccord Rap Wom (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women Games
SportAccord Bl Wom (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Women Blitz
SportAccord BF Wom (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Blindfold Women
SportAccord Rap Men (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Men Games
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| SportAccord Rap Men Beijing CHN Wed 12th Dec 2012 - Wed 19th Dec 2012
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 13 | Fressinet Laurent | GM | FRA | 2700 | 5½ | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 6 | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | USA | 2760 | 5½ | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Grischuk Alexander | GM | RUS | 2771 | 4½ | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 16 | Ding Liren | GM | CHN | 2669 | 4½ | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | Morozevich Alexander | GM | RUS | 2725 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | Radjabov Teimour | GM | AZE | 2755 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | Kamsky Gata | GM | USA | 2762 | 3½ | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Leko Peter | GM | HUN | 2732 | 3½ | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 12 | Jobava Baadur | GM | GEO | 2711 | 3½ | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 15 | Wang Hao | GM | CHN | 2691 | 3½ | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 11 | Giri Anish | GM | NED | 2720 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 1 | Karjakin Sergey | GM | RUS | 2830 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 2 | Aronian Levon | GM | ARM | 2815 | 2½ | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | Ivanchuk Vassily | GM | UKR | 2744 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 5 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | GM | AZE | 2760 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 14 | Bologan Viktor | GM | MDA | 2693 | 1½ | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 players | |||||||||
SportAccord Bl Men (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Men Blitz
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| SportAccord Bl Men Beijing CHN Sun 16th Dec 2012 - Mon 17th Dec 2012
Leading Final Round 15 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | TB1 | TB3 |
| 1 | 8 | Karjakin Sergey | GM | RUS | 2877 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ | 0 | 83.00 |
| 2 | 13 | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | USA | 2788 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 11 | 0 | 83.75 |
| 3 | 4 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | GM | AZE | 2701 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1½ | 59.75 |
| 4 | 6 | Aronian Levon | GM | ARM | 2812 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9 | 1 | 63.75 |
| 5 | 1 | Fressinet Laurent | GM | FRA | 2653 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ½ | 61.50 |
| 6 | 12 | Morozevich Alexander | GM | RUS | 2805 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8½ | 1 | 60.75 |
| 7 | 5 | Grischuk Alexander | GM | RUS | 2923 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8½ | 0 | 55.00 |
| 8 | 16 | Ivanchuk Vassily | GM | UKR | 2728 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 50.75 |
| 9 | 10 | Wang Hao | GM | CHN | 2737 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 1 | 42.25 |
| 10 | 9 | Leko Peter | GM | HUN | 2732 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 0 | 41.75 |
| 11 | 2 | Kamsky Gata | GM | USA | 2756 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 35.25 |
| 12 | 14 | Jobava Baadur | GM | GEO | 2722 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5½ | 1½ | 39.50 |
| 13 | 11 | Radjabov Teimour | GM | AZE | 2790 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 1½ | 34.25 |
| 14 | 7 | Bologan Viktor | GM | MDA | 2643 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 5½ | 0 | 41.50 |
| 15 | 15 | Giri Anish | GM | NED | 2720 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39.50 |
| 16 | 3 | Ding Liren | GM | CHN | 2695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 4 | 0 | 26.75 |
| 16 players | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SportAccord BF Men (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Blindfold Men
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| SportAccord BF Men Beijing CHN Tue 18th Dec 2012 - Wed 19th Dec 2012
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Aronian Levon | GM | ARM | 2815 | 5½ | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | USA | 2760 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | GM | AZE | 2760 | 4½ | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Kamsky Gata | GM | USA | 2762 | 4½ | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | Leko Peter | GM | HUN | 2732 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 16 | Ding Liren | GM | CHN | 2669 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | Radjabov Teimour | GM | AZE | 2755 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 14 | Bologan Viktor | GM | MDA | 2693 | 3½ | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 10 | Morozevich Alexander | GM | RUS | 2725 | 3½ | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 15 | Wang Hao | GM | CHN | 2691 | 3½ | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | Giri Anish | GM | NED | 2720 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 8 | Ivanchuk Vassily | GM | UKR | 2744 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 1 | Karjakin Sergey | GM | RUS | 2830 | 2½ | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 3 | Grischuk Alexander | GM | RUS | 2771 | 2½ | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 12 | Jobava Baadur | GM | GEO | 2711 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 13 | Fressinet Laurent | GM | FRA | 2700 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 players | |||||||||
SportAccord Rap Wom (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women Games
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| SportAccord Rap Wom Beijing CHN Wed 12th Dec 2012 - Wed 19th Dec 2012
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Lahno Kateryna | GM | UKR | 2592 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Yifan Hou | GM | CHN | 2606 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | Koneru Humpy | GM | IND | 2606 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Muzychuk Anna | GM | SLO | 2577 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | Paehtz Elisabeth | IM | GER | 2478 | 4½ | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | GM | RUS | 2572 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | Stefanova Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2580 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 14 | Danielian Elina | GM | ARM | 2450 | 3½ | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 15 | Socko Monika | GM | POL | 2440 | 3½ | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 9 | Zhao Xue | GM | CHN | 2511 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | Cramling Pia | GM | SWE | 2546 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 13 | Cmilyte Viktorija | GM | LTU | 2462 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Zhu Chen | GM | QAT | 2489 | 2½ | ½ | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 10 | Zatonskih Anna | IM | USA | 2504 | 2½ | ½ | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 8 | Harika Dronavalli | GM | IND | 2529 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | Khotenashvili Bela | IM | GEO | 2405 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 players | |||||||||
SportAccord Bl Wom (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Women Blitz
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| SportAccord Bl Wom Beijing CHN Sun 16th Dec 2012 - Mon 17th Dec 2012
Leading Final Round 15 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | TB1 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | GM | RUS | 2505 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ | 1 | 81.75 |
| 2 | 14 | Muzychuk Anna | GM | SLO | 2606 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ | 0 | 77.25 |
| 3 | 2 | Paehtz Elisabeth | IM | GER | 2517 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9½ | 1 | 66.75 |
| 4 | 1 | Koneru Humpy | GM | IND | 2535 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ | 0 | 67.25 |
| 5 | 13 | Cmilyte Viktorija | GM | LTU | 2524 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 0 | 52.50 |
| 6 | 3 | Harika Dronavalli | GM | IND | 2329 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 1 | 56.00 |
| 7 | 11 | Zhu Chen | GM | QAT | 2418 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 0 | 50.75 |
| 8 | 10 | Hou Yifan | GM | CHN | 2606 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 7 | 0 | 55.25 |
| 9 | 8 | Khotenashvili Bela | IM | GEO | 2465 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6½ | 1 | 45.75 |
| 10 | 5 | Lahno Kateryna | GM | UKR | 2538 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 1 | 45.50 |
| 11 | 4 | Cramling Pia | GM | SWE | 2433 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 1 | 47.75 |
| 12 | 6 | Stefanova Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2571 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 41.00 |
| 13 | 12 | Danielian Elina | GM | ARM | 2432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 39.50 |
| 14 | 9 | Zatonskih Anna | IM | USA | 2489 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44.50 |
| 15 | 15 | Socko Monika | GM | POL | 2430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 5½ | 0 | 34.75 |
| 16 | 16 | Zhao Xue | GM | CHN | 2518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 5 | 0 | 33.25 |
| 16 players | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SportAccord BF Wom (16 players 7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Blindfold Women
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| SportAccord BF Wom Beijing CHN Wed 12th Dec 2012 - Wed 19th Dec 2012
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Yifan Hou | GM | CHN | 2606 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 | Cmilyte Viktorija | GM | LTU | 2462 | 5½ | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 10 | Zatonskih Anna | IM | USA | 2504 | 4½ | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Koneru Humpy | GM | IND | 2606 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | Zhao Xue | GM | CHN | 2511 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | Muzychuk Anna | GM | SLO | 2577 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | Lahno Kateryna | GM | UKR | 2592 | 3½ | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | Zhu Chen | GM | QAT | 2489 | 3½ | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 12 | Paehtz Elisabeth | IM | GER | 2478 | 3½ | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | Harika Dronavalli | GM | IND | 2529 | 3½ | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 14 | Danielian Elina | GM | ARM | 2450 | 3½ | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | GM | RUS | 2572 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 4 | Stefanova Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2580 | 2½ | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Cramling Pia | GM | SWE | 2546 | 2½ | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 16 | Khotenashvili Bela | IM | GEO | 2405 | 1½ | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | 15 | Socko Monika | GM | POL | 2440 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 players | |||||||||
