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SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz) Tournament

Sergey Karjakin19.5/30(+15 -6 =9)[games]
Levon Aronian19.5/30(+16 -7 =7)[games]
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave18/30(+13 -7 =10)[games]
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov18/30(+15 -9 =6)[games]
Ian Nepomniachtchi17/30(+13 -9 =8)[games]
Quang Liem Le16.5/29(+13 -9 =7)[games]
Alexander Grischuk16.5/30(+13 -10 =7)[games]
Ruslan Ponomariov14.5/30(+11 -12 =7)[games]
Anish Giri14.5/30(+9 -10 =11)[games]
Vasyl Ivanchuk14/30(+11 -13 =6)[games]
Gata Kamsky13.5/30(+9 -12 =9)[games]
Leinier Dominguez Perez12.5/28(+8 -11 =9)[games]
Teimour Radjabov12/30(+6 -12 =12)[games]
Yue Wang11/30(+4 -12 =14)[games]
Peter Leko10.5/29(+5 -13 =11)[games]
Hao Wang10.5/30(+5 -14 =11)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz) (2013)

Played in Beijing, China 14-16 December 2013. Official site: http://sportaccord2013.fide.com/. TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews.... Crosstable: http://sportaccord2013.fide.com/en/.... Photo of winners: http://sportaccord2013.fide.com/ima...

The 3rd SportAccord event moreover included SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid) (2013) and SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid) (2013) (12-13 December), SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz) (2013) (14-16 December), and SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque) (2013) and SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque) (2013) (17-18 December).

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Giri vs Kamsky  0-1362013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
2. Ponomariov vs Aronian  0-1402013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)A57 Benko Gambit
3. Q L Le vs Grischuk  0-1462013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)E97 King's Indian
4. Leko vs Mamedyarov  0-1362013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
5. Ponomariov vs Ivanchuk  0-1462013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
6. Vachier-Lagrave vs Karjakin 0-1532013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
7. Ivanchuk vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1392013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)A00 Uncommon Opening
8. Grischuk vs Kamsky  0-1452013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
9. Q L Le vs Aronian 0-1782013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
10. Kamsky vs Q L Le 0-1662013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
11. Leko vs Grischuk  0-1272013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B44 Sicilian
12. H Wang vs Nepomniachtchi  0-1452013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)A04 Reti Opening
13. Ponomariov vs Mamedyarov  0-1472013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
14. Karjakin vs Radjabov 0-1402013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B30 Sicilian
15. Mamedyarov vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1252013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)D90 Grunfeld
16. Kamsky vs Aronian  0-1612013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Ponomariov vs Grischuk  0-1702013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
18. H Wang vs Aronian 0-1322013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. Kamsky vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1472013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Nepomniachtchi vs Radjabov  0-1592013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B30 Sicilian
21. Mamedyarov vs Karjakin  0-1432013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
22. Karjakin vs Y Wang  0-1372013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
23. L Dominguez Perez vs Nepomniachtchi 0-1662013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)C03 French, Tarrasch
24. Leko vs Aronian  0-1612013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B40 Sicilian
25. Grischuk vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1442013SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-17-13  notyetagm: First!
Dec-18-13  MOLLOYCHESS: I love watching blitz videos. Does anyone know if there is a website which has coverage. Tried the mindgames website but I couldn't find any. Occasionally people put some up on Youtube but I haven't seen any from this event as of yet.

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