2014 World Mind Games (Beijing, China)
The fourth edition of the World Minds Sports Games in Beijing, China on December 11th-17th. This unique tournament featured five sports including bridge, go, draughts, xiangqi (Chinese chess) and international chess. Top players in each of these mind sports competed in various formats. This is the second time that chess will feature a variant known as “Basque Chess” which entails two players playing an opponent two games with opposite colors simultaneously. Rapid and Blitz are the mainstays and will be contested by 16 of the world’s top players in both the men’s and women’s categories.
The delegations of the five mind sports being introduced.
Hou Yifan is the official chess ambassador.
Photo by sportaccord2014.fide.com.
While Magnus Carlsen is the reigning Classical, Rapid and Blitz champion, there are several former World Champions (time category) including Levon Aronian of Armenia, Alexander Grischuk of Russia and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan. All of the top brass for the women are competing with Hou Yifan of China and Humpy Koneru of India leading the pack. Also strong competition from Valentina Guinana and Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia, Ju Wenjun of China, Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria and Anna Muzychuk of the Ukraine. China has become the marquee location for these large-scale international events since the scintillating display at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Video by sportaccord2014.fide.com.
December 11th-17th, 2014 (Beijing, China)  |
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| # | MEN | FED | WOMEN | FED | ||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS |
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Hou, Yifan | CHN |
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| 2 | Aronian, Levon | ARM |
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Koneru, Humpy | IND |
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| 3 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR |
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Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL |
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| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS |
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Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS |
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| 5 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE |
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Ju, Wenjun | CHN |
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| 6 | Leko, Peter | HUN |
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Gunina, Valentina | RUS |
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| 7 | Wang Yue | CHN |
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Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO |
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| 8 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB |
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Muzychuk, Anna | UKR |
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| 9 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE |
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Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS |
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| 10 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR |
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Ushenina, Anna | UKR |
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| 11 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA |
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Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER |
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| 12 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA |
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Zhao, Xue | CHN |
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| 13 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR |
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Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR |
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| 14 | Wang, Hao | CHN |
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Cramling, Pia | SWE |
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| 15 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND |
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Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL |
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| 16 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL |
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Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER |
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Men (Rapid, Blitz, Basque) Games Rapid (men, women), Blitz (men, women), Basque (men, women) Coverage Official: https://www.worldmindgames.net/en/ |