The 2014 International Star Mixed Pair Chess Tournament takes place from 5th to 9th July 2014 in the city of Chengdu, China.
The event will be played in a 5-round format. The teams are paired as follows:
GM Nigel Short & GM Hou Yifan,
GM Yasser Seirawan & GM Zhou Chen
GM Artur Jussupow & GM Maia Chiburdanidze
GM Ye Jiangchuan & IM Alisa Maric
GM Yu Shaoteng, GM Xu Yuhua
GM Xie Jun & WGM Liu Shilan
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel also in Chengdu at the day of the opening ceremony (Photo: Bundesregierung/Bergmann)
The tandem GM Hou Yifan and GM Nigel Short chose starting number №3
IM Alisa Maric, former Serbian Minister of Youth and Sport, among her Chinese colleagues
