Laurent Fressinet in the final round of SportAccord Mind Games
The rapid sections of the SportAccord Mind Games came to a dramatic end in Beijing, China.
The men section winner of 2012 is Laurent Fressinet who edged out Hikaru Nakamura on better tiebreak score. Nakamura entered the day as sole leader, but right in the first game Fressinet defeated him with black and took the lead. Nakamura quickly recovered and equalized Fressinet in the standings in round 6 by beating Grischuk. A strong final sprint by both players where Nakamura beat Morozevich and Fressinet beat Karjakin, left both with equal 5,5/7, but saw the French Grandmaster lift the title on better tiebreak. The bronze medal was awarded to Alexander Grischuk, who finished with the same points as Ding Liren, but also had better tiebreak.
Scroll down for the full standings and results of all rounds.
In the women section of the SportAccord Mind Games the story was even more complicated. The sole leader of yesterday Yifan Hou had a rough start after a draw with Antoaneta Stefanova and a loss to Elizabeth Paehtz. A final round, where all games finished with decisive results, left four players equal at the top of the standings – Yifan Hou, Kateryna Lahno, Humpy Koneru, and Anna Muzychuk. The tiebreak rules awarded the title to Kateryna Lahno, second place to Yifan Hou, third place for Humpy Koneru, while the short staw was for Anna Muzychuk who finished without a medal.
Scroll down for the full standings and results of all rounds.
Strong final day and tiebreak rules bring Kateryna Lahno the gold medal
Final standings World Mind Games
| 1 | Laurent Fressinet | 5.5 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 5.5 | ||
| 3 | Alexander Grischuk | 4.5 | |
| Liren Ding | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | Teimour Radjabov | 4 | |
| Alexander Morozevich | 4 | ||
| 7 | Gata Kamsky | 3.5 | |
| Hao Wang | 3.5 | ||
| Baadur Jobava | 3.5 | ||
| Peter Leko | 3.5 | ||
| 11 | Anish Giri | 3 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 3 | ||
| 13 | Levon Aronian | 2.5 | |
| 14 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2 | ||
| 16 | Viktor Bologan | 1.5 | |
All results World Mind Games
| 7 | |||||
| Anish Giri | Hao Wang | ½-½ | |||
| Baadur Jobava | Viktor Bologan | 1_0 | |||
| Hikaru Nakamura | Alexander Morozevich | 1_0 | |||
| Liren Ding | Alexander Grischuk | 0-1 | |||
| Sergey Karjakin | Laurent Fressinet | 0-1 | |||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Levon Aronian | 1_0 | |||
| Teimour Radjabov | Gata Kamsky | 1_0 | |||
| Vassily Ivanchuk | Peter Leko | 0-1 | |||
| 6 | |||||
| Alexander Grischuk | Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | |||
| Alexander Morozevich | Baadur Jobava | 1_0 | |||
| Gata Kamsky | Sergey Karjakin | 1_0 | |||
| Hao Wang | Viktor Bologan | 1_0 | |||
| Laurent Fressinet | Liren Ding | ½-½ | |||
| Levon Aronian | Vassily Ivanchuk | ½-½ | |||
| Peter Leko | Teimour Radjabov | 0-1 | |||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Anish Giri | 0-1 | |||
| 5 | |||||
| Alexander Grischuk | Gata Kamsky | 1_0 | |||
| Baadur Jobava | Anish Giri | 1_0 | |||
| Hikaru Nakamura | Laurent Fressinet | 0-1 | |||
| Liren Ding | Peter Leko | 1_0 | |||
| Sergey Karjakin | Levon Aronian | 1_0 | |||
| Teimour Radjabov | Alexander Morozevich | 0-1 | |||
| Vassily Ivanchuk | Hao Wang | ½-½ | |||
| Viktor Bologan | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 0-1 | |||
| 4 | |||||
| Alexander Morozevich | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1_0 | |||
| Anish Giri | Teimour Radjabov | 0-1 | |||
| Gata Kamsky | Laurent Fressinet | ½-½ | |||
| Hao Wang | Alexander Grischuk | 0-1 | |||
| Levon Aronian | Hikaru Nakamura | ½-½ | |||
| Liren Ding | Baadur Jobava | 1_0 | |||
| Peter Leko | Viktor Bologan | 1_0 | |||
| Vassily Ivanchuk | Sergey Karjakin | 0-1 | |||
| 3 | |||||
| Alexander Grischuk | Baadur Jobava | ½-½ | |||
| Hikaru Nakamura | Gata Kamsky | 1_0 | |||
| Laurent Fressinet | Anish Giri | 1_0 | |||
| Peter Leko | Hao Wang | ½-½ | |||
| Sergey Karjakin | Alexander Morozevich | ½-½ | |||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Vassily Ivanchuk | 0-1 | |||
| Teimour Radjabov | Liren Ding | 0-1 | |||
| Viktor Bologan | Levon Aronian | ½-½ | |||
| 2 | |||||
| Anish Giri | Alexander Morozevich | 1_0 | |||
| Baadur Jobava | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1_0 | |||
| Gata Kamsky | Peter Leko | 1_0 | |||
| Hao Wang | Sergey Karjakin | ½-½ | |||
| Hikaru Nakamura | Liren Ding | 1_0 | |||
| Laurent Fressinet | Alexander Grischuk | ½-½ | |||
| Levon Aronian | Teimour Radjabov | ½-½ | |||
| Vassily Ivanchuk | Viktor Bologan | 0-1 | |||
| 1 | |||||
| Alexander Grischuk | Anish Giri | ½-½ | |||
| Alexander Morozevich | Levon Aronian | ½-½ | |||
| Baadur Jobava | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | |||
| Liren Ding | Vassily Ivanchuk | 1_0 | |||
| Sergey Karjakin | Peter Leko | 0-1 | |||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Laurent Fressinet | 0-1 | |||
| Teimour Radjabov | Hao Wang | ½-½ | |||
| Viktor Bologan | Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | |||
Final standings women
| 1 | Kateryna Lahno | 5 | |
| Hou Yifan | 5 | ||
| Humpy Koneru | 5 | ||
| Anna Muzychuk | 5 | ||
| 5 | Elisabeth Paehtz | 4.5 | |
| 6 | Antoaneta Stefanova | 4 | |
| Alexandra Kosteniuk | 4 | ||
| 8 | Elina Danielian | 3.5 | |
| Monika Socko | 3.5 | ||
| 10 | Pia Cramling | 3 | |
| Xue Zhao | 3 | ||
| 12 | Anna Zatonskih | 2.5 | |
| Viktorija Cmilyte | 2.5 | ||
| Dronavali Harika | 2.5 | ||
| 15 | Zhu Chen | 2 | |
| 16 | Bela Khotenashvili | 1 |
All results women
| 7 | |||||
| Anna Muzychuk | Monika Socko | 1_0 | |||
| Anna Zatonskih | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 0-1 | |||
| Antoaneta Stefanova | Kateryna Lahno | 0-1 | |||
| Bela Khotenashvili | Elina Danielian | 0-1 | |||
| Elisabeth Paehtz | Humpy Koneru | 0-1 | |||
| Pia Cramling | Hou Yifan | 0-1 | |||
| Viktorija Cmilyte | Xue Zhao | 0-1 | |||
| Zhu Chen | Dronavali Harika | 0-1 | |||
| 6 | |||||
| Alexandra Kosteniuk | Anna Muzychuk | 0-1 | |||
| Bela Khotenashvili | Zhu Chen | ½-½ | |||
| Dronavali Harika | Xue Zhao | 0-1 | |||
| Elina Danielian | Anna Zatonskih | ½-½ | |||
| Hou Yifan | Elisabeth Paehtz | 0-1 | |||
| Humpy Koneru | Antoaneta Stefanova | 0-1 | |||
| Kateryna Lahno | Pia Cramling | 1_0 | |||
| Monika Socko | Viktorija Cmilyte | 1_0 | |||
| 5 | |||||
| Anna Muzychuk | Pia Cramling | ½-½ | |||
| Anna Zatonskih | Bela Khotenashvili | 1_0 | |||
| Antoaneta Stefanova | Hou Yifan | ½-½ | |||
| Dronavali Harika | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 0-1 | |||
| Elina Danielian | Elisabeth Paehtz | 0-1 | |||
| Humpy Koneru | Kateryna Lahno | 1_0 | |||
| Viktorija Cmilyte | Zhu Chen | 1_0 | |||
| Xue Zhao | Monika Socko | 0-1 | |||
| 4 | |||||
| Alexandra Kosteniuk | Kateryna Lahno | 0-1 | |||
| Antoaneta Stefanova | Viktorija Cmilyte | 1_0 | |||
| Elisabeth Paehtz | Anna Muzychuk | ½-½ | |||
| Hou Yifan | Humpy Koneru | ½-½ | |||
| Monika Socko | Elina Danielian | 0-1 | |||
| Pia Cramling | Dronavali Harika | 1_0 | |||
| Xue Zhao | Bela Khotenashvili | 1_0 | |||
| Zhu Chen | Anna Zatonskih | ½-½ | |||
| 3 | |||||
| Anna Muzychuk | Zhu Chen | 1_0 | |||
| Anna Zatonskih | Viktorija Cmilyte | 0-1 | |||
| Bela Khotenashvili | Monika Socko | 0-1 | |||
| Dronavali Harika | Antoaneta Stefanova | ½-½ | |||
| Elina Danielian | Xue Zhao | 1_0 | |||
| Elisabeth Paehtz | Alexandra Kosteniuk | ½-½ | |||
| Humpy Koneru | Pia Cramling | 1_0 | |||
| Kateryna Lahno | Hou Yifan | 0-1 | |||
| 2 | |||||
| Alexandra Kosteniuk | Humpy Koneru | ½-½ | |||
| Antoaneta Stefanova | Pia Cramling | ½-½ | |||
| Dronavali Harika | Kateryna Lahno | 0-1 | |||
| Hou Yifan | Anna Muzychuk | 1_0 | |||
| Monika Socko | Anna Zatonskih | ½-½ | |||
| Viktorija Cmilyte | Bela Khotenashvili | ½-½ | |||
| Xue Zhao | Elisabeth Paehtz | 0-1 | |||
| Zhu Chen | Elina Danielian | 1_0 | |||
| 1 | |||||
| Anna Muzychuk | Viktorija Cmilyte | 1_0 | |||
| Anna Zatonskih | Hou Yifan | 0-1 | |||
| Bela Khotenashvili | Dronavali Harika | 0-1 | |||
| Elina Danielian | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 0-1 | |||
| Elisabeth Paehtz | Antoaneta Stefanova | ½-½ | |||
| Humpy Koneru | Xue Zhao | 1_0 | |||
| Kateryna Lahno | Zhu Chen | 1_0 | |||
| Pia Cramling | Monika Socko | 1_0 | |||
