Sportaccord World Mind Games 2011 are being held from 9th to 16th December in Beijing, China. The prize fund for the various events is 320,000 USD but all players are guaranteed a minimum prize / fee of 4,000 USD for open event participants and 2,000 USD for the womens’ event participants.
Competitions:
9th – 11th December, Rapid Events (Open and Women – 16 players each)
12th – 13th December, Blitz Events (Open and Women – 16 players each)
14th – 16th December, Blindfold Event (Open and Women – 8 players each) and Pairs Event (8 teams of two players)
LIVE Games with analysis – Men
LIVE Games with analysis – Women
Sportaccord World Mind Games Rapid – Men
Round 5 standings:
1. GM Wang Hao CHN 2736 – 4
2. GM Gashimov Vugar AZE 2757 – 3.5
3. GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2723 – 3.5
4. GM Kamsky Gata USA 2732 – 3
5. GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2752 – 3
6. GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2763 – 3
7. GM Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 2712 – 2.5
8. GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2733 – 2.5
9. GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2710 – 2.5
10. GM Nielsen Peter Heine DEN 2693 – 2.5
11. GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2705 – 2
12. GM Wang Yue CHN 2697 – 2
13. GM Giri Anish NED 2714 – 2
14. GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2775 – 1.5
15. GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2707 – 1.5
16. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2714 – 1
Sportaccord World Mind Games Rapid – Women
Round 4 standings:
1. GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2439 – 3.5
2. GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2549 – 3
3. WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2543 – 3
4. IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2457 – 2.5
5. GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2516 – 2.5
6. GM Hou Yifan CHN 2578 – 2.5
7. IM Skripchenko Almira FRA 2468 – 2
8. GM Socko Monika POL 2479 – 2
9. GM Cramling Pia SWE 2495 – 2
10. IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2562 – 2
11. GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2512 – 1.5
12. IM Dembo Yelena GRE 2468 – 1.5
13. GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2531 – 1.5
14. GM Danielian Elina ARM 2497 – 1.5
15. GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2503 – 0.5
16. IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2506 – 0.5
