SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 – December 8 to 16
SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 opens December 8 in Beijing, China – the site of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Chess players – including Ivanchuk, Sergey Karjakin, Vugar Gashimov, Grischuk, Wang Hao, Kamsky, Ponomariov, Le Quang Liem, Anish Giri (@anishgiri ), Alexandra Kosteniuk (@chessqueen ), Yelena Dembo (@yelenadembo ), and Hou Yifan – will participate in blitz, rapid, and blindfold events.
The Games also features four other mind sports: xianqi, go, bridge, and checkers.
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YouTube live coverage is scheduled for 7:00 to 11:00 GMT (2 am to 6 am EST) starting on December 9.
The first chess events are the men’s rapid and women’s rapid , starting at 14:00 and 15:15 CST (1 am and 2:15 am EST) on December 9. [Beijing’s CST is GMT+8, 13 hours ahead of EST.]
Through two rounds, Alexandra Kosteniuk is leading the women’s rapid, while Wang Hao is leading the men’s.
Here are some first- and second-round games:
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Na6 13. Nd4 Nac5 14. f3 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. dxe6 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. O-O Rhg8 21.
Qf5 Qg7 22. Qh3 Kb8 23. Rad1 Rde8 24. Nf5 Qxc3 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qxh6 Qc2 27.
Nh4 Qxc4 28. Rfe1 Re7 29. Nf5 Qxa2 30. Nh4 Bxf3 31. Rb1+ Kc8 32. g3 fxg3 33.
Nxf3 Qf2+ 0-1
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. e3 O-O 12. dxc5 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14.
Nd4 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rac8 17. O-O b6 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5
Rd7 21. Nd4 Rfd8 22. Rab1 g6 23. g3 Kg7 24. Rc4 Rd5 25. a4 R8d7 26. Rb5 R5d6
27. a5 Ne6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Rcb4 Rb7 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. h4 h5 33.
Re4+ Kd7 34. Rc4 Rc7 35. Rf4 Kc6 36. Rb2 Rcd7 37. Rc4+ Kb7 38. Rcb4 Rf6 39. Ra2
Rd5 40. Rba4 Kc6 41. Ra7 Rdd6 42. Rc2+ Kb5 43. Rb2+ Kc6 44. Rc2+ Kb5 45. Rb2+
Kc6 46. Rc2+ Kb5 47. Rb2+ Kc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4
15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Nb2 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Bc4 20. Be3 Rfe8 21.
a4 Bd6 22. a5 h6 23. Ra4 Bb5 24. Raa1 Bc4 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Rd2 Rae8 27. dxe5
Rxe5 28. Rad1 Rb5 29. Qc1 Be5 30. a6 bxa6 31. Rd7 Qb8 32. Bxa7 Qc8 33. Bg4 Rb7
34. Qe3 Be6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Bc5 a5 38. Qd3 a4 39. Ra1 Ra8 40.
Qc4 Kf7 41. Qe2 Qb5 42. Qh5+ Kf6 43. Rd1 Qxc5 44. Rd7 Rf8 45. f4 a3 46. fxe5+
Qxe5 47. Qf3+ Kg6 48. Qxf8 a2 49. Rd1 Qxc3 50. Qf1 c5 51. Kh3 c4 52. Ra1 Qb2
53. e5 Kh7 54. Rc1 Qxe5 55. Qd1 Qf5+ 56. Kg2 Qe4+ 57. Qf3 Qe5 58. Qf1 Qe4+ 59.
Kh3 Qe5 60. Qd1 Qf5+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kg1 Qe3+ 63. Kf1 Qe4 64. Kf2 Qf5+ 65. Ke3
Qe5+ 66. Kd2 Qa5+ 67. Kc2 Qa3 68. Qd4 Qb3+ 69. Kd2 Qb1 70. Qc3 Kh8 71. Re1 e5
72. h4 Kh7 73. Qc2+ 1-0
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 h6 12. Qf3 Ng6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. a4 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Qc8 16. Qf3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. a5 Rc7 21. f3
Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Bc2 Rh8 24. f4 Nf8 25. Ke2 N8d7 26. h3 Nh5 27. Rg1 Rg8 28.
Ba4 Nhf6 29. Kd3 Rcc8 30. Rab1 Rb8 31. f5 Rh8 32. g4 Kd8 33. h4 Kc7 34. Be3 h5
35. g5 Ng8 36. Rgf1 Rd8 37. Rb2 Ne7 38. Rfb1 b6 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. axb6+ axb6
41. Rxb6 Ra8 42. f6 gxf6 43. gxf6 Ng6 44. Rc6+ Kd8 45. Rbb6 Nxh4 46. Rxd6 Ng6
47. Bxc5 h4 48. Ra6 Nf4+ 49. Ke3 Rxa6 50. Rxa6 h3 51. Bb6+ Kc8 52. c5 h2 53. c6
1-0
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4
15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Nb2 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Bc4 20. Be3 Rfe8 21.
a4 Bd6 22. a5 h6 23. Ra4 Bb5 24. Raa1 Bc4 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Rd2 Rae8 27. dxe5
Rxe5 28. Rad1 Rb5 29. Qc1 Be5 30. a6 bxa6 31. Rd7 Qb8 32. Bxa7 Qc8 33. Bg4 Rb7
34. Qe3 Be6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Bc5 a5 38. Qd3 a4 39. Ra1 Ra8 40.
Qc4 Kf7 41. Qe2 Qb5 42. Qh5+ Kf6 43. Rd1 Qxc5 44. Rd7 Rf8 45. f4 a3 46. fxe5+
Qxe5 47. Qf3+ Kg6 48. Qxf8 a2 49. Rd1 Qxc3 50. Qf1 c5 51. Kh3 c4 52. Ra1 Qb2
53. e5 Kh7 54. Rc1 Qxe5 55. Qd1 Qf5+ 56. Kg2 Qe4+ 57. Qf3 Qe5 58. Qf1 Qe4+ 59.
Kh3 Qe5 60. Qd1 Qf5+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kg1 Qe3+ 63. Kf1 Qe4 64. Kf2 Qf5+ 65. Ke3
Qe5+ 66. Kd2 Qa5+ 67. Kc2 Qa3 68. Qd4 Qb3+ 69. Kd2 Qb1 70. Qc3 Kh8 71. Re1 e5
72. h4 Kh7 73. Qc2+ 1-0
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 h6 12. Qf3 Ng6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. a4 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Qc8 16. Qf3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. a5 Rc7 21. f3
Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Bc2 Rh8 24. f4 Nf8 25. Ke2 N8d7 26. h3 Nh5 27. Rg1 Rg8 28.
Ba4 Nhf6 29. Kd3 Rcc8 30. Rab1 Rb8 31. f5 Rh8 32. g4 Kd8 33. h4 Kc7 34. Be3 h5
35. g5 Ng8 36. Rgf1 Rd8 37. Rb2 Ne7 38. Rfb1 b6 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. axb6+ axb6
41. Rxb6 Ra8 42. f6 gxf6 43. gxf6 Ng6 44. Rc6+ Kd8 45. Rbb6 Nxh4 46. Rxd6 Ng6
47. Bxc5 h4 48. Ra6 Nf4+ 49. Ke3 Rxa6 50. Rxa6 h3 51. Bb6+ Kc8 52. c5 h2 53. c6
1-0
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. e3 O-O 12. dxc5 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14.
Nd4 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rac8 17. O-O b6 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5
Rd7 21. Nd4 Rfd8 22. Rab1 g6 23. g3 Kg7 24. Rc4 Rd5 25. a4 R8d7 26. Rb5 R5d6
27. a5 Ne6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Rcb4 Rb7 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. h4 h5 33.
Re4+ Kd7 34. Rc4 Rc7 35. Rf4 Kc6 36. Rb2 Rcd7 37. Rc4+ Kb7 38. Rcb4 Rf6 39. Ra2
Rd5 40. Rba4 Kc6 41. Ra7 Rdd6 42. Rc2+ Kb5 43. Rb2+ Kc6 44. Rc2+ Kb5 45. Rb2+
Kc6 46. Rc2+ Kb5 47. Rb2+ Kc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Na6 13. Nd4 Nac5 14. f3 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. dxe6 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. O-O Rhg8 21.
Qf5 Qg7 22. Qh3 Kb8 23. Rad1 Rde8 24. Nf5 Qxc3 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qxh6 Qc2 27.
Nh4 Qxc4 28. Rfe1 Re7 29. Nf5 Qxa2 30. Nh4 Bxf3 31. Rb1+ Kc8 32. g3 fxg3 33.
Nxf3 Qf2+ 0-1
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. e3 Ne6 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 O-O
15. b4 Ng5 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. e4 c6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Nd6 b6 21. a4 Rfd8
22. Be3 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 gxf3 24. c5 Be7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Rab8
28. h3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rd5 30. Bh6 f6 31. Rb7 Bxc5 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. g4 Ke8 34. g5
e4 35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Rg7+ Kc8 37. Rg8+ Kb7 38. Rg7+ Ka6 39. gxf6 Rd1+ 40. Kh2
Bd6+ 41. Rg3 Rd5 42. f7 Rxf5 43. f8=Q Bxf8 44. Bxf8 Rxf8 45. Kg1 Rd8 0-1
[Event "Sportaccord World Mind Games "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ba2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Bb1 b5 15.
e4 g6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. e5 Nh5 18. Be3 Qb8 19. g4 Ng7 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Nd6 Be8
22. Bf4 Rc7 23. Qe3 Na5 24. b3 Nb7 25. Ne4 Rcd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28.
Bg3 Ne8 29. Qh6 Bxf6 30. Qf8# 1-0
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