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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Congratulations to GM Wang Hao for winning SportAccord World Mind Games Rapid 2011

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Hello everyone,

Congratulations to GM Hao Wang for winning the WorldAccord Mind Games Rapid 2011 in Beijing today. He notched up the win with a steady performance ahead of GM Vugar Gashimov (second) and GM Gata Kamsky (third).



Here is the list of final standings and you can access some links for more details.



Sportaccord World Mind Games Rapid – Men
Final standings:

1. GM Wang Hao CHN 2736 – 5.5
2. GM Gashimov Vugar AZE 2757 – 5
3. GM Kamsky Gata USA 2732 – 4.5
4. GM Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 2712 – 4
5. GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2723 – 4
6. GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2752 – 4
7. GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2733 – 3.5
8. GM Wang Yue CHN 2697 – 3.5
9. GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2710 – 3.5
10. GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2763 – 3.5
11. GM Nielsen Peter Heine DEN 2693 – 3
12. GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2705 – 2.5
13. GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2707 – 2.5
14. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2714 – 2.5
15. GM Giri Anish NED 2714 – 2.5
16. GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2775 – 2

www.chessdom.com
World Mind Games in mainstream media
Official website (FIDE)
World Mind Games – SportAccord website

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2 comments:

  1. Congratulations to both

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  2. too bad for women in beijing but am really thrilled for Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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