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The 2011 SportAccord World Mind Games were held in Beijing from 9-16 December.

SportAccord is an umbrella organisation for all sports which aims to promote the visibility of less high-profile sports by organising multi-sports games on a worldwide stage.

The World 'Mind Games' in Beijing were Chess, Draughts, Go, Xiangqi and Bridge.

There were three separate chess competitions at rapid, blitz and blindfold chess, with separate men's and women's events. A total of 16 players took part in both the men's and women's events and the standard was very strong indeed.

Male competitors:

	Name	Nat	Elo
1	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2775
2	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2763
3	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2757
4	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2752
5	Wang, Hao	CHN	2736
6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2733
7	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2732
8	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2724
9	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2723
10	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2714
11	Giri, Anish	NED	2714
12	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2712
13	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	2707
14	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2705
15	Wang, Yue	CHN	2697
16	Peter Heine Nielsen	DEN	2693

Female competitors:

	Name	Nat	Elo
1	Hou, Yifan	CHN	2578
2	Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	2562
3	Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	2549
4	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2543
5	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2531
6	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2516
7	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	2513
8	Zatonskih, Anna	USA	2506
9	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	2503
10	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2497
11	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2495
12	Socko, Monika	POL	2479
13	Dembo, Yelena	GRE	2468
14	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	2468
15	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2457
16	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2439

The men's medals awarded were:

	Rapid	Blitz	Blindfold
Gold	Wang Hao (CHN)	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)	Zoltan Almasi (HUN)
Silver	Vugar Gashimov (AZE)	Alexander Grischuk (RUS)	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
Bronze	Gata Kamsky (USA)	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)	Vugar Gashimov (AZE)

The women's medals awarded were:

	Rapid	Blitz	Blindfold
Gold	Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)	Hou Yifan (CHN)	Hou Yifan (CHN)
Silver	Kateryna Lahno UKR)	Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL)	Viktorija Cmilyte (LTU)
Bronze	Nana Dzagnidze GEO)	Anna Muzychuk (SLO)	Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)

Wang Hao won the Rapid Gold Medal

Sergey Karjakin vs. Wang Hao

Sportaccord World Mind Games (Rapid) | Beijing | Round 6| 11 Dec 2011 | 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. O-O a6 8. Nbd2 c4 9. Ne1 h6 10. c3 Ne7 11. g4 Bh7 12. Ng2 b5 13. f4 Nb6 14. Qc1 Qd7 15. Bd1 Nc6 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 g6 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5 O-O-O 22. f6 Bh6 23. Kf2 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Ng2 dxc3 27. Nf3 Nd5 28. bxc3 Qa7+ 29. Ke1 Ne3 30. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Qe2 Qxc3+ 32. Kf2 Rd2 33. Qxd2 Rh2+ 34. Nxh2 Qxd2+ 35. Kg3 c3 36. Nf3 Qd5 37. Rh1 b4 38. Rad1 Qc4 39. Rh4 Qc5 40. Rh8+ Kb7 41. Rd7+ Kb6 42. Rh1 Qf8 43. Kf2 a5 44. Ke2 Kb5 45. Rh7 Qc8 46. Rhxf7 c2 47. Rc7 c1=Q 48. Rxc8 Qxc8 49. Re7 Ka4 50. Nd4 Qc5 51. Nf3 Ka3 52. Rd7 Kxa2 53. f7 b3 54. Rd8 b2 55. f8=Q Qxf8 56. Rxf8 b1=Q 57. Rf6 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 Qd5 59. Rf4 Kb2 60. Rd4 Qc5 61. Kg3 Kc3 62. Rd6 Qc4 63. Ng5 a4 64. Nxe6 a3 65. Nf4 a2 66. Rd1 Kb2 67. Kg4 Qc2 68. Nd3+ Ka3 69. Re1 Qxd3 70. e6 Qd2

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won Blitz Gold and Blindfold Silver

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Alexander Grischuk

World Mind Sport Games 2011 (Blindfold) | Beijing | Round 01| 4 Dec 2011 | 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Qxd5 Bxg4 9. Nc3 e6 10. Qg2 Bf5 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nf3 Ne7 15. Nd4 Bh7 16. O-O-O Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. f4 Rxc5 19. Rd2 Rg8 20. Rhd1 Be7 21. Qf1 Rd8 22. f5 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qa6+ Qb7 25. Qxb7+ Kxb7 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rxd8 Bxf5 28. R1d7+ Ka6 29. c3 Rxe5 30. Rxg7 g4 31. Kd2 Bb1 32. h6 Rh5 33. Rxg4 Rxh6 34. Rb8 Ka5 35. b3 Rh2+ 36. Kc1

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Zoltan Almasi won Blindfold Gold and Anna Muzychuk took a Blitz Bronze

Zoltan Almasi vs. Anish Giri

World Mind Sport Games 2011 (Blindfold) | Beijing | Round 03| 15 Dec 2011 | 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Bc4 Nxf2 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kg6 8. Qxc5 Nxh1 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc4 h6 11. Nd5 Rf8 12. Qe4+ Kf7 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qh7+ Ke8 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Qxc7 Na6 17. Qxd6 Bf5 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Qxh6 Nf2 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. e6+

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Anna Muzychuk vs. Viktorija Cmilyte

Sportaccord World Mind Games (Blitz) | Beijing | Round 13| 13 Dec 2011 | 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 f6 11. exf5 Nd4 12. Nd5 Kh8 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. c3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Rae1 Be8 17. Qh4 Qf7 18. g4 Rd8 19. c4 Nd4 20. Bd5 Qd7 21. Bc3 Bf7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. g5 fxg5 24. Nxg5

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Alexandra Kosteniuk won the Rapid Gold

Alexandra Kosteniuk vs. Kateryna Lahno

Sportaccord World Mind Games (Rapid) | Beijing | Round 5| 11 Dec 2011 | 1-0

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nce2 a5 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. h4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 h5 11. Nh3 Nf6 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Kg1 c5 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. b3 e5 19. Bf2 d5 20. Kh2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rad8 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. c4 Nf6 25. Qc5 Qb7 26. Rd5 Nxe4 27. Qa7 Qxa7 28. Bxa7 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Bb8 Rd7 32. d6 Bf8 33. Rd5 Nxd6 34. Rxa5 Rb7 35. Ra8 Kg7 36. a5 e4 37. a6 Rd7 38. Nd4 Kf6 39. Nc6 e3 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. Kf3 Bh6 42. Ra7 Rxa7 43. Bxa7 Nb5 44. Nd4+

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Hou Yifan won Blitz and Blindfold Gold medals

Hou Yifan vs. Anna Zatonskih

Sportaccord World Mind Games (Rapid) | Beijing | Round 10| 13 Dec 2011 | 1-0

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Ncb5 a6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. Be2 Qxb2 16. O-O Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Bd3 Qd4 20. Qg5+ Ke8 21. Qxg7 Bd7 22. Rab1 Qc5 23. Bxh7 Kd8 24. Rb7 Kc8 25. Rfb1 Be8 26. Bd3 Qxa3 27. R7b4 a5 28. Qxf8 axb4 29. Qxe8+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Kc8 31. h3 Ra7 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qxf7+ Kd8 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qxe6+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ Kb6 38. Rxb4+ Ka5 39. Qc5#

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All the games and lots more photos of all the chess events at the 2011 World Mind Games can be found here, and about the mind games in their entirety here.