World Mind Games Festival in China
Blindfold in Beijing!
| At the closing ceremony |
 The games from the Mixed Blindfold (42 ko)
The games from the Women's Blindfold (36 ko)
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The three-day Blindfold rapid has finished with a three-way tie on 5/7 for first place in the mixed event. The Hungarian GM Zoltan Almasi had more victories under his belt and was thus declared the winner ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vugar Gashimov.
In the parellel Women's event, Hou Yifan added the Blindfold crown to the Blitz title she won earlier this week.
So 13th seed Almasi wins the Blindfold event due to his superior tie-break (number of victories).
| Rank | Name | Country | Elo | Points | Tie-Break |
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| 1 | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2707 | 5.0 | 4 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2710 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 3 | Gashimov Vugar | AZE | 2757 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 4 | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2752 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 5 | Wang Hao | CHN | 2736 | 4.0 | 4 |
| 6 | Wang Yue | CHN | 2697 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 7 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2733 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 8 | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2775 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 9 | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR | 2723 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 10 | Giri Anish | NED | 2714 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 11 | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2732 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 12 | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 13 | Nielsen Peter Heine | DEN | 2693 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 14 | Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB | 2712 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 15 | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2714 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 16 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2705 | 1.0 | 0 |
In the Women's event, the World champion Hou Yifan again demonstrated her dominance.
| Rank | Title | Nom | Country | Elo | Points | Tie-Break 1 | Tie-Break 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2578 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5 |
| 2 | GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU | 2503 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 3 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2439 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 4 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2516 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 5 | IM | Dembo Yelena | GRE | 2468 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 6 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2457 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 7 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | USA | 2506 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 8 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | UKR | 2549 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 9 | GM | Danielian Elina | ARM | 2497 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 10 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2512 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 11 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2543 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 12 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2562 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 13 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2531 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 14 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2479 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 15 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2495 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 16 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | FRA | 2468 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Official site: http://sportaccord2011.fide.com/
17/12/2011 11:01
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