LIVE! Follow Vidit, Humpy and Harika at IMSA mind games 2019

by Sagar Shah - 15/05/2019

The IMSA mind games is a unique event because it brings five board games together - Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi. The event is held from 14th to 18th of May 2019. We have the tournament in rapid and blitz format. These are two separate events and the points and not carried over from the rapid to the blitz. 16 players fight it out in 11 round swiss tournament in both open and women's section. India is represented in the open section by GM Vidit Gujrathi and in the women's section by Humpy and Harika. On this page you can follow all the live games going on along with live commentary by GM Gata Kamsky and Jovana Houska. Live games begin each day at 11.30 a.m. IST

The 4th IMSA Elite Mind Games is taking place in Hengshui, China from 14-18 May 2019, with competitions in Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go, and Xiangqi (Chinese chess). In chess 16 players compete in separate open and women's sections in rapid and blitz chess. The rapid section that started on the 14th of May is an 11-round Swiss with a time control of 15 minutes per game with a 10-second increment from move 1. The prize fund is €150,000, in the open event and €100,000 in the women's section. Both the rapid and blitz events are different and the points are not carried over from the rapid to the blitz.

The playing hall in Hengshui, China

Vidit Gujrathi is the Indian representative in the open section

Open section

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Wang Hao	8602883	CHN	2795
2	GM	Yu Yangyi	8603820	CHN	2784
3	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	4158814	RUS	2759
4	GM	Korobov Anton	14105730	UKR	2756
5	GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	3503240	USA	2752
6	GM	Rapport Richard	738590	HUN	2739
7	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	8601445	CHN	2722
8	GM	Gelfand Boris	2805677	ISR	2719
9	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	24130737	RUS	2718
10	GM	Le Quang Liem	12401137	VIE	2706
11	GM	Leko Peter	703303	HUN	2702
12	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	14103320	UKR	2682
13	GM	Mamedov Rauf	13401653	AZE	2667
14	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	5029465	IND	2664
15	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2905540	GEO	2629
16	GM	Jones Gawain C B	409561	ENG	2622

Harika is fighting it out in the women's section

Humpy is playing in the women's section

Women's section

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Lei Tingjie	8605114	CHN	2528
2	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	14114550	UKR	2511
3	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	4128125	RUS	2498
4	GM	Gunina Valentina	4167570	RUS	2491
5	IM	Abdumalik Zhansaya	13703544	KAZ	2490
6	GM	Tan Zhongyi	8603642	CHN	2482
7	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	13601903	GEO	2474
8	GM	Koneru Humpy	5008123	IND	2472
9	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2902257	BUL	2455
10	GM	Ushenina Anna	14110911	UKR	2444
11	GM	Harika Dronavalli	5015197	IND	2440
12	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	4181751	RUS	2437
13	GM	Krush Irina	2012782	USA	2430
14	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	4641833	GER	2420
15	GM	Zhao Xue	8601283	CHN	2419
16	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	13602640	GEO	2406

Open section (live games begin at 11.30 a.m. IST):

Women section (live games begin at 11.30 a.m. IST):

Live commentary

Live commentary by Gata Kamsky and Jovana Houska

Current standings

Chess-results open section

Chess-results women section

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