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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. NameFideIDFEDRtg
1
GMWang Hao8602883CHN2795
2
GMYu Yangyi8603820CHN2784
3
GMAndreikin Dmitry4158814RUS2759
4
GMKorobov Anton14105730UKR2756
5
GMDominguez Perez Leinier3503240USA2752
6
GMRapport Richard738590HUN2739
7
GMBu Xiangzhi8601445CHN2722
8
GMGelfand Boris2805677ISR2719
9
GMFedoseev Vladimir24130737RUS2718
10
GMLe Quang Liem12401137VIE2706
11
GMLeko Peter703303HUN2702
12
GMPonomariov Ruslan14103320UKR2682
13
GMMamedov Rauf13401653AZE2667
14
GMVidit Santosh Gujrathi5029465IND2664
15
GMCheparinov Ivan2905540GEO2629
16
GMJones Gawain C B409561ENG2622

Harika is fighting it out in the women's section

Humpy is playing in the women's section

Women's section

No. NameFideIDFEDRtg
1
GMLei Tingjie8605114CHN2528
2
GMMuzychuk Mariya14114550UKR2511
3
GMKosteniuk Alexandra4128125RUS2498
4
GMGunina Valentina4167570RUS2491
5
IMAbdumalik Zhansaya13703544KAZ2490
6
GMTan Zhongyi8603642CHN2482
7
GMDzagnidze Nana13601903GEO2474
8
GMKoneru Humpy5008123IND2472
9
GMStefanova Antoaneta2902257BUL2455
10
GMUshenina Anna14110911UKR2444
11
GMHarika Dronavalli5015197IND2440
12
IMBodnaruk Anastasia4181751RUS2437
13
GMKrush Irina2012782USA2430
14
IMPaehtz Elisabeth4641833GER2420
15
GMZhao Xue8601283CHN2419
16
GMKhotenashvili Bela13602640GEO2406

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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@ 15/05/2019 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)