15 December 2017

Alexander Grischuk Wins Basque Game of 2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games

Kateryna Lagno is third in the women’s event.

The final rounds of the Basque game of 2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games were played in China on December 15.

Final standings

Men 

1. Alexander Grischuk (Russia) - 6.5/10, 2. Anton Korobov (Ukraine) - 6.5, 3-5. Pentala Harikrishna (India), Yu Yangyi (China), Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) - 6, 6-7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Wang Hao (China) - 5.5, 8-9. Ding Liren (China), Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) - 5, 10. Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) - 4,5, 11. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - 2, 12. Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) - 1.5.

Women

1. Zhao Xue (China) - 7.5/10, 2. Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) - 6.5, 3. Kateryna Lagno (Russia), 4. Harika Dronavalli (India) - 5.5, 5-6. Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) - 5, 7-9. Ju Wenjun (China), Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine), Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) - 4.5, 10-11. Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany), Tan Zhongyi (China) - 4, 12. Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) - 3.5. 

Official website

Photos by Gu Xiaobing


Our congratulations to the Russian chess players on thеir fine performance at 2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games!