13 December 2017
Vladislav Artemiev Wins IMSA Elite Mind Games Blitz Tournament
Russian players occupy the whole winners’ podium.
Photo: Gu Xiaobing
The blitz tournament finished at the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai’an City, China. Vladislav Artemiev won the open event having scored 16 points out of 22. Alexander Grischuk is second due to the inferior tie-break. Dmitry Andreikin (all from Russia) is the bronze medalist with 14 points. Standings:
1. Vladislav Artemiev, 2. Alexander Griscchuk - 16/22, 3. Dmitry Andreikin (all from Russia) - 14, 4. Yu Yangyi (China) - 12, 5-6. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Ding Liren (China) - 11, 7-9. Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), Wang Hao (China), Pentala Harikrishna (India) - 10, 10. Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) - 8, 11-12. Anton Korobov (Ukraine), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - 7.
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) repeated her success of the rapid event having won the blitz with 14.5 points. Ju Wenjun (China, 2nd place) and Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia, 3rd place) are 1 point ahead.
Standings:
1. Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) - 14.5/22, 2. Ju Wenjun (China), 3. Alexandra Kosteniuk - 13.5, 4. Kateryna Lagno (both from Russia) - 13, 5-6. Dronavalli Harika (India), Zhao Xue (China) - 12.5, 7. Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) - 12, 8. Anna Muzychuk - 11.5, 9. Anna Ushenina (both from Ukraine) - 10, 10. Tan Zhongyi (China) - 9.5, 11. Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) - 6, 12. Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany) - 3.5.
On December 14-15, the Basque event will be played.
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