Mind Sports Games Chess, Beijing 2013

 
The Mind Sports Games Chess 2013 is going to take place 11-19 December in Beijing, China. It will be one of the strongest rapid and blitz events of the year with the participation of some of the world’s top grandmasters.

In the men section we find Sergey Karjakin, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Le Quang Liem, Ruslan Ponomariov, Teimour Radjabov, Hao Wang, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wang Yue, Gata Kamsky, Peter Leko, and Anish Giri.

In the women section participants are Yifan Hou, Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Nana Dzagnidze, Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Valentina Gunina, Ju Wenjun, Marie Sebag, Zhao Xue, Tatiana Kosintseva, Pia Cramling, Anna Ushenina, Elizabeth Paehtz, and Viktorija Cmilyte.

Click on the following links to follow the World Mind Games 2013 with computer analysis

All games with triple engine analysis / Rapid men live / Rapid women live / Blitz men live / Blitz women live /Basque men live / Basque women live

Wednesday, December 11th Opening ceremony

Thursday, December 12th 14:00-19:00 Rapid Event: 1-4 rounds (men), 1-4 rounds (women)

Friday, December 13th 14:00-19:00 Rapid Event: 5-7 rounds (men), 5-7 rounds (women)

Saturday, December 14th 14:00-19:00 Blitz Event: 1-10 rounds (men), 1-10 rounds (women)

Sunday, December 15th 14:00-19:00 Blitz Event: 11-20 rounds (men), 11-20 rounds (women)

Monday, December 16th 14:00-19:00 Blitz Event: 21-30 rounds (men), 21-30 rounds (women)

Tuesday, December 17th 14:00-19:00 Basque System: 1-3 rounds (men), 1-3 rounds (women)

Wednesday, December 18th 11:00-16:00 Basque System: 4-5 rounds (men), 4-5 rounds (women) &

Closing Ceremony

Thursday, December 19th Departure

World Mind Games are organized and held by a famous and respectable organization called SportAccord which is the umbrella organization for both Olympic and non-Olympic sports as well as a major organizers of conferences and sporting events. The World Mind Games was held for the first time in 2008 and consisted of 5 disciplines: chess, bridge, draughts (checkers), go, and xiangqi (Chinese chess). Here is the World Mind Games video trailer.