World Mind Sports Games 2012

The World Mind Sports Games 2012 are going to take place in Beijing, China, 14-19 December. This year’s edition of the mind sports competition include bridge, chess, draughts, go, and xiangqui.

The Minds Sports chess competition has three parts. Seven rounds of rapid chess will be played on the 14th and on the 15th of December. They are followed by two days of blitz competition for a total of 30 rounds, and later by seven rounds of blindfold chess.

The participants are divided in groups of men and women. The highest rated women player is the ex World Champion Yifan Hou who is in the company of 15 of the top 24 women in the world. The men’s section includes 16 of the top 50 world players, headed by the top 10 players Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Morozevich, and Vassily Ivanchuk.

All participants / All live games sections
Live games blitz open / Live games blitz women
Live games rapid open / Live games rapid women
Live games blindfold open / Live games blindfold women

Schedule

Wednesday, December 12th Opening ceremony
Thursday, December 13th Rest day
Friday, December 14th 14:00-19:00
Rapid Event: 1-4 rounds (men), 1-4 rounds (women)
Saturday, December 15th 14:00-19:00
Rapid Event: 5-7 rounds (men), 5-7 rounds (women)
Sunday, December 16th 14:00-19:00
Blitz Event: 1-8 rounds (men), 1-8 rounds (women)
Monday, December 17th 14:00-19:00
Blitz Event: 9-15 rounds (men), 9-15 rounds (women)
Tuesday, December 18th 14:00-19:00
Blindfold Event: 1-4 rounds (men), 1-4 rounds (women)
Wednesday, December 19th 14:00-19:00
Blindfold Event: 5-7 rounds (men), 5-7 rounds (women)
& Closing Ceremony
Thursday, December 20th Departure

Participant 

Name FED 

Hou, Yifan CHN 
Muzychuk, Anna SLO 
Koneru, Humpy IND 
Zhao, Xue CHN 
Lahno, Kateryna UKR 
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 
Zatonskih, Anna USA 
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 
Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 
Harika, Dronavalli IND 
Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 
Zhu, Chen QAT 
Cramling, Pia SWE 
Socko, Monika POL 
Danielian, Elina ARM 
Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 

Name FED 

Aronian, Levon ARM 
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 
Grischuk, Alexander RUS 
Topalov, Veselin BUL 
Kamsky, Gata USA 
Leko, Peter HUN 
Bologan, Viktor MDA 
Jobava, Baadur GEO 
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 
Wang, Hao CHN 
Giri, Anish NED 
Ding, Liren CHN