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Chess Blitz Tournament has its Medallists

On the fifth day of competitions at SportAccord World Mind Games the Chess Blitz tournament finished with gold medals for Hou Yifan in Women’s and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in Men’s competitions.


Antoaneta Stevanova came second after Hou and Anna Muzychuk, third. In men’s category, Alexander Grishchuk won the silver and Shahriyar Mammadyarov, bronze. The Blitz games today were a spectacular show to watch for the viewers. We congratulate the winners!

The first edition of SportAccord World Mind Games takes place from 9-16 December 2011 in Beijing. This unique multi-sport event highlights the great value of Mind Sports. The world's best players in Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi deliver top-level performances and create new valuable experiences based on intelligence, strategy and exercise of mind. Rado and Samsung are the official partners of SportAccord World Mind Games.

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