International Chess News

Once again a good percentage of the top players in the world made it to this event in Beijing, China to particpate in Rapid, Blitz, and Blindfold tournaments.

Rapid
Gold: Laurent Fressinet (FRA)
Silver: Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
Bronze: Alexander Grischuk (RUS)
Gold: Kataryna Lahno (UKR)
Silver: Hou Yifan (CHN)
Bronze: Humpy Koneru (IND)

Blitz
Gold: Sergey Karjakin (RUS)
Silver: Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
Bronze: Shak Mamedyarov (AZE)
Gold: Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
Silver: Anna Muzychuk (SLO)
Bronze: Humpy Koneru (IND)

Blindfold
Gold: Levon Aronian (ARM)
Silver: Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
Bronze: Shak Mamedyarov (AZB)
Gold: Yifan Hu (CHN)
Silver: Victoria Cmilyte (LTU)
Bronze: Anna Zatonskih (USA)

Other mind games were Bridge, Checkers, Go, and Chinese Chess