1st SportAccord Mind Games

Women's Blitz Championship is now taking place:

From the official website
December 12, 2011:

Women's world champion Hou Yifan from China is the leader of the women's blitz tournament after 8 rounds. Hou gained the same points as the leader of men's blitz tournament Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: 6,5 out of 8. In a short interview with the Women's World Champion, Hou Yifan said that it was sometimes difficult to change her frame of mind so quickly after the rapid event.

"In this kind of game we don't have time to calculate everything. Just 3 mins for a game! It's easy for everyone to make mistakes, I might have made some mistakes, but I don't know yet because I don't check the games now. Blitz is one type of chess arts, the interested part is that you never give up, because the position changes time to time. I will try my best." said Hou.

Anna Muzychuk, Yelena Dembo and Kateryna Lahno are sharing the 2-4th place with 5.5 points. Dronavalli Harika has 5 points. The champion of rapid tournament Alexandra Kostenuik gained 4.5 points, standing 6-8th place with Nana Dzagnidze from Georgia and Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria.

Blitz - Women After Round 8:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	Res.	vict	Rp
1	14	GM	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	*	½		½			½	1	1		1	1		1			6½	0	5	2739
2	3	IM	Dembo Yelena	2468	GRE	½	*	1			0	1		0	1		1			1		5½	0	5	2654
3	16	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2549	UKR		0	*	0						1		1	1	1	1	½	5½	0	5	2646
4	10	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2562	SLO	½		1	*	1			½			1		½	½		½	5½	0	3	2653
5	13	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2512	IND				0	*		0	1	1		1	½		½		1	5	0	4	2587
6	15	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2516	GEO		1				*	0	0	1	0	1	1		½			4½	0	4	2529
7	6	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2439	RUS	½	0			1	1	*			½			½		0	1	4½	0	3	2557
8	8	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2531	BUL	0			½	0	1		*					1	½	1	½	4½	0	3	2560
9	5	GM	Socko Monika	2479	POL	0	1			0	0			*	½		½	1		½		3½	½	2	2472
10	2	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2543	CHN		0	0			1	½		½	*	1	0			½		3½	½	2	2446
11	7	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2457	GER	0			0	0	0				0	*		1		1	1	3	0	3	2439
12	4	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2503	LTU	0	0	0		½	0			½	1		*			1		3	0	2	2431
13	12	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2506	USA			0	½			½	0	0		0		*	1		1	3	0	2	2411
14	9	IM	Skripchenko Almira	2468	FRA	0		0	½	½	½		½					0	*		1	3	0	1	2444
15	1	GM	Danielian Elina	2497	ARM		0	0				1	0	½	½	0	0			*		2	0	1	2303
16	11	GM	Cramling Pia	2495	SWE			½	½	0		0	½			0		0	0		*	1½	0	0	2252