SportAccord Mind Games 2012
SportAccord is an international association of sports federations whose stated mission is to unite, support and promote its members common aims and interests, while conserving and respecting their autonomy.
It aims to establishing various multi-sports games that group together similar sports and put them on a worldwide stage.
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FIDE is pleased to announce that SportAccord Mind Games will be held in Beijing, China between the 12th of December and 20th December 2012.
PARTICIPANTS:
| Men | Women | |||||
| Rank | Name | Nat | Rank | Name | Nat | |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | |
| 4 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 3 | Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | |
| 5 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 4 | Koneru, Humpy | IND | |
| 7 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 5 | Zhao, Xue | CHN | |
| 9 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 7 | Lahno, Kateryna | UKR | |
| 10 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 10 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | LTU | |
| 11 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 14 | Zatonskih, Anna | USA | |
| 12 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 15 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | |
| 14 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 16 | Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | |
| 16 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 17 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | |
| 18 | Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 18 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | |
| 21 | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 19 | Zhu, Chen | QAT | |
| 22 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 20 | Cramling, Pia | SWE | |
| 23 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 22 | Socko, Monika | POL | |
| 35 | Giri, Anish | NED | 23 | Danielian, Elina | ARM | |
| 49 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 24 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS |
The organisers have requested that the country limitations is waived in the case of World Rapid and World Blitz Champions of either gender category.
| SCHEDULE | ||||||
| Wednesday | 12th December 2012 | OPENING CEREMONY | ||||
| Thursday | 13th December 2012 | Rest Day | ||||
| Friday | 14th December 2012 | 15:00 - Rounds 1-3 | Rapid Chess | |||
| Saturday | 15th December 2012 | 15:00 - Rounds 4-7 | Rapid Chess | |||
| Sunday | 16th December 2012 | 15:00 - Rounds 1-15 | Blitz Chess | |||
| Monday | 17th December 2012 | 15:00 - Rounds 16-30 | Blitz Chess | |||
| Tuesday | 18th December 2012 | 15:00 - Rounds 1-4 | Blindfold Chess | |||
| Wednesday | 19th December 2012 | 15:00 - Rounds 5-7 | Blindfold Chess | |||
| Thursday | 20th December 2012 | DEPARTURE |
