2017-12-15

2017 IEMG Chess Blitz: A. Stefanova and Artemiev won

The 2017 IEMG Chess Blitz Games were held in China, Huayane, on 14th of December 2017. 1138 players - 72 GMs, 68 IMs, 62 FMs, 4 WGMs, 12 WIMs registered for the blitz competition. The Blitz championship was played in 11 paired rounds, on Swiss system, with 3 minutes for a game + 2 seconds per move, starting from the first move. The prize fund is impressive - 11.000 EUR.

Among women the Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova again became first in one of the strongest chess events in the world. She won games consecutively with Ju Wenjun p winning games and came over Nana Dzagnidze and Alexandra Kosteniuk. In the decisive bttle at the very last round Stefanova grasped the title with 14.5/22. Ju Wenjun lost from Zhao Xue at the 20th round, then was consecutively beaten by Dronavalli Harika. At the end Ju Wenjun and Kosteniuk listed 2nd and 3rd with both 13.5/22 after tie-breaking. Kateryna Lagno came 4th with 13/22, Harika and Zhao Xue scored both 12.5/22 to listed 5-6th accordingly.   

The winner among women is Antoaneta Stefanova.

Final Ranking after 22 Rounds
Rk.SNoNameFEDRtg  Pts. TB1  TB2   TB3 
14GMStefanova AntoanetaFID2517  14,5  0,0146,75  10,0
21GMJu WenjunCHN2548  13,5  1,5133,00  11,0
35GMKosteniuk AlexandraRUS2526  13,5  0,5140,00  9,0
46GMLagno KaterynaRUS2619  13,0  0,0130,25  9,0
510GMHarika DronavalliIND2537  12,5  1,0128,50  8,0
69GMZhao XueCHN2499  12,5  1,0126,25  10,0
711GMDzagnidze NanaGEO2453  12,0  0,0124,50  10,0
812GMMuzychuk Anna UKR2574  11,5  0,0115,00  7,0
98GMUshenina AnnaUKR2457  10,0  0,096,75  7,0
103GMTan Zhongyi CHN2543  9,5  0,089,75  7,0
112GMMuzychuk MariyaUKR2430  6,0  0,067,00  3,0
127IMPaehtz ElisabethGER2467  3,5  0,035,25  3,0


Watch back at the Women Mind Games Blitz 2017 on ChessBomb.


In the men’s group the winner is Vladislav Artemiev. In the decisive tie-break battle with Alexander Grischuk he won and scored 16 out of 22. The Russian players took 2nd and 3rd places - Grischuk scored 8.5 ranking second and Dmitry Andreikin became 3rd with 14/22. The 4th place took Yu Yangyi with 12/22 and 5th and 6th both with 11/22 became Vassily Ivanchuk and Ding Liren.



The winner among men is Vladislav Artemiev

Final Ranking after 22 Rounds

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtgBdldPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
110GMArtemiev VladislavRUS279816,0  2,0167,00  13,0
26GMGrischuk AlexanderRUS272516,0  0,0157,50  14,0
33GMAndreikin DmitryRUS277114,0  0,0150,00  10,0
42GMYu YangyiCHN270112,0  0,0119,50  9,0
57GMIvanchuk VassilyUKR281511,0  1,0112,00  9,0
64GMDing LirenCHN283711,0  1,0106,00  7,0
712GMLe Quang LiemVIE277110,0  3,095,50  7,0
85GMWang HaoCHN273710,0  2,0102,50  6,0
911GMHarikrishna P.IND275910,0  1,0107,00  6,0
101GMMamedov RaufAZE27558,0  0,077,00  5,0
118GMKorobov AntonUKR27607,0  2,079,50  5,0
129GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE27707,0  0,074,50  3,0



Watch back at the Mind Games Blitz 2017 on ChessBomb.