2017 Mind Games Basque: Grischuk and Zhao Xue won

The 2017 IEMG Chess Games Basque were held in China, Huayane, on 15th and 16th of December 2017. The Basque section was a 5-round Swiss in which players plaied two games against an opponent simultaneously (one with White, one with Black), with a time control of 20 minutes for all moves and a 10-second increment from move 1. The prize fund was €50,000, with €11,000 for 1st place.

 In the men group Alexander Grischuk won the decisive battle with Wang Hao. Anton Korobov took the silver medal while Pentala Harikrishna, Yu Yangyi and Dmitry Andreikin shared 3rd place. Pentala Harikrishna won the bronze medal on tie-break. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Wang Hao shared 6th place.

The winner among men is Alexander Grischuk


Final Ranking after 10 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	8	GM	Grischuk Alexander	RUS	2813	6,5	1,5	2846	2736
2	2	GM	Korobov Anton	UKR	2765	6,5	0,5	2882	2772
3	1	GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2687	6,0	0,0	2825	2753
4	10	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2752	6,0	0,0	2815	2743
5	4	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	RUS	2705	6,0	0,0	2814	2742
6	11	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2814	5,5	0,0	2795	2759
7	6	GM	Wang Hao	CHN	2770	5,5	0,0	2779	2743
8	9	GM	Ding Liren	CHN	2734	5,0	0,0	2757	2757
9	12	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	RUS	2687	5,0	0,0	2743	2743
10	7	GM	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2695	4,5	0,0	2680	2716
11	5	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	UKR	2796	2,0	0,0	2517	2757
12	3	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2750	1,5	0,0	2449	2745

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In the Women's group Zhao Xue won 7.5 points out of 10 and took the gold medal defeating Mariya Muzychuk. Anna Muzychuk took the second place with 6.5 points, Katerina Lagno and Harika Dronavalli shared the third place but Lagno took the bronze medal thanks to better tie-break.

The winner among women is Zhao Xue.

Final Ranking after 10 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	6	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2454	7,5	0,0	2722	2529
2	3	GM	Muzychuk Anna	UKR	2607	6,5	0,0	2637	2527
3	12	GM	Lagno Kateryna	RUS	2590	5,5	0,0	2545	2509
4	2	GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2466	5,5	0,0	2540	2504
5	8	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2586	5,0	0,0	2521	2521
6	7	GM	Ushenina Anna	UKR	2482	5,0	0,0	2497	2497
7	5	GM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2537	4,5	0,0	2520	2556
8	4	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	2498	4,5	0,0	2473	2509
9	1	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2508	4,5	0,0	2453	2489
10	9	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	GER	2467	4,0	1,0	2466	2538
11	11	GM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2502	4,0	1,0	2423	2495
12	10	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	FID	2497	3,5	0,0	2409	2519

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