At the SportAccord World Mind Games being held this month in Beijing, Gata Kamsky took 3rd in the Open Rapid chess tournament, behind Wang Hao and Vugar Gashimov. Surprisingly, top-rated Ivanchuk finished dead-last in 16th-place.
In the Women’s rapid, Alexandra Kosteniuk dominated the field ahead of Lahno and Ju. World Champion Yifan Hou finished 5th; Anna Zatonskih finished 14th-15th with Skripchenko.