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POSTED: Wednesday December 21st 2011
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SportAccord World Mind Games Medallists

Lausanne, 21.12.2011 – The first edition of SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing included competitions between world’s top players in Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go, Xiangqi.




We present the final list of medallists per sport, event, and medals (in order: gold, silver, bronze).
Bridge:
Individuals Open Series: WILLENKEN Christopher Jon (USA), LI Jie (CHN), MOSS Brad (USA)
Individuals Women Series: SEAMON MOLSON Janice (USA), SMITH Nicola (GBR), SOKOLOW Tobi (USA)
Pairs Open Series: HOU, SHI (CHN), CHARLSEN, HOFTANISKA (NOR), GITELMAN, MOSS (USA)
Pairs Women Series: DEAS, PALMER (USA), SUN, FENG (CHN), CRONIER, WILLARD (FRA)
Teams Open Series: Netherlands, United States, Norway
Teams Women Series: United States, Great Britain, China

Chess:
Men’s Blindfold: ALMASI Zoltan (HUN), VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime (FRA), HASHIMOV Vugar (AZE)
Women’s Blindfold: HOU Yifan (CHN), CMILYTE Viktorija (LTU), KOSTENYUK Alexandra (RUS)
Men’s Blitz: VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime (FRA), GRISHCHUK Alexander (RUS), MAMMADYAROV Shahriyar (AZE)
Women’s Blitz: HOU Yifan (CHN), STEFANOVA Antoaneta (BUL), MUZYCHUK Anna (SLO)
Men’s Rapid: WANG Hao (CHN), HASHIMOV Vugar (AZE), KAMSKY Gata (USA)
Women’s Rapid: KOSTENYUK Alexandra (RUS), LAHNO Kateryna (UKR), DZAGNIDZE Nana (GEO)

Draughts:
Men’s 100: GEORGIEV Alexander (RUS), VALNERIS Guntis (LAT), BOOMSTRA Roel (NED)
Open Series 64: KOLESOV Gavril (RUS), SKRABOV Vladimir (RUS), BILOSHEYEV Sergiy (UKR)
Women’s 100: FEDAROVICH Volha (BLR), GOLUBEVA Zoja (LAT), TKACHENKO Darya (UKR)

Go:
Mixed Doubles: China, Korea, Japan
Mixed Team: China, Korea, Japan

Xiangqi:
Men’s Individuals: JIANG Chuan (CHN), WONG Hok Him Vincent (HKG), WOO Tsung Han Alvin (SIN)
Women’s Individuals: JIN Hai Ying (CHN), NGO Lan Huong (VIE), LIU Bi Jun (AUS)
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