1st IMSA Elite Mind Games 2016

1ST INTERNATIONAL MIND SPORTS ASSOCIATION ELITE GAMES – HUAI’AN, CHINA 2016

Players are invited to send in their contract, along with a copy of a passport with validity for more than six months, by email to office@fide.com by not later than Thursday 24th December 2015 for next year’s first edition of the IMSA Elite Mind Games. IMSA is the International Mind Sports Association and this event will be in lieu of the previous “traditional” December events.

The organisers of the event are the Board And Card Games Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport, Beijing, China together with the Municipality of Huai’an in Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China. The event will be held in Huai’an between the 24th of February and 4th of March 2016.

The selection for the final list of participants will be based on the average of the player’s three ratings for classical, blitz and rapid.

Download Competitor’s Commitment

Reserves are also requested to send in a signed contract by 24th December 2015.

1. The list for men is as follows:

FIDE ID	NAME	FED	CLS_avg_12	G	BLZ_avg_12	G	RPD_avg_12	G	Avg_2015	T_G
1503014	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2858.1667	61	2921.2500	32	2853.3333	17	2877,58	110
2016192	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2799.4167	86	2884.5000	21	2847.6667	21	2843,86	128
4126025	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2779.4167	78	2837.0000	80	2831.8333	30	2816,08	188
13300474	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2776.5000	86	2816.0000	60	2814.5000	29	2802,33	175
5000017	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2802.8333	56	2774.5000	40	2797.5000	30	2791,61	126
623539	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2753.1667	126	2842.8333	60	2761.1667	26	2785,72	212
4101588	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2783.1667	51	2772.0000	31	2792.5000	32	2782,56	114
14100010	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2725.8333	65	2792.6667	51	2826.8333	33	2781,78	149
4168119	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2711.8333	90	2821.2500	103	2799.3333	41	2777,47	234
14109603	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2758.5000	70	2763.3333	41	2806.7500	49	2776,19	160
2020009	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2802.1667	98	2672.0000	19	2833.5000	15	2769,22	132
24116068	Giri, Anish	NED	2787.2500	145	2782.0000	19	2725.6667	14	2764,97	178
13400924	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2736.1667	51	2806.6667	51	2748.8333	28	2763,89	130
13401319	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2744.2500	94	2768.5000	69	2777.3333	39	2763,36	202
12401137	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2694.7500	58	2818.3333	9	2768.6667	11	2760,58	78
4102142	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2737.0000	101	2750.5000	33	2768.8333	47	2752,11	181
400041	Adams, Michael	ENG	2741.0000	76	2754.6667	14	2751.0000	18	2748,89	108
4158814	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2725.6667	45	2741.0833	78	2769.0000	18	2745,25	141
2805677	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2743.2500	33	2748.3333	51	2737.9167	35	2743,17	119
2900084	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2804.9167	42	2644.0000	9	2771.8333	2	2740,25	53
3503240	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2732.5000	65	2719.2500	77	2753.3333	28	2735,03	170
309095	Navara, David	CZE	2734.5833	131	2799.3333	69	2670.6667	37	2734,86	237
8602883	Wang, Hao	CHN	2708.9167	66	2728.6667	58	2749.5000	9	2729,03	133
4116992	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2708.0833	32	2770.5833	40	2704.5000	46	2727,72	118
14103320	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2711.3333	18	2758.0000	69	2712.0000	22	2727,11	109
703303	Leko, Peter	HUN	2711.2500	48	2729.5000	51	2740.1667	30	2726,97	129
8601429	Wang, Yue	CHN	2724.3333	51	2694.0000	30	2758.0000	7	2725,44	88
4147235	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2742.5833	78	2692.1667	39	2733.2500	36	2722,67	153
8603677	Ding, Liren	CHN	2761.5833	102	2688.0000	0	2704.3333	4	2717,97	106
8603820	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2725.6667	110	2706.5000	10	2713.5000	4	2715,22	124
5202213	So, Wesley	USA	2776.3333	112	2726.0000	0	2637.8333	2	2713,39	114
1118358	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2738.4167	80	2680.6667	51	2710.0000	62	2709,69	193
608742	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2708.5833	74	2701.3333	23	2708.3333	20	2706,08	117
14102951	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2728.8333	94	2679.8333	21	2708.3333	21	2705,67	136
2000024	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2676.2500	135	2705.1667	20	2734.9167	33	2705,44	188
24130737	Fedoseev, Vladimir	RUS	2668.8333	70	2740.2500	114	2706.7500	79	2705,28	263
4120787	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2698.5000	48	2715.9167	72	2691.3333	53	2701,92	173
5007003	Harikrishna, P.	IND	2733.7500	80	2676.8333	51	2694.0000	7	2701,53	138
4152956	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2730.5000	68	2696.7500	53	2676.6667	36	2701,31	157
14105730	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2700.0833	94	2724.4167	72	2676.9167	35	2700,47	201
13401653	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2650.3333	117	2771.5000	51	2677.1667	28	2699,67	196
4115309	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2698.6667	10	2674.6667	21	2725.4167	41	2699,58	72
4122356	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2744.4167	98	2631.6667	2	2721.6667	8	2699,25	108
4168003	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2691.5000	72	2712.1667	87	2689.7500	45	2697,81	204
13300881	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2676.5833	64	2748.0000	2	2666.1667	4	2696,92	70
13601520	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2688.7500	113	2675.0000	11	2727.0000	0	2696,92	124
14117908	Kovalenko, Igor	LAT	2674.9167	124	2719.8333	167	2688.6667	84	2694,47	375
4100107	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2639.4167	44	2741.6667	35	2696.6667	34	2692,58	113
12401110	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2653.2500	35	2701.5000	30	2721.8333	26	2692,19	91
605506	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2699.4167	103	2646.5000	51	2721.8333	31	2689,25	185
2905540	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2681.5000	73	2684.8333	21	2699.0000	0	2688,44	94
404853	McShane, Luke J	ENG	2679.0000	45	2702.0000	0	2682.6667	16	2687,89	61
3503739	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	2674.0833	101	2699.3333	56	2679.5000	17	2684,31	174
400025	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2676.5833	76	2664.7500	9	2710.0000	10	2683,78	95
4675789	Meier, Georg	GER	2651.9167	67	2706.0000	59	2686.5000	19	2681,47	145
310204	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2659.4167	83	2659.8333	21	2723.5833	9	2680,94	113
738590	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2686.8333	105	2619.3333	28	2733.0000	11	2679,72	144
316385	Laznicka, Viktor	CZE	2664.9167	92	2709.3333	15	2654.5833	13	2676,28	120
3901211	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	VEN	2629.0000	129	2705.0833	60	2691.0000	15	2675,03	204

* G – games, T_G – total games.

No more than two players from each country with exceptions made only for the World Champions 2014 and 2015 for Blitz and Rapid and for the host country, China (3 players).

2. The women’s list is as follows:

FIDE ID	NAME	FED	CLS_avg_12	G	BLZ_avg_12	G	RPD_avg_12	G	Avg_2015	T_G
8602980	Hou, Yifan	CHN	2677.8333	54	2704.0000	30	2615.8333	11	2665,89	95
14111330	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2546.1667	53	2645.0000	30	2527.6667	11	2572,94	94
13601903	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2570.0000	45	2581.0000	30	2560.0000	7	2570,33	82
4167570	Gunina, Valentina	RUS	2530.3333	99	2614.0000	96	2541.6667	56	2562,00	251
14109336	Lagno, Kateryna	RUS	2528.1667	29	2552.3333	51	2595.1667	24	2558,56	104
5008123	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2583.1667	41	2535.3333	39	2530.3333	21	2549,61	101
8603006	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2547.0000	66	2535.0000	30	2540.0000	7	2540,67	103
2902257	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2510.2500	70	2518.0000	30	2565.5000	20	2531,25	120
8601283	Zhao, Xue	CHN	2523.3333	51	2553.4167	38	2507.0833	20	2527,94	109
4128125	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2528.3333	85	2514.5833	58	2506.0000	58	2516,31	201
5015197	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	2504.9167	75	2566.6667	39	2455.6667	22	2509,08	136
4134974	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	RUS	2486.5000	31	2519.0000	0	2516.0000	0	2507,17	31
4133471	Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	2477.6667	4	2510.6667	32	2502.0000	11	2496,78	47
617822	Sebag, Marie	FRA	2488.6667	33	2504.0000	0	2461.0000	5	2484,56	38
8603642	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2489.9167	84	2528.0000	19	2432.0000	7	2483,31	110
14114550	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2530.5000	62	2430.0000	30	2488.3333	17	2482,94	109
14110911	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2455.1667	73	2485.3333	49	2506.5000	15	2482,33	137
4641833	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2467.8333	99	2483.0000	30	2489.0000	22	2479,94	151
12801259	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	2532.5833	9	2439.0000	0	2454.6667	2	2475,42	11
14101572	Zatonskih, Anna	USA	2476.1667	15	2425.0000	0	2482.0000	0	2461,06	15
13300210	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2474.2500	67	2429.0000	0	2473.0000	0	2458,75	67
13602640	Khotenashvili, Bela	GEO	2514.0000	103	2427.6667	68	2417.8333	29	2453,17	200
8602689	Huang, Qian	CHN	2454.7500	75	2461.0833	12	2441.6667	6	2452,50	93
4181751	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	RUS	2424.2500	95	2467.8333	74	2463.1667	58	2451,75	227
4147855	Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	2457.1667	68	2425.0833	16	2434.9167	24	2439,06	108
4129725	Galliamova, Alisa	RUS	2478.2500	26	2403.0000	0	2435.0000	15	2438,75	41
13300601	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	2445.7500	96	2406.6667	24	2460.6667	15	2437,69	135
2012782	Krush, Irina	USA	2473.3333	50	2377.5000	8	2459.5833	10	2436,81	68
12400149	Hoang, Thanh Trang	HUN	2469.2500	21	2414.0000	0	2425.0000	0	2436,08	21
1106619	Socko, Monika	POL	2457.5833	127	2376.0000	31	2470.1667	48	2434,58	206
13602993	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2487.5833	98	2380.0000	0	2430.0000	11	2432,53	109
1607456	Moser, Eva	AUT	2446.4167	13	2382.0000	0	2469.0000	0	2432,47	13
8604070	Wang, Jue	CHN	2361.0000	68	2509.6667	9	2426.6667	7	2432,44	84
13602446	Melia, Salome	GEO	2457.2500	43	2430.0833	9	2395.5000	22	2427,61	74
1700030	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2511.0833	71	2334.0000	39	2435.1667	20	2426,75	130
4147103	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	RUS	2474.9167	120	2352.1667	34	2441.3333	23	2422,81	177
13601458	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2472.5833	86	2331.0000	27	2457.7500	42	2420,44	155
8603162	Shen, Yang	CHN	2461.3333	98	2354.5000	10	2442.6667	9	2419,50	117
13900145	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	2431.1667	55	2403.0000	0	2423.0000	0	2419,06	55
8604002	Guo, Qi	CHN	2432.0833	71	2396.0000	0	2426.0000	0	2418,03	71
8600546	Zhu, Chen	QAT	2416.3333	19	2379.6667	16	2457.0000	14	2417,67	49
1201930	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	ROU	2427.7500	40	2413.5000	18	2411.0000	25	2417,42	83
13601377	Matnadze, Ana	ESP	2371.4167	86	2438.6667	31	2433.0000	19	2414,36	136
14102463	Alexandrova, Olga	ESP	2422.6667	9	2408.0000	0	2406.0000	0	2412,22	9
14101513	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2478.5833	75	2362.6667	36	2392.5000	11	2411,25	122
4195752	Girya, Olga	RUS	2471.0000	94	2351.1667	73	2405.8333	48	2409,33	215
8602972	Ding, Yixin	CHN	2434.5000	59	2447.0833	10	2339.0000	0	2406,86	69
13604040	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2392.1667	63	2381.8333	51	2443.5000	71	2405,83	185
14101181	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2397.1667	67	2370.0000	0	2434.0000	13	2400,39	80
13600168	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	SCO	2370.7500	38	2403.0000	0	2416.5000	11	2396,75	49
3801934	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2429.7500	97	2366.0000	0	2390.0000	0	2395,25	97
1210246	L’Ami, Alina	ROU	2377.2500	103	2409.0000	0	2393.5000	8	2393,25	111
5029295	Padmini, Rout	IND	2431.3333	100	2354.3333	9	2385.6667	12	2390,44	121
4149351	Guseva, Marina	RUS	2403.5833	100	2377.7500	28	2389.9167	58	2390,42	186
8600643	Li, Ruofan	SIN	2378.0000	26	2395.0000	15	2397.0000	0	2390,00	41
4130189	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2395.9167	71	2374.0000	0	2399.0000	0	2389,64	71
7101937	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	INA	2411.3333	68	2383.5833	12	2369.0000	10	2387,97	90
4139518	Zaiatz, Elena	RUS	2390.7500	36	2390.0000	0	2370.0000	8	2383,58	44
13600320	Khurtsidze, Nino	GEO	2438.4167	65	2352.6667	74	2351.0000	47	2380,69	186

* G – games, T_G – total games.

No more than two players from each country with exceptions made only for the World Champions 2014 and 2015 for Blitz and Rapid and for the host country, China (3 players).

3. The events will be the following:

• Rapid Events
• 16 male players and 16 female players (separate event for male/female)
• two days with seven rounds Swiss events;
• time control 20 mins each side plus 10 secs increment

•Blitz Events
• 16 male players and 16 female players (separate event for male/female)
• Three days with double round robin events (10 games per day);
• time control 3 mins each side plus 2 secs increment

• Basque Events
• 16 male players – 16 female players (separate event for male/female)
• two days with five rounds Swiss events;
• each player plays two games simultaneously per round with white and black pieces
• time control 20 mins each side plus 10 secs increment per game

4. Schedule:

24th February 2016	Arrival of players and officials
25th February 2016	Opening Ceremony
26th February 2016	Rapid event (rounds 1-4)
27th February 2016	Rapid event (rounds 5-7)
28th February 2016	Blitz event (rounds 1-10)
29th February 2016	Blitz event (rounds 11-20)
1st March 2016	Blitz event (rounds 21-30)
2nd March 2016	Basque event (rounds 1-3 Women), (rounds 1-3 Men)
3rd March 2016	Basque event (rounds 4-5 Women), (rounds 4-5 Men)
4th March 2016	Departure

5. Prizes

Place	Men		Place	Women
1	€ 9,000		1	€ 6,000
2	€ 7,500		2	€ 5,000
3	€ 6,000		3	€ 4,000
4	€ 5,000		4	€ 3,000
5	€ 4,000		5	€ 2,750
6	€ 3,500		6	€ 2,500
7	€ 3,000		7	€ 2,250
8	€ 2,500		8	€ 2,000
9	€ 2,000		9	€ 1,500
10	€ 1,500		10	€ 1,000
11	€ 1,000		11	€ 500
12	€ 1,000		12	€ 500
13	€ 1,000		13	€ 500
14	€ 1,000		14	€ 500
15	€ 1,000		15	€ 500
16	€ 1,000		16	€ 500
Total	€ 50,000		Total	€ 33,000

For each event the above prizes will be awarded.

6. Tie Breaks
A tie-break system will be used to determine the three (3) medal winners (gold, silver, bronze) but all money prizes will be divided equally in cases of a tie. The tie break criteria are as below:

A. Swiss system events (Rapid):
1. Direct encounter (i.e. the result between each other in the tie, no matter how many players are in the tie. It is applied only if all tied player have played against all).
2. Tournament performance rating.
3. Average rating of opponents.

B. Individual Round Robin events (Blitz):
1. Direct encounter (the same as above).
2. Sonneborn-Berger.
3. Number of won games.

C. Basque System (Bronstein):
1. Direct encounter (i.e. the result between each other in the tie, no matter how many players are in the tie. It is applied only if all tied player have played against all).
2. Tournament performance rating.
3. Average rating of opponents.

7. Other info

Air fares, in Economy class and other travel expenses with a maximum reimbursable cost of 800 euros within the same continent and 1200 euros for Europe, Asia or Africa. All travel expenses will be reimbursed through FIDE and accommodation will also be covered on a full board basis by the organisers, the Board And Card Games Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport, Beijing, China.

All queries should be addressed to geoffrey.borg@fide.com