The IMSA Elite Mind Games are scheduled to take part from February 26th to March 4th, 2016, in Huai’an, Jiangsu, eastern China.
The festival will be split into Rapid, Blitz and Basque events and separated into Men’s and Women’s categories.
The rapid tournament is scheduled for February 26 – 27, the blitz competition is going to be held from February 28 to March 1, while the Basque event will take place on March 2-3.
The strong field of players includes 16 men and 16 women.
| OPEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Fed. | Flag | Title | BYear | STD Rating |
| Ding, Liren | CHN |  |
GM | 1992 | 2766 |
| Harikrishna, P. | IND | |
GM | 1986 | 2753 |
| Li, Chao b | CHN | |
GM | 1989 | 2751 |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | |
GM | 1985 | 2747 |
| Navara, David | CZE | |
GM | 1985 | 2734 |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | |
GM | 1983 | 2732 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | |
GM | 1987 | 2728 |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | |
GM | 1987 | 2727 |
| Wang, Yue | CHN | |
GM | 1987 | 2718 |
| Wang, Hao | CHN | |
GM | 1989 | 2717 |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | |
GM | 1983 | 2712 |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | |
GM | 1969 | 2710 |
| Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | |
GM | 1983 | 2702 |
| Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | |
GM | 1981 | 2700 |
| Movsesian, Sergei | ARM | |
GM | 1978 | 2653 |
| Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | |
GM | 1988 | 2650 |
| WOMEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Fed. | Flag | Title | BYear | STD Rating |
| Ju, Wenjun | CHN | |
GM | 1991 | 2558 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | |
GM | 1984 | 2554 |
| Lagno, Kateryna | RUS | |
GM | 1989 | 2529 |
| Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | |
GM | 1987 | 2529 |
| Harika, Dronavalli | IND | |
GM | 1991 | 2511 |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | |
GM | 1979 | 2509 |
| Zhao, Xue | CHN | |
GM | 1985 | 2506 |
| Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | |
WGM | 1991 | 2504 |
| Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | |
GM | 1988 | 2502 |
| Gunina, Valentina | RUS | |
GM | 1989 | 2496 |
| Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | |
IM | 1985 | 2472 |
| Krush, Irina | USA | |
GM | 1983 | 2458 |
| Huang, Qian | CHN | |
WGM | 1986 | 2450 |
| Ushenina, Anna | UKR | |
GM | 1985 | 2450 |
| Socko, Monika | POL | |
GM | 1978 | 2448 |
| Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | |
IM | 1982 | 2434 |
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