1st World Mind Sports Game 2008

1st World Mind Sports Game 2008 just today concluded. Here are the overall results:-

Event	Gold
Men's Individual Blitz	Ukraine Martyn Kravtsiv
Women's Individual Blitz	Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk
Men's Individual Rapid	China Bu Xiangzhi
Women's Individual Rapid	Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova
Mixed Pairs Blitz	Ecuador Carlos Matamoros Franco / Fierro Martha Baquero
Mixed Pairs Rapid	China Ni Hua / Hou Yifan
Men's Teams Blitz	Hungary
Women's Teams Blitz	Russia
Men's Teams Rapid	China
Women's Teams Rapid	China
Event	Silver
Men's Individual Blitz	Ukraine Yuriy Drozdovsky
Women's Individual Blitz	Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova
Men's Individual Rapid	Ukraine Anton Korobov
Women's Individual Rapid	China Zhao Xue
Mixed Pairs Blitz	India Krishnan Sasikiran / Tania Sachdev
Mixed Pairs Rapid	Vietnam Dao Thien Hai / Le Kieu Thien Kim
Men's Teams Blitz	China
Women's Teams Blitz	China
Men's Teams Rapid	Ukraine
Women's Teams Rapid	Ukraine
Event	Bronze
Men's Individual Blitz	Greece Christodoulos Banikas
Women's Individual Blitz	China Hou Yifan
Men's Individual Rapid	Singapore Zhang Zhong
Women's Individual Rapid	China Huang Qian
Mixed Pairs Blitz	Ukraine Valeriy Aveskulov / Tatjana Vasilevich
Mixed Pairs Rapid	Iran Ghaem Maghami Ehsan / Pourkashiyan Atousa
Men's Teams Blitz	Ukraine
Women's Teams Blitz	Vietnam
Men's Teams Rapid	Iran
Women's Teams Rapid	Russia

Men's Individual Blitz

	Semi finals				Final
	Paragua Mark	0
	Drozdovskij Yuri	2
					Drozdovskij Yuri	1
					Kravtsiv Martyn	2
					Third place
	Banikas Christos	0		Paragua Mark	1
	Kravtsiv Martyn	2			Banikas Christos	2

 

Women's Individual Blitz

	Semi finals				Final
	Hou Yifan	1
	Antoaneta Stefanova	2
					Antoaneta Stefanova	1
					Alexandra Kosteniuk	2
					Third place
	Zhao Xue	0		Hou Yifan	2
	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2			Zhao Xue	0

 

Men's Individual Rapid

	Semi finals				Final
	Alexandr Fier	1
	Anton Korobov	2
					Anton Korobov	0.5
					Bu Xiangzhi	1.5
					Third place
	Bu Xiangzhi	2		Alexandr Fier	1
	Zhang Zhong	1			Zhang Zhong	2

Women's Individual Rapid

	Semi finals				Final
	Jovanka Houska	0.5
	Antoaneta Stefanova	1.5
					Antoaneta Stefanova	2
					Zhao Xue	0
					Third place
	Zhao Xue	2		Jovanka Houska	1
	Huang Qian	0			Huang Qian	2

Mixed Pairs Blitz

	Semi finals				Final
	Krishnan Sasikiran / Tania Sachdev	3
	Valeriy Aveskulov / Tatjana Vasilevich	1
					Krishnan Sasikiran / Tania Sachdev	2
					Carlos Matamoros Franco / Fierro Martha Baquero	2
					Third place
	Carlos Matamoros Franco / Fierro Martha Baquero	2.5		Valeriy Aveskulov / Tatjana Vasilevich	3
	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan / Pourkashiyan Atousa	1.5			Ghaem Maghami Ehsan / Pourkashiyan Atousa	1

Mixed Pairs Rapid

	Semi finals				Final
	Adianto Utut / Sukandar Irine Kharisma	1.5
	Ni Hua / Hou Yifan	2.5
					Ni Hua / Hou Yifan	4
					Dao Thien Hai / Le Kieu Thien Kim	0
					Third place
	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan / Pourkashiyan Atousa	1.5		Adianto Utut / Sukandar Irine Kharisma	1.5
	Dao Thien Hai / Le Kieu Thien Kim	2.5			Ghaem Maghami Ehsan / Pourkashiyan Atousa	2.5

Men's Teams Blitz

	Semi finals				Final
	China	5.5
	India	2.5
					China	3
					Hungary	5
					Third place
	Ukraine	3		India	3
	Hungary	5			Ukraine

Women's Teams Blitz

	Semi finals				Final
	China	5
	Turkey	3
					China	2.5
					Russia	5.5
					Third place
	Russia	5.5		Turkey	1
	Vietnam	2.5			Vietnam	7

Men's Teams Rapid

	Semi finals				Final
	China	5.5
	Iran	2.5
					China	6
					Ukraine	2
					Third place
	USA	3.5		Iran	4
	Ukraine	4.5			USA	4

Women's Teams Rapid

	Semi finals				Final
	China	6.5
	Vietnam	1.5
					China	6
					Ukraine	2
					Third place
	Russia	3.5		Vietnam	2.5
	Ukraine	4.5			Russia	5.5