2nd IMSA Elite Mind Games

Thank you for the great tournament. See you again in November 2018.

Three tournament, 7 top grandmasters in but the winner was always the same – Matrena Nogovicyna.  Amazing. She is absolutely number one of this event.  

The last superblitz round was very exciting. Many options were possible. Finally Artiom Ivanov won his first gold medal in Elite Mind Games but Matrena Nogovitcyna just did it again. She is solo leader in any kind of IMSA events Read more…

First two gold medals goes to Russia! Nogovitcyna confirmed, that in IMSA events is effective as no one else. while Shvartsman simply remind his colleagues who is the World Champion. Tomorrow we are waiting for exacting draughts show called “superblitz”. Read more…

After first day of rapid event well known persons are leading. Guntis Valneris after two draws won next 4 games and leads solo.  as well as Matrena Nogovitcyna in women tournament. Looks that Matrena wants to be on the top Read more…

The opening ceremony was  fantastic. After his artistic impression all player are ready do do more then usually at the board. We start with rapid-men at 10.00 AM China time (2.00 AM GMT). Enjoy games live. Opening performers gallery.

During FMJD-EB meeting in Wageningen numbers for all tournaments where drawn. Rimma Chertok and Ingrida Drukteinyte did it under technical control of FMJD Tournament Director Jacek Pawlicki. Players from the same country playing together in the first half. We can Read more…

What to do with superblitz? We know that  just one game can destroy all competitions schedule. So in China we will play with something new. For the fist 6 games, 2 seconds bonus works as a increment (like before) but Read more…

No Swiss-system in Huaian. All our tournaments will be played as round-robin. Also rapid for man. See updated rules&regulations with more details schedule.

Chinese Draughts Association just nominated their participants (wild cards). With two well known Chinese grandmasters Wei Zhou and Hanqing Zhao our tournament is ready.