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The 2012 edition of the SportAccord Mind Games in Beijing threw up a big, surprising winner - Laurent Fressinet. He finished ahead of several ultra strong Grandmasters with a plus 4 score and a 2975 performance. Hikaru Nakamura and Alexander Grischuk finished 2nd and 3rd. In the Women's section, the top three strongest women duly finished in the top three places. Other medallists: Women's Rapid Chess Kateryna Lahno Hou Yifan Koneru Humpy Men's Blitz Chess Sergey Karjakin Hikaru Nakamura Mamedyarov Women's Blitz Chess Kosteniuk Muzychuk Elisabeth Paehtz

Kateryna Lahno is one of the top female Grandmasters in the World. She had broken the World Record of Judit Polgar while becoming the youngest Woman Grandmaster in history at the age of 12 years and 4 months.