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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

The European Club Cup (ECC) which had amazing success last year, has started now. The 2008 edition of the championship boasts who's who of the chess world except of course, Anand and Kramnik. 64 teams participate in the Open even and 18 in the Women's section. We'll bring the games as they happen. Expect some beautiful games. Round 2 is on October 18, 2008. The cash rich European clubs have heavyweights in their teams. Sample this list in the Open team event. Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Radjabov, Mamedyarov, Shirov, Svidler, Aronian, Yue, Adams, Grischuk, Karjakin, Kamsky, Gelfand, Ponomariov, and many other stars. In the women's section, the top five are rated so high that they can form a strong team together even if they competed in the Open section! Humpy, Xie Jun(!), Hou Yifan, Stefanova, Cramling, Xue, Cmilyte, Lahno, Muzychuk, Chiburdanidze, Zhukova, and others.