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               Are               three               silver               medals               worth               one               gold               medal?

Maybe               not,               but               it               is               still               quite               an               impressive               haul.
               Hikaru               Nakamura               of               the               United               States               had               a               hat               trick               of               second-place               finishes               at               the               SportAccord               World               Mind               Games               that               were               held               in               Beijing,               China,               from               Dec.

12-19.
               The               events:               Bridge,               Chess,               Draughts               (Checkers),               Go               and               Xiangqi               (Chinese               Chess).

The               chess               events               included               rapid,               blitz               and               blindfold,               with               separate               sections               for               men               and               women.
               The               chess               competition:               Fiercely               competitive               and               grueling.

Sixteen               men               and               sixteen               women               from               many               nations               came               to               Beijing               for               the               weeklong               chess               part               of               the               competition.

All               but               one               player               on               the               men's               side               was               rated               over               2700,               meaning               the               events               were               at               the               Category               20               level.

The               prize               money               for               each               event               was               $20,000               for               first               place,               $15,000               for               second,               $12,000               for               third,               all               the               way               down               to               $1,000               for               16th               place,               according               to               chessvibes.com.

The               players               had               to               endure               seven               rapid               games               over               two               days,               then               30               blitz               games               over               the               next               two               days,               and               finally               seven               blindfold               games               over               a               two-day               span.

With               such               an               exhausting               schedule,               the               participants               probably               now               need               at               least               a               month               to               convalesce.
               The               results:               Nakamura               was               the               only               player               to               finish               in               the               top               three               in               all               chess               events.

He               actually               tied               for               first               in               rapid               play,               but               was               placed               second               because               of               tiebreakers.

On               the               women's               side,               former               world               champion               Hou               Yifan               of               China               did               best,               winning               both               a               gold               and               a               silver               medal.

For               the               Americans,               in               addition               to               Nakamura,               Anna               Zatonskih               won               a               medal               by               finishing               third               in               the               women's               blindfold               event.

Gata               Kamsky,               the               other               American               to               participate               in               chess               at               these               games,               finished               in               a               tie               for               third               in               the               men's               blindfold               competition               but               lost               out               on               tiebreakers               and               failed               to               medal.

Still,               considering               the               quality               of               the               competition,               it               was               a               good               result.
               The               future               of               the               World               Mind               Games:               Up               in               the               air.

The               World               Mind               Games               are               trying               to               pattern               themselves               after               the               Olympics.

So               far               they               have               only               come               up               with               five               suitable               events,               and               even               some               of               these               are               suspect.

Xiangqi               and               Go               favor               players               from               Far               Eastern               nations               like               China,               Japan               and               South               Korea.

Unlike               chess,               these               are               not               games               that               are               universally               played.

Most               board               games,               card               games               and               intellectual               competitions               are               limited               by               differences               in               language               and               culture.

It               is               difficult               to               come               up               with               mental               games               and               sports               that               are               neutral               and               don't               give               an               overwhelming               edge               to               one               nation               or               one               region.

Maybe               poker               can               be               added               in               the               future               but               it               will               be               difficult               finding               other               events.
               From               John               Lennon's               "Mind               Games"               song               lyrics:
               "So               keep               on               playing               those               mind               games               together
               Doing               the               ritual               dance               in               the               sun
               Millions               of               mind               guerrillas
               Putting               their               soul               power               to               the               karmic               wheel"
               
               Sources:
               http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/sportaccord-world-mind-games-chess-2012
               http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/world-mind-games-aronian-hou-yifan-win-the-blindfold
               "Mind               Games,"               "The               John               Lennon               Collection,"               CD,               Capitol               Records,               1989






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