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In WMSG Team Blitz, Hungarian Men and
Russian Women Take Gold
By Mr.Sameer Salgoacar
 In
the finals of 1st World Mind Sports Game Team Blitz, the very impressive
Hungarian mens team beat their counterparts from China 2.5-1.5 and 2.5-1.5
to win Gold while Russia took revenge for their preminary round loss
against China with a comprehensive 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 victory.
So China ended up with Silvers in both the mens and womens events while
the Bronze medals were taken by Ukraine and Vietnam who beat India
(1.5-2.5, 3.5-0.5) and (3-1, 4-0) respectively.
 Earlier,
in the Semi-Finals, China's men beat India 2.5-1.5 in the first match and
went better in the second with a 3-1 victory to see them comfortably
through against Hungary.
The Hungarian men drew a tense first match against the more favoured
Ukraine side 2-2 but then won the second match decisively by 3-1 to book
their place in the finals.
China's women also qualified for the finals with two 2.5-1.5 victories
over a battling Turkey team while Russia trashed Vietnam 3.5-0.5 in their
first match before drawing the second 2-2.
Overall Medal Standings (after the Team Blitz):
1. China: 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze;
2. Russia: 2 Gold
3. Ukraine: 1 Gold, 2 Silver; 2 Bronze;
4. Bulgaria: 1 Gold, 1 Silver;
5-6. Ecuador, Hungary: 1 Gold each;
7. Vietnam: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
8. India: 1 Silver;
9-11. Greece, Iran, Singapore: 1 Bronze each.
As always, full coverage of the 1st World Mind Sports Games is at
www.2008wmsg.org/en and all
games are broadcast live and available for viewing and download daily at
www.2008wmsg.fide.com .
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Published on 15th October, 2008
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