The US sending a strong delegation to the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing

Krush, Shalabov, and Akobian to participate

In a letter to Susan Polgar, IM John Donaldson has announced the US World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) delegation. Irina Krush, Alex Shalabov, and Varuzhan Akobian are the US Olympic team members to participate in the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing.

Heads of Delegation

David Pruess
Jennifer Shahade

Men's Individual Blitz

Alex Shabalov
Varuzhan Akobian
Jesse Kraai
Josh Friedel
Dmitry Schneider

Men's Individual Rapid

Alex Shabalov
Varuzhan Akobian
Jesse Kraai
Josh Friedel
Dmitry Schneider

Men's Rapid Team

Alex Shabalov
Eugene Perelshteyn
Josh Friedel
Jesse Kraai
Dmitry Schneider

Mixed Pair

David Pruess
Irina Krush

Women's Individual Blitz

Irina Krush
Jennifer Shahade
Iryna Zenyuk
Abby Marshall
Chouchan Airapetian

Women's Individual Rapid

Jennifer Shahade
Iryna Zenyuk
Abby Marshall
Chouchan Airapetian
Shirley Ben-Adak

Women's Blitz Team

Iryna Zenyuk
Abby Marshall
Cindy Tsai
Chouchan Airapetian
Shirley Ben-Adak

Women's Blitz Rapid

Iryna Zenyuk
Abby Marshall
Cindy Tsai
Chouchan Airapetian
Shirley Ben-Adak

More about the WMSG

WMSG logo

FIDE to announce participants

World Mind Sports games regulations