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1ST INT'L MIND
SPORTS GAMES SET FOR 'O8 IN CHINA
The First International Mind Sport Games
will be held in Beijing in October, 2008, reports Roy Laird,
Chairman of the AGA Board of Directors. Calling it "An Olympics
for mental competition," Laird tells the EJ that "The concept
became a reality on September 26, when International Mind Sports
Association (IMSA) President Jose Damiani announced that the
four IMSA members (Go, Bridge, Chess, Draughts), along with
Xiang-Qi (Chinese Chess), will hold the first ever World Mind
Sports Games (WMSG) from October 3 through 18, 2008 in
Beijing,"which will have just hosted the Olympic games a few
weeks before.
This will be the first such international mind sport competition
under General asociation of International Sports Federation (GAISF)auspices.
"GAISF works closely with the Olympics movement, but don't
expect to see go being played between ice skating and gymnastics
on Wide World of Sports," says Laird. "Instead, a parallel set
of competitions is evolving, through the recently formed
International Mind Sports Association." It is expected that more
than 2,500 players from over 100 countries will compete in 25 to
30 medal events in the WMSG. In addition to individual events,
team and pair competitions will be also be held. "Through the
International Mind Sport Games, more people will become aware of
the value and joy of mental competition," says Laird.
THE MACAU 2007, 2nd
ASIAN INDOOR GAMES
The 2nd Asian Indoor Games will be hosted in Macao China, from 26 Oct to
3 Nov. The trendy, high appeal and exciting sporting program
consists of 17 competing sports and 3 demonstration sports
include Xiangqi.
The 2007 Yitai Cup China National Xiangqi Individual Championship Learn More..
The 2007 Yitai Cup China National Xiangqi Individual Championship has successfully been played on September 3 to 15, 2007.Zhao Xinxin is the new Champion. In
the Final, playing Black, he drew the first game with five national championship tournament GM Lu Qin,
In the second game (quickplay sudden-
death) he beat Lu Qin,with real ability promoted to the 25th Grand Masters.In Women's Final, Beijing Dan Tang slow chess staged a miraculous reversal, defeated Shanghai Ouyang Qilin, and won the women's individual title and promotion to the National Women Grand Masters.
Photographs(150 pics) taken at the championships by MaGe
Men section
1st Zhejiang Zhao XinXin
2nd Guangdong Lu Qin
3rd Heilongjiang Zhao GuoRong
4th Zhejiang Cheng JiJun
5th Shanghai Hongzhi
6th Beijing Wang YueFei
7th Hebei Li Xuesong
8th Guangdong Huang Hailin
Women section
1st Beijing Dan Tang
2nd Shanghai Ouyang Qilin
3rd Yunnan Zhao GuanFang
4th Shanxi Dong Bo
5th Heilongjiang Wang LinNa
6th Jiangsu Zhang Guofeng
7th Guangdong Wenjing
8th Jiangsu Yang Yi
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