3,000 participants from over 150 countries are competing for 35 gold medals in five events… bridge, chess, draughts, Go and Chinese chess. The events are a mixed variety of popular board and card games from the East and West [more on BBC]
The historical first gold medal is won by Alexandra Kosteniuk from Russia on Sunday in women’s chess individual blitz (image via WMSG 2008’s website)
when i was in Miri last week, our taxi driver told us that he’s one of da participant!
i was like omg he’s so geng =.=
he’s representing Brunei cos he’s a PR there i think :)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon lol.
I like the hat. Very European. So is the girl.
The hat reminds me of London police :)