The first ever World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) opened last Friday (Oct 3) in Beijing, China, and will run until October 18.
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)
