2012 SportAccord World Mind Games online tournament

The second edition of the SportAccord online tournament, coordinated by IMSA shows a remarkable achievement.
A total participation of 383.050 players compared to 269.000 last year (+37%) (with an amazing record of 1.701.571 games played on Bridge Base Online).

This event attracts a lot of young players and also very high ranked players in all the sports. The winners will have the opportunity to watch the champions and play with them in Beijing during the second SportAccord World Mind Games –December 12/19- where they are invited.

Some runners up will also receive prizes: Samsung tablets and Swatch watches.

The winners are:

Bridge: Leo LaSota USA
Junior: Ribhu Ranjan Saha India

Chess:  Wesley So Philippine

Draught:  Diego Sousa Brazil

Go: Naijing Sun China

Xiang Qi: SONG Yongbo China

Many thanks to the following participating platforms:

Bridge

 BBO: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/news_fetch.php?id=1302
 Fun Bridge: : http://www.funbridge.com/fr/?from=imsa
 Ourgame: htpp://www.ourgame.com

Chess

Chess Base: http://www.chessbase.com

Draughts

Draught server: : http://www.kndb.nl & http://damserver.kndb.nl

Go

Pandanet: http://www.pandanet-igs.com/communities/pandanet/115
Ourgame: htpp://www.ourgame.com

Xiang Qi

Ourgame : htpp://www.ourgame.com

 

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