World Mind Games 2014: Justin Lall and a Nice Sacrifice

December 13th 2014mind2014

The 2014 SportAccord World Mind Games

are being held in Beijing, China from 11th – 18th December 2014

Teams Event: Israel defeated the US in the final and is the owner of the Open Gold and England defeated The Netherlands winning the ladies Gold.

Simon Fellus from the WBF, interviews Justin Lall, USA Team, and ask him to tell us his nice sacrifice in board 19:

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