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All 10 golden medals on the 1st World Mind Sports Games are distributed! Russia took home half the amount, the other five went to Latvia, Ukraine, the USA, Lithuania and Belarus.
The Games were very pleasant to attend, the Chinese organization put a lot of effort to make sure that the first mind sport games ever were a success. Over 3000 participants from all over the world competed in their own mind sport. The draughts section attracted 286 draughts players in total, coming from 42 countries. For the first time in history several draughts competitions were played in the same venue at the same time.
10x10 international
In the first week of the WMSG the 10x10 international competition was held. Winners of this prestigious event were Russian Alexander Georgiev and Zoja Golubeva from Latvia.
Georgiev took the double by winning the 10x10 rapid tournament also. This quicker played tournament was also the official FMJD world championship of 2008.
The five brand new world champions are:
Men: Alexander Georgiev, Russia
Women: Tamara Tansykkuzhina, Russia
Veterans (50+): Edvard Bouzinski, Lithuania
Men under 23: Andrei Tolchykau, Belarussia
Women under 23: Olesia Abdullina, Russia
64 Russian (Men) and Brazilian (Women)
In both the 64 tournaments, there were a lot of surprises. However, the final at the women"s games wasn"t really surprising. Victoria Motrichko from Ukraine took home the gold directly in the regular micro-match to another young talent: Elena Miskova (Russia). In the men"s tournament, Oleg Dashkov (Russia) won to Moldovan Ion Dosca after two breath-taking barrages that followed on the draw in the regular final.
Checkers
The Checkers competition took place in the last half of the WMSG. Alexander Moiseyev (United States) was victorious. He had a 4 point lead on the runner-up Ronald King from Barbados. Amangul Durdyeva (Turkmenistan) finished as the best woman in this mixed (men and women) competition.
All results are published on www.wmsg-draughts.org together with contact information.
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