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Sport Accord World Mind Games 2011

The Sport Accord World Mind Games were played in Beijing. It is a huge event with bridge, chess, draughts, go and xiangqi (Chinese chess). Both the men and the women competition in international draughts have top class participants. Only the absence of Alexander Schwarzman is a bit remarkable. There is also an 8x8 draughts event, but unfortunately it was ranked as a demonstration sport. The men's title was for world champion Alexander Georgiev, while Olga Fedarovich claimed the title in the women's tournament. Take a look at some highlights of the games:

Chinese Mind Sport Games 2011

The second Chinese Mind Sport Games were held in Wuhan. According to 10-fold world champion Chizhov the level of the draughts players has increased significantly compared to the first edition two years ago. Every round 6 games were broadcasted live. Take a look at some highlights of the games.

10x10 Tactics

This new section called '10x10 Tactics' will cover tactical possibilities from past games. Tactics part 1 part 2 part 3.

World Championship Women 2011 Rivne

The tournament for the World Championship 2011 was played in Rivne in the Ukraine. Tansykkuzhina won the title with 19 points in 13 rounds before Nogovitsyna (13-19) and Motrichko (13-17). Take a look at some comments about the games in round 1-6 or round 7-9 or round 10-13.

World cup 2011 Ufa

The World Cup 2011 was played in Ufa. Below some comments to the games can be found.

World championship women 2011

In Dneprodzerzhinsk in the Ukraine, Darja Tkachenko won the match for the World Championship women 2011 against Zoja Golubeva with 4-4 (2-4), 5-3 and 5-3. Take a look at the games they played.

Draughts problem

Grandmaster Auke Scholma composed a draughts problem, inspired by the game Mogiljanski-Ndjofang of the World Championship 2011.

Gibo World Championship 2011 in Emmeloord + Urk

The World Championship 2011 was played in The Netherlands in the cities Emmeloord and Urk. Alexander Georgiev won the tournament in supreme style. Second was Mourodoullo Amrilloew, and Jean-Marc Ndjofang ended third, together with title defender Alexander Schwarzman. Below some short comments to the games can be found.

Archive 2011