The 1st World Mind Sport Games
a part of the Olympic Movement
Beijing, China -- October 3-18, 2008
organized by The International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)
under the patronage of
The General Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF)
under the patronage of
The General Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF)
Medals in chess, bridge, draughts, go and xiangqi (Chinese chess)
Players from more than 150 countries and regions
Competition in the Olympic tradition, emphasizing fair play, fitness, stamina, discipline, training, concentration and fighting spirit
Participation guidelines: Click here for an FAQ and general participation guidelines. Click here for more up-to-date information and the actuall application form. To compete for the team, players should follow the instructions in both documents.
Medals will be awarded in six events:
Men's Individual (Five players)
Women's Individual (Three players)
Men's Team (Five players, one alternate)
Women's Team (Four players, one alternate)
Pair Go (One male-female pair)
Amateurs Only (Two players)
The AGA has selected a team of 22 players led by Feng Yun 9P to represent the United States in this historic event, but we can't do it without your help. 100% of your tax-deductible earmarked donation to The American Go Foundation will cover air fare and incidental costs for our team. The success of our efforts to support and train the American team will depend on your tax-deductible contribution!
Click here to purchase official US-AGA World Mind Sport Games gear available exclusively from the AGA on this web page! A true collector's item -- there will be other WMSG events, but this is the first. Quantities are limited so act now -- when they're gone, they're gone!
Or donate to The American Go Foundation's World Mind Sport Games Fund
The AGA and AGF deeply appreciates the support of the following donors:
Kisei (>$1000)
Steve Burrall
Phil Straus
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Sensei ($100-$1000)
Baker, Karl
Barber, Ribert
Bengston, Matthew
Cabre, Andreu
California Partner, Inc.
Chen, Wan Yu
Gaty, Cynthia
Han, Changyu
Hansen, Wayne
Hess, Nathan
Hewitt, Bill
Hlavka, Chris
Hlavka, Eileen
Hlavka, Jim
Huang, Andrew
Huh, Charles
Kaladish, Robert
Kellogg, Ogden
Lanphear, Les
Lee, Hugo
Lu, Shijing
MacIntosh, William
Olson, Wallace
Peters, Michael
Preuss, Peter
Rubenstein, Mark
Ryan, James and Daphne
Sade, Charles
Sanet, Joel
Slate & Shell
Small, Haskell
Souris, Myron
Weimer, Dave
White, Bonnie E.
Insei (<$100)
Abramson, Allan
Baldwin, Fred
Barash, Ace
Benthem, James
Brown, James
Chang, Nelson
Dou, Dr. Ze Li
DiMattia, Vincent
Dobbins, Michael
Duie, Richard
Falci, Vincent
Frankel-Goldwater, Lee
Fukuda, Frank
Garcia, Agustin
Goddell, Mary
Haraway, Robert
Harker, Wesley
Herrington Bradford
Hopkins, Marc
Johnson, James
Lee, Jong
Lefevre, Peter
Linz, Laura
Lipofsky, Barton
LoPIccolo, Brian
Lym, Zach
Park, Jin
Perkins, Mahlon
Stevenson, David
Stewart, Darin
Tu, Xin Yu
Vaughn, Edward
Willard, Ellen
Zhang, Jian
The AGA and all mind games enthusiasts are grateful to the People's Republic of China and the China Card and Board Games Center for making this event possible!
Note: Total points are not calculated above 15. All who earn 15 or more points are qualified for the team. However, there will be competition at the Congress for positions on the team. Competition structure will depend on registration restrictions by IGF/IMSA to be announced soon.
* Indicates that the person was in the tournament but is already qualified for WMSG trials and therefore gets no additional points.
0* indicates that a score was dropped because the player has two higher scores.
Current Standings:
| Name | Qualified | Total Points | Jujo | Oza West | Oza East | Fujitsu | NJ Open | Roy Hayashi | UMBC | MD Open | Orange County Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abronson, Louis | 8.3 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 0*7 | |||||||
| Arnold, Keith | 4.7 | 4.7 | |||||||||
| Bai, Yuchen | 4.6 | 4.6 | |||||||||
| Boley, Jon | 3.6 | 3.6 | |||||||||
| Bull, Michael | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Burrall, Matthew | 14.1 | 7.9 | 0*1 | 6.2 | 0*8 | ||||||
| Burrall, Steven | 4.4 | *10 | 3.6 | 0.8 | |||||||
| Chao, Kevin | 1.9 | 1.9 | |||||||||
| Chen, Jin | 11.2 | 3.1 | 8.1 | ||||||||
| Choe, Solomon | 0.9 | 0.9 | |||||||||
| Chou, Daniel | 10.9 | 5.4 | 0*6 | 5.5 | |||||||
| Givens, John | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Gu, Jason | 3.1 | 3.1 | |||||||||
| Guo, Jimmy | 4.7 | 4.7 | |||||||||
| Hsiang, Thomas Y | 11.3 | 11.3 | |||||||||
| Hung, Joey | * | 15.0 | 7.9 | 10.1 | |||||||
| Jhirad, Nicholas | 11.5 | 0*4 | 6.0 | 5.5 | |||||||
| Kao, Edward | 3.1 | 3.1 | |||||||||
| Kim, Eddie | 1.8 | 1.8 | |||||||||
| Kiguchi, Christopher | 2.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| Ku, Lawrence | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Kwon, Young K | 2.2 | 2.2 | |||||||||
| Lebl, Martin | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Li, Jie | * | 15.0 | 11.4 | 11.6 | |||||||
| Liu, Chen Chang | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Lui, Eric | * | 15.0 | 9.0 | 11.6 | 0* | ||||||
| Lui, Ihan | 1.9 | 1.9 | |||||||||
| Min, Hong-Yu | 2.4 | 2.4 | |||||||||
| Morris, Trevor | * | 15.0 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 0* | ||||||
| Price, Gus | 9.3 | 7.4 | 1.9 | ||||||||
| Snyder, Ron | 4.6 | 4.6 | |||||||||
| Stringfellow, Steve | 1.8 | 1.8 | |||||||||
| Sun, Calvin | 13.1 | 7.4 | 0*9 | 5.7 | |||||||
| Tu, Carson | 13.6 | 9.0 | 4.6 | ||||||||
| Yang, Hui-Ren | * | 15.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 | |||||||
| Yu, Lianzhou | 7.4 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| Zhang, Hugh | 7.7 | 2.0 | 5.7 | ||||||||
| Zhang, Lionel | 8.0 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| Zhang, Tony | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Zhao, Zhongxia | 10.7 | 0*3 | 6.0 | 4.7 | |||||||
| Zhou, Yuan | 14.5 | 0*5 | 0*2 | 9.0 | 5.5 |
The following played in more than two events. The notes below indicate the points dropped from other tournaments because they did better elsewhere.
*1 Fujitsu 4.6 dropped
*2 Fujitsu 1.9 dropped
*3 Oza East 5.4 dropped
*4 Jujo dropped 2
*5 Oza East dropped 5.4
*6 UMBC dropped 4.7
*7 Orange County dropped 2.5
*8 Orange County dropped 5.7
*9 Fujitsu dropped 4.6
*10 Jujo dropped 0.7