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2013 SportAccord World Mind Games Overview: Reports, Photos, Games & Commentaries

The American Go E-Journal collaborated with Ranka Online and SportAccord to again provide comprehensive coverage of the 2013 SportAccord World Mind Games (SAWMG), held December 12-18 in Beijing, China. The team included American Go E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock, Ranka Online Editor Ivan Vigano, James Davies, John Richardson, Yuki Shigeno and Michael Redmond 9P. See below for a selection of highlights of the E-Journal coverage, or click here for all of Ranka’s reports.

Korea Men’s Team & Zhiying Yu Win Gold in World Mind GamesIncludes game records/commentaries for Men’s Team Round 5 (finals) and Women’s Individual Round 7 (final). China Wins World Mind Games Pair Go Tournament; Meeting the Masters; Do Bridge Players Have All The Fun? Includes game records/commentaries for Pair Go rounds 1-3.

SportAccord World Mind Games Day 4: China & Korea Sweep to Final Showdown in Men’s Team Tourney; Wang Chenxing & Yu Zhiying in All-China Women’s Individual Final; Redmond Audio Game Commentaries
 Includes game records/commentaries for Men’s Team Round 4 and Women’s Individual Rounds 5 & 6.
Ranka SAWMG Highlights: Japan’s National Team; Interview with Park Jieun; The Red-Faced King; Designing a Tournament with Martin Stiassny
SportAccord World Mind Games Day 3 (Saturday, December 14): Wang Chenxing Clinches Medal in Women’s Individual Tourney; China & Korea Continue to Steamroll Men’s Teams, North America Blanked Again; Benjamin Teuber on Playing Michael Redmond 9P and Studying in China; Draughted In: Why Zhao Hanqing Changed Games; Going to the Max Includes game records/commentaries for Men’s Team Round 3 and Women’s Individual Round 4.
SportAccord World Mind Games Day 2 (Friday, December 13): North America & Japan’s Men’s Teams Winless as China-Korea Final Looms; All-China Final in Women’s Individual; PLUS: Svetlana Shikshina 3P Moves to Canada; What We Can Learn from Chess & Japan’s Yoshida Mika Considers Flamenco

Includes game records/commentaries for Men's Team Round 2 and Women's Individual Rounds 2 & 3
Men’s Team & Women’s Individual Events Launch Go Competitions at SportAccord World Mind Games (Thursday, December 12) Includes game records/commentaries for Men's Team Round 1 and Women's Individual Round 1
2013 SportAccord World Mind Games Launch in Beijing SportAccord World Mind Games North American Player Profiles SportAccord World Mind Games Japanese Player Profiles 2013 SportAccord Online Tournament Into Final Stage