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Ambassadors

THE AMBASSADORS FOR THE SPORTACCORD WORLD MIND GAMES ARE GREAT PROMOTERS OF THEIR SPORT

They participate in various activities during the days of competitions and promote the event and mind games to the public in general.

Each of the participating sports; Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go, Xiangqi was represented and promoted by these ambassadors.

 

Bridge

Sjoert Brink; From: The Netherlands, 2012-No. 6 World Bridge Games Open Teams, No. 2 European Open Team Championships-2, No 1 Bermuda Bowl-1, No 16 World Knockout Teams Open, No 6 Mixed Swiss Teams

Chess

Hou Yifan From China, FIDE Title: Grand Master, Woman Grand Master, No. 1 female under 18 and No. 3 female active player in the world

Draughts

Alexey Chizhov From: Russia, 10-time World Champion (individual), 4-time World Champion (teams), European Champion (Blitz) in 2007, European Champion in 2012

Go

Missingham Joanne Jia Jia From: Chinese Taipei, No. 1 Women Champion in Taiwan, 4 victories in tournaments in Taiwan in 2012, No. 1 in women’s selection tournament in 2010 Asian Games, No. 1 Oceania Toyota and Denso Cup in 2008

Xiangqi

Chan Chun Kit From: Hong Kong, China, Asian Grand Master, International Master, Bronze Medal of 2nd World Mind Sport Game (Xiangqi Men Team), Champion of 2009 and 2011 Hong Kong Open Xiangqi Tournament (Grade A)

 

 

 

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