Initial Inductees into the IAGO Hall of Fame revealed.

These are the initial 10 inductees into the IAGO Hall of Fame:
1. Checkers (Anglo-America)
2. Chess
3. Go
4. Gomoku
5. Hex
6. Hnefatafl
7. Nine Man Morris
8. Oware
9. Shogi
10. Xiangqi

For more information, visit the IAGO Hall of Fame site at:
http://www.IAGOHallOfFame.com

USA wins medals at the World Mind Sports Games

USA won Gold at Checkers (8x8, 3-move restriction) and Bronze at Bridge:
http://info.2008wmsg.org/en-us/Medals_NOC.aspx?D1=USA&xm=noth

The winner of the Gold, Alexander Moiseyev, also won the 3-Move restriction tournament that was on the 2008 IAGO World Tour schedule. He is the current World Champion at this event.

The 1st World Mind Sports Games is upon us!

The event runs Oct. 3rd through the 18th in China. You can see the English site here for it:
http://www.2008wmsg.org/en/

I believe they will be showing the games over the web. Will need to see regarding that. If hundreds of millions visit this website, we may get an off chance of the event getting greater noticed for it in 2012 in London.