First Edition of SportAccord World Mind Games

Rado is official timekeeper of the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 which take place from 9-16 December 2011 in Beijing.

This unique multisport event highlights the value of mind sports. The world's best players are delivering top-level performances and creating new valuable experiences based on intelligence, strategy and exercise of mind.

Each game has its specificity:

Chess is a two-player board game which consists of sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each piece moves differently with the aim of capturing the opponents’ king.

Bridge, it is a tactical card game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards by 4 people in 2 partnerships. The aim of the game is for each pair to bid on the number of tricks they believe they will win and points are awarded for every trick won.

Draughts also known as Checkers, it is a board game which consists of black and white pawns which move diagonally and jump over the opponents’ pawns in order to capture them. The last player to have pawns left on the board wins.

Go is a Chinese board game which consists of two players placing black and white stones on the board. The aim is to gain the largest territory by surrounding and capturing the opposing players’ stones.

Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) is a two-player board game that originated in China in which the pieces represent two opposing armies whose goal is to capture one another’s “General” pawn.

 Unlimited Spirit. Rado.