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POSTED: Wednesday October 10th 2012
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Media Registration for SportAccord World Mind Games is now open

Lausanne, 10 October 2012 - Registration for 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games is now open to all members of broadcast, print and Internet media who wish to report from the event.




The second edition of SportAccord World Mind Games will take place from 12-19 December 2012 in Beijing, China in the Beijing International Convention Centre and Beijing Continental Grand Hotel. This multi-sport event which highlights the great value of mind sports will include five sports; Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). The world’s best players will deliver top-level performances and create new valuable experiences based on intelligence, strategy and exercise of mind. SportAccord World Mind Games online tournament organised from September until October gives fans from around the world the chance to win the trip to the event in Beijing.
To request accreditation for the SportAccord World Mind Games, please read the instructions, fill out and submit the form available on the SportAccord World Mind Games website: http://worldmindgames.net/en/content/venues-0-15485
The deadline for registrations is Tuesday, 8 November 2012.
For any questions, please contact: media@sportaccord.com


SportAccord Multi-Sports Games
SportAccord is the umbrella organisation for 107 international sports federations and organisations. SportAccord promotes its members’ sports and increases their visibility on the world stage by establishing SportAccord Multi-Sports Games - high-level competitions of Olympic and non-Olympic sports and disciplines with similar backgrounds in a festival atmosphere. The events strive to be a model of responsible event management through high standards of integrity and sustainability. They aim at contributing to the positive development of the society through social responsibility and education programmes. The first events in a series of SportAccord Multi-Sports Games were the World Combat Games (2010) and World Mind Games (2011). The second editions are under-way. The next events to be introduced are the World Beach Games (2013) and World Artistic Games (2014).

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Name: Iwona Lapinska
Organization: SportAccord
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Phone: +41 (0)21 612 30 70
URL: http://www.sportaccord.com

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    Name: Iwona Lapinska

    Organization: SportAccord

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    Phone: +41 (0)21 612 30 70

    URL: http://www.sportaccord.com

     

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