Go At The 1st World Mind Sports Games
The ancient board game of Go was one of the 5 mind sports which featured at the inaugural World Mind Sports Games, held in Beijing, China in October 2008. Thirty-five gold medals were vied for by 2,763 competitors (560 of whom were Go players), from 143 countries.
Note that the sections below show only the latter stages of the competition, after the qualifying rounds.
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