Thomy Mbongo wins Sportaccord Online Draughts Cup

Thomy Mbongo is the clear winner of the SportAccord Online Draughts Cup @ http://www.playdraughts.com and will travel to China next month to witness the SportAccord World Mind Games. Thomy's trip and stay are paid for by sponsor Renault Nissan. In Beijing, Thomy will stay and eat in the same hotel as the participating grandmasters, have access to the playing venue and will be able to follow the mindsport competitions from nearby. Thomy will play a real life game with one of the top draughts players that are participating in Beijing and he will play a real life game with the winner of the Chinese Tencent Online Draughts Competition as well. By all other draughts fans, the draughts events of the SportAccord World Mind Games can be followed through http://www.worldmindgames.net.

More than 200 players participated in the SportAccord Online Draughts Cup and many more players visited playdraughts.com and as a result automatically took part in the lottery for a Samsung Tab II and Swatch watch.

As many participants to the Online event noticed, the automatic tournament system at several moments in time did not function as it should. As a result of this, the numbers 2 and 3 of the SportAccord Online Draughts Cup can not yet be announced and also the lottery is postponed to a later moment. The team of PlayDraughts.com is working to solve this but due to illness this may take some time.

After watching the SportAccord World Mind Games from December 12-18, it is possible for spectators to participate in a real life top event themselves. On Saturday December 21 and Sunday December 22, the World Championship Blitz Draughts 2013 will be organized in Den Helder, The Netherlands. Enrollment up to a maximum of 96 participants is open and can be done through the event website http://www.wcblitz2013.fmjd.org . participants is open and can be done through the event website http://www.wcblitz2013.fmjd.org .