So on the 17th of November the venue for the World Mind Sports Games is going to be announced. Where do you think it will be?

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North Lecale

Jamaica

i thought the plan was . so i guess that, regardless what they choose in the end

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Spilling gasoline feels good.

I might be wrong, but probably not.

I understand that the cities of London and Manchester were both crossed off the list...

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North Lecale

In a big hotel in Petrograd!

Cuba!

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Creator of GoShrine

Beijing International Convention Center

As long as I know the original place was mean to be Manchester.

But I wouldn't mind getting back to Beijing.

by the way, Brasil already sign as candidate venue for the WMSG 2016

Cardiff, 11-24 August

http://eldiario.deljuego.com.ar/es/subm ... poker.html

Mentions capital of Wales

http://neapolitanclub.altervista.org/en ... -2016.html

States announcement of 17 November that fits with IFP event in London so looks like duplicate poker too.

First link is bandwidth exceeded ^^, so I cannot see what is there.
Second link: Yes there will be some special event for Duplicate Poker on Nov 17th in London. They are going to announce the venue of the WMSG II at this event.

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North Lecale

The link came from a google news article.

It is in Spanish about upcoming poker events and it quotes about WMSG:
"De ser así serían en la capital de Gales; para 2016 que se celebrarán en Brasil."

Although it does seem to be speculative as if the event will happen it states the capital of Wales as the venue if it does happen. The second article would seem to suggest that there will be an event.

Then looking at a third source of the IFP website there appears to be a major event planned in London starting on the 17th November. This would seem to confirm that the WMSG will have its funding secured by poker. UK tax laws make UK attractive to poker pros.

Although, their choice of dates and venue does seem slightly surprising. The dates actually overlap the Olympic games but I suppose that they got a good offer. At the moment I am wondering what the qualification route is likely to be. I imagine to play go for the UK 5 or 6 dan would be enough.

I would imagine that there was a substantial funding drop for this WMSG, so I wouldn't be completely surprised if a UK team wasn't eligible (strong enough) to play

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North Lecale

I had read this when it was announced, but I've been told subsequently it won't happen in Manchester

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North Lecale

If you see the date of that announcement, it is from 2010.

In 2011 IGF meeting in WAGC, the directives gave an update about WMSG saying that the sponsors part was the main problem in WMSG at Manchester.

Everything points to NOT being Manchester

// UPDATE: there's a rumor... that may be we end eating Paella and screaming "OLÉ"

While I have no insider knowledge that would definitely surprise me! Most of the companies have UK links and Spain wasn't even on the cards add this to the € ...


I am sure that compared to China the UK isn't strong enough to play, but we will certainly have a team that is eligible. Most of the networks were founded in the UK and still has disproportionate clout.

I think that on November 17th, it will be announced that the decision has been postponed.

If it is postponed, I'd start to get slightly concerned that a company was out there gathering capital on our behalf, without giving any insight into what it was going to do with it.

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North Lecale

Now we are hours away of the announcement of the venue or the announcement of a soon-to-happen announcement