Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. Mongolian draughts coaches will go to China to help train the Chinese draughts team, which will take part in the first World Intelligence Sports Games in Beijing, China on October 2008.

While visiting Mongolia in August, Hua I Gang, head of the Academy of board games of China proposed doing so. Shortly afterwards, a contract was inked. According to it the expences of the coaches are covered by the Chinese side. When choosing them, the Chinese highly valued the Mongolian draughts sportmen' brilliant achievements on international arena. The draughts sport is being developed in China. Yesterday, invitations and air tickets were as granted from the Chinese State General Committee of Physical Culture and Sports to the trainers in the house of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee. The ceremony was attended by Wan Da Chi, cultural attache, and employees of the Embassy of China and by sportsmen of the Mongolian Federation of Draughts and Mongolian physical culture organizations.
B.Khuder