It's all in the mind at first-ever world games

The smartest minds in the world are about to wrap up a little-known, two-week games in Beijing - and it's mission accomplished for the mastermind of the show.

As president of the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA), Jose Damiani's dream has been to attract ever more youngsters to the fun of "mental games".

That dream has come true with the roaring success of the ongoing 1st World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) consisting of bridge, draughts, chess, Go and Xiangqi, or Chinese chess.