The 2nd World Mind Sports Games will be held in Lille, France, from the 9th till the 23rd of August. Bridge is always a part of the World Mind Games and this year the 14th World Bridge Games (Olympiad) and the 5th World Transnational Mixed Teams are incorporated in the event. The Bridge Card Reader (BCR) will be used to broadcast the 14th World Bridge Games and to provide support for the Tournament Directors. We will be present with 12 BCR’s of the latest version at the Lille Grand Palais. This will be the first large event where we use the new BCR Control Panel and BCR Calibration software. This will make setting up the BCR’s for the tournament an easier task. Additionally the latest version of the recognition software will be used.

The World Mind Games is an international event that combines bridge, draughts, chess, go and xiangqi. This World Mind Games were held at the Beijing International Convention Center and for bridge consisted of teams, pairs and individual games. This was the first larger international tournament where BCR was used outside of the Netherlands and although this resulted in some issues with static electricity, network and language barriers BCR was able to broadcast the teams matches succesfully on our own website and through the broadcast client of Ourgame. The event was a great way to achieve more experience in broadcasting international tournaments and has supplied us with a lot of information on how to improve the Bridge Card Reader.