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19-840: The inaugural 2008 World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing from October 3 to 18, about two months after the Summer Olympics and one month after the Paralympics . Five mind sports participated in the first Games: bridge , chess , draughts (checkers), go (weiqi), and xiangqi (Chinese chess). Thirty-five gold medals were contested by 2,763 competitors from 143 countries, using the Olympic Village in Beijing. The sophomore 2012 World Mind Sports Games were held in Lille , France , from August 9 to August 23, 2012, with 30 events. It started during

38-877: A row 1964 to 1972, overlapping its run of ten Bermuda Bowls (1957–1969). Another Italian team won the last two Olympiads and made it three in a row in the first rendition as part of the World Mind Sports Games, 2000 to 2008, overlapping its run of seven European championships (1995–2006). Turin , Italy 29 teams New York City , USA 29 Deauville , France 33 Miami Beach , USA 39 Monte Carlo , Monaco 45 Valkenburg , Netherlands 58 teams Seattle , USA 54 Venice , Italy 56 Salsomaggiore , Italy 57 Rhodes , Greece 71 Maastricht , Netherlands 72 teams Istanbul , Turkey 72 Beijing , China 71 teams Lille, France 60 teams Teams representing eight different countries won

57-611: Is an observer member of IMSA, so poker has been mentioned as a possible future sport at the WMSG. The Mahjong International League was accepted as the sixth member of IMSA in 2017. More than half of the 2008 participants were bridge players, partly because the World Bridge Federation transferred some important quadrennial competitions to the WMSG, especially the Open and Women flights of its World Team Olympiad . In 2004 there had been in

76-455: Is now contested every odd-number year, require qualification at a "zone" level. For example, about 40 national open teams from European Bridge League member countries may compete biennially for eight entries in the Bermuda Bowl tournament. Over the twelve World Team Olympiad cycles, the fields grew from 29 open and 14 women teams in 1960 to 72 open, 43 women, and 29 seniors teams in 2004. For

95-540: The 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, England, and ended shortly before the 2012 Summer Paralympics . At the closing ceremony of the 2012 games, Rio de Janeiro was announced as hosts for the 2016 event, but that did not happen and no further games have been held. At the first two WMSG events, medals were contested in five different mind sports : bridge , chess , draughts (checkers), go (weiqi), and xiangqi (Chinese chess). The International Federation of Poker (IFP)

114-706: The Olympic Games . They were sponsored and organised by the International Mind Sports Association with the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sport. Five mind sports participated in the first Games: bridge , chess , draughts (checkers), go (weiqi), and xiangqi (Chinese chess). Thirty-five gold medals were contested by 2,763 competitors from 143 countries. According to

133-592: The World Bridge Federation , it incorporated the World Team Olympiad (1960–2004) and some established youth events in the Games "as the stepping stone on the path of introducing a third kind of Olympic Games (after the 'regular' Olympics and the Paralympics)". The World Bridge Federation organized eleven events in Beijing that constituted the "World Bridge Games" including nine WMSG medal events. Six were among

152-564: The 2004 Olympiad, the WBF and the world governing bodies for three other games—chess, draughts, and go—established the International Mind Sports Association and initiated its first priority, the quadrennial World Mind Sports Games (WMSG). The first WMSG were held in Beijing October 2008, about two months after the summer Olympic Games . Thus a WBF initiative to integrate bridge with the Olympics

171-807: The Olympiad series for Women during its twelve renditions, led by the United States with four. England won the first rendition as part of the World Mind Sports Games, beating host China by one IMP in 2008. Turin , Italy 14 teams New York City , USA 15 Deauville , France 19 Miami Beach , USA 18 Monte Carlo , Monaco 21 Valkenburg , Netherlands 29 teams Seattle , USA 23 Venice , Italy 37 Salsomaggiore , Italy 34 Rhodes , Greece 43 Maastricht , Netherlands 41 teams Istanbul , Turkey 43 Beijing , China 54 teams Lille , France 43 teams Teams representing

190-980: The United States won both renditions of the Senior International Cup. From 2008 the World Bridge Federation continues the tournament in conjunction with the World Mind Sports Games although it is not a WMSG event. Currently "a bridge a player belongs to the 'Seniors' category if he has at least his 60th birthday in the calendar year in question." For the next rendition (2012) players born in 1952 or earlier will be eligible. (The threshold increased one year annually from 2005 to 2010.) Maastricht , Netherlands 24 teams born 1944 or earlier Istanbul , Turkey 29 teams born 1949 or earlier Beijing , China World Mind Sports Games   non-medal event 32 teams born 1950 or earlier Lille , France World Mind Sports Games   non-medal event 34 teams born 1952 or earlier After

209-454: The WBF, although the organization has adopted one older event that now confers the title World Champion , the Bermuda Bowl competition. The Olympiad championships differed from other world-level championships for "national" teams primarily by inviting every WBF member country to enter a team in each tournament. Other world championships, including the older Bermuda Bowl for open teams that

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228-409: The WMSG (non-medal events sharing the facilities). Japan won the third Senior International Cup , for national teams of seniors (age 58+). 'Yeh Bros' from Chinese Taipei won the second Transnational Mixed Teams, for teams of any nationality comprising mixed pairs , one man and one woman. The World Chess Federation organized ten events in Beijing, all of them in rapid or blitz chess . Under

247-621: The auspices of the World Draughts Federation 288 players participated in five medal events in Beijing. There was a strong regional showing as twelve of the fifteen medals were won by players from Russia, Latvia , Moldova , and Ukraine . Under the auspices of the International Go Federation 560 players participated in six medal events in Beijing. South Korea won half of the 18 medals and all were swept by competitors from Eastern Asia . Xiangqi , or "Chinese chess",

266-492: The established world bridge championships contested in even-number years. The other three were for "youth" under age 28, a one-time compromise. More than 1400 players participated, about half of all players in the Games. Entries from European Bridge League countries won 22 of the 27 medals, led by Norway with six medals including two gold. Two other events were continued by the WBF from its quadrennial "Olympiad" program, as part of its new "World Bridge Games" but separate from

285-496: The first World Mind Sports Games there were 71 open and 54 women entries; the Seniors International Cup continued as a non-medal event with 32 entries. Seniors participation increased to 34 at the second WMSG in 2012 while the numbers of open and women entries dropped to 60 and 43. Teams representing Italy and France won five and four of the twelve Open Team Olympiad tournaments. The Italian Blue Team won three in

304-450: The gold.   *    Host nation ( China ) World Team Olympiad#Senior International Cup The World Team Olympiad was a contract bridge meet organized by the World Bridge Federation every four years from 1960 to 2004. Its main events were world championships for national teams , always including one open and one restricted to women ("Open" and "Women" categories in WBF terms). A parallel event for seniors

323-580: The main continuing events 72 Open and 43 Women "Olympiad" entries (national teams-of-four with six players on most squads). Under the Minds Sports rubric in Beijing there were 71 and 54 entries, about 700 players. The one-time, similar tournament with a 28 years age limit attracted another 400 players. 2008 World Mind Sports Games The first World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) were held in Beijing , China from October 3 to 18, 2008, about two months after

342-573: Was inaugurated in 2000. Although the Olympiad has been discontinued, its main constituent championships continue within or beside the World Mind Sports Games , first held October 2008 in Beijing, China , and the subsequent results are listed here. In 2016, the events were run separately, as the World Bridge Games , in Wrocław , Poland. The 1960 "Olympiad" was the first meet organized by

361-550: Was the fifth sport to participate in Beijing, where 125 players participated in five events. Although the World Xiangqi Federation was not a member of IMSA at the time, the sport was included in the Beijing games as a traditional Chinese sport with a large number of players, especially in China. The host country won all five gold medals. Teams from the host country China won one-quarter of the 105 medals, including one-third of

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