Despite their long history relative to computer games or many Olympic sports, "mind sports," such as chess or bridge, have yet to see an international arena where a series of mind sports competitions would be held.
That is, until right after the Beijing Olympics; the first World Mind Sports Games will be held after the Summer Olympics there come to a close, and will feature five competitions in the following games:
I would be curious to see how games like Go or Xiangqi are played by those outside their respective countries. Perhaps it's hard for some to imagine how a game of checkers could be played at a high level, but hopefully this competition will prove nonbelievers like myself wrong.
Sources:
Wikipedia: World Mind Sports Games
Nikkei Net: 10月に北京で史上初の「頭脳五輪」、囲碁の山下王座ら出場
That is, until right after the Beijing Olympics; the first World Mind Sports Games will be held after the Summer Olympics there come to a close, and will feature five competitions in the following games:
- Bridge
- Chess
- Go
- Draughts (Checkers)
- Xiangqi(Chinese Chess)
I would be curious to see how games like Go or Xiangqi are played by those outside their respective countries. Perhaps it's hard for some to imagine how a game of checkers could be played at a high level, but hopefully this competition will prove nonbelievers like myself wrong.
Sources:
Wikipedia: World Mind Sports Games
Nikkei Net: 10月に北京で史上初の「頭脳五輪」、囲碁の山下王座ら出場
