World Mind Sports Games
The World Mind Sports Games was a multi-sport event created by the International [Mind Sports Association] as a "stepping stone on the path of introducing a third kind of Olympic Games ".
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, go, and xiangqi. 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 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.
Sports
At the first two WMSG events, medals were contested in five different mind sports: bridge, chess, draughts, go, and xiangqi. The International Federation of Poker 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.| Number | Sport | Organisation | Web | Join |
| 1 | Chess | World Chess Federation | http://www.fide.com/ | 2008 |
| 2 | Draughts | World Draughts Federation | https://fmjd.org/ | 2008 |
| 3 | Go | International Go Federation | http://www.intergofed.org/ | 2008 |
| 4 | Xiangqi | World Xiangqi Federation | http://www.wxf.ca/ | 2008 |
| 5 | Bridge | World Bridge Federation | http://www.worldbridge.org/ | 2008 |
| 6 | Poker | 2022 | ||
| 7 | Mahjong | Mahjong International League | http://mahjong-mil.org/ | 2017 |
| 8 | Card game | Federation of Card Games | http://www.fcgofficial.com/ | 2018 |
- Provisional