World Mind Sports Games. Russia first. Bashny.Net

Gone Second World Mind Sports Games. It is natural for them, too, no one heard, after the Russians occupied them "shameful" the first place, both the gold medal there and in the overall standings. Of course, all Russian media said nothing about this embarrassing, uncomfortable same.
The Chinese generally got out at the expense of their games GO Xiangqi.
World Mind Sports Games, or Intelliady (angl.WorldMindSportsGames, WMSG) - complex competitions in intellectual sports.
Organizer of the World Mind Games is the International Mind Sports Association (eng. International Mind Sports Association, IMSA). IMSA was founded April 19, 2005, and its members:
The International Chess Federation (FIDE);
World Draughts Federation (FMJD)
The World Bridge Federation (WBF)
International Go Federation (IGF)
World Mind Sports Games is supposed to be carried out in the capital cities of the Olympic Games (summer or winter) shortly after the Olympics. It is planned to use infrastructures and teams of volunteers, created for the Olympic Games.
The main game species on Intelliadah species are represented by member federations IMSA- chess, checkers, go and bridge - but likely inclusion in the program of additional species. So, on I Intelliade in Beijing to four main types have been added to the competition for xiangqi, or Chinese chess.
Second World Mind Sports Games were held in Lille, France from 9 to 23 August 2012. The competition was attended by about 2,000 athletes from 95 countries.
After signing in 2010 an agreement with the International Convention Eames "Sport Accord" World Mind Sports Games are also held and "Sport Accord" annually (SportAccord World Mind Games). The first World Mind Sports Games "Sport Accord" held in Beijing, during the period from December 8 to December 16, 2011, the second - the same place a year later. Sport Accord in the competition involving the best athletes in the world (Elite), a total of about 150 people at the same 5 sports. Competitions "Sport Accord" IMSA competition different from those that are invited to participate only players included in the elite of world intellectual sports and geography of the countries playing a secondary role. In December 2012 Sport Accord in the competition was attended by around 300 athletes from 39 countries.




Source: ru.wikipedia.org