SportAccord World Mind Games
The International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) inaugurated the SportAccord World Mind Games December 2011 in Beijing.[1] For all sports, the meet was invitational and the events were not world championships. Beside satisfaction of the participating players and federations, the main objectives were to achieve "a worldwide TV coverage, and a large participation to the online tournament linked to the event."[1]
The first four meets, 2011 to 2014, were all held in Beijing during December.
Events
[edit]| Year | No. | City | Dates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 |  Beijing, China |
8–16 December | [2] |
| 2012 | 2 | Beijing, China |
12–19 December | [3] |
| 2013 | 3 | Beijing, China |
12–18 December | [4] |
| 2014 | 4 | Beijing, China |
11–17 December | [5] |
Source: [6]
Results
[edit]Bridge
[edit]There were six medal events at bridge, three each for men and women. IMSA invited 24 players, six each from four countries, to compete in three small tournaments as four national teams, twelve pairs, and 24 individuals. The women were from England (competing as "Great Britain"), France, China, and the United States ("USA"); the men from Netherlands, Norway, China, and the U.S.[7]
China and the United States (USA) have participated in every one of the 4-country men's and women's fields. The other participants have been members of the European Olympic Committee, including England in every women's field (under the name "Great Britain" in 2011 and 2012).[8][9][10]
Five players participated in all the first four meets: Shi Haojun of China men; Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, and Nevena Senior of England women; and Lynn Deas of USA women.
| Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||
| x | x | x | x | China |
x | x | x | x | host of the first 4 renditions |
 England |
W | W | x | x | as Great Britain in 2011, 2012 | ||||
 France |
V | x | |||||||
| x |  Israel |
x | |||||||
| x | x |  Monaco |
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| B | x |  Netherlands |
x | ||||||
| x |  Norway |
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| x |  Poland |
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| W |  Sweden |
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| x | x | x | x |  USA |
x | x | V | x | |
| not represented: | |||||||||
| (W) | (B) |  Italy |
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Several reigning open and women teams world champion countries have participated, not always with the champion teams intact. (As usual, all players on the relevant open world champion teams were men.)
- B - world champions, Bermuda Bowl 2011 (Italy won in 2013)
- V - world champions, Venice Cup 2011, 2013
- W - world champions, World Mind Sports Games 2008, 2012 (Italy won the open in 2008)
- Source[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Great Success of the 2011 SportAccord World Mind Games" Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. IMSA (imsaworld.com). [December 2011]. Retrieved 2014-11-11. With complete list of medal winners.
Unfortunately, IMSA publishes multiple articles about the inaugural meet under the dateline "June 21, 2011". The first Games were held during December, same as the 2nd to 4th Games of 2012 to 2014. [citation needed] "Great Success of the 2011 SportAccord World Mind Games | IMSA - International Mind Sports Association". Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2011 SportAccord World Mind Games". db.worldbridge.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "2012 SportAccord World Mind Games". db.worldbridge.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "2013 SportAccord World Mind Games". db.worldbridge.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "2014 SportAccord World Mind Games". db.worldbridge.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "The SportAccord World Mind Games | World Bridge Federation". Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "Athletes List" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. 1st SportAccord World Mind Games: Beijing 2011 Official Website (worldmindgames2011.sportresult.com). Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ^ Daily Bulletin 2012, issue 8 (20 December 2012) Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games. International Mind Sports Association (IMSAworld.com). Retrieved 2015-01-11.
Neither the opening nor final number of the Daily Bulletin includes a list of all players. This final number does all the bridge players in the report of the final day's play, pages 12–13. The same may be true of the final day's play in other sports. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2011-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Athlete List" Archived 2015-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. Beijing 2013 SportAccord World Mind Games (worldmindgames2013.sportresult.com). Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ^ "Athlete List" Archived 2015-01-14 at the Wayback Machine. SportAccord World Mind Games Beijing 2014 (worldmindgames2014.sportresult.com). Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ^ "2013 sportaccord mind games".
External links
[edit]- Official website
- World Mind Sports Games [dead link] (no date), International Mind Sports Association — early document posted at American Go Association; second copy at World Bridge Federation [dead link]
- 2008wmsg.org — evidently unofficial
