1st World Mind Sports Games
The 1st World Mind Sports Games will be held in Beijing, China from 3rd to 18th October, 2008. There will be 5 sports represented, Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Chinese Chess. The Games will be under the aegis of GAISF and organised by the International Mind Sports Association of which FIDE is a founding member.
There will be competitions of Rapid and Blitz chess for individuals, pairs and teams. Altogether 10 gold medals will be available for chess plus a trophy for the leading federation over all chess disciplines.
Thanks to generous sponsorship, free full board accommodation for participants will be available. There is also the possibility of substantial help towards travel costs through the provision of air tickets from set points.
The full schedule and details for federations to nominate entries will be circulated shortly.
Source: FIDE
Will the US get invited?
How are participants selected?
Anand and Kramnik battle for the gold and then an upset takes place as Judit beats both of them prompting Bobby Fischer to quit his sick bed and challnge Judit to a showdown!
This might be the first event under the title ‘World Mind Sports Games’ …
… but the ‘Mind Sports Olympiad’ has been going for some years … see http://www.msoworld.com/
The US will never be invited until Bill Goichberg and Bill Hall are removed from the USCF.
pardon my ignorance…what’s the story with Goichberg and Hall( i had given up following the sickening antics of the USCF long ago).
‘TwixT’ should be included in the Mind Games Olympiad:
TwixT , on WikiPedia
Turn based play (meaning approx one move per day) of TwixT at “Little Golem” …
http://www.LittleGolem.net
GeneM
what’s the website?
i wish bobby fischer could represent the U.S.