2012 World Mind Sports Games
world mind sport game held lille france august meeting started summer olympics ending shortly summer paralympics london second rendition world mind sport game inaugurated beijing mind sport game player nations—down competitor country st game half gold medal contested draught russia strongest draught squad gold overall medal china five gold medals—all five event contested xiangqi chinese taipei four gold medals—four five event contested go set medal bridge draught chess go xiangqi three wmsg medal event contract bridge game nine world mind sport game one world bridge federation wbf event world championship status contested site world mixed team championship transnational mixed team field male–female pair main event parallel tournament open woman senior national team player nonplaying captain andor coach event quadrennial world team olympiad retrospectively termed st th world bridge game conducted full day competition mixed team latter day alongside quarterfinal semifinal final match main event seven wmsg medal event repeated part nd world mind game th world bridge game wbf called meet open woman youth individual event team repeated anywhere youth pair team team contested separate allyouth meets—along u girl team part st game world championship national senior team world team olympiadsenior international cup wmsg nonmedal event alongside open woman flight wmsg medal event beside mixed team world championship lesser side event nation entered open woman flight game senior field wmsg medal event well wbf world championship increased entry six gold bronze medalist concluding match comfortably end score closer – deal woman bronze medal match european bridge league half entry placed team open woman quarterfinal team medal round quarterfinalists semifinalist senior flight quarterfinalists usa open senior indonesia woman senior participation bridge nation represented least one open woman senior team entered three flight open field included european bridge league woman field including four enter open lebanon palestine indonesia championship contender philippine senior including one enter either flight hungary senior championship wmsg medal event chess nd game one website devoted chess treated inaugural sportaccord world mind game december beijing second rendition world mind sport game inaugurated october beijing world mind sport game first held beijing long pause tournament return chess calendar stronger ever year world mind game moved new level organized held famous respectable organization called sportaccord umbrella organization olympic nonolympic sport well major organizer conference sporting event rapid tournament minute minute first saturday second friday second sunday least first sunday afternoon third day competitive program international grand master tigran gharamian played simultaneous match table field including many child young age six chess program nd game largely instructional second simultaneous display featuring gharamian second saturday morning gharamian local player yearold armenian emigrated lille ten year earlier gharamian defeated player first session second session least one youth tournament one blitz tournament nd game included wmsg medal event draught squad netherlands russia ukraine least three gold medal individual medalist included alexei chizhov roel boomstra nina hoekman alexander schwarzman world draught federation fmjd officially announced roster event condition without support hospitality travel five month advance two checker event men woman world championship qualification tournament supported prize including euro first place main event draught program covering first nine day draught world cup round swisssystem tournament every match yield winner – – – – score depending whether tiebreaks generate winner final standing show open player woman five wmsg medal event included nd game chinese taipei squad medal including four gold south korea china medal six event contested st game beijing north korea medal compete nd game chinese taipei medalist beijing silver medal pair go event held eleven day august last day day open team bridge tournament individual tournament men woman contested – august team competition – august youth pair event – august men woman pair event least repeat youth event new team event replaced open men team womens team event men woman played five round qualify four semifinalist preliminary leader gold medal team played five round two group qualify two semifinalist group nation represented nine group chinese taipei team group mixed pair male–female played five round two group qualify two semifinalist group nation represented six group chinese taipei team group group runnersup beat winner gold medal match youth played five round qualify four semifinalist preliminary runnerup beat prelim winner gold medal match five wmsg medal event included nd game china medal world xiangqi federation wxf show news europe player china squad six medal two rapid event woman men completed august china also six medal two individual event one change personnel rapid event individual men gold silver medalist team two player followed vietnam hong kong one change five event contested rapid woman place team woman host nation france