First the Olympic Games, then the Paralympic Games. Today there’s a new opening ceremony in Beijing kicking off the first event of its kind. The First Annual World Mind Sports Games begin today. Featuring the world’s most popular strategy games, Bridge, Chess, Go, Checkers (Draughts), and Xiangqi (Chinese Chess), the idea first gained popularity in the 1990s when the Bridge and Chess associations petitioned the IOC to be included in the Olympics.
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