Events
| 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]
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.
| 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]
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 | |||||||
| B | x |  Netherlands | x | ||||||
| x |  Norway | ||||||||
| x |  Poland | ||||||||
| W |  Sweden | ||||||||
| x | x | x | x |  USA | x | x | V | x | |
| not represented: | |||||||||
| (W) | (B) |  Italy | |||||||
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.)
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