List of world championships in mind sports
This page gives a list of world championships in mind sports which usually represent the most prestigious competition for a specific board game, card game or mind sport. World championships can only be held for most games or mind sports with the ratification of an official body. Some Eastern games only have amateur world championships and separate professional competitions as can be seen for Go (list of professional Go tournaments).
Contents
All-round game competitions
World championships that consist of competitions across multiple events to find the strongest games all-rounders.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abstract strategy games | Abstract Games World Championship[1] | Individuals | 2008 | ![]() |
2014 | One year |
Decamentathlon | Decamentathlon World Championship[2] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Mind Sports | The Pentamind[2] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Card games
World championships in card games.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contract bridge | Bermuda Bowl | Teams | 1950 | ![]() |
2017 | Two years |
Poker | World Series of Poker Main Event | Individuals | 1971 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Magic: The Gathering | Magic: The Gathering World Championship | Individuals | 1994 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
World Magic Cup | Teams | 1995 |
|
2016 | One year | |
Pokémon Trading Card Game | Pokémon World Championships[3] | Masters, Seniors, Juniors | 2004 |
|
2015 | One year |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game | Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships[4] | Individuals | 2004 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Classic/traditional strategy games
Major world championships for classic strategy board games, i.e. chess or go.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Backgammon | Backgammon World Championship[5] | Individuals | 1967 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Chess | World Chess Championship[6] | Individuals | 1886 | ![]() |
2016 | Two years |
International draughts | Draughts World Championship[7] | Individuals | 1885 | ![]() |
2017 | |
English draughts | World Checkers Championship | Individuals | 1847 | ![]() ![]() |
2017 2016 |
Two years |
Go | World Amateur Go Championship | Individuals | 1979 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Mahjong | World Mahjong Championship | Individuals | 2002 | ![]() |
2016 | |
Renju | Renju World Championship | Individuals | 1989 | ![]() |
2017 | Two years |
Shogi | Meijin (shogi) | Individuals | 1937 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Xiangqi | World Xiangqi Championship[8] | Individuals | 1990 | ![]() |
2017 | Two years |
Esports
Official world championships in both individual and team based esports.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Call of Duty | Call of Duty Championship | Teams | 2013 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Dota 2 | The International | Teams | 2011 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
League of Legends | League of Legends World Championship | Teams | 2011 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Pokémon | Pokémon World Championships | Individuals | 2009 |
|
2016 | One year |
Smite | Smite World Championship | Teams | 2015 | ![]() |
2017 | One year |
StarCraft II | StarCraft II World Championship Series | Individuals | 2012 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Street Fighter | Capcom Cup | Individuals | 2013 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Mental disciplines
Competitions using mental tests.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Memory | World Memory Championships[9] | Individuals | 1991 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Mental calculation | Mental Calculation World Cup | Individuals | 2004 | ![]() |
2016 | Two years |
Mind Sports Olympiad | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year | |
Junior Mental Calculation World Championship | Individuals | 2013 |
|
2016 | One year |
Modern abstract strategy games
Competitions in abstract strategy games.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arimaa | Arimaa World Championship[10] | Individuals | 2004 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Bōku | Bōku World Championship[11] | Individuals | 2000 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Entropy/Hyle | Entropy World Championship[11] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
GIPF | Project Gipf World Championship | Individuals | 2008 | ![]() |
(2008) | |
Kamisado | Kamisado World Championship[11] | Individuals | 2011 | ![]() |
2016 | One Year |
Lines of Action | LoA World Championship[11] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Morabaraba | Morabaraba World Championship | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
(2008) | |
Othello/Reversi | World Othello Championship[11] | Individuals | 1977 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Stratego | Stratego World Championship[11] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Twixt | TwixT World Championship[11] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One Year |
Multiplayer board games
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diplomacy | World Diplomacy Convention[12] | Individuals | 1988 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Hare and Tortoise | Hare and Tortoise World Championships[13] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Monopoly | Monopoly World Championships[14] | Individuals | 1973 | ![]() |
TBD | No regular schedule |
Settlers of Catan | Catan World Championships[15] | Individuals | 2002 | ![]() |
2016 | Two years |
Professional services competitions
World championships for professionals and students in professional services industries and disciplines.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Big Data Analytics | TEXATA: Big Data Analytics World Championships[16] | Individuals | 2014 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Financial Modeling | ModelOff: Financial Modeling World Championships[17] | Individuals | 2012 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Loyalty Marketing and Gamification | LoyaltyGames: Loyalty and Gamification World Championships[18] | Individuals | 2014 | ![]() |
2016 | Two years |
Speaking competitions
World championships in speaking.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debating | World Universities Debating Championship[19] | Pairs | 1981 | ![]() |
2015 | Year |
Debating (Spanish) | World Universities Debating Championship in Spanish Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español[19] |
Pairs | 2011 | ![]() |
2016 | Year |
Tile games
World championships held in tile-based games include:
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuo | Continuo World Championship[11] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Dominoes | World Championship Domino Tournament[20] | Individuals | 1976 | ![]() |
2012 | One year |
Domino World Championship[21] | Individuals | 1995 | ![]() |
2012 | One year | |
Hexago | Hexago World Championship[11] | Individuals | 2007 | ![]() |
(2007) | |
Tantrix | Tantrix World Championship (online)[22] | Individuals | 1998 | ![]() |
2015 | One year |
Tantrix | Tantrix World Open (real tiles)[23] | Individuals | 2009 | ![]() |
2015[24] | One year (irregular) |
Word games
World championships in word games.
Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scrabble (English) | World Scrabble Championship[25] | Individuals | 1991 | ![]() |
2016 | Two years; one year since 2013 |
Scrabble (Spanish) | Spanish World Scrabble Championship[26] | Individuals | 1997 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
Scrabble (French) | French World Scrabble Championship Duplicate[27] | Individuals | 1972 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
French World Scrabble Championship Classic[27] | Individuals | 2006 | ![]() |
2016 | One year |
See also
References
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- ↑ Abstract Games page at MSO, http://www.boardability.com/game.php?id=abstract_games, 15 February 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mind Sports Olympiad Supplements, The Times, July–August 1997.
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- ↑ Arimaa World Championship results pages, http://arimaa.com/arimaa/wc/, 31 Dec 2014
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 Mind Sports Olympiad results pages, http://www.boardability.com/results.php, 15 February 2011
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- ↑ TEXATA website, http://www.texata.com//
- ↑ ModelOff website, http://www.modeloff.com//
- ↑ LoyaltyGames website, http://www.theloyaltygames.com//
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 World Debating website, http://www.debating.ie//
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- ↑ Tantrix official results (online) 2013 http://tournaments.tantrix.co.uk/auto/index.php?page=showph2&comp=WTC&do=final&year=2013
- ↑ Tantrix official results 2013 http://www.tantrix.com/tournaments/index.php?page=home&comp=WTO&year=2013
- ↑ Announcement of 5th WTO (World Tantrix Open)
- ↑ Official Scrabble World Championship site, http://www.wscgames.com/
- ↑ FISE Scrabble site, http://fisescrabble.org/torneos/mundiales/
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 FISF Scrabble site, http://www.fisf.net