International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)

IMSA Council changes
Following the last IMSA Executive Committee Meeting a number of key decisions were taken :
1. Updated statutes were approved unanimously by the meeting.
2. The IMSA Council now is constituted as follows :

PRESIDENT SHEIKH MUSAAD ALZWAIHRI (SAUDI ARABIA)

DEPUTY PRESIDENT JOHN SUN HO (HONG KONG)

TREASURER MARC DEPAUW (BELGIUM)

GENERAL SECRETARY WENLONG LI (CHINA)

VICE PRESIDENT GUO LIPING (CHINA)

VICE PRESIDENT CHANG HAO (CHINA)

VICE PRESIDENT DARCY LIMA (BRAZIL)

VICE PRESIDENT VLAD MARINESCU (USA)

MEMBER JAN KAMRAS (SWEDEN)

MEMBER MOHAMED AL MODIAHKI (QATAR)

MEMBER RICHARD PRZEWOZNIAK (FRANCE)

MEMBER TOM URASOE (JAPAN)

3. A new Management Board was also nominated. Mr David Xiao is Chairman of the Management Board and Mr Geoffrey Borg is Chief Executive Officer.
4. IMSA have also created Continental Associations which will now look after National Mind Sports Federations
Full information will follow shortly.

FISU CHAMPIONSHIP MIND SPORTS
From 12 to 17 September 2022, Antwerp will host the 2022 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports Chess & Bridge.

FISU CHAMPIONSHIP MIND SPORTS 2022 | Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 500 National Associations and close to one billion players. Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 500 National Associations and close to one billion players.

http://www.imsaworld.com/wp/news/bamsa-conference/

Online BAMSA Conference | Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 500 National Associations and close to one billion players. Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 500 National Associations and close to one billion players.

International Review for the Sociology of Sport | World Bridge Federation “We are delighted to share with you the accepted version of the online publication of our first BAMSA paper on bridge identities in the academic journal: International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

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The 40th World Amateur Championship will be welcomed by in Japan from the 31st May to 6th June.

International Go Federation International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) Japan

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1st IMSA World Championships are being held in China here are the links to the various web sites covering the event:

1st IMSA World Masters Championship | Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 500 National Associations and close to one billion players. Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 500 National Associations and close to one billion players.

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Players and journalists are encouraged to submit their award candidates to the IBPA Bulletin for publication. Players may write up their candidate deals themselves, have a journalist write about them or submit them directly to the editor of the IBPA bulletin at: [email protected]
In addition to the International Bridge Press Association and the World Bridge Federation, FUNBRIDGE has agreements with the European Bridge League, the ACBL, Le Bridgeur and 14 National Contract Bridge Organisations to provide their online tournaments.
Sponsorship by such organisations as FunBridge and the Hainan Bridge Festival will allow IBPA to reduce membership dues.

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Great excitement with the IMSA press release today!

2019 IMSA World Masters Championship - Official Press release | Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players. Uniting seven federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players.

2019 IMSA World Masters Championship - Official Press release | Uniting six federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players. Uniting six federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players.

Breaking News: - The press conference for 2019 IMSA World Masters Championship will be held at 15:00pm tomorrow (Beijing time on March 26th) in China National Stadium.

2019 IMSA World Masters | Uniting six federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players. Uniting six federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players.

IMSA Board meeting in Huai'an China.

IMSA Board meeting | Uniting six federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players. Uniting six federations of the traditional mind sports : Chess, Bridge, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi with over 400 National Associations and close to 500 million players.