The International Mind Sports Association, known as IMSA, is an association of the world governing bodies for contract bridge, chess, draughts, eSports, go, xiangqi, mahjong and card games. Its members are the World Bridge Federation, the World Chess Federation, the World Draughts Federation, the International Go Federation, the World Xiangqi Federation, the Mahjong International League, the Federation of Card Games and the International Esports Federation. IMSA was founded on 19 April 2005 during the General Assembly of the Global Association of International Sports Federations, of which it became an associate member, and it is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It formerly organised the World Mind Sports Games, first held in Beijing in October 2008, and in 2011 it inaugurated the SportAccord World Mind Games.
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It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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it was founded on 19 April 2005 during the GAISF General Assembly
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Its members are the World Bridge Federation (WBF), World Chess Federation (FIDE), World Draughts Federation (FMJD), International Go Federation (IGF), World Xiangqi Federation (WXF), Mahjong International League (MIL), Federation of Card Games (FCG) and International Esports Federation (IESF).
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is an association of the world governing bodies for contract bridge, chess, draughts, eSports, go, xiangqi (Chinese chess), mahjong and card games
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It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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The IGF is one of the founding member of the IMSA (International Mind Sports Association).
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recognized by the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)
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