Global single-sport championship events for board, card and tile games, mirroring this atlas's own treatment of games as first-class citizens alongside sports, covering the Bermuda Bowl (bridge), Honinbo (a leading Go title), the World Backgammon Championship, the World Chess Championship, the World Draughts Championship, the World Mahjong Championship, the World Othello Championship, the World Scrabble Championship, the World Series of Poker and the World Xiangqi Championship. Belongs here: worldwide championship competitions for a mind sport or game. Does not belong here: physical team ball sport world championships, grouped under Team and Ball-Sport World Cups.
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1. Wikipedia: World Chess Championship
WikipediaWorld Chess Championship, From 1851 to 1886 sectionQuote, World Chess Championship, From 1851 to 1886 section
The first event recognised as a world championship was the 1886 match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort.
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Why does this atlas give mind sports their own world championship category?
It mirrors this atlas's treatment of games as first-class citizens alongside physical sports.
Mind Sport World Championships covers global single-sport championship events for board, card and tile games, such as the World Chess Championship, the World Backgammon Championship and the World Series of Poker, mirroring this atlas's own treatment of games as first-class citizens alongside sports. Physical team ball sport world championships are grouped instead under Team and Ball-Sport World Cups.