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So what other games would be good for a concept like this if it were to go from 5 to 10 games? I love poker as well but what about the element of luck involved?

In the WSOP amateurs often beat the professionals, which never happens in chess or checkers. Over time the professionals will win but in a short-term event like an Olympics an amateur could win the poker event. The two most dominant game players in history may be Tinsley, who once supposedly claimed he could see ahead moves in checkers and lost only 8 times 2 of which were to a computer and Stu Ungar, who so dominate gin rummy he gave a handicap to the 2 player in the world and still won Ungar was also a poker legend.

Of course chess is tougher to dominate. Poker, definetely, if the match is long enough, it's much more skill, less luck. And of course, my second favourite game, Backgammon ;. Backgammon is a great game to play at the beach although the dice bring a large element of luck into the equation. Forums Off Topic. May 12, 0. May 13, 0. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent.

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These cookies do not store any personal information. Mathematical games were also planned to be present at WMSG, in the form of a contest between national teams. More than half of the participants were bridge players, partly because the World Bridge Federations transferred some important quadrennial competitions to the WMSG, especially the Open and Women flights of its World Team Olympiad.

In there had been in the main continuing events 72 Open and 43 Women "Olympiad" entries national Template:Gcb with six players on most squads.

Under the Minds Sports rubric in Beijing there were 71 and 54 entries, about players. The one-time, similar tournament with a 28 years age limit attracted another players. According to plan, the Games would convene sometime after the Summer Olympics and Paralympics in the same city or at least the same country, using some of the same facilities.

The inaugural Games did use the Olympic Village in Beijing about two months after the Olympics and one month after the Paralympics. Already in the plan failed, however, as Lille was finally chosen as host while the two Olympic events were held in London , Great Britain. Until August , of course, the national medals table for the inaugural Games was also the all-time table.

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