I te Paenga-whāwhā 19, 2005, e toru tau i muri i taua pūrongo pōhēhē o te Komihana, e toru tau i mua i te 2008 Summer Olympic Games i Beijing, ko tōna hōtaka te arotahi, wha hinengaro hākinakina tae atu piriti me te chess whakapumautia te International Mind Sports Association ki te whāinga matua ki te whakahaere i te wha-tau World Mind Sports Games āhua i te taha o te Olympics. Ko te whakataetae tuatahi, ko te 2008 World Mind Sports Games
i tū i Beijing i te marama o Oketopa, e rua marama i muri i te Summer Olympics, me te whakamahi i ngā wāhi taua. Ko te tuarua, 2012 WMSG i tu ki Lille, France, kaore i te hono ki nga Orimipia Raumati o Raanana. He iti ake i te 2008, he kaupapa piriti iti ake kaore he takitahi, takirua, he huihuinga taiohi ranei.