Comments on: What international tournaments exist that might be thought of as "mental" Olympics?

Question: What international tournaments exist that might be thought of as "mental" Olympics?

badstone — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:03:37 -0800

What international tournaments exist that might be thought of as "mental" Olympics? (That is, they contain a range of competitions based on intellect, strategy, problem-solving, mental arithmetic, etc...)

By: luriete

luriete — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:16:49 -0800

Certainly not Metafilter political flamewars.

By: golo

golo — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:37:33 -0800

According to this IHT article , the World Memory Campionship (Aug. 28 to Aug. 30) and the Mind Sports Olympiad (Aug. 19 to Aug. 30) both in Manchester.

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:07:45 -0800

Odyssey of the Mind (formerly Olympics of the Mind, before the IOC made them change it).

By: taz

taz — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:20:48 -0800

aw. That's sad. "Olympics of the Mind" or "Brain Olympics" would be cool.

By: badstone

badstone — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:05:32 -0800

Thanks golo, that's exactly what I was looking for. I was familiar with Olympics of the Mind, but was looking for a good example for grown ups.

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:45:09 -0800

Chess tournaments? Spelling Bees?

By: web-goddess

web-goddess — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 05:46:12 -0800

They actually have "Olympics" for high school students in various science subjects. I know this because my partner - bless his geeky little heart - was a gold medal winner at the '92 Chemistry Olympics. He then went on to assistant coach the Australian Chemistry Olympiad team a couple of times. It's held in a different country every year. It's taken very, very seriously by some of the Asian countries, apparently. (He says, "Japan, like, don't enter teams anymore because their competitors started killing themselves because of the stress.") So it's a big deal to some folks.