# 2024 in mind sports

The following were Mind sports events during 2024 throughout the world.

## Bridge

* 2024 WBT Events and Results here.

### World Bridge Games

* October 23 – November 5: 2024 World Bridge Games in Buenos Aires

### 2024 WBT Events
#### Category A

* March 18–24: Vanderbilt Teams in Louisville
** Winners: Nickell ( Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco, Steve Weinstein, Robert J. Levin)
* April 15–21: European Winter Transnational Teams in Alpe d'Huez
** Winners: Zimmermann ( Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Jacek Kalita, Michał Klukowski, Michał Nowosadzki, Pierre Zimmermann)
* July 22–28: Spingold Teams in Toronto
* November 29 – December 5: Soloway Teams in Las Vegas
* December 6–8: Reisinger Teams in Las Vegas

#### Category B

* January 25–28: Gold Coast Teams in Gold Coast
** Winners: WARE ( Hugh McGann & Matthew Thomson, Tom Jacob & Brian Mace, Pete Hollands & Michael Ware)
* March 23–24: Jacoby Swiss Teams in Louisville
** Winners: Goodman ( Giovanni Donati & Giacomo Percario, Andy Goodman & Mike Passell, Simon de Wijs & Bauke Muller)
* April 8–13: S American Transnational Teams in Cali
* April 17–21: European Winter Transnational BAM in Alpe d'Huez
* May 3–7: Spring Foursomes in Bristol
* July 26–28: Roth Swiss Teams in Toronto
* July 27 – August 1: Chairman's Cup Teams in Örebro
* September 16–21: HCL International Teams in Delhi
* September 27–29: Vilnius Cup in Vilnius

#### Category C

* January 25–28: Reykjavík Teams in Reykjavík
** Winners: Apres- Bridge Champs ( Dennis Bilde & Martin Schaltz, Dorthe Bilde & Morten Bilde, Sabine Auken & Roy Welland)
* May 20–27: APBF Congress Open Teams in Bangkok
* May 24–26: Marit Sveås International Pairs in Bodø
* December 3–5: Kaplan Pairs in Las Vegas
* December 6–8: Swiss Teams in Las Vegas

#### Category D

* January 6–8: Asahi Shimbun Cup in Tokyo
** Winners: KAKU HIROSHI ( Takahiko Hirata & Koji Ito, Hiroshi Kaku & Masaaki Takayama)
* January 25–28: Reykjavík Pairs in Reykjavík
** Winners: Dennis Bilde & Martin Schaltz
* February 18–19: Gold Coast Pairs in Gold Coast
** Winners: Ella Jacob & Phil Markey
* March 21–22: Silodor Pairs in Louisville
** Winners: Wojciech Gaweł & Rafał Jagniewski
* May 22–26: Contra Cup in Bucharest
* July 24–25: Wernher Pairs in Toronto
* September 6–8: BK Istanbul Open in Istanbul
* November 7–16: Red Sea Festival Open Pairs in Eilat

## Draughts

* World Draughts Federation Calendar here.

### International draughts
#### World Cup

* January 19–27: Open International de Ouaga in Ouagadougou
** Winner: Guntis Valneris
* April 20–27: Flevoland Open in Kraggenburg
** Winner: Guntis Valneris
* June 30 – July 6: Riga Open in Riga
* December 9–15: Polish Open in Julinek

#### World & Continental Championships

* April 9–21: Asian Championship in Tashkent
** Classic Draughts-64 - Open Winner: Laziz Muraliyev
* May 1–9: 2024 World Team Draughts Championships in Albufeira
* June 2–10: European Championship Classic, Blitz and Rapid in Chianciano Terme
* October 27 – November 4: World Championship Youth in Szklarska Poręba
* December 7: World Championship Rapid in Julinek
* December 8: World Championship Blitz in Julinek

#### Other Tournaments

* January 9–18: Le Grand Tournoi de Dakar in Dakar
** Winner: Jean Marc Ndjofang
* March 9–10: XXVII Cup City of Verona in Verona
** Winner: Alessio Scaggiante
* March 18–24: XIX Championship of Domican Republic in Azua
** Winner: Oliver Nuñez
* March 29–31: Nõmme Kevad in Tallinn
* April 5–13: 63rd PAMDCC San Jose 2024 in San Jose
** Winner: Allan Igor Moreno Silva
* April 22–28: Open international de Bourges 2024 in Bourges
** Winner: Leopold Sekongo
* May 18–28: 25th Salou Open in Salou
* July 14–20: RotterDamsOpen 2024 in Rotterdam
* July 21–27: Nijmegen Open in Nijmegen
* August 1–7: La Habana Open in Havana
* August 12–17: Hoogeveen Open in Hoogeveen
* August 19–25: 44th Golden Prague in Prague
* September 15–21: Curaçao Open in Willemstad
* November 16–24: Radj Narain Srefidensi Open 2024 in Paramaribo
* November 16–22: World Cup 7 in TBD

### English draughts
#### WTM Independent Match

* January 15–18: WTM, Alex Holmes - Alex Moiseyev in Archdale
* April 18–27: WTM , Alex Moiseyev - Sergio Scarpetta in Petal
* June 23–28: WTM , Melikaya Nonyukela - Matteo Bernini in Petal

#### World Cup

* May 17–19: 1st stage - Italian Open in Italy
* July 7–10: 2nd stage - Barbados Open in Barbados
* August 5–9: 3rd stage - US Open in Lebanon
* September 16–20: 4th stage - British Open in United Kingdom
* September 21–22: 5th stage - German Open in Germany
* October 12–13: 6th stage - Czech Open in Czech Republic
* October 26–28: 7th stage - Irish Open in Ireland
* December 29: 9th stage - Uganda in Uganda

#### World Championships

* September 23: World Blitz - 3mins + 2 seconds in Korbach
* September 24–27: World Qualifier Tournament in Korbach
* September 24–27: World Women Championship in Korbach
* September 24–27: World Youth Championship in Korbach

#### Other Tournaments

* February 24–25: Kildare Open in Naas
* March 8–9: Tennessee Open in Lebanon
* March 17: Florida Open in Hollywood
* April 4–6: Francis McNally-incorporating No. Ireland Op. in Cookstown
* April 20–21: Illinois Open in Marion
* April 27–28: Inishowen Open (Tony McAleer Memorial) in Moville
* May 1–31: Missouri / District 7 in St. Joseph
* May 1–31: Mississippi Men's Open in Petal
* May 17–18: North Carolina Open in Archdale
* June 1–30: Sammy Cohen in Warrington
* June 1–30: Indiana Checkers Meet 2024 in Shipshewana
* June 1–30: New England / District 1 in Medfield
* July 1–5: Italy vs. USA International Match in Vidor
* August 1–31: Mid-Ohio / Ohio State in Fredericksburg
* August 2–3: Southern Open in Lebanon
* September 20–21: Virginia Open / District 4 in Collinsville
* October 1–31: Illinois 101 Open in Marion
* November 15–17: East of Scotland in Inverness
* December 12–13: Kenya Open Tournament in Nairobi

### Portuguese/Spanish draughts
#### World Championships

* May 8–13: World Championship in Portuguese/Spanish Draughts in Albufeira
** Winner: Said Quindar

### Italian draughts
#### World Championships

* April 20–21: Qualifying Tournament (Challenge) for the 1st World Championship of Italian Draughts in Rome
** Winner: Damiano Sciuto
* April 19–28: 1st World Championship of Italian Draughts in Rome
** Winner: Damiano Sciuto

## Memory sport

* Memory League World Tour website here.

### Memory League World Tour

* January: 2024 World Memory Championships (end of 2023/24 season)
** Winner: Alex Mullen

#### Season 2024/2025

* February 11 – April 28: League Season 20
** Winner: Alex Mullen
* May 18–19: Pan American Open
* May 19 – August 4: League Season 21
* September 7–8: Asian-Oceanian Open
* September 8 – December 15: League Season 22
* November 9–10: African-European Open
* January 5 – February 2: 2025 World Memory Championships (end of 2024/25 season)

## Poker
### 2024 World Series of Poker

* July 3–17: 2024 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship in Las Vegas

### 2024 European Poker Tour

* February 14–25: 2024 EPT Paris in Paris
** Winner: Barny Boatman
* April 24 – May 4: 2024 EPT Monte-Carlo in Monte Carlo
** Winner: Derk van Luijk
* August 26 – September 8: 2024 EPT Barcelona in Barcelona
* October 9–20: 2024 EPT Cyprus in Kyrenia
* December 4–15: 2024 EPT Prague in Prague

## Puzzle

* World Puzzle Federation 2024 Calendar here.

### World Championships

* September 17–22: 2024 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships in Valladolid
* October 13–20: 2024 World Puzzle Championships in Beijing

### Puzzle GP

* February 2–5: 1st round in Serbia
** Winner: Ken Endo
* March 1–4: 2nd round in Germany
** Winner: Ken Endo
* March 29 – April 1: 3rd round in Hungary
** Winner: Cai Ji
* April 26–29: 4th round in Switzerland
** Winner: Ken Endo
* May 24–27: 5th round in United States
* June 21–24: 6th round in Bulgaria
* July 19–22: 7th round in South Korea
* August 16–19: 8th round in Croatia

## Scrabble

* WESPA Tournament Calendar here.
* FFSc - Fédération Française de Scrabble Calendar here.

### English-language Scrabble

* July 27–31: Word Cup in Albuquerque

### French-language Scrabble

* July 6–14: World Championships in Montauban

## Speedcubing

* Full 2024 WCA Calendar here.

### World & Continental Championships

* July 18–21: 2024 Rubik's WCA North American Championship in Minneapolis
* July 25–28: 2024 Rubik's WCA European Championship in Pamplona
* December 19–22: 2024 WCA Oceanic Championship in Perth

## Sudoku

* World Puzzle Federation 2024 Calendar here.

### World Championships

* October 13–20: 2024 World Sudoku Championship in Beijing

### Sudoku GP

* January 19–21: 1st round in Netherlands
** Winner: Dai Tantan
* February 23–28: 2nd round in France
** Winner: Dai Tantan
* March 15–18: 3rd round in Slovakia
** Winner: Dai Tantan
* April 12–15: 4th round in China
** Winner: Dai Tantan
* May 10–13: 5th round in Czech Republic
** Winner: Dai Tantan
* June 7–10: 6th round in Turkey
** Winner: Tiit Vunk
* July 5–7: 7th round in India
** Winner: Tiit Vunk
* August 2–5: 8th round in Germany
** Winner: Dai Tantan