Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waApril 19, 2005, makore matatu pashure pomushumo wakashata iwoyo weKomisheni uye makore matatu pamberi peMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing iyo purogiramu yayo yakanga iri chinhu chikuru, mitambo mina yepfungwa kusanganisira bhiriji uye chess yakatanga Sangano reInternational Mind Sports Association nechinangwa chikuru chokuronga Mitambo yeNyika yeMitambo yePfungwa inenge makore mana ose anenge pamwe chete neOlympics. Chiitiko chokutanga,
2008 World Mind Sports Games yakaitwa muBeijing muna Gumiguru, mwedzi miviri mushure meMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha uye vachishandisa zvivakwa zvakafanana. Yechipiri, 2012 WMSG yakaitirwa muLille, France, isina kubatana zvachose neLondon Summer Olympic Games. Yakanga iri diki pane ya2008, iine chirongwa chidiki chebhiriji chisina vanhu, vaviri, kana zviitiko zvevechidiki.