Until recently the scheme of global championships was:
- Once every two years the World Team Championships (contesting the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup)
- In the intervening years there was an alternation of the World Pairs Championships (extended with the World Knock-out Team Championships) and the World Bridge Teams Olympiad (meaning each took place once every four years).
For the last few years the Olympiad has been extended; the tournament has been renamed The World Mind Sports Games. Bridge, chess, checkers, go and Chinese chess all have their own place in this brand-new event.
During this tournament Tadashi Teramoto, one of Japan's finest bridge players (he is a professional and trainer of the Japanese juniors), shows beautiful dummy play on this deal:

In the 4♠ contract below, from a team match (IMP scoring, therefore) Frenchman Dominique Pilon found an ingenious defensive play. It was a manoeuvre any bridge player will wish to have thought of himself. As is so often the case with deceptive plays, it presents the opponent with an extra, losing option. Without the deceptive play he couldn't have gone wrong.

Every year an IBPA (International Bridge Press Association) jury awards prizes for best declarer play, defence and bidding.
Italian bridge-legend Benito Garozzo received the 1974 award for best declarer play. The deal was from the Italian team trials for the 1975 World Championship. By skilfully interpreting the bidding he made a slam on a combined point count of 19! 'Brilliantly bid and played', observed the jury...