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ChessGupta Empireformer OlympicGoBoard game for two players that originated...CheckersBoard gameScrabbleBoard game with wordsSpeedcubingHobby/sport of solving twisty puzzles in...RenjuTraditional board gameMemory sportMemory competitions
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13 sports
| Sport | Part of | Origin | First recorded | Olympic | Disciplines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess | Gupta Empire | 7th century | 2000† | 9 | |
| Go | 2254 BC | — | 1 | ||
| Checkers | — | — | 2 | ||
| Scrabble | — | — | — | ||
| Xiangqi | chess | People's Republic of China | — | — | — |
| Fast chess | chess | — | 2000† | — | |
| Speedcubing | — | — | — | ||
| Renju | 1899 | — | — | ||
| Memory sport | — | — | 1 | ||
| International draughts | checkers | 1600 | — | — | |
| Online chess | chess | — | — | — | |
| Diving chess | chess | — | — | — | |
| Pair Go | go | — | — | — |
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