We are pleased to announce the detailed playing schedule for the 7th Mind Sports Olympiad, which will take place in the Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST, between Saturday 16th August 2003 and Monday 25th August 2003. Spectators are welcome and there will be no charge made.
All prizes and entry fees are in pounds sterling (£) per player. Note that the first entry fee given is for adults and the concessionary entry fee (in brackets) is for junior entrants (under 19 on August 16th), and for entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities. All new entries now attract a £5 late Penalty Fee surcharge.
For those who wish to take part in several tournaments we will have a special entry fee of £100 (£50 for juniors, entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, excluding any invitational or pre-qualification tournaments, provided the schedules do not conflict.
Almost all of the tournaments at the Mind Sports Olympiad are run on the Swiss system. This means that you do not get knocked out of a tournament if you lose a game - you continue to play against opponents who have approximately the same score as yourself and you continue to play every round no matter what your score may be.
The total guaranteed prize fund currently stands at more than £15,000 (i.e. more than $25,000 or 25,000 Euros). We hope and expect to attract additional sponsorship so that the value of the prizes can be increased. From time to time we will update the prize information on this site, so please visit us again if you want to know the latest information on prizes.
We will make an entry form available on this web site very soon. Printed entry forms may be obtained by sending a large self-addressed envelope to:
Mind Sports Olympiad,
51 Borough Way,
Potters Bar,
Herts EN6 3HA,
England.
Tel: 01707 659080 (or +44 1707 659080 from outside the UK)
Fax: 01707 661160 (or +44 1707 661160 from outside the UK)
E-mail: entries@msoworld.com
BRIDGE
(Prize fund £2,000)
- Please note that all entry fees are per player.
- All tournaments give Master Points.
- All sessions will be 24 boards.
- Ladies' Pairs
- Tuesday 19, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Men's Pairs
- Tuesday 19, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Open Pairs - Wednesday
- Wednesday 20, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Multiple Teams of Four
- Wednesday 20, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st team £50, 2nd team £30
- Open Pairs - Thursday
- Thursday 21, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Mixed Pairs
- Thursday 21, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Senior Pairs
- Friday 22, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Open Pairs - Friday
- Friday 22, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Swiss Pairs
- Saturday 23, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st pair £80, 2nd pair £60, 3rd pair £60, 4th pair £50, 5th pair £50, 6th pair £40, 7th pair £40
- Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Sunday 24, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st pair £300, 2nd pair £200, 3rd pair £100, 4th pair £50, 5th pair £50, 6th pair £50
- Swiss Teams
- Monday 25, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st team £120, 2nd team £100, 3rd team £80, 4th team £80
CRIBBAGE (FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE)
(Prize fund £500)
- Olympiad Singles Championship
- Saturday 16, 11am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place £100, 2nd place £60, 3rd place £40
- Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Change of schedule! Sunday 17, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place £150, 2nd place £100, 3rd place £50
POKER
- WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 16 - Thursday 21, 5:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9) per day
- To qualify for the title you must play in four or more of these six tournaments:
1) Saturday 16: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw (starts 5:30pm)
2) Sunday 17: Pot-Limit Seven-Card Stud (starts 5:30pm)
3) Monday 18: Pot-Limit Canadian Stud (starts 6pm)
4) Tuesday 19: Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em (starts 6pm)
5) Wednesday 20: Pot-Limit London Lowball (starts 6pm)
5) Thursday 21: Pot-Limit Omaha (high only, starts 6pm)
- Pot-Limit Seven Card Stud Championship
- Friday 22 - Saturday 23, 5:30pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Pot-Limit Pineapple Hold'em Tournament
- Saturday 23, 5:30pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Entry to the Pineapple Hold'em tournament is at no extra fee to those who enter the Pot-Limit Seven Card Stud Championship and fail to qualify for the second day.
- No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship
- Sunday 24, 5:30pm-10pm and
- Monday 25, 11am-3pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Please note that the time has changed since that printed in the programme by popular demand to avoid a clash with English Open Backgammon Championship.
- Pot-Limit Mexican Stud Tournament
- Monday 25, 11am-3pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Entry to the Mexican Stud tournament is at no extra fee to those who enter the No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship and fail to qualify for the second day.
SKAT
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 17, 10am-1:30pm and 2:30pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
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