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
DECAMENTATHLON
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Tuesday 19, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
GAMES ACADEMY
- Each day three games will be taught: teaching of Mini-Bridge is by the English Bridge Union and of the other games by MSO experts.
- Each teaching session lasts approximately 45 minutes per game and are followed by a competition.
- For Chess instruction there will be a choice between beginner level (for those who do not know how the pieces move) and novice level (for those who do).
- Monday Session
- Monday 18, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Othello, Scrabble and Chess
- Tuesday Session
- Tuesday 19, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Backgammon, Scrabble and Chess
- Wednesday Session
- Wednesday 20, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Othello, Scrabble and Mini-Bridge
- Thursday Session
- Thursday 21, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Backgammon, Othello and Mini-Bridge
- Friday Session
- Friday 22, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Backgammon, Chess and Mini-Bridge
PENTAMIND
(Prize fund £1,000)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- To compete for the Pentamind medals, participants must enter tournaments for 5 or more different games or mental skills. AT LEAST TWO OF THESE MUST HAVE 3 OR MORE PLAYING SESSIONS; ALL FIVE TOGETHER MUST HAVE 10 OR MORE PLAYING SESSIONS. You will score Pentamind points according to where you finish in each tournament according to the formula: 100(p - n)/(p - 1) where p represents the number of players in the tournament and n represents the participant's position in the tournament.
- Not more than two games will be counted from: Acquire, Age of Steam, Boku, Continuo, Diplomacy, Lost Cities, Nubble, Pacru, Puerto Rico, Settlers of Catan, Snatch and Trax.
- The participants with the highest total Pentamind scores from their 5 best tournaments for different games or mental skills will win the medals and the overall highest score wins the Pentamind championship.
- You may enter as many tournaments as you wish (excluding any invitational or pre-qualification tournaments) for a maximum entry fee of £100 (£50 for juniors, entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities). If you wish to enter for many tournaments this is by far the cheapest way to do it and it qualifies you for extra medal opportunities.
- You may not include any beginners, novice, age-restricted or graded chess tournaments in your "5 best" results.
- A Pentamind participant who enters a tournament and then withdraws from it before playing at least half of the games will have that tournament included in his score calculations. No player may enter for tournaments which clash in the playing schedule.
- Prizes: 1st place £1,000
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