8th Mind Sports Olympiad Memory schedule

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
incorporating the UK Open Memory Championships and the English Open Memory Championships
Saturday 28 - Monday 30, 9:30am-5:30pm
Entry fee: £30 (£15)
Pentamind: 17.5 hours
Prizes: 1st place £1,000, 2nd place £750, 3rd place £500, plus additional prizes of cash and electronic copies of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to winners of the individual disciplines.
Prizes generously sponsored by SI Group, Carta Mundi and Encyclopædia Britannica.
Organised in association with the World Memory Sports Council.

Saturday 28th 9:30am-5:30pm
Event 1 – Poem / Non-rhyming text
Event 2 – Binary digits
Event 3 – Hour Cards

Sunday 29th 9:30am-5:30pm
Event 4 – Names & Faces
Event 5 – Speed Number
Event 6 – Historic & Future Dates
Event 7 – One Hour Number

Monday 30th 9:30am-5:30pm
Event 8 – Random Words
Event 9 – Spoken Number (1 second intervals)
Event 10 – Speed Cards

The Memory World Championship

First held in 1991, then held every year since 1993, the 2004 World Memory Championship represents the thirteenth in the series. Past winners have been:

1991: Dominic O'Brien
1993: Dominic O'Brien
1994: Jonathan Hancock
1995: Dominic O'Brien
1996: Dominic O'Brien
1997: Dominic O'Brien
1998: Andi Bell
1999: Dominic O'Brien
2000: Dominic O'Brien
2001: Dominic O'Brien
2002: Andi Bell
2003: Andi Bell
2004: ?

In many respects, this year's World Memory Championship will be the most open for years; eight-time champion O'Brien is expected to be present but not competing due to prior business commitments and the participation of Andi Bell has yet to be confirmed. The other best performers at last year's final were Astrid Plessl of Austria, Ben Pridmore from the United Kingdom and Dr. Gunther Karsten of Germany, who all have excellent chances of the title this year. Plessl's discipline victories at last year's World Championship make her the #1 confirmed seed, but Ben Pridmore is coming fresh off a victory in the first Memory World Cup.

The World Memory Championships are one of the best spectacles at the Mind Sports Olympiad, particularly the Speed Card event. Spectators are welcome and no charge is made!

MEMORY SKILLS (Prize fund £3,000)

MEMORY SKILLS
(Prize fund £3,000)