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8th Mind Sports Olympiad Results
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We are pleased to announce the results from the 8th Mind Sports Olympiad, which took place in the Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST, between Thursday 19th August 2004 and Monday 30th August 2004.
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Chess
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CHESS
(Prize fund £1,100)
- Please note that all tournaments except for Blitz and Lightning will be BCF graded.
- Open Olympiad Championship
- Friday 20, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: 17.5 hours
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Major Olympiad Championship
- Friday 20, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: no credit
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 160 only
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Minor Olympiad Championship
- Friday 20, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: no credit
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 115 only
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Olympiad Problem Solving Championship
- Saturday 21, 1pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 4.5 hours
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Olympiad Championship
- Monday 23 - Friday 27, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: 17.5 hours
- Fifteen rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Open Evening Championship
- Monday 23 - Wednesday 25, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 12 hours
- Six rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 40 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Novice Olympiad Championship
- Friday 27, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 28 - Sunday 29, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: no credit
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 90 only
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Rapidplay Open Championship
- Saturday 28, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Time Variable Blitz Championship
- Sunday 29, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
- Six rounds in this tournament
- The time control for the first game will be 15 minutes per player
- The time control will decrease in successive games, until...
- The time control for the sixth game will be 2 minutes per player
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Lightning "Fischer Clock" Championship
- Sunday 29, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
- Each player will have 3 minutes per game with 5 seconds added per move
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Blitz Open Championship
- Monday 30, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Each player will have 15 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Amateur Olympiad Champion
- No extra fee
- This title and trophy are awarded to the player with the best aggregate results taken over three Chess events, including one slow play, one rapid and one blitz tournament
- Pentamind: 15 hours
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