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8th Mind Sports Olympiad Results MSO 8 details

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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ABALONE
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Friday 27, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
ABALONE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Alex Borello (France) 5/5
Silver Nico Habraken (Belgium) 4/5
Bronze Joey Ho (Hong Kong) 3/5


ABALONE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Joey Ho (Hong Kong) 3/5


ACQUIRE



AGE OF STEAM



BACKGAMMON

  • Beginners' Tournament
  • Saturday 21, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • No results recorded
  • Weekend Tournament
  • Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £26 (£13)
  • Six rounds: each round played to 11 points
  • More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
  • Pentamind: 14 hours
BACKGAMMON WEEKEND TOURNAMENT
Gold Connor Dickinson (Scotland) 6/6 (T/B: 27)
Silver Uldis Lapikens (England) 4/6 (T/B: 23)
Bronze Dario de Toffoli (Italy) 4/6 (T/B: 20)


  • 1-point Wipeout Olympiad Championship
  • Monday 23, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Round-robin format: each round played as a single game
  • More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
BACKGAMMON WIPEOUT CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Victoria J Chandler (England) 16½ points
Silver Paco Garcia de La Ban (Spain) 15½ points
Bronze Irving Czechowicz (England) 14½ points
15-player round-robin; games scored 1-½ for normal win,
2-0 for gammon win or 3-0 for backgammon win.
  • BIBA 1-day Challenge Tournament
  • Tuesday 24, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Five rounds: each round played to 5 points
  • More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
BACKGAMMON BIBA 1-DAY CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
Gold Nodar Gagua (Georgia) 4/5 (T/B: 16)
Silver John Broomfield (England) 4/5 (T/B: 15)
Bronze John Kwee (England) 4/5 (T/B: 14)
  • UMIST Challenge Tournament
  • Wednesday 25, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Five rounds: each round played to 7 points
  • More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
BACKGAMMON UMIST CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
Gold Jane E Oxley (England) 4/5 (T/B: 15)
Silver Nodar Gagua (Georgia) 4/5 (T/B: 14½)
Bronze John Broomfield (England)
John Slattery (Scotland)
4/5 (T/B: 13)
  • Olympiad Championship
  • Thursday 26 - Friday 27, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £26 (£13)
  • Six rounds: each round played to 11 points
  • More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
  • Pentamind: 14 hours
BACKGAMMON - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Nodar Gagua (Georgia) 6/6 (T/B: 22)
Silver Uldis Lapikens (England) 5/6 (T/B: 21)
Bronze Paco Garcia de la Banda (Spain) 4/6 (T/B: 25)
  • English Open Championship
  • Saturday 28 - Sunday 29, 9:30am-4:30pm
  • Entry fee: £26 (£13)
  • Six rounds: each round played to 11 points
  • More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
  • Pentamind: 12 hours
BACKGAMMON - ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold John Slattery (Scotland) 6/6
Silver Ian Gwynne (Wales) 5/6
Bronze Connor Dickinson (Sotland) 5/6
  • Manchester Blitz Championship
  • Monday 30, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Six rounds: each round played to 3 points
  • More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
BACKGAMMON - MANCHESTER BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Nodar Gagua (Georgia) 5/6
Silver John Slattery (Scotland) 4/6
Bronze Tim D. Brown (England) 4/6
  • Amateur Olympiad Champion
  • No extra fee
  • The Amateur Olympiad Backgammon Champion will be the player with the best aggregate result over four Backgammon tournaments (excluding the Beginners tournament).
  • Aggregate results will be based on the number of Pentamind points scored for each of a player's four best results.
  • The winner will be awarded a special trophy.
  • Pentamind: 15 hours
BACKGAMMON - AMATEUR OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Nodar Gagua (Georgia) 382.50/400
Silver John Slattery (Scotland) 354.61/400
Bronze John Broomfield (England) 344.08/400
  • Please note that cash prizes and other prizes are against the law in England for Backgammon and Poker, except in licensed premises. We are not in licensed premises.


BOKU
(Prize fund TBA)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • CHANGED! Thursday 26, 1:30pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 4 hours
BOKU - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold David M. Pearce (England) 14/16
Silver Jan Palmgren (Sweden) 11/16
Bronze Joey Ho (Hong Kong) 11/16


BOKU - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Joey Ho (Hong Kong) 11/16
Silver Ankush Khandelwal (England) 10/16
Bronze Kenneth Ho (Hong Kong) 7½/16


BRAIN POWER ACADEMY

  • Education Academy
  • (for families, children, school parties)
  • Friday 27, 10am-5pm
  • Entry fee: £20 (£10)
  • Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • No results recorded


BRIDGE (Duplicate) (in partnership with the English Bridge Union)
(Prize fund over £8,500 guaranteed)

English Bridge Union logo
  • Please note that all entry fees are per player.
  • All tournaments give Master Points.
  • All sessions will be 24 boards.
  • The following prizes have been made possible through the generous sponsorship of Mrs Brigitte Mavromichalis.
  • These are the minimum guaranteed prizes. All events have prizes for a minimum of 12% of the entries.
  • Note that entry to bridge events is not included in the standard £100 entry fee; entry to the entire bridge congress costs £140, £83 for veterans (over 65), £50 for juniors (under 25). To enter other events at MSO 8 as well as the entire bridge congress costs an additional £40.
  • Senior Pairs
  • Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25, 2pm-6pm
  • Entry fee: £28 (£14)
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • Pairs must have a combined age of 110, with no member less than 53 years of age.
  • Prizes: 1st pair £600, 2nd pair £280, 3rd pair £100, 4th pair £50, 5th pair £50
BRIDGE - SENIOR PAIRS
Gold Pauline Lang (England)
Alan Jones (England)
60.52%
Silver Paul Hackett (England)
Peter Sinclair (England)
58.64%
Bronze Pauline Rudolf (England)
John Rudolf (England)
57.43%
  • Ladies' Pairs
  • Tuesday 24, 7:30pm-11pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £100, 2nd pair £50, 3rd pair £25
BRIDGE - LADIES' PAIRS
Gold Michelle Brunner (England)
Rhona Goldenfield (England)
65.48%
Silver Jenny Morris (England)
Joyce White (England)
56.55%
Bronze Barbara Lewis (England)
Eve Lighthill (England)
52.38%
  • Men's Pairs
  • Tuesday 24, 7:30pm-11pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £100, 2nd pair £50, 3rd pair £25
BRIDGE - MEN'S PAIRS
Gold Justin Hackett (England)
Mike Alexander (England)
62.96%
Silver John Holland (England)
David McDouall (England)
61.81%
Bronze John Hassett (England)
Bill Hirst (England)
61.34%
  • Mixed Pairs
  • Wednesday 25, 7:30pm-11pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £100, 2nd pair £50, 3rd pair £25
BRIDGE - MIXED PAIRS
Gold Muriel Hassett (England)
John Hassett (England)
67.42%
Silver Dima Nikolayenko (Ukraine)
Lena Morrish (England)
64.39%
Bronze Kathleen Nelson (England)
Michael Byrne (England)
62.88%
  • Senior Teams of Four
  • Thursday 26 and Friday 27, 2pm-6pm
  • Entry fee: £28 (£14)
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • Teams must have a combined age of 220, with no member less than 53 years of age.
  • Prizes: 1st team £800, 2nd team £280, 3rd team £120
BRIDGE - SENIOR TEAMS OF FOUR
Gold Patrick Jourdain (Wales)
John Hassett (England)
Bill Hirst (England)
Jeff Morris (England)
152 VPs
Silver Kathleen Nelson (England)
Alan Nelson (England)
Alan Jones (England)
Raymond Semp (England)
143 VPs
Bronze Agnes Blewett (England)
Heather Hobsen (England)
Stan Collins (England)
Roy Garthwaite (England)
131 VPs
  • Multiple Teams of Four
  • Thursday 26, 7:30pm-11pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Prizes: 1st team £120, 2nd team £80, 3rd team £40
BRIDGE - MULTIPLE TEAMS OF FOUR
Gold Fu Zhong (China)
Maria Budd (England)
Craig Fisher (England)
Malcolm Harris (England)
+57 IMPs
Silver Michael Byrne (England)
Ben Green (England)
Alexander Morris (England)
Brian Senior (England)
+37 IMPs
Bronze Tapan Mitra (England)
Anne Super (England)
Maurice Super (England)
Carol Waters (England)
+27 IMPs
  • Open Pairs
  • Friday 27, 2pm-6pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 4 hours
BRIDGE - OPEN PAIRS
Gold Ben Green (England)
Brian Senior (England)
64.55%
Silver Sebastien Kristensen (Denmark)
Ian Handley (England)
61.82%
Bronze Artur Malinowski (Poland)
Marilyn Nathan (England)
59.09%
  • Point a Board
  • Friday 27, 7:30pm-11pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £1,000, 2nd pair £500, 3rd pair £240
BRIDGE - POINT-A-BOARD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Brigitte Mavromichaelis (Switzerland)
Justin Hackett (England)
Paul Hackett (England)
Geir Helgemo (Norway)
Jason Hackett (England)
38/54
Silver Michael Newman (England)
David Audley (England)
David Debbage (England)
Frank Brown (England)
36/54
Bronze John Hassett (England)
Bill Hirst (England)
Nigel Ramsey (England)
Dima Nikolayenko (Ukraine)

Lena Morrish (England)
Rhona Goldenfield (England)
Bernard Goldenfield (England)
Giles Foster (England)
34/54
  • Green Point Event: Olympiad Pairs Championship
  • Saturday 28, noon-3:30pm and 4pm-7:30pm
  • Entry fee: £28 (£14)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £500, 2nd pair £250, 3rd pair £100, 4th to 7th pair £50
  • Green Point Event
BRIDGE - OLYMPIAD PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Michael Newman (England)
Michael Byrne (England)
60.70%
Silver Cliff Tayar (England)
John Hartley (England)
58.54%
Bronze Victor Milman (England)
Nadia Stelmashenko (England)
57.95%
  • Green Point Event: Swiss Teams
  • Sunday 29, noon-8pm (includes a short break)
  • Entry fee: £28 (£14)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £1,000, 2nd pair £400, 3rd pair £100, 4th to 7th pair £80
  • Eight seven-board matches
  • Green Point Event
BRIDGE - SWISS TEAMS
Gold Justin Hackett (England)
Paul Hackett (England)
Geir Helgemo (Norway)
Jason Hackett (England)
129/160
Silver Alan Jones (England)
Rhona Goldenfield (England)
David Barton (England)
Bernard Goldenfield (England)
106/160
Bronze Jeff Smith (England)
Tracy Capal (England)
Jackie Pye (England)
David Burn (England)
98/160
  • Green Point Event: Swiss Pairs
  • Monday 30, noon-7:30pm (includes a short break)
  • Entry fee: £28 (£14)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £500, 2nd pair £250, 3rd pair £100, 4th to 7th pair £50
  • Seven seven-board matches
  • Green Point Event
BRIDGE - SWISS PAIRS
Gold Ben Green (England)
Brian Senior (England)
109/140
Silver Gareth Roberts (England)
Andrew Petrie (England)
105/140
Bronze Constance Goldberg (USA)
David Levy (England)
103/140
  • Amateur Olympiad Champion
  • No extra fee
  • This title and trophy are awarded to the player with the best aggregate results taken over three Bridge tournaments.
  • Pentamind: 15 hours
  • No results recorded


BRIDGE (Non-Duplicate) (in partnership with the English Bridge Union)
Charity Tournament for Marie Curie Cancer Care

  • CHANGED! Sunday 5th September, noon-5pm
  • Entry fee: £25. Donations welcome.
  • Late entry surcharge of an additional £5 only applies to entries made on the day.
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • Special venue: the Sugden Sports Centre, which is half a mile away from the rest of the events (see map).
  • No results recorded


CARCASSONNE



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
CHESS - OPEN OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Robert K Taylor (England) 3½/5
Silver Dennis P Owen (England) 3½/5
Bronze Paul Plant (England) 3/5


CHESS - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Paul Plant (England) 3/5
  • 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
CHESS - MAJOR OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER BCF 160
Gold Chris Vassiliou (England) 4/5
Silver David Jameson (England) 4/5
Bronze Karl Biswas (England) 3½/5
  • 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
CHESS - MINOR OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER BCF 115
Gold Malcolm Plant (England) 4½/5
Silver Mark Hesford (England) 4/5
Bronze Christopher D Murfin (England) 3½/5


CHESS - MINOR OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER BCF 115 Junior
Gold Joey Ho (Hong Kong) 2½/5
Silver Leteefah Messam-Spar (England) 2/5
Bronze Martin Lau (England) 1½/5
  • Olympiad Problem Solving Championship
  • Saturday 21, 1pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 4.5 hours
  • Prize fund of £100 for this event
CHESS - PROBLEM SOLVING CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Michael McDowell (N Ireland) 47/60
Silver Colin A McNab (Scotland) 38/60
Bronze Ian R Watson (England) 35/60
  • 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
CHESS - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Alan A. Smith (England) 14/15
Silver David A. Shaw (England) 14/15
Bronze Ankush Khandelwal (England) 11½/15


CHESS - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Ankush Khandelwal (England) 11½/15
  • 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
CHESS - OPEN EVENING CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Alain Dekker (South Africa) 4½/5
Silver Richard Vann (England) 3½/5
Bronze Karl Biswas (England) 2½/5
  • 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
CHESS - NOVICE OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Phillip Foley (England) 4/5
Silver Lawrence Harold (England) 3½/5
Bronze Lateefah Messam-Sparks (England) 3½/5


CHESS - NOVICE OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Lateefah Messam-Sparks (England) 3½/5
  • 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
CHESS - RAPIDPLAY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Alan A. Smith (England) 5/6
Silver Dennis P. Owen (England)
Ankush Khandelwal (England)
4/6


CHESS - RAPIDPLAY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Ankush Khandelwal (England) 4/6
  • 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
CHESS - TIME VARIABLE BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Alan J. Walton (England) 7/8
Silver Andrew M. Smith (England) 6/8
Bronze Alexander Baron (England) 5½/8


CHESS - TIME VARIABLE BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Ankush Khandelwal (England) 5/8
  • 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
CHESS - LIGHTNING "FISCHER CLOCK" BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Demis Hassabis (England) 6½/7
Silver Alan J. Walton (England) 6½/7
Bronze Alexander Baron (England) 6/7


CHESS - LIGHTNING "FISCHER CLOCK" BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Ankush Khandelwal (England) 4½/7
  • 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
CHESS - BLITZ OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Paul Macklin (England) 7/7
Silver Alexander Baron (England) 5½/7
Bronze Alexander Meynell (England) 4½/7
  • 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
  • No results recorded


CHINESE CHESS (XIANGQI)
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Saturday 21, 2pm-4:30pm and
    Sunday 22 - Monday 23, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £22 (£11)
  • Pentamind: 14 hours
  • Seven rounds in this tournament
  • Each player will have 90 minutes per game
CHINESE CHESS (XIANG QI) CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Chin Lee Lim (Malaysia) 2/2
  • World Quickplay Open Championship
  • Tuesday 24 - Wednesday 25, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £22 (£11)
  • Pentamind: 14 hours
  • Eight rounds in this tournament
  • Each player will have 30 minutes per game
CHINESE CHESS QUICKPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Alain S Dekker (South Africa) 7/8
Silver Martyn Hamer (England) 5½/8
(T/B: +2)
Bronze Andrew Havery (England) 5½/8
(T/B: 0)


CONTINUO
(Prize fund TBA)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Monday 23, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
CONTINUO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Victoria Westnedge (England) 4/4 (T/B: 1538)
Silver Maureen Hiron (England) 2/4 (T/B: 1701)
Bronze Matthew J Cordwell (England) 2/4 (T/B: 1693)


CONTINUO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Victoria Westnedge (England) 4/4 (T/B: 1538)


CREATIVE THINKING
(Prize fund TBA)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sunday 29, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
CREATIVE THINKING - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Martin Burroughs (England) 95/100
Silver Maguy Higgs (England) 93/100
Bronze Andrew Havery (England)
Bruce Birchall (England)
88/100


CRIBBAGE
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Singles Championship
  • Saturday 21, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
  • Singles championship involves play of six-card cribbage
CRIBBAGE - OLYMPIAD SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Josef V Kollar (England) 15/18
Silver James Heppell (England) 9/18
Bronze Steve Brayshaw (England) 9/18


CRIBBAGE - OLYMPIAD SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold James Heppell (England) 9/18
Silver Alex Wilkinson (England) 9/18
  • Olympiad Pairs Championship
  • Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
  • Pairs championship involves play of five-card cribbage
CRIBBAGE - PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Alex Wilkinson (England)
Tony Wilkinson (England)
8/12
Silver Alan Brayshaw (England)
Steve Brayshaw (England)
7/12
Bronze Madeleine Heppell (England)
Josef V Kollar (England)
7/12


DECAMENTATHLON
(Prize fund £100)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • EXTENDED! Monday 30, 9:30am-2pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 4.5 hours
  • Prize fund of £100 for this event
ABALONE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Demis Hassabis (England) 611/1000
Silver Martyn Hamer (England) 606½/1000
Bronze John S. M. Lyons (England) 592½/1000


DIPLOMACY
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Intimate Diplomacy
  • Saturday 21, 9:30am-10pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 10.5 hours
INTIMATE DIPLOMACY CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Demis Hassabis (England) 3/3
Silver Bijan Mehdinejad (England) 2/3 (SOS 6)
Bronze David M Pearce (England) 2/3 (SOS 5)
  • Olympiad Championship
  • Sunday 22, 9:30am-10pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 10.5 hours
DIPLOMACY CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Bijan Mehdinejad (England) 60.73 VPs
Silver Gregory PRL Mostyn (France) 57.17 VPs
Bronze Brian Frew (N Ireland) 57.07 VPs


DOMINOES
(Prize fund £1,300)

  • (Caribbean Style) British Open Team Championship
  • Saturday 28, 12:00-9pm
  • Entry fee: £100 per team
  • Pentamind: 8 hours
  • Prize fund of £400 for this event
CARIBBEAN-STYLE DOMINOES - BRITISH OPEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Norbert Graham, Benjiman Simmons, Sydney L. Lewes, Donald Douglas, Cynthia Bailey, Patrick Horseford, Eric Campbell and Dwight Christie First
Silver Henry Brown, Raymond Denton, Dawn Christie, Peter Allen, Charles Ewers, Christopher Christie, Samuel White and Ledbritz Carter Second
Bronze Cornel Grant, Mabel Samuels, Dennis Williams, Neville Shelton, Byron Blake, Eula Thomas, Viv Malcolm and Hubert Raymond Third
  • (Caribbean Style) British Open Pairs Championship
  • Sunday 29, 10am-6pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7) per player
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
  • Prizes: 1st pair £400, 2nd pair £300, 3rd pair £200
CARIBBEAN-STYLE DOMINOES - BRITISH OPEN PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Raymond Denton (Jamaica)
Dennis Williams (Jamaica)
6/6
Silver Errol Dixon
Trevor Folkes
and
Trevor Neil (England)
Delroy Thompson
5/6
  • Olympiad 5s and 3s Pairs Championship
  • Monday 30, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7) per player
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
DOMINOES - OLYMPIAD FIVES AND THREES SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Piero Zama (Italy) 8/10
Silver Kenneth Ho (Hong Kong) 6/10
Bronze Bernard Morgan (England) 6/10


DRAUGHTS
(Prize fund £600)

  • Hexdame Olympiad Championship
  • Saturday 21, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 20 minutes per game
DRAUGHTS - HEXDAME OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Leo Springer (Netherlands) 8/12
Silver George I. Miller (England) 8/12
Bronze Fred Kok (Netherlands) 7/12
  • Frisian Olympiad Championship
  • Sunday 22, 9:30am-1pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 25 minutes per game
DRAUGHTS - FRISIAN OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Hein de Vries (Netherlands) 10/10
Silver George I Miller (England) 8/10
Bronze David A Kotin (Belarus) 7/10
  • International (10x10) Olympiad Championship
  • Sunday 22, 6pm-9:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 25 minutes per game
  • Prize fund of €150 for this event provided by FMJD, the World Draughts Federation.
DRAUGHTS INTERNATIONAL (10X10) OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Adam K Andall (Granada) 9/12
Silver Leo Springer (Netherlands) 8/12
Bronze Ton Tillemans (Switzerland) 7/12
  • British Open Championship (3 move restriction)
  • Monday 23 - Friday 27, 9:30am-1:30pm and 2:30pm-6:30pm
  • Entry fee: £30 (£15)
  • Pentamind: 17.5 hours
  • 2 games per round at 30 moves per hour
  • Prize fund of £500 for this event provided by the English Draughts Association.
DRAUGHTS - BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Colin Young (Scotland) 28/40
Silver George I. Miller (England) 27/40
Bronze Tony C. Boyle (England) 25/40
  • Italian Olympiad Championship
  • Saturday 28, 9:30am-1pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 30 minutes per game
DRAUGHTS - ITALIAN OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold George I. Miller (England) 9/10
Silver David A. Kotin (Belarus) 8/10
Bronze Leo Springer (Netherlands) 6/10
  • Czech Dama Olympiad Championship
  • Sunday 29, 9:30am-1pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 15 minutes per game
DRAUGHTS - CZECH DAMA OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold David A. Kotin (Belarus) 11/12
Silver David Jameson (England) 8/12
Bronze Hana Kvapilova (Czech Republic) 5/12
  • Losing Checkers Olympiad Championship
  • Monday 30, 9:30am-1pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 10 minutes per game
DRAUGHTS - OLYMPIAD LOSING CHECKERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold David Kotin (Belarus) 8/10
(+ match)
Silver George Miller (England) 8/10
(- match)
Bronze Ankush Khandelwal (England) 6/10


DRAUGHTS - LOSING CHECKERS OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Ankush Khandelwal (England) 6/10
Silver Jonathan Miller (England) 4/10
  • Amateur Olympiad Champion
  • No extra fee
  • This title and trophy are awarded to the player with the best aggregate results taken over four Draughts tournaments.
  • Pentamind: 15 hours
  • No results recorded
  • The Annual General Meeting of the English Draughts Association will take place on Sunday 22, 2:30pm-4:30pm.


ENTROPY
(Prize fund TBA)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Monday 23, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
ENTROPY (7x7) WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Demis Hassabis (England) 6/6
Silver Peter J. Horlock (England) 5/6
Bronze Carl J Ragnarsson (Sweden) 4/6


GO
(Prize fund £300)

  • Please note that in all tournaments Komi is 6.5.
  • Beginners' Teaching Session and Tournament
  • Friday 27, 9:30am-1pm
  • Free entry
  • No medals, no prizes
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • No results recorded
  • 13x13 Olympiad Championship
  • Friday 27, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 15 minutes per game with no overtime
  • Prizes: 1st place £20, plus a share of up to £200 of prizes in kind supplied by the British Go Association for excellent performances from players of all grades
GO - 13x13 OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Carl Johan Ragnarsson (Sweden) 6/6
Silver Tim Hunt (England) 5/6
Bronze Ian Davis (Northern Ireland) 3/6


GO - 13x13 OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Jonathan Englefield (England) 3/6
  • 19x19 Lightning Olympiad Championship
  • Friday 27, 6:30pm-10:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 12 minutes per game with no overtime
  • Prizes: 1st place £20, plus a share of up to £200 of prizes in kind supplied by the British Go Association for excellent performances from players of all grades
GO - 19x19 LIGHTNING OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Piers Shepperson (England) MMS 7
Silver Carl J. Ragnarsson (Sweden) MMS 6
Bronze Paco Garcia de la Banda (Spain) MMS 5
  • Olympiad Championship - the Northern Go Tournament
  • Saturday 28 - Sunday 29, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £26 (£13)
  • Pentamind: 14 hours
  • Each player will have 60 minutes per game plus 5 minutes for 30 moves overtime
  • Prizes: 1st place £40, plus a share of up to £200 of prizes in kind supplied by the British Go Association for excellent performances from players of all grades
GO - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP /
NORTHERN GO TOURNAMENT
Gold Carl J. Ragnarsson (Sweden) MMS 6
Silver Eric Zhang (China) MMS 5
Bronze Tim Hunt (England) MMS 4
  • Rapidplay Olympiad Championship
  • Monday 30, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
  • Each player will have 30 minutes per game with no overtime
  • Prizes: 1st place £20, plus a share of up to £200 of prizes in kind supplied by the British Go Association for excellent performances from players of all grades
GO - RAPIDPLAY OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Xiaoming Xie (China) MMS 4
Silver Tim J. Hunt (England) MMS 4
Bronze Kunio Kashiwagi (Japan) MMS 3


HOBBY GAMES FESTIVAL
(Prize fund TBA)

  • For MSO8 we are inaugurating this festival within a festival over the bank holiday weekend (to be precise from the evening of Friday August 27 to Monday August 30).
  • This will allow us to better cater for enthusiasts of what we now call "Hobby Games".
  • There will be an all-in entry fee of £15 (£8) for which participants may play in as many or as few of these "Hobby Games" tournaments as they wish.

ACQUIRE
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Sunday 29, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9) but see Hobby Games Festival all-in entry fee
  • Pentamind: 7 hours (no more than two Hobby Games Festival events to count per entrant)
ACQUIRE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Jinwoo Song (South Korea) 127.8 VPs
Silver George Hall (England) 123.2 VPs
Bronze Tanya C. Fox (England) 121.3 VPs


ACQUIRE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Kenneth Ho (Hong Kong) 121.1 VPs
Silver Benedict Sharrock (England) 97.2 VPs

AGE OF STEAM
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Friday 27, 2pm-10pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9) but see Hobby Games Festival all-in entry fee
  • Pentamind: 7 hours (no more than two Hobby Games Festival events to count per entrant)
AGE OF STEAM - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold James Hamilton (England) 300/300
Silver Tanya C. Fox (England) 255/300
Bronze Markus A. Welbourne (England) 235/300

CARCASSONNE
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Sunday 29, 6pm-10pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7) but see Hobby Games Festival all-in entry fee
  • Pentamind: 4 hours (no more than two Hobby Games Festival events to count per entrant)
CARCASSONNE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Stephen Pickles (Australia) 14½ VPs
Silver Piero Zama (Italy) 14½ VPs
Bronze Benedict Sharrock (England) 13 VPs


CARCASSONNE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Benedict Sharrock (England) 13 VPs
Silver Jonathan Miller (England) 11 VPs

LOST CITIES
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Friday 27, 9:30am-1pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7) but see Hobby Games Festival all-in entry fee
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours (no more than two Hobby Games Festival events to count per entrant)
LOST CITIES - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Bijan Mehdinejad (England) 5/6 (T/B: +0.14)
Silver Kenneth Ho (Hong Kong) 5/6 (T/B: +0.11)
Bronze Matthew Cordell (England) 4/6 (T/B: +0.16)


LOST CITIES - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Kenneth Ho (Hong Kong) 5/6
Silver Theo Sharrock (England) 4/6
Bronze Joey Ho (Hong Kong) 3/6

PUERTO RICO
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Monday 30, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7) but see Hobby Games Festival all-in entry fee
  • Pentamind: 7 hours (no more than two Hobby Games Festival events to count per entrant)
PUERTO RICO - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Markus A. Welbourne (England) 13/15 (T/B: 108.5%)
Silver Christine Jones (England) 13/15 (T/B: 104.5%)
Bronze Lyndon Gurr (England) 11/15 (T/B: 105%)

SETTLERS OF CATAN
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Beginners' Introduction and Junior Championship
  • Saturday 28, 9:30am-1pm
  • No medals, no prizes
  • No results recorded
  • Olympiad Championship
  • Saturday 28, 2pm-10pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9) but see Hobby Games Festival all-in entry fee
  • Pentamind: 7 hours (no more than two Hobby Games Festival events to count per entrant)
SETTLERS OF CATAN - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Markus A. Welbourne (England) 64 VPs
Silver Demis Hassabis (England) 55 VPs
Bronze Alan Farrell (England) 53 VPs


SETTLERS OF CATAN - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Benedict Sharrock (England) 45 VPs
Silver Judith Miller (England) 38 VPs
Bronze Theo Sharrock (England) 35 VPs


INTELLIGENCE
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Saturday 28, 9:30am-1pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
INTELLIGENCE - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Matthew Cordell (England) 65/70
Silver Stephen Gardner (England) 58/70
Bronze David Pearce (England) 57/70


SCHOOLS' INTELLIGENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Prize fund £1,250)

  • UK Primary Schools' Team Championship
  • Sunday 11, 2pm-4:30pm
  • Entry fee: £40 per team
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • The procedural details of the tournament are now available
  • Qualification will be through a test conducted during the Spring term in all competing schools.
  • For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
  • The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship - the score for each school team will be the total scores of that school's four top scoring pupils.
  • First prize: £250
INTELLIGENCE - UK PRIMARY SCHOOLS' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold The Avenue School, Surrey +67 pts.
Silver St. George's College Junior School, Surrey +60 pts.
Bronze Leicester Grammar Junior School, Leicester +55 pts.
  • UK Primary Schools' Individual Championship
  • Sunday 11, 2pm-4:30pm
  • Entry fee: £10 per pupil if the school is not attempting to qualify for the team event, otherwise it is free.
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • The procedural details of the tournament are now available
  • Qualification will be through a test conducted during the Spring term in all competing schools.
  • For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
INTELLIGENCE - UK PRIMARY SCHOOLS' INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Subhash Sinha (England) +19 pts.
Silver Mao Okuno (England) +15 pts.
Bronze Rachel Burge (England) +14 pts.
  • UK Secondary Schools' Team Championship
  • Sunday 11, 2pm-4:30pm
  • Entry fee: £40 per team
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • The procedural details of the tournament are now available
  • Qualification will be through a test conducted during the Spring term in all competing schools.
  • For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
  • The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship - the score for each school team will be the total scores of that school's four top scoring pupils.
INTELLIGENCE - UK SECONDARY SCHOOLS' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall +175 pts.
Silver Exeter School, Exeter +162 pts.
Bronze Birkenhead School, Merseyside +154 pts.
  • UK Secondary Schools' Individual Championship
  • Sunday 11, 2pm-4:30pm
  • Entry fee: £10 per pupil if the school is not attempting to qualify for the team event, otherwise it is free.
  • Pentamind: no credit
  • The procedural details of the tournament are now available
  • Qualification will be through a test conducted during the Spring term in all competing schools.
  • For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
  • First prize is a £1,000 scholarship to the university or college of the winner's choice
INTELLIGENCE - UK SECONDARY SCHOOLS' INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Billy Woods (England) +51 pts.
Silver James Wall (England) +48 pts.
Bronze Jonathan Sourbut (England) +46 pts.


LINES OF ACTION
(Prize fund TBA)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • CHANGED! Tuesday 24, 9:30am-1:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
LINES OF ACTION - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Fred Kok (Netherlands) 5/5
Silver James Heppell (England) 4/5
Bronze Carl J. Ragnarsson (Sweden) 3/5


LINES OF ACTION - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold James Heppell (England) 4/5


LOST CITIES



MASTERMIND
(Prize fund TBA)

  • Olympiad Championship
  • Friday 27, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
MASTERMIND - OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Piero Zama (Italy) 7/9
Silver Dario de Toffoli (Italy) 6½/9
Bronze David Pearce (England) 6½/9


MEMORY SKILLS
(Prize fund £3,000)

  • 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.
MEMORY SKILLS - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Ben Pridmore (England) 8,302 pts
Silver Astrid Plessl (Austria) 7,508 pts
Bronze Joachim Thaler (Austria) 6,367 pts


MENTAL CALCULATIONS
(Prize fund TBA)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Saturday 28, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
MENTAL CALCULATIONS - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Gert Mittring (Germany) 735/750
Silver George Lane (England) 723/750
Bronze Matthew Cordell (England) 664/750


MIND MAPPING
(Prize fund TBA)

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £18 (£9)
  • Pentamind: 7 hours
MIND MAPPING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Phillip B Chambers (England) Total: 4
Silver Kevin J Dalley (England) Total: 5
Bronze Faisal Idrees (England) Total: 9
Scoring for this event is based on the principle of "the lower total, the better", with a nominal perfect score of 3.


OTHELLO
(Prize fund TBA)

  • 8x8 European Championship
  • CHANGED! Saturday 21, 9:30am-5:30pm and
    Sunday 22 - Monday 23, 9:30am-1:30pm
  • Entry fee: £26 (£13)
  • Pentamind: 14 hours
  • Each player will have 30 minutes per game
OTHELLO - 8x8 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Imre B. Leader (England) 9/10
Silver Marc Tastet (France) 8/10
Bronze Geoff Hubbard (Australia) 6/10
  • 8x8 Blitz World Championship
  • Sunday 22, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £14 (£7)
  • Pentamind: 3.5 hours
  • Each player will have 5 minutes per game
OTHELLO - 8x8 BLITZ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Marc Tastet (France) 11/12
Silver Imre Leader (England) 10½/12
Bronze Geoff Hubbard (Australia) 8/12
  • 10x10 World Championship
  • Monday 23 - Wednesday 25, 2pm-5:30pm
  • Entry fee: £22 (£11)
  • Pentamind: 10.5 hours
  • Each player will have 50 minutes per game
OTHELLO - 10x10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Marc Tastet (France) 6/6
Silver Jeremy Dyer (England) 5/6
Bronze Alexander Baron (England) 3/6 (T/B: 107)


OTHELLO - 10x10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Junior
Gold Ankush Khandelwal (England) 3/6 (T/B: 104)
  • 8x8