We are pleased to announce the detailed playing schedule for the 8th Mind Sports Olympiad, which will take place in the Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST, between Thursday 19th August and Monday 30th August 2004. A new, schools section of the event will be held on July 10th-11th at the same venue, where the Gigafinal of the British Land UK Chess Challenge will be taking place. 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 20th), and for entrants over 65, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities. There is a supplementary fee of £3 for booking participation in MSO competitions using a credit or debit card. All new entries now attract a £5 late entry 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 65, unemployed entrants and entrants with registered disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, excluding any Bridge, 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 £14,000 (i.e. more than $25,000 or €20,000). 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.
An online entry form is now available. Alternatively, 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 (Duplicate) (in partnership with the English Bridge Union)
(Prize fund over £8,500 guaranteed)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Open Pairs
- Friday 27, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 4 hours
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Pairs championship involves play of five-card cribbage
POKER
- Pot-Limit Seven Card Stud Championship
- Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 5:45pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Pentamind: 10.5 hours
- Pot-Limit Pineapple Hold'em Tournament
- Sunday 22, 5:45pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 5.5 hours
- 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.
- WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 23 - Saturday 28, 5:45 or 6pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9) per day
- To qualify for the title you must play in four or more of these six tournaments:
1) Monday 23: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw (starts 5:45pm)
2) Tuesday 24: Pot-Limit Seven-Card Stud (starts 5:45pm)
3) Wednesday 25: Pot-Limit Canadian Stud (starts 6pm)
4) Thursday 26: Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em (starts 6pm)
5) Friday 27: Pot-Limit London Lowball (starts 6pm)
6) Saturday 28: Pot-Limit Omaha (high only, starts 6pm)
- Pentamind: overall Amateur Championship, 15 hours
Pentamind: individual events, 5.5 hours (5:45pm start), 5 hours (6pm start)
- Heads-Up No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship
- Sunday 29, 5:45pm-11pm and
- Monday 30, 11am-3pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Pentamind: 9.5 hours
- Each match will be between two players, played to a time limit, and the player with the most chips at the end of that time is the winner of the match and advances to the next round.
- The full rules for this tournament format are available.
- Pot-Limit Mexican Stud Tournament
- Monday 30, 11am-3pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 4 hours
- Entry to the Mexican Stud tournament is at no extra fee to those who enter the Heads-Up No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship and fail to qualify for the second day.
SKAT
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
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