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
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
CREATIVE THINKING
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 29, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
INTELLIGENCE
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 28, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
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.
MENTAL CALCULATIONS
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 28, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
MIND MAPPING
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
BRITISH QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS (Questions set by the British Quiz Association)
(Prize fund TBA)
- British Individual Championship - Qualifying Round
- Saturday 28, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £20
- Pentamind: no credit
- There will be a nationwide pub quiz qualifying competition in June - for details please visit this site from time to time. Anyone failing to pre-qualify for the Individual Championship from the June event may have another attempt to do so on the morning of the final (August 28).
- British Individual Championship - Final
- Saturday 28, 4pm-5pm
- Open only to pre-qualifiers from the June Pub Quiz event and to those who qualify from the morning round.
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
UK SCHOOLS' QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Prize fund £1,250)
- UK Primary Schools' Team Championship
- Saturday 10, 10am-12:30pm
- 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' Quiz 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
- UK Primary Schools' Individual Championship
- Saturday 10, 10am-12:30pm
- 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' Quiz Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
- UK Secondary Schools' Team Championship
- Saturday 10, 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' Quiz 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.
- UK Secondary Schools' Individual Championship
- Saturday 10, 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' Quiz Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
- First prize is a £1,000 scholarship to the university or college of the winner's choice
SPEED READING
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 25, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
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