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
ABALONE
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Friday 27, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
ACQUIRE
AGE OF STEAM
BOKU
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- CHANGED! Thursday 26, 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 4 hours
CARCASSONNE
CONTINUO
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 23, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
DIPLOMACY
(Prize fund TBA)
- Intimate Diplomacy
- Saturday 21, 9:30am-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 10.5 hours
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 22, 9:30am-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 10.5 hours
ENTROPY
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 23, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
SETTLERS OF CATAN
(Prize fund TBA)
- Beginners' Introduction and Junior Championship
- Saturday 28, 9:30am-1pm
- Free entry
- No medals, no prizes
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- The top three players in the Junior Championship will be allowed to compete in the Olympiad Championship. This number may be increased if the number of entries for the Junior Championship is large.
- Pentamind: no credit
- 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)
LINES OF ACTION
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- CHANGED! Tuesday 24, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
LOST CITIES
MASTERMIND
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Friday 27, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
PACRU
(Prize fund £150)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 30, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Prize fund of £150 for this event
- More information about the game is available at the official Pacru site
PUERTO RICO
SCRABBLE
(Prize fund £350)
- These tournaments will be rated by the ABSP.
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Prizes: 1st place £125, 2nd place £70, 3rd place £55
- Evening Olympiad Championship
- Monday 23 - Tuesday 24, 6:00pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 8 hours
- Prizes: 1st place £70, 2nd place £30
SETTLERS OF CATAN
SNATCH
(Prize fund £150)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 25, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
- Prize fund of £150 for this event
- More information about Snatch is available at the manufacturer's site
TWIXT
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 26, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
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