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 £17,000 (i.e. more than $30,000 or €25,000). 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
BACKGAMMON
- Beginners' Tournament
- Saturday 21, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- No medals, no prizes
- Five rounds: each round played to 3 points without the doubling cube
- More format details available from the British Isles Backgammon Association
- Pentamind: no credit
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
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
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).
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
- 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
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
- 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
CONTINUO
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 23, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
CREATIVE THINKING
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 29, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 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
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
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
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) 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
- Olympiad 5s and 3s Pairs Championship
- Monday 30, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7) per player
- Pentamind: 7 hours
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
- Frisian Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 22, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- 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.
- 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.
- Italian Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 28, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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)
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
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
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
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
- 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
- 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
- 8x8 Olympiad Quickplay Championship
- Thursday 26 - Friday 27, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Each player will have 15 minutes per game
- 10x10 Quickplay World Championship
- CHANGED! Saturday 28 - Sunday 29, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
OWARE
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Wednesday 25, 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
PENTAMIND
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- [A] To compete for the Pentamind medals, participants must enter tournaments for 5 or more different games or mental skills;
- [B] At least two of these tournaments must each have playing times scheduled to last for 10.5 hours or longer.
- [C] All five qualifying tournaments together must have total playing times scheduled to last for 35 hours or longer.
- [D] You will score Pentamind points according to where you finish in each tournament according to the formula: 100(p - n)/(p - 1) where p represents the number of players in the tournament and n represents the participant's position in the tournament.
- [E] Not more than two games will be counted from the six Hobby Games Festival competitions: Acquire, Age of Steam, Carcassonne, Lost Cities, Puerto Rico and Settlers of Catan.
- [F] The participants with the highest total Pentamind scores from their 5 best tournaments for different games or mental skills will win the medals and the overall highest score wins the Pentamind championship.
- [G] You may enter as many tournaments as you wish (excluding any invitational or pre-qualification tournaments) for a maximum entry fee of £100 (£50 for juniors, entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities). If you wish to enter for many tournaments this is by far the cheapest way to do it and it qualifies you for extra medal opportunities.
- [H] You may not include any beginners, novice, age-restricted or graded chess tournaments in your "5 best" results. The Rubber Bridge charity tournament for Marie Curie Cancer Care on Sunday 5th September may not be included.
- [I] A Pentamind participant who enters a tournament and then withdraws from it before playing at least half of the games will have that tournament included in his score calculations.
- [J] No player may enter for tournaments which clash in the playing schedule without the permission of the Chief Arbiter, Event Manager or Chief Organiser.
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.
PUERTO RICO
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
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
SHOGI
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
and Monday 23, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: 17.5 hours
SKAT
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
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
SPEED READING
(Prize fund TBA)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 25, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
TRIGAMES
(Prize funds TBA)
- A player's Trigames score is the total of his rankings in all three tournaments.
- Each of these four events incorporates three tournaments in one.
- (Ties are counted as the average of the rankings involved in the tie, for example if you tie with one other player for 1st and 2nd places both of you score 1.5 for that tournament.)
- The players with the lowest total ranking scores win the medals.
- All tournaments except Backgammon will be played with clocks - each player is allowed 10 minutes for all their moves.
- Monday 23
- Othello, 9:30am-11:30am
- Boku, 12-2pm
- Backgammon (1-point), 2:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Tuesday 24
- Giveaway Draughts, 9:30am-11:30am
- Abalone, 12-2pm
- Scrabble, 2:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Wednesday 25
- Chess, 9:30am-11:30am
- Dominoes 5s and 3s, 12-2pm
- Twixt, 2:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Thursday 26
- Continuo, 9:30am-11:30am
- Oware, 12-2pm
- Go 9x9, 2:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
TWIXT
(Prize fund TBA)
- Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 26, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
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