For the 9th Mind Sports Olympiad we are adopting the successful event model of the British Historical Games Society, whose "Britcon" event now forms part of the MSO. The concept is to combine the tournament entry and accommodation booking processes, making your life and ours easier. This concept encourages more participants to stay in the inexpensive accommodation made available by the University of Manchester, thereby creating more of a convention atmosphere during the event. This accommodation is within 1-2 minutes walk of all the playing rooms.
The principal changes from past years are:
1. We have added a number of tournaments to the schedule on weekdays, to provide more playing opportunities for our participants.
2. The tournament schedule and the scale of charges for entries and accommodation encourage participation in more playing sessions each day. If you enter for an event that involves only 1 or 2 playing sessions on a particular day, you may also enter, without any extra charge for that day, for other events that have play on that day. This system gives participants the opportunity to try new games and to participate in more tournaments at no extra charge.
3. We are strongly encouraging participants at MSO9 to book an "entry and accommodation" package that includes accommodation at the University of Manchester, on the playing site. This arrangement guarantees to all participants the benefits of very economical living accommodation. By making the event largely residential we hope to increase the social aspects of the MSO. The most economical accommodation is in single rooms at the student residence halls. There is also 3-star hotel accommodation available on site, but space in the hotel is limited so book early if you prefer the hotel option.
4. Participants may opt out of the "entry and accommodation" package if they wish, and pay only the "Non-resident competitors" rate. This still allows participation in as many tournaments as you wish on any of the days for which you are registered, morning, afternoon and evening.
5. We are introducing "MSOCON", a separate event that caters for enthusiasts of what we previously called "Hobby Games". This includes: Acquire, Age of Steam, Carcassonne, Lost Cities, Puerto Rico and Settlers of Catan. Participants in MSOCON pay an all-in fee of £20 which allows them to compete in as many of the MSOCON tournaments as they wish. Any MSO9 participant who has one or two unallocated playing sessions on a day when they are already participating, may take part without any extra charge in a MSOCON tournament on that day. Any MSOCON participant must pay the normal MSO9 entry fee if they also wish to participate in tournaments outside of MSOCON. MSOCON entries must be made on the separate MSOCON entry form.
6. Entries for the various MSO Bridge tournaments must be made on the separate MSO Bridge entry form.
You can find the entry fees for non-resident competitors and the combined accommodation and entry fees for resident competitors at our accommodation page.
Once you have chosen your combination of participation and accommodation, please enter using our online entry form. 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
- Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 25, 9:30am-1pm
ACQUIRE
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 28, 9:30am-5pm
- Forms part of MSO-Con
AGE OF STEAM
- Olympiad Championship
- Friday 26, 2pm-10pm
- Forms part of MSO-Con
BACKGAMMON
- 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.
- 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
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Thursday 25, 1:30pm-5:30pm
BRIDGE
- Please note that all entry fees are per player.
- All tournaments give Master Points.
- All sessions will be 24 boards.
- Senior Pairs
- Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24, 2pm-6pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Ladies' Pairs
- Tuesday 23, 7:30pm-11pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Men's Pairs
- Tuesday 23, 7:30pm-11pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Mixed Pairs
- Wednesday 24, 7:30pm-11pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Senior Teams of Four
- Thursday 25 and Friday 26, 2pm-6pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Multiple Teams of Four
- Thursday 25, 7:30pm-11pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Open Pairs
- Friday 26, 2pm-6pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Point a Board
- Friday 26, 7:30pm-11pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Green Point Event: Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Saturday 27, noon-3:30pm and 4pm-7:30pm
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Green Point Event
- Green Point Event: Swiss Teams
- Sunday 28, noon-8pm (includes a short break)
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- Seven seven-board matches
- Green Point Event
- Green Point Event: Swiss Pairs
- Monday 29, noon-7:30pm (includes a short break)
- Must be entered on special bridge entry form - not eligible for "entry and accommodation" package
- 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.
CARCASSONNE
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 28, 6pm-10pm
- Forms part of MSO-Con
CHESS
- Olympiad Problem Solving Championship
- Friday 19, 11:30am-5:30pm
- Open Olympiad Championship
- CANCELLED
- Major Olympiad Championship
- CANCELLED
- Minor Olympiad Championship
- CANCELLED
- Olympiad Championship
- Monday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Seven rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 20 minutes per game
- Open Evening Championship
- Monday 22 - Tuesday 23, 6:30pm-10:00pm
- Six rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- Blitz Morning
- Wednesday 24, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Each player will have 10 minutes per game
- Blitz Afternoon Championship
- Wednesday 24, 2pm-5:30pm
- Each player will have 5 minutes per game
- Blitz Morning Two
- Thursday 25, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Each player will have 10 minutes per game
- Blitz Afternoon Two
- Thursday 25, 2pm-5:30pm
- Each player will have 5 minutes per game
- Novice Olympiad Championship
- Friday 26, 7pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 27 - Sunday 28, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 90 only
- Rapidplay Open Championship
- Saturday 27, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- Time Variable Blitz Championship
- Sunday 29, 9:30am-1:30pm
- 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
- Lightning "Fischer Clock" Championship
- Sunday 28, 2pm-5:30pm
- Each player will have 3 minutes per game with 5 seconds added per move
- Blitz Olympiad Championship
- Monday 29, 9:30am-4:30pm
- 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 three Chess events, including one slow play, one rapid and one blitz tournament
CONTINUO
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Friday 26, 2pm-5:30pm
CREATIVE THINKING
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 28, 2pm-5:30pm
CRIBBAGE
- Olympiad Singles Championship
- Saturday 20, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Singles championship involves play of six-card cribbage
- Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Sunday 21, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pairs championship involves play of five-card cribbage
DECAMENTATHLON
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 24, 9:30am-1pm
DIPLOMACY
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 20, 9:30am-10pm
- Intimate Diplomacy
- Sunday 21, 10am-8pm
DOMINOES
- (Caribbean Style) British Open Team Championship
- Saturday 27, 12:00-9pm
- Eight players per team
- (Caribbean Style) British Open Pairs Championship
- Sunday 28, 10am-6pm
- Olympiad 5s and 3s Pairs Championship
- Monday 29, 9:30am-5:30pm
DRAUGHTS
- Frisian Olympiad Championship
- Wednesday 24, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Hexdame Olympiad Championship
- Wednesday 24, 2pm-5:30pm
- Each player will have 20 minutes per game
- International (10x10) Olympiad Championship
- Wednesday 24, 6pm-10pm
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Czech Dama Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 25, 9:30am-1pm
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Italian Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 25, 2am-5:30pm
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Losing Checkers Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 25, 6pm-10pm
- Each player will have 10 minutes per game
- International Match: Britain vs. Italy
- Friday 26, 9:30am-6:30pm
- British and Irish Freestyle Open Championship
- Saturday 27, 9:30am-6:30pm and
Sunday 28, 9:30am-5pm
- Prize fund of £200 for this event. The winner will receive the Samuel Cohen trophy.
- 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.
ENTROPY
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm
GO
- Please note that in all tournaments Komi is 6.5.
- The Northern Go Tournament
- Saturday 27 - Sunday 28, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
- Each player will have 60 minutes per game plus 5 minutes for 30 moves overtime
- Rapidplay Olympiad Championship
- Monday 29, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game with no overtime
HISTORICAL GAMES
INTELLIGENCE
- UK Primary Schools' Team Championship
- July 16th-17th
- UK Primary Schools' Individual Championship
- July 16th-17th
- UK Secondary Schools' Team Championship
- July 16th-17th
- UK Secondary Schools' Individual Championship
- July 16th-17th
JKLM TASTER TOURNAMENT
- JKLM Taster Tournament
- Saturday 27, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Forms part of MSO-Con
- More information about the games involved at the JKLM Games web site
LINES OF ACTION
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Tuesday 23, 9:30am-1:30pm
LOST CITIES
- Olympiad Championship
- Friday 26, 9:30am-1pm
- Forms part of MSO-Con
MASTERMIND
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 21, 9:30am-1pm
MENTAL CALCULATIONS
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Tuesday 23, 2pm-5:30pm
MSOCON
- Olympiad Amateur Championship
- We are introducing "MSOCON", a separate event that caters for enthusiasts of what we previously called "Hobby Games". This includes: Acquire, Age of Steam, Carcassonne, Lost Cities, Puerto Rico and Settlers of Catan. Participants in MSOCON pay an all-in fee of £20 which allows them to compete in as many of the MSOCON tournaments as they wish. Any MSO9 participant who has one or two unallocated playing sessions on a day when they are already participating, may take part without any extra charge in a MSOCON tournament on that day. Any MSOCON participant must pay the normal MSO9 entry fee if they also wish to participate in tournaments outside of MSOCON. MSOCON entries must be made on the separate MSOCON entry form.
NUBBLE!
- British Championship
- Friday 26, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
- Players aged 7+
- Six rounds; board games used, software version for the final
- Nubble! is the game formerly known as Number Quest
- Prize fund of £120 for this event
- National Schools Championship
- Saturday 27, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
- Free to enter
- Players aged 7+
- Six rounds; board games used, software version for the final
- Nubble! is the game formerly known as Number Quest
- Prize fund consists of Nubble! board games and Virtual Image software
- Please send registrations for this event directly to Jack Berkovi
OTHELLO
- 8x8 European Championship
- Saturday 20, 9:30am-5:30pm and
Sunday 21, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- 10x10 World Championship
- Monday 22, 9:30am-5:30pm and
Tuesday 23, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Each player will have 50 minutes per game
- 8x8 Blitz World Championship
- Tuesday 23, 2pm-5:30pm
- Each player will have 5 minutes per game
OWARE
- Olympiad Championship
- Friday 19, 6:30pm-10pm and
Saturday 20, 9:30am-1:30pm
PACRU
- Olympiad Championship
- Tuesday 23, 9:30am-1:30pm
- More information about the game is available at the official Pacru site
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 29, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
- More information about the game is available at the official Pacru site
PENTAMIND
- 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 one of these tournaments must each have playing times scheduled to last for three playing sessions or longer. Count one session if play is scheduled to be in progress at 11am, one session if play is scheduled to be in progress at 4pm and one session if play is scheduled to be in progress at 8pm.
- [C] This year there is no requirement upon the total number of sessions, subject to [B] above.
- [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 following MSO-Con 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 awards and the overall highest score wins the Pentamind championship.
- [G] You may not include any beginners, novice, age-restricted or graded chess tournaments in your "5 best" results. The JKLM Taster Tournament and the Victor Ludorum competition also may not be included.
- [H] 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.
- [I] 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 20 - Sunday 21, 5:45pm-11pm
- Pot-Limit Pineapple Hold'em Tournament
- Sunday 21, 5:45pm-11pm
- 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 22 - Saturday 27, 5:45 or 6pm-11pm
- To qualify for the title you must play in four or more of these six tournaments:
1) Monday 22: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw (starts 5:45pm)
2) Tuesday 23: Pot-Limit Seven-Card Stud (starts 5:45pm)
3) Wednesday 24: Pot-Limit Canadian Stud (starts 6pm)
4) Thursday 25: Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em (starts 6pm)
5) Friday 26: Pot-Limit London Lowball (starts 6pm)
6) Saturday 27: Pot-Limit Omaha (high only, starts 6pm)
- Heads-Up No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship
- Sunday 28, 5:45pm-11pm and
- Monday 29, 11am-3pm
- 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.
- Pot-Limit Mexican Stud Tournament
- Monday 29, 11am-3pm
- 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
- Olympiad Championship
- Monday 29, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Forms part of MSO-Con
BRITISH QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS
- British Individual Championship - Qualifying Round
- Saturday 27, 9:30am-1pm
- British Individual Championship - Final
- Saturday 27, 4pm-5pm
UK SCHOOLS' QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS
- UK Primary Schools' Team Championship
- July 16th-17th
- UK Primary Schools' Individual Championship
- July 16th-17th
- UK Secondary Schools' Team Championship
- July 16th-17th
- UK Secondary Schools' Individual Championship
- July 16th-17th
RUMMIKUB
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 20, 2pm-10pm
SCRABBLE
SETTLERS OF CATAN
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 27, 2pm-10pm
- Forms part of MSO-Con
SPEED READING
(Prize fund £150)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 27, 2pm-5:30pm
- Prizes of £70, £50 and £30 for this event
SKAT
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 21, 9:30am-5:30pm
STRATEGO
- Stratego Classic Olympiad Championship
- Friday 19, 4:30pm-9:30pm and
- Saturday 20, 10am-4:30pm
- Further format details are available
TRIOLET
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 28, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Prize fund of £150 for this event
TWIXT
- Olympiad Championship
- Wednesday 24, 2pm-5:30pm
VICTOR LUDORUM
- Friday Championship
- Friday 26
- Forms part of MSO-Con
- Saturday Championship
- Saturday 27
- Forms part of MSO-Con
- Sunday Championship
- Sunday 28
- Forms part of MSO-Con
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