2013 Schedule

Venue: 3rd Floor, University of London Union, Malet St, London
United Kingdom, WC1E 7HY
Nearest Tubes: Goodge Street, Russell Square, King’s Cross

 August 17 to 26, 2013
Key:
D – double session, full day: 10.00am to 6pm (lunch break 1.30pm-2.15pm)
AM – morning events: 10.00am to 1.30pm
PM – afternoon events: 2.15pm to 6pm
N – night events: 7pm till late
WC = World Championship
7rdx3pt = 7 rounds, 3 points each
20m = game lasts 20 minutes
Saturday, 17
D Backgmn 6rdx7pt
D Settlers of Catan
D Scrabble
D 10×10 Draughts
PM Kamisado WC
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N Chess Exchange
N Hare and Tortoise WC
Sunday, 18
AM Cribbage 6card sngl
PM Cribbage 5card pairs
D Chess Rapid 20m
D Scrabble Variants
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N Seven Card Stud
N Stratego
N Chess 5min+3sec
Monday, 19
AM Oware
PM Blokus
D Lines of Action WC
D Pacru WC
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N Five Card Draw
N Dominion
Tuesday, 20
PM Continuo WC
D Chess 960 20m
D Czech Draughts
D Backgmn 7rdx3pt
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N Canadian Stud
N Tetris
Wednesday, 21
AM Entropy demo
AM Mastermind
AM Mental Calculations WC
PM Triolet
PM+N Entropy WC
D Backgmn 6rdx5pt
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N Pineapple Hold’Em
N Diplomacy 7plyrs
Thursday, 22
AM Othello
AM Carcassone
PM Decamentathlon WC
PM Mensa Connections
D Hexdame
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N London Lowball
N Twixt
N Diving Chess *
Friday, 23
AM KenKen and Sudoku
PM King’s Cribbage
PM Chinese Chess
D Acquire
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N Texas Hold’Em pot
N Shogi
N Rummikub
Saturday, 24
AM Dominoes 5s & 3s
AM Go (free introduction)
PM Go 13×13
PM Creative Thinking
PM Computer Programming
D Monopoly
D Checkers 3-move restr.
D Bridge Pairs
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N Omaha High
N Quiz
N Bridge Individual
Sunday, 25
AM Boku WC
AM Heads Up Poker
AM VEGEtables FREE
PM Lost Cities
PM Abalone
D Go 19×19
D Draughts (as please)
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Pentamind World Champ Award Ceremony

* The Diving Chess World Championship will take place on August 22nd at 7pm at The Thirdspace gym on 13 Sherwood Street in Soho. Diving Chess has a special price of £20, but is FREE if you register with the All You Can Play Ticket


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The time controls and number of rounds for the events are:

Hexdame 25min/6 rounds
Backgammon 7pt/6 rounds
Scrabble 25min/6 rounds
Settlers 4 players per table/4 rounds
Kamisodo 15min/5 rounds
Hare and Tortoise 3 rounds

Cribbage Singles
Chess 20min/6 rounds
Draughts 10×10 20min/6 rounds
Monopoly 4 rounds
Cribbage pairs
Stratego 20min+5sec/6 rounds
7 Card Stud (elimination)
Chess 5min+3 sec/6 rounds

Oware 15min/5 rounds
Lines of Action 25min/6rounds
Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) 25min/6 rounds
Blokus 4players per board/3 rounds
5 Card Draw (elimination)
Dominion 5 rounds

Draughts 25min/6 rounds
Backgammon 3pt/8 rounds
Chess 960 20min/6 rounds
Continuo 20min/4 rounds
Losing Draughts 15min/5 rounds
Canadian Stud (elimination)
Tetris Battle (1v1 with NullpoMino software)
Quiz (teams of 2, 5 rounds)

Entropy FREE demo
Entropy World Championship Swiss tournament 15minx2/6 rounds
Mastermind 8min (guesser),3min (setter)/6 rounds
Mental Calculations 3.5 hour exam
Backgammon 5pt/6 rounds
Triolet 20min/4 rounds
Gomoku 15min/5 rounds
Pineapple (elimination)

Carcassone 4 players per board/3 rounds
Othello 15min/5 rounds
Decamentathlon 3.5 hours exam
Mensa Connections 4 players per board/3 rounds

KenKen and Sudoku
Acquire 4 players per board/3 rounds
Pacru 20min+5sec/6 rounds
Chinese Chess 15min/6 rounds
Kings Cribbage 20min/4 rounds Word Championship
Rummikub 4 rounds
Shogi 15min/5 rounds
Texas Hold’em (elimination)

Dominoes 4 rounds
Go Training Session
Bridge Pairs
Creative Thinking 30min per round/4 rounds
Go 13×13 20min/4 rounds
Bridge Individual
Diplomacy 1 round (7 players)
Twixt 20min/5 rounds
Omaha High (elimination)

Boku 10minx2rounds per match/7 rounds
Heads Up Texas Hold ‘em No Limit/6 rounds
Go 19×19 40min/4 rounds
VEGEtables Training Session
Abalone 15min/5 rounds
Lost Cities 7minutes per game x2/6 rounds

** The above times and number of rounds will be used. In exceptional circumstances, the arbiter / organizers may alter these on the day based on the number of entrants or the availability of electronic clocks. All participants will be informed of any changes before the tournament starts.