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1998 Mind Sports Olympiad Results
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| ABALONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Vojtęch Hrabal (Czech Republic)
|
16/16
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Silver
|
Marc Tastet (France)
|
13/16
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Bronze
|
Ian
Turner (England)
|
11/16
|
| BACKGAMMON FOR BEGINNERS |
Gold
|
Campbell Gordon (Canada)
|
5/5
|
Silver
|
Akero Maria (Switzerland)
|
4/5
|
Bronze
|
Summerell
Ray (England)
|
4/5
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BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold Tournament |
Gold
|
Brian Lever (England)
|
First
|
Silver
|
Mahmoud Jahanbani (Iran)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Steve
Rimmer (England)
|
Third
|
BACKGAMMON
CHAMPIONSHIP
Silver Tournament |
Silver
|
John Kwee (England)
|
First
|
Bronze
|
Peter
Murrell (England)
|
Second
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BACKGAMMON
CHAMPIONSHIP
Bronze Tournament |
Bronze
|
John
Broomfield (England)
|
First
|
| BACKGAMMON WEEKEND EVENT |
Gold
|
Geoff Oliver (England)
|
First
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Silver
|
John Clark (England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Mahmoud
Jahanbani (Iran)
|
Third
|
| BRIDGE – MINI-BRIDGE 25/8/98
(PAIRS) |
Gold
|
Ned Paul (England) / Etienne Nicaise (Belgium)
|
32 points
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Silver
|
Dario DiToffoli (Italy) / Demis
Hassabis (England)
|
30 points
|
Bronze
|
Jane Rees-Davis (England)
/ Mary Ann Bennett (Wales)
|
25 points
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| BRIDGE
– MINI-BRIDGE 26/8/98 (INDIVIDUAL) |
Gold
|
Herbert Durkin (England)
|
35 points
|
Silver
|
Phil Marson (England)
|
26 points
|
Bronze
|
Jane Rees-Davis (England)
|
22 points
|
| BRIDGE
– MINI-BRIDGE 27/8/98 (INDIVIDUAL) |
Gold
|
Etienne Nicaise (Belgium)
|
First
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Silver
|
Phil Marson (England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Norbert
Schafer (Germany)
|
Third
|
| BRIDGE
– MIXED PAIRS |
Gold
|
Marion Day (England) / David Green (England)
|
64.06%
|
Silver
|
Michael Courtney (England) / Margaret
Courtney (England)
|
60.67%
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Bronze
|
Piers
Shepperson (England) / Nobuleo Matsumura (Japan)
|
57.32%
|
| BRIDGE
– MULTIPLE TEAMS OF FOUR |
Gold
|
Mike Fletcher, Graham Horscroft,
Andrew MacAlister, Steve Dannell / Mike Walsh (all England)
|
91 IMPs
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Silver
|
Margaret Courtney, Michael
Courtney, Ian Handley, Asad Salam (all England)
|
90 IMPs
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Bronze
|
Byron
Crittenden, John Durden, Ian Fogg, Jim Bochsler (all England)
|
19 IMPs
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| BRIDGE
– PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
John Young (England) / Chris Jagger (England)
|
61.38%
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Silver
|
Ron Stich (England) / Laurence Manning (England)
|
55.29%
|
Bronze
|
John
Durden (England) / Byron Crittenden (England)
|
55.13%
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| BRIDGE
– OPEN PAIRS |
Gold
|
Paul Mendleson (England) / Peter
Hardyment (England)
|
61.01%
|
Silver
|
Brian Glubok (Unrecorded) / Espen Erichsen (Unrecorded - Norway?)
|
60.71%
|
Bronze
|
Mike Gold (England)
/ David Higginson (England)
|
56.85%
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| BRIDGE
– NOVICES’ PAIRS |
Gold
|
Graham Walker (England) / Peter Walker (England)
|
57.50%
|
Silver
|
Joyce Swerski (South Africa) / Lucy Bloomfield (England)
|
56.25%
|
Bronze
|
Carlo
Mazzotti (Italy) / Bevan Maggi (Italy)
|
55.00%
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| BRIDGE
– LADIES’ PAIRS |
Gold
|
Su Burn (England) / Sheena Haytack (England)
|
49.22%
|
Silver
|
Rina van Tol (Netherlands) / Margaret
Courtney (England)
|
48.94%
|
Bronze
|
Judi
Berzins (England) / Mona Eldridge (England)
|
46.27%
|
| BRIDGE
– MENS’ PAIRS |
Gold
|
Ting To (England) / Bob Rowlands (England)
|
67.15%
|
Silver
|
Byron Crittenden (England) / John Durden (England)
|
62.72%
|
Bronze
|
Andrew
Robson (England) / Paul Mendelson (England)
|
61.19%
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| BRIDGE
– SWISS PAIRS |
Gold
|
Bill Thurl (England) / Francis Eddleston (England)
|
96 VPs
|
Silver
|
Martin Garvey (England) / Chris Beanland (England)
|
81 VPs
|
Bronze
|
Su Burn (England) /
Steve Eginton (England)
|
78 VPs
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| BRIDGE
– SWISS TEAMS OF FOUR |
Gold
|
Geoff Nicholas, Debbie Roberts,
Mike Webley, Ernest Schlesinger (all England)
|
First
|
Silver
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Steve Egington, Jean Johnson,
Nick Economou, Frank Wharton (all England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Neil Van
Luven (Canada), Robert Eaton, Andrew Sobell, Asad Salam (all England)
|
Third
|
CHESS – QUICKPLAY
TOURNAMENT
Overall Results |
Gold
|
GM Stuart Conquest (England)
|
13/15
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Silver
|
GM James Plaskett (England)
|
12/15
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Bronze
|
GM Aaron
Summerscale (England)
|
12/15
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CHESS
– QUICKPLAY TOURNAMENT
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Matthew Broomfield (England)
|
9/15
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Silver
|
Rosalind Kieran (England)
|
9/15
|
Bronze
|
Kumardip
Chakaburty (India)
|
8˝/15
|
CHESS -
FIRST EVENING TOURNAMENT
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Matthew Broomfield (England)
|
5˝/6
|
Silver
|
Tim Hebbes (England)
|
5/6
|
Bronze
|
David
Spence (England)
|
4˝/6
|
CHESS -
FIRST EVENING TOURNAMENT
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Matthew Broomfield (England)
|
5˝/6
|
Silver
|
Tim Hebbes (England)
|
5/6
|
Bronze
|
Thomas
Dougherty (England)
|
4˝/6
|
CHESS
– SECOND EVENING TOURNAMENT
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Ruth Sheldon (England)
|
6/6
|
Silver
|
Jon S. Friedland (England)
|
5/6
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Bronze
|
Milan
Petras (Czech Republic)
|
5/6
|
CHESS
– SECOND EVENING TOURNAMENT
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Kumardip Chakraborty (India)
|
4/6
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Silver
|
Shanker Menon (India)
|
4/6
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Bronze
|
Matthew
Broomfield (England)
|
4/6
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| CHESS -
SATURDAY 10-MINUTE TOURNAMENT |
Gold
|
Mark Hebden (England)
|
6/6
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Silver
|
Thorsten Cmiel (Germany)
|
5/6
|
Bronze
|
Jon S.
Friedland (England)
|
5/6
|
CHESS -
SUNDAY 10-MINUTE TOURNAMENT
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Richard Pert (England)
|
5˝/6
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Silver
|
Michael Basman (England)
|
5/6
|
Bronze
|
Thorsten
Cmiel (Germany)
|
5/6
|
CHESS -
SUNDAY 10-MINUTE TOURNAMENT
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Richard Pert (England)
|
5˝/6
|
Silver
|
Kumardip Chakraborty (India)
|
5/6
|
Bronze
|
Melanie
Buckley (England)
|
4˝/6
|
CHESS -
SATURDAY 5-MINUTE TOURNAMENT
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Larry Kaufman (USA)
|
9˝/10
|
Silver
|
Mark Hebden (England)
|
8/10
|
Bronze
|
Thomas
Hinks-Edwards (England)
|
7˝/10
|
CHESS -
SATURDAY 5-MINUTE TOURNAMENT
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Gawain Jones (England)
|
7/10
|
Silver
|
Melanie Buckley (England)
|
6˝/10
|
Bronze
|
Rosalind
Kieran (England)
|
6˝/10
|
CHESS -
SUNDAY 5-MINUTE TOURNAMENT
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Inna Yanovska (Ukraine)
|
9˝/10
|
Silver
|
Alex Chernaiev (Russia)
|
9/10
|
Bronze
|
Mark
Hebden (England)
|
7˝/10
|
CHESS -
SUNDAY 5-MINUTE TOURNAMENT
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Richard Pert (England)
|
7/10
|
Silver
|
Nick Frost (England)
|
6˝/10
|
Bronze
|
Kumardip
Chakraborty (India)
|
6˝/10
|
CHESS
PROBLEM-SOLVING
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Michael McDowell (England)
|
70 points
|
Silver
|
Stephen Emmerson (England)
|
31 points
|
Bronze
|
Brian
Stephenson (England)
|
31
points
|
CHESS
PROBLEM-SOLVING
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Tim Hebbes (England)
|
19 points
|
Silver
|
Kumardip Chakraborty (India)
|
16 points
|
Bronze
|
Ezra
Lutton (England)
|
15
points
|
CHINESE CHESS OLYMPIAD
CHAMPIONSHIP
Weekday event |
Gold
|
Liu Da Hua (China)
|
15/18
|
Silver
|
Hu Ming (China)
|
15/18
|
Bronze
|
Dang
Thanh Trung (France)
|
14/18
|
CHINESE CHESS EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONSHIP
Weekend event |
Gold
|
Woo Wei Cheung (France)
|
6/7
|
Silver
|
Chen Fa Zuo (England)
|
5˝/7
|
Bronze
|
Chen Te
Chao (France)
|
5/7
|
CONTINUO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Demis Hassabis (England)
|
First
|
Silver
|
Dario DiToffoli (Italy)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Victoria
Westnedge (England)
|
Third
|
CONTINUO
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Victoria Westnedge (England)
|
First
|
Silver
|
George Hassabis (England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Ezra
Lutton (England)
|
Third
|
| CREATIVE THINKING WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Bruce Birchall (England)
|
86 points
|
Silver
|
David J. Bodycombe (England)
|
86 points
|
Bronze
|
Lana
Israel (USA)
|
85 points
|
| CRIBBAGE |
Gold
|
Guy Plowman (England)
|
First
|
Silver
|
Kenneth Wilshire (Wales)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Richard
Brand (England)
|
Third
|
| "THE
TIMES" CROSSWORD PUZZLE CHAMPIONSHIP |
Champion
|
Alistair Sutherland (Scotland)
|
120/120, 81 time points
|
Silver
|
David Howell (England)
|
120/120, 72˝ time points
|
Bronze
|
David Vine (England)
|
120/120, 68˝ time points
|
| DECAMENTATHLON
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Paul Smith (England)
|
612˝/1000
|
Silver
|
Keith Loveys (England)
|
601/1000
|
Bronze
|
Demis
Hassabis (England)
|
575˝/1000
|
| DRAUGHTS FOR BEGINNERS –
8x8 |
Gold
|
Raivis Paegle (Latvia)
|
9 points
|
Silver
|
Tony Niccoli (England)
|
9 points
|
Bronze
|
Demis
Hassabis (England)
|
8 points
|
| DRAUGHTS
ENGLISH FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP – 8x8 |
Gold
|
Ron King (Barbados)
|
14/16
|
Silver
|
Pat McCarthy (Ireland)
|
11/16
|
Bronze
|
Raivis
Paegle (Latvia)
|
11/16
|
| DRAUGHTS
CHAMPIONSHIP – 10x10 |
Gold
|
Guntis Valneris (Latvia)
|
19/22
|
Silver
|
Vladimir Bedinovs (Latvia)
|
16/22
|
Bronze
|
Raivis
Paegle (Latvia)
|
15/22
|
| DRAUGHTS SATURDAY TOURNAMENT–
8x8 |
Gold
|
Ron King (Barbados)
|
12/12
|
Silver
|
Con McCarrick (Ireland)
|
8/12
|
Bronze
|
Hugh
Davies (Wales)
|
8/12
|
| DRAUGHTS SUNDAY TOURNAMENT–
8x8 |
Gold
|
Ron King (Barbados)
|
11/12
|
Silver
|
Pat McCarthy (Ireland)
|
10/12
|
Bronze
|
Terry
Thomas (Wales)
|
7/12
|
| DRAUGHTS SATURDAY 10-MINUTE
TOURNAMENT– 10x10 |
Gold
|
Guntis Valneris (Latvia)
|
14/14
|
Silver
|
Raivis
Paegle (Latvia)
|
11/14
|
Bronze
|
Vladimir
Bedinovs (Latvia)
|
9/14
|
| DRAUGHTS SUNDAY 10-MINUTE
TOURNAMENT– 10x10 |
Gold
|
Guntis Valneris (Latvia)
|
13/14
|
Silver
|
Kelvin Andell (Grenada)
|
13/14
|
Bronze
|
Vladimir
Bedinovs (Latvia)
|
9/14
|
ENTROPY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Peter Horlock (England)
|
5/6
|
Silver
|
Paul Smith (England)
|
5/6
|
Bronze
|
David
Pearce (England)
|
5/6
|
ENTROPY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Junior Results |
Gold
|
George Hassabis (England)
|
4/6
|
Silver
|
Adam Swersky (South Africa)
|
2˝/6
|
Bronze
|
Tim
Hebbes (England)
|
2˝/6
|
| GO CHAMPIONSHIP – 19x19 |
Medal
|
Name
|
Wins
|
MMS
|
SOS
|
SODOS
|
Gold
|
Shutai Zhang (China)
|
5/5
|
9
|
33
|
28
|
Silver
|
Shoichi Sakagi (Japan)
|
4/5
|
8
|
34
|
21
|
Bronze
|
Vladimir
Danek (Czech Republic)
|
3/5
|
7
|
35
|
15
|
| GO WEEKEND EVENT– 19x19 |
Medal
|
Name
|
Wins
|
MMS
|
SOS
|
SODOS
|
Gold
|
Migaku Hayashi (Japan)
|
5/5
|
7
|
32
|
26
|
Silver
|
Shoichi Sakagi (Japan)
|
4/5
|
6
|
32
|
20
|
Bronze
|
Vladimir
Danek (Czech Republic)
|
4/5
|
6
|
32
|
19
|
| GO – 13x13 |
Gold
|
Vladimir Danek (Czech Republic)
|
9/13
|
Silver
|
Gerhard Stettern (England)
|
8/13
|
Bronze
|
Reiko
Monna (Japan)
|
7/13
|
GO - 9x9
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Mikagu Hayashi (Japan)
|
6/7
|
Silver
|
Des Cann (England)
|
6/7
|
Bronze
|
Francis
Roads (England)
|
5/7
|
GO - 9x9
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Ezra Lutton (England)
|
3/7
|
Silver
|
James Heppell (England)
|
3/7
|
Bronze
|
Josiah
Lutton (England)
|
1/7
|
| HEXDAME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Leo Springer (Netherlands)
|
16/20
|
Silver
|
George Miller (England)
|
12/20
|
Bronze
|
David
Kotim (USA)
|
12/20
|
| INTELLIGENCE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Angus Walker (England)
|
321/388
|
Silver
|
Martin Isaac (England)
|
287/388
|
Bronze
|
Ben
Pridmore (England)
|
268/388
|
INTELLIGENCE - SATURDAY EVENT
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Daniel Holloway (England)
|
81/89
|
Silver
|
Paul Smith (England)
|
81/89
|
Bronze
|
Iain Gunn (England)
|
79/89
|
INTELLIGENCE
- SATURDAY EVENT
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Iain Gunn (England)
|
79/89
|
Silver
|
Christopher Dixon (England)
|
62/89
|
Bronze
|
Natalie
Eskinazi (England)
|
61/89
|
| JAPANESE CHESS (SHOGI) -
OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Larry Kaufman (USA)
|
10/11
|
Silver
|
Manabu Terao (Japan)
|
9/11
|
Bronze
|
Eric
Cheymol (France)
|
8/11
|
| JAPANESE CHESS (SHOGI) -
SATURDAY 10-MINUTE EVENT |
Gold
|
Demis Hassabis (England)
|
4/4
|
Silver
|
Hideki Tanaka (England)
|
3/4
|
Bronze
|
Fassil
Bekele (USA)
|
2/4
|
| LINES
OF ACTION - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Hartmut Thordsen (Germany)
|
6/7
|
Silver
|
Ragnar Wikman (Finland)
|
5/7
|
Bronze
|
Marc
Tastet (France)
|
5/7
|
LEARN AND PLAY NEW GAMES
"Lift-Off" Tournament |
Gold
|
Dario DiToffoli
|
5/5
|
Silver
|
David Sedgwick
|
4/5
|
Bronze
|
Josef
Kollar
|
4/5
|
MAGIC :
THE GATHERING
Standard Tournament - Overall Results |
Gold
|
John Ormerod (England)
|
First
|
Silver
|
Oliver Schneider (England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Andrew
Barreto (Brazil)
|
Third
|
MAGIC :
THE GATHERING
Standard Tournament - Junior Results |
Gold
|
Andre Barreto (Brazil)
|
First
|
Silver
|
Daniel Caps (England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Chris
Caps (England)
|
Third
|
MAGIC : THE GATHERING
Limited Tournament - Overall Results |
Gold
|
David Stewart (England)
|
First
|
Silver
|
Sam Waller (England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Dave Fry (England)
|
Third
|
MAGIC :
THE GATHERING
Limited Tournament - Junior Results |
Gold
|
Sam Waller (England)
|
First
|
Silver
|
David Gunn (England)
|
Second
|
Bronze
|
Ben
Haytack (England)
|
Third
|
MASTERMIND
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Shanker Menon (India)
|
9˝/13
|
Silver
|
Marc Tastet (France)
|
9/13
|
Bronze
|
Dario de
Toffoli (Italy)
|
8/13
|
MASTERMIND
Junior Results |
Gold
|
Shanker Menon (India)
|
9˝/13
|
Silver
|
Billy Lo (Hong Kong)
|
7/13
|
Bronze
|
George
Hassabis (England)
|
6/13
|
MEMORY SKILLS WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
Overall Results |
Gold
|
Andi Bell (England)
|
700 points
|
Silver
|
Michael Tipper (England)
|
500 points
|
Bronze
|
Gunter
Karsten (Germany)
|
480
points
|
MEMORY
SKILLS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Female Results |
Gold
|
Sue Whiting (England)
|
340 points
|
Silver
|
Tatiana Cooley (USA)
|
320 points
|
Bronze
|
Manuela
Meurer (Germany)
|
310
points
|
MEMORY
SKILLS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Junior Results |
Gold
|
David Seidel (Germany)
|
330 points
|
Silver
|
Christiane Stenger (Germany)
|
300 points
|
| MENTAL
CALCULATIONS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |
Gold
|
Robert Fountain (England)
|
10,192 pts.
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