We are pleased to announce what we have arranged with regard to the detailed playing schedule for the 4th Mind Sports Olympiad.
All prizes and entry fees are in pounds sterling (£) per player. Note that the full first entry fee given is for adults and the concessionary second entry fee (in brackets) is for junior entrants (under 16 on August 19th), entrants over 60 and entrants with disabilities.
Postal entries submitted on printed forms now attract a £5 late
Penalty Fee surcharge, but entries received over the Internet
with payment by 11:59pm BST on Thursday 17th August escape this
Penalty Fee. Note that this represents a change of policy; e-mailed
entries on Friday 18th August and later now do attract the Penalty Fee.
This year we have extended the Olympiad from 9 days to 10, again significantly increasing the number of tournaments on offer. For those who wish to take part in several tournaments we have a special entry fee of £75 (£30 for juniors, entrants over 60 and entrants with disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, excluding the MSO Chess Masters and any 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.
We will make an entry form available on this web site very soon. 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: mso@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk
BRIDGE
- Mini-Bridge (Bridge For Beginners)
- Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 and Friday 25: 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£4) per tournament
- In addition to the regular Bridge tournaments we are also
organizing three sessions of Mini-Bridge (also known as "Taste
Bridge"). These sessions will run from 10am-2pm each day, Wednesday
August 23 - Friday August 25. The first few minutes of each
session will be a teach-in, run by the English Bridge Union, FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER. You can learn
to play Mini-Bridge immediately and within a few minutes you will
be sitting down to play your first few hands!! All participants
in each of these Mini-Bridge sessions will play in a tournament
as soon as their teach-in is finished, it is as easy as that!
Medals are awarded to the first three places each day.
- WORLDWIDE SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS
1st Charity Tournament
organised by the World Bridge Federation
- Tuesday 22, 7pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £4.50 (£4.50)
- Acts as a qualifier for the MSO Pairs Championship on August 24
- MSO Pairs Championship Qualifier
- Wednesday 23, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £30 (£12)
- Acts as a qualifier for the MSO Pairs Championship on August 24
- Entry fee also pays for either MSO Pairs Championship Final or MSO Open Pairs
- WORLDWIDE SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS
2nd Charity Tournament
organised by the World Bridge Federation
- Wednesday 23, 7pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £4.50 (£4.50)
- Acts as a qualifier for the MSO Pairs Championship on August 24
- MSO Pairs Championship Final
- Thursday 24, 10am-1:30pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: free to qualifiers from the MSO Pairs Championship Qualifier;
£25.50(£7.50) for qualifiers from either Charity Tournament
- Open to those only who qualified from one of the above three events
- MSO Open Pairs
- Thursday 24, 10am-1:30pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: free to participants in the MSO Pairs Championship Qualifier
- Open to those only who did not qualify for the MSO Pairs Championship Final
- Mixed Pairs
- Friday 25, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£4)
- Novice Pairs
- Friday 25, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£4)
- Neither partner may have reached the English MP rank of Regional Master or equivalent
- Ladies Pairs and Mens Pairs
- Friday 25, 7pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£4)
- Two simultaneous separate tournaments
- Swiss Pairs
- Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: £15 (£6)
- Swiss Teams
- Monday 28, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: £15 (£6)
- All sessions will be 24 boards.
CRIBBAGE (FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE)
- PAIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£8)
- Intermediate Pairs
- Sunday 20, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: free for entrants who entered the Pairs World Championship but did not qualify for day two
- Entry fee: £13 (£5) for other entrants
- SINGLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 26 - Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£8)
- Intermediate Singles
- Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: free for entrants who entered the British Open 5s and 3s Singles Championship but did not qualify for day two
- Entry fee: £13 (£5) for other entrants
POKER
- WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 19 - Thursday 24, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £13 (£5) per day
- To qualify for the title you must play in four or more of these six tournaments:
- 1) Saturday 19: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw
- 2) Sunday 20: Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em
- 3) Monday 21: Pot-Limit Canadian Stud
- 4) Tuesday 22: Pot-Limit London Lowball
- 5) Wednesday 23: Pot-Limit Omaha
- 6) Thursday 24: Pot-Limit Seven-Card Stud
- You may enter as many of these six tournaments as you like for £60.
- Amateur Texas Hold'em No-Limit Championship
- Friday 25 - Saturday 26, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £15 (£6)
- Amateur Seven Card Stud Pot-Limit Championship
- Sunday 27 - Monday 28, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £15 (£6)
SKAT
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£7)
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