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

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Olympiad Championship
• Monday 28, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Beginners' Tournament
• Saturday 19, 3:30pm-9:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Weekend Tournament
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 3:30pm-9:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• Olympiad Championship
• Monday 21 - Friday 25, 3:30pm-9:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• British Open
• Saturday 26 - Monday 28, 3:30pm-9:30pm
• Entry fee: £25 (£10)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Tuesday 22 - Wednesday 23, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Monday 28, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• 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.

• Blitz Championship (5 minutes)
• Saturday 19, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Junior Blitz Championship (5 minutes)
• Saturday 19, noon-6pm
• Entry fee: £5 (£5)
• Restricted to under-18s only

• "British Land" UK Chess Challenge Gigafinal
• Sunday 20, 9am onwards
• Open to pre-qualified juniors only
• Age-group finalists qualify for the Terafinal event the next weekend

• Olympiad Championship (30 minutes)
• Monday 21 - Friday 25, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £25 (£10)

• MSO MASTERS
  Ron Banwell Memorial
  FIDE rated tournament
• Sunday 20 - Monday 28, 3:30-10pm
• Entry fee: variable. Free entry and start money available for GMs and players with disabilities.
• For full details, please see our Ron Banwell MSO Masters page.
• The tournament is being directed by Stewart Reuben, who you can contact by e-mail or telephone.
• E-mail: sreuben@compuserve.com
• Telephone: +44 20 8892 6660 - (020) 8892 6660 within the UK

• Evening Championship (25 minutes)
• Thursday 24 - Friday 25, 7pm-10pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• 20 minute Tournament
• Saturday 26, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• "British Land" UK Chess Challenge Terafinal
• Saturday 26 - Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Open to pre-qualified juniors only

• 15 minute Tournament
• Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• 10 minute Tournament
• Monday 28, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• 5 minute Tournament
• Monday 28, 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Olympiad Individual Championship
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• 10 minute Tournament
• Monday 21, 3:30pm-7:30pm and
  Tuesday 22, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £18 (£7)

• Simultaneous Display
• Wednesday 23, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: FREE!
• Display will contain up to 20 boards

• EUROPEAN TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
• Friday 25, 3:30pm-7:30pm and
  Saturday 26 - Monday 28, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)
• Takes place between teams of 3

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Monday 21, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Saturday 19, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• 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

• The Times Crossword Championship Qualifier
• Saturday 26, 2pm-6pm
• Open to pre-qualified competitors only

• To Be Announced
• Keep checking this web site for latest information

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Sunday 27, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Olympiad Championship
• Saturday 26, 10am-10pm with breaks
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• British Open 5s and 3s Singles Championship
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• Intermediate 5s and 3s Singles
• Sunday 20, 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

• British Open 5s and 3s Pairs Championship
• Saturday 26 - Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• Intermediate 5s and 3s Pairs
• Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: free for entrants who entered the British Open 5s and 3s Pairs Championship but did not qualify for day two
• Entry fee: £13 (£5) for other entrants

• Intermediate Tournament
• Friday 25, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Masters Tournament
• Saturday 26 - Sunday 27, 10am-6pm with a lunch break
  and Monday 28, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £25 (£10)

• WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Adults: Monday 21 - Monday 28, 4pm-9:30pm
• Juniors: Monday 21 - Monday 28, 10am-3:30pm
• This takes place between national teams, by selection only
• These events have been confirmed as definitely taking place and will feature a total of 28 national teams!

• 15 minute Tournament
• Saturday 26, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)
• This tournament will be played over five rounds.

• 10 minute Tournament
• Sunday 27, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)
• This tournament will be played over seven rounds.

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Thursday 24 - Friday 25, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Saturday 26, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• GIPF with TAMSK potentials Tournament
• Sunday 27, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: free to Gipf World Championship entrants, £13 (£5) otherwise

• British Championship Title Match
• Saturday 19 - Tuesday 22 and Monday 28 if necessary, 10am start each day
• Takes place between championship qualifiers only

• Introduction to Go for Beginners
• Saturday 19, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Repeated on Sunday 20, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: FREE!

• Lightning Tournament (12 minutes)
• Sunday 20, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Youth Tournament
• Sunday 20, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)
• Format to be announced
• Restricted to under-18s only

• Open Tournament (105 minutes)
• Wednesday 23 - Friday 25, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £25 (£10)

• Rapidplay Tournament (30 minutes)
• Saturday 26, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Pairgo Tournament
• Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• 13x13 Tournament
• Monday 28, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Novice Tournament
• Monday 28, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Olympiad Event
• Friday 25, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Wednesday 23 - Friday 25, 10am-1pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• Olympiad Championship
• Saturday 26, 10am-1:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Olympiad Event
• Monday 28, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Tuesday 22 - Wednesday 23, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Olympiad Championship
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Monday 21 - Tuesday 22, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £25 (£10)

• WORLD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
• Sunday 20, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• WORLD UNDER 13 CHAMPIONSHIP
• Monday 28, 3pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: (£5)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Saturday 19, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• British Schools Championship
• Saturday 26 - Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: FREE!
• Prizes provided by Dorling Kindersley.

• 10x10 Quickplay (25 minutes)
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• 8x8 Beginners Tournament 1
• Saturday 19, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• 8x8 BLITZ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (5 minutes)
• Sunday 20, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• 10x10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (50 minutes)
• Monday 21 - Wednesday 23, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £18 (£7)

• 8x8 Beginners Tournament 2
• Wednesday 23, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• 8x8 Quickplay (15 minutes)
• Thursday 24 - Friday 25, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• 8x8 Beginners Tournament 3
• Saturday 26, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• 8x8 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (30 minutes)
• Saturday 26 - Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
  and Monday 28, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £25 (£10)

• 8x8 Beginners Tournament 4
• Monday 28, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Strategy Workshops for Beginners with Mini Tournois
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10:30am-8pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)
• Two separate events, with identical schedules:
• 10:30am -- Registration
• 11am-1pm -- Rules and board setting
• 2-3:15pm -- Learn how to count
• 4pm-8pm -- Mini Tournois
• Workshops conducted by Tournament director Glenda Trew and Junior World champion Elison Davis.

• Under 11 International Championship
• Monday 21, 1pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: (£8)

• Under 18 International Championship
• Tuesday 22, 1pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £10 (£10)

• Beginners' Tournaments
• Wednesday 23, 1pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)
• Three separate simultaneous events for seniors, under-18s and under-11s

• Senior International Championship
• Thursday 24 - Monday 28, 1pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £20

• International Team Championship
  played for the Bonti Trophy
• Sunday 27, 1pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £6 per person - £30 per team of five

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• To compete for the Pentamind medals, participants must enter tournaments for 5 or more different games or mental skills. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE MUST HAVE 3 OR MORE PLAYING SESSIONS; ALL FIVE TOGETHER MUST HAVE 10 OR MORE PLAYING SESSIONS. 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.
• 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.
• You may enter as many tournaments as you wish (excluding the MSO Masters Chess tournament and any invitational or pre-qualification tournaments) for a maximum entry fee of £75 (juniors £30). 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.
• You may not include any beginners, novice or age-restricted tournaments in your "5 best" results.
• 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. No player may enter for tournaments which clash in the playing schedule.

• 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)

• British Championship
• Sunday 20, 10am-2pm (qualifier)
• Sunday 20, 3:30pm-7:30pm (final)
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)
• We are pleased to announce that once again our quiz will be compered by Magnus Magnusson!

• British Championship
• Wednesday 23, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)
• Open to British citizens only

• Olympiad Championship
• Thursday 24, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)
• Open to all nationalities

• National Scrabble Championship
• Saturday 19, 10:30am-2pm and 3pm-6:30pm
  Sunday 20, 9:30am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)
• ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY 24TH

• Olympiad Championship
• Monday 21 - Friday 25, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)

• Evening Tournament
• Monday 21 - Wednesday 23, 7pm-10pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Olympiad Championship
• Sunday 27, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Handicap Team Match
• Wednesday 23, 10am-6:30pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• Shogi For Beginners
• Wednesday 23, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: FREE!

• Shogi lesson by Nakao Osamu, 6-dan professional
• Wednesday 23, 8pm-10:30pm
• Entry fee: FREE!

• Simultaneous Exhibition by Nakao Osamu
• Thursday 24, 9:30am-1:30pm
• Entry fee: £10 (£4)

• Olympiad Blitz Championship
• Thursday 24, 2:30pm-6:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Demonstration Game by Nakao Osamu
• Thursday 24, 8pm-10:30pm
• Entry fee: FREE!

• EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
• Friday 25: 9am - 6:30pm with one meal break,
  Saturday 26: 10am - 10:30pm with two meal breaks
  and Sunday 27: 8:30am - 2:30pm with one meal break
• Entry fee: £25 (£10)

• Olympiad Championship
• Saturday 19 - Sunday 20, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £18 (£7)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Tuesday 22, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Workshop
• Tuesday 22nd, 2:15pm
• Entry fee: FREE!
• Will cover rules, basic strategies and so on

• Beginners Tournament 1
• Wednesday 23, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Barrage Tournament (10 minutes)
• Wednesday 23, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Thursday 24, 3:30pm-7:30pm and
  Friday 25, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
  and Saturday 26, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)
• Entry fee for the World Championship also permits entry to all other tournaments

• Workshop
• Saturday 26th, 2:30pm
• Entry fee: FREE!
• Will cover rules, basic strategies and so on

• Beginners Tournament 2
• Saturday 26, 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £13 (£5)

• Olympiad Championship
• Tuesday 22 - Wednesday 23, 10am-2pm
• Entry fee: £15 (£6)

• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• Friday 25 - Saturday 26, 10am-2pm and 3:30pm-7:30pm
• Entry fee: £20 (£8)