We are pleased to announce what we have arranged with regard to the detailed playing schedule for the London half of the 5th 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 18th), entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities. A late entry penalty fee of £5 will be applied to entries postmarked after 11th August.
The London half of the fifth Mind Sports Olympiad is 10 days long, like last year's event. For those who wish to take part in several tournaments we will have a special entry fee of £80 (£40 for juniors, entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, excluding the Ron Banwell 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.
An entry form is now available online on this web site. 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: mso@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk
BRIDGE
(Prize fund £600)
- Mixed Pairs
- Friday 24, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Ladies Pairs and Mens Pairs
- Friday 24, 7pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Two simultaneous separate tournaments
- MSO Pairs Championship Qualifier
- Saturday 25, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £30 (£15)
- This is the qualifying event for the £600 MSO Pairs Championship in the evening
- Entry fee also pays for either MSO Pairs Championship Final or MSO Open Pairs
- MSO Pairs Championship Final
- Saturday 25, 7pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: free to qualifiers from the MSO Pairs Championship Qualifier
- Prize fund of £600 for this event.
- MSO Open Pairs
- Saturday 25, 7pm-10:30pm
- 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
- Swiss Teams
- Sunday 26, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Swiss Pairs
- Monday 27, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- All sessions will be 24 boards.
CRIBBAGE (FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE)
- Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Saturday 18, 11am-3pm and 4pm-8pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Olympiad Individual Championship
- Sunday 19, 11am-3pm and 4pm-8pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
POKER
- WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 18 - Wednesday 22, 4pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9) per day
- To qualify for the title you must play in four or more of these five tournaments:
1) Saturday 18: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw
2) Sunday 19: Pot-Limit Seven-Card Stud
3) Monday 20: Pot-Limit London Lowball
4) Tuesday 21: Pot-Limit Canadian Stud
5) Wednesday 22: Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em
- You may enter as many of these five tournaments as you like for £72 (£36). You might wish to consider
Pentamind entry for £80 (£40) which includes the weekend poker tournaments and all the other tournaments at the MSO as well.
- The winners will be presented with signed copies of Stewart Reuben's latest book "Starting out in Poker" and also copies of "Pot Limit & No Limit Poker".
- Amateur Texas Hold'em No-Limit Championship
- Friday 24 - Saturday 25, 4pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Amateur Seven Card Stud Pot-Limit Championship
- Sunday 26 - Monday 27, 4pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
SKAT
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 18, 11am-3pm and 4pm-8pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
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