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
CHESS
(Prize fund £2,050)
- Olympiad Championship, Major Division
- Saturday 18, 10am-3pm and
Sunday 19, 10am-3pm and 4pm-8pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 170 only
- Open Blitz Championship (5 minutes)
- Saturday 18, 4pm-8pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £150 for this event, sponsored by Glass Bead.
- MSO MASTERS
Ron Banwell Memorial
FIDE rated tournament
incorporating the Commonwealth Chess Championships
- Saturday 18 - Monday 27, 4-10pm
- Variable entry fees, start money, tournament format and more explained in full on our Ron Banwell Masters page.
- Prize fund of £2,050 for this event.
- This tournament will be rated by FIDE and the BCF. It will be a chance to earn FIDE title norms and points towards the Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix.
- Olympiad Championship (30 minutes)
- Monday 20 - Friday 24, 11am-3pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Evening Blitz Championship (5 minutes)
- Monday 20 - Tuesday 21, 6:30pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Evening Championship (25 minutes)
- Thursday 23 - Friday 24, 6:30pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- 15 minute Tournament
- Saturday 25, 4pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Fischer Timed Blitz Championship (3 minutes + 3 seconds/move)
- Sunday 26, 10:30am-3pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Olympiad Championship, Minor Division
- Sunday 26, 10am-3pm and 4pm-8pm
and Monday 27, 10am-3pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 130 only
- Time Reduction Blitz Championship
- Monday 27, 10:30am-3pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- First round, 10 minutes per player
- Second round, 9 minutes per player
- Third round, 8 minutes per player
- ...and so on in the same manner until...
- Ninth round, 2 minutes per player
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