We are pleased to announce what we have arranged with regard to the detailed playing schedule for the 6th 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 14th), entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities. A late entry penalty fee of £5 will be applied to entries postmarked after 9th August. Please note that there is also a £5 per day charge (maximum £15) for those who are not taking advantage of our accommodation packages to compete in MSO 6.
The sixth Mind Sports Olympiad is five days long. For those who wish to take part in several tournaments we will have a special entry fee of £50 (£30 for juniors, entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, 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 online entry form is now available. 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
ABALONE
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
ACQUIRE
- Beginners' Introduction
- Sunday 18, 9am-10am
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 18, 10am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
BACKGAMMON
- Beginners' Tournament
- Wednesday 14, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- Full backgammon tournament format details and rules are available.
- Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 15 - Friday 16, 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Full backgammon tournament format details and rules are available.
- English Open
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm and
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Full backgammon tournament format details and rules are available.
BOKU
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Thursday 15, 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 9)
BRIDGE
CHESS
- Olympiad Championship (25 minutes)
- Thursday 15 - Friday 16, 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Evening Blitz Championship A (5 minutes)
- Wednesday 14, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Evening Blitz Championship B (5 minutes)
- Thursday 15, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Evening Blitz Championship C (10 minutes)
- Friday 16, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Fischer Timed Blitz Championship (3 minutes)
- Saturday 17, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Each player starts with 3 minutes and has 5 seconds added for each move played.
- Time Reducing Blitz Championship
- Sunday 18, 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Subject to the number of rounds, time limits will start at 10 minutes per player and will reduce in later rounds down to 2 minutes per player.
- Corrected (July 1)
- Open Championship
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm, 2pm-6pm and 6:30pm-10:30pm
- and Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Major Championship - U170
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm, 2pm-6pm and 6:30pm-10:30pm
- and Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Minor Championship - U130
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm, 2pm-6pm and 6:30pm-10:30pm
- and Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
CHINESE CHESS (XIANGQI)
- Olympiad Championship
- Wednesday 14, 2pm-6pm and
- Thursday 15, 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- World Amateur Championship
- Friday 16 - Saturday 17, 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- and Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
CONTINUO
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Friday 16, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 12)
CREATIVE THINKING
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 18, 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 1)
CRIBBAGE (FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE)
- Pairs Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 16)
DECAMENTATHLON
DIPLOMACY
- Beginners' Introduction
- Friday 16, 2pm-3pm
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- Olympiad Championship
- Friday 16, 3pm-6pm and 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
DOMINOES
- Pairs Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 18, 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 16)
DRAUGHTS
- Giveaway: Olympiad Championship (10 minutes)
- Wednesday 14, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 5)
- Hexdame: Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 15, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Czech Dama: Olympiad Championship
- Friday 16, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 1)
- 8x8 Checkers: Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 17, 9am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 1)
- Dama 10x10 International: Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 9)
- Overall Draughts Championship
- Entry fee: no extra fee for entrants in at least three draughts events
- Players taking part in more than one of the Draughts tournaments should consider the "all in" entry fee of £50 (concessions £30) which allows participation in any number of tournaments.
- To qualify for the Overall Draughts Championship a player must participate in at least three of the above three tournaments. A player's best three results will count. The winner will be the player with the best average placing.
- Corrected (July 16)
ENTROPY
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Thursday 15, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
GO
- Beginners' Teaching Session
- Thursday 15, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- Entry fee also covers entry in afternoon Beginners' Tournament
- Corrected (July 5)
- Beginners' Tournament
- Thursday 15, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- No extra entry fee for those participating in morning Beginners' Teaching Session
- Corrected (July 5)
- Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 15, 10:15am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Registration: 9:45am-10:15am
- Corrected (August 7)
INTELLIGENCE
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 17, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Questions will be set and marked by Mensa.
LINES OF ACTION
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
LOST CITIES
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
MASTERMIND
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 17, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
MEMORY SKILLS
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 1)
- Details of the five contests in the championship are available.
MENTAL CALCULATIONS
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 17, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 1)
MIND MAPPING
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Thursday 15, 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Corrected (July 12)
NUBBLE
- British Championship
- Sunday 18, 10am-1pm and 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Nubble is the game formerly known as Number Quest.
OTHELLO
- 8x8 Teaching and Beginners' A
- Wednesday 14, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- Event consists of a teaching session followed by a beginners' tournament.
- Corrected (July 1)
- 8x8 BLITZ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (5 minutes)
- Thursday 15, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- 10x10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Friday 16, 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Corrected (July 5)
- 8x8 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm and
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Corrected (July 5)
- 8x8 Teaching and Beginners' B
- Sunday 18, 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- Event consists of a teaching session followed by a beginners' tournament.
- Corrected (July 1)
PENTAMIND
- 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 two or more playing sessions. No more than two games will be counted from the following list: Acquire, Diplomacy, Lost Cities, Nubble, Settlers of Catan and Trax. 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 any invitational or pre-qualification tournaments) for a maximum entry fee of £50 (concessions £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.
- Corrected (July 16)
POKER
(Played without money)
- WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 14 - Friday 16, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9) per day
1) Wednesday 14: Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em
2) Thursday 15: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw
3) Friday 16: Pot-Limit Seven-Card Stud
- Players taking part in more than one of the Poker tournaments should consider the "all in" entry fee of £50 (concessions £30) which allows participation in any number of tournaments.
- To qualify for the World Amateur Championship a player must participate in at least two of the above three tournaments. A player's best two results will count. The winner will be the player with the best average placing.
- Corrected (July 16)
- No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship
- Saturday 17, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- and Sunday 18, 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Corrected (July 1)
- Pot-Limit Canadian Stud
- Sunday 18, 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Entry to the Canadian Stud tournament is at no extra fee to those who enter the No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship and fail to qualify for the second day.
- Corrected (July 5)
QUIZ
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 17, 2pm-6pm and 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
SCRABBLE
- Rated Olympiad Championship
- Friday 16, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Both Scrabble tournaments will be rated.
- Six games will be played in each tournament.
- Each game will permit 25 minutes per player, with a 10 point per minute penalty in overtime.
- Weekend Championship
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Both Scrabble tournaments will be rated.
- Six games will be played in each tournament.
- Each game will permit 25 minutes per player, with a 10 point per minute penalty in overtime.
SETTLERS OF CATAN
- Beginners' Introduction
- Saturday 17, 2pm-3pm
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 17, 3pm-6pm and 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
SHOGI
SKAT
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 17, 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 28)
SPEED READING
- POSTPONED (August 7)
- Will not take place at MSO 6 - has been postponed to Spring 2003.
TRAX
- Beginners' Tournament
- Saturday 17, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- Suitable for complete novices
- All participants will receive a free set of Trax tiles
- Corrected (July 5)
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 18, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Corrected (July 5)
TWIXT
- Olympiad Championship
- Friday 16, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
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