FORTHCOMING EVENTS

The Mind Sports Olympiad, held between Saturday 21st and Sunday 29th August in London's Olympia Conference Centre, features strong tournaments in all the events listed below. See elsewhere on this site for further details.

Backgammon
Source: British Isles Backgammon Assocation

• Sep 3 - 5 European Backgammon Championships, HIT Hotel Park, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Cribbage
Source: American Cribbage Congress

• Aug 27 - 29 New England PEER Championships, Auburn, MA
• Aug 27 - 29 "Shut Up And Deal", Castro Valley, CA

Dame

Source: World Draughts Federation website

• Aug 20 - 30 Lithuania; European Cup (for teams of 4 players)
• Aug 21 - 29 French National Championships
• Aug 28 - 29 Mori, Italy; International Open. Contact Riccardo Agosti at Coppa Citta; telephone +39 464 917311 or e-mail:15871so@student.soc.unitn.it

Diplomacy

• Aug 26 - 30 EuroDipCon featuring the European Diplomacy Championships, Turku, Finland. (Contact Shaun Derrick, 313 Woodway Lane, Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2AP for travel information.)

Go
Source: British Go Association

• Sep 4 - 5 Northern; contact John Smith, 0161-445-5012.
• Sep 18 Milton Keynes; contact Andrew Grant, 01908-669883.

Poker
Source:The European Poker Players' Association

• Sep 9 - 12 Autumn Tournament; Casino Bregenz, Austria
• Sep 18 - 26 Autumn Festival; ACF, Paris, France
• Sep 28 - Oct 5 Austrian Classics; Concord, Vienna, Austria
• Oct 7 - 9 Poker EM, Euro 7-Stud; Casino Baden, Austria
• Oct 10 - 17 UK Masters; Rainbow, Birmingham, England
• Oct 10 - 17 Manx Festival of Gaming; Stakis Casino, Isle of Man

Scrabble
Source: Hampshire Scrabble Newsletter

• Aug 27 - 28 British Matchplay Scrabble Championship Ladies' Event; contact Lois Mcleod, 01582-594910.
• Aug 28 - 30 British Matchplay Scrabble Championship, Nottingham; contact Lois Mcleod, 01582-594910.
• Sep 4 Alness; contact May MacDonald, 01349-882016.
• Sep 5 London League Sunday Drive; contact Mauro Pratesi, 0181-5562902.
• Sep 25 Sheffmatch, Sheffield; contact Bob Dowse, 0114-2683555.
• Sep 26 London League Sunday Drive; contact Mauro Pratesi, 0181-5562902.

Shogi
Source: British Shogi Federation

• Aug 27 - 29 European Shogi Championship, Leiden, The Netherlands (Contact Registration)
  Consists of three events:
  
  1. the double-elimination European Championship, for dan-rated players with European passports or meeting residency qualifications, and also the last winner of last year's side tournament.
  2. the six-round European Open Championship, for dan-rated players, kyu-rated players and those eliminated from the European Championship, who continue from their already attained score.
  3. the European Quick Shoigi Championship on Friday evening, open to all players.
• Sep 11 Royston Shogi Congress at The Boathouse, Chesterton Road, Cambridge.
  Shogi: 3 rounds, 1 hour and 30 seconds byoyomi each.
  Tori-Shogi: up to 5 rounds, 45 minutes and 30 seconds byoyomi each.
  Mini-Shogi: no time limits, but played as all-play-all tournament between the other rounds.
  More details from: Nick Langford or Phil Holland.

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