Stratego at the 9th Mind Sports Olympiad

What? When? Why?
Because there is no world championship held this year, a number of players from various countries decided to organize another prestigious tournament this year. The Stratego Olympiad will take place as part of the Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO). This brings together top players from all over the world to compete in mind games to win gold awards for themselves and their country. The Mind Sports Olympiad includes all the major games. The tournament is being held in one of England's finest cities. In the past Stratego has had three very successful tournaments at MSO.

The MSO World Stratego Events consist of:

The World Championship Barrage
The Stratego Classic Olympic Championship (Junior/Senior players)
The Stratego World Team Championship

Days of Play for Stratego: 19th and 20th August 2005

This tournament is being organised by players for players, do you think you are the best in the world and can win a gold award then this is your chance to prove it.

Where?
Renold Building at Manchester Conference Centre, United Kingdom, in the heart of Manchester

For details of how to get there please see our directions page. For those wishing to travel together please advise us of the flight or train you are taking and we will do our best to match you with other Stratego players arriving at the same time. For groups of 4 please ask and we will try and arrange taxis if you wish.

Who?
The Game Foundation (TGF) offers in association with the British Stratego Association the biggest Stratego Event of 2005.

Anthony Melbourne (chair British Stratego Association)
Dennis Baas (World Champion Barrage, Dutch Champion Classic 2002)
Roel Eefting (Founder of Stratego Tournaments and Championships in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany)
Tijs van Dijk (Dutch Champion Classic 2000)
Johnny van Geffen (World Champion 1999)
Marc Derks (secretary of TGF)
and many others.

For further details see www.stratego.org.uk and www.spellenpunt.nl.

For confirmation of your participation please e-mail stratego@melbourne.eclipse.co.uk.

For tournament information please e-mail R.Eefting@favor.nl.

Supporters:

MSO, Favor projects, Gray Tree Ltd., Abbey Support Ltd.

Take part?
E-mail to Anthony Melbourne or Tijs van Dijk, they will arrange the bookings for you. For other information, e-mail to R.Eefting@favor.nl.

How to fly there?
Manchester International Airport can be easily reached with a direct flight from many European cities. For example, bmi flies to Manchester from Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich and Paris, British Airways and KLM from Amsterdam, Air Berlin from Berlin and Air France from Paris. EasyJet flies daily from Bonn/Cologne to Nottingham (nearby).

How to fly there?
Manchester International Airport can be easily reached with a direct flight from many European cities. For example, bmi flies to Manchester from Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich and Paris, British Airways and KLM from Amsterdam, Air Berlin from Berlin and Air France from Paris. EasyJet flies daily from Bonn/Cologne to Nottingham (nearby).

Costs: rooms
The concept is to combine the Championship entry and accommoda-tion booking processes, making your life and ours easier. This concept encourages more participants to stay in the inexpensive accommodation made available by the University of Manchester, thereby creating more of a convention atmosphere during the event. This accommodation is within 1-2 minutes walk of all the playing rooms.

The costs for the rooms at the University of Manchester including breakfast and entry fees for the tournament are £50 per night. This means a player that arrives on the Friday and stays Friday night and Saturday night, would pay £100 to participate in this great event. Extra nights can be bought at a special rate.

Entry fees for taking part in the tournament alone are £28 per tournament day.

There is also 3-star hotel accommodation available on site, but space in the hotel is limited so book early if you prefer the hotel option.

Timetable?
Friday 19 August

11:00 Hours - 12:00 Registration
11:00 Hours - 12:00 Explanation of rules to new players
12:00 -12:30 Opening by Anthony Melbourne, British Stratego Society and Roel Eefting, TGF

World Championship Barrage

12:30 Round 1
12:50 Round 2
13:10 Round 3
13:30 Round 4
13:50 Round 5
14:10 Round 6
14:30 Round 7
14:50 Round 8
15:10 Round 9
15:30-15:50 Round 10: Final Round, World Barrage Championship

Stratego Classic Olympiad Championship - Junior/Senior players

16:30-17:35 Round 1
17:45-18:50 Round 2
19:00-20:05 Round 3
20:15-21:20 Round 4

Saturday 20 August

10:00-11:05 Round 5
11:15-12:20 Round 6
12:20-13:00 Break
13:00-14:05 Round 7
14:10-15:15 Round 8
15:20-16:25 Round 9: Final Round

Stratego World Team Championship

18:00-19:00 Round 1
19:00-20:00 Round 2
20:00-21:00 Round 3

Other important facts?
Championships will use ISF rules where applicable

World Championship Barrage

Swiss System
Clocks will not be used
Each round consists of 2 matches against another player
3 awards will go to the highest ending players

Stratego Classic Olympic Championship

Swiss System
Clocks may be used
Matches will count for the (ISF) Ranking
Awards will go to the highest ending players in the Junior and Senior Categories

World Team Championship

Teams are based on country/region
Teams consists of the 3 highest ending players for a country
If there are not enough players for a certain country, a regional team may be created at the discretion of the tournament organization. For instance if 2 players from France and 1 from Italy attend, they can form a region team
For any country that has more than 10 players participating, another team may be created
3 awards will go to the highest ending players

Extra great offer for free!
If you enter for an event that involves only 1 or 2 playing sessions on a particular day, you may also enter, without any extra charge for that day, for other events that have play on that day. This sys-tem gives participants the opportunity to try new games and to participate in more tournaments at no extra charge.