We are pleased to announce the detailed playing schedule for the 8th Mind Sports Olympiad, which will take place in the Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST, between Thursday 19th August and Monday 30th August 2004. A new, schools section of the event will be held on July 10th-11th at the same venue, where the Gigafinal of the British Land UK Chess Challenge will be taking place. Spectators are welcome and there will be no charge made.
All prizes and entry fees are in pounds sterling (£) per player. Note that the first entry fee given is for adults and the concessionary entry fee (in brackets) is for junior entrants (under 19 on August 20th), and for entrants over 65, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities. There is a supplementary fee of £3 for booking participation in MSO competitions using a credit or debit card. All new entries now attract a £5 late entry Penalty Fee surcharge.
For those who wish to take part in several tournaments we will have a special entry fee of £100 (£50 for juniors, entrants over 65, unemployed entrants and entrants with registered disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, excluding any Bridge, 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.
The total guaranteed prize fund currently stands at more than £14,000 (i.e. more than $25,000 or €20,000). We hope and expect to attract additional sponsorship so that the value of the prizes can be increased. From time to time we will update the prize information on this site, so please visit us again if you want to know the latest information on prizes.
An online entry form is now available. 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: entries@msoworld.com
CHESS
(Prize fund £1,100)
- Please note that all tournaments except for Blitz and Lightning will be BCF graded.
- Open Olympiad Championship
- Friday 20, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: 17.5 hours
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Major Olympiad Championship
- Friday 20, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: no credit
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 160 only
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Minor Olympiad Championship
- Friday 20, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: no credit
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 115 only
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Olympiad Problem Solving Championship
- Saturday 21, 1pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 4.5 hours
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Olympiad Championship
- Monday 23 - Friday 27, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: 17.5 hours
- Fifteen rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Open Evening Championship
- Monday 23 - Wednesday 25, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 12 hours
- Six rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 40 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Novice Olympiad Championship
- Friday 27, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 28 - Sunday 29, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Pentamind: no credit
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Open to players with BCF gradings under 90 only
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Rapidplay Open Championship
- Saturday 28, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Time Variable Blitz Championship
- Sunday 29, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
- Six rounds in this tournament
- The time control for the first game will be 15 minutes per player
- The time control will decrease in successive games, until...
- The time control for the sixth game will be 2 minutes per player
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Lightning "Fischer Clock" Championship
- Sunday 29, 2pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Pentamind: 3.5 hours
- Each player will have 3 minutes per game with 5 seconds added per move
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Blitz Open Championship
- Monday 30, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Pentamind: 7 hours
- Each player will have 15 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
- Amateur Olympiad Champion
- No extra fee
- This title and trophy are awarded to the player with the best aggregate results taken over three Chess events, including one slow play, one rapid and one blitz tournament
- Pentamind: 15 hours
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