MSO in London!
David Bush
(More or less.) See http://www.mindsports.co.uk/ for more info.
Some events that may be of particular interest to r.g.b readers are:
DIPLOMACY
(Prize fund £500)
August 21, 10am-9:30pm with breaks as appropriate
Entry fee £13 (£5)
Prizes: 1st £300; 2nd £150; 3rd £50
DOMINOES
(Prize fund £2,000)
British Straight Pairs Open Championship
August 29, 10am-2pm
Entry fee £13 (£5) per player
Prizes: 1st £1,000
British 5's and 3's Pairs Open Championship
August 29, 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £13 (£5) per player
Prizes: 1st £1,000
ENTROPY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Prize fund £500)
August 23-24, 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £13 (£5)
Prizes: 1st £300; 2nd £150; 3rd £50
GIPF
(Prize fund £300)
Olympiad Championship
August 29, 10am-2pm
7 rounds
Entry fee £13 (£5)
Prizes donated by GIPF's inventor: 1st £150; 2nd £100; 3rd £50
LINES OF ACTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Prize fund £500)
August 25-26, 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £13 (£5)
Prizes: 1st £300; 2nd £150; 3rd £50
MASTERMIND
(Prize fund £500)
August 23-24, 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £13 (£5)
Prizes: 1st £300; 2nd £150; 3rd £50
OTHELLO
(Prize fund £7,000)
European Championship
August 21-22, 10am-2pm and 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £20 (£8)
Prizes: 1st £1,500; 2nd £1,000; 3rd £750; also prizes for the
top 10 novices ranging from £100 to £25 awarded by the
British Othello Federation.
Olympiad Championship
August 23-26, 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £20 (£8)
Prizes: 1st £750; 2nd £500; 3rd £350; also prizes for the top 8
novices ranging from £100 to £25 awarded by the British
Othello Federation.
5-minute Championship
August 27, 10am-2pm
Entry fee £13 (£5)
Prizes: 1st £400; 2nd £200; 3rd £100
Beginners tournament
August 28, 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £13 (£5)
Prizes: 1st £150; 2nd £100; 3rd £50
RUMMIKUB
August 25, 10am-2pm and 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee: £18 (£7)
Prizes donated by Goliath Games Ltd: to be announced.
SHOGI
(Prize fund £5,000)
August 22, 3:30-7:30pm; August 23, 10am-2pm and 3:30-7:30pm;
August 24-25, 10am-2pm
Entry fee £25 (£10) but waived for US or European players who
enter via their national Shogi federation by August 2nd.
Prizes: 1st ..... There will also be an additional £2,500
allocated by national Shogi federations in the USA,
Russia, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands,
Belgium, France and the UK.
STRATEGO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Prize fund £5,000)
August 26, 3:30-7:30pm; August 27, 10am-2pm and 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £20 (£8)
Prizes: to be announced.
World Team Championship
August 28, 10am-2pm
ZATRE
(Prize fund £500)
August 26-27, 10am-2pm and 3:30-7:30pm
Entry fee £20 (£8)
Prizes: 1st £300; 2nd £150; 3rd £50
Sad to say, Twixt was dropped. We need to find some rich individual or
corporation willing to throw money at the game! Is £5,000 too much to
ask? ...
David Bush, distraught Twixt fanatic
Chris M. Dickson
<twixt...@yahoo.com> writes
>Sad to say, Twixt was dropped. We need to find some rich individual or
>corporation willing to throw money at the game! Is £5,000 too much to
>ask? ...
Actually, it *hasn't* been dropped! The MSO webmaster only found this
out at about 10pm last night, though. I can confirm that the details of
the Twixt tournament are:
TWIXT
Prize fund GBP 500
Twixt World Championship
August 25th, 10am - 2pm
Entry fee GBP 13 (GBP 5 for juniors)
Prize fund: 1st GBP 300, 2nd GBP 150, 3rd GBP 50
The schedule page (that's http://www.mindsports.co.uk/ for all you Web
surfers out there) has since been updated and sent to the MSO's server
operator, so it ought to be up RSN - probably Monday. There are also
news updates about Hexdame, Stratego, Skat and a couple of other events.
Thanks very much for all your interest in the MSO; I do intend to
advertise it on pertinent newsgroups in a responsible fashion, but not
before the complete schedule is available and totally settled. :-)
See you at Olympia!
Chris
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