We are pleased to announce the detailed playing schedule for the 7th Mind Sports Olympiad, which will take place in the Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST, between Saturday 16th August 2003 and Monday 25th August 2003. 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 16th), and for entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities. All new entries now attract a £5 late 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 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, excluding any 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 £15,000 (i.e. more than $25,000 or 25,000 Euros). 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. 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
ABALONE
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Friday 22, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
ACQUIRE
(Prize fund £125)
- Beginners' Introduction
- Monday 25, 9:30am-10:30am
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No tournament, no medals, no prizes
- Olympiad Championship
- Monday 25, 11am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place £70, 2nd place £35, 3rd place £20
- Increased prize fund! Sponsored by Church Street Antiques
AGE OF STEAM
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 16, 9:30am-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
BACKGAMMON
- Olympiad Championship - Qualifiers Only
- Thursday 21 - Friday 22, 9:30am-4:30pm
- No extra fee
- Open to qualifiers from Olympiad Championship - Qualifying Days only
- Fuller details available from BIBA's coverage of Backgammon at MSO 6
- Olympiad Champions Final
- Monday 25, 10am-5:30pm
- No extra fee
- Open to qualifiers from above backgammon tournaments only
- The Backgammon Amateur Olympiad Champion will be the player who wins the Backgammon Olympiad Champions Final and will be awarded a special trophy. Please note that cash prizes and other prizes are against the law in England for Backgammon and Poker, except in licensed premises. We are not in licensed premises.
- Fuller details available from BIBA's coverage of Backgammon at MSO 6
BOKU
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Friday 22, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event.
BRAIN POWER ACADEMY (in collaboration with EIC Manchester)
- Five one-day courses, in each of which we teach: Memory Skills, Mind-Mapping and Speed Reading.
- Each day ends with a Mind Mapping contest.
- (The same course is repeated on all five days.)
- Monday Session
- Monday 18, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Tuesday Session
- Tuesday 19, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Wednesday Session
- Wednesday 20, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Thursday Session
- Thursday 21, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Friday Session
- Friday 22, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Brain Power Academy Championship
- Monday 25, 10am-5pm
- Free entry for attendees of any Brain Power Academy session
- Three tournaments (Memory Skills, Mind-Mapping and Speed Reading).
BRAIN POWER ACADEMY STUDY GROUPS
- Four one-day study group events, for those who have already attended the teaching sessions.
- Make rapid progress by working more closely with our Mental Skills experts (Memory Skills, Mind-Mapping and Speed Reading.)
- Tuesday 19 - Friday 22, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10) per day
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
BRIDGE
(Prize fund £2,150)
- Please note that all entry fees are per player.
- All tournaments give Master Points.
- All sessions will be 24 boards.
- Ladies' Pairs
- Tuesday 19, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Men's Pairs
- Tuesday 19, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Open Pairs - Wednesday
- Wednesday 20, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Multiple Teams of Four
- Wednesday 20, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st team £50, 2nd team £30
- Open Pairs - Thursday
- Thursday 21, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Mixed Pairs
- Thursday 21, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Senior Pairs
- Friday 22, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Open Pairs - Friday
- Friday 22, 7pm-11pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prizes: 1st pair £50, 2nd pair £30
- Swiss Pairs
- Saturday 23, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st pair £80, 2nd pair £60, 3rd pair £60, 4th pair £50, 5th pair £50, 6th pair £40, 7th pair £40
- Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Sunday 24, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st pair £300, 2nd pair £200, 3rd pair £100, 4th pair £50, 5th pair £50, 6th pair £50
- Swiss Teams
- Monday 25, 1pm-4:30pm and 5pm-8:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st team £120, 2nd team £100, 3rd team £80, 4th team £80
CHESS
(Prize fund £4,000)
- Please note that all tournaments except for Blitz and Lightning will be BCF graded.
- Open Olympiad Championship
- Friday 15, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 16 - Sunday 17, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Five rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have two hours per game
- Prize fund of £560 for this event
- Major Olympiad Championship
- Friday 15, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 16 - Sunday 17, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- 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 £420 for this event
- Minor Olympiad Championship
- Friday 15, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 16 - Sunday 17, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- 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 £420 for this event
- Olympiad Problem Solving Championship
- Saturday 16, 1pm-5:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £200 for this event
- Olympiad Championship
- Monday 18 - Friday 22, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Fifteen rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £440 for this event
- Open Evening Championship
- Monday 18 - Wednesday 20, 6:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Six rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 60 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £320 for this event
- Novice Olympiad Championship
- Friday 22, 6:30pm-10:30pm and
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- 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 £320 for this event
- Rapidplay Open Championship
- Saturday 23, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £340 for this event
- Blitz Open Championship
- Sunday 24, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Each player will have 15 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £240 for this event
- Lightning "Fischer Clock" Championship
- Sunday 24, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Each player will have 3 minutes per game with 5 seconds added per move
- Prize fund of £240 for this event
- Time Variable Blitz Championship
- Monday 25, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- 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 £240 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
- Prize fund of £260 for this event
CHINESE CHESS (XIANGQI)
(Prize fund £750)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 16, 2pm-6pm and
Sunday 17 - Monday 18, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Seven rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 90 minutes per game
- Prizes: 1st place £250, 2nd place £125, 3rd place £75
- World Quickplay Open Championship
- Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Eight rounds in this tournament
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- Prizes: 1st place £150, 2nd place £100, 3rd place £50
CONTINUO
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 18, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
CREATIVE THINKING
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 24, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
CRIBBAGE (FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE)
(Prize fund £500)
- Olympiad Singles Championship
- Saturday 16, 11am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place £100, 2nd place £60, 3rd place £40
- Olympiad Pairs Championship
- Change of schedule! Sunday 17, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place £150, 2nd place £100, 3rd place £50
DECAMENTATHLON
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Tuesday 19, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
DIPLOMACY
(Prize fund £100)
- Beginners' Introduction
- Sunday 24, 10am-11am
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No tournament, no medals, no prizes
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 24, 11am-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
DOMINOES
(sponsored by Western Union)
(Prize fund £1,500)
- (Caribbean Style) British Open Team Championship
- Saturday 23, 12:00-9pm
- Entry fee: £100 per team
- Prize fund of £650 for this event
- Increased prize fund! Sponsored by Western Union
- (Caribbean Style) British Open Pairs Championship
- Sunday 24, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7) per player
- Prize fund of £700 for this event
- Increased prize fund! Sponsored by Western Union
- Olympiad 5s and 3s Pairs Championship
- Monday 25, 11am-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7) per player
- Prize fund of £150 for this event
- Increased prize fund! Sponsored by Western Union
DRAUGHTS
(Prize fund £750)
- Hexdame Olympiad Championship
- Monday 18, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event.
- Giveaway Olympiad Championship
- Tuesday 19, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Each player will have 10 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £80 for this event.
- Czech Dama Olympiad Championship
- Wednesday 20, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £100 for this event.
- International (10x10) Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 21, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 40 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £110 for this event.
- Italian Olympiad Championship
- Friday 22, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 35 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £110 for this event.
- British and Irish Freestyle Open Championship
- Saturday 23 - Sunday 24, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Each player will have 45 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £150 for this event.
- Frisian Olympiad Championship
- Monday 25, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 35 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 four Draughts tournaments
ENTROPY
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 20, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
GAMES ACADEMY
- Each day three games will be taught: teaching of Mini-Bridge is by the English Bridge Union and of the other games by MSO experts.
- Each teaching session lasts approximately 45 minutes per game and are followed by a competition.
- For Chess instruction there will be a choice between beginner level (for those who do not know how the pieces move) and novice level (for those who do).
- Monday Session
- Monday 18, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Othello, Scrabble and Chess
- Tuesday Session
- Tuesday 19, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Backgammon, Scrabble and Chess
- Wednesday Session
- Wednesday 20, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Othello, Scrabble and Mini-Bridge
- Thursday Session
- Thursday 21, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Backgammon, Othello and Mini-Bridge
- Friday Session
- Friday 22, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- Backgammon, Chess and Mini-Bridge
GO
(Prize fund £1,000)
- Please note that in all tournaments Komi is 6.5.
- Olympiad Championship - the Northern Go Tournament
- Saturday 16, 10:30am-7pm and
Sunday 17, 9am-6pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Each player will have 60 minutes per game plus 5 minutes for 30 moves overtime
- Prizes: 1st place £250, 2nd place £100, 3rd place £50, 4th place £30, 5th place £20, 6th place £10
- Rapidplay Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 23, 10:30am-7pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game with no overtime
- Prizes: 1st place £100, 2nd place £50, 3rd place £30, 4th place £20, 5th place £10
- Beginners' Teaching Session and Tournament
- Sunday 24, 9am-1pm
- Free entry
- No medals, no prizes
- 19x19 Lightning Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 24, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Each player will have 12 minutes per game with no overtime
- Prizes: 1st place £50, 2nd place £30, 3rd place £20, 4th place £10
- 13x13 Lightning Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 24, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Each player will have 15 minutes per game with no overtime
- Prizes: 1st place £50, 2nd place £30, 3rd place £20, 4th place £10
- Go-Pair Olympiad Championship
- Monday 25, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7) per player
- Each pair will have 45 minutes per game with no overtime
- Prizes: 1st place £50, 2nd place £30, 3rd place £20, 4th place £10
INTELLIGENCE
(Prize fund £300)
- Olympiad Championship (In association with the Daily Express)
- Saturday 23, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- There is a special reduced entry fee of £7 (£3.50) for those who enter via a "Daily Express" intelligence test, to be published inside the newspaper on June 13th and June 27th.
- Prize fund of £300 for this event
SCHOOLS' INTELLIGENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Sponsored Prizes to be Announced)
- UK Schools' Team Championship
- Monday 25, 2pm-5pm
- Entry fee: £40 per team
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
- Please note that additional qualifying competitions will be held in Manchester on Sunday August 24th for those who have not already qualified
- The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship.
- Sponsored prizes for this event to be announced
- UK Schools' Individual Championship
- Monday 25, 2pm-5pm
- Entry fee: £10
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
- First prize is a £1,000 scholarship to the university or college of the winner's choice
LINES OF ACTION
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Thursday 21, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
LOST CITIES
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 17, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
MASTERMIND
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 17, 9:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
MEMORY SKILLS
(Prize fund £500)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 23 - Sunday 24, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Prize fund of £500 for this event
- Events on Saturday 23 will be Binary Number, Random Words and 1 Hour Cards.
- Events on Sunday 24 will be 1 Hour Number, Names and Faces and Speed Cards.
- Schedules for the days and rules for each of the six contests are now available online.
- Organised in association with the World Memory Sports Council.
MENTAL CALCULATIONS
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 23, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
MIND MAPPING
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 17, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
OTHELLO
(Prize fund £1125)
- 10x10 Quickplay World Championship
- Saturday 16 - Sunday 17, 9:30am-1pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 25 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £75 for this event
- Increased prize fund! One third of the prize fund is sponsored by Character Games
- 8x8 Teaching Session and Beginners Tournament A
- Saturday 16, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No medals, no prizes
- 8x8 Blitz World Championship
- Sunday 17, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Each player will have 5 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £150 for this event
- Increased prize fund! One third of the prize fund is sponsored by Character Games
- 10x10 World Championship
- Monday 18 - Wednesday 20, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Each player will have 50 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £225 for this event
- Increased prize fund! One third of the prize fund is sponsored by Character Games
- 8x8 Teaching Session and Beginners Tournament B
- Wednesday 20, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No medals, no prizes
- 8x8 Olympiad Quickplay Championship
- Thursday 21 - Friday 22, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Each player will have 15 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £75 for this event
- Increased prize fund! One third of the prize fund is sponsored by Character Games
- 8x8 European Championship
- Saturday 23 - Sunday 24, 9:30am-6:30pm
and Monday 25, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £30 (£15)
- Each player will have 30 minutes per game
- Prize fund of £600 for this event
- Increased prize fund! One third of the prize fund is sponsored by Character Games
- 8x8 Teaching Session and Beginners Tournament C
- Saturday 23, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No medals, no prizes
- 8x8 Teaching Session and Beginners Tournament D
- Monday 25, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £10 (£5)
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No medals, no prizes
OWARE
(Prize fund £100)
- Beginners' Workshop and Tournament
- Saturday 16, 9:30am-1pm
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No medals, no prizes
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 16, 2pm-6pm and
Sunday 17, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
PACRU
(Prize fund £200)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 25, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £200 for this event
- More information about the game will be available at the official Pacru site
PENTAMIND
(Prize fund £1,000)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- To compete for the Pentamind medals, participants must enter tournaments for 5 or more different games or mental skills. AT LEAST TWO OF THESE MUST HAVE 3 OR MORE PLAYING SESSIONS; ALL FIVE TOGETHER MUST HAVE 10 OR MORE PLAYING SESSIONS. 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.
- Not more than two games will be counted from: Acquire, Age of Steam, Boku, Continuo, Diplomacy, Lost Cities, Nubble, Pacru, Puerto Rico, Settlers of Catan, Snatch and Trax.
- 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 £100 (£50 for juniors, entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities). 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, age-restricted or graded chess 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.
- Prizes: 1st place £1,000
POKER
- WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 16 - Thursday 21, 5:30pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9) per day
- To qualify for the title you must play in four or more of these six tournaments:
1) Saturday 16: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw (starts 5:30pm)
2) Sunday 17: Pot-Limit Seven-Card Stud (starts 5:30pm)
3) Monday 18: Pot-Limit Canadian Stud (starts 6pm)
4) Tuesday 19: Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em (starts 6pm)
5) Wednesday 20: Pot-Limit London Lowball (starts 6pm)
5) Thursday 21: Pot-Limit Omaha (high only, starts 6pm)
- Pot-Limit Seven Card Stud Championship
- Friday 22 - Saturday 23, 5:30pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Pot-Limit Pineapple Hold'em Tournament
- Saturday 23, 5:30pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Entry to the Pineapple Hold'em tournament is at no extra fee to those who enter the Pot-Limit Seven Card Stud Championship and fail to qualify for the second day.
- No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship
- Sunday 24, 5:30pm-10pm and
- Monday 25, 11am-3pm
- Entry fee: £26 (£13)
- Please note that the time has changed since that printed in the programme by popular demand to avoid a clash with English Open Backgammon Championship.
- Pot-Limit Mexican Stud Tournament
- Monday 25, 11am-3pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Entry to the Mexican 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.
PUERTO RICO
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Monday 25, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
BRITISH QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS (Questions set by the British Quiz Association)
(Prize fund £1,000 plus prizes in kind)
- British Individual Championship - Qualifying Round (In association with the Daily Express)
- Saturday 23, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £20
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- There is a special reduced entry fee of £10 for those who enter via a "Daily Express" quiz, to be published inside the newspaper on June 6th and June 20th.
- British Individual Championship - Final (In association with the Daily Express)
- Saturday 23, 3pm-6pm
- No extra fee for qualifiers from the morning qualifying round
- Entry fee: £20 to invited contestants
- Open to invited contestants and qualifiers from the morning qualifying round only
- Prize fund of £1,000 plus prizes in kind split between British Individual Championship and British Team Championship
- British Team Championship (In association with the Daily Express)
- Sunday 24, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £40 per team
- Prize fund of £1,000 plus prizes in kind split between British Individual Championship and British Team Championship
UK SCHOOLS' QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS (Questions set by the British Quiz Association)
(Sponsored prizes to be announced)
- UK Schools' Team Championship - Qualifying Round
- Sunday 17, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £40 per team
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- Please note that additional qualifying competitions will be held in Manchester on Friday August 15th for those who have not already qualified
- The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship.
- UK Schools' Team Championship - Final
- Sunday 17, 3pm-6pm
- No extra fee
- Open to qualifiers from qualifying round only
- The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship.
- UK Schools' Individual Championship - Qualifying Round
- Sunday 17, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £10
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- UK Schools' Individual Championship - Final
- Sunday 17, 3pm-6pm
- No extra fee
- Open to qualifiers from qualifying round only
- First prize is a £1,000 scholarship to the university or college of the winner's choice
RUMMIKUB
(sponsored by Tomy UK)
(Prize fund £300 plus a trip for two)
- UK Championship
- Monday 18, 10:30am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place is a trip for two to St Moritz, Switzerland between 19-22nd September and entry in the World Rummikub Championship, 2nd place £300
SCRABBLE
(Prize fund £750)
- These tournaments will be rated by the BSPA.
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 17, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place £250, 2nd place £125, 3rd place £75
- Evening Olympiad Championship
- Monday 18 - Wednesday 20, 6:30pm-10pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prizes: 1st place £150, 2nd place £100, 3rd place £50
SETTLERS OF CATAN
(Prize fund £100)
- Beginners' Introduction
- Saturday 23, 2pm-3pm
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No tournament, no medals, no prizes
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 23, 3pm-10:30pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
SHOGI
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 23 - Sunday 24, 9am-6pm
and Monday 25, 9am-1pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
SKAT
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 17, 10am-1:30pm and 2:30pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
SNATCH
(Prize fund £200)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Monday 18, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £200 for this event
- More information about Snatch is available at the manufacturer's site
SPEED READING
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 20, 10am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
TRAX
(Prize fund £100)
- Beginners' Introduction and Tournament
- Saturday 23, 6:30pm-10pm
- Free entry
- No experience necessary - suitable for complete novices
- No medals, no prizes
- Olympiad Championship
- Sunday 24, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
TWIXT
(Prize fund £100)
- Olympiad Championship
- Thursday 21, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
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