 | Olympiad News
The news bulletin of the 8th Mind Sports Olympiad |
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| Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST | August 19th-30th 2004 |
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Day 9: Sunday 29th August (or read original Day 9 bulletin as Word document)
- Memory record tumbles twice
- In the hot seat: Bharat
- Domino wall of sound
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 8: Saturday 28th August (or read original Day 8 bulletin as Word document)
- Aces here for bridge
- In the hot seat: Michael Crane, backgammon arbiter
- Spotlight on poker
- Match of the day: Caribbean Dominoes
- And then there was one
- Spot the 5 dan
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 7: Friday 27th August (or read original Day 7 bulletin as Word document)
- Going for the title
- In the hot seat: "Man O War" games club
- Spotlight on Abalone
- Match of the day: George Miller vs. Francis McNally
- Susan Holt on Manchester
- Draughts problem and solution
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 6: Thursday 26th August (or read original Day 6 bulletin as Word document)
- Reading at the speed of...
- In the hot seat: John Slattery
- Spotlight on Snatch
- Games of the day: Twixt and Go
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 5: Wednesday 25th August (or read original Day 5 bulletin as Word document)
- Melvyn Green makes a stroke at MSO 8
- Do you Pacru?
- Spotlight: World Memory Championships
- A bridge too far for some!
- Grandmaster at last
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 4: Tuesday 24th August (or read original Day 4 bulletin as Word document)
- Medal for Maureen finally!
- In the hot seat: Demis Hassabis
- Spotlight on volunteer John Glynn
- Match of the day: Draughts
- Chess problem solution and a new brainteaser
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 3: Monday 23rd August (or read original Day 3 bulletin as Word document)
- Mind Mapping made easy by the master
- Chess problem
- Boku
- Match of the day: Othello
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 2: Sunday 22nd August (or read original Day 2 bulletin as Word document)
- Simon Hall, World Champion in wargaming
- Diplomacy, a game of strategy
- What is Chinese Chess?
- New grandmasters
- ...and yesterday's results
Day 1: Saturday 21st August (or read original Day 1 bulletin as Word document)
- War hits Manchester
- Some events have a cash prize fund
- This means war! Wargaming is coming to Manchester for the first time!
- Fact or Fiction
