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Grandmaster Certificates and two other levels of title are awarded by the Mind Sports Olympiad to participants who earn two or more medals in the same discipline in different years. These titles recognize the achievement of repeated excellence in a game or mental skill.
We are asking for your help, because you might have information that will help us properly recognize every deserving person. Details are below.
The title of MSO Grandmaster is awarded to anyone who wins two gold medals or one gold and two silver medals in the same discipline.
The title of MSO International Master is awarded to a winner of one gold and one silver or bronze, or alternatively, two silvers, or one silver and two bronze medals.
The title of MSO Candidate Master is awarded for winning one silver and one bronze or two bronze medals.
In 1999, at the end of the 3rd Mind Sports Olympiad, we awarded the first tranche of titles and certificates. (Each title holder receives an embossed certificate recording their achievement.) From 2000 onwards, the requirement also includes the restriction that medals qualifying for a title must have been achieved in at least two Olympiads. Those titles awarded under the pre-2000 regulations are still valid and are indicated in the list below with an asterisk(*). We have now brought the roster of title winners up to date, as at the end of the 6th Mind Sports Olympiad in 2002. This has been accomplished using software developed by our Deputy Webmaster, John Knoderer. Those whose title awards come from Olympiads since MSO3 will receive their certificates during MSO7 in Manchester or shortly afterwards by post.
The following list contains all title holders up to and including MSO 6. We list the medals and Olympiads in which they were won, resulting in the awards of these titles. We also give the year in which the title was obtained.
Visitors to this site can help us in two ways. Firstly, if you believe that we have omitted someone's title award please let us know and provide details as to the Olympiads and tournaments which you believe should have qualified them for a title. Similarly if you believe we have awarded a title incorrectly. And if you are a title holder who has not yet received the corresponding certificate, please e-mail us your postal address. We do have the addresses of all past competitors in the years that they entered, but some of you will have moved since then.
MSO titles awarded partly as a result of medal achievements from MSO 7 will be announced during September and the certificates mailed to their recipients soon afterwards.
Grandmasters
Gert Schnider (Austria)
GM 2000
Jan Stastna (Czech Republic)
GM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- silver: MSO 4, MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 3
Marc Tastet (France)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 1
- silver: MSO 2, MSO 3
Candidate Master
David Pearce (England)
CM 2002
Grandmasters
Peter Bennet (England)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 4, MSO 5
- silver: MSO 5
John Clark (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 3, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 2, MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 5, MSO 6, MSO 6
John Slattery (Scotland)
GM 2002
- gold: MSO 5, MSO 6
- bronze: MSO 3, MSO 3
International Master
Martin Barkwill (England)
IM 2001
Candidate Masters
John Broomfield (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 2
Helen Helm-Sagar (England)
CM 2000
Mahmoud Jahanbani (Iran)
CM 1998 *
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 2
Steve Rimmer (England)
CM 1998
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 2
Dario de Toffoli (Italy)
CM 2002
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 6
Grandmaster
Demis Hassabis (England)
GM 2001
Grandmasters
Espen Erichsen (Norway)
GM 2000
- gold: MSO 3, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 5
Ting To (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
International Masters
Mike Beyer (Netherlands)
IM 1997 *
- gold: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 1
Su Burn (England)
IM 1998
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 2
Margaret Courtney (England)
IM 1998 *
Michael Courtney (Australia)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
John Durden (England)
IM 1999
- silver: MSO 2, MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 2
Paul Fegarty (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 4
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Mike Gold (England)
IM 1997
- gold: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 1, MSO 2, MSO 3
Sheena Haytack (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 5
David Higginson (England)
IM 1997
- gold: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 1, MSO 2
Martin Hoffman (USA)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 3
Bob Rowlands (England)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 3
Brian Senior (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- silver: MSO 3
Robert Sheehan (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
Doug Smerdon (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Jan Tesselaar (Netherlands)
IM 1997 *
- gold: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 1
Peter Tobias (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 4
Candidate Masters
Anne Catchpole (England)
CM 2001
Byron Crittenden (England)
CM 1998 *
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 2
Mangala Samani (England)
CM 1999 *
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
Ramnik Samani (England)
CM 1999 *
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
David Solomons (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 3
Grandmasters
Su Burn (England)
GM 1997 *
Martin Hoffman (USA)
GM 2000
Phil King (England)
GM 1997 *
Nick Sandquist (England)
GM 1997 *
Tom Townsend (England)
GM 1997 *
International Masters
Michael Courtney (Australia)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Espen Erichsen (Norway)
IM 1999 *
- gold: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
Margaret Lee (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 4
Peter Lee (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 4
Bob Rowlands (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 4
Ting To (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 4
Candidate Masters
Mike Beyer (Netherlands)
CM 1997 *
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 1
Bharat (England)
CM 1999
Margaret Courtney (Australia)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Maurie Esterson (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Brian Jackson (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 3
Tige Nnando (England)
CM 1999
Asad Salam (England)
CM 1998 *
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 2
Jan Tesselaar (Netherlands)
CM 1997 *
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 1
Grandmasters
Michael Adams (England)
GM 1997 *
- gold: MSO 1
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 1
Ameet Ghasi (England)
GM 2002
Mark Hebden (England)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 2, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 1, MSO 2
Julian Hodgson (England)
GM 1999 *
- gold: MSO 3, MSO 3, MSO 3
- silver: MSO 3, MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 1, MSO 3
David Norwood (England)
GM 1999 *
International Masters
Keith Arkell (England)
IM 2000
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 4
Stuart Conquest (England)
IM 1997 *
- gold: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 1
Thomas Hinks-Edwards (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 2
Donny Muter (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5, MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
John Nunn (England)
IM 1999 *
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 3
Jonathan Parker (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 3
Richard Pert (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 4
Aaron Summerscale (England)
IM 1999 *
- gold: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
Matthew Turner (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
Candidate Masters
Thorsten Cmiel (Germany)
CM 1998 *
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 2
John Emms (England)
CM 1999 *
James Plaskett (England)
CM 1999
International Master
Michael McDowell (England)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 3
Grandmasters
Michael Adams (England)
GM 1999
Julian Hodgson (England)
GM 1999 *
International Master
Matthew Broomfield (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 4
Candidate Master
Donny Muter (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 4, MSO 5
International Master
Daniel Gormally (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 5
International Master
Norbert Schafer (Germany)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Grandmaster
Woo Wei Cheung (France)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 3
- silver: MSO 1
International Masters
Say Ty Hua (France)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 1
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
Chen Fa Zuo (England)
IM 1998
Candidate Master
C Li (Scotland)
CM 1999 *
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
International Masters
Demis Hassabis (England)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 4
Dario de Toffoli (Italy)
IM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- silver: MSO 2
Candidate Master
Tony Niccoli (Italy)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 5
Grandmaster
Patricia Pay (England)
GM 2000
Grandmasters
Bruce Birchall (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 3, MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 6
David Bodycombe (England)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 3, MSO 5
- silver: MSO 2
International Masters
Philip Bateman (South Africa)
IM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Maguy Higgs (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
International Master
Malcolm Wakefield (England)
IM 2000
- silver: MSO 3, MSO 4, MSO 5
Grandmaster
Mark Goodliffe (England)
GM 2001
International Masters
David Howell (England)
IM 1998
- gold: MSO 1
- silver: MSO 2
Alistair Sutherland (Scotland)
IM 1998
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 3
Grandmaster
Paul Smith (England)
GM 1999
International Masters
Keith Loveys (England)
IM 1999
David Pearce (England)
IM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Candidate Master
Demis Hassabis (England)
CM 1998
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 2
International Masters
Vick Hall (England)
IM 2001
Demis Hassabis (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 3, MSO 4
Candidate Master
Jeremy Tullett (England)
CM 2002
Grandmasters
Gordon Lloyd (Scotland)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 4, MSO 5
Ray Lloyd (Scotland)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 4, MSO 5
International Masters
Michael Jakeman (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 5
Desmond Tan (Malaysia)
IM 1999 *
Nigel Wedgeburrow (England)
IM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- bronze: MSO 4
Tom Wood (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
Grandmaster
Mustafa Durdyev (Turkmenistan)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 4, MSO 5, MSO 6
International Masters
Bagtyar Durdyev (Turkmenistan)
IM 2002
George Miller (England)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 2
Leo Springer (Netherlands)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 3
Candidate Master
Rima Danilevichi (Lithuania)
CM 2000
Grandmasters
Mustafa Durdyev (Turkmenistan)
GM 2001
Anatoli Gantvarg (Belarus)
GM 1997 *
Guntis Valneris (Latvia)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 2, MSO 3
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 3
Candidate Masters
Vladimir Bedinovs (Latvia)
CM 1998 *
Igor Kirzner (Ukraine)
CM 1997 *
Grandmaster
Harm Wiersma (Netherlands)
GM 1999
International Master
Guntis Valneris (Latvia)
IM 1998
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 1
Grandmaster
Ron King (Barbados)
GM 1997 *
Grandmasters
Mustafa Durdyev (Turkmenistan)
GM 2002
Ron King (Barbados)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 2, MSO 2, MSO 2, MSO 3
Pat McCarthy (Ireland)
GM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- silver: MSO 2, MSO 2, MSO 3
International Master
Con McCarrick (Ireland)
IM 1998
Candidate Masters
Dave Harwood (England)
CM 2000
- silver: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 1
Terry Thomas (Wales)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 2
Grandmasters
Demis Hassabis (England)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 4, MSO 5
- silver: MSO 3
Peter Horlock (England)
GM 2002
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 6
International Masters
George Hassabis (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 4
David Pearce (England)
IM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- bronze: MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 5
Candidate Master
Werner Dupont (Belgium)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Grandmaster
Werner Dupont (Belgium)
GM 2001
Candidate Master
Patrick van de Perre (Belgium)
CM 2000
Grandmaster
Shutai Zhang (China)
GM 1999
International Masters
Vladimir Danek (Czech Republic)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 3
Juan Guo (Netherlands)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- silver: MSO 1
International Master
Seong-June Kim (South Korea)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 4
International Master
Sylvia Kalisch (Germany)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 4
Grandmasters
Juan Guo (Netherlands)
GM 1997
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 1, MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
Matthew Macfadyen (England)
GM 2002
Shutai Zhang (China)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 3
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 1, MSO 4
International Master
Shoichi Sakagi (Japan)
IM 1998 *
Candidate Masters
Vladimir Danek (Czech Republic)
CM 1998 *
Alex Selby (England)
CM 2002
- silver: MSO 6
- bronze: MSO 5
Grandmasters
Daniel Holloway (England)
GM 2000
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 5
Martin Isaac (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 2, MSO 3
Angus Walker (Scotland)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 2
- silver: MSO 3
International Masters
Stephen Gardner (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 3
George Lane (England)
IM 2001
Ben Pridmore (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 2
Paul Smith (England)
IM 1999
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 1, MSO 3
Grandmaster
Fred Kok (Netherlands)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 3, MSO 6
International Masters
Koichi Nicholas (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 4
Ragnar Wikman (Finland)
IM 1998
Candidate Master
George Miller (England)
CM 2002
Grandmaster
Robert Coull (England)
GM 2000
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 3
International Masters
Stephen Rowe (England)
IM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 3
Dario de Toffoli (Italy)
IM 2001
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 2, MSO 5
Candidate Master
Stephen Gardner (England)
CM 2002
- silver: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 6
Grandmasters
Andi Bell (England)
GM 2000
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
Dominic O'Brien (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 3, MSO 4
Swe Chooi Yip (Malaysia)
GM 2002
Candidate Masters
Gunther Karsten (Germany)
CM 2000
Ben Pridmore (England)
CM 2002
- silver: MSO 6
- bronze: MSO 5
Grandmasters
Robert Fountain (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 1, MSO 3, MSO 6
- bronze: MSO 5
George Lane (England)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 3, MSO 6
- silver: MSO 2, MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 4
Grandmaster
Elaine Colliar (Scotland)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 5, MSO 6
International Master
Philip Chambers (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 2, MSO 5, MSO 6
Grandmaster
Dario de Toffoli (Italy)
GM 2002
International Master
Ian Turner (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 4
- silver: MSO 5
Candidate Master
Geoff Hubbard (Australia)
CM 2002
Candidate Masters
Graham Brightwell (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 5
Stephane Nicolet (France)
CM 2000
- silver: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
Grandmasters
Graham Brightwell (England)
GM 2001
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 5
- silver: MSO 2, MSO 6
- bronze: MSO 2
Makoto Suekuni (Japan)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 2, MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 3, MSO 4, MSO 4
Marc Tastet (France)
GM 2002
- gold: MSO 6
- silver: MSO 2, MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 1
Candidate Master
Tamaki Miyaoka (Japan)
CM 1999 *
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
Grandmaster
Trevor Simon (Antigua)
GM 1999
Grandmaster
Demis Hassabis (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 1
International Master
Dario de Toffoli (Italy)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 6
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 2, MSO 4
Candidate Master
Paul Smith (England)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 3
International Master
John Clark (England)
IM 2002
- gold: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 6
Candidate Master
George Hassabis (England)
CM 2001
Candidate Master
Gary Lee (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 5
International Masters
Peter Birks (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 4
Richard Gryko (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 4
- silver: MSO 5
Josef Kollar (England)
IM 2002
Harold Lee (England)
IM 2001
Candidate Master
Thorsten Cmiel (Germany)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 3
Candidate Master
Dario de Toffoli (Italy)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 3
International Master
John Clark (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 2
Candidate Masters
Alexander Baron (England)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 2
Michael Wellby (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 5
Grandmaster
Gary Lee (England)
GM 1999
Grandmaster
Kevin Ashman (England)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 4
International Master
Daphne Fowler (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 5
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 4
International Masters
Harri Bungay (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 2
James Heppell (England)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 4
Grandmasters
Femi Awowade (Nigeria)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 2, MSO 5, MSO 6
- silver: MSO 3, MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
Mark Nyman (England)
GM 1999 *
- gold: MSO 3, MSO 3
- silver: MSO 3
International Masters
Phil Appleby (England)
IM 2001
- gold: MSO 1
- silver: MSO 5
Barry Grossman (Scotland)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 3
Tony Killilea (England)
IM 1999 *
- gold: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 3
Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka)
IM 2000
David Shenkin (England)
IM 2002
Sandie Simonis (England)
IM 1999
- gold: MSO 3
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 2, MSO 5
Candidate Masters
Adebowale Ajose (Nigeria)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 3
Allan Saldanha (England)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 3
Grandmaster
Michael Sandeman (England)
GM 1997 *
International Master
Demis Hassabis (England)
IM 1998
- gold: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 1
Grandmaster
Larry Kaufman (USA)
GM 1999
International Master
Eric Cheymol (France)
IM 1998
- gold: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 2
Candidate Master
Stephen Lamb (England)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 3
- bronze: MSO 1
Grandmaster
John McLeod (England)
GM 2000
- gold: MSO 3, MSO 4
- silver: MSO 2
International Masters
Andre Ghany (England)
IM 2000
Norbert Schafer (Germany)
IM 1998
- gold: MSO 2
- silver: MSO 1
Grandmaster
Anne Jones (England)
GM 1998
- gold: MSO 1, MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 4, MSO 5
International Master
Benjamin Crowne (England)
IM 2001
Candidate Master
Kenneth Wilshire (Wales)
CM 2001
International Master
Erik van den Berg (Netherlands)
IM 2000
- gold: MSO 4
- bronze: MSO 1, MSO 2
Candidate Master
George Franka (Netherlands)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 1
- bronze: MSO 3
Grandmaster
Klaus Hussmans (Germany)
GM 1999
- gold: MSO 2, MSO 3, MSO 4, MSO 5
- silver: MSO 6
International Master
Gert Schnider (Austria)
IM 2000
Candidate Masters
George Hassabis (England)
CM 2001
- silver: MSO 5
- bronze: MSO 1
Jan Stastna (Czech Republic)
CM 2002
Hartmut Thordsen (Germany)
CM 1999
- silver: MSO 2
- bronze: MSO 3
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