From: Pieter Stouten DUPONTMERCK COM> Date: 19 may 1998 Subject: Second Mind Sports Olympiad Please find attached information on the second Mind Sports Olympiad. The main Shogi event will take place from Monday 24 until Thursday 27 August. Quickplay Shogi events are scheduled for Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August. More news will be made available as soon as it breaks. Pieter Stouten, SHOGI-L owner pieter.stouten dupontmerck com ----------------------------------------------------------- 2nd MIND SPORTS OLYMPIAD Royal Festival Hall, London, England August 24th-30th 1998 EVENTS This year we will be repeating almost all of the tournaments which took place last year and we are adding some new events. The provisional list of games and mental skills for 1998 is: Abalone, Backgammon, Bridge, Business Game, Chess, Chess Problems, Chinese Chess (Xiang Qi), Continuo, Creative Thinking, Cribbage (6 card), "The Times" Crossword Puzzle Championship, Diplomacy, Decamentathlon, Draughts (Checkers) 8x8, Draughts 10x10, Entropy (7x7), Learn New Games, Go 19x19, Go 13x13, Go 9x9, HexDame, I.Q. (set and marked by Mensa), JAPANESE CHESS (SHOGI), Lines of Action (LOA), Magic - the Gathering, Mastermind, Memory Skills, Mental Calculations, Mind Mapping, Mini-Bridge (also known as "Taste Bridge", which is an easy way to learn the game in 15 minutes), Othello, Owari, Pentamind, Poker (played without money), Puzzle Design, Puzzle Solving, Role Playing Games, Rummikub, Scrabble, Settlers of Catan (card game version), Skat, Speed Reading, Stratego, Trivial Pursuit, Twixt, War Games, Zatre. The Business Game is primarily intended for company teams but anyone can enter either as an a individual or in a team. A qualifying series will begin in early June and and the leading qualifiers will participate in the finals at the Royal Festival Hall on August 30. To compete for the Pentamind medals contestants must enter tournaments for five or more different games or mental skills. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE MUST BE A 3- DAY, 4-DAY OR 5-DAY TOURNAMENT. PLAYING TIMES We are retaining the popular playing schedule from last year, with sessions from 10:00-14:00 and 16:00-20:00 each day. In addition we are introducing extra evening tournaments for some of the most popular games from 18:30 to 21:30 on the weekdays. Although these evening sessions are designed to cater for games enthusiasts who work in the London area but who are unable to get time off work to play during the day, anyone may enter. VIRTUAL TOURNAMENTS For those unable to come to London in August we shall be offering virtual tournaments for some of the games. These tournaments are played via the Internet using one of the existing games servers. The two most popular virtual tournaments last year were Chess and Bridge. In addition we will be organizing virtual tournaments for Backgammon, Chinese Chess (Xiang Qi), 10x10 Draughts, Go, Japanese Chess (Shogi) and Othello. PRIZES Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the leading players in every tournament. In addition there will be trophies for the best school teams. Cash and other prizes will be announced later, including a number of Round-the-World air tickets courtesy of British Airways. OUR WEB SITE Our web site has been updated to include details of playing times and dates for each tournament as well as entry fee information etc. =========================================================== For more information about the 2nd Mind Sports Olympiad please send a large self-addressed envelope to: Mind Sports Olympiad, P.O. Box 13388, London NW3 2ZF, England.