From: "Jouni Tolonen" lycos com> Date: 29 sep 2003 Subject: Mind Sports Festival Oulu 2003 Invitation Mind Sports Festival Oulu 2003 in International Oulu Oct 24th - Nov 2nd http://www.ouka.fi/international-oulu/ shogi (Japanese chess) Mamba Open Finnish Championship go chess xiangqi Open Finnish Championship - 4th Dong Hai Cup under the auspices of Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Other games: At the tournament site there are also other games to watch and play: Makruk (http://www.thaibg.com/) - checkers - Othello - Korean chess etc. Location: International Activity Centre Toppelius, Torikatu 16. Cafi Toppelius at the site. Organizers: City of Oulu (International Oulu), International Activity Centre Toppelius, Shakki-77, The Friends of Chinese Chess in Finland, Oulu Go Club, Oulu Finnish-Japanese Association. In cooperation with Mobile Forum. Open: To everyone. Fee: Per tournament. Player's third tournament is discounted by 50 %, the next ones are free. Registration: Jouni Tolonen kaissa lycos com or Toppelius/porter +358-8-558 418 68 Entrance guaranteed only be registering before October 18th. Later registrations are admitted according to the available space and equipment. Prizes: Shogi, chess, xiangqi: I prize 300 euros; II p. 170 euros; III p. 85 euros. Go: total amount of prizes 555 euros. Additional prizes in goods. Winner of the combined event may take part in MSO 8 tournaments in 2004 without entry fees. Sponsors: City of Oulu (International Oulu) http://www.ouka.fi/international-oulu/ International Activity Centre Toppelius http://www.ouka.fi/kvtoimintakeskus/ Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide http://www.msoworld.com/ Toodoo0 http://www.mambagame.com Dong Hai Chinese Restaurant Rantakatu 5 Oulu http://www.kolumbus.fi/stap/ Equipment: Shogi and xiangqi games may be played with special teaching equipment if agreed by both players. Teaching: During the event various games will be introduced for free. Free lessons are also available at Toppelius on Fridays 17-20 o'clock. Inquiries: Jouni Tolonen kaissa lycos com or Toppelius/porter 08-558 418 68. Karri Oikarinen: karri.oikarinen mobileforum org (mobile application contest) Tournament schedule Fri Oct 24th chess Registration and confirmation of participation 15:00-15:45 o'clock 1st round 16:00 after which ca.17:00-17:15 Introduction of the Octopus mobile application contest Karri Oikarinen, Mobile Forum http://www.mobileforum.org/ karri.oikarinen mobileforum org Chess continues 2nd r. 17:15 3rd r. 18:15 4th r. 19:15 5th r. 20:15 Entrance fee 10 euros for tournament players, 5 euros for others. Sat-Sun Oct 25th-26th Chinese chess open Finnish Championship - 4th Dong Hai Cup Registration and confirmation of participation Sat Oct 25th 11:00-11:45 Sat: 1st round 12:00 2nd r. 15:30 Sun: 3rd round 11:00 4th r. 14:15 5th r. 17:30-21:00 Entrance fee 10 euros for tournament players, 7 euros for members of The Friends of Chinese Chess in Finland, 5 euros for others. Dong Hai Chinese restaurant offers a meal to the players (Sat-Sun). Thu Oct 30th Mamba open Finnish Championship http://www.mambagame.com Registration and confirmation of participation 15:00-15:45 1st round 16:00 2nd r. 17:00 3rd r. 18:00 4th r. 19:00 Entrance fee 5 euros. The tournament system depends on the number of players. Fri Oct 31th Japanese chess (shogi) Registration and confirmation of participation 15:00-15:45 1st round 16:00 2nd r. 17:00 3rd r. 18:00 4th r. 19:00 Entrance fee 10 euros for tournament players, 5 euros for others. Sat-Sun Nov 1st-2nd go Reg. Sat Nov 1st 12:00-12:45, 1st round 13:00. Sun Nov 2nd 12:15-20:00. Fee 10/5 euros. Reg. and detailed info: http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~paavo/go/oulu_mindsports_2003.html Prizes will be given after the last round of each tournament. If not otherwise indicated in the tournament specifications, each player will play at least four games. The final number of the rounds and the time of the tournament finish depend on the number of players. Each players has at least 15 minutes for the start of the game and 15 seconds increment after each move (if digital clocks are available). The starting times of rounds are only approximate because the duration of rounds may vary. The increment may be reduced during the game in the longest games. In the Finnish Open Championship in Chinese chess starting time is 75 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move. If the player doesn't keep a score of the moves the increment is recuced to 15 seconds per move. AXF rules http://www.clubxiangqi.com/rules/ will be used. In the combined event player's percentage results from all tournaments are totalled. The player with the highest percentage total will win a free entry to all MSO 8 tournaments (8th Mind Sports Olympiad, Manchester, England, 2004). ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005