Dominoes
Categories: Tile Games Events
About
Dominos is a game of high luck that is often played by very young children but as there is large popularity as a British Pub Game it has managed to be part of the MSO. Although there have been several forms of dominoes played, including one where signals are allowed between partners (normally this would be cheating!), the main version used at the MSO is 5 & 3s. This is regarded as having sufficient skill to warrant its inclusion as an Mind Sports event although there is still a lot of luck.
Rules
Dominoes comes in many varieties and there have been 3 versions played at the mind sports olympiad. The most skillful version is dominoes 5s & 3s each player has a hand of six tiles(bones) (seven for singles). The play continues for 3 rounds in each match with an exact target of 61 needed. If a player can play the must play. A domino must match the spots of the end to which it is attached. straight dominoes is just about getting rid of your hand first. Carribean dominoes allows manoeuvres that would normally be cheating with agreed signals between partners. 5s and 3s is now the only version of dominoes played at the MSO. The aim is to total the two open ends to multiples of 3 or 5. One point is obtained for each 3 or 5 exactly in the total with a maximum o
You can find out about opportunities to play Dominoes live at Timetable. Please report any external links that have broken or have changed to contain inappropriate material. More information about how tournament play works can be found in Using Clocks and MSO Rules.
MSO Dominoes Champions
| Year | Name | Country | Flag | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kenneth Ho | Hong Kong |  |
Champion |
| 2006 | Michael Haytack | England |  |
Champion |
| 2005 | Joey Ho | Hong Kong | |
Champion |
| 2004 | Piero Zama | Italy |  |
Champion |
| 2004 | Benjiman Simmons | England | |
Champion |
| 2003 | Trevor Rule | England | |
Champion |
| 2002 | Nigel Wedgeburrow | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2001 | Gary Crane | Scotland |  |
Champion |
| 2001 | Gordon Lloyd | Scotland | |
Champion |
| 2000 | Larry Hands | England | |
Champion |
| 2000 | Nigel Wedgeburrow | England | |
Champion |
| 1999 | Gordon Lloyd | Scotland | |
Champion |
| 1999 | J. Tuzzio | England | |
Champion |
Full results and other winners can be found in Results.
MSO Dominoes Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
Nigel Wedgeburrow
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
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CANDIDATE MASTER:
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MSO Dominoes - 5s & 3s Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
Gordon Lloyd
Ray Lloyd
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
Joey Ho
Kenneth Ho
CANDIDATE MASTER:
Bernard Morgan