Chess
About
Chess is probably the best known of the all the games played at the Mind Sports Olympiad although the number of players worldwide is a long way short of Xiang Qi and Go. There have been a plethora of chess tournaments held at the MSO although some events are more serious than others. Chess is part of the Decamentathlon and rather than Chess Problem Solving tend to use more realistic chess problems.
Chess has many variants and several of which have been part of the MSO. Those which are not part of the tournament are often still played in the breaks in the competition.
Rules
http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/chess.html
The full list of MSO games that are in this category are below. For a list of all games see Games A-Z.
MSO Chess Champions
| Year | Name | Country | Flag | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Demis Hassabis | England |  |
Champion |
| 2006 | Tim Hebbes | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2005 | Ankush Khandelwal | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2004 | Alan A. Smith | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2003 | Nicholas Pert | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2002 | Ameet Ghasi | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2001 | Pentalyu Harikrishna | India |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2000 | Daniel Gormally | Switzerland |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1999 | Alex Baburin | Ireland |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1998 | Stuart Conquest | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1997 | Michael Adams | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
Full results and other winners can be found in Results.
MSO Chess Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
Alan A. Smith
Ameet Ghasi
Daniel Gormally
Demis Hassabis
Mark Hebden
Michael Adams
Stuart Conquest
Tim Hebbes
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
Aaron Summerscale
Alain Dekker
Alexander Baron
Andrew M. Smith
Ankush Khandelwal
Csaba Bognar
David Moscovic
Donny Muter
Matthew Broomfield
CANDIDATE MASTER:
James Plaskett
MSO Chess - Blitz Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
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INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
Demis Hassabis
Jonathan Parker
Matthew Turner
CANDIDATE MASTER:
Nicholas Pert
External Links
http://www.chess-poster.com/openings/openings.htm
http://www.fide.com/
http://www.chess.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_clock