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MSO 2012
Don't miss out on the opportunity to win one of the major trophies on offer. Especially the
prestigous 2012 Pentamind and Modern Abstract Games World Championships.
World Amateur Poker
Live poker open to everyone even under 18s.
We don't play for money just medals and the title of amateur World Champion!
16th MSO: August 18th-27th, 2012, at the University of London Union
The 2012 schedule of events for the Mind Sports Olympiad is available. We have some exciting new editions for this year. We are ready to accept entries now but don't forget to sign up to the newsletter for all the latest details
• Chess, Backgammon and some of the best online casino games, all have a home on the web.
• Taking a break from your favorite board games? Why not play bingo games online?
MSO 15th (2011) finished with a splash
The Mind Sports Olympiad has ended with the inaugural diving chess world championships won by its inventor Etan Ilfeld.
Andres Kuusk from Estonia did even better than in 2010 in order to win the Pentamind World Championship.
The Junior Pentamind went to Poland and 14 year old Tomasz Bazant.
The Mind Sports Olympiad - Official Website
The Mind Sports Olympiad is the home of intellectual pursuits. We run a yearly international tournaments combining events from a large number of mental disciplines. The MSO competition is open to everyone! We have a huge range of Games many that may bring you new and exciting challenges. These include the classicevents and tournaments. Cards, board, tile, hobby, dice are just some of the categories of event we offer.
For more details about the MSO and its history go to about us.
If you think that you are good at games, then it is time to think again! Byvisiting the Tournament part of our site.
The Mind Sports Olympiad gives out medals, awards and titles. We also run many World Championships. So if you areplaying for fun or want to see some of the best players of all-time, come and join us this August! The Results section has the full results and league tables from past years.
News
21st November 2011
2012 Timetable is out now!
The Mind Sports Olympiad 2012 timetable is finally here. More games, more evening events and more special prices. You won't want to miss out. We even have a surprise game.
9th October 2011
University of London Union 2012
The venue for the 2012 MSO will again take place in London at the University of London Union
8th October 2011
No news is bad news
We have unfortunately had a couple of problems with our server that means that some of the news headlines vanished. Everything is working properly again and there will be more news soon about 2012.
28th August 2011
MSO 15 Concludes
The 2011 Mind Sports Olympiad had its closing ceremony with Andres Kuusk winning the Pentamind World Championship for Estonia. The Junior Pentamind went to Tomasz Bazant from Poland. more...
25th August 2011
Germany takes Gold
There were several surprises in the mental calculations paper but not in the winner with Gert Mittring winning yet again. Similarly the Decamentathlon also went to the defending champion Mat Cordell. more...
24th August 2011
Entropy goes to the wire
The Entropy World Championship has gone to the wire with a 3-way tie break. Between Spain's defending champion Paco De La Banda, Estonia's Andres Kuusk and England's Peter Horlock. more...
23rd August 2011
Andres responds with 2 Golds
Today saw, the all-round competitions hot-up with Andres last year's Pentamind silver medalist responding to Paco with 2 Golds and a Silver. David Pearce also stamped his authority on the Abstract games with two outright Golds and World Championships. more...
22nd August 2011
Paco arrives to win 3 medals in one day!
The defending Pentamind World Champion showed why he is one of the top games players in the World taking 3 medals in 3 events today. more...
21st August 2011
Poker goes to Levy
David Levy the MSO's founder showed that he can play more than just chess upon winning the first event of the 2011 World Amatuer Poker Championships - the 7 card stud. Other events included Xiangqi and the settlers of Catan. more...
20th August 2011
Mind Sport opens at ULU
The first day of the MSO has ended with medals in Scrabble variants, chess, backgammon, Hare and Tortoise and more decided already. more...
2nd October 2009
Committee meeting set for London
Second MSO 2010 committee meeting on the 17th October to happen in London.
1st October 2009
Talking about Artificial Intelligene, MSO founder, Levy is the best again
Success of the Mind Sport's players has often gone beyond the Mind sports itself. David Levy has managed to win the highly prestigous 2009 Loebner prize. This prize has nothing to do with games or work in the community but is one of the most sought after awards in computing.He has forthe second time won for producing the most human like chatbot (a computer trying to pretend to be a human when having a conversation). Here we give somewhat belated congratulations on David triumphing with the most human computer this year.
19th September 2009
Bridge to return to the MSO
As part of the plans for 2010 we are happy to announce thta bridge will be making its return to the MSO with the forming of a new group just for the event.
17th September 2009
New Pentamind tie-breaks discussed
As part of the 2010 MSO organising committee meeting, new tie-breaks for the Pentamind were discussed so as to reduce the chances of a repeat of the 2009 Pentamind tie-break.
31st August 2009
MSO 2010 dates set
Dates for next Mind Sports Olympiad main event announced as 20th-30th August 2010.
31st August 2009
First ever Abstract Games Grandmaster awarded
As an event that had its inaugural competition last year, David Pearce's dominance not only allowed him to regain his title but also won him the rank of International Grandmaster.
31st August 2009
Stunning win of the Pentamind for Martyn Hamer!
In what must have been one of the biggest surprise results in MSO history Martyn Hamer has won the Pentamind despite Tim Hebbes having achieved the maximum possible score. On the final day of play Martyn managed to win Alfred's Wyke, a game new to the MSO this year and tie for the most coveted title. For the first time ever a tie-break was needed to decide the winner and Dario de Tofoli with a score that would have won in any other year walks away with the bronze medal.
30th August 2009
2009 Poker Amateur World Champion is David M. Pearce
Despite failing to regain his Pentamind World championship title, David Pearce has managed to add the Poker Amatuer World Champion title for the first time to his impressive list of victoires.The junior world title went to Matthew Hathrall.
30th August 2009
Perfect Pentamind Score for the First Time
Tim Hebbes the 2005 Pentamind World Champion has become the first player ever to achieve a perfect pentamind score of 500. Although, not the first time 5 golds have been won by a player in the same year, Tim's 100% in scrabble, chess, settlers of Catan, acquire and world championship in Lines of Action set a new record.
29th August 2009
Dekker uncrowned as Pacru World Champion
Alain Dekker had won the Pacru World Champion every year since it had been held but in a shock result Martyn Hamer stormed through to win the world title.