The prize fund for this year's Mind Sports Olympiad has been set at 100,000 pounds. There may also be some additional prizes to be announced later. In addition to the cash prizes the leading players will also receive the traditional MSO gold, silver and bronze medals. There will be additional medals for the leading juniors in each tournament.
The prize funds for some of the games are listed below. All figures are in pounds sterling.
Chess 20,000
Bridge 10,000
Go 8,500
10x10 Draughts 8,000
Othello 7,000
Chinese Chess 6,000
Scrabble 6,000
Shogi 5,000
Stratego 5,000
8x8 Draughts 4,000
Memory Skills 3,000
Cribbage 2,000
Dominoes 2,000
Intelligence 2,000
Prize funds for other games will be announced in due course. The detailed tournament schedule will be announced on our web site ( http://www.mindsports.co.uk ) in early June and printed entry forms will be available shortly thereafter.
For further details please visit http://www.mindsports.co.uk and/or contact David Levy at dlevy@intelligent-group.com