Mental Sports Olympiad in the 2015/2016 academic year

Hello, the Estonian Mental Sports Association is once again organizing an online mental sports Olympiad for schools. The competition is free and takes place online - students can take part in the Olympiad from their school's computer classroom. Last year, 850 students from 70 schools participated in the competitions. List of schools that participated last year: http://www.vint.ee/?module_action=Tournaments-school_tournament_participants&year=2014&action=overall There are four competitions: Russian checkers, chess, gomoku or five in a row and solving sudoku. There are 4 stages during the school year and the calculation takes place in three different age groups: elementary school (1st-4th grade), basic school (5th-9th grade) and high school (10th-12th grade). The goal of the competitions is to popularize mental sports among schoolchildren. Competition guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I2-xYQRJRcppZVuz7Bc8wgSAPrjPcHh1xdL4mlwJDqY/edit?usp=sharing Organizers Estonian Mental Sports Association, Estonian Mental Sports Portal Vint.ee, Estonian Kabeliit, Estonian Chess Association, Estonian Rendžuliit, AS Kuma Schedule 02.11 - 05.11.2015 Training tournaments in all disciplines in the Vint.ee environment 08.11.2015 - Registration deadline for schools 16.11 - 19.11.2015 Stage I of the competition will take place 18.01 - 21.01.2016 Stage II of the competition will take place 29.02 - 03.03.2016 Stage III of the competition will take place 04.04 - 07.04.2016 Stage IV of the competition will take place Elementary school tournaments will start at 13:00, basic school tournaments at 13:30 and high school tournaments at 14:00. Participation in the competition It is important that each school appoints one person (principal / interest group leader / teacher) who will be the school's contact for the competition organizer, who will guide students in matters related to participation in the tournament and who will be physically present in the school's computer classrooms during the tournaments. All schools must notify their wish to participate in the competition with a list of students to [email protected] by 08.11.2015 For each student, the following information must be provided: Student's first and last name Class (so that the student can participate in the correct age group) Student's Vint.ee username Awards All sub-unions will award the three best students in all age groups with a named medal/souvenir, respectively: Estonian Chess Federation - in checkers Estonian Chess Federation - in chess Estonian Rendžu League - in gomoku AS Kuma - in solving Sudoku Estonian Mind Sports Federation - in the combined calculation (in determining the best mind athletes) Changes compared to last year * The primary school gomoku tournament will be held with a time control of 3 min 2 seconds * The basic school and high school gomoku tournament takes place in gomoku with color change (http://www.vint.ee/gomoku-info-ja-reeglid/#Värvivahetusega Gomoku) * The results of the three best stages in each area are taken into account in the overall score. All questions are welcome at [email protected] or my vint.ee mailbox. Best regards, Marten Meikop Estonian Mind Games Association

The Mental Sports Olympiad was covered in Tartu Postimees: http://tartu.postimees.ee/3352499/supilinlane-argitab-noori-mottespordiga-tegelema