Mental Sports Olympiad in the 2017/2018 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 class. Last year, 871 students from 74 schools participated in the competitions. List of schools that participated last year. There are four disciplines: 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. Complete Competition Guide. Organizers Estonian Mental Sports Association, Estonian Mental Sports Portal Vint.ee, Estonian Kabeliit, Estonian Chess League, Estonian Rendžuliit Schedule 09.10 - 12.11.2017 Training tournaments in all areas in the Vint.ee environment 03.11.2017 - Registration deadline for schools 03.11 - 19.11.2017 The competition organizer will register students in the system 20.11 - 23.11.2017 Stage I of the competition will take place 15.01 - 18.01.2018 Stage II of the competition will take place 12.02 - 15.02.2018 Stage III of the competition will take place 19.03 - 22.03.2018 Stage IV of the competition will take place Elementary school tournaments will start at 13:00, elementary school tournaments at 13:30 and high school tournaments at 14:00. Awarding 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 Federation - in gomoku Estonian Mind Sports Federation - in solving Sudoku and in the overall calculation Changes compared to last year * Every year we have dealt with students who do not respect the principles of fair competition. Such students call into question the integrity of the entire competition and damage the reputation of the event. This academic year we will not allow students to participate who were disqualified from competitions last year or have been repeatedly disqualified from competitions in previous years. Students who are disqualified this year will receive a one-year ban from the competition (cannot participate next year). In case of repeated violation of the rules, the student will be banned from competing indefinitely. Best regards, Marten Meikop Estonian Thought Sports Association

Registration is open today and the first student has already registered for the competition!