Mind games EMV this year with gomoku!

The 2009 Estonian World Championship individual multi-skills competition will take place on June 13-14 in Tartu, Turu tn 8. The program includes chess, checkers, bridge, solving sudoku and gomoku with color change. The winner will be determined in 5 areas.

Estonian Chess Championship 2009 Tartu, Turu tn 8, 13-14 June 2009 INSTRUCTIONS PURPOSE Sports-intellectual entertainment, during which the best Estonian chess players in individual chess competitions will be identified. TIME AND PLACE The competition will be held on 13-14.06.2009 in Tartu, Turu tn 8, in the sports building on the second floor of the Academic Chess Society and KK TABA. The competition will start on Saturday, 13.06 at 11.00. ORGANIZER Vint.ee, Tartu SS Kalev, Estonian Rendžu Liit. The competition is supported by the Tartu Cultural Endowment Foundation. PRE-REGISTRATION To participate, prior registration is recommended, [email protected] or by phone 56957662 (Aksel Rei), 53306601 (Andres Kuusk) or 56653969 (Tiit Vunk). You can also register on the Estonian mind games portal vint.ee forum www.vint.ee  forum  games  competitions and tournaments  mind games multi-competition. To do this, you need to create a user account in advance, which only takes a few minutes. When registering on site, the participation fee is 2 times higher. COMPETITORS All those who have registered and paid the participation fee on time can participate. The participation fee is 100 EEK per player; 25 EEK for students and pensioners; there is no participation fee for students, women and the first three in the Estonian rating table. The participation fee is paid on site before the start of the competitions. TOURNAMENT ORGANIZATION General Competitions will be held in 5 areas: chess, checkers, bridge, gomoku (5 rows) and solving sudoku. The overall ranking will be determined based on the total of the 5 areas. Place points are distributed as follows: 1st place – 25 points, 2nd place – 23 points, 3rd place – 21 points, 4th place – 20 points, 5th place – 19 points, 6th place – 18 points, …, 23rd place – 1 point. Depending on the number of participants, the place point system may change. Schedule The competitions will start on June 13 at 11 am, the first area is planned to be solving sudoku. A chess and bridge tournament will also be played on Saturday. The approximate end of the competitions is on Saturday at 7 pm. On Sunday, June 14, gomoku will start at 10 am. The last area of the competitions is planned to be checkers around 1 pm. The competition will end approximately at 5 pm. Sudoku You must solve 10 sudokus of different difficulty levels within the given time. Points are only awarded for correctly solved Sudokus, with more points being awarded for more difficult Sudokus. In the event of a tie, time will decide. Chess The competition will be held in 7 rounds in the Swiss system. Depending on the number of participants (up to 10 participants), the tournament may also be held in a round robin system. The thinking time is 10 minutes per game for each opponent. In the event of a tie, a progressive coefficient will be calculated (the sum of the points after the round with extensions). Bridge An individual tournament with 20-28 divisions will be played for max. The exact number of divisions and the tournament system will depend on the number of participants. Gomoku (5 rows) The tournament will be played in 7 rounds in the Swiss system. Depending on the number of participants (up to 10 participants), the tournament may also be held in a round robin system. The thinking time is 10 minutes per game for each opponent. In case of equal points, a progressive coefficient is considered (the sum of the points after the round with extensions). Checkers Russian checkers is played in the Swiss system for 7 rounds. Depending on the number of participants (up to 10 participants), the tournament can also be held in a round robin system. The thinking time is 10 minutes per game for each opponent. In case of equal points, a progressive coefficient is considered (the sum of the points after the round with extensions). AWARDS The winner of the competition will be awarded the Estonian championship medal, the 2nd and 3rd place winners will be awarded silver and bronze medals, respectively, and the 4th-10th place winners will be awarded a diploma. Special awards include a medal for the best woman and the best veteran. Cash prizes depend on the number of participants, the 1st place prize is at least 1000 EEK, the 2nd place prize is at least 600 EEK and the third place prize is at least 400 EEK. The best woman will also be awarded a cash prize. Special prizes may be awarded at the decision of the organizers. The winner of each area will be awarded special medals, and those who achieved 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded a diploma. GENERAL All problems that arise that are not covered in the instructions will be resolved on the spot by the decisions of the head judge and assistant judges. Accommodation information Mõisavahe Hostel, tel. 7 40 06 74 Tähtvere, tel. 7 42 13 64 Eha Suia Kodumajutus, tel. 7 30 40 80 Salimo, tel. 7 36 18 50.Mõisavahe Hostel, tel. 7 40 06 74.

Gomoku is on the Estonian Mind Games Championship program for the first time. Gomoku players - we look forward to your active participation, so this game can permanently establish itself in the mind games competition!

I'll add so much from myself that anyone who doubts themselves or doesn't dare to come, definitely think again. This is a very exciting event and the group participating has always been very pleasant. Always a weekend that gets things done. I plan to participate in any case - I'll endure the weak areas (I'll try to take what I can take) and enjoy the strong areas:) But most of the time it turns out that the weak areas are also quite fun. So feel free to come!!

Well, I can't imagine that with my experience (no experience) in solving sudoku, it would be possible not to be last in this field :). But hey, suddenly you can win a few gomokus if you're lucky :).

Everyone has weak areas.

In fact, if I had to bet, I would suggest that Ants will not even be the penultimate in sudoku. The level is the most uneven in sudoku. And by the way, it is in sudoku that it is possible to achieve great progress with the least effort - for example, Tiidu's sudoku career began in 2008 at a brainstorming competition, where he did not go with much more experience than Ants does now; and everyone already knows what has become of that fairy tale today...

Well, Tiit is still very talented. He has already become a real candidate for the Estonian second team in renju at the 2010 Team World Championships in Japan. By the way, Andres, how is your gomoku/renju career progressing? I heard about your possible arrival at the Karepa camp?

Unfortunately, my gomoku career has stalled at the moment, I haven't played a single game in several months. It's just that serving several gods is an obstacle here - the last few months I've only had time for hobbies for the four-way competition, which just culminated the season, and I still have much higher hopes for something in this area. Tomorrow Estonian checkers, next week Estonian bridge... only after that can I take up gomoku seriously. But I will definitely take it up! And if possible, I'll come to Karepae too!

One more day until the Mind Games MV. For those who have decided to come, I wish them much success and a great weekend! See you tomorrow in Tartu :)