Mental Sports Olympiad 2013/2014 academic year - results

Hello, Last week the final stage of the Mind Sports Olympiad took place. A total of 624 students from 57 schools participated in the competition throughout the academic year. The most students participated from Tallinn Lilleküla Gymnasium - 41. Results. Chess 242 students from 37 schools participated. The most chess players competed from Narva Vanalinna State School (15). In the primary school category, Julija Bussel from Narva Vanalinn State School won, the best school was Tallinn Tõnismäe Science School. In the primary school category, Markus Hansson from Pärnu Kuninga Tänava Primary School won, the best school was Pärnu Kuninga Tänava Primary School. In the high school level, Georg Abozenko from Tallinn Südalinna School won, the best school was Nõo Reaalgümnaasium. Checkers 345 students from 39 schools participated. The most checkers players competed from Kahtla Kindergarten-Primary School (28). In the primary school level, Triinu Jalg from Oskar Lutsu Palamuse Gymnasium won, the best school was Kahtla Kindergarten-Primary School. In the primary school category, Merilii Jalg from Oskar Lutsu Palamuse Gymnasium won, the best school was Viljandi Jakobson School. In the high school category, Uku Eelmäe from Tallinn Ühisgymnasium won, the best school was also Tallinn Ühisgymnasium. Gomoku 279 students from 39 schools participated. The most gomoku players competed from Tallinn Lilleküla Gymnasium (32). In the primary school category, Markus Ikla from Tallinna Reaalkool won, the best school was also Tallinna Reaalkool. In the primary school category, Martin Hõbemägi from Lilleküla Gymnasium was the best, the best school was Aruküla Põhikool. In the secondary school category, Argo Lillemaa from Tallinna Järveotsa Gymnasium won, the best school was Nõo Reaalgümnaasium. Solving Sudokus A total of 160 students from 27 schools solved Sudokus during the year. In the primary school category, Ardi Raag from Tallinn Science School won, the best school was Narva Old Town State School. In the primary school category, Kuno Kolk from the French Lyceum was the best overall in the four rounds, the best school was Pärnu Kuninga Tänava Primary School. At the high school level the best Sudoku solvers were from Nõo Real Gymnasium, thus securing Nõo the third victory. In the individual competition the best student from this school was Kalle Klaos. Awards The Estonian Chess League, Estonian Chess League, AS Kuma and Estonian Renjuliit will award the best school in each age group with a trophy, and the best student from each age group with a medal. In addition, the winners of the Sudoku competition from each age group will qualify for the final competition of the Sudoku 2015 Estonian Championship without preliminary rounds (probably to be held in March 2015). All schools will be contacted separately in the coming weeks to deliver the prizes. Summary and plans for the next academic year We had major technical problems during the first tournaments of this academic year. These problems were caused by the transition of the Vint.ee environment to a new platform: now it is also possible to take part in tournaments with a tablet or smartphone. Fortunately, the new platform was put into operation and the last two stages took place without any technical problems. This means that there is now a stable environment in which to organize such a competition next year. Technical problems were also the reason why the tournaments took place so densely this year. Next year we will try to distribute the stages more evenly over the academic year so that there is at least 6 weeks between each stage. In addition, the Estonian Mind Sports Association plans to award prizes in the individual overall classification (the sum of points in four areas combined) next academic year and thus identify the best mind athletes among Estonian schoolchildren. We thank all schools for participating, see you next academic year! Marten Meikop Estonian Mind Sports Association

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