I enjoyed playing in the mind sports olympiad in August; I probably won't have time to participate in Februsry this year, but wanted to let people here know it's happening. I'm not sure whether it's too late to add more events to the calendar or not.

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MSO Winter Games

We wish everyone good health and resilience during the challenges of the pandemic. We’re organizing a weekend of friendly tournaments all of which are free and open to everyone on Feb 19, 20 and 21. Although there are no medals or prizes we are still expecting a strong and fun series of events including Catan, Stone Age, Battle Sheep, 7 Wonders, Crazy House Chess, Lines of Action, Quoridor, and Hyper Backgammon.

Preliminary schedule (all times in GMT, Friday Feb 19 to Sunday Feb 21)

Chess Crazyhouse Arena

Friday 7.00pm - 8.30pm; 2min+1sec over 90 minutes

Hyper Backgammon

Friday 9.00 - 11.00pm; Each player begins with three pieces, rather than fifteen! 5pt knockoutTournament

CATAN Variants

Saturday - 330pm to 830pm

3 swiss rounds (each with a different and unique rule) + 1 final table. Round 1:You win with 9 Victory Points. Round 2:The first four settlements can't be placed on Ore. Round 3:One of the two settlements needs to be played on the coast.- Final table: all rules combined.

Lines of Action

Saturday 5.00pm - 7.00pm Swiss - 6rd x 20min

Quoridor

Saturday 8.00pm - 10.00pm; Swiss - 6rd x 20min

Stone Age

Sunday 3.00pm - 7.00pm; 3 rounds + final

7 Wonders

Sunday 7.30pm - 10.30pm:5 rounds + final

Battle Sheep

Sunday 4.00pm - 6.00pm 8rd Swiss

Circle of Life

Sunday 8.00pm - 10.00pm; Swiss - 5rd x 15min

Stay tuned for more info on our Discord channel and to register on the day. "

It'd be nice if they can still add games like gomoku, pente and renju. Maybe someone who can set up tournaments here can send them a note about the possibility of adding stone games played here?
mindsportsolympiad@gmail.com

If Pente gets added, I'll make the time to play. Anyone else interested in playing some of the games we have here in the Winter MSO, please chime in with the games you would play.

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