The Mind Sports Olympiad is being held this month. The annual event was started in 1997, and like last year is again being held on-line. Registration is now open. The schedule can be found on the official website; there will be a total of 22 days of play between August 13 and September 5. The […]
The Mind Sports Olympiad was first held in 1997, from August 18-24 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, and although it struggled between 2002 and 2007, it has been held annually since its inception. If you asked who could enter, the answer was everyone in the world. In practice, that meant anyone who lived within easy […]
The 2020 Mind Sports Olympiad, the first one to be held on-line, took place over the entire month of August bar August 31. Full details of the events and prize winners can be found on the official site, but in summary, it was a great success.
Because entry was free, but just as importantly because there were no physical barriers to overcome such as travel, there was a much larger turnout, but there was some striking consistency among the veterans.
The coming Mind Sports Olympiad was reported on here earlier this year. As with most other gaming and sporting events, the worldwide coronavirus lockdown has disrupted the programme significantly. The organisers have now taken a bold step: MSO 24 will be held entirely on-line, and there will be no entry fees!
As things stand! The first Mind Sports Olympiad was held in London from August 18 to 24, 1997 at the Royal Festival Hall. In 2002, it moved out of the capital for several years before moving back in 2008. In 2014, it found what appears to be its permanent home, JW3 in North London.
