The official World Championship in Lines of Action will take place as part of the Mind Sports Olympiad in London, UK this August 21-29. Players of all levels are welcome, including spectators. Full details are available at www.msoworld.com. There are other tournaments including Go, Chess, Xiangqi, Backgammon, Poker, and many others that may be of interest as well.
The event will take place on:Fri Aug 26th, 10:15-17:30.
There is a prize fund for this event, including junior prizes. The winner will also walk away with the title of World Champion.
:o) Well done, Jan! I see you got the Silver medal in 2003. The World Championships are played over six rounds, 25min + 5s for anyone who is interested. The time control is fairly relaxed and allows a high quality game, but the day is long and it is tough to maintain your energy and concentration levels all the time.
Each player scored 5/6 and Sonnegun-Berger tie-break decided the medallists. I managed to defeat James Heppell in the final round, preventing him a clean sweep of 6/6, but ended up with 4/6 due to earlier defeats by previous champions Peter Horlock and Andres Kuusk.
The tournament is a fantastic experience with a nicely-paced time control of 25min + 5s-per-move over six rounds. There were also prizes for all medallists. Hope to see more LGers next year!
Anyone played online MSO tournament this year (today)? I'm happy that I played first real time LoA tournament but the platform was so bad it was hard to enjoy playing.
Little Golem