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2nd World Mind Sports Games Manchester 2012, apparently

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Posted 2010-May-25, 16:03

Hi folks,

I have it on good authority (that is, from the President of the European Go Federation) that the 2nd World Mind Sports Games will almost certainly take place from the 11th to 25th of August, 2012, in Manchester, England. Just thought I'd share the good news. :rolleyes:
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Posted 2010-May-25, 16:10

Manchester England, England...
Across the Atlantic sea...
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Posted 2010-May-25, 17:28

when are the summer olympiads being held in london?

BTW I have heard poker want's to make it into IMSA, wich would make them play world mind sport games, that would bring television so probably that would be good.
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Posted 2010-May-25, 17:28

Thanks for info!
I hope very much to come and play.
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Posted 2010-May-25, 19:33

Early favorite to be a great tournament. Looking forward to it.
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Posted 2010-May-25, 23:29

Fluffy, on May 25 2010, 06:28 PM, said:

when are the summer olympiads being held in london?

BTW I have heard poker want's to make it into IMSA, wich would make them play world mind sport games, that would bring television so probably that would be good.

They are already in the IMSA.
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Posted 2010-May-26, 02:05

As far as I know, the International Federation of Poker is only a provisional member of IMSA. Furthermore, I am quite unconvinced by the proposed "Duplicate Poker" I have heard of. But we'll see what happens...
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Posted 2010-May-26, 17:46

mgoetze, on May 26 2010, 08:05 AM, said:

As far as I know, the International Federation of Poker is only a provisional member of IMSA. Furthermore, I am quite unconvinced by the proposed "Duplicate Poker" I have heard of. But we'll see what happens...

Works alright for heads up where you've got a team of 2 versus another team of 2. Not sure how it'd work otherwise.

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Posted 2010-May-26, 20:32

All I know is that Beijing was amazing.

Manchester has a lot to live up to.
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Posted 2010-May-27, 00:00

english tournaments are normally very well run in terms of the directing, etc. however, venues, catering, hotels etc are normally terrible. it won't be an ebu event so hopefully it will avoid the ebu pricing style, whereby bridge is upto £35 per day and the prize return is about 20p in the £.
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Posted 2010-May-27, 02:27

wank, on May 27 2010, 07:00 AM, said:

english tournaments are normally very well run in terms of the directing, etc.  however, venues, catering, hotels etc are normally terrible.

I think "terrible" is an overstatement. English hotels and restaurants are expensive by the standards of most of the rest of the world (but less so at the moment, with the Pound being so low). The venues are usually OK rather than good, but miles better than some world- and European-championship venues I've been to. The cuisine in Manchester is great if you like Indian food, but probably less so otherwise.
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Posted 2010-May-27, 03:18

wank, on May 27 2010, 07:00 AM, said:

english tournaments are normally very well run in terms of the directing, etc. however, venues, catering, hotels etc are normally terrible. it won't be an ebu event so hopefully it will avoid the ebu pricing style, whereby bridge is upto £35 per day and the prize return is about 20p in the £.

The bridge is not an open event and it is run by the WBF. They set the costs and it depends on your national federation how much of that is paid by the players.

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Posted 2010-June-01, 20:39

gnasher, on May 27 2010, 08:27 AM, said:

The cuisine in Manchester is great if you like Indian food, but probably less so otherwise.

It's pretty good for Chinese food too, and it's reasonable overall, all IMHO of course.
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Posted 2010-June-03, 15:42

I used to eat very well indeed when I lived in Manchester back in 2005. There's a real smörgċsbord of options. True, the curry mile is renowned, but other types of cuisine are just as good a quality.
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