Categories
All of the games categories:
Chess
Chess is probably the best known of the all the games played at the Mind Sports Olympiad although the number of players worldwide is a long way short of Xiang-Qi and Go. There have been a plethora of chess tournaments held at the MSO although some events are more serious than others. Chess is part of the Decamentathlon and rather than Chess Problem Solving tend to use more realistic chess problems.
Chess has many variants and several of which have been part of the MSO. Those which are not part of the tournament are often still played in the breaks in the competition.
Rules
http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/chess.html
The full list of MSO games that are in this category are below or for all games see Games A-Z.
MSO Chess (Blitz) Champions
| Year | Name | Country | Flag | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ian Deswarte | England |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2012 | Ankush Khandelwal | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2012 | Etan Ilfeld | USA |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2011 | Saparmurat Atabayev | Turkmenistan |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2011 | Etan Ilfeld | USA | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2011 | Ankush Khandelwal | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2010 | Yusup Atabayev | Turkmenistan | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2010 | Maksat Atabayev | Turkmenistan | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2010 | Andres Kuusk | Estonia |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2009 | Etan Ilfeld | USA | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2008 | Mark Rich | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2007 | Christopher Briscoe | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2006 | Tim Hebbes | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2005 | Ankush Khandelwal | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2004 | Alan Smith | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2003 | Nicholas Pert | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2002 | Ameet Ghasi | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2001 | Pentalyu Harikrishna | India |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2000 | Daniel Gormally | Switzerland |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1999 | Alex Baburin | Ireland |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1998 | Stuart Conquest | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1997 | Michael Adams | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
Full results and other winners can be found in Results.
MSO Chess Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTERS:
Alan Smith, Ameet Ghasi, Ankush Khandelwal, Csaba Bognar, Daniel Gormally, Donny Muter, Julian Hodgson, Mark Hebden, Michael Adams, Nicholas Pert, Robin Haldane, Stuart Conquest, Tim HebbesINTERNATIONAL MASTERS:
Aaron Summerscale, Alain Dekker, Alan Walton, Alexander Baron, Andrew Smith, Bogdan Lalic, Chris Carter, David Moscovic, David Sands, Dennis Owen, Etan Ilfeld, Jochen Wittman, John Emms, John Nunn, Lev Psahkis, Lim Chin Lee, Matthew Broomfield, Matthew Turner, Meilis Annaberdiev, Mike Surtees, Richard Bates, Sapar Batyros, Stephen MannionCANDIDATE MASTERS:
David Jameson, James Plaskett, Jon S. Friedland, Lyndon Gurr, Michael Duggan, Thorsten Cmiel, William BennetMSO Chess - Blitz Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTERS:
Ankush Khandelwal, Julian Hodgson, Matthew Turner, Tim HebbesINTERNATIONAL MASTERS:
Alexander Baron, Demis Hassabis, Jonathan Parker, Robin HaldaneCANDIDATE MASTERS:
Alain Dekker, Keith Arkell, Mark Hebden, Nicholas Pert, Stephen PicklesExternal Links
http://www.chess-poster.com/openings/openings.htm
http://www.fide.com/
http://www.chess.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_clock