Magic The Gathering: Grand Prix's

"Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix are the biggest open magic events run around the world."

2016 Grand Prix Madrid

• Date: Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th December 2016
• Location: Madrid, Spain

1700 players attended.

2016 Grand Prix Lille

• Date: Friday 26th - Sunday 28th August 2016
• Location: Lille, France

GP Lille saw over 1800 runners in the Main Event, with Polish player Meciek Berger taking the win with Infect. Players were able to compete in the Last Chance Trials to earn your byes on the Friday. The Modern Main Event started on the Saturday. We also had side events throughout the tournament. Players also had the chance on the weekend with the opportunity to win a trip to Seattle by playing the Super Sunday Series.

2016 Grand Prix Manchester

• Date: Friday 27th - Sunday 29th May 2016
• Location: Manchester, England

1800 players attended GP Manchester. The championships took place at Event city which is one of the largest in the country.

2015 Grand Prix Seville

• Date: Friday 13th - Sunday 15th February 2016
• Location: Seville, Spain

800 players attended.

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World Scrabble Championships

The World Scrabble Championships have run since 1991. The championships see players from across the globe come together and compete to be crowned the World Scrabble Champion.
Mindsports took on sponsoring and organising, with Mattel, the World Scrabble Championships in 2013 after the successful Scrabble Tournament held in Prague during 2012.

On May 17, 2013, Mattel announced that the event would be renamed the Scrabble Champions Tournament, and would be held as part of Mind Sports International's 2013 Prague Mind Sports Festival, to be held annually. MSI introduced a 'Last Chance Qualifier' tournament, giving players a last opportunity to qualify for the main event instead of having to be on their countries' teams; in 2013 this resulted in 5 extra players competing.

In 2014 the SCT continued in London but it became an open event, inviting all players to compete.

In 2016, the tournament was branded as the MSI World Championships and was split into two divisions based on players' ability. MSI also hosted World Championships in other languages, including French, German, Spanish and Catalan, alongside the French Duplicate Championship.

The 2017 World Scrabble Championships were held in Nottingham, UK during August 2017 along with the first Junior World Scrabble Championships.

2017 World Championships

• Date: Tuesday 22nd - Sunday 27th August 2017
• Location: Nottingham, England

"The Australian born wordsmith, who now lives in London, claimed victory at the Old Museum, Nottingham Conference Centre, on Sunday, after competing against players from more than 26 countries and across three rounds of the MSI World Championships. As well as the title, Mr Eldar, who has been playing the board game for 14 years, took home £7,000 in prize money." - Telegraph

2016 World Championships

• Date: Saturday 27th September - Saturday 3rd September 2016
• Location: Lille, France

Brett Smitheram won the Championships.  Brett was declared the winner after a three-round final. He competed against hundreds of talented Scrabble enthusiasts from 30 countries over 34 intense rounds of the MSI World Championships. Brett won €7,000 in cash. The crucial word played was BRACONID meaning a parasitic wasp, scoring 176 points.  

2014 World Championships

• Date: Wednesday 19th - Sunday 23rd November 2014
• Location: London, England

Craig Beevers, 33, from Guisborough, beat Chris Lipe, 34, from Clinton, New York, three games to one in the final at the London Excel Centre, UK and was crowned 2014 World Scrabble Champion.
More than 100 competitors from 25 countries tested themselves in 36 games over five days. Mr Beevers, who has been playing for 12 years and was the 2009 UK champion, won £3,000. He said:
"I am absolutely thrilled to have won. It was a closely fought championship and Chris was a very impressive opponent to play."

2013 Scrabble Champions Tournament

• Date: Tuesday 3th - Sunday 8rd December 2013
• Location: Prague, Czech Republic

New Zealand’s Nigel Richards took the title for the 3rd time at the World Scrabble Championship 2013, held in Andel's Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic during December 2013.
The format was a 31-round preliminary tournament and best-of-five semi-finals and final. After defeating Dave Wiegand and Sammy Okosagah in the semi-finals respectively, Nigel Richards and Komol Panyasophonlert played a best-of-five final for the top prize and the title of World Scrabble Champion 2013.

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• Date: January 2017
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World Mindsports Championships

6 mindsports over 9 days

On 6th March 2017, Mindsports Academy announced that the World Mindsports Championships 2017 would be taking place in Doha, Qatar during August 2017.
The Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, played host to the World Mindsports Championships 2017. Mindsports Included; Chess, Scrabble, eSports, Bridge, Backgammon and GO.
A total of 1,058 mindsports enthusiasts from 23 countries competed in 21 tournaments across six mindsports at the 4th World Mindsports Championships over 9 days.

The World Mindsports Championships kicked off on the 19th August.
The opening ceremony was held at 2pm, Ambassadors from Embassies across Doha attended the press conference. During the Opening Ceremony Ieysaa Bin- suhayl, GM Kieth Arkell, IM Jack Rudd and GM Tamas Fodor took on the Ambassadors from the Doha Embassies at Chess.

The Mindsports World Championships included first time tournaments for Mindsports Academy and for many players.

ESPORTS

This was the first time ESports have been a part of the World Mindsports Championships.
Esports are a form of competition that is facilitated by electronic systems, in specific video games, players participate as individuals and as part of a team.
Players battled it out over the 4 days of game play, for 2 titles and a total prize pool $20,000.

SCRABBLE

Qatar School Scrabble, held over 2 days and open to school aged children living in Qatar. Young players attended their first national Scrabble tournament.
Another first for the Mindsports Academy was Arabic Scrabble. Arabic speakers were invited to participate in the Junior and Adult Arabic Scrabble Tournaments, each held over 2 days.

BUGHOUSE CHESS

Played in teams of 2, each pair played with two boards shared their captured pieces in a battle to beat their opponents.

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• Date: January 2017
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