Preview: UK Open Memory Championship

Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by WMSC in Memory Championships, News

The UK Open Memory Championships will take place in Simpsons-in-the-Strand in London over the weekend of August 15th and 16th 2009. Once again we will be the guests of the Staunton Memorial Chess Championships with whom we will be sharing the venue. Thanks to Grand Master Ray Keene OBE for making this possible.

This year there are competitors from Mongolia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Italy, France, Netherlands, Norway and England making it the most international field so far for this event. Competitors will take part of 10 memory disciplines over the two days.

Spectators are welcome!

Schedule of the competition

Saturday 15th August

• 09:00 Welcome and Opening
• 09:30 Random Words: 5 minutes memorisation / 10 minutes recall
• 10:00 Binary Numbers: 5 minutes memorisation / 15 minutes recall
• 10:30 Names and Faces: 5 minutes memorisation / 10 minutes recall
• 11:00 Decimal Numbers: 15 minutes memorisation / 30 minutes recall
• 12:30 End of day One – Seminars in Strand Palace Hotel Conference Centre.

Sunday 16th August

• 08:30 Welcome – Results of day one
• 08:45 Cards: 10 minutes memorisation / 20 minutes recall
• 09:30 Speed Numbers: 5 minutes memorisation / 15 minutes recall
• 10:00 Abstract Images: 15 minutes memorisation / 30 minutes recall
• 11:00 Historic and Future Dates: 5 minutes memorisation / 15 minutes recall
• 11:30 Spoken Number Trial One: 100 seconds memorisation / 5 minutes recall
• 11:45 Spoken Number Trial Two: 200 seconds memorisation / 10 minutes recall
• 12:00 Speed Cards Trial One: 5 minutes memorisation / 5 minutes recall
• 12:15 Speed Cards Trial Two: 5 minutes memorisation / 5 minutes recall
• 12:30 End of competition
• 18:30 Prize Ceremony

Entry for spectators to the Memory Championships is free of charge.

Workshop

In addition to the tournament, there is a not-to-be missed opportunity to learn how to improve your memory. We have an afternoon of seminars presented by leading speakers including Dominic O’Brien (TV personality, author and 8 Times World Memory Champion) and Tony Buzan (Founder of the World Memory Championships and Originator of Mind Mapping). Entry £80.

Comment by Memory-Sports.com

This event will be very international and therefor very promising. You should prepare yourself for my new live coverage, which came into action on the German Open for the first time. You will be better informed than some people how are actually at the competition themselves. You should buy enough snacks beforehand because it will be a real Hitchcock. :ninja: