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Beating RR in R14: ((6+3)x9+6)x10-5=865

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PROFANES a beater in R8

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Alt 2nd numbers (6+10/5)x50+(7x2)=414

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Always nice to see a former S64 player doing well the second time round.

Rebecca would have been my fifth opponent if I had lasted that long.

Beaters today CONCHIES in R2 and MODERATE in R4.

And ARSENIC is not a compound!

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Managed the last numbers just out of time by an easier way (but not the standard method).

(75-10-9)x5-100/50=278

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I was expecting Connor to win a few so a bit surprised at his score today. And so many possible 9s too! I make max score somewhere above 170?

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Can't find a standard method solution for the first numbers (the 3L), but the quick method is
(75+25-7)x(50/5)=930

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Results at http://kisekigo.com/cd/mso20.html

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Congrats to the medal winners:

Gold Bradley Horrocks
Silver Sam Cappleman-Lynes
Bronze James Rowan
Junior Gold Ronan Higginson

and those on four wins: Thomas Carey, Hazel Drury, Billy Stokes and Jason Turner.

Full results tomorrow.

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16 players signed up so far.

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If you are an expired apterous user or want to play anonymously, then create yourself a new (trial) user (for free) using a second email address. You will need to declare your pseudonym on registration under your real name and your real name will not be revealed until after the event is complete.

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Trying and failing to find out about the poker events from the website - what are the entry criteria for that, what platform etc etc. If you go to their calendar of events at https://msoworld.com/mso-is-open-for-registrations/ you can see all the different events. Click on each each event to see mo...

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The annual game-playing festival, the Mind Sports Olympiad, is being held online on various platforms during the month of August 2020 instead of being played face-to-face in London. I am hosting the Countdown event (CO-MSO) on Apterous (apterous.org) during the evening of Friday 21st August from 19:...

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(75-50/25)x8+100=684 for those who don't like using 7s.

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(9+7-1)x10+8x8=214 but out of time.

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Less impressive way for first numbers (50-75/25)x7-10=319

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Well done to James (and to Callum).

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Third numbers out of time (100x10-75+7)x25/50=466

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Alt first numbers (25x100-50)/10=245

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1st Semi Final James v Morgan

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Luke back again

Beating him and Rachel: (6x7-9)x25-2-8=815

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Luke continues to impress. He had the chance to make 672 by 84x8 for a second time in the 3rd numbers.
Shame he missed the fourth numbers - alt (standard) method (10+4)x50-75-5+2

Tony Atkins

Game records now available at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso19games.pdf and recaps at
http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso19recapsgames.pdf - sorry for the delay!

Tony Atkins

Not sure that 930 was a good example for using the 937.5 method as two standard method solves are possible too!

((75-50)x25)+(3x100)+5
((25-3)x50)-100-75+5

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The points table for the five heats is at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso19.pdf

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Congrats to young Ronan Higginson for winning his first Co event and taking the Gold medal! He beat Jonathan De Souza in the final 107-103 after spotting the crucial connundrum from ABUTDOVER. The bronze medal went to Jonathan Wynn who beat Martin Thomas in the play-off 103-66. Recaps and full resul...

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Alt last numbers: (((8x9)+1)x4)-10=282

Tony Atkins

As there was nearly a month between the recording this and the previous show, I would have expected David to be sharper.
Perhaps he got up early to travel to Salford and was feeling tired?

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Third way for 744: (((7-2)x5x10)-2)x3

Alt in R10 KAIROSES and in R12 HAURIENT.

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Alt second numbers (75-1)x7-100-10=408

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Did beat James on the first numbers getting to 954 rather than the nearest 957.
((3x75)+1)x100/25+50=954

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Woo - one apterite going for octochampdom and another in dictionary corner!

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Nice to see an apterite doing well, though playing a little nervously I think.

But some people never learn:
R11 DC offers maniocs
R12 PC offers Masonic

Tony Atkins

Alt first numbers ((6x7)+25)x(6+4)=670.

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Rachel put up GRAYER on the board in R13, which is incorrect. I spotted this too. Made me think that Susie could have been mean and asked the contestant how he had spelled it :lol: :lol: Although GRAYER is US Spelling I was always confused why GRAY and GRAYS were valid - but that's a scientific unit.

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Some hard numbers on this show! For the easier second one I liked the alt (4+7)x(8+2+1)=121.

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Painty is specified. Paintiest or paintier is not. The rule is that single syllable adjectives can be changed to -er or -est
without them being specified. Unfortunately painty is not single syllable. I came unstuck online recently with unfairest for the same reason.

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piecrust only appears in phases piecrust table and piecrust top now (though in ODE3 the definition of piecrust table used it as a stand alone word).

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Alt 3rd numbers ((2+4)x(2+4))+7+100

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Alt for second nos: (100+10+9-8)x(3+3)

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2019 1:31 pm
MAULVI, bad miss in R7.

Or GAVIAL - but I think he also missed another 9....?

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The other way Rachel mentioned may have been ((7x25)+(75/5))x4

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Like 2017 and 2018, there will be a Countdown event at the 2019 Mind Sports Olympiad. For details of all events at MSO see https://msoworld.com/events-woo-ev-products/ This is held in London at the end of August and there is a slot on the second Sunday for a Countdown event. Top three places will ge...

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Alt last numbers - (100+75-7)x5=840

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Countdown recap for COREA Game 1 Saturday 20 April 2019. C1: Rob C2: Jon Host: Tony Atkins DC: Hannah McIntosh OT: Other words SN: Sample number solutions R01: G H G T I A E D R R02: P S T S E E E S K R03: 6, 5, 10, 10, 9, 2. Target: 531. R04: V T R A I O L O O R05: M B T S O O I T U R06: 50, 7, 7, ...

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Results at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea19/results.html Countdown recap for COREA Final Saturday 20 April 2019. C1: Rob Foster (5 wins, 523 points) C2: Tom Cappleman (4 wins, 494 points) Host: Tony Atkins DC: Hannah McIntosh OT: Other words or solutions. R01: V D S T I E E L L R02: R D C B U O E O T...

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Dave had from 5th December recording of yesterday's show to 28th January of today's to practice - looks like he enjoyed
Christmas and New Year the traditional way instead.

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Alt 3rd numbers: (100-2)x8-(50x(3-1))=684

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SPONGIER an alt (that I missed in one of my shows) in R1

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I assume Susie offered SECONDE in R4 but it didn't make the edit. I also got CONGEES there and CARNIES in R5.

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I got GERMIEST too and SWAPTION as an alt in R2.

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Walk-in entries are more than welcome! Please arrive as near to 10:30 as possible.

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Alt second numbers (6x10-2)x(7+3/3)=464

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Alt first numbers (50+8)x2x5-7-7=566

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Geoff seems to have eaten too much lunch...

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The way people were shouting at their sets for third numbers must have been ((25+75)-9)x10/5-4=178 (though sadly got out of time).

Tony Atkins

Nice second numbers solve there but slightly easier is (100-8)x75/25-10+50 (though sadly out of time).
Standard method for last numbers: (75-50)x25+100+10.

Tony Atkins

1st numbers (100+50-9)x5+1=706 for 1 away

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Alt 1st numbers knowing 7x8x9=504: (9-2)x(5+3)x9+3=507

Sorry you are out John.

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Alt first numbers - (5x50-9)x(4-1)-6=717

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