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Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide
P.O. Box 13388, London NW3 5FB, England
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Company Press Release:
Monday, August 20, 2001 | |
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5th Mind Sports Olympiad
Monday 20th August 2001
New Speed Reading Record Set
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Anne Jones improved her own Speed Reading
record to score an astonishing 1347.81. This win
makes it her 5th successive Speed Reading
Olympiad title. Former World Speed Reading Champion,
Anne, read all 46012 words in a under 21 minutes,
before demonstrating her knowledge and comprehension
to the assembled judges. Silver medallist, Benjamin
Crowne (15) said that Anne gets quicker and better
every year. She's in a class of her own. Benjamin was
praised for his own rapid improvement by Mrs Jones.
Round 1 - Going Going Gone
Defending British Go Champion, Matthew Macfadyen, was
on the ropes today as 5 Dan korean challenger Kim
Joung sharpened the battle to win on the board by
a single stone, but losing the game due to the Komi of
5.5 points, in Matthew's favour.
The 6 Dan commentator, praised the play on both sides,
and at one stage after the lunch break assessed the
struggle as winning for Kim, but the result was not
settled till the final few stones at the end of a five
hour struggle. Game 2 in the best of 5 takes place
tomorrow.
Four players shared first in the Continuo World
Championship. Jan Palmgren eventually took
Gold on tiebreak from Carl Ragnarsson of Sweden while
Tony Niccoli and Jan Stastna had to be
content with Bronzes (tiebreaks failing to separate
them). Top English player, Victoria Westnedge (13),
won both the ladies and junior titles.
Indian Summer - puts the Britons in the shade
The strong Indian contingent were putting the heat on
their British counterparts on Day 3 of the Ron Banwell
Commonwealth Chess Championships. Last year's MSO
Champion, GM Danny Gormally, was outclassed by
Ponnuswamy Kongruel while IM Colin Crouch
was crunched by another Indian GM Abhijit Kunte.
This leaves GM Neil McDonald as the sole
Englishman sharing the lead on 2.5/3.
Poker player and author, Stewart Reuben, gave a
45 minute talk on London Lowball in advance of an
event on this Poker variant. More talks on poker
variants and events will take place this week.
Scrabble, Blitz Chess, Poker and Lost Cities are among
the evening events being held this week.
Tomorrow's attractions include the Boku World
Championship, Mastermind and Mind Mapping.
For full results please visit the
MSO website at
http://www.msoworld.com/ .
All press enquiries to Andrew Webster on tel: 07973 516718
fax: 020 7815 7168 e-mail
andy@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk or
write to 5th MSO, 51 Borough Way, Potters Bar, EN6 3HA.
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