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Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide
P.O. Box 13388, London NW3 5FB, England
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Company Press Release:
Thursday, August 9, 2001 | |
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5th Mind Sports Olympiad
Saturday August 18th - Monday 27th August 2001
Just 9 days to go, thousands expected.
24 countries already represented.
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Draughts and Shogi National Teams are flying in
from the United States, Japan, Mongolia and several European
countries. British enthusiasts will be out in force to gain
maximum exposure from the world's top players.
Natalie Lecordier, strong female Pentamind contender,
and fast improving 15 year old talent Benjamin Crowne,
will make Anne Jones, reigning Speed Reading World
Champion work hard in this year's Speed Reading Olympiad.
Grandmasters are lining up in the Commonwealth Chess
Championships, but the attention will no doubt focus on
Dibyendu Barua. The Indian is on top form after his
confidence-boosting match with Gary Kasparov, and he
will prove a formidable challenge to the resident British
Grandmaster contingent, led by Scotland's Colin McNab.
Mr Lai will take on all-comers in a 20 board
simultaneous display. The former European Chinese Chess
Champion is confident to avoid loss, although wary of the
rising talent in this country. "Western players are getting
younger and stronger", he says, "and Chinese Chess is
developing extremely rapidly in this country." Chinese Chess
remains the most popular board game in the world.
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Non gambling word power enthusiasts will be able to follow
the BEST from the British Elimination
Scrabble Tournament, as the last 16 competitors get
whittled down. Whilst those with a creative bent can muse on
what archaeologists of the future would make of a fragment
of musical notation, if they discovered it after all trace
of music-making had been lost. Four rounds of even odder
tasks, devised by William Hartston to test even the
most creative minds, will face Creative Thinking
competitors.
How long does it take to evaluate a position, work out
complicated variations, watch out for traps (set some of
your own) in short, find the best move? Blitz aficionados
rely on their intuition playing both Lightning Chess, Go
and Othello.
Other events include Mastermind, Twixt, Backgammon, Diplomacy,
Skat, Chinese Chess, Bridge, GIPF, Entropy, Mind-mapping,
Zatre, Shogi, Number Quest, Abalone and Othello.
Defending his British Go Title, in a best of 5 match,
6 dan, former European Champion, Matthew Macfadyen, will
face a stern test from Korean challenger, Young Kim.
Interviews with top players can be arranged more easily if
advance notice is given.
All press enquiries to Andrew Webster on tel: 01707 659080
fax: 01707 661160 e-mail
MSO@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk or
write to 5th MSO, 51 Borough Way, Potters Bar, EN6 3HA.
The superb playing venue is kindly provided by: South Bank
University, Faculty of the Built Environment, 202 Wandsworth
Road, London SW8 2JZ.
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