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PRESS RELEASES
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12th July 2003 | |
Saturday, July 12, 2003
Play Chess for Kirsty and be Part of Chess History
On Saturday August 9th, in the Sugden Sports Centre in Manchester,
the Scottish Grandmaster Jonathan Rowson will attempt to
break the British record for the number of Chess games played
simultaneously. You can be one of his opponents!
The current record stands at 142 and was set in December 1956.
Thursday, June 26, 2003
World Memory Ace to Tutor Manchester Pupils
Eight times World Memory Champion Dominic O'Brien, from
West Sussex, will visit Ducie High School in Moss Side,
Manchester, on July 16th, to tutor a group of
pupils in memory techniques.
Friday, April 4, 2003
MSO 7: Manchester, August 16th-25th 2003
The 7th Mind Sports Olympiad will take place from
Saturday August 16th to Monday August 25th inclusive in
the Renold Building at Manchester Conference Centre. The
permanent move has been made possible through generous
sponsorship provided by our hosts, UMIST, and by the
support of the City of Manchester.
Saturday, March 8, 2003
Mind Sports Olympiad Moves to a Permanent Home!
We are delighted to announce that the annual Mind Sports
Olympiad is moving to a new permanent home. We expect
the host city and the exact venue to be announced at a
press conference in the near future.
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
MSO 6 Preliminary Information
We are pleased to announce that we fully expect
the 6th Mind Sports Olympiad to take place
from Wednesday August 14th to Sunday August
18th 2002.
Thursday, August 23, 2001
World Memory Record Broken
The world record for memorising a poem was
broken today at the 5th Mind Sports Olympiad,
being held this week until August 28th at
South Bank University. Contestants are required
to memorise as much of a poem as possible,
including punctuation and capitalisation.
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Teenage World Champion!
Koichi Nicholas, 17, became the new Lines of
Action World Champion today, defeating a wide
international field. Victory was assured after
his win over defending World Champion,
Grandmaster Fred Kok from the Netherlands.
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Double World Champion
Jan Palmgren added the Continuo World Title to
his collection today, when he pipped friend and
fellow Swede, Carl Ragnarsson, to the Gold. Earlier
this week Jan won the Boku World Championship.
Monday, August 20, 2001
New Speed Reading Record Set
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.
Sunday, August 19, 2001
New Mental Calculations World Record Set
John Rickard, the new Mental Calculations World
Open Champion, astounded fellow competitors with his
record score - 741/750. In 4 gruelling hours John
Rickard answered 126 questions out of 128 correctly,
calculating simple problems such as 674421 * 56434,
prime factors of 80862353 and the 5th root of 20000
to 2 decimal places.
Saturday, August 18, 2001
World's first Backgammon Grandmaster defeated
US outsider, Alef Rosenbach, today brushed aside
John Clark, the World's first Backgammon Grandmaster.
The American stormed to 3/3 and is now clear favourite.
Grandmaster Neil McDonald was held to a draw in the
Commonwealth Chess Championships by rising star Thiruchelvam
Murugan, aged 12.
Thursday, August 9, 2001
Fifth Mind Sports Olympiad - just 9 days to go
Just 9 days to go, thousands expected. 24
countries already represented. 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.
Thursday, July 26, 2001
Announcing the London half of the Fifth Mind Sports Olympiad
The 5th Mind Sports Olympiad presents over 100 mind-challenging
events including 17 World, 2 European, 1 Commonwealth, 6 British
and 23 Olympiad Championships. Plus tournaments for newcomers,
demonstration games and simultaneous displays.
Wednesday, August 16, 2000
Magnus Magnusson to open Mind Sports Olympiad
"Mastermind" presenter Magnus Magnusson will be opening the 4th Mind
Sports Olympiad. Magnus will also be the quizmaster on August 20th
for the British Quiz Championship, an open-to-all tournament which
is expected to attract many of the country's leading trivia experts.
Tuesday, August 8, 2000
6-Year-Old Chinese Prodigy competes with World Champion game program in London
On the opening day of the 4th Mind Sports Olympiad,
the 6-year-old genius Liao Xingwen from China, who is already an
expert at the fiendish game of Go, will take on a World Champion Go program
written by Londoner Michael Reiss who lives in Belsize Park.
Thursday, July 20, 2000
4th Mind Sports Olympiad to Break All Records
The 4th Mind Sports Olympiad which takes place
at Alexandra Palace, London, from August 19th-28th,
looks set to break all previous records for a thinking games event.
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Brain Awards Encourage Website Visitors to Make History
What do John Glenn, Gene Roddenberry, Michael Gelb, Steven Redgrave and
Professor Stephen Hawking have in common? They have all been given the
special distinction of being voted "Brain of the Year" by MSO Worldwide
Ltd., the company responsible for creating the Mind Sports Olympiad.
Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2000
Charity On-Line Bridge Tournament To Be Hosted by MSOWorld.com
In its ongoing commitment to both mind sports and the promotion of its
"Millenium of the Mind" initiative, MSO Worldwide Ltd. has announced its
intention to host a bridge tournament on its web site beginning in
April. Proceeds benefit the Save the Children Fund, the ACBL Educational
Foundation, and Institut pour la Rechaerche sure la Epinière.
Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2000
MSOWorld.com Launches More Contests With Major Cash Prizes
In its constant search for ways to "Bring Brains Together", MSOWorld.com
has launched more contests on their already popular website. Each of these
new contests will carry a cash prize of $500 - an amount which should be
enough to intrigue even the most jaded "brain".
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000
MSOWorld.com To Provide Live Coverage of Cambridge/Oxford Chess Rivalry
For over a century, two of the most prominent universities in the world
have held a competition to determine which institution contains the best
chess players. This year, new technology will make the old rivalry even
more interesting.
Friday, Jan. 28, 2000
Winner Announced in First Programming Tournament at MSOWorld.com; MSO to Hold a Second Tournament on February 13, 2000
The winner of MSO Worldwide's first Computer Programming Tournament was
announced today. John "Maze Man" Knoderer of Sulphur Springs, AR has won
$500 with his award-winning program. The tournament being held at the MSO
Worldwide web site (www.msoworld.com)
has been such a success that MSO has decided to hold the contest once a month,
and to allow programmers a longer period of time to enter. The next contest
is scheduled to begin on February 13, 2000 and will continue for 7 days
rather than the original 48 hours first proposed.
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000
New Computer Programming Contest at Msoworld.com offers a $500 Prize - and anyone can enter!
MSO Worldwide Ltd. today announced that it will be holding regular Computer
Programming Tournaments through its web site at www.msoworld.com.
Designed for any programmer that likes a good challenge, the contest is
something that Mind Sports Olympiad founder, David Levy, has had in mind
for quite some time.
Monday, Jan. 3, 2000
MSOworld.com To Provide Live Coverage of the World Bridge Championships & The Backgammon World Cup Challenge Direct From Their Web Site
In its continued quest for excellence, MSO Worldwide Ltd. announced today
that it will have live, up-to-the-minute reporting of both the World Bridge
Championships in Bermuda and the Backgammon World Cup Challenge taking
place in Istanbul.
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999
The brightest stars shine at msoworld.com
Announcing the first two Brain Star Chat sessions here
on www.msoworld.com: Raymond
Keene OBE from 9-11 pm on Sunday 28th November,
Tony Buzan from 9-11 pm on Sunday 5th December.
The following press releases were issued before and at the start
of the Third Annual Mind Sports Olympiad, held at London's
Olympia Conference Centre between
August 21-29, 1999.
Introduction to the event, its biggest
stars and the Creative Thinking competition.
Magnus Magnusson acted as Master of
Ceremonies and got the event off to a spectacular start.
Memory stars from around the world
competed in the World Memory Championships - just one of over forty
different disciplines at the MSO.
Murugan Thiruchelvam, one of
Britain's most promising chess juniors, was awarded valuable
sponsorship by the MSO.
Men faced machines in an exhibition
match, one of the spectators' favourite events at the MSO.
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