M S O   W O R L D W I D E   U P D A T E - 26 Feb - www.msoworld.com
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All the best features in the Mind Sports Zine
- Exclusive interview with Othello World Champion Takeshi Murakami
- Daily chess news including the latest from Linares
- Over 500 of the most interesting games of Go for you to download

Welcome back some of your other favourite MSO Worldwide features
- Weekly polls probe opinions on the questions of the day
- "Link of the Week" scheme highlights top sites around the world
- It's easier to get started with our online games than ever before



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] EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH OTHELLO WORLD CHAMPION TAKESHI MURAKAMI

Takeshi Murakami is a 36-year old English teacher in Tokyo, Japan.
He's also three-time World Othello Champion; his victory in
Copenhagen in November made him the oldest player to ever regain
the world title. We speak to him about his championship, about the
crucial game, about his match against the Logistello computer program
which has swept past all obstacles in its path and more.

www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/proprietary/othello/murakami1.html


] DAILY CHESS NEWS INCLUDING THE LATEST FROM LINARES

We can't call Garry Kasparov "champion" any more, but there's still
convincing evidence to say he's still the best player in the world.
After his win against all the top contenders at Wijk aan Zee, he takes
on five of the world's most interesting challengers at Linares. We
have daily coverage of this and much more in our chess news section,
including a brand new daily news bulletin which scours the world to
bring you all the most important chess news of the day.

It's all at: http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/chess/chess.html


] OVER 500 OF THE MOST INTERESTING GAMES OF GO FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD

We're very proud of our extremely popular news coverage of the
ancient Oriental game of Go, which has attracted a number of kind
compliments from high sources. Part of the reason why it's so
popular is that we like to bring you the games as well as the news
and commentary on why the news is so interesting. We now have
over five hundred games in .sgf format for you to download!

http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/sgf/int_sgf.html



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] WEEKLY POLLS PROBE OPINIONS ON THE QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

Our series of weekly polls returns! We've found out your opinions
about tournaments, your predictions for the future, your thoughts
about prodigies, puzzles and personalities, your thoughts about the
MSO site and a great deal more in the past; we have lots of ideas
about what to find out in the future. This week we're asking about
what you like to play with your family.

Cast your vote at: http://www.msoworld.com/polls.html


] "LINK OF THE WEEK" SCHEME HIGHLIGHTS TOP SITES AROUND THE WORLD

Another popular feature from the past was our "Link of the Week"
scheme. Each week, we award our exclusive Grandmaster Link award to
a different carefully selected site, which we think you'll enjoy
reading. We've featured sites about a wide variety of different mind
sports in the past and have lots of interesting ones to highlight
in the future. We return with a review of "The Memory Page".

Read it at: http://www.msoworld.com/awards.html


] IT'S EASIER TO GET STARTED WITH OUR ONLINE GAMES THAN EVER BEFORE

Most sites only offer you a handful of different games; we offer you
over a hundred different variants to enjoy! If you're fed up with not
knowing if you're facing human or computer opposition on other sites,
why not play on our site? Most of our games don't have dedicated
computer players written for them - but don't worry, our versatile
Zillions of Games robots are always ready to take you on at the game
of your choice whenever you want to play.

Easier instructions at: http://www.msoworld.com/playgames.html



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