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Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Ltd.
12 St. James' Square, London SW1Y 4RB, England
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Company Press Release:
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The Magic of the Human Mind Vs The Might of the Machine....
The third Mind Sports Olympiad will play host to an extraordinary
Challenge Exhibition entitled Man v Machine. The challenge will pit
human Mind Sports Champions against "perfect" computer programs in
a series of five exhibition matches. The event, to be held at London's Olympia
Conference Centre from August 23-27, will consist of matches of one to seven
games, with each match expected to last up to 3-4 hours!
This mental marathon will showcase some of the foremost tacticians in the
fields of : Go, Shogi, Othello, Backgammon and
Scrabble. The Exhibition programme will feature Reigning British
Under 12 Go Champion, Tom Eckersley-Waites, and
Pan-Atlantic Shogi Champion Larry Kaufman in the matches on
23rd and 24th of August, respectively. The latter part of the week-long event
will see Kenta Tominaga from Japan test his Meijin (world champion)
status against the mighty Logistello in the Othello challenge,
and Mark Nyman, former Scrabble World Champion and host of
TV's "Countdown" challenge for supremacy against
the Scrabble machine.
The Man v Machine Exhibition Games will provide a unique insight into
mental stamina and strategy, as International Mind Sports' wizards take on the
mighty challenge of Artificial Intelligence.
For more information, or interview requests, please
contact Jackie Cooper PR (contact details deleted - contact
David Levy at the address below instead.)
ABOUT MSO
Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Ltd. of London, England, is the
organiser of the Mind Sports Olympiad. This annual event encompasses more
than 30 classic games including Chess, Bridge, Backgammon, Go as well as
several mental skills such as Memory Skills, Creative Thinking,
Intelligence and Speed Reading. Players compete for the honour of winning
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, rankings and titles, and for cash prizes.
The company was founded by well known mind sports personalities, Tony
Buzan, Raymond Keene and David Levy. MSO Worldwide's website at
http://www.msoworld.com/ was created to help achieve their goal of
spreading Mind Sports throughout the real and virtual worlds. That web site
is now well on its way to becoming one of the premier mind sports sites on
the web, having recently won a Netscape "Cool Siting" award.
Media Contact:
David Levy, Tel: +44 20 7435 9496 –
E-mail: dlevy@msoworld.com
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