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Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Ltd.
12 St. James' Square, London SW1Y 4RB, England
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Company Press Release:
Wednesday, February 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. MSO Worldwide (www.msoworld.com) joins forces with the
former World Computer Chess Champion program "Fritz" to give live
coverage. Fritz will be joined in the commentary box by human chess
Grandmaster Julian Hodgson who will be seen and heard by the site's
visitors thanks to video and audio streaming technology.
"Live reporting on the internet is something our users have definitely
wanted to see," said MSO CEO, David Levy, "It is our intention to report on
many more games in this fashion. We'd like to see it become a necessity
rather than a trend and we fully intend to have MSO Worldwide's website
lead the way."
MSO Worldwide Ltd. is no stranger to "leading the way" when it comes to
Mind Sports. The company is responsible for creating the Mind Sports
Olympiad, a board game, puzzle, memorization and creative thinking
extravaganza in London England and is attended by thousands of mind sports
enthusiasts from around the world every year. The Fourth Mind Sports
Olympiad will take place at the Alexandra Palace in London, August 19th to
the 28th. An estimated 15,000 people will attend the 10 day event.
The Cambridge/Oxford match will be broadcast live from the MSO Worldwide
web site at www.msoworld.com
on March 4th, starting at 12:30 pm UK time, 7:30 am EST, and running
for approximately 6 hours.
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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