From: Pieter Stouten <stouten <at> SHOGI <dot> NET>
Date: 6 feb 2000
Subject: MSO and Shogi (was: about MSO)

On 00/02/06 at 15:36 +0900, Kunio Ogihara <kunio-og <at> dh <dot> catv <dot> ne <dot> jp> wrote:

>What is "MSO"?
>
MSO stands for Mind Sports Olympiad. The Mind Sports Olympiad (organized
annually in London, UK) brings together thousands of people from all
over the world devoted to the pursuit of mind sports. This year the
organizers (MSO Worldwide Ltd.) hope to break the magical 15,000
participants barrier, which would make it larger even than the regular
(IOC) Olympics!

MSO Worldwide also has a web site <http://www.msoworld.com>, with the
largest array of news, links, online games and thought-provoking
articles about board games, card games and puzzles available anywhere.
It also sponsors the Shogi.Net site <http://www.shogi.net>.

The Mind Sports Olympiad features a Shogi Festival (23-27 August 2000)
that consists of a handicap team match, a "Shogi for Beginners" session,
a simultaneous handicap event, the MSO Worldwide Blitz Shogi
Championship, and as top of the bill the 3-day, 9-rounds combined
European Shogi Championship/MSO Worldwide Shogi Championship
(ESC/MSOWSC, 25-27 August 2000). The ESC/MSOWSC is expected to attract
80-115 participants from all over the world!

Check out the following pages for more information:

<http://www.msoworld.com/Olympiad/shogi.html>
<http://adam.wins.uva.nl/~bobd/shogi-list/dir00/dirday0127/article000127231528.html>

Hope to see y'all in London this August,

Pieter Stouten
MSO 2000 Shogi Council, coordinator satellite events