From: Pieter Stouten EU PNU COM> Date: 24 nov 2000 Subject: MSO Worldwide Update, 23 November 2000 M S O W O R L D W I D E U P D A T E - 23 Nov - www.msoworld.com =================================================================== Use your brain at MSO Worldwide with Brain Power Magazine - Read exclusive articles on intelligence and the brain - We explain memory techniques and their applications - Challenge yourself with our online prize contests FIDE championship chess coverage at MSO Worldwide - Guess the champ or predict match results and win prizes - Online parties to celebrate the most crucial matches - Debate Kramnik's victory over Kasparov on our message boards Hi! This is just a quick note to let you know about the exciting things taking place this month at http://www.msoworld.com/, the #1 mind sports site on the Internet. You are on this mailing list because you have registered at the MSO Worldwide site or have expressed an interest in the MSO. If you'd rather not receive these messages in the future, list removal details are at the bottom. L E A R N F R O M T H E B R A I N P O W E R M A G A Z I N E ===================================================================== ] READ KEYNOTE ARTICLES ON INTELLIGENCE AND THE BRAIN Lady Mary Tovey, formerly editor of Synapsia magazine, is devoting her energies to the web to produce a new online magazine exclusive to the MSO Worldwide site. The first three issues of the magazine are now available, full of features on brain and thought. Regular columns include "Animal Intelligence", with lessons we can learn from the rest of the natural kingdom. Come and take a look; you'll learn from it! Learn more at: http://www.msoworld.com/brain/mag ] WE EXPLAIN MEMORY TECHNIQUES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS One of issue three's highlights is Caroline Lawrence's illustrated guide as to how to use a children's nursery rhyme to memorise the ten commandments - or, indeed, anything you like. Apply the techniques listed here and one day it might be you appearing in "Amazing Memory Stories", another regular column of the magazine. Issue 3 index: http://www.msoworld.com/brain/mag/2000/issue3 ] CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH OUR ONLINE PRIZE CONTESTS If you're a registered user at the MSO Worldwide site, it's free and easy to enter our fortnightly creative thinking contest with $500 of prizes to win. A similar sum is on offer to winners of our prize trivia quizzes at 5pm GMT on alternate Sundays; if you want to practice, we have a database of over 10,000 trivia questions so you can make up quizzes on the subjects of your choice whenever you like. It's all at the Brain Power Index: http://www.msoworld.com/brain F I D E C H E S S C H A M P I O N S H I P C O V E R A G E =============================================================== ] GUESS THE CHAMP OR PREDICT MATCH RESULTS AND WIN PRIZES Win brand new chess books - or even a free entry into the chess contests at MSO 5 next August! There are two chances to win. First, just predict which of the hundred entrants you think will win the FIDE championship. Even if your pick disappoints, you can still win by correctly guessing who's going to come out ahead in the first round matches of the FIDE chess championship - and we'll give you another chance to win every round. Rules at: www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/chess/wcc2000/comprules.html ] ONLINE PARTIES TO CELEBRATE THE MOST CRUCIAL MATCHES We packed our on-site chat rooms out when we held online parties through the Kasparov-Kramnik match. We had top grandmaster analysis, we had instant trivia quizzes of all types and we had a lot of fun. Good news: we're doing it all again! We'll be picking out the most interesting games on day two of the two-day matches in early rounds, starting on Tuesday 28th November. Follow our site for more details. Preview at: www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/chess/wcc2000/wcc2000.html ] DEBATE KRAMNIK'S VICTORY OVER KASPAROV ON OUR MESSAGE BOARDS We predicted that Kasparov would handily deal with Vladmir Kramnik in their recent match. We were wrong! Nobody is quite sure what the repercussions on world chess in the coming years will be, but people are enjoying the lively discussion on our message boards. We have coverage of all the top news in chess, go, bridge, Scrabble and more. Latest news at: http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/front.html A L S O N E W O N O U R W E B S I T E =============================================== There's always lots going on at MSO Worldwide. Make sure to check our "What's New" page to keep track of all the latest additions! We look forward to your visit! Full details: http://www.msoworld.com/updates