From: Pieter Stouten SHOGI NET> Date: 26 jan 2001 Subject: MSO Worldwide Update, 25 January 2000 M S O W O R L D W I D E U P D A T E - 25 Jan - www.msoworld.com =================================================================== Live coverage of the top events on Saturday at MSO Worldwide - Italian Open Go Championship final: webcam and chat - Round 12 of Corus Chess Championship at Wijk Aan Zee: GM chat - Daily Scrabble reports from Sydney International Masters Thought, mental skills and knowledge in our Brain Power section - New coverage of in-person quiz leagues and competitions - New ways to win - information about financial contests - New puzzles and cryptoquotes for you to solve six days a week 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 I V E G A M E S O N S A T U R D A Y A T O U R S I T E =================================================================== ] ITALIAN OPEN GO CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: WEBCAM AND CHAT We are pleased and proud to feature games from the Italian Open Go Championship final, in co-operation with FIGG (the Italian Federation of the Game of Go). The championship is a best of five match between Enzo Burlini and Paolo Montrasio; Burlini currently leads 2-1. Our coverage of the fourth game starts at 9am GMT (10am CET) on Saturday 27th January; if Montrasio can pull back to draw level 2-2, the decider will start at 2pm GMT that day. We will have live webcam and chat coverage for both the games. Watch the championship at: http://www.msoworld.com/italy/go-final.html ] GM CHAT FOR ROUND 12 OF THE CORUS CHAMPIONSHIP AT WIJK AAN ZEE Some people are calling the Corus championship the strongest chess championship of all time; certainly any tournament featuring the nine highest-rated players in the world has to be taken seriously. Our coverage of the chess world championship matches last year was so popular that we're doing it all again! The highlight of the round is the game between current co-leader Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik; the other co-leader, Garry Kasparov, takes on Loek Van Wely. More info at: http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/front.html#details ] DAILY SCRABBLE REPORTS FROM SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL MASTERS An elite field of fifty compete in this eighteen-round contest starting on Saturday 27th January, featuring seven national champions. Favourites include the current national champions of Australia and Japan, Paul Cleary and Keiichiro Hirai respectively. We feature daily coverage from John Holgate, a local library manager with one of the best career records in Australasian Scrabble. www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/proprietary/scrabble/scrabble.html A L L N E W A T T H E B R A I N P O W E R C L U B ============================================================= ] NEW SECTION ALL ABOUT QUIZ LEAGUES Quizzes are popular worldwide. In the UK, most competitions take place between teams representing nearby pubs. The most famous contests in the USA are between colleges on the Quiz Bowl circuit. Many major cities in India have their own quizzes as well. We look forward to reporting upon as many of them as we can get information about; if you play in one yourself, why not bring your own competition fame and fortune at the MSO Worldwide site? Our new section starts at: http://www.msoworld.com/quiz/index.html ] NEW COVERAGE OF FINANCIAL CONTESTS We're interested in all mind sport competitions here at MSO Worldwide so are particularly happy to report upon financial competitions - a genre we have not previously touched. We start by highlighting the new weekly event at the InvestAvenue site: the answers to three numerical questions, which might involve successful predictions, can win you a great prize every week. Why not take a look? All the details at: http://www.msoworld.com/brain/finance/index.html ] NEW PUZZLES AND CRYPTOQUOTES FOR YOU SIX DAYS A WEEK We've recently introduced a new cryptoquote engine to our site; now, you're racing to complete the fiendish daily cryptoquote as quickly as you can, watching the clock tick away second by second. We feature new cryptoquotes six days a week, David Bodycombe's "Think Tank" original puzzle section five days a week and David's exclusive puzzle column every weekend. Check back daily for the latest challenges! All the puzzles are at: http://www.msoworld.com/puzzles/index.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