Charity On-Line Bridge Tournament To Be Hosted by MSOWorld.com.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 In its ongoing commitment to both mind sports and the promotion of its "Millennium of the Mind" initiative, MSO (1) (Multiple System Operator) Typically refers to a cable TV organization that owns more than one cable system, but it may refer to an operator of only one system. Worldwide Ltd. has announced its intention to host a bridge tournament on its web site beginning in April. Proceeds benefit the Save the Children Fund, the ACBL ACBL American Contract Bridge League ACBL American Commercial Barge Line LLC Educational Foundation, and Institut pour la Rechaerche sure la Epiniere. The bridge sessions themselves will be run at www.Bridgeplayer.com with the software needed for participation available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. from the Bridgeplayer site. A World Bridge Federation Tournament Director will be available for rulings if necessary. Free access will be allowed to the web site's practice rooms in advance of the tournament. "These type of events are really exciting because they bring people from all over the world together," said Anna Gudge, MSO's Bridge Consultant and one of the organizers of the event, "Bridge is a common language and we all speak it, so we can all join in. Combine that with the fact that every hand is different and ... WOW (1) (World Organization of Webmasters, Folsom, CA, www.joinwow.org) A membership organization for professionals who are involved with creating and maintaining Web sites. WOW also provides certification via testing centers throughout the U.S. !" There are three phases to the competition with each phase requiring a $10 entry fee. A plus score in the first phase allows players to move on to the second phase. A plus score in the second phase allows them to move on to the third. Multiple entries are permitted in phases 1 & 2 but only one qualification per player will be allowed for phase 3. The leading 16 players will be invited to London, all expenses paid, to compete in the Final at the Mind Sports Olympiad taking place August 19 - 21. First prize is $2,000 US, second prize, $1,000, & third prize, $500. 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 backgammon (băk`găm'ən, băk'găm`ən), game of chance and skill played by two persons upon a specially marked board divided by a space, called the bar, into two tables (inner table and outer table), each of which has 12 , 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 This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Raymond Keene Raymond Dennis Keene OBE (born 29 January 1948) is a chess grandmaster, but is better known as a chess organiser, columnist and author. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE), on Queen Elizabeth II's Honours' List, for services to chess in 1985. and David Levy David Levy may refer to:
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