Talk:Mind Sports Organisation

2005 chat
Accusations or allegations are a little too controversial on a wikipage. But it is fine as long as no particular person is named. DoctorDog 05:12, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure about that. I think it may be ok to post "The organizers, Tony Buzan and Raymond Keyne were implicated in the misappropriation" as long as there is a linked article or reference showing that case.


 * There has been quite a lot published about this. I think WP should be careful only to quote published material. The article is in any case extremely incomplete. (I wrote for the MindZine, by the way.) Charles Matthews 10:06, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Decamentathlon components
From the article:
 * At MSO tournaments, the Decamentathlon is a composite event in which players compete in ten separate mind sports: memory skills, mental calculation, IQ, bridge, chess, othello, 8 by 8 draughts, Mastermind, and creative thinking.

So what's the tenth? Counting? JamesMLane 00:18, 20 August 2005 (UTC) [Alain] The missing game in that list is Go. The main article has clarified this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdekker (talk • contribs) 00:38, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Notability
Someone seemed to think this wasn't notable but I really don't think it's suitability for a Wikipedia article is in any doubt (really?) and have removed the tags. Tilefish 21:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

MSO 11, Potters Bar UK 2007?
Does anyone have information about the results from the 2007 MSO? Their web page does not provide any. Did the event even take place? Thanks for your time.Twixter (talk) 15:37, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Intellympic Games
I'm looking for info about Intellympic Games. --92.113.45.27 (talk) 08:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

MSO on Wikipedia
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Structure of the organisation / Controversy?
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Structure of the Organisation
− Initially the MSO was supported by some substantial corporate sponsorship, and was under the control of a company MSO Worldwide (MSOW), which had money advanced by venture capitalists (the money came mostly from Swedish sources). The second Mind Sports Olympiad saw the largest sponsor withdraw, and from that time onwards financial problems dogged the MSO. The board running it included David Levy, Tony Buzan, and Raymond Keene, David Levy being the original founder of the MSO concept.

− A worsening financial position caused difficulties for MSOW, and schemes to become a leading force in games promotion worldwide came to little, as the invested money (exactly £1,000,000) was spent. This was the era of failed dot coms, and MSOW went into voluntary liquidation in May 2001. At that point David Levy was the most important figure left in MSOW, Tony Buzan having withdrawn, and Raymond Keene having acrimoniously split from the board early in 2000 after being implicated in the Brain Games scandal.

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