OIYMPIAD NEWS lssue 6 Sunday 24 August INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL CourrNrs teif Edvinsson - Skandia's serious business is a simulator. This Father of Intellectual Capital kind of software program provides Intellectual Capiwl .............. 1 Behind the cute T-shirt message 'I C clear real world gains - 40 hours of Creatioe Tbinking............... 2 the future' lies an original and simulation training can create a Ten of the &est..............,....... 2 enterprising economic concept that Iicensed Boeing 777 pllot. Go, Guo, Zbang................... 2 sponsors Skandia equate with their Even those computer game-playing Learn and PLay..................... 2 past - and future - success. IC stands skills which are not yet respected as To ugh Pu221es....................... 2 for Intellectual Capital, a phrase intellectual pursuits earn his respect. Delbeck Charnpagne designed to define the intangible, yet He sees the abilities honed here as Prize Drau Cballenge 4....2 very real, human assets behind an being applicable to multimedia work Bigger and &etter.................. 3 enterprise. Edvinsson's pet metaphor and the software industry, and Results \ection...................... 4 portrays IC as the roots of a tree considers software building to be the Medals Tab\e......................... 4 bearing future fruit. most critical technological ingredient today. Today's Eaents...................... 4 Skandia were approached by the MSO on the strength of an IC annual An emphasis on finding new ways to report that utilised consistent and approach and link apparently detailed chess imagery. Unlike many unrelated input is a basic ingredient of corporations that borrow these IC, and even in a brief interview 'I opened as usual uith 1 e4, simply subjects continually merge and but uas rather surprised icons, Skandiahad a real commitment power behinds the symbols interweave. IC as a concept has uthen be replied uith 'n15' to the financial established a foothold extremely and told rne tbis was the go which they translated to rapidly. Edvinsson's book, Intellectual tournd.ment. Thinking support. Edvinsson's reaction to the Capial, has already been translated for quickly,I played 723 and Mind Sports Olympiad concept: markets in China, Portugal, S. Amer- informed him that I bad 'Brilliant - it is the embodiment of a ica, South Korea and Israel. The topic sunk his banleship, rubich new training approach of human capability, the embodiment of a new shifts to Mandarin as a virtual, sym- uould bape been fine if he knowledge era.' bolic language, and the evidence that badn't passed nxe tbe Edvinsson easily conjures up a this stimulates both sides of the brain. doubling cube and used all network of associations linking all Suddenly he presents me with the his seaen letters in forming and new business cards for the Skandia tbe word NO-TRUMP on a kinds of game-playing to potential practical business Future Centers a fascinating series of triple zaord score. Luckilyfor applications.'The - world sees a measurable and growing bound, coloured cards with an me, he fell down a snake tbe need evolving discussion of 'contactivity' next rnoae and I was bach in intelligence gap - with for intellectual expertise constantly on the top of each page and a visually the game.'- Villiam taient is Iinked sequence of coloured graphics Hartston in The expanding. Available on the back. He smiles as I slowly Independent decreasing even though the population is increasing. Being bombarded with examine this from various angles. information - be it in Nintendo or 'You see the difference? My shogi - and being able to process it, conventional card went straight into find patterns etc., is a vital skill. One your pocket...' 'I'oe entered two eoents, but way to increase this talent potential is I'm not sure ubicb ones tbq through games.' are.'- overheard at the He points out one area that already registration desk. bridges playful entertainment and The lst Mind Sports Olympiad at the Royal Festioal Hall uitb Skandia Olympiad Neus Sunday 24 August Creative Thinking testing challenge is to score well in another participant who would The questions in this event set by all events. The first decamentath- like to play the same game. Tlte Independezrt nimble wit, Bill lon gold medal was deservedly Alternatively, there may be an Flartston were: won by Andrew Dyson who, in opportunity for workshop Q1: List as many possible uses as addition to being a very strong participants to play in one of the you can think of for a soft-boiled bridge and chess player, is also MSO afternoon tournaments. egg. (One competitor earned a cleady very knowledgeable in bonus point {or not listing 'eat it') other Mind Sports. The silver was Tough Puzzles Q2: Here are two objects (a large scooped by Demis Hassabis who, Try yov hand at the following and a small conch) I found on the as one of the most active tough puzzle. beach on holiday. Vhat should I competitors in the Olympiad, is do with them? also pressing hard in the B B G Y W 14 Q3: List as many similarities as Pentamind. The bronze medal you can think of between the went to international chess master W G Y W B 16 Princess of \flales and an orange. Byron Jacobs, who took the Q4: List as many differences as morning off from his usual role of Y G B W Y 17 you can between zips and buttons. O ly mpiad Nezas production. Y R R B G 14 Q5: At the start of 1998, a new labour-saving device was launched. Go, Guo, Zhang! R R W W B 11 Vithin six months, one was to be The Olympiad Neas did not quite found in 97 per cent of the homes manage to unravel the go results 1415 15 14 14 in the UK. Describe it. yesterday. Our results table was Q6: Everyone agreed that the reasonably correct, but ... To put The numbers 1 to 5 inclusive Creativity competition at the 1998 the record straight, Shutai Zhang have been allocated randomly to Mind Sports Olympiad was far was not part of the emergence of the colours blue, green, red, white superior to that ofthe 1997 event. female and Dutch success and yellow, which are represented \trhat do you think the tasks given yesterday - since he is a Chinese in the diagram by their initial to the contestants might have manl Zuan Guo was the name we letters. The numbers next to each been? The scoring was as follows: were looking for, but she appeared row and column refer to the sums Fecundity (quantity) - of distinct with her name reversed in the of the numbers in those rows and ideas. 13x13 table. Apologies for the columns. Can you work out each Originality - scores double (50o/o confusion, and congratulations to colour's number? of the total) the duo, who took one gold and '$/here Breadth - the number of one silver each in the go can you... different dimensions employed in championships. As there were win a jeroboam of champagne? the answers for example, texture, other problems in the medal - pick up a free copy of Britain's size, colour, etc. placings, the go awards ceremony toughest puzzle magazine? will be restaged on Sunday. ...and save [5 on a year's Ten of the Best subscription? A highly intriguing event at the Learn and Play Mind Sports Olympiad is the This morning starting at 10.00am To find out, visit the Tough decamentathlon. In the spirit of there is a games workshop on level Puzzles stand on level 2 near the the Olympic decathlon, this event 3 on the Hungerford side of the Foyer Bar. consists of a tough four-hour Royal Festival Hall. The idea of examination in ten separate Mind the workshop is that participants Delbeck Champagne Sports challenges. The events are: will learn up to eight new games. Prtze Draw Challenge 4: memory, mental calculation, IQ, The plan is to spend 30 minutes Yesterday's quiz answers: bridge, chess, Othello, go, teaching each of the following 1) Andy Bell (41.37 seconds) draughts (8x8), Mastermind and games: 10.00AM Chess; 10.30 2) Richard Garfield creative thinking. This proved to Fanorona; 1 1.00 Entropy; 11.30 3) Artist Barry Martin be an intriguing test of all-round Mastermind; 1.2.00 Oware; L2.30 Today, taking our lead from the Mind Sports knowledge and could, Othello; 1.00 Go; 1.30 Bridge. Creative Thinking event, the in future years, develop into one (These details are subject to champagne prize will be awarded of the most competitive events. change.) to the entrant coming up with, in Many of the competitors excelled In the afternoon, starting at the opinion of the OlympiadNeus in one or two disciplines but were 4.00PM, the participants will be team, the best three questions. Iet down by a lack of ability in able to choose their preferred Entries to the registration desk others. The secret of success in this Mind Sport and be matched with before 5.00PM please. The lst Mind Sports Olympiad at tbe Royal Festioal Hall uith Shandia BICGER AND BrrrEN! Everyone agrees that the 1st Mind Sports Olympiad has been a tremendous success. Olympiad Nezos asked two of th. ii...to.i, Raymond Keene and David Levy, how they view their creation and what their future plans are. Can you explain how the con- Don Morris, an experienced events chess and Chinook draughts cept of the MSO was devised? organiser, .ioined the group. Dr programs, and Oriental champions (R.K)The genesis of the Mind Louise Guthrie volunteered to set such as Habu, the shogi genius Sports Olympiad stems from up our Internet operations and Sir from Japan. An event in which the several years ago.