by Chris Day | Dec 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Living memory story from World Memory Championships A young Chinese college girl was recommended for admission to a university graduate school. When she entered the university, her score at the university ranked her 400th. She wanted to do much better, so started...
by Chris Day | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
On the very first day of the twenty fourth World Memory Championships in Chengdu established longstanding world records already began to fall, as Poet John Milton Metaphorically put it, like the leaves in Vallombrosa. After Completion of Names and Faces, Binary...
by Chris Day | Dec 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday December fifteen the twenty fourth World Memory Championships were declared open in an impressive three hour ceremony in the giant domed conference centre of the Jintang Hengda hotel. The ceremony featured a Smorgasbord of traditional Chinese Cultural...
by Chris Day | Dec 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
World Memory Championships 2015: By Fiona Keating – International Business Times Reliance on Google for fact-checking and finding basic information has made us forgetful, say scientists. A study has found that people view internet search engines as an extension...
by Chris Day | Dec 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Mind Sport of Memory is both a fun, valuable hobby, as well as an amateur sport. At the fun end of memory, informal competitions take place in Brain Clubs and in other Mind Sport groups taking many different forms. At a competitive level, there are specific...
by Chris Day | Dec 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
As we move into the next 25 years for the Mind Sport of Memory, we are seeking ways to bring the benefits of competitive memory to a far wider audience. Helping us in this quest are our new Council members who, as ambassadors for the Sport, will help to spread the...
by Chris Day | Dec 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
CONFIRMED SCHEDULE for the 2015 World Memory Championships December 15: Registration and Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony after lunch. A planned mind sports summit seminar after dinner December 16: Day 1 of Competition 12/16 8:30-9:30 Names & Faces 10:00-12:00...
by Chris Day | Dec 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
More than 500 people from all over China are competing for the chance to represent their country at the 24th World Memory Championship in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, reports China News Service. Players participating in the competition are required to memorise a...
