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Provides Content for Microsoft Press Book MASTERPIECE GAMES, INC. ("MPA-V;MGESF-L") - Provides Content for Microsoft Press Book Yasser Seirawan, President of Masterpiece Games Inc. announces that the Company will provide the content for a new chess instructional book for Microsoft Press. The company earns royalties from the previous release of four books published by Microsoft Press. The new fifth book will be published this fall. Yasser Seirawan, President of Masterpiece Games Inc., "The previous four volumes of the Microsoft Press Winning Chess series continue to sell well. The decision to publish a fifth volume emphasizes the confidence in the chess book market and we are very pleased to continue working with Microsoft Press on this evergreen book project. Royalties from the fifth book will further bolster the companies royalty revenues affecting our final quarter. The company continues to have talks with Microsoft about expanding the book project to include sales of chess software and CD's." Masterpiece Games Inc., has 9,042,272 shares issued and outstanding. The shares have recently traded in the range of 10-18 cents a share. Masterpiece Games Inc., is a publicly traded holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary International Chess Enterprises (ICE). Based in Seattle, ICE is a high technology publishing company specializing in the game of chess. ICE publishes magazines, books, software, CD's and has an on-line electronic magazine. Further information on the company is available at its web site (www.insidechess.com). TEL: (206) 286-9764 Yasser Seirawan, President FAX: (206) 283-4363 Masterpiece Games Inc. EMAIL: yasser@insidechess.com Investor E-Mail INET: insidechess.com