She began her professional career in 1973 (while still in school) as a children's librarian in the Chicago Public Library (CPL) system and maintained other positions within CPL through 1982.
In 2005, the CPL world tour handed out $1m in prize money, and looks set to do the same this year.
Pro Would weaken the grip of party machines (the main criticism of CPL).
Some 60,000 people logged on to the CPL website to watch its summer 2003 tournament finals, and another 250,000 downloaded the video.
The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), which has held more than 1,500 tournaments since its inception in 1997, relies on Intel and Razer, a mouse-maker, while NVIDIA, a graphics-card manufacturer, iGames, a chain of internet cafes where gamers congregate to play online, and Samsung sponsored Britain's WCG qualifier tournament.
CPL commissioner Frank Nuccio adds that, like it or not, "technology is the dominant mode of social interaction for the next generation.
Some 65 years later, the medal symbolising the courage of Cpl Ram has become embroiled in allegations of conduct of a somewhat less distinguished nature which have put his military honour at the heart of an international dispute involving the Indian government, Scotland Yard, an eminent Mayfair auction house and the dead hero's 78-year-old widow.
The CPL games are part of that leading edge".
Playing as "Deus", Kinnaird took part in the CPL Winter Event, came in eighth place, and took home $600 £3500) for his efforts.
TSN covered 25 tournaments in 2005, up from two in 2000 and MTV televised segments of the CPL championship in November - a strong sign that video gaming is moving from niche to mainstream.
It was based on CPL (Combined Programming Language), which had been first condensed into the B programming language a stripped-down computer programming language created in 1969 70 by Ken Thompson, an American computer scientist and a colleague of Ritchie.
