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skills & talents for chess & backgammon

Posted By: Jake Jacobs
Date: Friday, 25 February 2011, at 3:05 a.m.

In Response To: skills & talents for chess & backgammon (David Rockwell)

Playing would have been better.

During the period right after learning to bid I played in some home games. We had one very good player (besides my partner), a guy named Malcolm Sims who, teamed with Paul Marston, represented NZ in the 1980 Olympiad. But after a few games most of the players left town, so I sat at home studying.

I played one session at a club in Chicago over the Christmas holiday, with Gene Chait, but really started the night I walked in the Bridge Club in January of '84. It turned out to be a team event, and on the first hand my partner psyched 2C. One of the opponents and I, in unison, chimed: "You can't psych a 2 club opener!" My other opponent (who held 28 points) gave the most sharklike grin I have ever seen: "It's okay!" Through brilliant play ;-) I only went for 900 in 3NT. This should have been a triumph as they were cold for a grand in pretty much anything except 7C. But the other half of our team played 4H +510, so we lost imps.

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  LowRayTeeng -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 8:14 p.m.
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    christian munk-christensen -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 8:30 p.m.
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      Stick -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 8:39 p.m.
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        higonefive -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 9:02 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Friday, 25 February 2011, at 9:08 p.m.
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            Henrik Bukkjaer -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 1:33 p.m.
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              Stick -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 1:45 p.m.
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                Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 9:56 p.m.
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                higonefive -- Sunday, 27 February 2011, at 12:50 p.m.
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                Adam Versaw -- Sunday, 27 February 2011, at 6:09 p.m.
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                  Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 27 February 2011, at 11:40 p.m.
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                    Stick -- Monday, 28 February 2011, at 4:24 a.m.
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                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 28 February 2011, at 3:35 p.m.
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                    Stick -- Monday, 28 February 2011, at 3:58 p.m.
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            Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 9:48 p.m.
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        garyo -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 3:55 a.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:38 a.m.
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          Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 5:34 a.m.
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            higonefive -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 11:15 a.m.
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        Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:34 a.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:37 a.m.
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          David Rockwell -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:48 a.m.
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            Jake Jacobs -- Friday, 25 February 2011, at 3:05 a.m.
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              Keene -- Friday, 25 February 2011, at 4:49 a.m.
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                Jake Jacobs -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 5:20 a.m.
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        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 3:31 p.m.
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            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 6:41 p.m.
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        Keene -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 7:54 p.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:02 p.m.
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            Keene -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:44 p.m.
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              Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:56 p.m.
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          Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:40 p.m.
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      Stein Kulseth -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 9:19 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 9:06 a.m.
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