Shovelling the Snowie
by Jake Jacobs
10 March 2010
Jake Jacobs
Even though I have had my new computer for several months I haven't caught up with my filing. Arrangements that made sense in 2006 (when I bought my previous PC), or in 2003 when Perry Gartner gifted me with my first laptop, and shipped me off to China, or even ... Frankly, I have lost track of when I began sorting and categorizing some of the files that have followed me around the world. And it is painfully obvious I lost track of sorting and categorizing many of them at all. I have a "working folder" with thousands of files that were simply dumped there just in case I needed them.
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1.
Subject: Re: Shovelling the Snowie
From:
Timothy075931
Date:
10 Mar 2010 23:26 EST
Excellent quiz...very tough! Do none of the problems have second-best plays that merit partial credit?
2.
Subject: Re: Shovelling the Snowie
From:
tobaksa
Date:
11 Mar 2010 03:31 EST
Hi Timothy:
The smallest error for the second place play in any of the problems was 3.6%. The worst was nearly ten times that. I picked these because there were no really close second choices.
Best,
Jake
3.
Subject: Re: Shovelling the Snowie
From:
PhilSimborg
Date:
14 Mar 2010 14:01 EST
Excellent quiz, and I did well, but I have to admit that I think there definitely is a Quiz Factor here. Particularly No. 8 is something I think many players will get in a quiz but making that play over the board requires the use of body parts you don't need in a quiz.
4.
Subject: Re: Shovelling the Snowie
From:
tobaksa
Date:
14 Mar 2010 22:10 EST
Leverman got it right over the board when it came up in our match. It's a shame he (and Dirk) are no longer active.
5.
Subject: Re: Shovelling the Snowie
From:
jeroen095051
Date:
16 Mar 2010 22:56 EST
Hi Jake,
We had some great fun and big discussions on the beach in Phuket .Always fun reading your stuff and the weather is brilliant over here.After 5 Singha{your favorite brand}it didn't get any easier.See you in Tokyo at the tournament
6.
Subject: Re: Shovelling the Snowie
From:
tobaksa
Date:
16 Mar 2010 23:48 EST
Hi Jerry:
I switched to Chang; elephants trump lions after all.
Actually here in Singapore I favor some of your old country home brews: Amsterdam Maximator, Baron's Extra Strong, and Damburger. For some reason that last is only available at shops in Thai Town.
Which Japan tournament? I'll miss the one in May; I'll be in Tokyo a week or two before it, then in the US the week after. The Japan Open is in the fall, though I am not sure which events I can enter as the calendar shows it starting on October 8th, and I am attending a wedding that day.
Best,
Jake
7.
Subject: Re: Shovelling the Snowie
From:
jeroen095051
Date:
17 Mar 2010 18:29 EST
Hi Jake,
That's why the quiz was so complicated we are drinking the wrong beer!!We are coming to the one in October with quit a big delegation from Thailand:
Bruno,Peter,Glen,David and some players from Phuket.
We hope you can make it anyway.No better guide than Jake in all the obscure places in Tokyo.
Cheers,
Jerry
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