1) Small and medium Schla..Salzburger You may also smile at my lousy corny jokes, no one can see: I’m not allowed to say SchlaWiener here, am I? My theoretical bets were successful. I had also contacted some bookmakers by phone. Some of them seemed interested in at least taking a look at my software. Nevertheless,…
Nicknames and other quirks Since I address myself often enough in this book and always use different names, I would like to shed some light on this aspect and do a little research into the causes. I hope that the leaps in time can be tolerated, as this is the subject in particular. I also…
The title may sound a little irritating at first. However, I have had enough reason in my life to think about sleep. And it is quite the opposite of paradoxical that I have devoted the very hours to the subject in my mind that other people devote to its realisation. So I lay awake many…
Check for a living? I have deliberately separated this chapter from the pure chronology. Because it is supposed to shed light on the money aspect of chess. Certainly, this goes a little hand in hand with the successes one can celebrate (one is the other, you understand, or rather it goes without saying). 1) The…
1) How do I get my money? In the early days, it almost inevitably happens to you at some point. I was still in Freiburg, at the beginning of 1984. I was always looking for places where backgammon was played. I actually found one. I had an opponent right away. Fortunately, he turned out to…
The event space in practice In the chapter “How does a quota come into being” I prepared you a little for how the event spaces, which are so wonderful for mathematicians, can look in practice. Here I have now collected a few examples. Perhaps after reading them you can smile with me about the “ideal…
The event space in practice In the chapter “How does a quota come into being” I prepared you a little for how the event spaces, which are so wonderful for mathematicians, can look in practice. Here I have now collected a few examples. Perhaps after reading them you can smile with me about the “ideal…
Here is a small example from my history: A man once sent me permanents (these were recorded “spins”, roulette ball throws from a certain bowl, that’s what you call it, where the ball later rolls in). At first I thought: a joke, what am I supposed to investigate? After all, he was willing to pay…
One double in five throws? Who could do that? The following little story happened at a backgammon tournament in Berlin in 1986. A bunch of the best players in Germany were gathered there. So good players, professional players and wannabes, but also admitted hobby players. In the evening, Jürgen, a well-known gambler of many years’…
My “outing” as a professional player Everything I am about to tell you, I am actually telling you out of injured vanity. Because: The qualification required to become a professional player is in no way inferior to that required for other professions. And I ask myself (but as you know me by now, not without…
