My three passions with five expressions So there were a few passions that I indulged in my life. These were called playing, playing and what was the third? Yes, playing. So more specifically, I always played a game and played it to excess. Then I was gripped by a passion that made me forget everything…
Two blocks of diamonds and a calculator 1) Yamb My studies in Freiburg consisted of pursuing my passions. And for the attentive reader, my passions have already shone through here and there: Playing, playing, playing. Not only that there was playing day and night, and that is absolutely no exaggeration. A few hours a day…
The course of the years 1987-1990 was not at all as boring as appearances might suggest. I was not capable of true and pure solidity anyway. And my life as an employee also had its peculiarities. First of all, the pride of getting a job at all, and immediately at that, prevailed. However, I readily…
World Junior Team Championships Graz 1981 Hardly any time to recover, but what did I need that for? Life goes on and my head never got a rest anyway. Besides, it was of course a huge challenge and also a great honour. I was one of the best 6 juniors in Germany in chess! It…
1) A halved pair of golden dice My chess career had come to nothing, at least the dream of being able to earn enough money to live on was over just in time. I had earned some money, could just about keep my head above water, but I also had to keep up the little…
My football programme Biographical 1) The first attempts (university; 1985) The repeated attempts to finish my studies gradually came to an end. I had attended a few more lectures, but my inclination towards programming was stronger. Another lecture with Professor Letzner was all about programming. And there, too, I only attended the first few lectures…
1) Another woman’s story ? After the Backgammon World Championship in 1985, I had moved to Paris by chance. I was successful in the tournament in Monte Carlo and even in Black Jack, which I played almost every evening. And I also knew that there was a gambling club in Paris. Just where you could…
So my team mate and chess friend Thomas Grzesik had sent me Edward Thorpe’s book on Black Jack. I read Tile about it and, realising that the rules were American or outdated, unceremoniously started to work it all out myself. That’s what the days were for. Of course, my fingers were itching. I wanted to…
1) Roulette 2) Chess When I discovered chess at the age of 13, I was immediately addicted to the game. It was also 1972, the year in which the legendary match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spasski took place. I immediately got myself chess books and studied them all attentively. Then I gradually ran out…
If you don’t want to listen, you have to pay? So, in 1990, I had the ultimate idea of how to approach the problem of predicting the probabilities of football matches in principle. The programme had also matured quite a bit in all-night (because I still had my SEL job during the day) work. The…
