The game of Backgammon 1) Rules of the game Backgammon is the game of Man-Errger-Dich-Nicht for big players. But it is the two-player variant. So two players try to move all their checkers around the board. On the way, you can also throw out your opponent’s stones and the first player to finish wins. The…
Quite an eventful tour 1) A few basic thoughts on the World Cup What does the everyday life of a professional player look like? Is there such a thing as everyday life? You really have to think of it a bit like the other professional player, namely the professional football player. There is the everyday…
1) A few basic thoughts on the World Cup. What does the everyday life of a professional player look like? Is there such a thing as everyday life? You really have to think of it a bit like the other professional player, namely the professional football player. There is the everyday life, that is the…
Me on the wrong side The number of huge stupidities I myself have committed is certainly long, very long. One can also call it luck if one never learns about many of them. Unfortunately, I found out about the following one very soon and very painfully. A distinction has to be made here as to…
Since early childhood, I had a very positive attitude towards Denmark and its inhabitants. According to a legend that I remembered deeply as a child, it was said that in Denmark you could forget your bag at a bus stop, including your wallet and money, and if you remembered it hours later, you could go…
n the early years when I did my real betting, I worked as follows: The weekend always went like this, that I placed the bets at some point, usually by Friday noon. Then at the weekend I waited for the results, quite anxiously if you like. These were then recorded and all the settlements made.…
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…
