Originally posted by Bobla45Thanks to you, Bob!
The winning number to the lottery is........8818. The lottery winner is: olderbutwiser, who with 10,000 numbers to choose from, came within 40 digits with his pick of 8858. Also within 100 digits were Great Big Stees, D4V, and ontheclock. ~Tony~ has a separate number which I will let him announce when he is ready. Thanks to all who played, o.b.w., hope you like the book, and good luck to ~Tony~ in his career writing chess books!
Originally posted by Bobla45Well done, Bob. You and Tony represent considerable active member asset
The winning number to the lottery is........8818. The lottery winner is: olderbutwiser, who with 10,000 numbers to choose from, came within 40 digits with his pick of 8858. Also within 100 digits were Great Big Stees, D4V, and ontheclock. ~Tony~ has a separate number which I will let him announce when he is ready. Thanks to all who played, o.b.w., hope you like the book, and good luck to ~Tony~ in his career writing chess books!
value to Red Hot Pawn. Thanks again for this "Chess Book Lottery".
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThanks GB. My number was created using the year of birth(88) and day (18th) of a family member. The only real verification is through Tony, who I sent the number to before I posted the lottery. Tony came up with his number with what I think he called a random generator, don't know if I have the term completely correct, but I got the feeling a computer randomly spit the number out at him. He could verify if I have this right or not. Thinking of picking up a copy of the book for myself, apparently the amount of man hours that go into something like this are staggering.
Well done, Bob. You and Tony represent considerable active member asset
value to Red Hot Pawn. Thanks again for this "Chess Book Lottery".
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Originally posted by Bobla45Quite welcome, Bob. I appreciate the thought you invested in selecting the winning number. My own pick of 2008 was simply the highest Red Hot Pawn Chess Rating Tony achieved on August 22, 2009, as shown in the graph of his site profile.
Thanks GB. My number was created using the year of birth(88) and day (18th) of a family member. The only real verification is through Tony, who I sent the number to before I posted the lottery. Tony came up with his number with what I think he called a random generator, don't know if I have the term completely correct, but I got the feeling a computer random ...[text shortened]... for myself, apparently the amount of man hours that go into something like this are staggering.
Footnote: Interestingly, the winning pick for Tony's gift was posted on page one:
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyTony in real life is a thermal engineer. He has a very interesting rating history but
Quite welcome, Bob. I appreciate the thought you invested in selecting the winning number. My own pick of 2008 was simply the highest Red Hot Pawn Chess Rating Tony achieved on August 22, 2009, as shown in the graph of his site profile.
i am certain if he gave up work and just devoted his life to chess at the very least he's a master.
Originally posted by Bobla45Yes. His play already in our conversational Fischer Random960 Game in progress reinforces your statement.
Tony in real life is a thermal engineer. He has a very interesting rating history but
i am certain if he gave up work and just devoted his life to chess at the very least he's a master.
