The Results of the Beggar Your Neighbor Contest

[Chris Long]

The contest is over, and the results are in!

The winner:

Mark S. Manasse (m...@pa.dec.com) with 713 tricks:

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00030300140240010000020000

In close second was Truman Collins (tcol...@std.mentorg.com) with 703
tricks:

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00020000100000400130300000

a...@linkoping.trab.se was third with 624:

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00024000024000201040030001

Scott "TCB" Turner (s...@aero.org) claims to have a 610 trick hand,
which would make him fourth, but I have been unable to verify this.

Mark wins a year subscription to _Games Magazine_, _The Journal of
Recreational Mathematics_, or _The Fibonacci Quarterly_ (his choice),
and I've also decided to award puzzles and books to the top four
finishers. I'd like to thank everyone who competed, and I'd like
to remind everyone that the next competition will be starting in about
a week.
--
Chris Long, 272 Hamilton St. Apt. 1, New Brunswick NJ 08901 (908) 846-5569

Score: 30, Diff: 30, clong killed by a Harvard Math Team on 1