Andrea Carla Michaels MN Visit (2015)

Lori, Tom, Andrea and Boomer

Andrea, Tom, C.C. and Boomer

Lori, Tom, C.C. and Boomer

Tom and Boomer

Boomer, Lori, Andrea & Tom

Lori and Andrea

C.C. & Tom (Picture from Andrea)

 Lake Calhoun, August 5, 2015

The Fourth Minnesota Crossword Tournament

The Fourth Minnesota Crossword Tournament was held at the historic Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul on June, 14, 2015. 

 

The tournament website has not released the final scores yet. The winner (Expert) is Carl Voss. Andrew Ries (very very talented constructor) finished second and Mike Weepie finished third. (Updated: Please click here for final scores.)

Boomer and I stayed over 2 hours. Here are some photos we took.

Local tournament constructors: : C.C., Tom Pepper, George Barany, Victor Barocas, Michael David & David Liben-Nowell. Missing David Hanson (Rosebud).

  

Jon Berman, Johanna Fenimore, Don Gagliardo, Andrea Carla Michael & Amy Reynaldo (Orange) all live outside Minnesota and could not make the trip. Their names & pictures are all shown in this big screen before the tournament.

 

Thanks for the picture, Chase Maxwell

  

A few words from Liz Boyd (The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library) before the tournament.

Constructor is introduced before each puzzle. Here is Tom Pepper.

 

Here is George Barany.

 

Solving has started.

Constructors are mingling in the back. 

 Victor Barocas, David Liben-Nowell & Michael David

  C.C. & George Barany

    Victor Barocas & George Barany

 Victor Barocas, David Liben-Nowell & Michael David

 Michael David, David Liben-Nowell & Victor Barocas

 Michael David & Tom Pepper

 

Special thanks to Liz Boyd & Ann McKinnon of the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library for their hard work running this annual event.

Also a big "Thank you" to Victor Barocas for making our puzzles tournament-ready. Victor was heavily involved in every step of the puzzle-making, from the theme set development to the final clues. While we were enjoying the Memorial Day weekend, Victor was busy editing and converting the puzzles.

Thanks also to our constructors. It was a privilege working with you for this event. 

Thanks to all the tournament sponsors & solvers also. You made this possible.

MN Constructor Gathering (2015)

Nancy Herther & Ralph Bunker

George Barany & his assistant Christie

Marcia Brott, C.C., Tom Pepper, David Hanson &  Nancy Herther

Marcia Brott, David Hanson, Tom Pepper & Nancy Herther

  Tariq Samad, George Barany, Ralph Bunker, Tom Pepper, C.C., David Hanson, Marcia Brott & Nancy Herther

George Barany, Nancy Herther, Tom Pepper, Marcia Brott, David Hanson, C.C. , Victor Barocas,  Tariq Samad & Ralph Bunker

The Third Minnesota Crossword Tournament

 Tom Pepper

 Victor Barocas & Tom Pepper

 Tom Pepper &  David Liben-Nowell

 Jay Kaskel, Tom Pepper, David Liben-Nowell & David Hanson

 Tournament

 John Dillinger's girlfriend was tried at the Landmark Center

 Boomer

 Left to Right: George Barany, Andrew Ries, David Liben-Nowell,

Tom Pepper,  Victor Barocas, David Hanson & Peter Broder (THE CROSS NERD)

Not far from the apartment of John Dillinger's girlfriend 

Please click here to purchase the tournament puzzles on line.

Matt Ginsberg (Creator of Dr. Fill) Carleton College Visit

 Boomer

 C.C.

 Matt is preparing his presentation.

Left to Right: George Barany, David Liben-Nowell, Matt Ginsberg & Tom Pepper

 

Tom is wearing his Oregon Ducks cap.

Left to Right: George Barany, David Liben-Nowell, Matt Ginsberg, C.C. & Tom Pepper

"An Evening with the Puzzle Master" Will Shortz

Photo from the U of M

Will Shortz is surrounded by a host of Minnesota crossword puzzle creators, including from left, David Bael, Zhouqin Burnikel, George Barany, Shortz, Tom Pepper, Deane Morrsion, Victor Barocas, Jay Kaskel, Daniel Kantor, David Liben-Nowell, and Marcia Brott.

 

C.C. & Will Shortz

Andrea Minnesota Contructor Gathering (2013)

George Barany & Victor Barocas

 

DK & Andrea Carla Michaels

George,  Victor,  Andrea, C.C. & DK

George, Tom Pepper,  Marcia J. Brott, Victor & Andrea

Tom, Marcia, Victor, David Hanson, DK & Andrea

 

Tom, Marcia, George, David, DK, C.C. & Andrea

Tom, Marcia, George, David, DK, C.C., Andrea, Boomer & Victor