Mr. Hess played chess for my high school and college teams, but switched to bridge when I learned it in graduate school in the mid-1970s. Became a LM in 1981 but took off about 10 years from face to face play between 2004 and 2014 due to work and a family. Have been playing at BBO since 2008, however and stand at over 5,000 points at that site. After semi-retiring in 2015 I started teaching bridge classes and also playing F2F again as well with my graduate school partner. (As I posted a few years ago, 9/25/15, the cheating scandals bother me, but the game will be better for it at some point. Since I work with statistical modeling in marketing and advertising research, and have taught Probability and Statistics, I lean toward the statistical verification approach when evaluating cheating accusations. Bridge, unlike chess, is a game of imperfect information, so players have to make “wrong” decisions on a regular basis. If they routinely beat the statistical probabilities, they are likely cheating in some way.) Since the Covid period started, I’ve been teaching about ten classes per week using Zoom and PowerPoint.
Last Updated: October 16, 2024 by saulwgoldberg
Meeting/Lunch at WEPCO – Oct. 16th 2024
The Kiwanis Club Welcomes
Guest Speaker – Michael Hess October 16th, 2024
Topic: Becoming a Top Bridge Winner
About Michael Hess
Mr. Hess played chess for my high school and college teams, but switched to bridge when I learned it in graduate school in the mid-1970s. Became a LM in 1981 but took off about 10 years from face to face play between 2004 and 2014 due to work and a family. Have been playing at BBO since 2008, however and stand at over 5,000 points at that site. After semi-retiring in 2015 I started teaching bridge classes and also playing F2F again as well with my graduate school partner. (As I posted a few years ago, 9/25/15, the cheating scandals bother me, but the game will be better for it at some point. Since I work with statistical modeling in marketing and advertising research, and have taught Probability and Statistics, I lean toward the statistical verification approach when evaluating cheating accusations. Bridge, unlike chess, is a game of imperfect information, so players have to make “wrong” decisions on a regular basis. If they routinely beat the statistical probabilities, they are likely cheating in some way.) Since the Covid period started, I’ve been teaching about ten classes per week using Zoom and PowerPoint.
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