From pbeck@pica.army.mil Mon Apr 22 15:35:39 1991 Return-Path: Received: from FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA21942; Mon, 22 Apr 91 15:35:39 EDT Date: Mon, 22 Apr 91 15:20:08 EDT From: Peter Beck (LCWSL) To: cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: puzzle party review Message-Id: <9104221520.aa15409@FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL> Review of the 11th INTERNATIONAL PUZZLE PARTY Held on March 30,31 1991 at the Pacifica Hotel Culver City, CA USA EVENTS .. Saturday daytime - puzzle exchange; admission requirement a puzzle gift for each other attendee evening - dinner party and magic show; MAGICIANS: Max Maven, Mark Setteducati, Mike Weber .. Sunday: A ballroom is set up for cash sales of puzzles. CUBING HIGHLIGHTS .. Minh Thai gave a demonstration of doing the cube (he is Guiness world record holder). His algorithm is: 1 - corners first 2 - 3 of 4 edges on each face 3 - last face .. Anneke Treep a founder of CFF was in attendance. CFF will probably host 13th party scheduled for Europe. .. A spherical SKEWB is in production. Very interesting puzzle. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS .. partial list of attendees (about 100 puzzlers attended): NOB, a prominent Japanese puzzler Ed Hordern author of Sliding Block book published by OUP Jerry Slocum, party arranger and author of Puzzles Old & New Kathy Jones, owner of Kadon Solomon Golomb, polycube inventor Jose Grant, designer of jewelry quality puzzle rings Scott Kim, inversions Christoph Bandelow, German seller of magic polyhedra and author Doug Engel, designer of circle puzzler, flexagon based puzzles James Dalgety, a founder of Pentangle .. 4 artists in attendance: one makes sculptures that assemble as puzzles, one makes pattern assembly puzzles by vacuum deposition of metals on glass squares, one makes Tiffany style lamps using tangram pieces & silhouettes for the design, the last uses puzzles primarily for inspiration. .. FUTURE PARTY SCHEDULE - 12th Tokyo Japan, Host NOB - 13th Netherlands, host CFF - 14th probably USA