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I am a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Toronto and am heavily involved in tournament [[Scrabble]]. |
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My name is John Chew and you can find out more about me at http://www.poslfit.com. |
My name is John Chew and you can find out more about me at http://www.poslfit.com. |
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I have lived in Toronto since 1966, except for a few years in Japan, France, and Mexico. |
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You may have come across my name in the following contexts. |
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* I have written [http://www.poslarchive.com/math/math/papers/ four peer-reviewed mathematical papers] about geometry and about [[Hofstadter sequence|meta-Fibonacci sequences]]. |
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* I am a descendant of the same 17th century Virginia colonist John Chew as the 18th century Philadelphia lawyer [[Benjamin Chew]], but not descended from Benjamin. |
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* I was an 11-time contestant on the [[The New Quiz Kids]]. |
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* I won the [[Canadian Mathematical Olympiad]] in 1981, and won a silver medal for the first team to represent Canada at the [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] in 1981 in Washington. |
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* I won the first Toronto [[Rubik's Cube]] championship in 1981. |
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* I created and edited the Inter-Network Mail Guide, an early reference work for the pre-web Internet, mentioned inter alia in [[IETF]] [[Request for Comments|RFC]] [https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1175.txt 1175]. |
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* I was the 2021 recipient of the [[Peter Gzowski Award]]. |
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* Since 2022, I have been involved in a Canadian lexicography project, and spoken on the subject at the American Dialect Society and Editors' Association of Canada meetings in 2023; I am not a linguist, but am a son of the Canadian anthropological linguist John J. (Jack) Chew, Jr. |
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* I am involved in competitive [[Scrabble]] in [https://poslfit.com/media/ many ways], including |
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** being head of [[NASPA Games]] |
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** having organized, directed or helped run every top-level English-language tournament in North America, England, Malta, South Africa, Thailand and the world |
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** having a [[Swiss-system tournament|Swiss pairing system]] named for me |
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** being the editor of the [[NASPA Word List]] |
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** coheld for many the competitive record for highest-scoring game ending in a tie (at 502) |
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Latest revision as of 01:18, 23 July 2023
My name is John Chew and you can find out more about me at http://www.poslfit.com.
I have lived in Toronto since 1966, except for a few years in Japan, France, and Mexico.
You may have come across my name in the following contexts.
- I have written four peer-reviewed mathematical papers about geometry and about meta-Fibonacci sequences.
- I am a descendant of the same 17th century Virginia colonist John Chew as the 18th century Philadelphia lawyer Benjamin Chew, but not descended from Benjamin.
- I was an 11-time contestant on the The New Quiz Kids.
- I won the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad in 1981, and won a silver medal for the first team to represent Canada at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1981 in Washington.
- I won the first Toronto Rubik's Cube championship in 1981.
- I created and edited the Inter-Network Mail Guide, an early reference work for the pre-web Internet, mentioned inter alia in IETF RFC 1175.
- I was the 2021 recipient of the Peter Gzowski Award.
- Since 2022, I have been involved in a Canadian lexicography project, and spoken on the subject at the American Dialect Society and Editors' Association of Canada meetings in 2023; I am not a linguist, but am a son of the Canadian anthropological linguist John J. (Jack) Chew, Jr.
- I am involved in competitive Scrabble in many ways, including
- being head of NASPA Games
- having organized, directed or helped run every top-level English-language tournament in North America, England, Malta, South Africa, Thailand and the world
- having a Swiss pairing system named for me
- being the editor of the NASPA Word List
- coheld for many the competitive record for highest-scoring game ending in a tie (at 502)
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