Oswald Jacoby

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Oswald "Ozzie" Jacoby (born December 8, 1902 in Brooklyn , New York City , † June 27, 1984 in Dallas ) was an American game expert and author.

Life

Oswald Jacoby learned the whist game at the age of six . He took part in World War I but spent most of his time playing poker . He then studied at Columbia University , became the youngest member of the Society of Actuaries at the age of 21 and worked as an actuary .

In addition, Oswald Jacoby was a sought-after bridge columnist and was considered one of the best players of his time, so in 1931 he also played as a partner of Sidney Lenz in the Bridge Battle of the Century against Ely Culbertson . Oswald Jacoby has won many awards, such as the Bermuda Bowl twice (i.e. the World Bridge Championship), the Charles H. Goren Award , the Vanderbilt Trophy several times and many other tournaments, especially as a partner to his wife Mary Zita and his son James .

Oswald Jacoby was a member of the famous Four Horsemen and Four Aces teams . In the bridge world, Jacoby is best known as the inventor of the Jacoby Transfer and the Jacoby 2NT .

Oswald Jacoby developed a strategy for the Canasta game together with John R. Crawford . Oswald Jacoby and John Crawford won the Great Canasta Challenge Match against Theodore Lightner and Sam Fry in 1950 and wrote the rules of Samba Canasta .

Oswald Jacoby was also an excellent backgammon player. He was a member of the commission which, in 1931, at the instigation of Wheaton Vaughan of the Card and Backgammon Committee of the New York Racquet and Tennis Club , had worked out the rules of modern backgammon. Oswald Jacoby won the tournaments in the Bahamas in 1966, 1967 and 1968–1969, he finished second - and in 1972 became world champion . In backgammon, Oswald Jacoby is still known today as the inventor of the Jacoby Rule . Together with John R. Crawford, he wrote The Backgammon Book in 1970 .

Oswald Jacoby wrote more than 10,000 newspaper articles and many books on bridge, canasta, gin rummy , poker and the mathematics of card games .

Trivia

The Bridge poker players and common Vanderbilt Trophy winner from 1965, James "Jim" Jacoby (1933-1991), was his son.

The writer and journalist Susan Jacoby is his niece.

Works

  • The Four Aces System
  • What is New in Bridge
  • Win at Bridge with Oswald Jacoby
  • Win at Bridge with Jacoby Modern
  • Win At Bridge With Jacoby and Son
  • Improve Your Bridge With Oswald Jacoby: 125 Bridge Hands from the Master
  • The Backgammon Book (together with John R. Crawford); 1970.
  • Oswald Jacoby's Complete Canasta , Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1st Edition, New York 1950,
  • Oswald Jacoby's Revised Complete Canasta , Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1st Edition, New York 1951

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jewish World Review
personal data
SURNAME Jacoby, Oswald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jacoby, Ozzie (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American game expert and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1984
Place of death Dallas