Revision: 1972_Sackson_354_November 29.jpg

HTML

29 WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 1972

334TH DAY - 32 DAYS TO COME

Called Martin Gardner (actually 3 times before I got every- thing taken care of). Told him of looking for his book- "The Annotated Shark" in London.

He couldn't tell me anything further about the letter on PATTERNS II - CREATOR (see 11/25). The call he made to me last week was in connection with a letter he rcd. [received] from The Problem Editor of the "American Mathematical Monthly" who wanted information of Lasker's game of LASCA. (He wrote from Israel.) Martin told him about the description in Kraitchik and suggested that for further info he contact me.

Martin wondered which Lasker invented the game - whether it was the same one who wrote the book GO AND GO-MOKU. I checked and found that the article he had once given me on LASKERS stated that it was invented by Emanuel Lasker. The book was written by Edward Lasker.