United States Open (crosswords)
- United States Open (crosswords)
The United States Open was a crossword puzzle-solving tournament that lasted from 1982 to 1986. Sponsored by Games Magazine and directed by Will Shortz, it attracted thousands of potential competitors and was, along with the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, one of the two largest crossword tournaments in recent decades.
A qualifying puzzle ran in Games Magazine. Solvers of the puzzle could decide whether they wanted to be Nonparticipants or Participants. Nonparticipants with correct solutions were eligible for a random drawing, the winner of which would receive a cash prize. Participants with correct solutions were mailed four very difficult tiebreaker crosswords, many of which had deliberately tricky crossings and unannounced gimmicks (for example, the long entries in a puzzle might reveal that all of the across clues were in reverse order). The 250 solvers with the best scores on the tiebreak puzzles were invited to New York City to participate in the tournament.
First prize at the tournament was $1500 and a six-foot-tall pencil.
Winners of the U.S. Open
* 1982: Stanley Newman
* 1983: John McNeill
* 1984: Rebecca Kornbluh
* 1985: Rebecca Kornbluh
* 1986: Rebecca Kornbluh
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
United States federal probation and supervised release — The life cycle of federal supervision for a defendant. United States federal probation and supervised release are imposed at sentencing. The difference between probation and supervised release is that the former is imposed as a substitute for… … Wikipedia
List of United States inventions — 1700s1731 Sextant * The sextant is an astronomical instrument that is used to determine latitude for navigation. It does this by measuring angular distances, like the altitude of the sun, moon and stars. The sextant was invented independently in… … Wikipedia
U.S. Open — The term U.S. Open is applied to open United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non American may compete. These include:* U.S. Open (golf), golf tournament of the United… … Wikipedia
Scrabble — For other uses, see Scrabble (disambiguation). Scrabble Current Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, since March 2008 Former Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, until March 2008 … Wikipedia
Merv Griffin — Born Mervyn Edward Griffin, Jr. July 6, 1925(1925 07 06) San Mateo, California, United States Died August 12, 2 … Wikipedia
Susan Polgar — Infobox chess player playername = Susan Polgar birthname = Zsuzsanna Polgár country = HUN USA datebirth = birth date and age|1969|4|19 placebirth = Budapest, Hungary datedeath = placedeath = title = Grandmaster worldchampion = womensworldchampion … Wikipedia
Bobby Fischer — Infobox chess player playername = Bobby Fischer caption=Bobby Fischer (left) and John Collins. birthname = Robert James Fischer country = United States, Iceland datebirth = birth date|1943|3|9 placebirth = Chicago, Illinois, United States… … Wikipedia
Broadcast syndication — In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up… … Wikipedia
Ray Robson — Infobox chess player playername = Ray Robson caption = birthname = Ray Robson country = USA datebirth = birth date and age|1994|10|25 placebirth = Guam datedeath = placedeath = title = International Master (IM) worldchampion = womensworldchampion … Wikipedia
Dieppe Raid — For other uses, see Dieppe (disambiguation). Dieppe Raid Part of the North West Europe Campaign … Wikipedia
