The Creator
About

Romeo Peričić
Zadar, Croatia
Anesthesiologist · Mathematician · Horse Racing Analyst
My name is Romeo Peričić, born in Zadar, Croatia. Although I love medicine very much, my first love has always been mathematics, especially statistics and probability.
Due to extreme demands of the medical field, that passion had remained dormant until I was introduced to the greatest software program in the world approximately 20 years ago: Microsoft Excel. Needless to say I fell in love with it, and through the years have become quite adroit in its use.
Combining my love for mathematics and sports, I began statistically analyzing NFL and NBA games, as well as thoroughbred racing, using Excel.
I was introduced to neural networks and genetic algorithms and immediately realized the potential they had in analyzing the vast data I had accrued over the years. Soon, I realized that predicting outcomes was, to say the least, a very arduous task.
My persistence and many years of experimenting have led me to develop a concept that seems logical and simple, yet predicts outcomes quite admirably. There the saga begins...
NFL Football Site
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Chess...!
I always loved playing Chess as well. My father initially introduced me to the game when I was 9 years old and I immediately fell in love with it. I went on to be the Captain of my High School team, and while in High School, beat the "to be" US Champion on two different occasions.
During medical school there was simply no time for serious chess but it has remained a hobby of mine. Oh how I wish that these computer programs were around in my youth — Chessmaster, Fritz, and Rybka.

Published in "Šahovski Glasnik" — July 1982
Mate in three!