(1955 - )
Chess master, teacher, organizer, and author. Also author of books on card magic.
Started magic at age 7. At age 16 had two effects accepted for the seventh volume of the Tarbell Course in Magic and also learned the moves of chess. Abandoned magic for chess by age 17. Joined Marshall Chess Club as assistant manager in 1984. Board of Governors 1988-1994. US Master title 1989. Joined Manhattan Chess Club as assistant manager 1989. Named Chief Tournament Director 1994. Manhattan Chess Club Board of Directors 1994-2002. Named USCF Organizer of the Year (jointly with Manhattan Chess Club) 1996.
Published numerous articles in the magazine Chess Life 1997-2002. Won two Chess Journalists of America awards for historical piece on Manhattan Chess Club in 2003. Returned to magic by joining IBM Ring 26 in 2004. Also resumed chess tournament career. Best results: (all U-2200 sections) 2nd, National Congress 2004, 3rd, Foxwoods 2005 and 2007. Retired from tournament chess in 2007.
Assistant Manager (again!) at Marshall Chess Club 2005-2008. With IM Yury Lapshun, wrote two chess books for Everyman Press 2008-2009. Joined SAM Parent Assembly in 2012.
[Photo shows Barbara Greenfader, daughter of Lenny Greenfader with Nick Conticello. Carrington (Ace) Greenfader took the photo.]
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The Cerebral Approach: Book FourNick Conticello![]() No Mean Card Trick Effect: From an unprepared pack he has just shuffled and cut, a spectator counts out ten cards and thinks of one. He buries the packet in the deck himself. The performer cuts the pack and deals out a 5x4 face-up array. He asks the spectator to think "yes" if his card is in the array. The performer confirms the card is on the table. Next the performer asks the spectator to concentrate on which horizontal row his card is in. After some effort, the performer discards the other three rows correctly. Finally, the spectator is asked... | 2017 / 11 / 20 | $7.00 £5.08 €5.79 Ca$9.05 Au$9.27 ¥767.94 | to wish list | ||
The Cerebral Approach: Book ThreeNick Conticello![]()
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The Cerebral Approach: Book TwoNick Conticello![]() Imagine taking a borrowed, shuffled, incomplete deck, mixing it a bit yourself, and offering it to a volunteer for a cut. The volunteer then cuts each half separately, chooses a card from one half, and buries it in the pack himself. Yet despite these difficult conditions, you are able to locate the selected card with absolute certainty. That is the premise of this ebook. The Straddle Key concept is a breakthrough in key card theory. I have tested this material... | 2017 / 6 / 25 | $12.00 £8.72 €9.93 Ca$15.51 Au$15.89 ¥1316.47 | to wish list | ||
The Cerebral Approach: Book OneNick Conticello![]() Nick Conticello starts a new series of ebooks on sleightless magic with a new take on the venerable 27 Card Trick. A card merely thought of by a volunteer is revealed at a position the volunteer requests at the start. This method uses just 18 cards and needs no complex formulas or tables, just a few simple rules. Besides the basic effect, Nick adds a presentation that elevates this item from a mere puzzle to a great card effect. 1st edition 2017, 11 pages. | 2017 / 4 / 4 | $6.00 £4.36 €4.97 Ca$7.76 Au$7.94 ¥658.24 | to wish list | ||
Potpourri BundleNick Conticello | 2017 / 3 / 28 | $30.00 £21.79 €24.83 Ca$38.79 Au$39.72 ¥3291.18 | to wish list | ||
Australian AcesNick Conticello![]() 1. Australian Aces: The performer casually shuffles a pack of cards, then hands it to a volunteer. The performer need not touch the cards for the duration of this feat. The volunteer cuts off roughly a quarter of the pack. The volunteer names any Ace freely. He spells its name and gives the packet an Australian Shuffle. The last card he holds is the Ace he named! The volunteer now spells the word 'Ace' and the Ace matching the color of the named Ace turns up. Finally the volunteer spells the suit of the named Ace and... | 2017 / 1 / 9 | $6.00 £4.36 €4.97 Ca$7.76 Au$7.94 ¥658.24 | to wish list | ||
Potpourri 3Nick Conticello![]() Nick Conticello is proud to present the third and final installment of the Potpourri series. Herewith is another collection of impromptu, sleightless, mathematical effects with cards. Each book has a theme, and this one is no exception. The entire ebook is devoted to what Nick calls the Australian Shuffle. (You may refer to it as the Down/Under Deal.) The present work is concerned with three placement concepts. George Sands devised one in the mid-Twentieth Century. Nick published the second in Tarbell 7, and he is releasing... | 2016 / 12 / 11 | $12.00 £8.72 €9.93 Ca$15.51 Au$15.89 ¥1316.47 | to wish list | ||
Potpourri 2: More Impromptu, Sleightless, Mathematical TricksNick Conticello![]() "The stuff you do with a shuffled deck and one or two key cards borders on the miraculous!"1. TEN-IS MATCH: The performer removes ten matching pairs from the deck. These are mixed by both the performer and spectator and divided about in half by the spectator. Yet somehow all the pairs line up. Based on ideas of Howard Adams and Gene Finnell. 2. TALONS OF THE HAWK: Two volunteers each think of a card from a group of ten. The packets are lost in the deck by the volunteers themselves. The performer... | 2016 / 10 / 1 | $12.00 £8.72 €9.93 Ca$15.51 Au$15.89 ¥1316.47 | to wish list | ||
Potpourri: A Collection of Impromptu Sleightless Mathematical TricksNick Conticello![]() "I know a good trick when I see one, and KNOW-ALL NEALE is a good trick! It's impromptu and direct. And I like A COUNT, A BILL as well. The divination of the three digits comes as a complete surprise. Two real winners." Tarbell Course contributor Nick Conticello returns with a new selection of close-up magic designed to be performed for small groups of friends or acquaintances. 1. Know-All Neale: 3 coin divination with fourth coin kicker 2. A Count, A Bill: Based on "It's the Principle " (Bob Longe, Sept. 2001 Linking Ring) with bill used... | 2016 / 6 / 28 | $12.00 £8.72 €9.93 Ca$15.51 Au$15.89 ¥1316.47 | to wish list | ||
TOCATONNick Conticello![]() TOCATON, the word, is an acronym for "thought-of card at thought-of number." It's pronounced "talk-a-ton." The word was coined by Nick Conticello to describe his new approach to the classic David Berglas effect "Any Card at Any Number." Nick feels the word is more descriptive of his effects because he does limit the choice of numbers and the choice of cards. But his approach has the virtues of speed of presentation and lack of preparation. Like most of his published work, TOCATON can be performed impromptu, with any reasonably complete pack of cards. TOCATON, the e-book, contains four... | 2016 / 2 / 15 | $20.00 £14.53 €16.55 Ca$25.86 Au$26.48 ¥2194.12 | to wish list | ||
The ACAAN ExperienceNick Conticello![]() "That's the best impromptu ACAAN effect I've ever seen!"If you have ever wanted to do an impromptu version of the David Berglas classic ACAAN but despaired of finding a workable method, rejoice! In his new ebook The ACAAN Experience Nick Conticello offers you four impromptu methods. Each version of Nick's effect CAAN-Fluence starts from a single premise but uses a different technique each time to place a freely chosen card at a freely chosen location in a borrowed, shuffled, incomplete deck. None of these versions require any sleight-of-hand... | 2015 / 10 / 29 | $30.00 £21.79 €24.83 Ca$38.79 Au$39.72 ¥3291.18 | to wish list | ||
Pyramid PropheciesNick Conticello![]() This ebook is a bit of a departure for me. The material is mathematical, but it need not be performed with playing cards. It can be performed with pencil and paper close-up, or with a blackboard or a dry-erase white board in platform or stage settings. Thus it can be employed in situations when the use of playing cards would be inappropriate. However, I will describe these effects with playing cards as that is how I use them. | 2015 / 8 / 13 | $12.00 £8.72 €9.93 Ca$15.51 Au$15.89 ¥1316.47 | to wish list | ||
ReveriesNick Conticello![]() One method requires a small stack, the other two are impromptu. All use ordinary cards and no sleights. The deck need not be complete. This item will be of interest to mentalists and card... | 2015 / 7 / 28 | $8.00 £5.81 €6.62 Ca$10.34 Au$10.59 ¥877.65 | to wish list | ||
The Catch-All PrincipleNick Conticello![]() The Catch-All Principle allows you to covertly position a free selection at a predetermined position in the deck. It does this with the help of two key cards. The real strength and novelty of this principle is that at crucial moments the spectator is free to cut the deck, which makes it seem impossible that the selection will end up at a predetermined position - but it does. Perhaps the best use of this principle... | 2015 / 5 / 10 | $10.00 £7.26 €8.28 Ca$12.93 Au$13.24 ¥1097.06 | to wish list | ||
The Art of Remembering and Placing Multiple Key CardsNick Conticello | 2015 / 3 / 16 | $0.00 £0.00 €0.00 Ca$0.00 Au$0.00 ¥0.00 | to wish list | ||
Sunken Treasury: Part 3 & 4 & 5Nick Conticello![]()
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Sunken Treasury: Part 1 & 2Nick Conticello![]() Sunken Treasury Parts One and Two consists of fourteen effects based on essentially new concepts, material that is unlike anything you have seen before (unless you have seen Nick perform!) Highlights include: THE SLEIGHT-OF-MIND ROUTINE: A routine of three effects involving selected cards and a pair of Deuces. MENTAL POLYGRAPH: A spectator thinks of a card and loses it in the pack herself. She... | 2015 / 1 / 31 | $25.00 £18.16 €20.69 Ca$32.32 Au$33.10 ¥2742.65 | to wish list | ||
Automatic PlacementsNick Conticello![]() ABC/123: Alex Elmsley's Spell by the Numbers without the Faro shuffle. NO LOOKING ORACLE: Without seeing the face of a single card, the performer locates one mental selection and names another. SELF-PROMOTION:... | 2014 / 11 / 16 | $19.50 £14.16 €16.14 Ca$25.21 Au$25.82 ¥2139.27 | to wish list | ||
Tri-UnisonNick Conticello![]() Effect: The performer removes three cards from a shuffled deck and leaves them in a face down pile on the table. He explains that these cards are mates of cards that will be selected by two spectators and himself. The two spectators choose numbers freely and the cards at those positions are placed into a separate stack on the table. The magician offers the audience a choice of two different numbers for his cards. Whichever is chosen, the performer counts to that card and places it on top of the first two selections. A spectator turns... | 2014 / 10 / 27 | $6.00 £4.36 €4.97 Ca$7.76 Au$7.94 ¥658.24 | to wish list | ||
An Impromptu Mental Card RoutineNick Conticello![]() Contents include: 1. THOUGHT CAUGHT: An unprepared deck is shuffled by the performer and cut by the spectator. Two piles of cards are dealt out. The spectator thinks of a card in one of the piles and buries the selection in the deck himself. The performer scans the cards quickly, and removes one card, which turns out to be the selection. No... | 2014 / 10 / 27 | $15.00 £10.89 €12.41 Ca$19.39 Au$19.86 ¥1645.59 | to wish list |
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