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Improve your partnership - at little or no cost |
Bridgevaria.com is very happy with its three very competent English editors: David Babcock, Derek Broughton and Barry Rigal. Their arduous (according to Ed) task is correcting Peter's 'English' (apostrophes by Ed). Unfortunately our three heroes usually have to do so after publication, so usually articles on Bridgevaria.com are at first published in abominable (according to Ed) / not perfect (according to... guess who) English.
OK, let's forget Ed & Peter for the moment, for we have a great announcement to make.
David Babcock has written a manual for partnership improvement, using an existing facility. Every serious bridge partnership has experienced how demotivating it can be if partnership building and/or the making of partnership agreements is hampered by technical problems (for instance if the partners can't meet in person).
From now on you can forget about scraps of paper with notes on it, chat sessions over the internet without smart ways of making records. Just read: Improving your partnership with BBO's Partnership BiddingDavid Babcock — Coral Gables, Florida, USA |
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Tim Verbeek (2): Very disappointing (part 3) |
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Part 3 of Tim Verbeek's extended report on his most recent international bridge adventures. Our young guest author participated in the World Bridge Series Championship in Philadelphia and has much to say about it.
We therefore publish his report in three parts, this being the second part (those who haven't yet read part 1: click the following link: Tim Verbeek's report on the 2010 World Bridge Series Championship in Philadelphia part one; for part 2 click here: Tim Verbeek's report on the 2010 World Bridge Series Championship in Philadelphia part two). Enjoy and don't miss any of it! |
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Tim Verbeek (2): Very disappointing (part 2) |
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Part 2 of Tim Verbeek's extended report on his most recent international bridge adventures. Our young guest author participated in the World Bridge Series Championship in Philadelphia and has much to say about it.
We therefore publish his report in three parts, this being the second part (those who haven't yet read part 1: click the following link: Tim Verbeek's report on the 2010 World Bridge Series Championship in Philadelphia part one). Enjoy and don't miss any of it! |
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Tim Verbeek (2): Very disappointing (part 1) |
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Tim Verbeek, Bridgevaria.com's young guest author, gladdens us with an extensive report on his latest international bridge adventures. Recently he participated in the World Bridge Series Championship in Philadelphia. This is a combination of various World Championships for pairs and teams. The pairs championships are: Open (in this case meaning: men and women), women, seniors and mixed. The teams championships are the Open World Championships for teams (in this case 'open' stands for 'unrestricted participation', unlike the better known biennial World Championships for teams contesting the Bermuda Bowl/Venice Cup, where only qualified national teams, one per country, participate) and the open (unrestricted participation) World Championship Youth teams.
Verbeek has a lot to tell about these World Championships. We publish his report in three parts, this being the first one. Enjoy and don't miss any of it! |
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Simon de Wijs (2): New Orleans Blues (2nd and final part) |
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Simon de Wijs reports about his adventures in professional bridge. This is part 2 of New Orleans Blues (for part 1 click here) Only 65 teams participated in the Spingold, the main event of the Summer North American Bridge Championships. That meant there was no warming-up round and we started in the round of 64. That first round we played an Indian team. In view of our ranking we were supposed to win and so we did — but only just.
When the sponsor had played sufficient hands (in order to be officially included as a team member, -Ed. Bridgevaria), we led by 20 IMPs, so it looked as if this was going to be an easy night. But despite constantly playing in all-professional line-ups, we couldn't — this was to happen the whole week — push through. The match remained close and ended with about the same IMP-difference.
The next round we played Fallenius-Fredin with Aronov-Stefanov. Their sponsor is Martin de Knijff, but because of mutual discord he decided not to show up. Rather odd, of course, and not favourable for us, since our chances against a team like this didn't look good. |
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Simon de Wijs (2): New Orleans Blues (1) |
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Simon de Wijs reports about his adventures in the professional bridge circuit.
We are in New Orleans to participate in the next National (as they are usually called, although for many years their official name has been North American Bridge Championships): the Summer Nationals. These tournaments are organised by the ACBL (American Contract Bridge League). When selecting the venues, the ACBL tries to keep costs as low as possible, so the championships always take place at low season venues. Like Boston in winter and New Orleans in summer. Some 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and close to 100% humidity means that only a light stroll outside will make you wet with sweat on returning to the hotel. So I might as well not have taken my tennis gear. Following a good habit we get rid of the jetlag by playing some side tournaments during the first few days. Our lack of success in those tournaments, combined with my tiredness, inspires me to a masterstroke... |
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