Winners
Open Teams
1. Zimmermann: Piotr Gawrys, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Michal Klukowski, Franck Multon, Pierre Zimmermann
2. Lavazza: Alejandro Bianchedi, Dennis Bilde, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Agustin Madala, Antonio Sementa, Maria Teresa Lavazza (npc), Massimo Ortensi (coach)
3. Allfrey: Alexander Allfrey, Edward Jones, Thomas Paske, Andrew Robson
3. Spector: Vincent Demuy, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Warren Spector, Gavin Wolpert, Joel Wooldridge, Warren Spector (pc)
Women Teams
1. Baker: Lynn Baker, Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Irina Levitina, Karen McCallum, Kerri Sanborn, Beth Palmer
2. Smith: Kathrine Bertheau, Jessica Larsson, Paula Leslie, Solvi Remen, Nicola Smith, Yvonne Wiseman
3. Aperol: Tatiana Dikhnova (pc), Catherine d’Ovidio, Victoria Gromova, Anna Gulevich, Tatiana Ponomareva, Sylvie Willard
3. Baroni: Irene Baroni, Veronique Bessis, Anne-Laure Huberschwiller, Simonetta Paoluzi
Senior Teams
1. Milner: Steve Garner, Michal Kwiecien, Mark Lair, Hemant Lall, Krzysztof Martens, Reese Milner, Petra Hamman (npc), Jacek Pszczola (coach)
2. China Evertrust: Rongqiang Lin, Mingkun Shen, Xiaonong Shen, Ming Sun, Jian Hua Tao
3. Silverman: Robert Lebi, Barnet J Shenkin, Neil Silverman, Fred Stewart
3. Wolfson: David Berkowitz, Bart Bramley, Bob Hamman, Michael Rosenberg, Jeff Wolfson, Kit Woolsey
Mixed Teams
1. Manfield: Beth Palmer (pc), William Cole, Melanie Manfield, William Pettis, Debbie Rosenberg, Michael Rosenberg
2. Wilson: Sally Brock, Richard Ritmeijer, Magdalena Ticha, Ricco van Prooijen, Chris Willenken, Alison Wilson
3: Ferm: Sjoert Brink (pc), Simon De Wijs, Bas Drijver, Barbara Ferm, Christina Lund Madsen, Daniela von Arnim
Open Pairs
1. Mikael Rimstedt – Ola Rimstedt
2. Joe Grue – Brad Moss
3. Boguslaw Gierulski – Jerzy Skrzypczak
Women Pairs
1. Veronique Bessis – Anne-Laure Huberschwiller
2. Kathy Sulgrove – Candace Griffey
3. Yan Huang – Nan Wang
Senior Pairs
1. Marc Jacobus – Mike Passell
2. Apolinary Kowalski – Jacek Romanski
3. Mark Itabashi – Eddie Wold
Mixed Pairs
1. Franck Multon – Sylvie Willard
2. Petra Hamman – Hemant Lall
3. Benedicte Cronier – Philippe Cronier
Action Stations
This deal from the first session of the Rosenblum quarter-finals produced all sorts of scores. That was a very simple +690. That was 12 IMPs.[...]
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Law Breakers
Is there anyone out there who has not read about Meckstroth’s Law? It states that if partner freely raises your six-card major suit then you[...]
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Today’s schedule
The WBF Congress being held today means revised playing times: The BBO matches will be at 11.00, 13.40, 16.00 & 18.20. You can get the[...]
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Inference and Hypothesis
Sometimes when you go down in a contract you spot a winning line in the post mortem and think ‘I should have seen that’. Take[...]
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Trump Management
One of the many things declarer has to decide on any given hand is whether or not to draw trumps. This deal from the second[...]
read morePairs Format – Updated
Open Pairs Format At the end of the qualification 112 pairs will compete in Semifinal A and the remainder will play in Semifinal B. Up[...]
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The Wild Bunch
News that Mel Gibson is to direct a remake of the classic Western instantly sprang to mind when this deal surfaced during the second session[...]
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Active v Passive
This deal from the second session of the Rosenblum round of 16 gave us an opportunity to study the thoughts of the contestants about the[...]
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Variations on a Squeeze
This deal from the final session of the Rosenblum round of 32 was a test for declarer: East led the Q and West overtook it[...]
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