Menton

The 2003 World Computer Bridge Championship will be held from June 22-27 at the 1st European Open Championships (June 14-28) in Menton (France). Winner of last two championships Jack will try to retain his title. The programs competing are:
 
Blue Chip Bridge– Ian Trackman / Mike Whittaker, United Kingdom
Bridge Baron– George Yanakiev / Stephen Smith, United States
Jack– Hans Kuijf, Netherlands
Meadowlark Bridge– Rodney Ludwig, United States
Micro Bridge– Tomio and Yumiko Uchida, Japan
Oxford Bridge– Andrew Bracher, United Kingdom
Q-Plus Bridge– Hans Leber, Germany
Sabrina– Pierre Cormault, France
WBridge5– Yves Costel, France

On this page we will keep you posted as the tournament progresses.

Off course you may also check the organisers own computer bridge site.
The first European Open Championship is a major happening in bridge and, by mutual agreement of the ACBL and the EBL, the 2003 computer-bridge championship is being held in Menton with the support of both organizations. The daily bulletin for Saturday 21st June has a page on the computer championship.

Results finals
Results preliminaries
Final ranking Round Robin
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 7 Links


Day 1 – Jack has a good start

In the preliminaries half a Round Robin is played. All contestants will play each other exactly once.
Current champion Jack started the tournament with a win agains next years other finalist. Bridge Baron, Meadowlark Bridge and Micro Bridge also won their first games.

Jack to win again in second round. WBridge5 makes its first win squashing Meadowlark.

In the third round Jack has some difficulties defeating Bridge Baron, that was also improved over the past period.

Results 1st round

Blue Chip Bridge – Bridge Baron16 – 803 – 25
Jack – WBridge545 – 3018 – 12
Meadowlark Bridge – Sabrina66 – 2723 – 7
Micro Bridge – Q-Plus Bridge55 – 3819 – 11
Bye: Oxford Bridge  17

Results 2nd round

Blue Chip Bridge – Jack14 – 842 – 25
Meadowlark Bridge – WBridge50 – 1080 – 25
Micro Bridge – Sabrina113 – 525 – 0
Oxford Bridge – Q-Plus Bridge48 – 4116 – 14
Bye: Bridge Baron  17

Results 3rd round

Blue Chip Bridge – Meadowlark Bridge92 – 4025 – 5
Bridge Baron – Jack36 – 4414 – 16
Micro Bridge – WBridge521 – 568 – 22
Oxford Bridge – Sabrina119 – 2625 – 0
Bye: Q-Plus Bridge  17

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Day 2 – WBridge5 leads, Jack follows

After loosing versus Micro Bridge in round 6 Jack has to put in every effort tomorrow. WBridge5 seems to be sure to play the semi finales. The other 3 semi-finalists are expected to come from a shortlist of 4 programs (see also the ranking), but Q-Plus Bridge is also still in the running.

Results 4th round

Blue Chip Bridge – Micro Bridge28 – 677 – 23
Bridge Baron – Meadowlark Bridge106 – 2925 – 1
Oxford Bridge – WBridge550 – 5913 – 17
Q-Plus Bridge – Sabrina107 – 825 – 0
Bye: Jack  17

Results 5th round

Blue Chip Bridge – Oxford Bridge18 – 508 – 22
Bridge Baron – Micro Bridge55 – 6314 – 16
Jack – Meadowlark Bridge126 – 2225 – 0
Q-Plus Bridge – WBridge519 – 656 – 24
Bye: Sabrina  17

Results 6th round

Blue Chip Bridge – Q-Plus Bridge41 – 4215 – 15
Bridge Baron – Oxford Bridge64 – 7513 – 17
Jack – Micro Bridge13 – 3910 – 20
Sabrina – WBridge57 – 1140 – 25
Bye: Meadowlark Bridge  17

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Day 3 – Jack in Semi Finals, WBridge5 wins Round Robin

Jack did not succeed in winning the Round Robin preliminaries, WBridge5 beat Jack by 3 points. In the semi finals Jack now faces Micro Bridge (lost 20 – 10 in Round Robin), the other semi final is between WBridge5 and Bridge Baron (draw in the Round Robin: 15 – 15).

Results 7th round

Blue Chip Bridge – Sabrina75 – 925 – 3
Bridge Baron – Q-Plus Bridge27 – 5210 – 20
Jack – Oxford Bridge87 – 2225 – 3
Meadowlark Bridge – Micro Bridge10 – 1200 – 25
Bye: WBridge5  17

Results 8th round

Blue Chip Bridge – WBridge534 – 963 – 25
Bridge Baron – Sabrina132 – 1025 – 0
Jack – Q-Plus Bridge61 – 4718 – 12
Meadowlark Bridge – Oxford Bridge25 – 1380 – 25
Bye: Micro Bridge  17

Results 9th round

Bridge Baron – WBridge546 – 4515 – 15
Jack – Sabrina131 – 625 – 0
Meadowlark Bridge – Q-Plus Bridge1 – 1320 – 25
Micro Bridge – Oxford Bridge102 – 1225 – 0
Bye: Blue Chip Bridge  17

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Day 4 – Jack to play Final

In the semi final Jack beat Micro Bridge over 64 deals by 167 – 81, sets: 36 – 9, 33 – 26, 59 – 12, 39 – 34.
When Jack left the tournament room the final set for the other semi final was still playing. With 3 sets finished WBridge5 is most likely to win and to play Jack for the title again like last year.

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results semi finals
results


Day 5 – Final Jack versus Bridge Baron

Bridge Baron pulls a stunt

Bridge Baron pulled a stunt last night defeating WBridge5 with 70 – 19 in the last set. This resulted in 139 – 143 and Bridge Baron playing the final.

Jack starts with 2 IMPs carry over

Around noon the final Jack versus Bridge Baron started. Jack started with a headstart of 2 IMPs because of the difference of 2 VPs in the match against Bridge Baron in the Round Robin and because Jack finished above Bridge Baron.

JACK WORLD CHAMPION – FOR THE 3RD TIME IN A ROW

With sets 79 – 26, 34 – 29, 56 – 6 and 17 – 56 Jack won the world title in Menton.
From the editor congratulations to the team in Menton.


Dag 7 – Back in the Netherlands

After travelling 15 hours by car, the Jack team (Wim Heemskerk, Martin Pattenier en Hans Kuijf) returned in the Netherlands. We would like to thank the president of the ACBL, Al Levy, for all his efforts to almost singlehandedly organise the world championship each year. A truly great performance. Of course we also thank all Jackers for their faith in Jack and for their support during the championship.

After a well deserved rest we will offer an update ('Jack Menton') for downloading free of charge. All improvements found during the six weeks preparation for Menton will be made available. If you think Jack is hard to beat already, brace for impact.


Computer championship coverage on other websites

Official European Open Bridge Championships site

Informative website maintained by Al Levy

Swan games has fotographs taken during the championship

Official computer bridge website

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Results Round Robin

Blue Chip Bridge Bridge Baron Jack Meado Bridge Micro Bridge Oxfor Bridge Q-Plu Bridge Sabri WBri5
Blue Chip Bridge X 3 – 25 2 – 25 25 – 5 7 – 23 8 – 22 15 – 15 25 – 3 3 – 25
Bridge Baron 25 – 3 X 14 – 16 25 – 1 14 – 16 13 – 17 10 – 20 25 – 0 15 – 15
Jack 25 – 2 16 – 14 X 25 – 0 10 – 20 25 – 3 18 – 12 25 – 0 18 – 12
Meadowlark Bridge 5 – 25 1 – 25 0 – 25 X 0 – 25 0 – 25 0 – 25 23 – 7 0 – 25
Micro Bridge 23 – 7 16 – 14 20 – 10 25 – 0 X 25 – 0 19 – 11 25 – 0 8 – 22
Oxford Bridge 22 – 8 17 – 13 3 – 25 25 – 0 0 – 25 X 16 – 14 25 – 0 13 – 17
Q-Plus Bridge 15 – 15 20 – 10 12 – 18 25 – 0 11 – 19 14 – 16 X 25 – 0 6 – 24
Sabrina 3 – 25 0 – 25 0 – 25 7 – 23 0 – 25 0 – 25 0 – 25 X 0 – 25
WBridge5 25 – 3 15 – 15 12 – 18 25 – 0 22 – 8 17 – 13 24 – 6 25 – 0 X

In the first 9 rounds half a Round Robin is played. All contestants will play each other exactly once. Results in the above table are therefor displayed twice and mirrored.
A program not playing in any particular round receives a bye worth 17 VPs.

Final ranking Round Robin

The 17 points for the bye were removed in the final ranking.

ProgramVP's
WBridge5165
Jack162
Micro Bridge161
Bridge Baron141
Q-Plus Bridge128
Oxford Bridge121
Blue Chip Bridge88
Meadowlark Bridge29
Sabrina10

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Finals

Results semi finals

Semi finals Carry over Results
1st set 2nd set 3rd set 4th setTotal
Jack – Micro Bridge0 36 – 9 33 – 26 59 – 12 39 – 34 167 – 81
WBridge5 – Bridge Baron0 20 – 36 60 – 19 40 – 18 19 – 70 139 – 143

Results Final

Final Carry over Results
1st set 2nd set 3rd set 4th setTotal
Jack – Bridge Baron2 79 – 26 34 – 29 56 – 6 17 – 56 188 – 117

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