Over the years major bridge programs from all over the world have participated in
the annual World Computer Bridge Championships. After its debut in 2000 Jack dominated the
championship winning the title in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
In 2005 Jack won the Round Robin but lost the final to WBridge5.
Long-time contestant Blue Chip Bridge will
not be taking part in this year's event,
but two new programs will challenge the bridge program establishment:
RoboBridge and
TUT Bridge.
2006 debutant Shark Bridge used last
year's experience to improve the program and will make another appearance.
The programs competing are:
Jack | - Hans Kuijf / Wim Heemskerk, The Netherlands |
Micro Bridge | - Tomio and Yumiko Uchida, Japan |
WBridge5 | - Yves Costel, France |
Q-Plus Bridge | - Hans Leber, Germany |
Bridge Baron | - George Yanakiev / Stephen Smith / Tom Throop jr. / Jason Rosenfeld, United States |
Shark Bridge | - Jonh Norris, Denmark |
RoboBridge | - Job Scheffers, The Netherlands |
TUT Bridge | - Takao Uehara, Japan |
On this page we will keep you posted as the tournament progresses.
Off course you may also check the organisers own computer bridge site.
Results final | |||||
Results semi-finals | |||||
Results preliminaries | |||||
Ranking Round Robin | |||||
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 |
Day 1 - Jack convinces
Eight programs will play a round robin. The programs meet in 32 board
matches with a 30 VP international scale. The four top finishers will then play
in a knockout format starting with a 64-deal semi-final.
Jack started convincingly and leads the game against debutant TUT Bridge.
Former champion WBridge5 started with a draw against Shark Bridge.
Jack - TUT Bridge | 148 - 16 | 25 - 0 |
Bridge Baron - Q-Plus Bridge | 87 - 59 | 19 - 11 |
WBridge5 - Shark Bridge | 81 - 81 | 15 - 15 |
Micro Bridge - Robo Bridge | 112 - 44 | 25 - 4 |
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results round robin
Day 2 - Jack beats youngsters
In the first 3 rounds Jack played the "youngsters", and has taken
the lead. In the match between this years debutants Robo Bridge and
TUT Bridge, Robo Bridge had a big victory.
Jack - Robo Bridge | 96 - 65 | 20 - 10 |
WBridge5 - Q-Plus Bridge | 64 - 44 | 18 - 12 |
Micro Bridge - Shark Bridge | 73 - 41 | 20 - 10 |
Bridge Baron - TUT Bridge | 103 - 33 | 25 - 4 |
Bridge Baron - WBridge5 | 71 - 71 | 15 - 15 |
Jack - Shark Bridge | 47 - 16 | 20 - 10 |
Robo Bridge - TUT Bridge | 149 - 52 | 25 - 1 |
Micro Bridge - Q-Plus Bridge | 74 - 52 | 18 - 12 |
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results round robin
Day 3 - Jack beats Bridge Baron
Today round 4 and 5 of the preliminaries were played. After barely winning
from Q-Plus Bridge, Jack returned with a huge win on Bridge Baron (25-4).
Jack - Q-Plus Bridge | 67 - 63 | 16 - 14 |
Micro Bridge - Bridge Baron | 33 - 57 | 11 - 19 |
WBridge 5 - TUT Bridge | 120 - 45 | 25 - 3 |
Shark Bridge - Robo Bridge | 119 - 59 | 25 - 5 |
WBridge5 - Micro Bridge | 88 - 53 | 21 - 9 |
Jack - Bridge Baron | 97 - 29 | 25 - 4 |
Robo Bridge - Q-Plus Bridge | 58 - 123 | 5 - 25 |
Shark Bridge - TUT Bridge | 133 - 24 | 25 - 0 |
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results round robin
Day 4 - Semi-finalists: WBridge5, Jack, Bridge Baron, Q-Plus Bridge
Jack - WBridge5 | 40 - 97 | 6 - 24 |
Micro Bridge - TUT Bridge | 88 - 50 | 21 - 9 |
Bridge Baron - Robo Bridge | 108 - 43 | 25 - 5 |
Q-Plus Bridge - Shark Bridge | 81 - 64 | 18 - 12 |
Jack - Micro Bridge | 87 - 29 | 24 - 6 |
WBridge5 - RoboBridge | 144 - 38 | 25 - 0 |
Bridge Baron - Shark Bridge | 106 - 71 | 21 - 9 |
Q-Plus Bridge - TUT Bridge | 117 - 40 | 25 - 3 |
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results round robin
Day 5 - Jack defeated, finalists: WBridge5, Bridge Baron
Jack started of very well in the semi-final but halfway the chances turned.
Jack lost to Bridge Baron by 190-153. In the other semifinal match WBridge5
defeated Q-Plus Bridge by a big margin, 278-165.
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results round robin
results semi-finals
Day 6 - WBridge5 the new champion
WBridge5 beats Bridge Baron by 206-101. Congratulations Yves! Oh, and the
plan is the same as last time: take good care of the title, we want it back next year.
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results round robin
results semi-finals
results finals
Team vs. Team |
1 Jack |
2 Micro Bridge |
3 WBridge5 |
4 Bridge Baron |
5 Q-Plus Bridge |
6 Shark Bridge |
7 Robo Bridge |
8 TUT Bridge |
VP's |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Jack |
x | 87 - 29 24 VP |
40 - 97 6 VP |
97 - 29 25 VP |
67 - 63 16 VP |
47 - 16 20 VP |
96 - 65 20 VP |
148 - 16 25 VP |
136 |
2 Micro Bridge |
29 - 87 6 VP |
x | 53 - 88 9 VP |
33 - 57 11 VP |
74 - 52 18 VP |
73 - 41 20 VP |
112 - 44 25 VP |
88 - 50 21 VP |
83 |
3 WBridge5 |
97 - 40 24 VP |
88 - 53 21 VP |
x | 71 - 71 15 VP |
64 - 44 18 VP |
81 - 81 15 VP |
144 - 38 25 VP |
120 - 45 25 VP |
143 |
4 Bridge Baron |
29 - 97 4 VP |
57 - 33 19 VP |
71 - 71 15 VP |
x | 87 - 59 19 VP |
106 - 71 21 VP |
108 - 43 25 VP |
103 - 33 25 VP |
128 |
5 Q-Plus Bridge |
63 - 67 14 VP |
52 - 74 12 VP |
44 - 64 12 VP |
59 - 87 11 VP |
x | 81 - 64 18 VP |
123 - 58 25 VP |
117 - 40 25 VP |
117 |
6 Shark Bridge |
16 - 47 10 VP |
41 - 73 10 VP |
81- 81 15 VP |
71 - 106 9 VP |
64 - 81 12 VP |
x | 119 - 59 25 VP |
133 - 24 25 VP |
106 |
7 Robo Bridge |
65 - 96 10 VP |
44 - 112 4 VP |
38 - 144 0 VP |
43 - 108 5 VP |
58 - 123 5 VP |
59 - 119 5 VP |
x | 149 - 52 25 VP |
54 |
8 TUT Bridge |
16 - 148 0 VP |
50 - 88 9 VP |
45 - 120 3 VP |
33 - 103 4 VP |
40 - 117 3 VP |
24 - 133 0 VP |
52 - 149 1 VP |
x | 20 |
In the first 7 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.
Ranking Round Robin
Program | VP's |
---|---|
WBridge5 | 143 |
Jack | 136 |
Bridge Baron | 128 |
Q-Plus Bridge | 117 |
Micro Bridge | 110 |
Shark Bridge | 106 |
Robo Bridge | 53 |
TUT Bridge | 20 |
Semi finals | Carry over | Results | ||||
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1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | Total | ||
WBridge5 – Q-Plus Bridge | 6 | 74 – 28 | 46 – 56 | 75 – 43 | 77 – 38 | 278 – 165 |
Jack – Bridge Baron | 8 | 55 – 37 | 32 – 29 | 13 – 54 | 45 – 70 | 153 – 190 |
Final | Carry over | Results | ||||
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1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | Total | ||
WBridge5 – Bridge Baron | – | 41 – 45 | 53 – 12 | 26 – 32 | 86 – 12 | 206 – 101 |