Washington

The 2009 World Computer Bridge Championship will be held from July 26-31 at the Summer 2009 NABC in Washington DC.

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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. In 2008 Jack won the Round Robin by a large margin but again lost the final against WBridge5.

For the Championship the programs will play a round robin. The programs meet in 28 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.

In 2009 several debutants from the hosting country will participate.

The programs competing are:
 
WBridge5- Yves Costel, France
Jack- Hans Kuijf / Wim Heemskerk, The Netherlands
Bridge Baron- George Yanakiev / Stephen Smith / Tom Throop jr. / Jason Rosenfeld, United States
Micro Bridge- Tomio and Yumiko Uchida, Japan
Shark Bridge- Jonh Norris, Denmark
Q-Plus Bridge- Hans Leber, Germany
RoboBridge- Job Scheffers, The Netherlands
Bridge Captain- Bob Richardson / Bo Haglund, USA / Sweden
Ray's Bridge Game- Raymond Reynolds, USA
Sy Borg- Al Darman, USA
Blue Chip Bridge (Individuals only)- Ian Trackman / Mike Whittaker, United Kingdom

Another program present is the Bridge Monitor, it is used for connecting the participating bridge programs in automated play and was created by Gerard Joyez from 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.

Results final
Results semi-finals
Results preliminaries
Ranking Round Robin
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6


Day 1 - Debutants start well

On the first day the Team Championship commenced with sessions 1 & 2 of the round-robin.
Debutants Bridge Captain en Sy Borg took their first win.
After the first two rounds Jack and WBridge5 are both still undefeated and Jack has taken the lead followed closely by WBridge5.

Results 1st round

Bridge Captain - RoboBridge47 - 4216 - 14
Sy Borg - Ray's Bridge Game95 - 7119 - 11
WBridge5 - Bridge Baron66 - 4519 - 11
Jack - Q-Plus Bridge57 - 2221 - 9
Micro Bridge - Shark Bridge74 - 6416 - 14

Results 2nd round

RoboBridge - Ray's Bridge Game163 - 2225 - 0
Jack - Bridge Captain120 - 4925 - 3
WBridge5 - Micro Bridge101 - 6222 - 8
Bridge Baron - Sy Borg227 - 3525 - 0
Shark Bridge - Q-Plus Bridge52 - 2620 - 10

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results round robin


Day 2 - Jack and WBridge5 very strong again

Results 3rd round

RoboBridge - Bridge Baron65 - 7214 - 16
Bridge Captain - Ray's Bridge Game169 - 1025 - 0
Micro Bridge - Sy Borg190 - 2225 - 0
Q-Plus Bridge - WBridge547 - 7610 - 20
Shark Bridge - Jack62 - 6315 - 15

Results 4th round

WBridge5 - Shark Bridge116 - 825 - 0
Bridge Captain - Bridge Baron105 - 5524 - 6
Ray's Bridge Game - Jack2 - 2450 - 25
Micro Bridge - RoboBridge60 - 5616 - 14
Q-Plus Bridge - Sy Borg190 - 1625 - 0

Results 5th round

RoboBridge - Q-Plus Bridge54 - 968 - 22
Bridge Captain - Micro Bridge28 - 924 - 25
Ray's Bridge Game - Bridge Baron12 - 2250 - 25
Shark Bridge - Sy Borg218 - 1025 - 0
Jack - WBridge546 - 3517 - 13

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results round robin


Day 3 - Jack and WBridge5 secure semi-final

With only one round left in the Round Robin Jack and WBridge5 already secured the semi-finals. In the ranking Jack and WBridge5 are far ahead of the rest of the contestants. After 8 (out of 9) rounds WBridge5 has a 3 points margin on Jack. With the opponents scheduled (Ray's Bridge Game and RoboBridge) WBridge5 is expected to finish first, followed closely by Jack. On wednesday Shark Bridge, Micro Bridge and Q-Plus Bridge decide the two remaining playoff spots.

Results 6th round

Shark Bridge - RoboBridge83 - 2525 - 5
Q-Plus Bridge - Bridge Captain84 - 4222 - 8
Micro Bridge - Ray's Bridge Game191 - 025 - 0
Jack - Bridge Baron100 - 6821 - 9
WBridge5 - Sy Borg211 - 525 - 0

Results 7th round

WBridge5 - RoboBridge84 - 2924 - 6
Shark Bridge - Bridge Captain105 - 3225 - 3
Q-Plus Bridge - Ray's Bridge Game213 - 125 - 0
Micro Bridge - Bridge Baron82 - 3024 - 6
Jack - Sy Borg230 - 1325 - 0

Results 8th round

RoboBridge - Sy Borg193 - 1925 - 0
WBridge5 - Bridge Captain121 - 4825 - 3
Shark Bridge - Ray's Bridge Game179 - 1925 - 0
Q-Plus Bridge - Bridge Baron65 - 5017 - 13
Jack - Micro Bridge70 - 3721 - 9

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results round robin


Day 4 - WBridge5, Jack, Micro Bridge and Shark Bridge semi finalists

On the final day of the preliminaries Shark Bridge, Micro Bridge and Q-Plus Bridge decided the two remaining playoff spots. Micro Bridge and Shark Bridge got the last two tickets.
In the semi-finals on thursday Jack will play Micro Bridge (+12), and WBridge5 is up against Shark Bridge (+25). All US contestants are eliminated for the title.

Results 9th round

Jack - RoboBridge129 - 725 - 0
Bridge Captain - Sy Borg203 - 2225 - 0
WBridge5 - Ray's Bridge Game196 - 525 - 0
Shark Bridge - Bridge Baron48 - 5913 - 17
Micro Bridge - Q-Plus Bridge55 - 3918 - 12

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results round robin
results semi-finals


Day 5 - Jack and WBridge5 finalists

WBridge5 beat Shark Bridge in the semi finals. In the other semi finals match Micro Bridge put up a good fight but in the final set Jack managed to get ahead and win the game.

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results round robin
results semi-finals


Day 6 - J A C K   T H E   N E W   W O R L D C H A M P I O N ! !

Today the Team Championship concluded with the 64-board final.
In a direct match against the French WBridge5 Jack regained the worldtitle.
Jack is back...

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results round robin
results semi-finals
results finals


Results Round Robin

Team
vs.
Team
1

RoboBridge

2

Bridge Captain

3

Ray's Bridge Game

4

Bridge Baron

5

Micro Bridge

6

Q-Plus Bridge

7

Shark Bridge

8

WBridge5

9

Sy Borg

10

Jack

VP's
1

RoboBridge

x 42 - 47

14 VP

163 - 22

25 VP

65 - 72

14 VP

56 - 60

14 VP

54 - 96

8 VP

25 - 83

5 VP

29 - 84

6 VP

193 - 19

25 VP

7 - 129

0 VP

111
2

Bridge Captain

47 - 42

16 VP

x 169 - 10

25 VP

105 - 55

24 VP

28 - 92

4 VP

42 - 84

8 VP

32 - 105

3 VP

48 - 121

3 VP

203 - 22

25 VP

49 - 120

3 VP

111
3

Ray's Bridge Game

22 - 163

0 VP

10 - 169

0 VP

x 12 - 225

0 VP

0 - 190

0 VP

1 - 213

0 VP

19 - 179

0 VP

5 - 196

0 VP

71 - 95

11 VP

2 - 245

0 VP

11
4

Bridge Baron

72 - 65

16 VP

55 - 105

6 VP

225 - 12

25 VP

x 30 - 82

6 VP

50 - 65

13 VP

59 - 48

17 VP

45 - 66

11 VP

227 - 35

25 VP

68 - 100

9 VP

128
5

Micro Bridge

60 - 56

16 VP

92 - 28

25 VP

191 - 0

25 VP

82 - 30

24 VP

x 55 - 39

18 VP

74 - 64

16 VP

62 - 101

8 VP

190 - 22

25 VP

37 - 70

9 VP

166
6

Q-Plus Bridge

96 - 54

22 VP

84 - 42

22 VP

213 - 1

25 VP

65 - 50

17 VP

39 - 55

12 VP

x 26 - 52

10 VP

47 - 76

10 VP

190 - 16

25 VP

22 - 57

9 VP

152
7

Shark Bridge

83 - 25

25 VP

105 - 32

25 VP

179 - 19

25 VP

48 - 59

13 VP

64 - 74

14 VP

52 - 26

20 VP

x 8 - 116

0 VP

218 - 10

25 VP

62 - 63

15 VP

162
8

WBridge5

84 - 29

24 VP

121 - 48

25 VP

196 - 5

25 VP

66 - 45

19 VP

101 - 62

22 VP

76 - 47

20 VP

116 - 8

25 VP

x 211 - 5

25 VP

35 - 46

13 VP

198
9

Sy Borg

19 - 193

0 VP

22 - 203

0 VP

95 - 71

19 VP

35 - 227

0 VP

32 - 190

0 VP

16 - 190

0 VP

10 - 218

0 VP

5 - 211

0 VP

x 13 - 230

0 VP

19
10

Jack

129 - 7

25 VP

120 - 49

25 VP

245 - 2

25 VP

100 - 68

21 VP

70 - 37

21 VP

57 - 22

21 VP

63 - 62

15 VP

46 - 35

17 VP

230 - 13

25 VP

x 195

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.

Ranking Round Robin

ProgramVP's
WBridge5198
Jack195
Micro Bridge166
Shark Bridge162
Q-Plus Bridge152
Bridge Baron128
RoboBridge111
Bridge Captain111
Sy Borg19
Ray's Bridge Game11

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Finals

Results semi finals

Semi finals Carry over Results
1st set 2nd set 3rd set 4th setTotal
Jack - Micro Bridge+12 12 - 30 44 - 37 19 - 38 39 - 18 126 - 123
WBridge5 - Shark Bridge+25 24 - 18 34 - 34 59 - 52 90 - 18 232 - 105

Results Final

Final Carry over Results
1st set 2nd set 3rd set 4th setTotal
Jack - WBridge50 29 - 39 21 - 23 35 - 17 23 - 15 108 - 94