New York

The 2004 World Computer Bridge Championship will be held from July 13-18 at the Summer NABC in New York. Winner of last three 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
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.

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


Day 1 – You win one, you loose one

Jack beat Bridge Baron in the first round, but was a few points short against WBridge5 in the second.

Results 1st round

Jack – Bridge Baron72 – 1525 – 5
WBridge5 – Meadowlark Bridge102 – 1025 – 0
Micro Bridge – Blue Chip Bridge70 – 4420 – 10
Q-Plus Bridge – Sabrina184 – 425 – 0

Results 2nd round

Jack – WBridge547 – 5314 – 16
Bridge Baron – Sabrina121 – 1225 – 0
Micro Bridge – Meadowlark Bridge136 – 225 – 0
Q-Plus Bridge – Blue Chip Bridge101 – 2225 – 2

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Day 2 – Meadowlark takes first points

In round 3 Jack is having a difficult time. Halfway into the tournament Jack is facing another loss being beaten by Micro Bridge with 9 - 21. With a draw against Q-Plus (15 - 15) and a win on Blue Chip Bridge (25 - 3) Jack is retrieving himself in round 4 and 5.
Jack is the only one of last year's top-4 who hasn't played against Sabrina or Meadowlark Bridge. Sabrina and Meadowlark battled each other for the last position last year and again this year. Meadowlark not only won this match, it also managed to get 11 points (19 - 11) out of the match against Blue Chip Bridge.
Matches against Sabrina and Meadowlark are scheduled for tomorrow, an endrush by Jack is anticipated. With matches against WBridge5 and Micro Bridge remaining, Q-Plus Bridge may find it difficult to maintain its top-ranking (3rd at 94 points).

Results 3rd round

Jack – Micro Bridge27 – 589 – 21
Bridge Baron – WBridge568 – 3620 – 10
Q-Plus Bridge – Meadowlark Bridge152 – 1825 – 0
Blue Chip Bridge – Sabrina97 – 3225 – 3

Results 4th round

Jack – Q-Plus Bridge44 – 4515 – 15
Bridge Baron – Micro Bridge56 – 2122 – 8
WBridge5 – Sabrina151 – 525 – 0
Blue Chip Bridge – Meadowlark Bridge55 – 3119 – 11

Results 5th round

Jack – Blue Chip Bridge74 – 625 – 3
Bridge Baron – Q-Plus Bridge81 – 1925 – 4
WBridge5 – Micro Bridge60 – 3120 – 10
Meadowlark Bridge – Sabrina112 – 1925 – 0

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Day 3 – Bridge Baron, WBridge5, Jack and Micro Bridge again Semi-Finalist

With some matches still to finish in the 7th and last round of the Round Robin Jack, Bridge Baron and WBridge5 were allready known to be semi-finalists. Jack will play WBridge5, with WBridge5 slightly in advantage with a 2 points carry over. The other semi final will be between Bridge Baron and Micro Bridge.
Micro Bridge and Q-Plus Bridge battled each other in the last round to decide for the last semi-final position.

Results 6th round

Jack – Meadowlark Bridge152 – 125 – 0
Bridge Baron – Blue Chip Bridge25 – 4
WBridge5 – Q-Plus Bridge24 – 6
Micro Bridge – Sabrina25 – 0

Results 7th round

Jack – Sabrina25 – 0
Bridge Baron – Meadowlark Bridge25 – 0
WBridge5 – Blue Chip Bridge25 – 0
Micro Bridge – Q-Plus Bridge22 – 8

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Day 4 – Final: Jack - Bridge Baron

Jack won the semi-final match against WBridge5 over 64 deals and moves on to the final on saturday. The other semi-final is between Bridge Baron and Micro Bridge with Bridge Baron starting with a carry over of 14 and eventually taking the win. This means the final will be a rerun of last year's.

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Day 5 – And the winner is . . . J A C K !!!!!!!!

In the final between Jack and Bridge Baron Jack takes the lead from the start. Like last year Jack has the Americans biting the dust. In both the final and the semi-final, against WBridge5, Jack scores 157 points. But where WBridge5 scored 118 against Jack, Bridge Baron cannot cross the 100: 157-97.

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Results Round Robin

Jack Bridge Baron WBridge5 Micro Bridge Q-Plus Bridge Blue Chip Bridge Meadow lark Bridge Sabrina
Jack X 25 – 5 14 – 16 9 – 21 15 – 15 25 – 3 25 – 0 25 – 0
Bridge Baron 5 – 25 X 20 – 10 22 – 8 25 – 4 25 – 4 25 – 0 25 – 0
WBridge5 16 – 14 10 – 20 X 20 – 10 24 – 6 25 – 0 25 – 1 25 – 0
Micro Bridge 21 – 9 8 – 22 10 – 20 X 22 – 8 20 – 10 25 – 0 25 – 0
Q-Plus Bridge 15 – 15 4 – 25 6 – 24 8 – 22 X 25 – 2 25 – 0 25 – 0
Blue Chip Bridge 3 – 25 4 – 25 0 – 25 10 – 20 2 – 25 X 19 – 11 25 – 3
Meadowlark Bridge 0 – 25 0 – 25 1 – 25 0 – 25 0 – 25 11 – 19 X 25 – 0
Sabrina 0 – 25 0 – 25 0 – 25 0 – 25 0 – 25 3 – 25 0 – 25 X

In the first 8 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
Bridge Baron147
WBridge5145
Jack138
Micro Bridge131
Q-Plus Bridge108
Blue Chip Bridge63
Meadowlark Bridge37
Sabrina3

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Finals

Results semi finals

Semi finals Carry over Results
1st set 2nd set 3rd set 4th setTotal
WBridge5 – Jack2 19 – 58 42 – 21 20 – 26 35 – 52 118 – 157
Bridge Baron – Micro Bridge14 48 – 49 38 – 33 43 – 19 23 – 25 166 – 126

Results Final

Final Carry over Results
1st set 2nd set 3rd set 4th setTotal
Jack – Bridge Baron 40 – 16 22 – 39 40 – 13 55 – 29 157 – 97

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