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SportAccord World Mind Games 2013: Teams

02 December 2013

Leggi in italiano » The third edition of SportAccord World Mind Games will be held in Beijing (China) from 12 until 18 December 2013. The invited teams in Open section are: China, Monaco, Poland and USA; in Women’s section: China, England, Israel and USA.

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2013 Fall NABC: News from Phoenix, Arizona

01 December 2013

Leggi in italiano » Are running in Phoenix the 2013 Fall National American Bridge Championships. After three days are coming the first results: Curtis Cheek and Ishmael Del’Monte won the Life Master Pairs; Barbara Nist and Patti Hartley won the Womens Life […]

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2013 November: Bridge World News

30 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » Belgium- The Channel Trophy will be held held in Ostend (Belgium) 20th-22nd December 2013: The Channel Trophy is a youth tournament open to teams from across the Channel: England, France, Netherlands and Belgium. The event takes place every […]

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Big Bang x 4

25 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » Maria Teresa Lavazza has hired another Italian-Argentine player: Alejandro Bianchedi. His official debut in the team will be at the International Team Tournament “Città di Milano” […]

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Angelini won 2013 Italy Men Cup

24 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » Francesco Angelini‘s squad won the Italy Men Cup for the second time in a row: Francesco Angelini, Leonardo Cima, Valerio Giubilo, Lorenzo Lauria, Federico Primavera, Alfredo Versace and Lino Bove (npc). In the final Angelini grabbed a crushing […]

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Chennai 2013: Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion

23 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » The Norwegian Magnus Carlsen won the 2013’s World Chess Championship in Chennai (India). After the tenth game, another draw, his three point lead was enough to secure him the victory. In the last game Anand, with […]

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2013 World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen towards the Title

22 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » Magnus Carlsen has won the ninth game; being 6-3, all he needs is a draw now, half a point out of three. Only an utterly unexpectedly psychological default could deprive him of the victory; […]

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2013 World Chess Championship: Anand still trails 3-5

19 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » After the seventh and the eight game, both drew, both Ruy Lopez (1. e4-e5; 2. Nf3-Nc6; 3. Bb5), Carlsen is leading 5-3 with four games still to play. The last two games differed since the […]

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2013 Bridge Champion’s Cup: Italy wins again

17 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » Maria Teresa Lavazza’s squad, GS Bridge Allegra from Turin (Italy), won the 12th European Champions’ Cup defeating K1 from Bulgaria. In the playoff Ruch sa azs pwr Wroclaw from Poland defeated Reggio Emilia from Italy and reached […]

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Farewell Tonci, Master of Friendship

17 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » The founder of Intercity League, Tonci Radeljia, passed away two days ago; he was of Split, and taught mathematics at university. I met him in an online match in late 2005; some months later he […]

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2013 World Chess Championship – 6th game: Carlsen goes to 4-2

16 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » The World Chess Championship is at midway; six out of its twelve games have been played, it’s time for summing up. At start, many were sure that this would have […]

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2013 European Bridge Champions’ Cup: Italy and Bulgaria in Final

16 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » European Bridge Champion’s Cup Opatija, Croatia, 14-17th November 2013. Italy and Bulgaria have reached the final. The defending champions GS B Allegra Torino (Lavazza) defeated the Polish team Ruch sa azs pwr Wroclaw by 106-67. […]

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2013 European Bridge Champions’ Cup: The Italians win their Groups

16 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » European Bridge Champion’s Cup Opatija, Croatia, 14-17th November, 2013. Both of the two Italians Teams have entered the semi-finals of the Champion Cup which is being played at Opatija (Croatia). Just […]

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5th International Barcelona Bridge Open

15 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » The 5th International Barcelona Bridge Open will take place from 7th to 9th of February 2013 at Princesa Sofia Hotel in Barcelona (Spain). The event is organized by the Asociación Catalana de Bridge (ACB). It is a pairs tournament open to […]

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Christina Lund: Bridge from a Blonde Perspective

13 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » For the first time in decades a women’s team (consisting of five women and a male captain with frayed nerves) qualified to compete among the top 12 teams in the Danish 1st division. It’s […]

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Ron Klinger: Curiosities in the New WBF VP Scale

12 November 2013

Leggi in italiano » 16 teams, 15-match round-robin, Teams A-J all score net 50 Imps, but their VP total varies. Results of 12 teams and hypothetical results based on the 16-board VP scale:

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2013 International Team Tournament Città di Milano

Posted on 20 October 2013

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International Teams Tournament Città di Milano - NH Centro Congressi Milanofiori, Assago (Milano, Italy), 13/15 December, 2013. The Città di Milano is one of the most important team tourneys in Europe; established in 1970, it usually drew upwards […]

IBPA: The Great Victory Point Debate

Posted on 10 November 2013

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The WBF decided to revise the scoring system and published a new VP scale, which became the standard starting from Bali’s World Championships 2013. John Carruthers, IBPA Bulletin’s Editor, devoted many articles to the new scale and collected […]