THE WORLD
BRIDGE FEDERATION
The World Bridge Federation consists of eight Zones. Each Zonal Organization administers bridge in its own geographical area, co-ordinating the National Federations of its member countries. Click here for the
WBF Zone pages.

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The Bridge ATLAS lists all links received from around the world. The Bridge CLUBROOM lists all club links received from around the world. We strive to keep these pages as current as possible - they are updated whenever a new or changed link is received.

World Championships, Montreal
The 11th World Bridge Championships took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 16-31, 2002. Click Here for page of links and info

JACK RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP! One IMP decides the 64-board final. Jack played WBridge5 in the final for the title of World Computer-Bridge Champion. With decisive wins in their semifinal matches Jack and WBridge5 battled for the championship, playing a 64-board final starting on Tuesday and concluding on Wednesday. GIB Withdrews, Jack, Wbridge5, MicroBridge and Q-Plus Bridge took the top four spots in the round robin. Click here for more.

Jourdain wins Personality of The Year. International Bridge Press Awards 2002. For PDF page from World Championship Bulletins, Click Here ...

WBF President's Report to Congress August 2002 at the World Championships in Montreal, Canada includes: IOC matters; Changes in WBF Constitution and By-Laws; and Our daily life, our recent past, our present and our future Click Here for PDF File

1st European Champions Cup
Warsaw, 25th – 27th October 2002 - The EBL has instituted the 1st European Champions Cup with the sponsorship of CA~ IB Bank, which will present the CA~ IB Trophy to the winners. Click Here

Virus Information from Bridgetalk.com - lots of information about current viruses and just as important, virus hoaxes, which can cause the unwary to delete important Windows files.

POSTING BY EMAIL ON BRIDGETALK.COM - This new feature enables you to receive messages posted on the forums by email, instead of having to open a browser window and visit the board. Not only that, but you can answer them by email and even start new topics by email.  This facility is available to anyone - no registration required. Click Here for more ...

BridgePerfect has introduced a new bidding program free for all users. Statistics show that 75% of the auctions in bridge games fail to reach the best contract. Bidding is the most important aspect of a bridge game. After years of development and research, we have developed a software based on artificial intelligence to simulate the human thought process in bidding. We currently have American Standard, ACOL, Precision and SAYC available in our first release - BiddingPerfect. It is the first bidding program to allow players to choose their own bidding system while choosing another for the opponents. Thiswill give players to opportunity to experience bridge as it is played in a tournament. This software is free for downloading on the homepage at www.bridgeperfect.com

PRESS RELEASESecatsbridge has a nice page where Anna Gudge posts PDF files of Press Releases. Click Here

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