| ENGLAND
WINS NEC CUP - In one of the most exciting
finishes this event has ever seen, the defending team from
England (Brian Senior, Brian Callaghan, Pablo Lambardi and
John Armstrong) staged a remarkable comeback (they were
down by as many as 50 IMPs late in the third quarter) to
defeat the pre-tournament favorites, the team from Poland
(Krzysztof Martens, Marcin Lesnievski, Michal Kwiecien,
Jacek Pszczola, Witold Wasak and npc Radoslaw Kielbasinski),
by .5 IMP—that’s right, .5 IMP–to take
the 2003 NEC Cup. Click
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LTPB
Translation Project - Fred Gitelman, under commission
from the ACBL, developed highly successful instructional
software for novices, called "Learn to Play Bridge"
(LTPB). This program, available at no cost from the ACBL
has been downloaded over 250,000 times. With Fred's cooperation,
the JCBL is now preparing a Japanese translation. Bob Geller
is the project coordinator and Setsuko Ogihara is the translator.
The final Japanese version is tentatively scheduled for
release in June 2003. A developmental version was tested
Thursday by attendees of the JCBL Bridge classes being held
at the tournament site, with highly positive results.
Source: Bulletin
7 NEC Cup, Japan. Editors Eric Kokish and Richard Colker
GOODBYE
FROM BRIDGEMART
www.Bridgemart.com is no longer available online. The site,
which featured a streamline database and excellent user
interface attempted to become the bridge services
destination for the web today. Unfortunately, the model
was flawed and in the end the project has been shelved.
Proof once again that machines are not ready to take over
the world - people are still needed to run them. The web
pages were capably designed by a company, www.Europeum.net,
which also designed the www.BridgeManitoba.org.
This company is still in business.
South
African Bridge Federation Trials for Bermuda Bowl/Venice
Cup
2003. Results, photos and funny ::::
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Bridge
Week in North America - Four of today's expert
bridge players gathered at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria
on Saturday, January 11th to recreate a small portion of
the famous Culbertson-Lenz "Bridge Match of the Century"
which took place in December 1931 and January 1932.
:::>
Audrey
Grant's PLAY BRIDGE articles can now be found on the
Better Bridge website.
Click the NEWS icon on the menu.
Christmas
Message from the President of the World Bridge Federation
- includes video clip. Click
Here
Boris
Shapiro Dies at 93. Click
Here for stories and articles
BRIDGE
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHIES BOOK LIST
TOM
ANDERSON from rec.games.bridge. Click
Here for Tom's great list!
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Interview
with Norberto Bocchi - translated
from La Gazzetta dello Sport online by Daniel Neill, and
posted on Rec.Games.Bridge. 