World of Bridge loses Peter Mollemet and Harry Lampert : Read More Here ::>

Jack Version 3.0 now available. Winners of the World Computer Championships 2001,02,03, and 04 have just released their newest verion of JACK. Click Here for info and free demo ::>

Merry Christmas from Krzysztof Jassem : A summary of the Polish Club System by Krzysztof Jassem (in English) will be published next year, but Krzysztof would like it to be made available free to anyone who wants it PDF | DOC | HTML

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BRIDGE ON TV WITH ZIA/AUKEN : An England-based company - New Bridge Assets - was filming at the World Olympiad all weekand is producing six one-hour broadcasts to be shown on the UKbased satellite broadcaster Sky Sports. More ::>

Radoslaw (Radek) Kielbasinski, president of the Polish Bridge Federation, was named 2004 Personality of the Year by the International Bridge Press Association, one of several awards announced on Monday. Kielbasinski has led the Polish organization to a period of prosperity during which the federation has achieved sound financial footing and now boasts an average age for members of 43 and going down. WBF President Jose Damiani was on hand for presentation of the award, commending the IBPA 'for recognizing the merit of people who are trying to promote bridge, especially among the youth'. Kielbasinski declined to take credit for the success of the Polish federation, but he promised more good bridge news from Poland in the future: "I can promise you we have not said the last word yet." Source: Daily Bulletin, World Olympiad Note: Gianarrigo Rona, President of the European Bridge League and architect of the first-ever European Open Bridge Championships, was 2003 Personality of the Year.

Hodler: Bridge A Fit For Intellympics
You might never see bridge as part of the Winter or Summer Games of the Olympics, but that doesn't mean it will never have an association with the Olympics. Marc Hodler, a member of the International Olympic Committee, said the so-called Intellympics
"for mind sports such as bridge" is a definite possibility in the foreseeable future. He said officials of the four intellectual or mind sports of bridge, chess, go and jeu de dame have agreed to form an association with the goal of achieving support of the IOC, much the same as the Paralympics, for athletes with physical impairments. Hodler said he is encouraged that bridge has the support of Sergei Bubka, former champion pole vaulter and now chairman of the Athletes Commission and a member of the IOC executive board. How soon the Intellympics will become a reality, Hodler said, depends on developments during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. Source: Daily Bulletin 2004 World Olympiad

University Bridge Platform In the next months and years, a lot of events will take place as well as initiatives will be taken for University Bridge. On www.unibridge.org, you will find all the latest information about our events, the European University Championships in Rotterdam in 2005 and the World University Bridge Championships in China in 2006.

Computer Software firms promise new releases in time for Christmas. Both Bridge Baron and Micro Bridge have announce version upgrades of their popular software to be launched within the next few weeks. Micro Bridge from Japan tied 3/4 in the 2004 World Bridge Software Championship Round Robin. Bridge Baron won the Silver medal. Visit our Bridge Software page for more ::>

2005 Cavendish Invitational : World Bridge Productions (WBP) announces the 2005 Cavendish Invitational Pairs, the John Roberts Teams, the WBP Teams and the WBP Pairs. All four events will be held at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas from May 4-8, 2005. The 2004 teams had almost 1.4 million in total prize money.

The 2005 World Series of Poker will be played at the Rio starting immediately after completion of the Cavendish events. WBP will be exploring the facilitation of interested Cavendish players as participants in WSP.

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