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WHAT'S BBOTV? You
can now play in the Bridge Base online environment whithout
having to download software. BBOTV is a technology preview of
the next version of BRIDGE BASE ONLINE. Hats off to Fred Gitelman
for stepping up to the plate and providing the online community
with a service that is not platform dependant and does not require
software downloads, installation or updates. Click
Here
BBO Adds New Investors
Bridge Base Online Ltd. today announced a change
in the ownership structure of the company with the addition
of three new investors: Bill Gates of Medina, Washington; and
Sharon Osberg and David Smith of Tiburon, California. They join
Fred Gitelman and Uday Ivatury, who both remain as significant
investors.
"I am extremely pleased to announce the additions
of Bill, Sharon and David," said President Fred Gitelman,
who remains the company's largest shareholder. "Their experience,
knowledge and wisdom will help ensure that we make the best
possible decisions for the future of our site. All three of
our new partners are longtime BBO members, have executive management
back- grounds and are avid bridge players. Sharon has won multiple
world championships."
The full text of Fred's personal letter to BBO
members regarding this event is available through a link on
the company's web site (www.bridgebase.com).
Speaking for the new investors, Bill Gates adds,
"We are all very proud to be backing Fred and Uday's vision
of utilizing BBO as a platform to promote the game of bridge
throughout the world."
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) and the Chinese
Contract Bridge Association (CCBA) are currently hosting the
2007 World Bridge Team Championships in Shanghai, China.
Thanks to the ongoing support of WBF President
José Damiani and the hard work of the CCBA, hundreds
of thousands of bridge players from around the world will be
able to watch these championships live and for free on BBO vugraph,"
said Gitelman. "In addition to our usual live coverage
on BBO, the Shanghai broadcasts will be available for free through
BBOTV -- an exciting new online vugraph technology."
A link to access BBOTV is available through
www.bridgebase.com.
Bridge Base Online Ltd., a privately held Nevada
based company, was formed in 2001. BBO hosts more than 50,000
bridge players daily and is the largest online bridge site in
the world. BBO offers an array of free and premium services
for players of all levels -- from novices to world champions.
Inquiries from the press should be directed to:
press@bridgebase.com
From the Daily Bulleitn, Shanghai Oct 1 2007
May 25, 2005 - Bridgebase
SK - A new site for slovak and czech speaking players with
many articles for advanced and expert players. Contact: Eduard
Velecky
BBO TEACHER WEBSITE
Sep 2007 :: www.GrizzBridge.com.
Hi, this is Pete Rudie, I play and teach on BBO as "grizz"
and have just launched a website. The lesson archives from my
free defense lessons in the Beginner and Intermediate Lounge
on BBO are on the website now, and I expect to have archives
from my free defense lessons in Club2/1 up shortly, with more
content to come.
Fred Gitelman is 2005 ACBL Honorary Member
" If you’re not careful, bridge could ruin your life.”
That’s the warning that Ted Horning gave Fred Gitelman
many years ago. Gitelman ignored that advice, and now he is
the 2005 Honorary ACBL Member of the Year. Read
More Here ::>
Bridge Base Online Live Vugraphs
click here
for schedule
REVIEWS
The site with the best teaching facilities is Bridge Base Online,
the archives alone make it worth visiting.
Jesus M. Arias Jr.
There are enough users now to make it a viable playing site
- last time I checked there were almost 150 people logged on
- more than on the ebridge site at the same moment.
However the really unique thing on Fred's site are his excellent
analyses, often of hands that he played himself.
jurgen.re@verizon.net
UPDATES
March 2002 - The online population of Bridge Base Online has
been slowly but steadily increasing for the last 9 months. The
growth pattern has been interesting to watch. I expected the
trend would become exponential at some point (for no good reason),
but it has been distinctly linear up until now. We went over
200 simultaneous users for the first time ever on a couple of
occasions during the past week. It is almost always possible
to find a reasonable game on BBO now. There are often more than
30 tables in play at any given time.
Thanks very much, but in my opinion there are several aspects
of Bridge Base Online that are also unique and are more useful
than the database of articles that I have compiled. Here are
some examples:
- The Partnership Bidding area can be used to practice bidding
constrained pairs of hands with your partner. This is an excellent
way to practice for a tournament or to teach a new system or
convention to a student.
- We do free live broadcasts of major tournaments. It is likely
that we will be broadcasting the finals of the Bridge Pro Tour
event that is coming up next week in San Diego. We are scheduled
to broadcast the Cavendish Invitational and the Swedish Nationals
within the next few months. I am hopeful that the ACBL will
allow us to produce free broadcasts of their major teams championships
in the future, but their existing relationship with e-bridge
may make this difficult.
- There are a lot of facilities built into BBO that are designed
for teacher-student(s) interaction.
- There are chat rooms built into BBO that are designed for
talk about bridge.
We are hoping to be able to keep this site free "forever",
but this makes it difficult to spend a lot of money on marketing
and promotion. As such, we are relying heavily on word of mouth
and the support of people who appreciate what we are doing in
order to help BBO grow.
By the way, the series of articles that I wrote about the IOC
tournament (which contains analysis of over 50 deals from this
event) is available through the Bridge Library area of BBO.
Please give BBO at try and let me know if you have any questions,
problems, or suggestions concerning this program. You can download
the software for free through: www.bridgebase.com/online
Fred Gitelman Bridge Base Inc. www.bridgebase.com
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