The
third world computer bridge championships will be held from January
16-21, 2000 as part of the Orbis World Bridge Championships. The
event will be called the Orbis World Computer Bridge Championships
and will pit the best computer bridge programs from around the world
against each other.
Many of the world’s best computer bridge programs have already
registered for the event, including GIB, Bridge Baron, and Meadowlark,
from the United States, Q-Plus from Germany, Micro Bridge from Japan,
and Blue Chip Bridge from England, and WBridge5 from France.
How to Enter
This will be an open competition, and new participants will be welcome
until the registration deadline of December 1, 1999.
For additional information, please contact Alvin Levy at AlLevy@aol.com.
Schedule
1999
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Registration deadline
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Dec 1
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| System deadline |
Dec 15
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2000
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Play begins
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Jan 16
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| Closing ceremony |
Jan 21
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Format
The contest will consist of a round robin, followed by semifinals
and finals, as follows:
| Round
Robin |
January
16-18 |
10-board matches against each opponent. IMP scoring converted to Victory Points using 20-VP scale. Top four (4) qualify for semifinals
38 + 10 boards from round robin. Winner of round robin plays 3rd or 4th place finisher, whichever it has the greatest carryover against. 38 boards, IMP scoring, added to 100% IMP score from 10-board round robin IMP score against semifinals’ opponent.
54 + 10 boards from round robin. 54 boards, IMP scoring, added to 100% IMP score from 10-board round robin IMP score against Finals’ opponent.
| Coordinator: |
Al Levy
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| Tournament Director: |
Sol Weinstein
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| Judges: |
To be named
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A 3 judge panel will rule on matters sent to it by the Coordinator and make a final decision. The Coordinator and Tournament Director may sit in deliberations as nonvoting participants.
Prize
money
There will be a total of US$6,000 prize money. Of this US$5,500 will awarded to competitors in the Orbis World Computer Bridge Championships, as follows:
| 1st |
US$2,000
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| 2nd |
US$1,250
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| 3rd |
US$750
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| 4th |
US$500
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| 5th/8th |
US$250
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In addition there will be a bidding contest, to take place at the players’ leisure, between January 17-20, with prize money amounting to US$500 awarded as follows:
Past
Winners
Last year’s championships was held at the ACBL’s summer
North American Bridge Championships in Chicago. The seven leading
bridge programs from around the world entered. These were Q-plus
from Germany, Micro Bridge from Japan, Blue Chip Bridge from England,
and Meadowlark Bridge, Bridge Baron, GIB and Bridge Genii from
the United States. GIB won that event, with Q-Plus coming in second.
Bridge Baron, another leading contender for this year’s championship,
won the first World Championship, held at the 1997 summer NABC
in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Micro Bridge was a close second.
