Bridge
Categories: Card Games
About
Bridge is probably the most skilful Card Game and is one of the ten events in the Decamentathlon. It is played worldwide, although there are individual formats of bridge competitions the bidding is rarely to the same standard as when established pairs are used and the differing international styles makes a common system difficult. Bridge is one of the few games that is played at the Mind Sports Olympiad that cannot be learnt in 10 minutes before the start of the competition. The terms such as Grand slam and conventions such as blackwood combined with a complex scoring system make for a lot to learn. This is why the game of Minibridge was invented. There have been a wide range of bridge competitions held at the MSO with many categories such as Ladies Pairs, Mixed Pairs and Novice pairs. The main event at the MSO has featured some of the top players in the world (e.g. Bermuda Bowl winner Geir Helgemo thanks to the support of players such as Zia Mahmood.
Rules
http://www.pagat.com/boston/bridge.html
You can find out about opportunities to play Bridge live at Timetable. Please report any external links that have broken or have changed to contain inappropriate material. More information about how tournament play works can be found in Using Clocks and MSO Rules.
MSO Bridge (Pairs) Champions
| Year | Name | Country | Flag | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Michelle Brunner | England |  |
Champion |
| 2005 | John Armstrong | England | |
Champion |
| 2005 | John Holland | England | |
Champion |
| 2005 | David Stevenson | England | |
Champion |
| 2005 | John Armstrong | England | |
Champion |
| 2005 | Hugh Mcgann | England | |
Champion |
| 2005 | Alexander Morris | England | |
Champion |
| 2005 | Jason Hackett | England | |
Champion |
| 2005 | Bill Hirst | England | |
Champion |
| 2004 | Michael Byrne | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2003 | John Rudolf | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2001 | Margaret Lee | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2000 | Brian Senior | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1999 | Espen Erichsen | Norway |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1998 | Chris Jagger | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 1997 | David Higginson | England | |
Olympiad Champion |
Full results and other winners can be found in Results.
MSO Bridge - Pairs Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
Ben Green
Bob Rowlands
Brian Senior
Espen Erichsen
John Armstrong
John Holland
John Rudolf
Margaret Courtney
Michelle Brunner
Paul Hackett
Pauline Rudolf
Rhona Goldenfield
Sally Brock
Ting To
Tony Wilkinson
U. Durmus
Ursula Harper
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
Alex Wilkinson
Bernard Goldenfield
David Higginson
David Mcdouall
Dmytro Nikolayeno
Doug Smerdon
Eva Kaplan
J. Tesselaar
Jenny Morris
John Durden
John Hackett
Justin Hackett
Kevin Comrie
Kitty Teltscher
Lena Morrish
M. Beyer
Martin Hoffman
Michael Byrne
Michael Courtney
Michael Gold
Mike Alexander
Mike Walsh
Paul A. Lamford
Paul Chemla
Paul Fegarty
Paul Mendelson
Peter Tobias
Robert Sheehan
Ross Harper
Sheena Haytack
Stephanie Rohan
Su Burn
Zia Mahmood
CANDIDATE MASTER:
Byron Crittenden
Elizabeth Roberts
Howard Melbourne
James A. Bochsler
Joyce White
Kathleen Nelson
Tom Townsend
Tracy Capal
MSO Bridge - Teams Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
Bernard Goldenfield
Geir Helgemo
Jason Hackett
John Holland
Justin Hackett
Maria Budd
Martin Hoffman
Michelle Brunner
Nick Sandqvist
Paul Hackett
Phil King
Rhona Goldenfield
Su Burn
Tom Townsend
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
Asad Salam
Barbara Hackett
Bob Rowlands
Brian Cornelius
Brian Senior
Craig Fisher
David Barton
Espen Erichsen
Margaret Courtney
Margaret Lee
Michael Courtney
Peter N. Lee
Steve Dannell
Ting To
CANDIDATE MASTER:
Alan Jones
Bharat
David Audley
Frank Brown
J. Tesselaar
M. Beyer
Maurie Esterson
Tige Nando
External Links
http://www.worldbridge.org/
http://www.pagat.com/boston/bridge.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Bowl