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Open EC Ostend Mixed Pairs Winners (Elksabeth van Ettinger)

Popova-Gunev take EC Mixed Pairs

Ostend (Belgium), June 19, 2013 Dessy Popova and Rosen Gunev won in 2007 in Antalya (Turkey), were second in San Remo (Italy) in 2009 (when they were also members of the winning Mixed Team) and with their victory in yesterday’s Mixed Pairs Championship Bulgaria’s they are now the toast of Ostend as they celebrate their third... read more
 

Grand-of-the-Day

Ostend (Belgium), June 18, 2013   At the Ostend Open EC Berthold Engel (Luxembourg) and Claudia Vechiatto (Germany) bid and play the following board very well. Mixed Pairs. Qualification Round 9. Board 30. Berthold as South held:   A Q J 4 2  A K Q J 10 8  -   K 5  This was their auction: E/-... read more 		Berthold Engel (Michael Yuen)
 
Catherine d' Ovidio (EBL)

Cronier-d’ Ovidio on lead in Mixed

Ostend (Belgium), June 17, 2013 This morning the finals have started of the Mixed Pairs at the Open European Championships in Ostend, Belgium. After Session 1 (10 boards out of a total of 102) Philippe Cronier and Catherine d’ Ovidio from France have taken an early lead with a percentage of 68,82. The runners-up are Pavla... read more
 

Barr and Ginossar first qualifiers

Ostend (B.), June 16, 2013 Ronnie Barr and Eidad Ginossar have won the mixed pairs qualifications at the Open European Championships in Belgium. The pair from Israel was followed by two pairs from France. Monday and Tuesday a final of 52 (out of 207) pairs will decide the championship.   read more 		Eidad Ginossar (EBL)
 
Open EC Ostend

Open EC Ostend has started

Ostend (Belgium), June 15, 2013   Today the 6th Open European Championships have started. The first competition is the mixed pairs, later this week followed by the mixed teams. Next week the main events are the open teams and open pairs. All competitions are transnational. The first week approximately one thousand players... read more
 

Helgemo-Helness take Assael Memorial

Cesme-Izmir (Turkey), June 07, 2013 The Assael Memorial Bridge Tournament was held in Cesme-Izmir during 1-6 June, 2013. Salvador Assael (WIM), who passed last year, had been a key figure in Turkish and International bridge circles over the last three decades. He had won the Blue Ribbon Pairs in 2001 (partnering Nafiz Zorlu). He had... read more 		Salvador Assael
 
Bobby Levin (Louk Herber)

Levin’s Lead-of-the-Day

Orlando (Fl.), June 05, 2013 Right now the 2013 US Bridge Championships are played in Orlando (Fl) selecting the two USA teams for the 2013 Bermuda Bowl in Bali, Indonesia, September, 2013. Today the semi-finals selecting USA1 are played between the teams of Nickell and Kranyak and the teams of Fleisher and Spector. And the... read more