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Berthold Engel (Michael Yuen)

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
 

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 		Catherine d' Ovidio (EBL)
 
Eidad Ginossar (EBL)

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
 

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 		Open EC Ostend
 
Salvador Assael

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
 

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 		Bobby Levin (Louk Herber)
 
Marion Michielsen (Louk Herber)

Two Grands-of-the-Day

Salsomaggiore Terme (Italy), June 04, 2013 Last weekend Team Lavazza won the for the second consecutive year the Italian Mixed Team Championships. Like last year Norberto Bocchi played with Cecilia Rimstedt from Sweden and Agustin Madala with Marion Michielsen from The Netherlands. The third pair was Giorgio Duboin and Rosa Tamburelli.Below... read more