American Contract Bridge League
World Computer-Bridge
Championships
2003 World Computer Bridge Championship, VII
June
22-27, 2003
held at the 1st
European Open Championships (June 14-28)
Menton - Cote d'Azur - France
9 Entrants for the 2003 World Computer Bridge Championships
ICGAJ article on 2001 5th Championship Links of Interest:
Al Levy's ACBL District 24 Website For information, contact Al Levy |
History of the ACBL's annual World Computer Bridge Championship In 1996 the American Contract Bridge League established an official World Computer Bridge Championship, to be run annually at a major bridge activity. The 1st annual Championship, sponsored by Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies, was held in Albuquerque, NM, at the 1997 summer NABC. The inaugural ACBL World Computer Bridge Championship was won by Bridge Baron, with Q-plus Bridge second. Information and results The 2nd Championship, sponsored by Baron Barclay and OKbridge, was held in Chicago, IL, at the 1998 summer NABC. The champion was won by GIB, with Q-Plus second. Information and results The 3rd Championship, sponsored by Orbis Investments, was held in Bermuda at the WBF's 1999 Bermuda Bowl/Venice Cup (January 2000). GIB repeated as champion, with Wbridge5 second. Information and results also see more results The 4th Championship, sponsored by Microsoft Network Gaming Zone, was help in Maastricht, the Netherlands, at the WBF's 2000 Bridge Olympiad. Meadowlark Bridge was crowned champion, defeating Q-Plus by 2 imps in the finals. For results and a description of the 2000 championship, see ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 237-241 The 5th Championship, sponsored by
FunBridge.com, was held in Toronto, ON, at the ACBL's summer NABC.
The championship was won by Jack, with Micro Bridge second. The 6th
Championship, was held in Montreal at the WBF's 2002 World Bridge
Championships. |