Over the years major bridge programs from all over the world have participated in the annual World Computer Bridge Championships. After its debut in 2000 Jack dominated the championship winning the title in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2009. In 2005 Jack won the Round Robin but lost the final to WBridge5. In 2008 Jack won the Round Robin by a large margin but again lost the final against WBridge5.
For the Championship the programs will play a round robin. The programs meet in 32 board matches with a 30 VP international scale. The four top finishers will then play in a knockout format starting with a 64-deal semi-final.
The programs competing are:
WBridge5 | - Yves Costel, France |
Jack | - Hans Kuijf / Wim Heemskerk, The Netherlands |
Bridge Baron | - George Yanakiev / Stephen Smith / Tom Throop jr. / Jason Rosenfeld, United States |
Micro Bridge | - Tomio and Yumiko Uchida, Japan |
Shark Bridge | - Jonh Norris, Denmark |
Q-Plus Bridge | - Hans Leber, Germany |
Moose Bridge | - Peter Boton, USA |
On the website of the organiser of the WC computer bridge you will be kept posted as the tournament progresses.
Results final | |||
Results semi-finals | |||
Results preliminaries | |||
Ranking Round Robin |
Team vs. Team |
1 Jack |
2 Bridge Baron |
3 Shark Bridge |
4 Q-Plus Bridge |
5 WBridge5 |
6 Micro Bridge |
7 Moose Bridge |
VP's |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Jack |
x | 54 - 117 5 VP |
78 - 54 19 VP |
87 - 27 25 VP |
43 - 49 14 VP |
72 - 54 18 VP |
166 - 46 25 VP |
106 |
2 Bridge Baron |
117 - 54 25 VP |
x | 82 - 68 17 VP |
40 - 103 5 VP |
68 - 102 10 VP |
97 - 60 21 VP |
108 - 32 25 VP |
103 |
3 Shark Bridge |
54 - 78 11 VP |
68 - 82 13 VP |
x | 97 - 41 24 VP |
75 - 94 12 VP |
85 - 37 23 VP |
125 - 43 25 VP |
108 |
4 Q-Plus Bridge |
27 - 87 5 VP |
103 - 40 25 VP |
41 - 97 6 VP |
x | 66 - 65 15 VP |
100 - 49 23 VP |
193 - 45 25 VP |
99 |
5 WBridge5 |
49 - 43 16 VP |
102 - 68 20 VP |
94 - 75 18 VP |
65 - 66 15 VP |
x | 50 - 46 16 VP |
155 - 32 25 VP |
110 |
6 Micro Bridge |
54 - 72 12 VP |
60 - 97 9 VP |
37 - 85 7 VP |
49 - 100 7 VP |
46 - 50 14 VP |
x | 126 - 12 25 VP |
74 |
7 Moose Bridge |
46 - 166 0 VP |
32 - 108 3 VP |
43 - 125 3 VP |
45 - 193 0 VP |
32 - 155 0 VP |
12 - 126 0 VP |
x | 6 |
In the first 9 rounds half a Round Robin is played. All contestants will play each other
exactly once. Results in the above table are therefor displayed twice and mirrored.
Ranking Round Robin
Programma | VP's |
---|---|
WBridge5 | 110 |
Shark Bridge | 108 |
Jack | 106 |
Bridge Baron | 103 |
Q-Plus Bridge | 99 |
Micro Bridge | 74 |
Moose Bridge | 6 |
Semi finals | Carry over | Results | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | Total | ||
WBridge5 - Bridge Baron | +7 | 29 - 45 | 60 - 21 | 19 - 35 | 39 - 22 | 154 - 123 |
Shark Bridge - Jack | 3 - 82 | 20 - 26 | 27 - 41 | 8 - 34 | 58 - 183 |
Final | Carry over | Results | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | Total | ||
WBridge5 - Jack | 2 | 40 - 14 | 21 - 20 | 39 - 24 | 18 - 92 | 120-150 |