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, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.
In 2005 and 2008 Jack won the Round Robin but lost the final to WBridge5.
After releasing Jack 6 in 2014 the Jack team took a pause from the championship.
This year the Jack team returns to the championship. While lead programmer Hans Kuijf supports the team from the homebase, team members Wim Heemskerk and Martin Pattenier will operate the program on site in Chicago.
For the Championship the programs will play a round robin. The programs meet in 32 board matches with a 20 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:
Jack | - Hans Kuijf / Wim Heemskerk, The Netherlands |
Shark Bridge | - Jonh Norris, Denmark |
Micro Bridge | - Tomio and Yumiko Uchida, Japan |
WBridge5 | - Yves Costel, France |
Bridge Baron | - Stephen Smith / Stephen Rosenfeld / Jonathan Gerth, United States |
Q-Plus Bridge | - Hans Leber, Germany |
RoboBridge | - Job Scheffers, The Netherlands |
Goto Bridge | - Alexis Maugat and Jérôme Rombaut, France |
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 WBridge5 |
4 Shark Bridge |
5 Q-Plus Bridge |
6 Goto Bridge |
7 Micro Bridge |
8 Robo Bridge |
VP's |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Jack |
x | 90 - 66 14.39 VP |
54 - 50 10.86 VP |
92 - 67 14.54 VP |
124 - 47 19.56 VP |
126 - 94 15.50 VP |
39 - 81 3.32 VP |
109 - 52 18.13 VP |
96.30 |
2 Bridge Baron |
66 - 90 5.61 VP |
x | 70 - 66 10.86 VP |
74 - 104 4.76 VP |
61 - 103 3.32 VP |
83 - 71 15.37 VP |
64 - 71 8.53 VP |
85 - 86 9.78 VP |
58.23 |
3 WBridge5 |
50 - 54 9.14 VP |
66 - 70 9.14 VP |
x | 116 - 42 19.38 VP |
81 - 47 15.76 VP |
101 - 49 17.69 VP |
72 - 33 16.35 VP |
105 - 60 17.01 VP |
104.47 |
4 Shark Bridge |
67 - 92 5.46 VP |
104 - 74 15.24 VP |
42 - 116 0.62 VP |
x | 66 - 106 3.54 VP |
88 - 68 13.78 VP |
83 - 79 10.86 VP |
88 - 27 18.45 VP |
67.95 |
5 Q-Plus Bridge |
47 - 124 0.44 VP |
103 - 61 16.68 VP |
47 - 81 4.24 VP |
106 - 66 16.46 VP |
x | 124 - 63 18.45 VP |
55 - 94 3.65 VP |
60 - 68 8.33 VP |
68.25 |
6 Goto Bridge |
94 - 126 4.50 VP |
52 - 83 4.63 VP |
49 - 101 2.31 VP |
68 - 88 6.22 VP |
63 - 124 1.55 VP |
x | 58 - 89 4.63 VP |
125 - 72 17.78 VP |
41.62 |
7 Micro Bridge |
81 - 39 16.68 VP |
71 - 64 11.47 VP |
33 - 72 3.65 VP |
79 - 83 9.14 VP |
94 - 55 16.35 VP |
89 - 58 15.37 VP |
x | 131 - 39 20.00 VP |
92.66 |
8 Robo Bridge |
50 - 109 1.87 VP |
86 - 85 10.22 VP |
60 - 104 2.99 VP |
27 - 88 1.55 VP |
68 - 60 11.67 VP |
72 - 125 2.22 VP |
39 - 131 0.00 VP |
x | 30.52 |
In the first 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
Program | VP's |
---|---|
WBridge5 | 104.47 |
Jack | 96.30 |
Micro Bridge | 92.66 |
Q-Plus Bridge | 68.25 |
Shark Bridge | 67.95 |
Bridge Baron | 58.23 |
Goto Bridge | 41.62 |
Robo Bridge | 30.52 |
Semi finals | Carry over | Results | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | Total | ||
WBridge5 - Q-Plus Bridge | +11,5 | 16 - 21 | 55 - 29 | 56 - 37 | 24 - 35 | 162.5 - 122 |
Jack - Micro Bridge | 40 - 10 | 76 - 44 | 24 - 52 | 54 - 16 | 194 - 122 |
Final | Carry over | Results | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | Total | ||
Jack - WBridge5 | 57 - 59 | 52 - 28 | 28 - 15 | 28 - 46 | 165 - 148 |