The “Catch a Falling Star” bidding poll had 519 participants, and everyone scoring above average is listed here. Ties in the rankings are broken by the date and time of submission (earliest wins). At the end of this page is a “Bot’s Eye View,” which shows how various computer programs fared.
Participation Stats
| Number of participants | 519
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| Number of locations | 96
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 48
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| Lowest score | 25
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| Average score | 47.34 |
Top 100 Places
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | NO | Svein Erik Dahl | 4  | 4 | X | 3 | 3  | X
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| 2 | 60 | USca | Marina Fomenkova | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 3 | 60 | USok | Linda Waggener | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 4 | 60 | USca | Ruthanne Williams | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 5 | 60 | USwi | Tim Luker | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 6 | 60 | USfl | John Vega | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 7 | 59 | HK | Shuino Wong | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 8 | 59 | AU | Bill Jacobs | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 9 | 59 | NL | Rik ter Veen | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 10 | 59 | USwa | John Givins | 4 | 4 | 6  | 3 | 3 | X
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| 11 | 59 | USca | Steven Hough | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 12 | 58 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 13 | 58 | USnj | Leonard Helfgott | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 14 | 58 | PL | Konrad Ciborowski | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 15 | 58 | USsc | Betty Hill | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 16 | 58 | USmn | Keith Connolly | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 4  | X
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| 17 | 58 | NL | Geon Steenbakkers | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 18 | 58 | USwa | Ed Chow | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 19 | 57 | CAon | Jeffrey Smith | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 20 | 57 | FI | Pekka Niemisto | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 21 | 57 | RS | Zoran Radojcic | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 22 | 57 | CAns | Brian Hansen | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 23 | 57 | USma | Andy Latto | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 24 | 57 | DE | Claus Guenther | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 25 | 57 | DE | Uwe Gebhardt | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 26 | 57 | PT | Manuel Paulo | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 27 | 57 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 28 | 57 | NL | Yke Smit | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 29 | 57 | TR | Meral Yamac | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 30 | 57 | CN | Weidong Yang | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 31 | 57 | UKen | Ray Parkinson | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 32 | 57 | JP | Tong Xu | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 33 | 56 | USil | Donald Link | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 34 | 56 | IT | Pierluigi Sessolo | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 35 | 56 | USil | Will Engel | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 36 | 56 | FR | Jacques Normand | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 37 | 56 | USnj | Kerry Flannery-Reilly | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 38 | 56 | USca | Jeff Goldsmith | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 39 | 56 | USca | Kathy Morse | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 40 | 56 | USca | Steve Mager | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 41 | 56 | USil | Karen Walker | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 42 | 56 | USmn | Mike Cassel | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 43 | 56 | USsc | Rick Giles | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 44 | 56 | NO | Harald Plahter | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 45 | 56 | USri | Evelyn Recchia | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 46 | 55 | UKen | Andy Holland | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 47 | 55 | USaz | Jim Kloss | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 48 | 55 | IN | Govindarajan Srinivasan | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 49 | 55 | SI | Francelj Naglic | 4 | 4 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 50 | 55 | USca | Jojo Sarkar | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 51 | 55 | USca | Milton Spinner | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 52 | 55 | USfl | Lee Elton | 4 | 4 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 53 | 55 | USca | Martin Hertz | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 54 | 55 | AU | Ian Price | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 55 | 55 | NO | Kristian Kjorstad | 4 | 4 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 56 | 55 | USwi | Rich Dorfman | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 57 | 55 | USmn | David Neiman | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 58 | 55 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 59 | 55 | NL | Wim van Roon | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 60 | 55 | USfl | Doris Savoy | 3 NT | 4 | X | 2 | 3 | X
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| 61 | 55 | USny | Dennis Kaye | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 62 | 55 | USfl | Mabel Pavlicek | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 63 | 55 | SI | Barbara Kranjc | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 64 | 55 | USca | Grant Peacock | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 65 | 54 | NL | Tjeerd Kootstra | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 66 | 54 | UKen | John Reardon | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 67 | 54 | JP | Kaz Yamada | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 68 | 54 | AU | Gary Brown | 3 NT | 4 | X | 2 | 3 | X
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| 69 | 54 | AU | Peter Gill | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 70 | 54 | USsc | Al Kimel | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | X
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| 71 | 54 | USca | Fred Zhang | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 72 | 54 | USal | Rick Farver | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 73 | 54 | CH | Olivier La Spada | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 74 | 54 | CH | Dima Nikolenkov | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 75 | 54 | SE | Roger Karlsson | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 76 | 54 | HU | Imre Csiszar | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 77 | 54 | IN | Venkatesh Ramaratnam | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 78 | 54 | USnc | Richard Paul | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 79 | 54 | USnj | Arline Fulton | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 80 | 54 | AU | Dinu Raducanu | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 81 | 54 | AR | Luis Argerich | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 82 | 53 | UKen | Gordon Rainsford | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 83 | 53 | HK | Simon Cheung | 3 NT | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 84 | 53 | USnc | Ron Marrs | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | X
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| 85 | 53 | USca | Eric Leong | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 86 | 53 | USil | James Hudson | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | X
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| 87 | 53 | NL | Peter van Montfoort | 3 NT | 4 | X | 4 | 3 | X
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| 88 | 53 | IN | Joy Patel | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 89 | 53 | BE | Sebastien Louveaux | 3 NT | 4 | X | 4 | 3 | X
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| 90 | 53 | ZA | Gundi Fritzsche | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 91 | 53 | UKen | Dave Maeer | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 92 | 53 | USmi | Gordon Parnes | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 93 | 53 | UKen | Anthony Golding | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 94 | 53 | SG | Lee Kai Loong | 4 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 95 | 53 | USma | Jonathan Weinstein | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 96 | 53 | ES | Ignacio Torres | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 97 | 53 | AU | Sartaj Hans | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 98 | 53 | CL | Constantino Sifaqui | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 99 | 53 | USco | Daniel Williams | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 100 | 53 | USnj | Antoine Georges | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 53 | USmi | Barry Lippitt | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 102 | 53 | UKen | David Levene | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 103 | 53 | UStx | Coleen Palmer | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | X
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| 104 | 53 | CAon | Maher Saleh | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 105 | 53 | TR | Dineyri Ispati | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 106 | 53 | USil | Kent Feiler | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 107 | 53 | CAns | Elianor Kennie | 3 NT | 4 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 108 | 53 | US | Jean Miller | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 109 | 53 | USca | Stu Goodgold | 3 NT | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 110 | 53 | IN | Maha Sundar | 3 NT | 4 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 111 | 53 | USva | Prahalad Rajkumar | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 112 | 53 | NL | Martijn Schoonderwoerd | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 113 | 53 | USal | Bob Simkins | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 114 | 53 | USmi | Steve Landen | 3 NT | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 115 | 53 | CA | Jeannette Stein | 4 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 116 | 53 | TW | Ye-Fon Tsai | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 117 | 53 | USny | Jim Dooley | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 118 | 52 | AU | Phil Kline | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 119 | 52 | USma | Leo Zelevinsky | 3 NT | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 120 | 52 | USla | Ted Morris | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 121 | 52 | USnh | Richard Bator | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 122 | 52 | TR | Gokhan Yilmaz | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 123 | 52 | RO | Radu Blejeru | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 124 | 52 | IN | Gopichand Anne | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 125 | 52 | UKsc | Gray Robertson | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 126 | 52 | NL | Rosalind Hengeveld | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 127 | 52 | RO | Radu Strutu | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 128 | 52 | GR | Yannis Procopiou | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 129 | 52 | USil | David Wetzel | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 130 | 52 | USca | Betsy Marcus | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 131 | 52 | IL | Steve Rogers | 3 NT | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 132 | 52 | IN | Arvind Srinivasan | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 133 | 52 | AR | Raul Martino | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 134 | 52 | CAab | Derek Martin | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 135 | 52 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | X
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| 136 | 52 | SE | Arne Jordestedt | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 137 | 52 | CAon | Jack Brown | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 138 | 52 | DK | Jacob Ron | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 139 | 52 | AU | David Stern | 3 NT | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 140 | 52 | USmi | Mike Ludkovski | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 2 | 3 | X
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| 141 | 52 | IN | Krishna Chakravartula | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 142 | 52 | NL | Onno Eskes | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 143 | 52 | CAon | David Grainger | 3 NT | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 144 | 52 | NZ | Mohinder Sachdev | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 145 | 52 | RO | George Eckstein | 4 | 3 NT | X | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 146 | 52 | USfl | Fitzhugh O’Neill | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 147 | 52 | TW | I-Don Jien | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 148 | 52 | USil | Aaron Hanford | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 149 | 52 | PL | Robert Sekulski | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | X
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| 150 | 52 | USma | Steve Stein | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 151 | 51 | UStx | Mike Crowder | 4 | 3 NT | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 152 | 51 | DE | Zuzana Herrmann | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 153 | 51 | SG | Xin Tong | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 154 | 51 | CAbc | Dauna Gustavson | 4 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 155 | 51 | CN | Ru Shangguan | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 156 | 51 | RU | Leonid Ulanovsky | 4 | 3 | X | 2 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 157 | 51 | USny | Franco Baseggio | 4 | 4 | X | 2 | 4 | 5
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| 158 | 51 | USnc | Everett Dyer | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 159 | 51 | USne | Ashish Agarwal | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 160 | 51 | US | Terry Regan | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 161 | 51 | CAon | Daniel Korbel | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 162 | 51 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 163 | 51 | USin | John Clark | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 164 | 51 | USmn | Peg Kaplan | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 165 | 51 | USca | Lynn Schwartz | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 2 | 3 | X
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| 166 | 51 | CAon | Allen McDonald | 3 NT | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 167 | 51 | USnc | Michael Lavine | 4 | 3 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 168 | 51 | TR | Osman Ozcan | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 169 | 51 | UStn | Sandy Singer | 4 | 3 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 170 | 51 | IN | Priya Ranjan Sinha | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 171 | 51 | USmo | Glenn Smith | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 172 | 51 | IN | Arvind Ranasaria | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5
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| 173 | 51 | USaz | Robb Gordon | 3 NT | 3 NT | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 174 | 51 | ES | Francisco Plana | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 175 | 51 | BG | Peter Ludnev | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 176 | 51 | USfl | Burt Berger | 4 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 177 | 51 | USny | Leonard Brum | 4 | 4 NT | 6 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 178 | 51 | ZA | Joe Steel | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 179 | 51 | SE | Bengt-Eric Fredriksson | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 180 | 51 | UStx | Claude Chimene | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 181 | 50 | USga | David Hemmer | 4 NT | 4 | X | 2 | 3 | X
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| 182 | 50 | SE | Robert Nordgren | 3 NT | 4 | X | 2 | 3 | 5
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| 183 | 50 | USny | Barry Rigal | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5
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| 184 | 50 | USdc | Simon Steel | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 185 | 50 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 186 | 50 | USoh | Craig Satersmoen | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 187 | 50 | USsc | Rajan Iyer | 4 | 4 NT | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 188 | 50 | UKsc | Paul Gipson | 3 NT | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | X
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| 189 | 50 | USil | Mark Ganzer | 3 NT | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 190 | 50 | USil | Frank Pancoe | 3 NT | 5 | X | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 191 | 50 | DE | Hans Fleischhack | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 192 | 50 | FR | Piotr Krajewski | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 193 | 50 | DE | Stefan Schmieder | 3 NT | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 194 | 50 | USca | Fred Flam | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 195 | 50 | USoh | Sterling Uhler | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 2 | 3 | X
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| 196 | 50 | USma | Vincent Harackiewicz | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | X
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| 197 | 50 | PL | Marcin Przywitowski | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 198 | 50 | EE | Allar Padari | 3 NT | 4 NT | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 199 | 50 | SE | Bjorn Ahlm | 4 | 4 | X | 4 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 200 | 50 | USmd | Christopher Miller | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 3 | 4 | X |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 50 | USnj | Dirk Enthoven | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 202 | 50 | USil | Mark Friedlander | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 203 | 50 | AU | Bob Geyer | 4 | 3 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 204 | 50 | USin | Joe Conte | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 205 | 50 | USca | Doug Burke | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | P
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| 206 | 50 | USnh | Gary Nute | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 207 | 50 | ZA | Carin Verburg | 4 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 208 | 50 | NL | Frans Buijsen | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 209 | 50 | DE | Nils Bokholt | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 210 | 50 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 211 | 50 | USmd | Richard Kvalnes | 3 NT | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 212 | 50 | IT | Roberto Olivotto | 3 NT | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 213 | 50 | USnc | Susan Warwick | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 214 | 50 | AU | Eric Hurley | 3 NT | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 215 | 50 | UKen | David Nolland | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 216 | 50 | DE | Christian Glubrecht | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5
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| 217 | 50 | USnc | Ed Harris | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 218 | 50 | TR | Hasan Gedik | 3 NT | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 219 | 50 | USfl | Mel Klein | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 220 | 50 | USfl | Alan Kravetz | 3 NT | 4 NT | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 221 | 50 | USva | Larry Kahn | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 2 | 4 | X
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| 222 | 49 | ID | Dayle Gilliatt | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 223 | 49 | USca | Sandy Barnes | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 224 | 49 | HK | Tommy Cho | 4 | 5 | X | 2 | 4 | X
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| 225 | 49 | TW | Hang Chang | 4 | 3 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 226 | 49 | USil | Bruce Scott | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | X
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| 227 | 49 | USny | Alvin Bluthman | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 228 | 49 | UKen | Ian Payn | 4 | 4 NT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 229 | 49 | SG | Yu Kevin | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | 5
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| 230 | 49 | UKen | Henry Day | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 231 | 49 | UStx | Herbert Wilton | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 232 | 49 | CH | John Weisweiler | 3 NT | 3 | X | 4 | 3 | X
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| 233 | 49 | IL | Amiram Millet | 4 | 3 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 234 | 49 | USmd | Rex Settle | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 235 | 49 | CAon | Susan Korbel | 3 NT | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 236 | 49 | ZA | Sid Ismail | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | P
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| 237 | 49 | SE | Andreas Westerlund | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | X
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| 238 | 49 | US | Ed Kibbie | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | X
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| 239 | 49 | USva | John Conover | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | X
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| 240 | 49 | IS | Omar Olgeirsson | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | X
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| 241 | 49 | CAbc | Joyce Munich | 3 NT | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 242 | 49 | USco | Bonnie Bagley | 3 NT | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 243 | 49 | FI | Jyri Tamminen | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 244 | 49 | UStx | John Stieber | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | X
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| 245 | 49 | GR | Theodore Karadimos | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | X
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| 246 | 49 | USma | Lesley Greenberg | 3 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | P
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| 247 | 49 | CApq | Hany Chehata | 4 | 3 | 3 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 248 | 49 | USdc | Jonathan Siegel | 3 NT | 4 | 3 NT | 2 | 3 | X
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| 249 | 48 | USwa | Josh Sinnett | 3 NT | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 250 | 48 | BE | Luc Segers | 3 NT | 4 NT | X | 3 | 4 | X
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| 251 | 48 | UKen | Michael Clark | 4 | 3 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 252 | 48 | AU | Bill Powell | 4 | 5 | X | 3 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 253 | 48 | NL | Teun Huijer | 4 NT | 4 | X | 3 | 3 | X
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| 254 | 48 | CAon | David Kurtz | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5
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| 255 | 48 | CA | Mike Beath | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 2 | 4 | X
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| 256 | 48 | USmn | Brian Weikle | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 257 | 48 | IN | Shaishav Parikh | 4 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 258 | 48 | USfl | Bijoy Anand | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5
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| 259 | 48 | RU | Nickolay Kuznetsov | 4 | 4 NT | X | 2 | 3 | X
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| 260 | 48 | HR | Frano Stanicic | 4 NT | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | X
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| 261 | 48 | CAyt | Bruce Beaton | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 3 | X
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| 262 | 48 | CAon | Mihail Neagu | 4 | 3 | 3 NT | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 263 | 48 | FM | Piotr Wiankowski | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 3 | 4 | X
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| 264 | 48 | UStx | Ira Hessel | 4 | 4 NT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 NT
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| 265 | 48 | USpa | Nancy Pickering | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 NT
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| 266 | 48 | USca | Al Goldspiel | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 2 | 4 | X
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| 267 | 48 | USca | Andy Lewis | 3 NT | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 268 | 48 | USor | Marylou Bert | 3 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5
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| 269 | 48 | NO | Magnus Skaar | 4 | 4 | 4 NT | 2 | 4 | X
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| 270 | 48 | USok | Dwayne Hoffman | 4 | 4 | X | 3 | 5 | 5
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| 271 | 48 | USca | Michael Kaplan | 4 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | P |
Names with accented or non-English letters have been converted to an English representation with a 26-letter alphabet. Many people use erratic capitalization, so I determine proper case by algorithm; if this does not correctly display your name, please advise and I will add it to the exception list. If you wish to contact someone whose name you see listed (such as a lost friend) give me permission to send your address to that person, then he or she can contact you. I will not give out e-mail addresses (these are private and go nowhere from me).
Location Ranking
This table lists all the participating locations, ranked by the average score of their entries. The “Best” column shows the best finish (by rank) of any player in that location. Locations with less than five entries are ineligible for the top ranking and grouped separately.
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
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| 1 | 53.60 | 16 | USmn | Minnesota | 5
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| 2 | 51.54 | 33 | USil | Illinois | 13
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| 3 | 50.86 | 1 | NO | Norway | 7
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| 4 | 50.40 | 92 | USmi | Michigan | 5
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| 5 | 50.00 | 7 | HK | Hong Kong | 5
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| 6 | 49.75 | 78 | USnc | North Carolina | 8
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| 7 | 49.62 | 12 | DE | Germany | 13
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| 8 | 49.32 | 9 | NL | Netherlands | 19
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| 9 | 49.20 | 20 | FI | Finland | 5
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| 10 | 49.11 | 2 | USca | California | 37
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| 11 | 49.00 | 23 | USma | Massachusetts | 9
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| 12 | 48.40 | 36 | FR | France | 5
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| 13 | 48.00 | 111 | USva | Virginia | 5
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| 14 | 47.86 | 49 | SI | Slovenia | 7
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| 15 | 47.78 | 13 | USnj | New Jersey | 9
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| 16 | 47.75 | 6 | USfl | Florida | 20
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| 17 | 47.40 | 116 | TW | Taiwan | 5
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| 18 | 46.81 | 27 | IN | India | 21
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| 19 | 46.80 | 29 | TR | Turkey | 10
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| 20 | 46.40 | 94 | SG | Singapore | 5
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| 21 | 46.21 | 75 | SE | Sweden | 14
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| 22 | 46.20 | 34 | IT | Italy | 5
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| 23 | 46.05 | 19 | CAon | Ontario | 19
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| 24 | 46.00 | 115 | CA | Canada | 5
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| 25 | 45.95 | 8 | AU | Australia | 20
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| 26 | 45.86 | 210 | HR | Croatia | 7
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| 27 | 45.69 | 61 | USny | New York | 13
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| 28 | 45.67 | 123 | RO | Romania | 9
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| 29 | 45.30 | 103 | UStx | Texas | 10
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| 30 | 45.20 | 131 | IL | Israel | 5
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| 31 | 45.03 | 31 | UKen | England | 29
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| 32 | 44.83 | 128 | GR | Greece | 6
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| 33 | 44.80 | 125 | UKsc | Scotland | 5
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| 34 | 44.50 | 154 | CAbc | British Columbia | 6
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| 35 | 44.33 | 163 | USin | Indiana | 6
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| 36 | 44.25 | 200 | USmd | Maryland | 8
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| 37 | 43.33 | 134 | CAab | Alberta | 6
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| 38 | 43.17 | 108 | US | United States | 12 |
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
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| 39 | 57.50 | 5 | USwi | Wisconsin | 2
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| 40 | 57.00 | 21 | RS | Serbia | 1
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| 41 | 56.00 | 45 | USri | Rhode Island | 1
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| 42 | 54.50 | 15 | USsc | South Carolina | 4
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| 43 | 54.00 | 22 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 3
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| 44 | 53.33 | 14 | PL | Poland | 3
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| 45 | 53.00 | 47 | USaz | Arizona | 2
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| 46 | 53.00 | 98 | CL | Chile | 1
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| 47 | 52.50 | 10 | USwa | Washington | 4
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| 48 | 52.00 | 120 | USla | Louisiana | 1
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| 49 | 51.00 | 121 | USnh | New Hampshire | 2
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| 50 | 51.00 | 159 | USne | Nebraska | 1
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| 51 | 51.00 | 169 | UStn | Tennessee | 1
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| 52 | 50.75 | 90 | ZA | South Africa | 4
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| 53 | 50.67 | 32 | JP | Japan | 3
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| 54 | 50.50 | 89 | BE | Belgium | 2
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| 55 | 50.33 | 81 | AR | Argentina | 3
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| 56 | 50.00 | 26 | PT | Portugal | 2
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| 57 | 50.00 | 186 | USoh | Ohio | 2
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| 58 | 49.67 | 3 | USok | Oklahoma | 3
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| 59 | 49.67 | 30 | CN | China | 3
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| 60 | 49.25 | 73 | CH | Switzerland | 4
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| 61 | 49.00 | 175 | BG | Bulgaria | 2
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| 62 | 49.00 | 240 | IS | Iceland | 1
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| 63 | 49.00 | 247 | CApq | Quebec | 1
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| 64 | 48.67 | 96 | ES | Spain | 3
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| 65 | 48.50 | 76 | HU | Hungary | 2
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| 66 | 48.33 | 156 | RU | Russia | 3
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| 67 | 48.33 | 184 | USdc | Washington DC | 3
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| 68 | 48.00 | 99 | USco | Colorado | 4
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| 69 | 48.00 | 261 | CAyt | Yukon | 1
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| 70 | 48.00 | 263 | FM | Micronesia | 1
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| 71 | 47.50 | 72 | USal | Alabama | 4
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| 72 | 47.25 | 181 | USga | Georgia | 4
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| 73 | 47.00 | 144 | NZ | New Zealand | 3
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| 74 | 47.00 | 268 | USor | Oregon | 2
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| 75 | 47.00 | 280 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 76 | 46.33 | 265 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 3
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| 77 | 46.00 | 300 | USme | Maine | 1
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| 78 | 46.00 | 308 | TH | Thailand | 1
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| 79 | 46.00 | 324 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 1
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| 80 | 46.00 | 333 | USak | Alaska | 1
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| 81 | 45.33 | 222 | ID | Indonesia | 3
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| 82 | 45.25 | 138 | DK | Denmark | 4
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| 83 | 45.00 | 198 | EE | Estonia | 2
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| 84 | 45.00 | 350 | BR | Brazil | 1
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| 85 | 43.00 | 392 | USnm | New Mexico | 1
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| 86 | 42.00 | 411 | USct | Connecticut | 1
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| 87 | 41.00 | 171 | USmo | Missouri | 3
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| 88 | 41.00 | 429 | CAmb | Manitoba | 1
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| 89 | 41.00 | 434 | IE | Ireland | 1
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| 90 | 40.00 | 447 | CY | Cyprus | 1
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| 91 | 38.00 | 468 | USnv | Nevada | 2
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| 92 | 37.00 | 479 | CZ | Czech Republic | 1
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| 93 | 35.50 | 312 | UK | United Kingdom | 2
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| 94 | 35.00 | 492 | AT | Austria | 1
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| 95 | 34.00 | 502 | UKni | Northern Ireland | 1
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| 96 | 33.00 | 473 | USks | Kansas | 2 |
Bot’s Eye View
I posed these bidding problems to some of the well-known bridge computer programs, and the results are tabulated below. (These results are not included in the “number of participants” shown above, nor in the calculation of the median or average score.) Most of the programs had different skill settings (thinking time), and this was set to the highest level. The scores and rankings, based on six specific problems, are not necessarily indicative of each program’s overall capability.
Congratulations to Bridge Baron, which topped all the bots on a tough set of problems. This was helped by “staying on the charts,” as most of the other programs had an errant answer, scoring zero: GIB bid 6 on Problem 2; Finesse Bridge passed on Problem 3; Micro Bridge passed on Problem 4; and Q-plus Bridge and Bridge Buff bid 3 NT on Problem 5. HAL, of course, did not suffer from these occasional aberrations (they were quite steady).
May 2001 Rankings
| Rank | Score | LC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 48 | US | Bridge Baron 11.0 | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X
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| 2 | 45 | JP | Micro Bridge 9.01 | 3 NT | 5 | X | P | 3 | X
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| 3 | 45 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 6.1 | 3 NT | 4 | X | 2 | 3 NT | X
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| 4 | 43 | US | Finesse Bridge 2.5 | 3 NT | 4 | P | 2 | 4 | X
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| 5 | 37 | US | GIB 4.1.2 | 3 NT | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | X
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| 6 | 34 | CA | Bridge Buff 8.0 | 3 NT | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 NT | P
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| 7 | 11 | US | HAL 9000 | 5 | 4 NT | 4 | 3 | 4 | P |
Bots Tested (alphabetical)
| Program | Author/Creator
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| Blue Chip Bridge | Ian Trackman and Mike Whittaker
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| Bridge Baron | Tom Throop and Stephen Smith
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| Bridge Buff | Doug Bennion
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| Finesse Bridge | Mark and Aaron Marin
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| GIB | Matthew Ginsberg
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| HAL | Someone with a warped mind
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| Micro Bridge | Tomio and Yumiko Uchida
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| Q-plus Bridge | Hans Leber |
© 2001 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
