Scores 7W47  Main Challenge


July 2001 Scores


Analyses  by Richard Pavlicek

The “Bidding with Finess” bidding poll had 583 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.

Top 100101201301Location RankingBot’s Eye View

Participation Stats
Number of participants583
Number of locations97
Highest score60
Median score49
Lowest score28
Average score47.93

Top 100 Places

RankScoreLCName123456
160UKenMichael Clark3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
260UScaMilton Spinner3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
360NLMartin Bootsma3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
460USwaJosh Sinnett3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
560UScoEvelyn Ber3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
659USnyAlvin Bluthman3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
759USmnIrwin Boris3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
859CAnsGerald Murphy3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
959CAskFrank Roberts3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
1059USilWill Engel3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
1159USilFrank Pancoe3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
1259UKscMark Lincoln3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 S3 H
1359BEJean Kovalewski3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 S3 H
1459AUKieran Dyke3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
1559USctMarc Glickman3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
1659INVivek Joshi3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
1758USnjLeonard Helfgott3 H2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
1858USctMichael Cervantes3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 D4 H
1958UKenSimon MostynP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
2058UScaJeff TangP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
2158UKenNeil MorgensternP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
2258UScaJohn Hoffman3 D2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
2358UScaJerry RabinP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
2458CAonGabriel Nita-Saguna3 H2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
2558USwaItea GoldsteinP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
2658USflJohn LiporiP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
2758ROFelicia Chelu3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 S3 H
2858USmiHoward Abrams3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 D4 H
2957UScaJohn R. Mayne3 H2 NT4 D2 S3 S3 H
3057IDDayle Gilliatt3 D2 NT4 D2 S4 D3 H
3157USilDavid WetzelP2 NT4 D2 D3 D4 H
3257UKenAnthony Golding3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 C
3357CAonSusan Korbel3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 C
3457USazRobb GordonP2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
3557CAbcBruce MacDonald3 H2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
3657UKniRobin Burns3 D2 NT5 D2 S3 D3 H
3757USorTodd AndersonP2 NT4 D2 D3 S3 H
3857USorMarylou Bert3 H2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
3957GRAngelo GiokarisP2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
4057UScaAndy Lewis3 D2 NT4 D3 D3 D3 H
4157USohMark Rishavy3 D2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
4257ITStefano BiciocchiP2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
4357USmoJonathan Goldberg3 D2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
4457USmaBob Boudreau3 H2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
4557USilGeorge KlemicP2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
4656NOMagnus Skaar3 D2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 C
4756FIJyri Tamminen3 H2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 C
4856UScaVic Sartor3 D2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
4956UScaPhil Clayton3 H2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 C
5056ZABernard Donde3 H2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
5156USEvelyn Gerke3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 NT3 H
5256USndJarek WyganowskiP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 C
5356UKenCharlotte Vine3 H2 NT4 D3 D3 D3 H
5456ILSteve Rogers3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 D
5556TROsman OzcanP2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
5656UStxAlbert Sekac3 H2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 C
5756PLJacek GackowskiP2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
5856UScaGary Schneider3 H2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
5956DKIb Christian Bank3 D2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 C
6056USTeo Dell’AmicoP2 NT4 D2 S3 D4 H
6156UScaPaul Boudreau3 H2 NT5 D2 S3 D3 H
6256SIMetod GantarPP4 D2 D3 D3 H
6356ITAlessandra La Spina3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 NT3 H
6455JPMark LaForge3 DP2 S2 D3 D3 H
6555USwaKeller WightmanP2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 D
6655JPTong Xu3 H3 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
6755INKrishna Chakravartula3 DP2 S2 D3 D3 H
6855AUDinu RaducanuP2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
6955NLRik ter VeenP2 NT5 D2 S3 D3 H
7055UScaMichael MossPP4 D2 D3 S3 H
7155USnyJack PresserP2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 C
7255UKenDarren CotterellP2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
7355USmdDon Berman3 H2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
7455UScaDennis KiblerP2 NT5 D2 S3 D3 H
7555USflAlan Kravetz3 H2 NT2 S2 D3 S3 H
7655UScaFred Zhang3 D2 NT2 S2 S3 D4 H
7755USnvRichard Coates3 D2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
7855UScaTim Offensend3 H2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
7955CApqBert Eccles3 H2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
8055USflBijoy Anand3 D2 NT5 D2 D3 D3 D
8155UKenMike Saunders3 H2 NT5 D2 D3 S4 H
8255FIJuha TamminenP2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
8355USgaGeorge Lathbury3 H2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
8455USJohn Kinney3 D2 NT5 D3 D3 D3 H
8555USnyKevin Bathurst2 S2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
8654USilDonald LinkP3 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
8754USnyNicholas France3 H2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
8854ILAran Warszawski3 HP5 D2 D3 D4 H
8954INVenkatesh Ramaratnam3 H2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
9054USflMabel Pavlicek3 HP5 D2 D3 D4 H
9154USilMark Ganzer3 HP4 D2 S3 D3 C
9254CAnsBrian Hansen2 S2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 C
9354USvaRick Bingham3 D2 NT3 D2 D3 D4 H
9454USflKaren Raphaelson3 D2 NT5 D2 D3 NT3 H
9554USnyGerry WildenbergP2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
9654UKenGordon Rainsford3 H2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
9754ITGiovanni Bobbio3 D2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 C
9854NLThijs Veugen3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D2 NT
9954SERobert Tell3 H2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
10054UScaDan Hugh-JonesP2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H

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Places 101-200

RankScoreLCName123456
10154USmaVincent Harackiewicz3 H2 NT4 D3 D4 D3 H
10254DKJacob Ron3 H2 NT4 D2 H3 D3 H
10354UScaJan NathanP2 NT4 D2 D3 NT3 H
10454ATAnton FischerPP4 D2 D3 D3 C
10554UScoRobert Johnson3 D2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 H
10654UScaSteve Mager3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 D2 NT
10754USvaLarry KahnP2 NT2 S2 D3 D4 H
10854UStxBilly Leeper3 H2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
10954USnyLeonard BrumP3 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
11054AUEric Hurley3 HP4 D2 D3 D3 D
11154USmnBrian Weikle3 D3 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
11254USmsPat LacervaP3 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
11354USncRichard PaulP2 NT5 D2 S3 D4 H
11454USokVelma KubiakP2 NT4 D3 D3 D4 H
11554UScaAnne BellP3 NT4 D2 D3 D3 H
11654UKenDean Rivers3 D2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 H
11754USnyFranco Baseggio3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 NT4 H
11854USmeTim Goodwin3 H2 NT2 S2 S3 D4 H
11954NLOnno Eskes3 D2 NT5 D2 S4 D4 H
12054DEStefan SchmiederP2 NT4 D2 S3 D3 D
12153USflJeanni BlumeP2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
12253UScaMike Preston3 D2 NT3 D2 S3 D4 H
12353NLFrans Buijsen2 S2 NT4 D2 D3 D3 D
12453CAbcMike HargreavesP2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
12553UKenAlan Wilson3 D2 NT4 D2 NT3 D3 H
12653USmdJoe BotkinP2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
12753USlaTed MorrisP2 NT4 D2 H3 D3 H
12853HRMiro TeslaP2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
12953USJohn Mier3 D2 NT4 D3 D3 S3 D
13053EGAndrew de SosaP2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
13153AUBill Jacobs3 H2 NT2 S2 D3 S3 C
13253FRJean-Claude DuongP2 NT5 D3 D3 D3 H
13353USorBob LeightonP2 NT4 D2 D3 NT4 H
13453UKenGareth Birdsall2 SP4 D2 D3 S3 H
13553BGRadoslav Radev3 H2 NT4 D2 S3 D2 NT
13653UKenMichael ScanlonP2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
13753USflEdith MorrisP2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
13853AUGary Brown2 S2 NT5 D2 S3 D3 H
13953SEBjorn Ahlm2 S2 NT5 D2 S3 D3 H
14053CApqPeter Schwartz3 H2 NT2 S2 D3 D3 D
14153NLPeter HardyPP5 D2 D3 D4 H
14253UScaHarold SimonP2 NT2 S2 D4 D3 H
14353USflLance Marrou3 DP5 D2 S4 D3 H
14453CAbcSamuel KriklerP2 NT4 D2 S4 D3 C
14553CZStanislav Kolaci3 D2 NT5 D2 S3 NT3 H
14653HRVedran ZoricP2 NT2 S2 S3 D4 H
14753PLArek Kulawik3 DP3 D2 D3 D3 H
14853USvaRusty Krauss3 H2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 H
14952INKaizad Anklesaria2 S2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
15052FRMukesh ChandakP2 NT5 D2 D3 NT3 H
15152EEMeelis Tiitson2 S2 NT4 D2 D3 NT3 H
15252CAnsBryson Crowell3 H2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 D
15352USarJane Gaer3 D2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 C
15452SIJanko MijocPP2 S2 S3 D3 H
15552USscBetty HillP2 D4 D2 D3 D3 H
15652UStxJustin LallPP2 S2 S3 D3 H
15752SEArne JordestedtP3 NT4 D2 D4 D3 H
15852CAonDavid Grainger2 S2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
15952AUBill Hearn3 D2 NT3 D3 D3 D3 H
16052CAabNicolae Vartosu3 D3 NT5 D2 D3 D3 C
16152UStxColeen PalmerP2 NT5 D2 D3 NT3 H
16252NOTrym Hansen3 H3 NT5 D2 D3 S3 H
16352SGKevin Lee3 D2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 C
16452UScaEric Leong3 HP5 D2 S3 D3 C
16552USilMark Friedlander3 H2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 C
16652CAonJonathan SteinbergP2 NT5 D2 D3 NT3 H
16752USflFrank Nankin3 D3 NT4 D3 D3 D4 H
16852DKBjorn Rem3 D2 NT5 D3 D4 D4 H
16952PLMarcin PrzywitowskiPP4 D2 S3 D3 D
17052SEPeter Karlsson3 H2 NT5 D2 D3 D2 NT
17152ITAntonio de GregorioP2 NT3 D2 D3 S3 H
17252GRAnna Terezaki3 D2 NT3 D2 S4 D3 H
17352FRClaude Biberian2 S2 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
17452UScaRon JacksierP2 NT4 D3 D4 D4 H
17552UScaDoug BurkeP2 NT5 D2 D3 NT3 H
17652CAonGord MurrayP2 NT2 S3 D3 D3 H
17752USflMarcia Greenstein3 HP5 D2 S3 D3 C
17852HKSimon CheungP2 NT2 S2 D3 S3 C
17952CAonMalcolm Ewashkiw3 D3 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
18051UScaSandy BarnesP2 NT3 D2 D4 D3 H
18151AUPeter Gill2 S2 NT2 S2 S3 D4 H
18251USnyBarry Rigal3 H2 NT2 S3 D4 D3 H
18351ROFlorin Constantin2 S3 NT4 D2 D3 S3 H
18451USmaLeo Zelevinsky3 H2 NT3 D3 D3 D3 H
18551USiaWilliam Campbell2 S3 NT4 D2 S3 D3 H
18651UScaJojo SarkarP3 NT5 D2 D3 S3 H
18751INArvind Ranasaria3 D2 NT2 S2 D3 S2 NT
18851SITomaz Butina3 D3 NT2 S2 S3 S3 H
18951USinBrian Ross3 DP2 S2 S3 S3 C
19051USwaMichael Dodson3 H3 NT4 D2 D3 NT3 H
19151SEAndy BrowningP2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 C
19251UKenPhilip SmithP2 NT2 S2 D3 NT3 H
19351USnyBruce RossP3 NT2 S2 D3 D3 H
19451NZDerek MallochP2 NT3 D2 S3 S3 H
19551UKenDavid Levene3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 H3 H
19651UScaRob Stevens3 HP4 D2 S3 D2 NT
19751SIJure Vehovec3 D2 NT5 D3 D3 S3 D
19851UKenAndy Holland3 D3 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
19951ARLuis Argerich2 S2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
20051TRAydin Gursel2 S2 NT4 D2 H3 D3 H

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Places 201-300

RankScoreLCName123456
20151USazMax JohnsonP2 NT2 S3 D3 D4 H
20251UScaTysen Streib3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 H3 H
20351HUImre Csiszar2 S2 NT4 D2 D3 D2 NT
20451NLLeo JongensP2 NT5 D2 S3 NT3 H
20551USmaJonathan WeinsteinPP4 D2 D3 D2 NT
20651USgaJulie KatzmanP2 NT3 D2 S3 D4 H
20751ZACarin VerburgP2 NT3 D2 D3 D3 C
20851UKenDave Maeer3 H2 NT5 D3 D3 D3 D
20951USvaDarwin Afdahl3 H2 NT2 S3 D3 D3 C
21051NLLutsen Jansen3 D2 NT5 D2 D4 D2 NT
21151UScaTom McGuireP2 NT5 D2 H3 D3 H
21251UKenMark Lehto3 DP3 D2 D3 D3 C
21351AUKeith BarriePP3 D2 D3 D3 H
21451DERainer Herrmann3 H2 NT4 D2 S4 D2 NT
21551TWHang Chang3 H2 NT4 D3 D3 D2 NT
21651UStxRobert Sparks3 H2 NT2 S2 D4 D3 D
21751USflFitzhugh O’Neill3 H2 NT5 D2 H3 D4 H
21851CApqMarcel BoudreaultP2 NT2 S2 D3 NT3 H
21951PLTomasz RadkoP2 NT4 D2 D3 NT3 D
22051TRTayfun OzbeyP2 NT5 D3 D3 D3 C
22151UKenDavid MorranP3 NT4 D2 D3 S3 C
22251SERoger KarlssonP2 NT3 D2 S3 S3 H
22350INP.S. RaghavanP2 NT4 D2 D3 H3 H
22450USalBob SimkinsP2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 C
22550UKenBen CowlingP2 NT3 D3 D3 D3 H
22650UKenJohn Reardon2 S2 NT4 D2 S3 D2 NT
22750BESebastien Louveaux2 S3 NT5 D2 D3 D3 H
22850USncRobert TamlynP2 NT3 D2 D4 D4 H
22950UKenTom Hamilton3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 H4 H
23050NLGraard Steenbakkers3 H3 NT5 D2 S3 D3 C
23150ISHeidar Sigurjonsson3 D2 D5 D2 S3 D4 H
23250AUBill Powell3 D2 NT4 D3 D3 NT3 D
23350FRAndrei Varlan2 S2 NT2 S3 D3 D3 H
23450CAonPaul Janicki3 D2 NT4 D2 D3 H3 C
23550USnyJim Dooley3 H2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 D
23650SEDick Andersson3 DP4 D2 D3 H3 H
23750UScaRobert EnglePP2 S2 S3 S4 H
23850UKenDean StrachanP2 NT4 DP3 D3 H
23950RORadu BlejeruP3 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
24050SIEgon Novak3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 H4 H
24150CAnsGlenda HansenP3 NT2 S2 S3 D3 H
24250INGowniyan Vaideeshwar3 H3 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
24350USflPaul KubiakP2 NT4 D2 D3 H3 H
24450DKJohan Hammelev3 H3 NT5 D2 S3 D3 C
24550USnyKai-Ching LinP3 NT5 D2 S3 D4 H
24650USakRick KellyP2 NT3 D2 D4 D4 H
24750USmsMichele HolmP3 NT5 D2 D3 D3 C
24850INK.V. RanganathP2 NT2 S3 D3 S4 H
24950UKenCarlos Dabezies3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 H4 H
25050NOSvein Erik Dahl2 S2 NT3 D2 S3 D3 H
25150CHDima Nikolenkov3 D3 NT2 S2 S3 S4 H
25250RODaniel MoisaP3 NT2 S2 D3 S3 H
25350USmdMitch EdelmanP2 NT2 S3 D3 S4 H
25450DEJulius LindePP3 D2 S3 D3 H
25550UScaCharles ThompsonP2 NT3 D3 D3 D3 H
25650UKenIan Coombs3 D2 NT3 D2 D3 NT4 H
25750USokFrances Dolan3 H2 NT4 D2 D3 H4 H
25850AUMerrelyn DalyPP3 D2 S3 D3 H
25950INSivakumar Salem3 H3 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
26050CARobert Williams3 H2 NT2 S2 S3 D2 NT
26150HUJozsef SzikszaiP2 NT5 D2 S3 NT4 H
26250INArvind Srinivasan3 H2 NT2 S2 S4 D3 D
26350TWWen-Lung HuangP2 NT4 D2 D3 H3 H
26450HREnes DizdarevicP2 NT4 D2 D3 H3 H
26550PLRobert SekulskiP2 NT4 D2 S4 D2 NT
26650USmdRichard KvalnesPP5 D3 D3 S3 H
26750UKscGeoffrey Linnitt3 D2 NT4 D2 S3 H4 H
26849USscAl Kimel3 H2 NTP2 D3 D3 C
26949CAmbGlenn Roberts3 H3 NT5 D2 D3 NT3 H
27049FIPekka NiemistoP3 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
27149USflJohn VegaPP3 D2 D3 D3 C
27249UKenJonathan JacobsP3 NT3 D2 D3 D3 H
27349DEUwe GebhardtP2 NT3 D2 D3 NT3 H
27449NLRosalind Hengeveld2 S3 NT4 D2 D3 S3 C
27549CAonDaniel Korbel3 HP4 D2 S3 D3 NT
27649UScaGrant PeacockP3 NT4 D2 D3 D2 NT
27749CAabDerek Martin3 D2 NT3 D2 S3 NT4 H
27849USilJames Hudson3 H2 NT3 D2 D3 NT4 H
27949USflJane ChampionP2 NT2 S2 D3 NT3 C
28049SIAleksandra Jesenicnik3 D2 NT4 D3 D3 H3 H
28149UKscNigel GuthrieP2 NT4 D2 S3 S3 NT
28249UScoColleen GormanP2 NT3 D2 D3 NT3 H
28349CAabDaniel Bertrand3 H2 NT3 D2 H3 D3 H
28449UScaAl GoldspielP2 NT4 D2 NT3 D3 C
28549NZMark HangartnerP3 NT2 S2 D3 D3 C
28649UKenMike IsaacsPP2 S2 S3 S3 C
28749TRAyhan SungurP2 NTP2 D3 S3 H
28849ESIgnacio Torres3 H2 NT3 D2 D3 D2 NT
28949USinKenneth WoodmanPP2 S3 D3 S3 H
29049USmnMike CasselP2 NT2 S3 D3 D3 D
29149BGPeter Ludnev2 S2 NT4 D3 D3 NT3 H
29249UStxAlbert Lochli3 D3 NT4 D3 D3 NT3 H
29349AUBob GeyerP3 NT5 D2 S3 S4 H
29449INSubhash Gupta3 H2 NT2 S2 H3 D3 C
29549USmdSam YouP2 NT3 D2 D3 NT3 H
29649INManoj Kumar Nair3 D2 NT2 S2 D3 H3 H
29749PTManuel Paulo3 D3 NT2 S2 S3 S3 C
29849NOOla Lones2 S2 NT3 D2 S3 S3 H
29949BEJean Verbeke3 D2 NT5 D2 NT3 S4 H
30049NOIngar LundP2 NT3 D2 D3 NT3 H

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All Others Above Average

RankScoreLCName123456
30149CAnsJim Sotvedt3 D3 NT3 D2 S3 D4 H
30249USohFrank ScaliP2 NT3 D2 D3 NT3 H
30349CLConstantino Sifaqui2 S2 NT5 D2 S3 NT3 H
30449ROVali Enache2 SP4 D2 D3 NT4 H
30549USflWilliam Slepin3 D3 NT3 D2 D4 D3 H
30648USilRobert Brock3 D2 D3 D2 D3 D4 H
30748UScaJames HopkinP3 NT3 D2 D3 D4 H
30848NLBas LodderP3 NT3 D2 D3 S3 H
30948GRTasos KoukouselisP2 NT5 D2 D3 H3 H
31048USohBruce Moore3 H3 NT2 S2 S3 D3 D
31148INGopichand AnneP3 NT5 D3 D3 S3 H
31248USmeMike Charles2 SP2 S2 D3 D3 D
31348CHOlivier La Spada3 H3 NT3 D2 D3 D3 C
31448UScaMartin HertzP3 NT2 S2 D3 S3 C
31548NLWim van RoonP3 NT5 D2 D3 NT3 H
31648UScoDavid Caprera3 H2 NT3 D2 S3 D2 NT
31748USnyKenneth HermanP2 NT2 NT2 D3 D4 H
31848USvaJohn Montgomery3 H3 NT4 D3 D3 NT3 H
31948NLAnton van UitertPP2 S2 D3 D2 NT
32048NOThomas Haukland2 S2 NT4 D2 D3 H3 H
32148PTRodrigo Cunha3 D3 NT2 S2 D3 D2 NT
32248NOHarald Plahter3 D3 NT5 D2 S3 NT4 H
32348BGTchavdar Nikolov3 D3 NT2 S2 H3 D3 H
32448UKenTom Oag3 D2 D4 D2 S3 NT4 H
32548USflBob Bernhard3 H2 NT2 S3 D3 NT4 H
32648USmaSteve Stein3 H3 D4 D2 D4 D3 H
32748TWSuyu ChiuP2 NT5 D2 D3 H3 H
32848USgaMary Calhoun3 D2 D3 D2 S3 D3 H
32948NZDean EidlerP3 NT4 D2 S4 D3 D

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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.

RankAverageBestLCLocationEntries
152.334USwaWashington6
251.7510USilIllinois12
351.3357PLPoland6
450.051UKenEngland39
550.0035CAbcBritish Columbia5
649.807USmnMinnesota5
749.6012UKscScotland5
849.536USnyNew York19
949.508CAnsNova Scotia8
1049.422UScaCalifornia52
1149.40128HRCroatia5
1249.17132FRFrance6
1348.9056UStxTexas10
1448.8693USvaVirginia7
1548.763NLNetherlands21
1648.5644USmaMassachusetts9
1748.4359DKDenmark7
1848.3662SISlovenia11
1948.0046NONorway9
2047.9042ITItaly10
2147.6499SESweden11
2247.5814AUAustralia19
2347.5826USflFlorida31
2447.00120DEGermany8
2546.8273USmdMaryland11
2646.8050ZASouth Africa5
2746.5716INIndia23
2846.5055TRTurkey8
2946.5083USgaGeorgia6
3046.3051USUnited States10
3145.83160CAabAlberta6
3245.80135BGBulgaria5
3345.4017USnjNew Jersey5
3445.0027RORomania12
3544.2224CAonOntario23
3644.00178HKHong Kong5
3743.60260CACanada5
3843.50113USncNorth Carolina6
3943.00215TWTaiwan8

RankAverageBestLCLocationEntries
4058.0028USmiMichigan1
4157.0036UKniNorthern Ireland1
4256.0052USndNorth Dakota1
4354.0015USctConnecticut3
4454.00104ATAustria1
4553.3347FIFinland3
4653.0079CApqQuebec3
4753.00130EGEgypt1
4853.00145CZCzech Republic1
4952.755UScoColorado4
5052.5037USorOregon4
5152.00112USmsMississippi2
5251.6764JPJapan3
5351.3341USohOhio3
5451.009CAskSaskatchewan2
5551.00118USmeMaine2
5651.00185USiaIowa1
5750.2539GRGreece4
5850.0013BEBelgium4
5950.00189USinIndiana2
6050.00231ISIceland1
6150.00246USakAlaska1
6249.5043USmoMissouri2
6349.50127USlaLouisiana2
6449.00251CHSwitzerland2
6549.00269CAmbManitoba1
6649.00303CLChile1
6748.7554ILIsrael4
6848.0030IDIndonesia2
6948.00114USokOklahoma3
7048.00155USscSouth Carolina3
7148.00288ESSpain2
7247.50194NZNew Zealand4
7347.50224USalAlabama2
7447.33297PTPortugal3
7547.0034USazArizona4
7647.00343USdcWashington DC2
7745.50153USarArkansas2
7845.33163SGSingapore3
7944.67203HUHungary3
8044.33199ARArgentina3
8144.00411USwiWisconsin1
8244.00420CApePrince Edward Island1
8343.00367UStnTennessee2
8443.00454THThailand1
8542.67396USnhNew Hampshire3
8642.33407CNChina3
8742.00151EEEstonia4
8842.00439RURussia2
8941.5077USnvNevada2
9041.50402IEIreland2
9141.00498USpaPennsylvania1
9241.00504USksKansas1
9341.00514LVLatvia1
9440.00517RSSerbia1
9540.00520CAytYukon1
9636.00561USneNebraska1
9731.00578USnmNew Mexico1

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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.

Congrats to Finesse Bridge! Curiously, this month’s bot champ is the only free program of the lot. (HAL is actually better than free as its latest marketing strategy is to pay you to take it.) Bridge Baron, the winner of my last two bidding polls, had an off month; or at least the problems were not to its liking. The fact that none of the bots broke average suggests that human superiority will be around for awhile.

Problem 2 created a predicament because only one program (Q-plus Bridge) had the systemic option to allow (and hence, to understand) a natural, limited 2 C opening (a la Precision). Rather than skip the problem, it seemed like more fun to let the other programs wing it; so I fed them the same auction as if 2 C were strong and artificial. Micro Bridge apparently took the double as takeout for the majors (else why 2 S?) and most of the others as some kind of takeout (only Blue Chip Bridge left it in). Obviously, this taints the comparisons; but as I see it, my polls don’t allow people to abstain, so why should the bots be any different?

July 2001 Rankings
RankScoreLCProgram version123456
146USFinesse Bridge 2.5P3 NT4 DP3 D3 H
243UKBlue Chip Bridge 3.4.3PP3 D2 D3 H3 H
342USGIB 4.1.2P2 NT3 C2 S3 D2 NT
441JPMicro Bridge 9.01P2 S3 D2 D3 NT3 H
541DEQ-plus Bridge 6.1P2 NTP2 H3 NT3 H
634CABridge Buff 8.0P2 D3 D2 D3 NTP
732USBridge Baron 11.0P2 D2 NT3 D3 H3 H
87USHAL 90002 NT3 D2 NT3 NT3 HP

Bots Tested (alphabetical)
ProgramAuthor/Creator
Blue Chip BridgeIan Trackman and Mike Whittaker
Bridge BaronTom Throop and Stephen Smith
Bridge BuffDoug Bennion
Finesse BridgeMark and Aaron Marin
GIBMatthew Ginsberg
HALSomeone with a warped mind
Micro BridgeTomio and Yumiko Uchida
Q-plus BridgeHans Leber

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© 2001 Richard Pavlicek