              Marlboro Bermuda and Venice Cup
                       Beijing, China
                  October 8th - 21st, 1995
            Issue 14, Friday, October 20th, 1995
           Editor: Henry Francis and Brian Senior
                 This is the Final Bulletin
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                 1995 Marlboro Bermuda Bowl
                  Final:     USA II    338
                             Canada    295

Boards   16     32     48     64     80   1st Half
Canada   25     23     29     36      9      122
USA II   34     31     35     14     58      172

Boards   96    112    128    144    160   Result
Canada   35     22     42     53     22      295
USA II   34     56     34     12     39      338
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USA II  Edgar Kaplan (npc), Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman,
        Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth,
        Eric Rodwell

Canada  Irving Litvack (npc), Fred Gitelman,
        George Mittelman, Eric Kokish, Joey Silver
        Mark Molson, Boris Baran
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                  1995 Marlboro Venice Cup
                  Final:     USA I     248
                             Germany   312

Boards     16     32     48     64   1st Half
USA I      29     35     36     18     118
Germany    24     12     65     18     119

Boards     80     96    112    128    Final
USA I      57     36     28      9     248
Germany    23     45     55     70     312
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Germany   Z1, Klaus Reps (npc), Sabine Zenkel Auken,
              Marianne Moegel, Karin Caesar, Beate Nehmert,
              Andrea Rauschield, Daniela von Arnim

USA I     Z2, Steve Sandborn (npc), Karen McCallum,
              Kitty Munson, Rozanne Pollack, Carol
              Simon, Sue Picus, Kerri Sandborn
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                     World Hall of Fame

A World Hall of Fame is in the future for the World
Bridge Federation.  The first nominee for membership is
Edgar Kaplan of New York City, captain of the victorious
American team here in the Marlboro Bermuda Bowl.

Kaplan is very special in the world of bridge. In
addition to being a victorious captain, he also is a
major journalist as editor of The Bridge World, a world-
class player, an outstanding administrative bridge
official, the world's outstanding authority on the laws
of the game, and, as all who watched on Vugraph will
agree, an outstanding commentator.
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                LET A THOUSAND FLOWERS BLOOM
      By Ton Kooijman, Chief of Tournament Operations

We started the preparations for this championship a
couple of years ago.  In Chile I spent several hours
with the Chinese delegation, answering questions about
the organization. The only worry I had then was the
communications during this championship, my Chinese
being worse than their English, and I expressed my fear.
I also added "interpreters' to my 'equipment list'.

Arriving in Beijing two weeks ago I got not just
interpreters, they were also very pretty ladies and soon
appeared to be the 'pars pro toto' for the championships
as a whole. Once everything was explained and everybody
got their instructions, everybody knew what to do and every
request was fulfilled, without exception --and always with
an understanding smile. It was great to be among this group
of workers.

I want to express my greatest admiration for the dedication
shown by the recorders, who started practicing months ago
and who made this the first Bermuda Bowl/Venice Cup with 32
teams where all the hands were recorded, giving a wealth of
information for everyone interested.

The same dedication was shown by the caddies who had to
move more than 6000 boards, carrying only a couple at
one time. I liked the results boards working with the
same dedication, and not only looking very pretty, but
also performing very efficiently: up to date within half
an hour.

The main office did a great job, providing all the
information, producing at least 20.000 copies, and
preparing the playing rooms up to the smallest details
twice each day.

Don't let me forget to mention the duplication room, where
the only struggle they had was to deal with was the second
club ace hidden in a brand new deck of cards, which
occurred several times.

The Vugraph show was wonderful again, thanks of course
to the creator, but also to the high standard technical
equipment provided by the host, which also made working
in the Press Room and Daily Bulletin rooms a real joy,
the more so because both were headed by the most
experienced people we have to offer.  The staff working
at the desks --lineup, scoring and systems --completed
a first-rank crew.

I also would like to thank the tournament directors in
this world championship, with whom we cooperated in the
best possible way, they being alert towards our operations
in cases where we needed it most.

Using the dedication and experience of all the people the
Chinese Bridge Association had working in this event, the
future of bridge in China will be great. Let many thousands
of bridge players grow up as a result of their efforts.

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                      The Marlboro Cup

The Marlboro Cup, donated by Philip Morris, to be given to
the bridge federation that has shown the most improvement,
was given to the China Bridge Association.

The Chinese have made immense strides in bridge over
recent years -- it wasn't too long ago that bridge wasn't
even played in China. Contrast that with today.

The Chinese women's team, after qualifying tops in
their group in the round-robin, devastated Venezuela in
their quarterfinal match before being eliminated in the
semi-finals in a close match. The Chinese open team was
strong in the qualifying, finishing third in their group.
Then they made a fine showing in the quarterfinals,
losing by only 3 IMPs to France.

Yes, it is definitely true -- China now ranks among the
world powers in bridge.

William Webb, president of Philip Morris International, was
honored with the Order of Merit for the fine partnership he
has set up between his company and the WBF.
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                       Order of Merit

Five persons were honored with the Silver Merit of Order by
the World Bridge Federation in recognition of their support
of bridge and their activity in the game.

Those so recognized are Wan Li, honorary president of
the Chinese Bridge Association; Ding Guangen, senior
member of the Politburo; Li Tieying, state councillor; Li
Lanqin, Vice Prime Minister, and Wu Shaozu, minister in
charge of the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission,
and president of the Chinese Olympic Commission..
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   The Marlboro World Bridge Championships are now over.

Even though I was very confident of the international
cooperation with the team who manage this organization,
I am more than touched by the compliments which came from
you, the players themselves, as well as from the press
and officials.

We have made new friends here while we have had one of
the greatest events ever held. This is due to our mutual
understanding, even though we have had language problems
from time to time. But as Mr Li Lanqin, the Vice Prime
Minister, said, Bridge is the only universal language,
together with music.

All this means that I am very happy to thank first Mr. Wu
Shaozu, Minister of Sports, for all his support and the
Mayor of Beijing, Mr. Li Qiyan. Then the Chinese Bridge
Association, its President Mr. Rong Gaotang and all the
organizing team in particular Mr. Wan Siqan, Mr. Yi Hougao,
Mrs. Chen Zelan, Mr. Fan Guangshung, Mr. Dai Weiyong,
Mr. An Yong Bo, Mrs. Zhao Huizi, and Mrs. Yuan Bin.

On our side, our thanks go to Ton Kooijman, the Tournament
Manager; to Bill Schoder, Chief Tournament Director and his
team - Max Bavin, Richard Grenside and Qi Zhou; to Henry,
Francis and Brian Senior, co-editors of the Daily News,
George Panopoulos, Layout Editor, Chyah Burghard, Computer
Edition Layout Editor; to Gianni Baldi and Gianni Bertotto
in the Vugraph; to Ron Anderson, Barry Rigal, Patrick Huang
and Zhe Hong Guo for the commentary; to Chris Diment and
Beverly Kraft on the Systems Desk; to Simon Wiersema for
the duplication; to Patrick Chalard and Frederic Torrin for
the scoring video and to Patrick Jourdain and Evelyn Senn
of the IBPA.  A special word for the Press Room, managed by
Anna Gudge with Mark Newton supervising all the equipment.

For the first time in the history of bridge, some matches
have been broadcast live. For that too we are very grateful
to the Chinese Bridge Association and the CCTV.

But nothing would have been possible without the support of
Philip Morris Asia who sponsored the Marlboro Bermuda Bowl
and the Marlboro Venice Cup.

The World Bridge Federation would also like to record its
gratitude to Mr William Webb, the President of Philip
Morris International and to Mr Joseph Tcheng, the Asia
Director.

Technology and know-how, associated with goodwill and
superb sponsorship, are the ingredients of the success
we have been able to establish here. That is the reason
why we intend to return to China very soon. Not only on the
occasion of the Worldwide Bridge Contest, where we want to
find a particular place for the champions, but also for the
last step of an International Champions Circuit or for the
Inter-Continental Cup, all new events which we want to
build for the benefit of you, the players, who deserve
our thanks for your perfect participation and our
congratulations for the winners and medalists

See you next year in Rhodes, Greece, for the Olympiads,
with another innovation: a Transnational World Mixed Teams.

Have a safe trip home.

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