Author: Marc Smith

Marc Smith visits the middle rounds of Heat 8 in the New Alt Competition  Last week, we left things after four matches with the Group A standings looking like this:  SALVO 55.57 VPs FREDIN 53.94 MOSS 39.59 VINITA 36.76 BLACK 29.93 ULI 24.21 Elsewhere, BUQQY (China, Pakistan, Bulgaria) hold a substantial lead over AMATEURS (USA)…

Marc Smith visits the final rounds of Heat 7 in the New Alt Competition With three matches remaining in this seventh heat of the regular monthly Alt competition, it was USA ahead of Sweden, Turkey and England. These were the standings in Group A: MOSS 88.79 VPs FREDIN 83.39 SALVO 79.67 BLACK 64.73 LEBOWITZ 60.69…

Marc Smith visits the knockout stage of the OCBL July Cup After four days of competition, the quarter-final stage of the Online Contract Bridge League’s July Cup are upon us. These were the line-ups (with the carryforward advantage shown in parenthesis): BLACK (8.1 IMPs) vs PIGOT DONNER (+6.1) vs SCHWARTZ BRAIN GLUCOSE (+3.1) vs HUNGARY…