Results and Winners Bidders Challenge 2022-12

The Top Bidders for Set 2022-12

This was perhaps the hardest set of the year, with the highest-ranked member of the panel recording a score of only 75/80, and less than half of the panel scoring in the 70s. Congratulation are therefore due to the three co-winners this month (including Alexander, who not only matched his winning score from last month but also won the annual competition), on their score of 79/80.

Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney, Australia

Bob B Oudreau (bonafide57) from United States and,

Hanoi Rondon (hanoi5) from Santiago, Chile

Alexander has been playing competitive bridge for around 20 years. He is a versatile bidder, playing four systems with four partners - Standard American, 2-over-1, a strong club variant based on the original Polish Club; and Standard Modern Precision. He is in the running to win the Australian Bridge Magazine bidding forum and he is the winner of the 2022 BBO annual competition.

Hanoi Rondón is a bridge teacher who has been in love with the game from the moment he discovered his first bridge article in a newspaper some 27 years ago. Originally from Venezuela, he currently lives in Chile. He teaches bridge online and has a YouTube channel called ‘Bridge Entretenido’. After finishing second in the 2021 annual competition, he again placed in the Top 10 in 2022.

Also on the December 'Roll of Honour':

With a score of 78/80:

Stephen Merriman (smerriman) from New Zealand

and, with a score of 77/80:

Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadtairs, Kent, England and,

Bob Gorsey (bibgorsey) from United States

The average score this month was 46.84, down from up from 48.52 last month. For the third month in a row, we again topped 3,000 entries this month.

With more than 3,000 entries this month, you need to score 68/80 or more to make the December leader-board, and honourable mentions go to all of those who managed that:

PlayerScore
Bob Boudreau (Bonafide57) From United States79
Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Providencia79
Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney, Australia79
Stephen Merriman (smerriman) from New Zealand78
Bob Gorsey (Bobgorsey) From United States77
Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs, United Kingdom77
Nurhayat Ozorhan (Ulusdh) From Turkey77
Juliano Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Seixal Portugal76
Daniel Kenney (Dkenney) From United States76
Rick Prouser (Rickprou) From United States75
Sam Milker (Samiam1) From United States75
Boris Merson (Akvir) From Georgia75
Earle Fergusson (Fergus) From Canada75
Jacob Freeman (Jacob04) From Canada75
Jane Walders (Quaranbrdg) From New Zealand75
Hal Montgomery (Phlpdx) From United States74
Pat Johnson (Lefkoskarp) From United Kingdom74
Paul Boudreau (Pons_) From United States74
Charles Musgrove (Charleymus) From United States74
Heather Macgregor (Cakedec) From United States74
John Jeffrey (John_J) From United States74
John Klayman (Thesqueeze) From United States74
John Leonard (Jo07702) From United States73
Howard Arcand (Leonhild) From Canada73
Luis Folque (Luis Carlo) From Portugal73
Bill Wisdom (Billywiz) From United States73
Corey Cole (Coreycole) From United States73
Matthew Merzbacher (Mmerz) From United States73
Theo Colettis (Theokole) From Canada73
Lazaros Karagiannopoulos (Lazkar) From Greece73
John Gracie (Hadtodoit2) From Canada73
Ken Penton (Panoramak) From Canada73
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA, USA73
Christophe Carde (Chcarde) From France72
Dean Swallow (Dswallow) From United Kingdom72
Bob Pratt (Rjp10) From Canada72
Len Doerksen (Tuxedo) From Canada72
Silvia Sacco (Sissi_It71) From Italy72
Boris Nedev (Borisssss) From United Kingdom72
Dave Bugay (hikerdave1) from United States72
Bert Hackney (toast1) from United States72
Paul Sontag (Pgs58) From Canada72
Josh Sinnett (oshoj) from Bellingham, WA, United States72
Rf Rabbit (Rfrabbit) From Netherlands71
Michael Kammermeier (Picasso) From Germany71
Marel Bates (Outoturn) From United States71
Gianluca Bergami (Giangibar) From Switzerland71
Judith Merrill (Jamerl) From United States71
Mike Giacama (Mikegstl) From United States71
Bernard Laugier (Boubou13) From France71
Mohan Attaluri (Mohan_Hal) From India71
Dave Moules (Dmoules99) From United Kingdom71
Kevin Podsiadlik (Kjpod) From United States71
William Greenspan (Wgreenspan) From United States71
Barbara Cesari (Baby14) From Italy71
George Viens (Georgevien) From United States71
Steve Parker (Spcompro) From United States71
Claude Candillier (capri13) from Peyrolles en Provence, France 71
Stephen Cooper (Scoop) From Canada71
Paul Dubois (pottsca) from El Cajon, CA USA71
Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest71
Richard Bickley (sheer luck) from Canada71
John Rayner (Rayndear) From Canada71
Shiuming Huang (Shiuming) From United States70
Wayne Baxter (Wcbxtr) From Canada70
Valarie Remmers (Vremmers) From United States70
Dkdkd Kdidfi (Tuy) From Australia70
Wes Peirce (Westex37) From United States70
Barry Bragin (Bbragin) From United States70
Gary Stoller (Garstoller) From Canada70
Philip Baer (Omarheum) From Canada70
Erdem Ozturk (Brdgbegin) From Turkey70
Brett Kunin (Brettnj) From United States70
Sarper Uslupehlivan (Sarpinsarp) From Turkey70
William Ravreby (Ravw00) From United States70
Manfred Postma (Mpostma) From Netherlands70
Chris Panagopoulos (Greek_God) From United States70
Cynthia Balderson (Cbalderson) From United States70
Rawy Shediac (Rshediac) From United States70
Robert Adelman (Bobade) From United States70
Michael van Gulik (Bananatree) from Belleville Canada70
Robert Lavin (Bridgboy1) From United States70
Bob Defreyne (Duff1964) From Canada70
George Jacobs (Georgej) From United States70
Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France70
Stefan Achilles (Stefana) From Germany70
Karle Joys (kjoys) from Canada70
Özgür Sayın (Kayzer) From Turkey70
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) from United Kingdom70
William Crook (Avadakedav) From United Kingdom69
Ralph Evers (Ralphevers) From United Kingdom69
Peder Olrog (Pederolr) From Sweden69
Haiping Yan (Ha1Pingy) From United States69
Martin Vasar (Mvasar) From Estonia69
Amy Casanova (Cricket75) From United States69
Kartick Mitra (Mitra_43) From India69
Dan Morgenstern (Dmdockayak) From United States69
Ignacio Jover (Nachojc) From Spain69
Karen Allison (Kareno) From United States69
Om Chokriwala (Columbo91) From United States69
Catherine Seale (Dedom) From United Kingdom69
Svet Stavrev (Dss2004) From Switzerland69
Marielle Hitti (Mia 7) From Lebanon69
Serkan Unal (Srknunal) From Turkey69
Harry Hjorth Warlenius (Hwarlenius) From Sweden69
Lynn Bartz (Write2Lynn) From United States69
Michele Cammarata (Camma) From Italy69
John Krueger (Estes05) From United States69
Nick Stevens (Scottie9) From United Kingdom69
Peter Becker (Pebe) From Germany69
Dan Moraru (Danmo) From Romania69
Morrie Kleinplatz (Amulet1) From Canada69
Carles Acero (Orzuelo) From Spain69
Luka Žunić (Behemont1) From Croatia69
David Vivian (Jammo3369) From Australia69
Va Ena (fachiru) from Taos NM, United States69
John R Mayne (JRMayne) from Modesto, CA, United States69
Nick Roubeglis (Rglis) from Greece69
Tobias Bern (xtober) from Sweden69
Cindy Stewart (Queenask) From Canada68
Gary Yant (Garyyant) From United States68
Yusuf Sohtorik (Yusufb) From Turkey68
Dominika Lucka (Lucekyiy) From Poland68
Fabrizio Nodrini (Galatabrid) From Italy68
Jose Manuel Blanco Baiges (Cartostiko) From Spain68
Ali Uçar (No Weak) From Turkey68
Dominique Alexandre (Alexo79) From France68
Kajetan Gościański (Cziki) From Poland68
Joel Gitnick (Jgitnick) From United States68
Garry Goldberg (Ggactuary) From United States68
Arthur Lowen (Tennatty) From United States68
David Coles (Ddc3) From United States68
Ronald Chance (Scienceman) From United States68
Georg Alexander (Georgalex) From Austria68
Bob Grover (Bigbob) From New Zealand68
Sunny Pang (Sun457) From Australia68
Carl Gueli (Sagcarlg) From United States68
Bill Huepenbecker (Super69) From United States68
Robb Gordon (Robbg) From United States68
Zhivko Amerov (Jivco) From Germany68
David Birnbaum (Dbirnbaum) From United States68
Walter Stohler (Amoose) From United States68
Jeremy Morley (Biffabacon) From New Zealand68
Michel Leduc (Jlm53) From Canada68
Enhao Du (diandian23) from Newbury Park, USA68
Anal Shah (Chagas59) From India68
Miroslaw Tryba (1_Miroslav) From United Kingdom68
Judith Morissette (Juju4) From Canada68
Jean-Michel Boivin (Jim92) From France68
George Wang (Ggnaw) From United States68
Ed Girdler (Edge_) From United Kingdom68
Mike Moody (Moodymike) From United Kingdom68
Philippe Blaevoet (Lebelabel) From France68
Mani Gupta (Manig) From United States68
Mario Solomon (Mario_S) From Israel68
Sarah Garland (Rara111) From New Zealand68

The 2022 Annual Competition Winners

You need a running total of 495 (an average of 55 of more) to make the annual competition leader-board. Congratulations on scoring consistently well throughout the year to everyone who makes the leader-board!

We have three new competitors on the podium this year.

Alexander Cook from Sydney, Australia
Francois Duffour from Paris, France
Peter Law from Kent, England

Alexander, who tied for the lead in the monthly competition with 79/80 in both of the last two months this year, ensures that none of the chasing pack can catch him, and he is the worthy winner of the 2022 annual competition. Alexander would also have led the pack if all 12 scores counted, totaling 863 (an impressive average of 71.9/80), just ahead of Francois, whose total of 860 means that he averaged 71.7. Indeed, it is a testament to the high quality of bidders entering this competition that three other players (Dave, Hanoi and Ian) also averaged 70/80 or higher over the 12 months.

The Top 10 all average more than 70/80 counting just their best nine scores. Particular kudos to Douglas, who makes the Top 10 despite missing two months.

With 70/80 this month, the front-runner throughout much of the year, Francois, does enough to hold on to second place, whilst Peter Law, who has twice scored a perfect 80/80 in the competition, leapfrogs those just ahead of him to claim the last place on the podium. Bad luck to last year’s bronze medalist, Dave, who misses a second podium finish by just one point.

It is worth noting that all of the top three from the 2021 competition finished in the top seven this year, along with Ian, who again just misses out, finishing in sixth place for the second consecutive year (actually up to fifth equal this year). Douglas also records a second consecutive Top 10 finish. Having been the leading North American last year, he is the leading USA player, with Canadian Ian the other North American in the Top 10.

Truly a worldwide competition, the Top 10 includes two North Americans, three Europeans, two Asians, two from Oceania, and one from South America. Come on Africa – if we can get an African into the Top 10 next year, we will then be truly global, covering all six occupied continents.

I suspect that all of the Top 10 will be competing for the top spots again in 2023. With more than 3,500 entries each month towards the back end of this year, perhaps there will be even more players who will join them to contest the 2023 title.

PlayerScore
Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney, Australia671
Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France663
Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs661
David Williams (dave251164) from Llangollen, Wales660
Ian T Findlay (findles) from Banff AB Canada654
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) from Singapore654
Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Providencia653
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA, USA646
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India645
Stephen Merriman (smerriman) from New Zealand644
Juliano Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Seixal Portugal625
Milko Slavov (milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria621
Michael van Gulik (Bananatree) from Belleville Canada617
Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) from Sweden616
Va Ena (fachiru) from Taos NM615
Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) from Victoria, BC, Canada615
peter lakatos (nyul11) from Budapest615
Laura Mancini (801dna) from Paris France614
Babs Giesbrecht (bABsG) from Canada610
Paul Dubois (pottsca) from El Cajon, CA USA609
Bert Hackney (toast1) from United States607
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from Gaithersburg, MD USA605
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) from United Kingdom605
Claude Candillier (capri13) from Peyrolles en Provence, France 602
Patrick Shields (patr1cks) from Cheltenham600
John Stell (johnworf1) from United Kingdom600
Shahar Zack (shaharz) from kiryat motzkin598
Adrian Pang (MP7601) from Hong Kong, China597
Josh Sinnett (oshoj) from Bellingham, WA, United States596
John R Mayne (JRMayne) from Modesto, CA, USA595
Enhao Du (diandian23) from Newbury Park, USA593
John MacGregor (johnmacg) from Halifax, NS591
Mark Chen (Mark_Chen) From United States590
Jarek Langer (jarek444) from Austin TX USA589
Stephen Goldstein (Sdvdg) From United States589
Capri Bucci (atp13) from Rome Italy586
Robert Lavin (Bridgboy1) From United States586
Leo Resk (Resker) From Canada583
Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest579
Daniel Klein (drdnmnk) from Victoria, B.C., Canada579
Paul Sontag (Pgs58) From Canada578
George Wang (ggnaw) from United States575
Tobias Bern (xtober) from Sweden574
Chen-Dann Lu (CDLU) from Taiwan571
Lei Tsui (ltsui10) from United States570
Manuel Oliveira (m oliveira) from Estoril - Portugal569
Mostafa Mohamed (therudy) from Fort Lee569
Howard Stern (hstern) from United States566
Athanasiadis Alex (alati) from Thessaloniki, Greece563
Gianni Hsieh (wakanari) from Sammamish561
Mani Gupta (Manig) from USA560
Raj Agarwal (badesh) from Cambridge, MA, USA558
Luka Žunić (Behemont1) From Croatia558
Rasmus Maide (dst463) from Espoo, Finland557
Earle Fergusson (Fergus) from Canada557
John C Osher (J5280) from Denver556
Alex Green (Galexy) from Sydney Australia555
Kinpin Chu (xh2072) from China554
Niklas Carlsson (19niklas69) from Sweden553
Stephen Kwan (sk1958) from Toronto/Canada552
Tufan Köse (Capycino) From Turkey552
Michael Fay (Mouse75) from United Kingdom548
Jean-Marie Arnaud (jmarnaud51) from France547
Nikolaos (nikrek) from Papamichalopoulos546
gaston mejane (decour) from France546
Rishabh Singh (rishabh) from San Jose545
Eddie Rose (EddieRose) from United States545
David Johnson (davidmj) from Calgary Canada544
Yongjun Lu (ottawa2008) from Canada544
Dave Bugay (hikerdave1) from United States541
Marian Tomov (Marit) from Bulgaria539
Ioannis Exarchos (Jexa_) from Greece539
Jim Ritts (rtscracker) from United States539
George Mattos (George Mat) From United States539
Jean-Luc Lachance (jllachan) from Canada538
Ugis Jansons (ugisj) from Latvia538
Timothy Prior (brimstone) from United Kingdom537
Karle Joys (kjoys) from Canada536
Dann Brunebjerg (b50911) from Denmark536
Benjamin Bomber (soccertoo) from Portland534
Eamon Galligan (eamongall) from Ireland534
Aymeric Lebatteux (Voldenuit) From France534
Iain Cundy (Icundy) From United Kingdom534
Rumen Georgiev (RBG) from United States533
Andreas Persson (Rosengatan) from Mullsjö533
Andrzej Stankiewicz (south66) from Poland532
Rosaleen Glasheen (Remlagh) from Ireland532
John Leonard (jl07702) from United States531
Sherif Noshy (Chiccco) From Egypt531
Richard Bickley (sheer luck) from Canada530
C Billiet (cbilliet) from Netherlands530
Brian DeLong (Goose231) from Canada530
Arto Kosonen (Aarrttoo) from Finland529
peter hudson (p_t_red) from Coppell529
Charles Nudelman (soxguy) from Northbrook,IIllinois529
Jim Norton (jimnorton) from United States525
Robert Donathan (Rdonathan) From United States525
Nick Roubeglis (Rglis) from Greece524
Michael Aslett (mjaslett) from United Kingdom524
Lee Weinberger (shoonrah) from United States523
Koichi Takahashi (takahasir) from Japan523
Gjivo Tikvica (KhazadDoom) from Croatia521
Ashot Harutunyan (ashoth_14) from Canada520
Gregory LeBlanc (gnlblnc151) from United States517
Mark Bennett (upstate) from United States516
Jan Spiess (JanDoko) from Germany516
Galtier Jean (eyquem) from France516
Thanassis Akylas (aakylas) from Greece515
Christopher Howard (Chriscq1) From United Kingdom515
Peter Lipp (pio_magic) from Austria514
Liz Senior (Pen9Jar) From United Kingdom513
Carlo Romani (Alextf45) From Italy513
Erez Zadik (erezz) from Israel511
Johanne Powell (Jopow) From Ireland511
Thouvignon Daniel (Danielth) From Thailand511
John Klayman (Thesqueeze) From United States511
Karen Barrett (Karenbbarr) From United States510
Özgür Sayın (Kayzer) From Turkey510
James Sampson (jtsamp1) from Lake Worth508
Judith Morissette (Juju4) From Canada507
Lovász Péter (ZsofiKrist) from Hungary506
stuart carr (vanstu) from Canada506
Matt Weingarten (coolbeans) from United States506
Elwindra Elwindra (Gabrialsew) From Indonesia506
Qiang Zhang (Olddragonz) From United States506
Jon Bessinger (Jonseas) From United States505
Carl Whicher (Carlhwh) From Canada505
Jacob Freeman (Jacob04) From Canada505
Yongdong Yang (Yangalbert) From United States504
Matt Rewinski (Mrew) From United States504
Philippe Blaevoet (Lebelabel) From France503
Ken Penton (Panoramak) From Canada503
borislav dobroykov (b_dobroyko) from Drogheda502
Hamish Mccracken (Hamishmccr) From Australia501
Andy Hsiao (Andyhsiao) From United States500
Frank Wharton (Acolf1551) From United Kingdom500
Mario Solomon (Mario_S) From Israel500
kresten kristensen (kesse) from Denmark499
Hamish Mccracken (Hamishmccr) From Australia499
Andy Hsiao (Andyhsiao) From United States498
Frank Wharton (Acolf1551) From United Kingdom498
Vanni Nozzoli (Gelindos6) From Italy498
Matteo Cleef (Matteovc) From Netherlands498
Bonny Waworuntu (Polcep) From Indonesia498
John Murphy (Jdm42) From Ireland497
Sridhar Vee (Aiz) From India497
Michel Leduc (Jlm53) From Canada497
Taavi Toomere (taavi) from Estonia497
Silvia Sacco (Sissi_It71) From Italy496
Örjan Törnblom (Unperfect) From Sweden496
Phil Grella (Yawker) From United States495
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