We smashed the previous record by almost 3,000, with over 7,800 different BBO members entering this month’s competition, making this is by far and away the most popular bidding competition in the history of bridge. Tell your friends and regular partners to join in the fun and let’s break the 10,000-barrier before the year ends.
Another tough set this month produced joint winners with an impressive score of 79/80:
Dawei Chen (dcosh) from Japan, and
Vincent Lui (cheapcheap) from Hong Kong
Vincent previously led the field in October last year, and is our youngest ever winner at the age of just 27. Originally from Hong Kong, he was a student in Munich, Germany, but he has now graduated and is working in the field of AI and machine learning. He began learning to play 11 years ago and describes himself as "a casual player who likes playing with robots in my leisure time".
Also on the February 'Roll of Honour':
With a score of 78/80:
Prahalad Rajkumar (R_Prah) from India
and, with a score of 77/80:
François Duffour (toutmo) from France,
John Lusky (pachyderms) from Portland OR, USA,
Peter Law (Petelaw) from Broadstairs, Kent, England, and
Murat Şensoy (emartie) from Turkey
The average score this month was 39.01 (down from 44.70 last month). With the entry increasing quickly, it is getting tougher to make it onto the monthly leader-board. This month you need a score of 69/80 or higher to make the list, so congratulations to:
Player | Score |
---|---|
Dawei Chen (Dcosh) from Japan | 79 |
Vincent Lui (Cheapcheap) from Hong Kong | 79 |
Prahalad Rajkumar (R_Prah) from India | 78 |
François Duffour (Toutmo) from France | 77 |
John Lusky (Pachyderms) from United States | 77 |
Peter Law (Petelaw) from United Kingdom | 77 |
Murat Şensoy (Emartie) from Turkey | 77 |
Shahar Zack (Shaharz) from Israel | 76 |
Md Alauddin (Alo107) from Bangladesh | 76 |
Kenneth Chan (Redyu25) from United States | 76 |
Jean-Michel Boivin (Jim92) from France | 76 |
Javier Bertran (Patomaquet) from Spain | 76 |
Marc Chebat (Mch92) from France | 76 |
Seyyit Ünlüçay (Sanzatos) from Turkey | 75 |
Johan Säfsten (Johansaf) from Sweden | 75 |
Jim Streisand (Strei1) from United States | 75 |
Jan Bomhof (Bomtest) from Netherlands | 75 |
Arif Özer Orhan (Ovirtue) from Turkey | 75 |
Kalle Schmidt (Kalle) from Germany | 75 |
Ian Findlay (Findles) from Canada | 75 |
Hatice Özgür (Abdulrezza) from Turkey | 75 |
Marcello Villani (Alovit) from Italy | 75 |
Jorge Barrera (Santafe) from Colombia | 75 |
Bob Boudreau (Bonafide57) from United States | 75 |
Massimiliano Di Franco (M_Difranco) from Italy | 74 |
Francesco Masini (Gosto56) from Italy | 74 |
Rodney Lighton (Rrhino) from United Kingdom | 74 |
Claude Candillier (Capri13) from France | 74 |
Vanni Nozzoli (Gelindos6) from Italy | 74 |
John Cox (Johncox) from United Kingdom | 74 |
Alexander Cook (Spade7) from Australia | 74 |
Hans Geir Aasmundsen (Guggen) from Norway | 74 |
Paula Kron (Vivitak) from Chile | 74 |
Nao Tabata (Nao7) from France | 74 |
Gerard Versluis (Gerardve) from Netherlands | 74 |
David Welsh (Dhwelsh) from United Kingdom | 73 |
Veljko Vujcic (Sambolino) from Serbia | 73 |
Paul Dalley (Pdal) from Australia | 73 |
Kelvin Ng (Smoz) from Singapore | 73 |
Mike Van Gulik (Bananatree) from Canada | 73 |
Hakan Kuscu (Luficer) from Turkey | 73 |
Weishu Wu (Weishu1) from United States | 73 |
Keyzad Anklesaria (Key1809) from India | 73 |
Ekrem Serdar (Exerdar) from Turkey | 73 |
Paul Dubois (Pottsca) from United States | 73 |
Ignacio Jover (Nachojc) from Spain | 73 |
Arseny Shur (Kammerer) from Israel | 73 |
David Williams (Dave251164) from United Kingdom | 73 |
Saul Burman (Kingzlot) from South Africa | 73 |
Graeme Prentice (Gprentice) from New Zealand | 73 |
Rumen Georgiev (Rbg) from United States | 73 |
Olivier Metzdorff (Meol) from France | 72 |
Gianni Hsieh (Wakanari) from United States | 72 |
Mani Gupta (Manig) from United States | 72 |
Kay Strand (Kaystra) from Norway | 72 |
Shifty Man (Shiftyman) from Australia | 72 |
Milorad Radojević (Zmaj) from Serbia | 72 |
William Campbell (Metobillc) from United States | 72 |
Frédéric Asensio (Fred234) from France | 72 |
Paul Boudreau (Pons_) from United States | 72 |
Ove Johansen (Loekkerauen) from Norway | 71 |
John Doucette (Jspike) from Canada | 71 |
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) from United Kingdom | 71 |
John Howard (Jho27) from United States | 71 |
Erdem Ozturk (Brdgbegin) from Turkey | 71 |
Erhan Yamut (Eyamut) from Turkey | 71 |
Julian Wightwick (Juliancb) from United Kingdom | 71 |
Viorel Nan (Count_Trix) from Romania | 71 |
Enhao Du (Diandian23) from United States | 71 |
Mark Chen (Mark_Chen) from United States | 71 |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) from Singapore | 71 |
Hanoi Rondon (Hanoi5) from Chile | 71 |
A.K. Simon (Scrabbler) From Canada | 70 |
Pavlos Paisidis (Apaisios) from Greece | 70 |
Ventsislav Katsarov (Bibiib) from Bulgaria | 70 |
Tuncer Şengöz (Tunci) from Turkey | 70 |
Anal Shah (Chagas59) from India | 70 |
Giovanni Delfino (Giodelfo) from Italy | 70 |
Andreas Meramveliotakis (Kleze) from Greece | 70 |
Earle Fergusson (Fergus) from Canada | 70 |
Akin Koclar (Koclar) from Turkey | 70 |
Babs Giesbrecht (Babsg) from Canada | 70 |
Carlos Castanheira (Jorel8) from Portugal | 70 |
Yuval Yener (Yuval10) from Israel | 70 |
Stephen Lippmann (Steve0820) from United States | 70 |
Richard Bley (Riccho) from Germany | 70 |
Jérôme Rombaut (Jerome) from France | 70 |
Romy Virola (Tamaraw20) from Philippines | 70 |
Søren Krasilnikoff (Kras01) from Denmark | 70 |
Ed Rawlinson (3Ldad1225) from United States | 70 |
Susan Ledford (Wingets) from United States | 70 |
Stephen Merriman (Smerriman) from New Zealand | 70 |
Peter Lakatos (Nyul11) from Hungary | 69 |
Andy Lewis (Andeux) from United States | 69 |
Patrik Elofsson (Velodrin) from Sweden | 69 |
Ran Jingrong (Helen Ran) from China | 69 |
Howard Stern (Hstern) from United States | 69 |
Peter Cleaves (Saragems) from United States | 69 |
Feron J F (Jff) from France | 69 |
Gianluca Bergami (Giangibar) from Switzerland | 69 |
John Stell (Johnworf1) from United Kingdom | 69 |
Phil Jones (Andrex) from United Kingdom | 69 |
Bill Wisdom (Billywiz) from United States | 69 |
Daniel Savin (Daniel Sav) from Romania | 69 |
Sedat Aluf (Monk99) from Turkey | 69 |
Xinpeng Huang (Masterxph) from United States | 69 |
Mark Alexander Reeve (Mr1303) from Vietnam | 69 |
David Johnson (Davidmj) from Canada | 69 |
John Bryden (Tw0Wayhook) from Canada | 69 |
David Curnow (Davidtal) from United Kingdom | 69 |
Don Copeland (Vicope) from Canada | 69 |
Baard Dahl (Bvdahl) from Malta | 69 |
Søren Krasilnikoff (Kras0) from Denmark | 69 |
Alexander Dietrich (Evernever) from Germany | 69 |
Dorn Bishop (Dornbishop) from United States | 69 |
Ahmet Onur Akbıyık (Onur_01) from Turkey | 69 |
Lei Tsui (Ltsui10) from United States | 69 |
Momchil Aleksandrov (Star6Ija) from Bulgaria | 69 |
Ratna Tadepalli (Rtadep) from India | 69 |
Pavel Zhylko (Pavelz) from Lithuania | 69 |
Hoi Ning Yeung (Hellohelen) from Hong Kong | 69 |
Laura Krauss (Laurak25) from United States | 69 |
Brad Theurer (Batmanbrad) from United States | 69 |
Douglas Schmickrath (P0Stm0Rtem) from United States | 69 |
We will begin publishing a full leader-board for the annual competition after next month's set. The results this month suggest that we are again heading for a wide-open competition.
After two months, we have 18 players with an average score of 70/80 or higher. Leading the way, is the January winner, who also made the roll of honor this month, John Lusky from Portland OR, USA, with a combined total of 154.
We have a three-way tie for second place, with Pete Law (England), Vincent Lui (Hong Kong) and Paul Boudreau (USA) all on 146.
Right behind them, with a score of 145, are the second-place finisher from 2021, Hanoi Rondon (Chile), and Bob Boudreau (USA), this month’s two guest panelists, along with Andreas Meramveliotakis (Greece) and Javier Bertran (Spain).
Rounding out the Top 10 are top-five finisher in both 2021 and 2022, Ian Findlay (Canada), with a score of 144, and Veljko Vujcic (Serbia) with 143.
Remember that only your best nine scores during the year will count in the annual competition, so playing every month will allow you to drop your three weakest scores by the end of the year.