The average score was up above 50/80 this month, and selecting the most popular choice of competition entrants on every deal would have scored 58/80. However, we have our first perfect score of the year and, like London buses, you wait ages for one and two come along together. Our joint winners’ with scores of 80/80 are:
Barry Bragin (bbragin) from Ft Pierce FL, USA, and
Ugis Jansons (ugisj) from Latvia
Ugis is 47 years old and began his international career as a member of the Latvian University team at the 2000 World Championships. He has been a member of his country’s Open team since making his debut at the 2002 European Championships. He has twice been a member of Latvian teams that just missed medals at the European Small Federations Championships, finishing fourth in in 2019 and fifth in 2021.
Barry says, “The strongest part of my bridge game is being able to predict how experts will handle tough bidding problems.” He has previously been a panelist on The Bridge World’s ‘Master Solvers Club’ panel due to high overall finishes in their bidding contest.
We will be glad to welcome them both as guest panelists onto our expert panel for the Agosto competition.
Also on the Junio 'Roll of Honor’:
With a score of 79/80
Recai Saylik (denizs) from Turkey
And, with a score of 78/80:
Andy Stark (creemore) from Canada,
Jay Weinstein (microcap) from USA,
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from USA, and
John Bryden (tw0wayhook) from Canada
The average score this month was 51.38 (up from 46.74 last month). In what has proven to be a high-scoring month, you need a score of 72/80 or more to make the leader-board this month. Congratulations to everyone who makes the list.
Jugador | Puntuación |
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Barry Bragin (Bbragin) From United States | 80 |
Ugis Jansons (Ugisj) From Latvia | 80 |
Recai Saylik (Denizs) From Turkey | 79 |
Andy Stark (Creemore) From Canada | 78 |
Jay Weinstein (Microcap) From United States | 78 |
Brad Theurer (Batmanbrad) From United States | 78 |
John Bryden (Tw0Wayhook) From Canada | 78 |
Bora Belgü (Ebeb) From Turkey | 77 |
Kah Loong Chue (Chuekl) From Singapore | 77 |
Milko Slavov (Milko_Sl) From Bulgaria | 77 |
Francois Duffour (Toutmo) From France | 77 |
Chris Wright (Cw1943) From United Kingdom | 76 |
Peter Teisen (Tyso111) From Denmark | 76 |
Paul Friedman (Guido) From United States | 76 |
Yoram Egozy (Egozy) From Israel | 76 |
Matti Niemi (M_Niemi) From Finland | 76 |
Tianyang Chen (Cty1120) From China | 76 |
Fikri Ugur (Fikri) From Turkey | 76 |
András Nádas (Umbriel2) From Hungary | 76 |
Nebi Talat Demirel (Ntalatd) From Turkey | 76 |
Olivier Metzdorff (Meol) From France | 76 |
Jim Cheney (Hawnhawk) From United States | 76 |
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) From Poland | 76 |
Claus Hastrup (Cphastrup) From Denmark | 76 |
Hans Van Der Heijde (001Hans) From Netherlands | 76 |
Ian Berrington (Ian Berr) From New Zealand | 75 |
Lysandra Zheng (Opal_P) From New Zealand | 75 |
Than Econ (Diogo7) From Greece | 75 |
Karel De Raeymaeker (Ewion) From Ireland | 75 |
Piotr Marcinowski (Dyplomata) From Poland | 75 |
Gert-Jan Den Hartog (Gertonl) From Netherlands | 75 |
Kang-Wei Fan (Firebolt) From Taiwan | 75 |
Mircea Mihalcica (Sekhmet) From Romania | 75 |
Michael Penick (Mpp8) From United States | 75 |
Ned Irving (Mrned2) From United States | 75 |
Arseny Shur (Kammerer) From Israel | 75 |
Kenneth Tatz (Tater11) From United States | 75 |
Sasha Cooper (Jinksy) From Netherlands | 75 |
Kevin Podsiadlik (Kjpod) From United States | 75 |
Lawrence Malone (Larrymal) From Canada | 75 |
Örjan Törnblom (Unperfect) From Sweden | 75 |
Hanoi Rondón (Hanoi5) From Chile | 75 |
Ronald Vickery (Rvickery) From United States | 75 |
Jean-Dominique Sarrola (Jideo) From France | 75 |
Piotr Szewczyk (Jam21All) From Poland | 74 |
Alexandr Volkov (Titan0118) From Russia | 74 |
Cameron Barbian (Cameronpeter) From United States | 74 |
Geoff Smith (Oz98) From Australia | 74 |
Rafael Luis Palazzo (Pala) From Argentina | 74 |
Alan Chapelle (Nightmayor) From Canada | 74 |
Remzi Azizoglu (Farqin) From Turkey | 74 |
Luo Cheng (Iverson200) From Singapore | 74 |
Philippe Blaevoet (Le Elabel) From France | 74 |
Turgay Sesyilmaz (Firstofall) From Turkey | 74 |
Jose Miguel Goncalves (Miguelgon) From Spain | 74 |
Serban Criscota (Dodog) From Romania | 74 |
Leandro Ronderos (Dosxtres) From Spain | 74 |
John Lusky (Pachyderms) From United States | 74 |
Said Sbili (Bily) From Belgium | 74 |
Paul Boudreau (Pons_) From United States | 74 |
Bob Boudreau (Bonafide57) From United States | 74 |
Jim Stogner (Jim St) From United States | 74 |
Michael Aslett (Mjaslett) From United Kingdom | 74 |
Alexander Cook (Spade7) From Australia | 74 |
John R Mayne (Jrmayne) From United States | 74 |
Andrei-Alex Eckstein (Arnhem) From Romania | 73 |
Kevin Castner (Jafra) From United States | 73 |
Gérard Scarsi (Ciotas) From France | 73 |
(Peter)Graham Orsmond (Grammmy) From United Kingdom | 73 |
Jon Brissman (Heartdead) From United States | 73 |
Zhiyu Cheng (Tutu99) From United States | 73 |
Paul Gipson (Paulg) From United Kingdom | 73 |
Alan James Mayo (Alanmayo) From United Kingdom | 73 |
Mauri Saastamoinen (Slammiguru) From Finland | 73 |
Ebbe Bech Christensen (Ebbebech) From Denmark | 73 |
Elena Prahin (Lena_P) From United States | 73 |
Terry Lavender (Mrspurp) From United States | 73 |
Sawsan Elabiary (Chantal4) From United Arab Emirates | 73 |
Robert Giragosian (Agman) From United States | 73 |
Francois Hauseux (Syslapi) From Belgium | 73 |
W Crook (Avadakedav) From United Kingdom | 73 |
John Patterson (Trump68) From New Zealand | 73 |
Vincent Lui (Cheapcheap) From Hong Kong | 73 |
Sheldon Natenberg (Shellyn) From United States | 73 |
João Fanha (Jfanha) From Portugal | 73 |
Fred King (Fredkingkc) From United States | 73 |
Matthew Merzbacher (Mmerz) From United States | 73 |
Bruce Cameron (Brucecame) From Canada | 73 |
Julio Roberto Martinez (Ybob) From Uruguay | 73 |
Paul Dolphin (Pdolphin) From United Kingdom | 73 |
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) From Canada | 73 |
Arif Özer Orhan (Ovirtue) From Turkey | 73 |
Verghese Jacob (Veekayjay) From India | 72 |
Jo Crumley (Bridge4Me) From United States | 72 |
Giorgos Flouris (Fgeo) From Greece | 72 |
Radu Popescu (Radu120) From Romania | 72 |
Erleta Plana (Llamafan) From Norway | 72 |
Sándor Varga (Vargas54) From Hungary | 72 |
Michel Volcker (Lehcim92) From France | 72 |
Francisco Coutinho (Flgpc) From Portugal | 72 |
Hubert Ployart (Zabibi) From France | 72 |
Michel Beauchamp (Beauchamp0) From Canada | 72 |
Santanu Das (Santanu69) From India | 72 |
Gabriela Peteri (Gabrielap) From Chile | 72 |
Philippe Marchal (Amabph) From France | 72 |
Predrag Stanojevic (Djapedjape) From Portugal | 72 |
Fra Perry (Perry93) From Italy | 72 |
Ünal Gültekin (Unakin) From Turkey | 72 |
Maria Oteyza (Msoteyza) From Spain | 72 |
Christian Montagnac (Chmtc) From France | 72 |
Robbie De Koster (Robbiedk) From Netherlands | 72 |
Okan Özcan (Gr8Okan) From Turkey | 72 |
Uras Berkay Samiloglu (Bky36) From Turkey | 72 |
Catherine Zhang (Cat7777) From Australia | 72 |
William Winter (B1936W) From United Kingdom | 72 |
Enrico Guglielmi (Dasim) From Italy | 72 |
Thijs Veugen (Tveugen) From Netherlands | 72 |
Myrna Rochelle (Rux36) From United States | 72 |
Ed Schulte (Sarge300) From United States | 72 |
George Liossis (Gelio) From Greece | 72 |
Boyd Jancey (Boydjancey) From Denmark | 72 |
Randy Helmink (Randyhelmi) From United States | 72 |
Steve Hollingsworth (Trialbid) From United States | 72 |
Tiit Hendrik Piibeleht (Tiiduke) From Estonia | 72 |
Raj Gupta (Rajajani1) From United States | 72 |
Dorin Costin (Dorin001) From Canada | 72 |
Gerald Jacobson (Punxsyphil) From United States | 72 |
Garrett Liu (Icefire258) From Canada | 72 |
Asim Saha (Asimsaha) From India | 72 |
James Krekorian (Jimkrek) From United States | 72 |
Mark Kinzer (Thekinz) From United States | 72 |
Petar Daskalov (Daskalov) From Bulgaria | 72 |
Jim Streisand (Strei1) From United States | 72 |
Alison Foote (Alikat2020) From South Africa | 72 |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) From Singapore | 72 |
Peter Law (Petelaw) From United Kingdom | 72 |
Lee Weiner (Lrweiner) From United States | 72 |
Cherry Lee (Cvcherry) From China | 72 |
Jon Sorkin (Jsorkin) From United States | 72 |
Kürşat Özşahin (Vbman) From Turkey | 72 |
Robert Adelman (Bobade) From United States | 72 |
Jan Erik Greve-Løberg (Janerikb) From Norway | 72 |
After six months, we still have a remarkable 14 players who are averaging 70/80 or higher.
Brothers Paul and Bob Boudreau retain their positions in first and second place respectively at the top of the annual competition leader-board. Although they both scored 74/80 this month, they only had three questions on which they made the same choice. Ian had a month that he will be looking to drop later in the year, and he loses his place to Michael as the highest-placed Canadian. Dave’s 71/80 enables him to climb up onto the podium. However, Hanoi (75/80) and Vincent (73/80) both narrow the gap behind Dave to just one and two points respectively.
Remarkably, of that top 14 averaging 70/80 or more, Ian was the only one to score less than 70 this month: an impressively consistent standard from everyone. It is promising to be quite a race to make it onto that podium this year.
Can anyone catch either of the brothers? Experience suggests that the leaders should not get too comfortable. We have seen in previous years how quickly quite large gaps can close when players start dropping their weakest scores towards the end of the year.
You currently need an average score of 60/80 or more to make the annual competition leader-board. Congratulations to everyone who makes the list, which represents around the top 120 bidders from amongst the multiple thousands who take part every month.
Jugador | Total |
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Paul Boudreau (Pons_) From United States | 449 |
Bob Boudreau (Bonafide57) From United States | 446 |
David Williams (Dave251164) From United Kingdom | 440 |
Hanoi Rondón (Hanoi5) From Chile | 439 |
Vincent Lui (Cheapcheap) From Hong Kong | 438 |
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) From Canada | 435 |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) From Singapore | 433 |
Ian Findlay (Findles) From Canada | 429 |
John Lusky (Pachyderms) From United States | 428 |
Peter Law (Petelaw) From United Kingdom | 427 |
Alexander Cook (Spade7) From Australia | 427 |
Brad Theurer (Batmanbrad) From United States | 423 |
Milko Slavov (Milko_Sl) From Bulgaria | 422 |
Arif Özer Orhan (Ovirtue) From Turkey | 420 |
Stephen Merriman (Smerriman) From New Zealand | 419 |
Enhao Du (Diandian23) From United States | 418 |
Babs Giesbrecht (Babsg) From Canada | 416 |
Todd Holes (Masse24) From United States | 416 |
Capri Bucci (Atp13) From Italy | 414 |
Dorin Costin (Dorin001) From Canada | 413 |
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) From United Kingdom | 409 |
Stelios Touchtidis (Stelios_T) From United States | 408 |
Jonathan Ferguson (Jonottawa) From Canada | 407 |
Claude Candillier (Capri13) From France | 407 |
Jim Streisand (Strei1) From United States | 406 |
Claus Hastrup (Cphastrup) From Denmark | 406 |
Jim Hubbard (James01) From United States | 404 |
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (Rv) From India | 402 |
John Bryden (Tw0Wayhook) From Canada | 399 |
Francois Duffour (Toutmo) From France | 399 |
Olivier Metzdorff (Meol) From France | 398 |
Laura Mancini (801Dna) From France | 396 |
Dan Gheorghiu (Dang4503) From Canada | 394 |
Stephen Cooper (Scoop) From Canada | 393 |
James Krekorian (Jimkrek) From United States | 392 |
Bartosz Kopras (Kojman) From Poland | 392 |
John R Mayne (Jrmayne) From United States | 391 |
John Stell (Johnworf1) From United Kingdom | 391 |
Arseny Shur (Kammerer) From Israel | 389 |
Nick Roubeglis (Rglis) From Greece | 389 |
Dr. Morrie Kleinplatz (Amulet1) From Canada | 389 |
Dawei Chen (Dcosh) From Japan | 388 |
Prahalad Rajkumar (R_Prah) From India | 388 |
Barry Bragin (Bbragin) From United States | 388 |
Lei Tsui (Ltsui10) From United States | 388 |
Alex Hong (Fhong) From Canada | 387 |
Alex Kolesnik (Kolesnik) From United States | 387 |
Kevin Podsiadlik (Kjpod) From United States | 387 |
Kinpin Chu (Xh2072) From China | 387 |
Serban Criscota (Dodog) From Romania | 386 |
Veljko Vujcic (Sambolino) From Serbia | 386 |
Hans Van Der Heijde (001Hans) From Netherlands | 384 |
Rick Prouser (Rickprou) From United States | 383 |
Mark De Meer (Maanba) From United Arab Emirates | 383 |
Javier Bertran (Patomaquet) From Spain | 383 |
Howard Stern (Hstern) From United States | 383 |
Jan Bomhof (Bomtest) From Netherlands | 382 |
John Leonard (Jl07702) From United States | 382 |
Ned Irving (Mrned2) From United States | 380 |
Peter Lieberman (Plieber) From United States | 380 |
Paul Sontag (Pgs58) From Canada | 380 |
Naresh Kumar Gupta (Nkgupt) From India | 379 |
Iasonas Iraklis Papaspyrou (Hercules J) From Greece | 378 |
Rodney Lighton (Rrhino) From United Kingdom | 378 |
Ran Jingrong (Helen Ran) From China | 377 |
Alan Shillitoe (The Saint) From United Kingdom | 377 |
Maxim Silin (Bigmax) From United States | 377 |
Patrick Shields (Patr1Cks) From United Kingdom | 376 |
Jon Sorkin (Jsorkin) From United States | 376 |
Andreas Meramveliotakis (Kleze) From Greece | 375 |
Omer Onem (F2G) From Turkey | 374 |
Kelvin Ng (Smoz) From Singapore | 373 |
Artem Poliak (Poliart) From Ukraine | 373 |
Alex Dialynas (Adial) From Greece | 373 |
Robert Giragosian (Agman) From United States | 372 |
Craig Cordes (Tallmath) From United States | 372 |
João Fanha (Jfanha) From Portugal | 372 |
Paul Fearnhead (Ran19Dom) From United Kingdom | 372 |
Yoram Bavli (Gur) From Israel | 372 |
Mark Chen (Mark_Chen) From United States | 371 |
Joe Clark (Joe0) From United Kingdom | 370 |
Josh Sinnett (Oshoj) From United States | 370 |
Andreas Jansen (Andymanvif) From Norway | 370 |
Raj Agarwal (Badesh) From United States | 370 |
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) From Poland | 369 |
Sasha Cooper (Jinksy) From Netherlands | 369 |
Sayeed Ahmed (Sa001) From Bangladesh | 369 |
Gianluca Bergami (Giangibar) From Switzerland | 368 |
Sanjay Sondhi (Sondhi) From India | 368 |
Gianni Hsieh (Wakanari) From United States | 368 |
Fikri Ugur (Fikri) From Turkey | 367 |
Stuart Bramzel (Stuzel) From United Kingdom | 367 |
Mike Passell (Passell) From United States | 366 |
Mark Bolotin (Markboloti) From United States | 366 |
Sheldon Spier (Shel1224) From Canada | 366 |
John Markakis (Markedo) From Greece | 366 |
Lazaros Karagiannopoulos (Lazkar) From Greece | 366 |
Wes Hanson (Whist71) From United States | 365 |
George Mattos (George Mat) From United States | 365 |
Juliano Barbosa (Jbarbosa) From Portugal | 365 |
Mani Gupta (Manig) From United States | 365 |
Alexey Pyzh (Pyzh) From Ukraine | 364 |
David Cole (Davidcole) From Germany | 364 |
Len Helfgott (Lenh48) From United States | 364 |
Jean-Michel Boivin (Jim92) From France | 364 |
Rolf Selander (Rolfseland) From Sweden | 363 |
Greg Leblanc (Gnlblnc151) From United States | 363 |
Francesco Masini (Gosto56) From Italy | 362 |
Tiit Hendrik Piibeleht (Tiiduke) From Estonia | 361 |
Bert Eccles (Benellis58) From Canada | 361 |
Vincent Perez (Vinch1971) From France | 361 |
Peter Lindon (Plidstone) From United Kingdom | 361 |
Rajendra Sirohia (Sirohiaraj) From India | 361 |
Barbara Drinovec (Drinab) From Slovenia | 360 |
Ronald Mak (Maktruck) From United States | 360 |
Thomas Terzian (Rmenian) From United States | 360 |