This is the highest-scoring set of the year so far, with competitors averaging 50.1/80. It is thus fitting that someone should produce a perfect 80/80 to win this month, and that person is:
Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs, Kent, England
This is the third time that Peter has led the field, having done so in both Mai and Juin last year. In Juin 2021, he also became the first contestant to score a perfect 80/80. One other competitor has since matched that achievement (Hanoi Rondon), but this is only the third perfect score, and Peter has two of them. He will be a guest on the panel in Octobre, and it is worth noting that no panelist has yet scored more than 79/80.
Peter has played bridge for over 50 years in congresses and national knockouts, also representing his county (Kent) regularly. He discovered online bridge during lockdown. He is the co-pioneer of the strong club system that he plays with Patrick Collins, where opening one diamond promises a four-card major.
Also on the Août 'Roll of Honour':
With a score 78/80:
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) de San Francisco CA, USA
and, with score of 77/80:
Luwen Koh (XReborned) from Singapore,
Rong Yu (yurong6) from China, and
Dave Williams (dave251164) from Wales
With so many high scores this month, you need to score 68/80 or more to make the Août leader-board, and honourable mentions go to all of those who managed that:
Joueurs | Points |
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Peter Law (Petelaw) from United Kingdom | 80 |
Douglas Schmickrath (P0stm0rtem) from San Francisco CA, USA | 78 |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) de Singapour | 77 |
Rong Yu (Yurong6) from China | 77 |
Dave Williams (Dave251164) from Wales | 77 |
John Di Domenico (Giodio) from Canada | 76 |
John Leonard (Jl07702) from United States | 76 |
Laura Lipman (Laural) from United States | 76 |
Anders Stromberg (Coltla) from Sweden | 75 |
Ian Findlay (Findles) from Canada | 75 |
Michael Ranis (Doublemm) from United States | 75 |
Alexander Cook (Spade7) from Australia | 75 |
David Cole (David Old) from Germany | 74 |
Jason Patton (Strongarm) from United States | 74 |
Bronia Nosnik (Mom_Swe) from Mexico | 74 |
João Paes De Carvalho (Xarman) from Portugal | 74 |
Feron Jef (Jff) from French Southern Territories | 74 |
Alain Devigne (Adev) from Belgium | 74 |
François Duffour (Toutmo) from France | 74 |
Warren Stanley (Dons73) from Kenya | 74 |
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (Rv) from India | 74 |
Rajeev Gupta (Rajeev1) from United States | 74 |
Mani Gupta (Manig) from United States | 74 |
Chow Chun Kit, Stanley (Stanley Ch) from Hong Kong | 73 |
Durmus Caliskan (Efe_) from Turkey | 73 |
Pim Bussink (Pimbus) from Denmark | 73 |
Jakub Wojcieszek (K_U_B_A) from Poland | 73 |
James Walangitan (Roit) from Indonesia | 73 |
Robb Gordon (Robbg) from United States | 73 |
Niklas Carlsson (19Niklas69) from Sweden | 73 |
George Mattos (George Mat) from United States | 73 |
Nicolae Radu (Nicus) from Romania | 73 |
Shahar Zack (Shaharz) from Israel | 73 |
Va Ena (fachiru) from United States | 73 |
Varghese George (Kwerty) from India | 72 |
Mari Michele (977Michele) from France | 72 |
Donald Rose (Donaldrose) from United States | 72 |
Bill Nutting (Billnutting) from United States | 72 |
Michal Iglewski (Swing45) from Canada | 72 |
Md Alauddin (Alo107) from Bangladesh | 72 |
Vincent Lui (Paehcpaehc) from Hong Kong | 72 |
Fabio Sampaio (Gszes) from Brazil | 72 |
Jale Özen (Jjhhh) from Turkey | 72 |
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) from Canada | 72 |
Allan Simon (Voldenuit) from Canada | 72 |
Paul Dubois (Pottsca) from United States | 72 |
Lakatos Peter (Nyul11) from Hungary | 72 |
Hervé Allix (Ha78) from France | 72 |
Peter Hudson (P_T_Red) from United States | 72 |
Jordan Cohen (Jordymc) from Canada | 72 |
Kuijun Wu (Patrick Ku) from China | 71 |
Rp Narain (Rpnn) from India | 71 |
Corona Tsuei (Thecrown) from Hong Kong | 71 |
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) from Poland | 71 |
Robert Gerstle (Rgerstle) from United States | 71 |
Matt Smith (Doctor038) from United Kingdom | 71 |
Derek Maggs (Robbroy) from Singapore | 71 |
Hans Van Der Heijde (001Hans) from Netherlands | 71 |
Ugurcan Suzer (Fulhouse) from Turkey | 71 |
Arif Ozer Orhan (Ovirtue) from Turkey | 71 |
Peter Jeffery (Peter0000) from Australia | 71 |
Carlo Romani (Alextf45) from Italy | 71 |
Michael Camp (Therudy) from United States | 71 |
Jacob Freeman (Jacob04) from Canada | 71 |
Emil Atanasov (Emo58) from Bulgaria | 70 |
Zoran Sostaric (Kizo130_Te) from Croatia | 70 |
Irene Wilson (Tonyyxgd) from United Kingdom | 70 |
Mina Milad (Sphere) from Egypt | 70 |
Kepecs Gabor (51954Gabor) from Hungary | 70 |
Gillian Paty (Caldeius) from France | 70 |
David Peters (Pdavid2) from Israel | 70 |
Mukund Jags (Plasurgen) from India | 70 |
Emil Kończak (Emilkon) from Poland | 70 |
Sharanan Chaudhuri (Allo_St) from India | 70 |
Surendra Garg (Gargsk) from India | 70 |
Vanni Nozzoli (Gelindos6) from Italy | 70 |
John Gracie (Hadtodoit2) from Canada | 70 |
Stelios Touchtidis (Stelios_T) from United States | 70 |
Claude Candillier (Capri13) from France | 70 |
Juliano Barbosa (Jbarbosa) from Portugal | 70 |
Sinegre Jean Louis (Jls34) from France | 70 |
Edwin De Ruiter (Eruit) from Netherlands | 69 |
Paul Boudreau (Pons_) from United States | 69 |
Mrysteve ( Steve Rubin) from United States | 69 |
Jonathan Fry (Jonfry@Yahoo.Com) from United States | 69 |
Andreas Meister (Andreasw) from Denmark | 69 |
Babs (Babsg) from Canada | 69 |
James Bond (Alfredj) from United Kingdom | 69 |
Barry Fortune (Bfortune) from United States | 69 |
Robert Lavin (Bridgboy1) from United States | 69 |
Anil Arora (Wakanari) from Australia | 69 |
Taavi Toomere (Taavi) from Estonia | 69 |
Linda Green (Lpgaug8) from United States | 69 |
Ivars Ilzins (Ivars_I) from Latvia | 69 |
Prem Chander (Thehog1954) from India | 69 |
Wendy Gibson (Tricks2011) from Australia | 69 |
Timothy Prior (Brimstone) from United Kingdom | 69 |
John Hoffman (Hoffmanj) from United States | 68 |
Julia Palmer (Jules101) from United Kingdom | 68 |
Charlie Shanes (Cshanes) from United States | 68 |
Pranob Roy (Pkroy) from India | 68 |
Sofia Manolesou (Ofisofi) from Greece | 68 |
Guy Gecht (Gg500) from United States | 68 |
Stuart M Sugden (Stuartmalc) from United States | 68 |
John Shaw (Rammie) from United Kingdom | 68 |
Howard Stern (Mrcharisma) from United States | 68 |
Steffen Brauner (Deffe) from Denmark | 68 |
Kris Liu (Chiccco) from United States | 68 |
Karel De Raeymaeker (Ewion) from Ireland | 68 |
Christopher Howard (Chriscq1) from United Kingdom | 68 |
Antonio Cristiani (Wpeori) from Argentina | 68 |
Bernie Comiskey (Bern68) from United States | 68 |
Alex Athanasiadis (Alati) from Greece | 68 |
Mats Börjesson (Mats_Swe) from Sweden | 68 |
George Wang (Ggnaw) from United States | 68 |
Martin Alexandru Balint (Soni13) from Romania | 68 |
Bob Simkins (Bobsimkins) from United States | 68 |
Michael Aslett (Mjaslett) from United Kingdom | 68 |
Iain Cundy (Icundy) from United Kingdom | 68 |
Wendel Archer (Fergus) from United States | 68 |
Dima Myedvyedyev (Quarky) from United States | 68 |
Martin Zonca (Zoncami) from Argentina | 68 |
Madhusudan Suchak (Bridge219) from United States | 68 |
Mete Cüce (Izbomb) from Turkey | 68 |
You need a running total of 420 to make the annual competition leader-board with eight months played, which means that about 70 players make the list. Excellent scores this month from most of those at the top of the annual competition.
Francois returns to form with 74/80 this month to retain his place at the top of the leader-board. Dave’s 77/80 pulls him closer to the lead and widens the gap behind him. Ian and Alexander both score 75/80 and move up one place into joint third. The gold and silver medalists from last year share fifth place, just 6 points further back. Ventakesh completes the top seven, who are all averaging over 70/80 for the year, and they have opened a gap of almost 20 points between them and the rest of the field. The only other player averaging over 70/80 is Douglas, who is currently languishing near the bottom of the leaderboard, but so far has only six counting scores, so he can gain ground quickly as the year comes to a close.
Joueurs | Points |
---|---|
Francois Duffour (toutmo) de Paris, France | 573 |
David Williams (dave251164) from Wales | 570 |
Ian Thomas Findlay (findles) from Canada | 564 |
Alexander Cook (spade7) de Sydney, Australie | 564 |
Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Santiago, Chile | 558 |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) de Singapour | 558 |
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) de Bengaluru, Karnataka, Inde | 557 |
Milko Slavov (milko_sl) de Varna, Bulgarie | 538 |
Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs, UK | 530 |
Babs Giesbrecht (bABsG) from Qualicum Beach, Canada | 522 |
Laura Mancini (801dna) from Paris, France | 521 |
Paul Dubois (pottsca) from United States | 520 |
Shahar Zack (shaharz) from Israel | 520 |
Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) de Victoria, BC, Canada | 516 |
Claude Candillier (capri13) from France | 515 |
Antonio Juliano Pinho Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Portugal | 511 |
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from United States | 509 |
Patrick Shields (patr1cks) from Cheltenham, UK | 507 |
Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest, Hungary | 505 |
Tobias Bern (xtober) de Suède | 505 |
Josh Sinnett (oshoj) from Bellingham, WA, USA | 503 |
Va Ena (fachiru) from United States | 502 |
Gianni Hsieh (wakanari) from United States | 488 |
Alex Athanasiadis (alati) from Greece | 479 |
Alex Green (Galexy) from Sydney, Australia | 478 |
Enhao Du (diandian23) de Newbury Park, États-Unis | 475 |
David Johnson (davidmj) from Calgary, Canada | 474 |
Cecilia Billiet (cbilliet) from Amsterdam, Netherlands | 474 |
John C Osher (J5280) from Denver, USA | 472 |
Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) from Stockholm, Sweden | 471 |
Dmitriy Myedvyedyev (Quarky) from Idaho, USA | 470 |
Peter Lakatos (nyul11) from Budapest, Hungary | 469 |
Andreas Persson (Rosengatan) from Sweden | 465 |
Mani Gupta (Manig) from Bridgewater, USA | 464 |
John R Mayne (JRMayne) de Modesto, CA, USA | 464 |
Raj Agraval (badesh) from United States | 462 |
Adrian Pang (MP7601) de Hong Kong, Chine | 460 |
Charles Nudelman (soxguy) from Northbrook, Illinois, USA | 459 |
Stephen Kwan (sk1958) from Toronto, Canada | 459 |
Rishabh Singh (rishabh) from San Jose, USA | 458 |
John Macgregor (johnmacg) from Halifax, NS, Canada | 457 |
Benjamin Bomber (soccertoo) from Portland, United States | 457 |
Peter Hudson (p_t_red) from Coppell, TX, USA | 456 |
Stephen Merriman (smerriman) from Auckland, New Zealand | 456 |
Capri Bucci (atp13) from Rome, Italy | 454 |
Manuel Vasques De Oliveira (m oliveira) from Estoril, Portugal | 454 |
Jon Cooke (mugsmate) from Cambridge, UK | 452 |
Arnaud Jean-Marie (jmarnaud51) from Paris, France | 448 |
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) from Belleville, Canada | 445 |
Mark Bennett (upstate) from Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | 440 |
Jarek Langer (jarek444) from Austin, TX, USA | 440 |
Borislav Dobroykov (b_dobroyko) from Drogheda, Ireland | 438 |
Bruce Ballard (2milo) from Katikati, New Zealand | 438 |
Robert Goldbloom (DrG81) from Hastings On Hudson, NY, USA | 437 |
Thanassis Akylas (aakylas) de Grèce | 436 |
Karen B. Barrett (karenbbarr) from Norwalk, CT, USA | 436 |
Marian Tomov (Marit) de Bulgarie | 433 |
Philip Grella (yawker) from Rockville Centre, USA | 433 |
Andy Hsiao (andyhsiao) from Marvin, Nc, USA | 432 |
Judith Morissette (juju4) from St. Colomban, Canada | 432 |
Dave Bugay (hikerdave1) from Parker, CO, USA | 431 |
Niklas CArlsson (19niklas69) from Grums, Sweden | 430 |
Jean Galtier (eyquem) from Aix En Provence, France | 427 |
Rasmus Maide (dst463) de Espoo, Finlande | 425 |
Karle Joys (kjoys) from Dartmouth, NS, Canada | 424 |
James Sampson (jtsamp1) from Lake Worth, Florida, USA | 424 |
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco, CA, USA | 424 |
John Stell (johnworf1) de Royaume-Uni | 422 |
Yongjun Lu (ottawa2008) de Canada | 420 |