A harder set this month, with the average score going down from just over 50 last month to only 41.1/80, but that doesn't seem to have stopped the top bidders from registering yet another high score. Indeed, we have only had four perfect scores in nearly two years (and we are still waiting for the first one from a panellist), but we have two competitors registering a perfect 80/80 to share this month's spoils:
Afshar Majeed (afshar) from Kerala, India
and
Sasha Cooper (jinksy) from the Netherlands
Sasha has been playing bridge since a cute girl asked him to come to her beginners' classes 16 years ago. Inspired by the noble art of chess boxing, he's attempting to pioneer bridge Brazilian jujitsu, in which he's currently ranked as the world's #2 (of two players - "curse you, Stefano!").
Afshar was one of the very first BBO members: “Although I have still not completed 5000 logins,” he says. “I got the "star emblem" for representing India at the World Youth Team Championship in Toronto in 1997. Having restricted my bridge activities to local events to focus on my family-run business, I am trying to make up lost grounds and I am back actively playing my favourite game.”
Also on the September 'Roll of Honour':
With a score 78/80:
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) from Poland
and
Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France
You need to score 65/80 or more to make the September leader-board, and honourable mentions go to all of those who managed that:
Player | Points |
---|---|
Sasha Cooper (Jinksy) From Netherlands | 80 |
Afshar Majeed (Afshar) From India | 80 |
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) From Poland | 78 |
François Duffour (Toutmo) From France | 78 |
Arvind Srinivasan (Arvinds) From India | 77 |
Bertrand Hardy (Ertrand) From France | 76 |
Jakub Wojcieszek (K_U_B_A) From Poland | 76 |
Chen-Dann Lu (Cdlu) From Taiwan | 76 |
Tufan Köse (Capycino) From Turkey | 76 |
John Stell (Johnworf1) From United Kingdom | 76 |
Ugurcan Suzer (Fulhouse) From Turkey | 75 |
Sedat Aluf (Monk99) From Turkey | 75 |
Pär Ol-Mårs (Olmar) From Sweden | 75 |
Mark Chen (Mark_Chen) From United States | 75 |
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) From United Kingdom | 74 |
Alvaro Gaiotti (Thevava) From Italy | 73 |
Metecan Kalayci (Mcanist) From Turkey | 73 |
Viktor Kolínský (Iex) From Czech Republic | 73 |
Steve Allen (Steveallen) From United Kingdom | 73 |
Peter Lakatos (Nyul11) From Hungary | 73 |
Kinpin Chu (Xh2072) From China | 73 |
Stephen Goldstein (Sdvdg) From United States | 73 |
Paul Sontag (Pgs58) From Canada | 73 |
Peter Law (Petelaw) From United Kingdom | 73 |
Andre Renaud (Arenaud) From Canada | 72 |
Gillian Paty (Caldeius) From France | 72 |
Aymeric Lebatteux (Voldenuit) From France | 71 |
Alexander Cook (Spade7) From Australia | 71 |
Murat Şensoy (Emartie) From Turkey | 70 |
Mehmet Ertinas (Ertinas) From Turkey | 70 |
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) From Canada | 70 |
Hanoi Rondon (Hanoi5) From Chile | 70 |
Jean-Luc Lachance (Jllachan) From Canada | 70 |
Milko Slavov (Milko_Sl) From Bulgaria | 70 |
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (Rv) From India | 70 |
Vincent Lui (Cheapcheap) From Hong Kong | 69 |
John Lusky (Pachyderms) From United States | 69 |
Mike Doecke (Wesleyc) From Australia | 69 |
Nick Stevens (Scottie9) From United Kingdom | 69 |
Ian Findlay (Findles) From Canada | 69 |
Dan Gheorghiu (Dang4503) From Canada | 69 |
Robert Lavin (Bridgboy1) From United States | 69 |
Daniel Klein (Drdnmnk) From Canada | 69 |
David Williams (Dave251164) From United Kingdom | 69 |
Ibrahim El Sebahy (Sebahy) From Egypt | 68 |
Michael Berkowitz (Berkmb5) From United States | 68 |
Luka Žunić (Behemont1) From Croatia | 68 |
Lei Tsui (Ltsui10) From United States | 68 |
Ken Schutze (Schutze) From United States | 68 |
Richard Lawson (Sterman) From United States | 68 |
Leo Resk (Resker) From Canada | 68 |
Bogdan Veličković (Neznamnija) From Serbia | 67 |
Nader Hanna (Darth) From Canada | 67 |
Paul Darin (Dagwood) From United States | 67 |
Arto Kosonen (Aarrttoo) From Finland | 67 |
David Cole (Davidcole) From Germany | 67 |
Qiang Zhang (Olddragonz) From United States | 67 |
Abdullah Gulsun (Abgulsun) From Turkey | 66 |
Robert Kuhnreich (Rkuhnreich) From United States | 66 |
Robert Duval (Bobduv) From United States | 66 |
Jane Eason (Mawj) From United States | 66 |
Silvia Sacco (Sissi_It71) From Italy | 66 |
Laura Mancini (801Dna) From France | 66 |
Alexandros Zervogiannis (Phoenix 26) From Greece | 65 |
David Boxley (Dboxley) From United States | 65 |
Bülent Aslan (Baylind) From Turkey | 65 |
Filippo Cavallari (Filebb) From Italy | 65 |
Sherif Noshy (Chiccco) From Egypt | 65 |
Metzdorff Olivier (Meol) From France | 65 |
Mark Hatkoff (Markhat) From United States | 65 |
Cristina Pouseiro (Tina1975) From Portugal | 65 |
Erez Zadik (Erezz) From Israel | 65 |
Brad Theurer (Batmanbrad) From United States | 65 |
Rishabh Singh (Rishabh) From United States | 65 |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) From Singapore | 65 |
Josh Sinnett (Oshoj) From United States | 65 |
Francois maintains his excellent form with 78/80 this month, extending his lead over everyone else on the leader-board. Luwen’s 65 drops him a couple of places, with everyone else in the Top 9 scoring between 69 and 73. Dave hangs on to second place, but life is about to get much tougher for the top two as players start dropping their weakest scores next month.
Both Francois and Dave have lowest scores in the mid-60s to drop, but most of the chasing pack will be dumping scores in the mid-50s, so they will close the gap by 10 if both score the same. Watch out for Pete, too, currently lying ninth, but with a 48 and a 50 to dispose of. The leaders will also be joined by a handful of players who have missed a month somewhere along to way, and thus so far have only eight registered scores. There will also be a late run by those who currently have only seven scores, led by Douglas.
The outcome of last year’s annual competition was in doubt right up until the end and, with four players still averaging over 70/80, 2022 is looking like it will be just as close.
Player | Grand Total (lowest score to drop) |
---|---|
Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France | 651 (64) |
David Williams (dave251164) from Llangollen, Wales | 639 (65) |
Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney, Australia | 635 (55) |
Ian T Findlay (findles) from Banff AB Canada | 633 (56) |
Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Providencia | 628 (56) |
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 627 (55) |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) from Singapore | 623 (48) |
Milko Slavov (milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria | 608 (60) |
Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs | 603 (48) |
Va Ena (fachiru) from Taos NM | 596 (57) |
Laura Mancini (801dna) from Paris France | 587 (53) |
Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) from Victoria, BC, Canada | 585 (46) |
Babs Giesbrecht (bABsG) from Canada | 584 (56) |
Shahar Zack (shaharz) from kiryat motzkin | 584 (60) |
Paul Dubois (pottsca) from El Cajon, CA USA | 581 (49) |
Claude Candillier (capri13) from Peyrolles en Provence, France | 576 (58) |
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from Gaithersburg, MD USA | 574 (51) |
Patrick Shields (patr1cks) from Cheltenham | 571 (56) |
Josh Sinnett (oshoj) from Bellingham, WA, United States | 568 (53) |
Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest | 561 (56) |
Juliano Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Seixal Portugal | 560 (49) |
Gianni Hsieh (wakanari) from Sammamish | 546 (46) |
Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) from Sweden | 546 () |
peter lakatos (nyul11) from Budapest | 542 () |
Enhao Du (diandian23) from Newbury Park, USA | 538 (44) |
Athanasiadis Alex (alati) from Thessaloniki, Greece | 537 (48) |
Alex Green (Galexy) from Sydney Australia | 532 (50) |
John C Osher (J5280) from Denver | 529 (49) |
David Johnson (davidmj) from Calgary Canada | 526 (52) |
John R Mayne (JRMayne) from Modesto, CA, USA | 526 () |
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) from United Kingdom | 526 () |
C Billiet (cbilliet) from Netherlands | 523 (41) |
Mani Gupta (Manig) from USA | 523 (43) |
Rishabh Singh (rishabh) from San Jose | 523 (41) |
Raj Agarwal (badesh) from Cambridge, MA, USA | 519 (51) |
Adrian Pang (MP7601) from Hong Kong, China | 518 () |
Andreas Persson (Rosengatan) from Mullsjö | 518 (47) |
John MacGregor (johnmacg) from Halifax, NS | 517 () |
Michael van Gulik (Bananatree) from Belleville Canada | 515 () |
Capri Bucci (atp13) from Rome Italy | 514 () |
Stephen Kwan (sk1958) from Toronto/Canada | 510 (25) |
Manuel Oliveira (m oliveira) from Estoril - Portugal | 506 () |
Charles Nudelman (soxguy) from Northbrook,IIllinois | 506 (47) |
Tobias Bern (xtober) from Sweden | 505 () |
Benjamin Bomber (soccertoo) from Portland | 501 (44) |
John Stell (johnworf1) from United Kingdom | 498 () |
Marian Tomov (Marit) from Bulgaria | 494 (37) |
Chen-Dann Lu (CDLU) from Taiwan | 493 () |
Mark Bennett (upstate) from United States | 493 (45) |
Bruce Ballard (2milo) from New Zealand | 491 (47) |
Jarek Langer (jarek444) from Austin TX USA | 490 () |
Jean-Luc Lachance (jllachan) from Canada | 488 (37) |
Thanassis Akylas (aakylas) from Greece | 486 (35) |
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA, USA | 486 () |
peter hudson (p_t_red) from Coppell | 486 (30) |
Robert Goldbloom (DrG81) from Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA | 485 (45) |
Daniel Klein (drdnmnk) from Victoria, B.C., Canada | 484 () |
Lei Tsui (ltsui10) from United States | 484 () |
Erez Zadik (erezz) from Israel | 483 (43) |
Rasmus Maide (dst463) from Espoo, Finland | 481 () |
Karen Byrne Barrett (karenbbarr) from Norwalk, CT | 481 (45) |
Phil Grella (yawker) from United States | 481 (46) |
Arto Kosonen (Aarrttoo) from Finland | 479 (34) |
James Sampson (jtsamp1) from Lake Worth | 478 (27) |
Karle Joys (kjoys) from Canada | 477 (29) |
Mostafa Mohamed (therudy) from Fort Lee | 477 () |
Timothy Prior (brimstone) from United Kingdom | 475 () |
Nikolaos (nikrek) from Papamichalopoulos | 475 (17) |
borislav dobroykov (b_dobroyko) from Drogheda | 474 (36) |
Ashot Harutunyan (ashoth_14) from Canada | 474 (35) |
Judith Morissette (juju4) from Canada | 474 (42) |
Rumen Georgiev (RBG) from United States | 474 (39) |
Michael Fay (Mouse75) from United Kingdom | 473 (34) |