[閒聊] 藍帶雙人賽
1998 Fall NABC 在 Florida 的 Orlando 舉行. 因為年輕, 做了一件很瘋狂的事:
星期日晚上十一點, North American Swiss Teams 的決賽結束, 楊一帆和我輪流
睡覺和開車: 狂飆了十六小時, 超過一千七百公里. 星期一下午三點, 我準時回到
West Lafayette, 在數學系館和指導教授及其他博士班研究生們 meeting. XD
1998 Fall NABC 的 Blue Ribbon Pairs 初賽共有 366 pairs 參加, 也是我們的
第一次參賽, 幸運打進準決賽和第三天決賽. 次日, 芝加哥的好手 Jeff Schuett
在比賽會場對我說恭喜, 我回答: 我們在決賽的成績不怎樣啊 (49 名), we could
have played much better...
Jeff Schuett 說: 每次比賽 always "could have played much better", 相信我,
你們已經很厲害了, 幾十年來我每年參加藍帶雙人賽, 非常清楚打進決賽並且排進
決賽前 59 名, 是一件多麼困難的事情.
不久後在芝加哥的一次比賽, NTU EE 畢業的楊宏宇學長教授問我: 曾經聽過別人
這麼說, 一旦打進藍帶雙人賽的 Final, 打完決賽後, 內功可以爆增兩三成之多?
"我覺得打完 Blue Ribbon Pairs 決賽, 內功的確提昇, 但沒有兩三成那麼誇張.
大概因為能打進決賽的內功已經不差, 所以很難在一天內再爆增兩三成吧." :P
1999 Fall NABC 在麻州的 Boston 舉行, 我們晚上借住 MIT 的研究生宿舍. :)
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作者 jmc (cryptomatician)
標題 Re: [橋牌] BBO幣
※ 引述《noeye (假裝多好)》之銘言：
: 好不容易買了一本1999 藍帶雙人賽的Session 1
啊哈! 1999 藍帶雙人賽!
那是我參加過的三次藍帶雙人賽中, 成績最好的一次, 也是充滿最多美妙回憶的一次.
在 Blue Ribbon Pairs 的決賽中, 碰來碰去對手不是世界冠軍就是美國冠軍, 既刺激
又過癮, 實在是人生一大享受. XD
決賽獲獎名單中沒有 Jeff Meckstroth, 因為他在準決賽中被我們用 Astro 搞中一牌,
得到一個很差的成績, 然後就剛好沒有晉級決賽. :P
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1999 Blue Ribbon Pairs
Qualifying sessions (Top 1664=64*26)
Q1 919.43 55.25%
Q2 929.98 55.89%
1848.66 55th / 434 pairs
Semifinal sessions (Top 2340=90*26)
S1 1327.42 56.73%
S2 1439.70 61.53%
2846.60 7th / 182 pairs
Final sessions (Top 988=38*26)
F1 524.62 53.10%
F2 536.01 54.25%
1130.27 13th / 78 pairs
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1999 BLUE RIBBON PAIRS (Nov 25) Final
EDGAR KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS - Final Results
78 Pairs
190.00 1 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA;
John Mohan, Frederiksted, Virgin Ilands 1239.07
142.50 2 Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI;
John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 1195.55
106.88 3 Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Poland 1184.01
87.69 4 Zia Mahmood, New York NY;
Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL 1179.14
81.43 5 Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA;
Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 1174.45
76.00 6 Geir Helgemo, Norway; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 1164.33
71.25 7 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY;
Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1160.91
67.06 8 George Rosenkranz, Mexico; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 1148.22
63.33 9 Nick Bykov, Carmichael CA;
Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 1148.20
60.00 10 Gordon McOrmond, Delta BC; Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC 1147.65
57.00 11 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA;
Grant Baze, La Jolla CA 1137.46
54.29 12 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 1135.98
51.82 13 Yifan Yang, Darien IL;
Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN 1130.27
49.57 14 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD;
Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1126.49
47.50 15 Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Robin Klar, Spring TX 1122.71
45.60 16 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA;
Robert Levin, Orlando FL 1120.20
43.85 17 William Pettis - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 1114.42
42.22 18 Noberto Bocchi, Milan, Italy;
Giorgio Duboin, Torino, Italy 1105.54
40.71 19 Douglas Doub, Hartford CT;
John Rengstorff, New York NY 1095.34
39.31 20 Steve Beatty, Destrehan LA;
Jon Wittes, Claremont CA 1084.51
38.00 21 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ;
Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 1079.22
36.77 22 Gregory Arbour, Vancouver BC;
Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 1076.14
35.63 23 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Omaha NE 1063.27
34.55 24 Fred Stewart, Kingston NY;
Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1053.14
33.53 25 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 1051.06
32.57 26 Chris Willenken, New York NY;
Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 1040.42
31.67 27 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT;
Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 1035.05
30.81 28 Brian Glubok, Hampstead PQ;
Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 1032.55
30.00 29 John Armstrong, Liverpool, UK;
John Holland, Manchester, UK 1027.96
29.23 30 Janet Daling - Steve Mansfield, Seattle WA 1026.27
28.50 31 Tom Fox, Fargo ND;
Walter Schafer Jr, Bloomingdale IL 1025.17
27.80 32 Kenneth Kranyak - John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 1023.37
27.14 33 Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA;
Steve Catlett, Richmond VA 1019.97
26.51 34 Jose M. Valdes - Paolo Pasquini, Miami FL 1018.15
25.91 35 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA;
Geoff Hampson, Okemos MI 1016.77
25.33 36 Joseph Silver, Hampstead PQ;
Per Olov Sundelin, Stockholm, Sweden 1015.69
24.78 37 Barry Rigal, New York NY;
David Treadwell, Wilmington DE 1012.79
24.26 38 David Yang, Chicago IL;
Xiaodong Shi, Highland Park IL 1007.89
23.75 39 Richard Coren, Hollywood FL;
Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 1007.59
23.27 40 Tom Townsend - Mark Teltscher, London, UK 1002.83
22.80 41 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD;
Tom Cogan, Annapolis MD 998.34
22.35 42 Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY;
Michael Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY 996.26
21.92 43 Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON;
Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 993.43
21.51 44 Gerhard Schiesser, Kitzbuhel Austria; Audrzej Knap 992.24
21.11 45 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY;
Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 989.20
20.73 46 Ishmael Del Monte, Sydney, Australia;
Ashley Bach, Auckland, New Zealand 988.92
20.36 47 Alan Le Bendig - Rhoda Walsh, Los Angeles CA 987.54
20.00 48 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 973.97
19.66 49 R Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA;
Jaggy Shivdasani, New York NY 969.87
19.32 50 Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA;
Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 967.05
19.00 51 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, New York NY 963.51
18.69 52 Bryna Kra, Columbus OH;
Mike Goldsmith, Manchester UK 960.27
18.39 53 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Hemant Lall, Tarzana CA 958.79
18.10 54 Glenn Eisenstein - Bobbie Satz, Boca Raton FL 958.43
17.81 55 Denny Sacul - Karwur Franky, Indonesia 958.02
17.54 56 Lin Ya Fu - Shen Jia Xiang, China 957.36
17.27 57 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA;
Michael Levinson, Daly City CA 955.49
17.02 58 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN;
Paul Meerschaert, Excelsior MN 949.33
16.76 59 Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN;
Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 942.59
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