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The Vugraph Project team is proudly announcing
yet another major offering from the past,
the 1973 Bermuda Bowl final. You can find all
128 deals of the final between USA and Italy,
at:
http://www.sarantako...73/1973-bb.html

Just to whet your appetite: the legendary Blue Team had retired after
their1969 BB win, leaving the field open to Ira Korn's Aces, who won the
1970 and 1971 events. The Italians came back in action to beat the
Americans in the 1972 Olympiad, so the 1973 match had a special significance, as
it pitted the reigning world champions against the Olympic champions.

The Aces had pipped the Blue Team in the Round Robin and were quietly
confident. But the Blue Team came out and played almost flawless bridge
in the first two segments to lead 124 - 6, an unprecedented trouncing
at that level!

The match was effectively over after 32 boards but Italy kept
increasing their lead and after segment 7 they led by 205 IMPs. The
Aces reduced the deficit somewhat by winning the final set 80-3. Italy
fielded Garozzo/Belladonna and Forquet/Bianchi for the first six
segments and only in the last two segments did new boys Pittala and
Garabello see action.

Kudos for this offering goes (again!) to Denis O'Kane who
did all the work and also offers several alternative formats
(pbn, dup files, pf files).

What are pf files, you may ask. It is a very interesting new twist.
Using the so-called pf command, these lin files allow the user to
depart at any time from the line of play followed at the table, to play
out the hand all by himself and explore alternative lines of play.
However, once you have departed from the original line, you cannot
reliably revert to it unless you go back at Trick 1.

Nikos Sarantakos
www.sarantakos.com/bridge.html