[nikos59]

The Vugraph Project team is proudly announcing
yet another major offering from the past,
the 1977 Bermuda Bowl final. You can find all
128 deals of the final between USA I and USA II,
at:
http://www.sarantako...77/1977-bb.html


Just to whet your appetite this was the first and last time
when two teams from the same country met in the final.
This was deemed awkward, hence a rule has been promulgated whereby if two teams of the same country are present in the semifinals they have to play each other.

The two US teams had qualified 1st and 2nd respectively from a six team round robin - the other teams being Sweden, Argentina, Australia and Taiwan. The Defenders had a 31 IMP carry over (actually 30.5 IMP) from the RR and looked as if they would retain the title after 64 boards as they led by 44 IMPs. But the Challengers really came alive after that and outscored the holders by 73 IMPs over the final 32 boards to take the glory and the Bermuda Bowl.

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