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The Teams reached a dramatic finale – when VENTIN went into the last round with a small 2.81 VP lead over SELENA – these two teams having dominated the top spots throughout the entire event.

It was SELENA who eventually emerged the victors on 167.20 VPs beating VENTIN by 0.1 VP, the narrowest of margins. 3rd place on 163.90 VPs were ARFFMAN.

Tonight, we swap bidding boxes for bubbly as we gather for the Closing Dinner and prize-giving extravaganza. It’s time to sit back, clink glasses, and celebrate the triumphs with friends both old and new.

Until next year, when we look forward seeing you again, may all your finesses be successful.

Full results HERE

After the second day of the Teams, SELENA (Pepic – Tuczynski – Chmurski – van de Paverd) is slowly pulling ahead with 138.48 VPs from 2nd placed VENTIN (Ventin – Nystrom – Hult – Palma ) on 130.42.  SELENA has been at the top table throughout and their progress can be followed on BBO.

In 3rd place we have Jolly (Tebha – Jolly – Arbit – Lien – Kaplan) on 129.65, 4th is Majbach (Gierulski – Skrzypczak – Witek – Kavalenka) on 127.79 and in 5th are the X Presidents (Reim – Janson – Böcker – Hopfenheit) on 124.43.

All to play for on the final day.  Full results HERE

Another year, another record.  Leading the field of 174 teams after three matches are NOR-ICE (Bjertnes, Stabell, Agnarsson, Thorfinnsson) on 54.95 VPs.  There are no prizes for guessing the origin of the team name.

Close behind on 53.96 are Garfield (Finnsson, Finnsson, Hallquist, Hallquist [Sweden]) , with SELENA (Pepic [Serbia], Tuczynski, Chmurski [Poland], van de Paverd [Netherlands]) in third spot on 53.92.

Full results HERE

The 2025 edition of the Open Pairs has drawn to a close.  Last night’s leaders, Christian Bakke and Thor-Erik Hoftaniska (Norway/UK), maintained their lead and are our new champions.

Runners-up are Vytautas Vainikonis and Wojciech Olanski (Lithuania), who rose 16 places to finish 5.52% behind the leaders.

In third place are Sveinn R Eiriksson and Magnus Eidur Magnusson (Iceland), our 2017 winners, on 61.24%

Full results HERE

Overall leaders after two sessions are Christian Bakke (Norway) and Thor-Erik Hoftaniska (UK), up from 2nd place on 65.96%.  Their nearest rivals are João Paes de Carvalho and Jão Fanha (Portugal), who rose 20 places to land on 63.24%.  In 3rd place are Bartosz Chmurski and Piotr Tuczynski (Poland) [not to be confused with his compatriot Piotr Tuszynski, who is also playing in this tournament], two places up from their 1st-session position.

Winners of the second session were Stian Evenstad and Nicolai Evenstad (Norway) with 69.87%.

Full results HERE

The early leaders in the 2025 Open Pairs are Michal Wrobel and Wojciech Bak (Poland) on 68.97%, just 0.11% ahead of Christian Bakke (Norway) and Thor-Erik Hoftaniska (UK).  Lying third are Owen Lien and Christian Jolly (USA).

Top Madeiran pair after one session are Frederico Teixeira and Ricardo Fernandes in 126th place on 53.76%

Full results HERE 

The first event of the main programme – the Warm-Up Pairs – attracted another record entry:  202 pairs, an increase of 32% over last year.

The winners were:

North-South: Robert Boeddeker – Flora Zarkesch (Germany) 64.14%

East-West: Christian Lahrmann – Mads Eyde (Denmark) 69.77%

Full results HERE

An amazing 117 pairs took part in the Charity Pairs on Sunday afternoon, an increase of 37 over last year’s entry.

Winners North-South were Vigfus Vigfusson and Johanna Gisladottir (Iceland)

Winners East-West were Mark Kaptein and Mariken Schoenmakers (Netherlands)

Full results HERE

Prizes for the pre-tournament events (EXCEPT the Warm-Up Pairs*) must be collected from the Welcome Desk.

Welcome Desk opening hours may be found HERE or on the board next to the Welcome Desk or in the Bulletin.

*There are separate arrangements for collection of prizes for the main events and the Warm-Up Pairs

The second of our two IMP Pairs events was won by Ingibjorg Gudmundsdottir and Dagbjort Hannesdottir (Iceland) North-South with +59.60, and by Arnór Ragnarsson and Sigurdur Steingrimsson (Iceland) East-West with +53.60.

Full results HERE

We have added some extra prizes and increased the value of some, to reflect the number of entries.

New list HERE

The first of our two IMP Pairs events was won by Gerwin Middelkoop and Arjen Salari (Netherlands) in the North-South line with +48.63, and by Karl Gretar Karlsson and Aron Thorfinnsson (Iceland) in the East-West line with +50.93.

Full results HERE

MIBO 2025 is out of the starting blocks with the 2025 Matchpoint Pairs.  Winners were Nick Nautilus & Frederic Boldt of Germany (North-South) and Kristinn Olafsson & Aron Thorfinnsson of Iceland (East-West).

A creditable third place was secured by our recently retired Bulletin Editor, Ron Tacchi, and by our new Bulletin Layout Editor, Mónika Kuemmel.

Full results HERE

See the photographs of Wednesday’s press conference HERE

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