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Congratulations to this year’s winners, THE PRESIDENTS: Sebastian Reim, Guido Hopfenheit, Marie Eggeling, Paul Grünke (Germany).

The final round head-to-heads proved to be critical to the result.  After the penultimate round Nuno Matos were two VPs ahead of The Presidents. Nuno Matos managed a small win against Crashtest Dummies but The Presidents had a huge win over BEAlert and leapfrogged into first place. Cole finished in third.

1^st The Presidents:  Reim, Hopfenheit, Eggeling, Grünke (Germany) 173.12
2^nd Nuno Matos:  Teixeira (Madeira), Brenner (Brazil), Luiz (Madeira), Paz (Portugal) 166.05
3^rd Cole:  Cole (USA), Bianchedi, Madala (Argentina), Palma (Portugal) 155.55
4^th Crashtest Dummies: Imsa, Olla (Latvia), Lahrmann, Eyde (Denmark) 152.12
5^th Baldursson:  Einarsson, Jonsson, Jonsson, Johansson (Iceland) 151.96
6^th Nasa Rofl:  Danielsen, Bekkouche (Denmark), Welland, Auken (Germany) 151.62

7^th Bunnik-Side:  van Hoof, van den Bergh, van der Wouden, Winkel (Netherlands) 149.88
8^th Hanabi:  Barendregt, Schols, Coppens, Groenenboom (Netherlands) 148.83
9^th Miniter:  Miniter, Grue, Hurd (USA), Rimstedt (Sweden) 147.66
10^th Baleal:  Pereira, Cruzeiro, Morbey, Castaño (Portugal) 146.77
11^th Wasinoned:  Pichler, Weigkricht, Smederevac, Wernle (Austria) 145.87
12^th Bricklayer:  Metselaar, Reuser, Barendregt, van Santen (Netherlands) 145.52

Full results HERE

All change at the top:  the Northern European dominance of Session 1 has been overturned, with perennial winners Nuno Matos rising from 24th to 1st; Portuguese mainlanders Baleal from 36th to 2nd; and the Luso-Argentine-USA combo Cole from 11th to 7th.  In between are The Presidents (Germany) in 3rd, Crashtest Dummies (Latvia/Denmark) in 4th, Bricklayer (Netherlands) in 5th and Nasa Rofl (Denmark/Germany) in 6th.

1^st Nuno Matos (Teixeira – Brenner – Luiz – Paz) 134.53
2^nd Baleal (Pereira – Cruzeiro – Morbey – Castaño) 124.00
3^rd The Presidents (Reim – Hopfenheit – Eggeling – Grünke) 122.09
4^th Crashtest Dummies (Imsa – Olla – Lahrmann – Eyde) 119.50
5^th Bricklayer (Metselaar – Reuser – Barendregt – van Santen) 117.01

6^th Nasa Rofl (Danielsen – Bekkouche – Welland – Auken) 115.72
7^th Cole (Cole – Bianchedi – Madala – Palma) 114.51
8^th Bjertnes (Bjertnes – Maanum – Munkvold – Kjaernsrod) 114.47
       BEAlert (Wodniansky – Kuhn – Gotsev – Kroening) 114.47
10^th Baldursson (Einarsson – Jonsson – Jonsson – Johansson) 114.20

Full results HERE

Another record for the Madeira International Bridge Open:  111 teams are doing battle for this year’s trophy.

Early leaders are Nordil Five:  Katrine Martenson-Larsen (Denmark), Flemming Poulsen (Denmark), Svein Arild Naas Olsen (Norway), Gunn Helness (Norway), Tor Helness (Norway), on 49.15 VPs.  Since less than 1 VP separates the first four teams, it’s all to play for.

1^st Nordil Five (Martensen-Larsen – Poulsen – Olsen – Helness – Helness) 49.15
2^nd R1F3 (Zarkesch – Boeddeker – Coutinho – Nautilus) 48.46
3^rd Szenberg (Szenberg – Milaszewski – Wlad – Kavalenka – Micescu 48.42
4^th Baldursson (Einarsson – Jonsson – Jonsson – Johansson) 48.27
5^th Nasa Rofl (Danielsen – Bekkouche – Welland – Auken) 46.60

6^th Lupo Veloce (Berger – Burg – Lauss – Zelnik) 46.48
7^th Contract Killers (Madsen – Vainer – Brandgaard – Brandgaard) 45.74
8^th Bunnik-Side (van Hoof – van den Bergh – van der Wouden – Winkel) 44.61
9^th Kellobello (Hansen – Vos – Spencer – Kay) 43.91
10^th Hanabi (Barendregt – Schols – Coppens – Groenenboom) 43.21

Full results HERE

Another reshuffle at the top:  John Hurd and Mikael Rimstedt produced a huge 68.16% to overtake the 11 pairs above them and take the trophy with a total score of 61.91%.  Meanwhile, Piotr Marcinowski and Andrzej Jaszczak rose four places to finish second, only 0.25% behind the winners.

Non-movers at the top were David Kendrick and Patrick Shields, who kept third place on 61.49%, and Luís Castaño and Pedro Morbey, who also hung on to fourth with 61.32%.

Piotr Walczak and Adam Blachnio crept up from 7th to 5th.

Congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to everyone who took part.

1^st John Hurd – Mikael Rimstedt (USA/Sweden) 61.91%
2^nd Piotr Marcinowski – Andrzej Jaszczak (Poland) 61.66%
3^rd David Kendrick – Patrick Shields (England/Wales) 61.49%
4^th Luís Castaño – Pedro Morbey (Portugal) 61.32%
5^th Piotr Walczak – Adam Blachnio (Poland) 60.64%

6^th Stephen Zolotow – Anam Tebha (USA) 59.83%
7^th Marcel Winkel – Huub van der Wouden (Netherlands) 59.61%
8^th Thor-Erik Hoftaniska – Christian Bakke (Norway) 59.58%
9^th Goran Hammarstrom – Simon Bech (Sweden) 59.50%
10^th Igor Grzejdziak – Sabina Grzejdziak (Poland) 59.44%

Full results HERE

Some big 2nd-session scores have reshuffled the pack, but leaders Stephen Zolotow and Anam Tebha hung onto first place.  Helmut Haeusler and Daniela von Arnim, who won the second session with an impressive 67.38%, climbed from 35th to 2nd; while David Kendrick and Patrick Shields rose from 11th to 3rd with a session score of 64.05%.

1^st Stephen Zolotow – Anam Tebha 63.46%
2^nd Helmut Haeusler – Daniela von Arnim 62.10%
3^rd David Kendrick – Patrick Shields 62.07%
4^th Ruud von Seida – Pim Coppens 60.67%
5^th Piotr Marcinowski – Andrzej Jaszczak 60.41%

6^th Luís Castaño – Pedro Morbey 60.35%
7^th Piotr Walczak – Adam Blachnio 60.28%
8^th Bjarni Einarsson – Birkir Jon Jonsson 59.61%
9^th Pedro Rebelo – Nuno Rebelo 59.16%
10^th Thor-Erik Hoftaniska – Christian Bakke 59.11%

Full results HERE

An astonishing 246 pairs are playing in this year’s Open Pairs tournament.  Thank you to all of you who have returned (a few for the 26th time), and welcome to our new players – we hope you are enjoying the tournament and will come again.

Early leaders are Piotr Walczak and Adam Blachnio of Poland, who lead Americans Stephen Zolotow and Anam Tebha by 2.02 matchpoints.  Lying third are Pedro and Nuno Rebelo of Portugal.

1^st Piotr Walczak – Adam Blachnio (Poland) 67.64%
2^nd Stephen Zolotow – Anam Tebha (USA) 65.62%
3rd Pedro Rebelo – Nuno Rebelo (Portugal) 63.34%
4^th Guido Hopfenheit – Sebastian Reim (Germany) 61.95%
5^th Pedro Macedo – Laura Woodruff (Madeira) 61.43%
6^th Piotr Marcinowski – Andrzej Jaszczak (Poland) 61.41%
7^th Torbjörn Arffman – Peter Bertheau (Sweden) 60.88%
8^th Harry Burmania – Willem Flisijn (Netherlands) 60.77%
9^th Jan Clementsson – Bonnie Clementsson (Sweden) 60.55%
10^th Detlev Kroening – Hristo Gotsev (Germany) 60.10%

Full results HERE

A record 132 pairs played in the 2023 Warm-up event.  Gabriel Gislason and Gisli Steingrimsson of Iceland took first place from fellow-countrymen Ingi Agnarsson and Aron Thorfinsson, with Wolfgang Lauss and Heinrich Berger of Austria in third.

Top Madeiran pair were José Macedo and João Machado in 19th place on 57.32%. 

1st Gabriel Gislason – Gisli Steingrimsson (Iceland) 65.34%
2nd Ingi Agnarsson – Aron Thorfinsson (Iceland) 64.67%
3rd Wolfgang Lauss – Heinrich Berger (Austria) 64.21%
4th Boudewijn van Peer – Jaap van den Berg (Netherlands) 63.71%
5th David Willis – Steve Root (England) 62.81%

Full results HERE

Don’t forget the Warm-up Pairs, 20:30 on Monday in the Selvagens Suite in Tower 2 at Vidamar. Entry fee €15. Cash prizes.

The 2023 Charity Challenge was won by Southern Europe (a collection of players from various Southern European nations, none of which fielded enough players to qualify as a separate country).  Runners-up were Northern Europe (ditto), and Iceland (which did field enough players to count as a separate nation, despite having a population of only 373,000) was third.

€1967.10 was raised for our charity of the year.

Top Pairs:

1st Lars K Nielsen – Mette Drogemuller (Denmark) 65.97%
2nd António Campos Palma – Maya Bjork Heed (Portugal/Sweden) 62.08%
3nd Gabriel Gislason – Gisli Steingrimsson (Iceland) 60.21%
4nd Rolf Tolle – Svein Markussen (Norway) 58.40%
5nd Bernódus Kristinsson – Omar Oskarsson (Iceland) 58.13%

Full results HERE

A round half-century of players took part in the second IMP Pairs tournament.  The runaway winners were Dennis Ottevanger and Agnes Wesseling of the Netherlands, with a score of +2.70.

Runners-up on +1.95 were Haakan Tjarnemo and Bengt Emanuelsson of Sweden, with the newly-hatched Germany-Israel partnership of Nick Nautilus and Jacob Bereslavsky taking third place on +1.57.

Top Madeiran pair were John Arblaster and Mel Barlow (UK/Canada) on +0.74.

1^st Dennis Ottevanger – Agnes Wesseling (Netherlands) +2.70
2^nd Haakan Tjarnemo – Bengt Emanuelsson (Sweden) +1.95
3^rd Nick Nautilus (Germany) – Jacob Bereslavsky (Israel) +1.57
4^th Harry Burmania – John Linse (Netherlands) +1.41
5^th Aron Thorfinsson – Birkir Jon Jonsson (Iceland) +1.32

Full results HERE

Our first IMP Pairs tournament saw Mads Eyde and Christian Lahrmann of Denmark triumph over the two Dutch pairs in 2^nd and 3^rd place.  Local favourites Pedro Morgado and Eduardo Fernandes finished a creditable fourth.

1^st Mads Eyde – Christian Lahrmann +2,38
2^nd Dennis Ottevanger – Agnes Wesseling +2,07 
3^rd Han Begas – Lucia Grosmann +1,42 
4^th Pedro Morgado – Eduardo Fernandes +1,07 

Full results HERE

The opening event of the 2023 tournament – the Portuguese Simultaneous Pairs – was won by Harry Burmania and John Linse of the Netherlands, with a score of 63.79%.

Runners-up were Marit Aastrand and Per Hult of Sweden, on 59.47%.  In 3rd place were our perennial visitors from La Belle France, Françoise and Michel Ingelbert, with 57.82%.

Full results HERE

11 more pairs … 3 new nationalities … it’s the biggest ever Madeira International Bridge Open.

You can find the player list (by nationality) HERE

Or the list of pairs HERE

You can see the list of players who have already entered this year’s tournament HERE