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Alvin Levy's HP
Jul. 2008 World Computer Bridge Championship
The 12th World Computer Bridge Championship was held July 20-25, 2008 at the ACBL summer North American Bridge Championships in Las Vegas, USA. This year's World Computer Bridge Championship was supported by the ACBL. Al Levy, a member of the ACBL Board of Directors, is the creator of the World Computer Bridge Championship and acted as the organizer and coordinator of this year's event.

Seven computer programs from around the world competed in the 12th ACBL World Computer Bridge Championship.

  • Bridge Baron (United States), Stephen Smith & Jason Rosenfeld, Great Game Products.
  • Jack (The Netherlands), Hans Kuijf & Wim Heemskerk & Martin Pattenier, Kuijf & Kuijf Software.
  • Micro Bridge (Japan), Tomio Uchida & Yumiko Uchida.
  • Q-Plus Bridge (Germany), Johannes Leber, Q Plus Software. (operated by Gerard Joyez)
  • RoboBridge (The Netherlands), Job Scheffers
  • Shark Bridge (Denmark), John Norris
  • WBridge5 (France), Yves Costel

Results (2008 Las Vegas)
The event started with the seven participants playing a 32-board round robin. The top four programs from the round robin played a 64-board semifinal match and the winners played a 64-board final.

Round Robin results (WBF 25VP scale)
                 1   2   3   4   5   6   7  Total Rank
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1.Jack           X  18  24  23  25  25  25   140    1
2.Shark Bridge  12   X   5  25  16  25  25   108    2
3.WBridge5       6  25   X  16  17  15  22   101    3
4.Micro Bridge   7   5  14   X  23  18  18    85    4
5.Q-Plus         0  14  13   7   X  17  25    76    5
6.Bridge Baron   4   4  15  12  13   X  22    70    6
7.RoboBridge     0   5   8  12   0   8   X    33    7
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Semifinal match
64 boards plus carryover from 32-board round robin match
(head-to-head VP difference or their overall VP difference)

               Carry  Boards
Program        Over   1-16 17-32 33-48 49-64   Total
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Jack            16      40    55    48     7    166
Micro Bridge     0      26    14    41    32    113
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Shark Bridge     0      23    49    23    26    121
WBridge5         0      29    39    20    51    139
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Final match
64 boards plus carryover from 32-board round robin match
(head-to-head VP difference or their overall VP difference)

               Carry  Boards
Program        Over   1-16 17-32 33-48 49-64   Total
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Jack            18      27    26    40    46     157
WBridge5         0      42    55    39    36     172
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