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Aug. 2015 World Computer Bridge Championship
The 19th World Computer Bridge Championship was held August 10-15, 2015 at the 2015 ACBL summer NABC, Chicago, IL. 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.

Eight computer programs from around the world competed in the 19th ACBL World Computer Bridge Championship.

  • Bridge Baron (United States), Stephen Smith & Steve Rosenfeld, Great Game Products.
  • Goto Bridge (France), Alexis Maugat, GoTo Games
  • 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.
  • Robo Bridge (The Netherlands), Job Scheffers
  • Shark Bridge (Denmark), John Norris
  • WBridge5 (France), Yves Costel

Results (2015 Chicago)
The event started with the eight 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 20VP scale)
                  1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8    Total Rank
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1.WBridge5        X     9.14  16.35  15.76  19.38   9.14  17.69  17.01  104.47  1
2.Jack          10.86    X     3.32  19.56  14.54  14.39  15.50  18.13   96.30  2
3.Micro Bridge   3.65  16.68    X    16.35   9.14  11.47  15.37  20.00   92.66  3
4.Q-plus         4.24   0.44   3.65    X    16.46  16.68  18.45   8.33   68.25  4
5.Shark Bridge   0.62   5.46  10.86   3.54    X    15.24  13.78  18.54   67.95  5
6.Bridge Baron  10.86   5.61   8.53   3.32   4.76    X    15.37   9.78   58.23  6
7.Goto Bridge    2.31   4.50   4.63   1.55   6.22   4.63    X    17.78   41.62  7
8.Robo Bridge    2.99   1.87   0.00  11.67   1.55  10.22   2.22    X     30.52  8
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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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WBridge5       11.5     16    55    56    24    162.5
Q-plus          0       21    29    37    35    122
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Jack            0       40    76    24    54    194
Micro Bridge    0       10    44    52    16    122
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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             0      57    52    28    28     165
Wbridge5         0      59    28    15    46     148
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