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Sep. 2000 World Computer Bridge Championship
The 4th World Computer Bridge Championship was held September 1 through 5, 2000 in conjunction with Bridge Olympiad 2000, held in Maastricht, The Netherland. This year's World Computer Bridge Championship was supported by the WBF and ACBL, and sponsored by MSN Gaming Zone. 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.

Nine computer programs from around the world competed in the MSN Gaming Zone World Computer Bridge Championship.

  • Blue Chip Bridge (Great Britain), Mike Wittaker & Ian Trackman, Blue Chip Ltd.
  • Bridge Baron (U.S.), Stephen Smith & George Yanakiev, Great Games Products.
  • Bridge Buff (Canada), Doug Bennion, BridgeWare
  • Jack (The Netherlands), Hans Kuijk
  • Meadowlark Bridge (U.S.), Rodney Ludwig & David Walker, Meadowlark Software.
  • Micro Bridge 9 (Japan), Tomio Uchida & Yumiko Uchida.
  • Oxford Bridge (United Kingdom), Andrew Bracher
  • Q-Plus Bridge (Germany), Johannes Leber, Q Plus Software.
  • WBridge5 (France), Yves Costel

Results (2000 Maastricht)
The event started with the nine participants playing a 12-board round robin. The top four programs from the round robin played a 40-board semifinal match and the winners played a 50-board final.

Comments: All programs are very close in strength. Meadowlark Bridge got through the tough game and took the championship. Micro Bridge was bottom, but we hope Micro Bridge was a little bit unlucky this time.

Round Robin results (WBF 25VP scale)
              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 Total Rank
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1.Blue Chip   X  16  14  15  13  22  14  16   7   117    6
2.Baron      14   X  11   1  16  25  23  16  13   119    5
3.Buff       16  19   X   6   4  12  19  19  11   106    7
4.Jack       15  25  24   X  23  16  10  11  10   134    2
5.Meadowlark 17  14  25   7   X   9  19  19  25   135    1
6.Micro       8   3  18  14  21   X  12  12  16   104    9
7.Oxford     16   7  11  20  11  18   X   9  14   106    7
8.Q-Plus     14  14  11  19  11  18  21   X  16   124    4
9.WBridge5   23  17  19  20   2  14  16  14   X   125    3
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Semifinal match
40 boards plus carryover from 12 board round robin match

               Carry  Boards
Program        Over   1-40     Total
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Q-Plus         13      116      129
Jack                    79       79
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Meadowlark     53       91      144
WBridge5               126      126
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Final match
50 boards plus carryover from 12 board round robin match

               Carry  Boards
Program        Over   1-50     Total
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Meadowlark     13     105       118
Q-Plus                116       116
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