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Jul. 2003 World Computer Bridge Championship
The 7th World Computer Bridge Championship was held July 22-27, 2003 at the 1st European Open Championships in Menton, France. This year's World Computer Bridge Championship was supported by the ACBL. Al Levy, 2003 ACBL President, 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 7th ACBL World Computer Bridge Championship.

  • Blue Chip Bridge (United Kingdom), Mike Wittaker & Ian Trackman, Blue Chip Ltd.
  • Bridge Baron (United States), Stephen Smith & Jason Rosenfeld & George Yanakiev, Great Game Products.
  • Jack (The Netherlands), Hans Kuijf & Wim Heemskerk & Martin Pattenier, Kuijf & Kuijf Software.
  • Meadowlark Bridge (United States), Rodney Ludwig & David Walker.
  • Micro Bridge (Japan), Tomio Uchida & Yumiko Uchida.
  • Oxford Bridge (United Kingdom), Andrew Bracher, Thinking Games.
  • Q-Plus Bridge (Germany), Johannes Leber, Q Plus Software.
  • Sabrina (France), Pierre Cormault & Gerard Joyez.
  • WBridge5 (France), Yves Costel

Results (2003 Menton)
The event started with the nine participants playing a 20-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   8   9  Total Rank
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1.WBridge5       X  12  22  15  24  17  25  25  25   165    1
2.Jack          18   X  10  16  18  25  25  25  25   162    2
3.Micro Bridge   8  20   X  16  19  25  23  25  25   161    3
4.Bridge Baron  15  14  14   X  10  13  25  25  25   141    4
5.Q-Plus         6  12  11  20   X  14  15  25  25   128    5
6.Oxford        13   3   0  17  16   X  22  25  25   121    6
7.Blue Chip      3   2   7   3  15   8   X  25  25    88    7
8.Meadowlark     0   0   0   1   0   0   5   X  23    29    8
9.Sabrina        0   0   0   0   0   0   2   7   X     9    9
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Semifinal match
64 boards plus carryover from 20-board round robin match
(head-to-head VP difference)

               Carry  Boards
Program        Over   1-16 17-32 33-48 49-64   Total
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WBridge5         0      20    60    40    19    139
Bridge Baron     0      36    19    18    70    143
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Jack             0      36    33    59    39    167
Micro Bridge     0*      9    26    12    34     81
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*) Only the contestant that finishes higher in the round
robin than it's opponent can be awarded a carryover.  

Final match
64 boards plus carryover from 20-board round robin match
(head-to-head VP difference)

               Carry  Boards
Program        Over   1-16 17-32 33-48 49-64   Total
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Jack             2      79    34    56    17     188
Bridge Baron            26    29     6    56     117
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