http://www.bridgefiles.net/General newsFeedSpring - http://feedspring.com/Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:06:04 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.worldbridge.org/bios/shahshiv.aspBridge youngster bids for major award Shivam Shah, a 19-year old from London, has been nominated for the pres­ti­gious British Asian Sports Awards for his ex­traor­di­nary achievements in bridge. This is the first time that a bridge player has been nominated for such an award. From the hundreds of applications received, 3 from each category were selected for the final stage. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:58:53 GMTChina, Brazil & Russia to host World Bridge events Beijing, China; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and St.Petersburg, Russia have been selected by the WBF to host the major world bridge events in the coming years. Beijing will be the venue of the World Bridge Games which is part of the World Mind Sports Games in 2008. Sao Paulo, Brazil will be the venue of the 2009 World Team Cham­pion­ships, while St.Petersburg, Russia is to host the World Bridge Series in 2010. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:58:23 GMThttp://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/calendar/calendar_women_info.aspWomen´s Festival on Internet Women players are to make new friends online and enjoy a new exciting bridge competition in a warm and inviting at­mos­phere. This is thanks to a Women´s Bridge Festival, to be organized by the WBF and BBO in April 2008. A total of four tournaments (Pairs and Individual) will be played each day, for a total of six days. Full details of this great event are available in many languages in the Women´section of the WBF website. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:55:56 GMThttp://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/default.aspNew World Championship Scheme Following the meetings of the WBF Executive Council in Shanghai 2007, the World Bridge Federation has announced the new plan for the World Bridge Cham­pion­ships, to be put into effect in 2008. The World Bridge Cham­pion­ships will operate on a four-year cycle. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:53:48 GMThttp://www.worldbridge.org/departments/Laws/2007LawsComplete.pdfNew Laws of Duplicate Bridge The 2007 edition of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge is now available. The new Laws come into effect from 1 January 2008, but NBOs have until 30 September 2008 to bring them into force. All WBF events, whether world or zonal, will be conducted under the new Laws as from January 2008. For the new Laws, click here. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:53:55 GMThttp://groups.msn.com/bridgeFILES/viking.msnw?&pps=kViking Precision Club 2007 has been added. The main differences to 2004 version(the book) is: ENDsignal after relay sequences and a slam approach much similar to what is used for pass-systems Different preemptive approaches Transfer positives after 1C opening Defined interference handles Even it looks like they now stop relay sequences by 10 cards known I have decided to continue relays until the end unless the convention card expressively states not to NEXT system to come I expect to be the last Blue Team system Lancia Club. It looks to be a mix between SUPERprecision and Quadri Livorno.Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:12:49 GMThttp://www.bridgefiles.net/VAR/FAQ.htmI have added some more info to problem shooting site. It is about how to switch systems and how to access the backdoor folders.Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:23:02 GMThttp://groups.msn.com/bridgeFILES/aunim.msnwThe club system of Sabine Auken/Daniela von Arnim has been added. It is a 4 card major system with possible canape' into minors only. 2 versions, 2004 incl. brown-sticker features and 2007 without. You remember that by 2005 the use of brown-sticker features was reduced to a minimum. Most players has due to that decided to strip their systems completely.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:59:33 GMThttp://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/shanghai.07/Bulletin/Bul1401.htmCongratulations to the american ladies for winning Venice Cup 2007. USA 1 – Jill Levin, Irina Levitina, Jill Meyers, Hansa Narasimhan, Debbie Rosenberg, JoAnna Stansby, with Gail Greenberg as non-playing captain – dropped the opening set to Germany in the Venice Cup final, then won every set from then on, posting an impressive 242-158.6 win.Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:28:57 GMThttp://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/shanghai.07/Bulletin/Bul1501.htmCongratulations to Norway for winning 2007 Bermuda Bowl. The champions are Boye Brogeland, Glenn Groetheim, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Erik Saelendsminde and Ulf Tundal. Their non-playing captain is Sten Bjertnes, and the coach is Vegard Brekke.Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:26:51 GMThttp://groups.msn.com/bridgeFILES/verlau.msnwVerlau 2o1 has been added. 2 versions uploaded for 2004 and 2007. It is both standard classic but for 2007 brown-sticker features has been stripped. Next system to come will be Aunim, Sabine Auken-Daniela von Arnim. It is a club system using 4 card major but canape' only into minorsFri, 14 Sep 2007 18:37:01 GMThttp://groups.msn.com/bridgeFILES/grecham.msnwGRECHAM precision has been added. The basic is Meckwell approach with 2 important exceptions. 1C responses and 3NT opening. Next system to come will be Lauria/Versace, an italian standard classic approach. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:13:09 GMThttp://groups.msn.com/bridgeFILES/gitmoss.msnwThe system of Fred Gitelman/Brad Moss has been added. It is a standard classic system. Next system to come will be Greco/Hampson Precision. After that I plan 2 more standard classic systems: Lauria/Versace and Rosenberg/Mahmood.Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:43:07 GMThttp://groups.msn.com/bridgeFILES/books1.msnwA large number of items have now been uploaded to library. I think they will be able to serve well as a supplement to your private library. There will still be uploads but somewhat slower. I intend to concentrate on cration of Gitmoss system and some re-design of web-sites.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:33:05 GMThttp://www.usbf.org/CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NICKELL TEAM, ON THE WAY TO SHANGHAI! Nick Nickell, Dick Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell have won the 2007 United States Bridge Championship and will be USA2 in the 2007 Bermuda Bowl in Shanghai this October. Last year's winners, George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Michael Rosenberg and Zia Mahmood will be USA1 this fall. Good luck to both of our great representatives! Runners up both this year and last are the Ekeblad team: Russ Ekeblad, Ron Rubin, Fred Gitelman & Brad Moss, last year with Geoff Hampson and Eric Greco, this year with Chip Martel and Lew Stansby. Congratulations to them also. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:43:16 GMThttp://groups.msn.com/bridgeFILES/rm.msnwMeckwell Club 2006 has been added. Most significant are that that some brown-sticker features - transfer preempts and weak 9-12NT has been stripped. Next system to come will be system Gitmoss - Fred Gitelman/Brad Moss. csdenmark@gmail.comWed, 11 Apr 2007 20:52:57 GMT