Talk:Bridge at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games

Round-robin data
Here are some round-robin data for the four Open, three Women, and two Senior groups. Groups of 16 to 18 teams played full round robins on Saturday to Wednesday and Friday of the first week (six days); three 16-deal matches per day.

In Group A, France trailed Romania by 0.01 VP and four more teams trailed by no more than 5 VP, with ninth-place Canada closer to qualification than the fifth-place team in any other group. Italy scored 21.06 VP per match and the other winners surpassed 20 VP. The last qualifiers scored Romania 17.91, India 18.41, Belgium 17.23, and Turkey 18.70 per match.
 * Open
 * Group A, ITA 337 BRA 304 EST 302 ROM 286.5 fra 286.49 den 286 fin 284.5 ire 283 can 281.5 (euro nine: 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 17) Open A
 * Group B, ISR 343 NED 329 CHN 314 IND 313 hun 307 18.06 (euro ten: 1 2 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14) Open B
 * Group C, NOR 346 POL 331 BUL 316 BEL 293 esp 282 16.59 (euro nine: 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 12 13) Open C
 * Group D, GER 353 ENG 324 USA 323 TUR 318 idn 290 17.06 (euro nine: 1 2 4 7 8 10 12 13 14) Open D

In every group, nine teams from Europe placed in the top 14 (36 teams) and five to seven from Europe placed in the top 8 (24 teams).

In Group E, Japan trailed Brazil by 2.5 VP, the closest decisive margin. Germany scored 21.88 VP per match(!), England 20.94; last qualifiers Brazil 17.15, Spain 17.47, and Singapore 16.23 per match.
 * Women
 * Group E, ENG 356 USA 337 POL 295 ITA 292.5 17.20 BRA 291.5 jpn 289 nor 274 (euro seven: 1 3 4 7 9 10 14) Women E
 * Group F, FIN 328 RUS 318 FRA 313 CHN 304.5 18.91 DEN 303 esp 297 sco 289 idn 280.5 (euro eight: 1 2 3 5 6 7 14 15) Women F
 * Group G, GER 372 NED 331 SWE 294 TUR 288 SIN 276; 264(euro eight: 1 2 3 4 7 12 14 15) Women G

In Group K, South Africa trailed Hong Kong by 4 VP, the closer decisive margin; those two teams scored only about 14 VP per match. USA scored 20.4 VP per match; last qualifiers Hong Kong 14.13 and Belgium 14.99 and per match.
 * Senior
 * Group K, USA 306 JPN 280 FRA 258 TPE 255.5 HUN 247 ENG 246 PAK 238.5 HKG 212 rsa 208 (euro seven: 3 5 6 10 11 14 15) Senior K
 * Group L, IDN 291 AUS 289 POL 271.5 CAN 262.5 EGY 245 NED 238 GER 225 BEL 224.8 chn 217 ind 215 (euro seven: 3 6 7 8 11 12 14) Senior L

The nine direct links to final round-robin standings may appear in the article, along with direct links to the session-by-session knockout scores. The reasonable alternative is to provide fewer links, perhaps only one to the linked schedule of Open/Women/Seniors sessions, with some instructional notes. --P64 (talk) 18:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Single round-robin among 18 qualified teams (zonal). Poland scored 19.9 VP per match, Denmark only 17.8. Thirteen teams scored at least 14.0 (238 VP).
 * Juniors
 * POL 338 DEN 303 AUS 300 NED 293 USA 284 NOR 282 TPE 264 CAN 262 ger 253 ita 252 (euro 1 2 4 6 9 10)1st WMSG: Round 17, Under-26 Series

Single round-robin among 18 qualified teams (zonal). England and France rolled 20.6 and 20.5 VP per match, more than two VP ahead of third place (18.2).
 * Youngsters
 * ENG 351 FRA 349 TPE 309.5 CHN 308 BUL 307 USA 284 NED 280 NOR 280 pol 270.5 sin 264 (euro 1 2 5 7 8 9)1st WMSG: Round 17, Under-21 Series

All of these links are in the article now, perhaps temporarily. --P64 (talk) 19:04, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Swiss data
The U28 Teams attracted 74 entries, three more than the Open! The initial stage comprised 17 rounds of Swiss matches, in schedule parallel to the 15- to 17-round robins in the other five teams events.

U28 Swiss Using the standard scale, 255 VP represented average play, equivalent to 17 tie matches.

There were some entries from nations that are not WBF members(dtf). Precisely half the field was from Europe, 37 of 74 teams. They were 6 of the 8 teams who qualified for knockout play and 26 of the 38 with average-plus scores 225 or greater. From the other zones 37 teams filled the complement including 12 of the 38 with average-plus scores (bold).
 * Rank data
 * Europe: 1 2 3 4t 6 8 10 12t 12t 12t 16 17 19t 19t 21 22 23t 23t [18of24] 25t 25t 29 30 32t 32t 36 37t [26of38] 39 43 45t 45t 49 50t 53 56 63 64 70 [37of74].
 * North America: USA 9 CAN 25t
 * South America: BRA 31 URU 48 ARG 54 ECU 55 COL 59t VEN 59t PER 68 —(Colombia and Venezuela compete from C Amer Carib?)
 * C Amer Carib : Guadeloupe 50t Costa Rica 65 Aruba 67 Jamaica 71
 * Africa      : TUN 32t EGY 37t BOT 58 RSA 59t ZIM 66 KEN 72
 * Asia M East : IND 15 PAK 40t JOR 47 BAN 62 Sri Lanka 69
 * Pacific Asia : CHN 4t TPE 7 IDN 11 SIN 25t PHI 35 HKG 40t THA 42 JPN 52 KOR 57 Mongolia 73 Malaysia 74
 * South Pacific: AUS 18 NZL 43t

--P64 (talk) 18:31, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

After 16 rounds, the first 22 of 74 teams had clinched average scores (255) and 13 were contenders for the knockout stage.U28 Swiss, one round to play 1 	POLAND 	305 2 	ENGLAND	290 3 	FRANCE 	283 4 	ISRAEL 	282 5 	CHINA 	281 6 	BELGIUM	280 7 	 TAIPEI	279 —a very strong position 8 	INDIA 	272 vs Belgium 9 	NORWAY 	271 vs Poland, a very strong team, but Norway won the eighth slot 10 	INDOnes	266 vs China 11 	USA 	265 vs Czechia 12 	CZECHia	263 vs USA GREECE 	263 vs Finland 14 	FINLAND	260 —a very dark horse 15 	ICELAND	259 16 	HUNGARY	258 ROMANIA	258 18 	CROATIA	257 19 	ITALY 	256.5 —16 VP per match thru 16 rounds 20 	AUSTRIA	255 BRAZIL 	255 SWEDEN 	255 23 	LATVIA 	254
 * One round to play

Individuals bidding system
"Individual Championship(s) Systems" Daily Bulletin, Youth 12 (2008-10-16), iii —specifies bidding systems for all Individuals tournaments: Men, Women, Youth medal group, Youth other groups. · Of course, in an Individual competition, it is necessary for everyone to use the system — even if you happen to play a few boards with a regular partner. · It has been decided to use two different systems for the Individual Championship in Beijing, according to which group you are in. · '''The top group, ‘A’, will use the same system as was played in the Generali Masters events for the Open and Women earlier in the tournament. It is assumed that those who have qualified for this top section will be familiar with the conventions involved. The other sections will use a more basic system.''' This is to reflect the fact that we have some very inexperienced players at these championships and we do not wish to see them forced to play methods that are unfamiliar to them. · Copies of the systems will be put out on every table before play this morning.
 * Preface

(emphasis mine) marks that portion quoted in my rough draft. --P64 (talk) 19:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Single-stage Youth Individuals
"Individual" Daily Bulletin, Youth 12 (2008-10-16), iii —explains the structure of the two-day tournament, especially the construction of fields A B C D and perhaps E with reference to Pairs results. --P64 (talk) 21:53, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Three-stage Youth Pairs
"Youth Pairs Championship(s)" Daily Bulletin, Youth 7 (2008-10-11), vi —explains the structure of the five-day tournament, especially construction of Pairs fields with reference to results from the partly concurrent Teams tournament. --P64 (talk) 21:44, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Missing data
Notes on data missing and available where.
 * Missing data: 2011-11-07 the final scores for Qualifying (session 4 of 4), Semifinal, Final, and Consolation (all session 3 of 3) are missing from that WBF contemporary coverage linked to the schedule of Youth events. (Final scores for Final and Consolation stages are available under WBFGames, however.)

--P64 (talk) 18:55, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Scope of Games
Concerning World Bridge Games and bridge at the World Mind Sports Games, 2008 and 2012, exceptionally and permanently.

There were eleven bridge tournaments in Beijing. Call the contemporary WBF coverage "News", for short. According to News: top page (third paragraph and medal table), nine were part of the "World Bridge Games" (table); two were not (last clause). Among the nine, four were "exceptionally incorporated in the Games (4rd/5th sentences). The other five, by implication permanently incorporated in the Games, were the Open and Women teams from the "Olympiad" and three new "competitions for young players": teams, pairs, individuals (3rd sentence).

The News: Results (linked schedules) grouped the five Youth events and the six other events. So did the News: Bulletins (linked directory).

The News: Participants (directory) introduced another grouping with a layout putting 7 events under IMSA and 4 under WBF. Contrast the top page: 9 part of the first Games and 2 side events; or 5 permanently incorporated in the Games and 6 not.

In its overall presentation of world championship bridge, on the other hand, WBF has distinguished the "World Bridge Games" from the bridge component of the WMSG: namely, "All bridge competitions played within or in conjunction with WMSG are called World Bridge Games." Thus all eleven bridge competitions in Beijing composed the first WBF. Six events have been listed, perhaps meaning permanent incorporation in contrast to the first Games in particular. The U28 definition of youth teams, pairs, and individuals has been called exceptional in Beijing (while U26 is the familiar definition of youth in bridge). This list adds Senior Teams to the five permanent medal events implied by the News.

Regarding the Mixed Teams: The World Team Olympiad gave way to the World Bridge Games in 2008, and the World Mixed Team Championship followed suit, as a separate competition.

Regarding the Masters Individual (two flights), there has been no mention of incorporation in the Games even once. Same for Youth Teams (two flights in Beijing, now three).

The 2008 News, top page, placed the U26 and U21 Teams (established zonal) in the Games exceptionally. A 2011-07-31 ACBL release (Note 2 in the article) said that they had been "scheduled" for the 2nd WMSG in Manchester (which matches my understanding), but were now rescheduled for Havana, Cuba. Bridge Winners placed the next rendition in Shanghai, in its announcement of United States U21 trials last Sunday 2011-11-06.

--P64 (talk) 19:42, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Daily Bulletin Youth details
During research I consulted substantially these items in the PDF Daily Bulletin, Youth series (directory). Where possible, in the article I will refer to html contemporary coverage or to the main WBF website. The process of reducing the number of references to these PDF items is now in progress.

Daily Bulletin: Youth series (directory)
 * 6, vi, "Final Series of the U21, U26 and U28 Teams"

Reference to Conditions of Contest and Supplemental CoC for explanation of round-robin tie-breaker and carryover to knockout matches.
 * 7, vi, "Youth Pairs Championships"
 * 8, xi, xii (Pairs Qualification A/B, after 2) —unique data session 2
 * 9, i, "Meanwhile, the first stage of the Pairs is complete and today the semi-finals begin, including those pairs dropping in after being knocked out of the team events." –redundant explanation
 * 9, xi, xii (Teams butler U28 and U26/U21)
 * 9, xv, xvi (Pairs Qualification A/B, after 4) —unique data
 * 10, ii, "Important: Youth Individual"
 * 10, xi, xii, "Pairs Semi-Final A/B" —unique source for session 2
 * 11, i (24-deal sessions in Pairs final)
 * 11, xiii, xiv, "Pairs Semi-Final A/B – Final Ranking" —unique data
 * 11, xv, "Pairs Final – Session 1"
 * 12, i, "Young Turks Win Pairs"
 * 12, iii, "Individual Championship Systems" (not yet in the article, see Talk)
 * 12, iii, "Individual"
 * 12, iv, "Welcome to the second session of The World Junior Pairs. A lot of strong pairs were added before the start two days ago, dropping in from the team finals." –redundant explanation
 * 12, xi, "Pairs Final – Final Ranking" — in WBF database
 * 12, xi, "Pairs Consolation – Final Ranking"
 * 13, vii, "The Last Two Boards" by Jan van Cleeff (including grand slam made on defensive error)
 * 13, xi, "Individual Section A" (after 2)
 * 14, i, "Anter Wins Individual"
 * 14, vii, "When Double Means Trouble" by Jan van Cleeff
 * 14, ix, "It's All in the Small" by Jan van Cleeff (another grand slam made on defensive error)
 * 14, x, "Individual Section A" (after 4) — in WBF database
 * 14, x, xi, (Individual A/B/C/D, after 4) — " "

Bold titles are not redundant because there is more than one article on the given page. --P64 (talk) 21:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * It would be nice to have a systematic source for the number of deals in each match and session. Those data are generally unreferenced now, with sources being asides here and there.
 * 13,i 48 deals today Indiv final
 * 11,i two sessions of 24 today Pairs final

---P64 (talk) 17:29, 14 November 2011 (UTC)


 * 1,i, "Welcome, Friends"

"It gives me the greatest of pleasure to welcome all of you to Beijing. This is no ordinary occasion. As bridge and the other mind sports are paving their way towards Olympic recognition, we are experiencing the unprecedented pleasure of welcoming young players from no fewer than 74 countries [number of U28 teams entries], representing all the continents and zones. At the same time, we will be holding our prime Youth events, the competitions for the Ortiz-Patino and Damiani Trophies, for young and younger players." --opening words by Panos Gerontopoulos
 * 5,x, "Important Notice: Registration for the Pairs"

"Players whose teams are involved in the knock-out stages will all join the Pairs Championship, providing that they have entered according to the requirements listed above, that is, not later than 4.30 pm on Wednesday 8th October. Losing quarter-finalists will drop in to the Pairs at the semi-final stage, all others directly to the final." (any two members of same NBO (Teams coaches included) born 1980 or later

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