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Cavendish Invitational; Talk: Cavendish Invitational; Steve Weinstein

Site
Loews hotel 1991-96 except 1992 (Young Men's Philanthropic League, also in Manhattan, where many Cavendish continued to play bridge after the C Club closed)

1995 teams, Honors Club (two sites)

Data
directed (and initially scored by hand) Brian Moran 1975-d199904

year number $tot $max 2011 36  $623,    48K (silent, min $12500/open >$15000) 2010 50   853,500 62K 2009 - all Bulletins not found 2011-05-11 2001,03-08 - ditto 1999 64 $1227,000 56K (min $10K bid for 26 of 64); 23 WBP pairs
 * http://cavendish.bridgewinners.com/images/stories/pdfbin/2010/FRIBULL2010.pdf
 * http://www.bridgehands.com/Tournaments/Cavendish/FRIBULL05071999.pdf (MSN Gaming Zone; auction for teams too, max $32500) total includes about $260K for teams(?)

1997 60 $1288,500 64K (min 6500) 1997 28 teams $182800
 * http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20020601162457/www.bridgeplaza.com/tournaments/cavendish/cav97/players/index.html
 * http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19980126020454/http://www.bridgeplaza.com/tournaments/cavendish/cav97/teams/index.html

1996  40 pairs $800K prize pool              18 teams max 8200 cheapest 1500 1979 $300,000 1975 $50,000
 * http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19980110115931/beverlybridgeclub.com/cavinfo.html (home page 1997) "experimented with different formats and rules designed to increase the size of the pool while keeping the quality of the field."

Individual
all four years Truscott's column follows two days after the CIP column, perhaps Mon and Wed of Mother's Day week(?)

1978 pay 40 pairs

1979 pay (abstract: "Whether a club event can be a world championship, even an unofficial one, is highly debatable. The World Bridge Federation says no, but the Cavendish Club in Manhattan, which organized a "world individual championship" earlier this week, is of the contrary opinion.")

1980 pay

1981 Mon-Tue following CIP; three-session 36 pairs