ICGAJ article on 2001 5th Championship

ICGAJ article on 2000 4th Championship

History of the ACBL's annual World Computer Bridge Championship

In 1996 the American Contract Bridge League established an official World Computer Bridge Championship, to be run annually at a major bridge activity.

The first annual Championship, sponsored by Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies, was held in Albuquerque, NM, at the 1997 summer NABC.  The inaugral ACBL World Computer Bridge Championship was won by Bridge Baron, with Q-plus Bridge second.  Information and results

The 2nd Championship, sponsored by Baron Barclay and OKbridge, was held in Chicago, IL, at the 1998 summer NABC.  The champions was won by GIB, with Q-Plus second. Information and results

The 3rd Championship, sponsored by Orbis Investments, was held in Bermuda at the WBF's 1999 Bermuda Bowl/Venice Cup (January 2000).  GIB repeated as champion, with Wbridge5 second.  Information and results also see Results

The 4th Championship, sponsored by Microsoft Network Gaming Zone, was help in Maastricht, the Netherlands, at the WBF's 2000 Bridge Olympiad.  Meadowlark Bridge was crowned champion, defeating Q-Plus by 2 imps in the finals.  For results and a description of the 2000 championship, see:
International Computer Games Association Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 237-241

The 5th Championship, sponsored by FunBridge.com, was held in Toronto, ON, at the ACBL's summer NABC.  The championship was won by Jack, with Micro Bridge second.
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For more information  on the 2001 championship, see article in:
ICGAJ, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 2001, pp. 240, 242-245
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