| After the immense success of
the first three editions, the GENERALI
Masters continues, but this time with a change of venue,
abandoning Paris for Ajaccio, Corsica,
France, where the whole world elite will meet from 17 to
19 of April 1998.
Thies great Championship will follow on from the Ajaccio
Festival which will take place from 11-16 April with three quality
events (Open Pairs, Mixed Pairs and Open Teams) that will bring together
many international bridge players.
No other championship can boost such prestigious stars; never
has bridge reached such near perfection as with the GENERALI
Masters.
The 80 best players in the world, each of whom holds at least
the title of European, American or Asian champion and more than half of
whom hold a World title. These 52 men and 28 women, representing 28
countries, and playing 112 and 84 boards respectively, with a common
bidding system, will rival performances for three days.
With the exceptional participation of Omar Sharif, considered as
being one of the best players, all the ingredients for a great
competition are combined.
The event is sponsored by GENERALI,
one of the largest insurance groups in the world that offers 300,000
French Francs ($ 50,000) cash prizes.
Air
France is the official carrier for this event.
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1992 |
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Men |
Women |
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Piotr Gawrys
(Poland) |
Maria Erhart
(Austria) |
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Jan Fucik
(Austria) |
Colette Lise
(France) |
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Alain Levy
(France) |
Nicola Smith
(Great Britain) |
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1994 |
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Jon Baldursson
(Iceland) |
Nicola Smith
(Great Britain) |
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Christian Mari
(France) |
Pytsi Flodqvist
(Sweden) |
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Jean-Marc Roudinesco
(France) |
Bénédicte Cronier
(France) |
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1996 |
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Geir Helgemo
(Norway) |
Elisabeth Delor
(France) |
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Franck Multon
(France) |
Bénédicte Cronier
(France) |
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Robert Wolff
(USA) |
Marijke van der Pas
(The Netherlands) |
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| Schedule |
The Championship consists of four sessions for the men and
three for the women. The schedule is as follows:
Friday
17 April |
17:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
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20:00 |
1st Session Men |
Saturday
18 April |
14:30 |
2nd Session Men
1st Session Women |
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20:00 |
3rd Session Men
2nd Session Women |
Sunday
19 April |
14:00 |
4th Session Men
3rd Session Women |
The Championship will end with the Victory
Banquet and the Prize
Giving Ceremony on the evening of Sunday 19
April 1998. |
| Cash
Prizes |
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Men |
Women |
| 1st |
50,000 |
30,000 |
| 2nd |
30,000 |
20,000 |
| 3rd |
15,000 |
10,000 |
| 4th |
10,000 |
7,000 |
| 5th |
10,000 |
5,000 |
| 6th-10th |
5,000 |
4,000 |
| 11th-14th |
4,000 |
2,000 |
| 15th |
4,000 |
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| 16th-20th |
3,000 |
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| 21st-26th |
2,000 |
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All prizes are in French Francs. There is a special
prize for best session result for players of the second half of
the field. For the first 3 sessions this is 2,000 FF and for the
last session 2,500 FF. For the Women this is 1,500 FF for all
three sessions. |
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France
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