Championship Diary

When I told Jean-Paul Meyer that Tacchi & I are planning to write articles under the pseudonym 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', he immediately said that it was an overstatement!

When it was pointed out that the Women & Seniors play 32 boards fewer than the Open in their finals, a Bridge Base spectator said it was because the Women needed time to prepare their hair and the Seniors needed a nap! 134 teams took part in the Round Robin phase of the Transnationals, playing 15 rounds. Between them they managed not a single appeal! Hurrah!