Bulletin Issues International Bridge Tournament 11th Cap Gemini World Top Invitational - 1997
Editors - Locations - Dates Note (quoted): In 1996 this bridge event was conducted under the designation of Cap Volmac World top Invitaional Tournament of Bridge 1996. This event has been played over the years under various names; it should be very clear from now on that there is only one name left in future by which it can be quoted: CAP GEMINI. The company has decided to use this name only, worldwide. Hotel des Indes, The Hague, The Netherlands, January 16 - 19, 1997 Jos Jacobs and Mark Horton and Marco Ex. Thanks to Chyah Burghard, ACBL, for formating the text files and to Yvan Calame, Fédération Suisse de Bridge, for making the html files of bulletins. Also thanks to Koen Gijsman, Bridge Plaza, for making the Word and WordPerfect files of the bulletins available. Reporter: Barry Rigal. Bulletin 1 Friday, January 17, 1997 Bulletin 2 Saturday Morning, January 18, 1997 Bulletin 3 Saturday Evening, January 18, 1997 Bulletin 4 Sunday Morning, January 19, 1997 Bulletin 5 Sunday Evening, January 19, 1997 Winners of the 1997 Cap Gemini Gabriel Chagas and Marcelo Branco with 871 Runners-Up Massimo Lanzarotti and Andrea Buratti with 840 Participating Pairs:
Country Players The Netherlands De Boer/Muller U.S.A. David Berkowitz and Larry Cohen Italy Andrea Buratti and Massimo Lanzarotti Brazil Gabriel Chagas and Marcelo Branco Norway Geir Helgemo and Tor Helness Chinese Taipei Frank Huang and Chekung Kuo Canada Eric O. Kokish and Fred Gitelman Indonesia Henky Lasut and Eddy Manoppo Italy Lorenzo Lauria and Alfredo Versace The Netherlands Enri Leufkens and Berry Westra France Alain Levy and Christian Mari Pakistan / USA Zia Mahmood and Bobby Levin Poland Krzysztof Martens and Marek Szymanowski U.S.A. Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell China Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Wang France Henri Szwarc and Marc Bompis
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