pellinore

I Hope to find a partner interested in working together to improve our game to win master points. Ideally I would like to play at 8:00 pm est but am retired so other times are possible. If interested check my BBO profile and we can compare a fit by BBO messages. Pellinore

I just played speedball with a partner with a rating of 8. His biding was atrocious and his play terrible, down at sure contracts. My rating is only 6 gained after many fractional master point wins. I think my play is solid, 1,200 master points in club games and I regularly get partial points with pickup partners at speedball. I love speedball and get pleasure from from good contacts and play even when losing so I will keep on playing. I just don't the rating system,

Most important I think are the .lin files of tournament hands which are available in the old bbo format. These include the actual trick by trick play of the hands as you played them. They are invaluable for self study to learn where you made your mistakes. The .lin files can be downloaded the BridgeSolver test alternate ways to play the hand. The URL hands, as far as I can determine, lack this feature. For this reason I will stick to the old bbo format to its dying beath.