Buffett Cup

[Walddk]

Efter day 1 it's everybody's game. The score is 60-60 after the 55 boards of Pairs (BAM format). Teams Tuesday with four sessions of 14 boards. 126 Buffett Points up for grabs.

 

It's no secret that it wasn't the best start as far as our vugraph presentation was concerned (to put it mildly). Problems with computers, internet connectivity and untrained local operators.

 

Donna Compton (USA's NPC) has promised me that today will be much better. The tech people will test everything this morning, and the organisers have now at least four experienced operators on hand. So four tables is what we will be offering for a start. If everything goes well, we will add the last two.

 

The tournament deserves quality broadcasts. Many of the world's finest players are in Kentucky to fight for their respective Continents. Thousands of our viewers all over the world are delighted to watch them in action.

 

Roland

[Finch]

Whatever ones opinion of whether the players selected are actually the 'top 12' from their continent, this is an interesting extract from the last bulletin

 

The average age of the European team was 37, younger than the youngest member of the USA team (Geoff Hampson, 40). In fact the difference

in average age was roughly 20 years.

[Walddk]

Whatever ones opinion of whether the players selected are actually the 'top 12' from their continent, this is an interesting extract from the last bulletin

 

The average age of the European team was 37, younger than the youngest member of the USA team (Geoff Hampson, 40). In fact the difference

in average age was roughly 20 years.

Paul Hackett (Europe's NPC) had the courage to invite three junior players (Michielsen, T. Bessis and Lindqvist), whereas USA trusted their senior players more. Michielsen and Auken are not even a regular partnership.

 

Judge for yourself.

 

Roland