Late in the night I did what I did before in 1979 when Benito Garozzo missed a difficult hand. I phoned to ask advice from Geza Ottlik in Budapest. Photo: Besse - Ottlik
Jean Besse and Edgar Kaplan often are friendly adversaries at the commentators table at world championships. Photo: Sergio Apoteker, Eddie Kaplan, Jean Besse, Leda Pain, 24th World Team Championships Rio de Janeiro 1979
This year the 17th Madeira International Bridge Open 2014 will be held from the 3rd to the 9th of November and the total Prize Money amount will be: 18.000€
If you don’t see me winning any tournaments for a while, don’t be surprised. It’s not that I am becoming senile (that too) but I am too busy playing with my 1½-year old son, Zain. Photo: Zia & Son
Board 28 of the second final session of the Open Pairs produced a series of spectacular defensive plays by my partner, Mike Lawrence, in the South chair.