IBPA Editorial

IBPA: News & Views May 2014

2015 World Championships, German Bridge Federation Takes Action, Early Cavendish Details, A Plan for a New European Bridge League, Pro-Bridge Launched

IBPA Editorial: April 2014

Early this year, I learned that Michael Elinescu and Entscho Wladow had been accused of illegal signalling in the final against USA2 and...

IBPA Editorial: March 2014

Until 2006, the European Team Championships was conducted as a complete round robin amongst the participants..

IBPA Editorial: February 2014

There has never been a more-respected and influential person in North American bridge than Edgar Kaplan.

IBPA Editorial: January 2014

The debate over the new WBF Victory Point scale rages on.

IBPA: News & Views

The WBF has announced that several future World Championship venues have been determined...

IBPA Editorial: December 2013

The World Bridge Federation announced an exciting prospect in Bali:

The Great Victory Point Debate

It’s fair to say that I’ve received more correspondence (both in terms of frequency and volume!) on this issue than on any other since I began as editor.

IBPA Editorial: October 2013

The WBF continues to improve its tournament conditions of contest. One such laudable change, implemented in Bali, was to allow the fourth-placed team among

IBPA Editorial: September 2013

There has been a lot of hysteria over the Israeli teams bound (or not) for Bali and even more over the ongoing efforts of Migry Zur-Campanile, who holds an Israeli passport but has been added to the USA2 squad for the Venice Cup, to obtain a visa to travel to Indonesia.

IBPA Editorial: June 2013

May-June has to be the favourite time of the year for fans of serious bridge. Trials are held in all eight WBF Zones to determine World Championship qualifiers.

IBPA Editorial: May 2013

The April issue of The Bridge World presents a view of ‘dumping’ that is slightly at odds with its usual editorial opinion.

IBPA Editorial: March 2013

Let’s start with how to make the European Champions Cup a more meaningful event.

The IBPA Editorial: February 2013

If I could change some sports rules...