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The World Masters Individual Championships are two contract bridge tournaments for individuals (singles), one for men and one for women. They were played biennially from 1992 to 2000 and every four years since then, most recently as two events in the first World Mind Sports Games (2008), where there was also a youth flight.

In seven cycles no one has won either event twice.[1] Evidently they are invitational rather than open or representative (national).(note or)[citation needed]

There has been no repeat winner in seven renditions (most or all explicitly in Men and Women flights). Four of the fourteen gold medalists have won at least one other medal: Bénédicte Cronier two second and one third; Nicola Smith two third; Piotr Gawryś one second; Geir Helgemo one second.

The next competition may be expected as part of the 2012 World Mind Sports Games (August?).

Latest rendition

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The first six renditions were played in consecutive sessions over two or three days. The seventh, at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games, were played on two widely separated days, Friday and Thursday: one session to open the Games and a full day in the middle of the meet.

Men (36) Helness 58.66%, a big margin ahead of his regular partner Helgemo, a previous winner of the event (1996). Helness led well from the first session (62%)[2]

Women (24) Midskog 57.51%, very close. Lévy enjoyed a big lead after a huge first session (69%) with Midskog and Yan distant third and fourth.[3]

The Youth Individual was open rather than invitational, under-28 rather than the usual under-26 ("juniors"), with four fields of size 52, 52, 64, and 52 (220 in all). They played on consecutive two days at the end of the Games and the first tier, which alone competed for medals, comprised only high-ranking players from earlier events (teams and pairs).[4]
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Anter 58.22%, a huge margin ahead of Nistor, greater than his margin ahead of 12th place.

Results

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Year, Site, Entries Men Women Youth
2008[5]

Beijing, China
World Mind Sports Games  

36 men, 24 women
52 youth in medalist tier

Norway Tor Helness 1.   Sweden Catarina Midskog Turkey Salih Murat Anter
Norway Geir Helgemo 2. France Anne-Fréderique Lévy   Romania Radu Nistor
Russia Andrey Gromov 3. China LU Yan Norway Lars Arthur Johansen  
2004[6] Sep 8–10

Verona, Italy

52 men, 28 women

Italy Norberto Bocchi 1.   United States Tobi Sokolow
England Andrew Robson 2. France Bénédicte Cronier
Denmark Jens Auken 3. England Nicola Smith
2000[7] Apr 13–15

Athens, Greece

52 men, 28 women
20 juniors

Italy Antonio Sementa 1.   France Bénédicte Cronier Greece Miltos Karamanlis
Poland Piotr Gawryś 2. United States Jill Meyers Austria Andreas Gloyer
Russia Andrey Gromov 3. Netherlands Martine Verbeek Hong Kong Wai Kit LAI
United States Kylie Robb
1998[8] Apr 17–19

Ajaccio, France

52 men, 28 women

France Paul Chemla 1.   Israel Migry Zur-Albu
Poland Apolinary Kowalski 2. France Véronique Bessis
United Kingdom Andrew Robson 3. United Kingdom Sandra Landy
1996[9] May 1–3

Paris, France

52 men, 28 women

Norway Geir Helgemo 1.   France Élisabeth Delor
France Franck Multon 2. France Bénédicte Cronier
United States Bobby Wolff 3. Netherlands Marijke van der Pas
1994[10] Apr 27–29

Paris, France

52 men, 28 women

Iceland Jón Baldursson 1.   United Kingdom Nicola Smith
France Christian Mari 2. Sweden Pyttsi Borgesson
France Jean-Marc Roudinesco  
Netherlands Jan B. Westerhof
3. France Bénédicte Cronier
1992[11] May 13–15

Paris, France

25 men, 15 women

Poland Piotr Gawryś 1.   Austria Maria Kirner
Austria Jan Fucik 2. France Colette Lise
France Alain Lévy 3. United Kingdom Nicola Smith

Other Individual championships

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The Cavendish Invitational, founded 1975 as a pairs tournament, added a singles event to determine the "world individual champion" from 1978 to 1981 (succeeded by a side event for teams beginning 1983).

The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships have included some individual tournaments. At the "national championship" level, the Master Individual was contested from 1931 to 1960, at the "Winter" or "Fall" fall NABCs, but it predates the ACBL.


See also

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Cavendish Invitational Individual

References

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  1. ^ World Masters Individual. World Bridge Federation (WBF). Confirmed 2011-09-21.
  2. ^ 1st WMSG: Cumulative after Session 1, Men Individual Final. 2008. WBF.
  3. ^ 1st WMSG: Cumulative after Session 1, Women Individual Final. 2008. WBF.
  4. ^ 1st World Mind Sports Games: Results (linked schedule of five Youth bridge events). 2008. WBF.
    Group A is the medalist tier.
  5. ^ 1st World Mind Sports Games [Masters Individual]: Results & Participants, 2008. WBF.
  6. ^ 6th Generali World Masters Individual: Results & Participants, 2004. WBF.
  7. ^ 5th Generali World Masters Individual: Results & Participants, 2000. WBF.
  8. ^ 4th Generali World Masters Individual: Results & Participants, 1998. WBF.
  9. ^ 3rd Generali World Masters Individual: Results & Participants, 1996. WBF.
  10. ^ 2nd Generali World Masters Individual: Results & Participants, 1994. WBF.
  11. ^ 1st Generali World Masters Individual: Results & Participants, 1992. WBF.
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World Masters Individual at the World Bridge Federation

Category:Contract bridge world competitions