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Worlds in China and China? is this correct

#1 User is offline   glen 

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Posted 2006-May-05, 18:00

Email received today has:

2007 - World Bridge Championships – Shanghai, China
2008 - World Bridge OIympiad & Intellympiad – Beijing, China

Same country in back-2-back years?
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Posted 2006-May-05, 22:28

Yes, that's right. 2007 is because Shanghai made a very attractive offer to the WBF. 2008 is because that's where the Olympics will be held, and the "mind sports" organizations (bridge, chess & go) wanted to hold their Olympiad at the same site.
Jan Martel, who should probably state that she is not speaking on behalf of the USBF, the ACBL, the WBF Systems Committee, or any member of any Systems Committee or Laws Commission.
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