[stacy]

I mean: how does a team who wishes to have all its matches broadcast on BridgeBase go about making that happen?

[Walddk]

Day 1 was pretty good in my opinion. There will always be a few minor problems in the beginning, such as inexperienced operators, wrong team names, misspelling of player names, etc. In those areas I am convinced that Hervé will make sure that we deliver a better presentation very soon.

Unfortunately we had no matches from the youth events as promised, and the organizers did not manage to provide running scores and results. Also problems one can face when such a big event gets under way. I am sure it will be much better come Saturday/Sunday.

When the weekend is complete we will have offered commentary in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese and Chinese. Later we will most likely be able to add German, Polish, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.

Roland

[sevenclev]

Is there any way to get the Rounds as BBO-Movies?

The broadcast times are nearly impossible to catch here in Germany...

[Walddk]

Our Monday program from Beijing is as follows (Open series unless stated):

Round 7:
China v Netherlands
Austria v Germany
Russia v Sweden
Germany v Netherlands (women)

Round 8:
Italy v Romania
New Zealand v Norway
Bulgaria v Poland
Denmark v France

Round 9:
Italy v Brazil
Turkey v England
Lebanon v Germany
France v Pakistan

Sunday we managed to show a match from the U28 event in the last two rounds. Hopefully we will be able to carry on with a youth match tomorrow. Which (if any) we can't tell in advance.

Roland

[bidule4]

sevenclev, on Oct 5 2008, 04:54 AM, said:

Is there any way to get the Rounds as BBO-Movies?

The broadcast times are nearly impossible to catch here in Germany...

http://www.sarantako.../2008-wmsg.html

http://www.bridgefed.../wtc/index.html

yvan

[sevenclev]

bidule4, on Oct 5 2008, 09:17 AM, said:

sevenclev, on Oct 5 2008, 04:54 AM, said:

Is there any way to get the Rounds as BBO-Movies?

The broadcast times are nearly impossible to catch here in Germany...

http://www.sarantako.../2008-wmsg.html

http://www.bridgefed.../wtc/index.html

yvan

Thank you!
Again I am impressed with the BBO-Service...

[fred]

Quote

Thank you!
Again I am impressed with the BBO-Service...

Nice of you to say, but I am afraid we can't take any credit for the great work that Yvan does at "The Vugraph Project". We enjoy an excellent relationship with Yvan, but he is not really associated with BBO in any way - he does this on his own.

I am hopeful that the time will come before too long that we can offer our own well-organized vugraph archive that users will be able to access through the web-based (Flash) BBO client. I have some ideas on things we could do with this data that I suspect our members will find interesting. For example, I think there is a good chance that we will (eventually) be creating a facility whereby people can play team matches using the hands from this future vugraph archive and IMP themselves against the results that were originally achieved.

In the mean time, I know I can speak on behalf of a lot of BBO members when I say how grateful we are all for the excellent service that Yvan provides.

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[fred]

Sorry - I managed to confuse myself in my last post.

It is Nikos Sarantakos who is responsible for The Vugraph Project web site.

Yvan Calame maintains the vugraph archive at the web site of the Swiss Bridge Federation.

They both deserve our thanks

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[Walddk]

Our Tuesday program from Beijing is as follows (Open series unless stated):

Round 10:
Denmark v Pakistan
New Zealand v Poland
India v Russia
USA v Egypt (women)

Round 11:
USA v Germany
Sweden v Netherlands
Norway v Spain
South Africa v France (seniors)

Round 12:
Italy v South Africa
Argentina v Russia
France v Canada
Chinese Taipei v Japan (seniors)

Hopefully, we will be able to add one match from one of youth events in each round. As usual, we don't know which until we see it on our screens.

Roland

[Walddk]

Only two rounds in Beijing Wednesday, and Thursday is a day off before the last three rounds of the round-robin Friday. Wednesday's program (Open series unless stated):

Round 13
Sweden v India
USA v Australia
Brazil v Denmark
Spain v Russia (women)

Round 14
Israel v Russia
India v Netherlands
Canada v Indonesia (seniors)
Poland v England (women)

Then add the usual match from one of the youth events in every round. As always, we don't know which.

Roland

[Elianna]

So is Thursday a day off for Yom Kippur or is that coincidental?

[Walddk]

Thursday is a day off for the players in Beijing (except those who are invited to play in the Individual). Friday is the last day of the Round-Robin with three rounds. We now have our schedule for the first two, the last to be decided after the organisers have had a look at the standings.

Open series unless stated.

Round 15:
France v Italy
Netherlands v Portugal
Turkey v Germany
China v Denmark (women)

Round 16:
Germany v England
Brazil v South Africa
New Zealand v Bulgaria
France v Sweden (seniors)

Round 17:
To be decided.

We now seem to have a regular schedule with one youth match per session. I expect that to continue Friday.

Roland

[Walddk]

Round of 16 tomorrow (Saturday in Beijing). Four segments of 14 boards. We now have our matches for segments 1 and 2. The rest to be decided. Open series unless stated.

Segment 1:
Brazil v China
Poland v USA
Norway v Turkey
Netherlands v Denmark (women)

Segment 2:
Poland v USA
Italy v India
England v Bulgaria
France v Sweden (women)

We also expect to have one match from the youth events in every round. As always, we don't know which until we see them.

Please remember that starting time for segment 1 is 1 hour earlier than in the RR. Check your bookmarked vugraph schedule page for times in your area.

Roland

[Walddk]

Quarter-Finals tomorrow (Sunday in Beijing). Segments of 16 boards, six altogether, three per day. Our matches for the first two sets are as follows (Open unless stated):

QF1:
China v Norway
Poland v Italy
Germany v Netherlands
Indonesia v Netherlands (S)

QF2:
Poland v Italy
Germany v Netherlands
England v France (W)
Germany v China (W)

QF3:
TBD mid way through QF2.

Then add the match from the semi-finals of the U28, U26 or U21. We still don't know which until we see them.

Roland

[Walddk]

All we get in advance for tomorrow (Monday in Beijing) is the first segment. The organisers, understandably, want to have a look at the running scores before they decide regarding the last two sessions of the quarter-finals.

Our matches are:

QF4:
Poland v Italy
Germany v Netherlands
England v Romania
Germany v China (women)

The youngsters have reached the finals. I am sure we will get one for all sessions. To see the schedule, I suggest you take a look in Monday's youth bulletin at

http://www.worldbrid...8/Bulletins.htm

Session 1: Poland v Denmark (U-26). The rest to be decided.

Roland

[Walddk]

Same as yesterday. All the organizers want to reveal at this point is our pairings for the first semi-final session Tuesday in Beijing. The rest to be announced online.

SF1/6:
Italy v Norway
England v Germany
USA v China (women)
USA v Egypt (seniors)

Our congratulations to Norway (U-28), Denmark (U-26) and France (U-21) on winning the gold medal in the youth events. Also well done to the silver medalists: Poland, Poland (again) and England.

Roland

[Walddk]

Here are our matches for the first session Wednesday in Beijing (Open unless stated):

SF4/6:
Italy v Norway
England v Germany
USA v China (women)
England v Turkey (women)

SF5 and SF6 to be decided.

Roland

[Walddk]

Thursday in Beijing we will be showing all three finals, and the Open playoff match between Norway and Germany. At some point the last one may be replaced by a different bronze medal match, depending on scorelines.

Italy v England
China v England (women)
USA v Japan (seniors)
Norway v Germany (playoff)

Roland

[Walddk]

And now on to the last day of the WMSG. As usual, four matches in all three sessions. They are:

Italy v England
China v England (Women)
USA v Japan (Seniors)
Yeh Bros v Russia (Transnational)

Hope you enjoyed our coverage.

Roland

[jikl]

Sleep well Roland.

Sean