I dag kom en uttalelse fra WBF om juksesaken. Jeg har skrevet noen ord om artikkelen under dette innlegget. I hovedsak er WBL sin artikkel kritisk til framgangsmåten aktørene har valgt.  På Bridgewinners legger mange inn svar på det som blir skrevet og Boye har uttalt seg om innledningen til saken. Boye mener at han prøvde å få med seg det europeiske bridgeforbudet (EBL) og Norsk Bridgeforbund (NBF) i en tidlig fase .

Boye er svært kritisk til Jan Kamras (leder av Executive Comitee i EBL) manglende interesse for å ta tak i saken på det tidspunkt Boye begynte å nøste. " I was surprised when he didn't seem interested in the case".  Boye er også like kritisk til vårt eget forbund sin respons og vår egen president, Jostein Sørvoll, får så hatten passer for sine handlinger (eller manglende sådanne i følge Boye): Det er veldig sterkt når Boye sier at " I think they should rather start sweeping in front of their own door " og "I don't see cheating as a major problem in Norwegian events, the federation have other issues which need to be handled., hva han nå konkret mener med de to uttalelsene. Avslutningsvis sier Boye at EBL etterhvert virker å ha sett alvoret i disse sakene, mens ACBL og spesielt WBL, er han skuffet over.

Jeg skal ikke mene veldig mye om det Boye skriver, men han røyker ikke akkurat fredspipe.

Hele innlegget til Boye (postet i dag) kan du lese under.

Boye Brogeland

I just want to present some facts as I have been in touch with both the EBL and the NBF (Norwegian Bridge Federation) from the very start in this process.

I contacted Jan Kamras (Sweden) in the EBL regarding the Israeli case as I have known him for many years and thought he would be a good guy to speak to. I was surprised when he didn't seem interested in the case, let alone doing anything which could have effect before the World Championships in Chennai. He recommended me to do as he thouhgt everyone else should do in such a situation; go through the normal channels. When not even Jan was particularly interested, it seemed unlikely that other people at the EBL would take this seriously enough.

I then contacted the Norwegian Bridge Federation, and the response I got from the president was very concerning. I only asked him to make a few phone calls to the other Nordic NBOs in order to find a (potential) mutual approach regarding the evidence which would come out the next few days. I really hoped that they could cooperate to put pressure on the EBL. This was too difficult (or not at all interesting) for the NBF president, and the federation rather preferred to send me an E-mail stating they were 100 % behind me and also making a press release with a similar statement where they also offered their support (but not the only little support I asked for).

That the NBF suddenly is playing hardball with the EBL I find a bit amusing. I think they should rather start sweeping in front of their own door. Even if I don't see cheating as a major problem in Norwegian events, the federation have other issues which need to be handled.

As a matter of fact the EBL with Dutchman Eric Laurant as the front runner has been really cooperative and is keen on doing something with all the filth which has been going on in European bridge. To me the most promising news has come from the EBL over the last few weeks, not the ACBL and definetely not the WBF. My source in London says that the EBU is very much on the ball too. Let's hope that necessary changes are coming soon.

Zimmermann stilte med fem mann. Coach Kryztof Martens spilte noen halvrunder. I sluttspillet var Monaco helt overlegne og finalen ble vunnet med 34 IMP.

Team		c/o	Segment
			1	Tot	2	Tot	3	Total
	BULGARIA OPEN	0	39	39	13	52	39	91
	ZIMMERMANN	0	47	47	55	102	23	125

Noen spill
Når jeg leiter etter fine spill fra Tor og Geir, er det faktisk vanskelig å finne det spektakulære. De har en lav feilprosent og gjør det det de"skal" på de aller fleste spillene. I tillegg melder de steinharde utganger som ofte går hjem etter aktuelle spilleføringer. Under er et typisk spill.

1hj viser spar. Mange ville nok meldt bare 1NT på Tor sine kort, men han har gode honnører og potensielle stikk i kløver. Geir har ikke særlig mer enn han bør ha for en opplysende dobling i sonen, men fine mellomkort gjør hånda til en opplagt 3NT. Tor vant hele ti stikk, men når han traff kløveren og fant hjerteren, kunne motparten aldri beite han. Bulgaria slapp Zimmermann i 2sp NS på det andre bordet.

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Fred Gitelman er mest kjent som grunnleggeren av BBO. Han svarer dette til WBL sitt innlegg på Bridgewinners i dag. Det er en uforbeholden hyllest til de personene som har lagt ned timer, dager og uker for å røyke ut jukserne. Dette er ramsalt kritikk til WBL sine manglende aksjoner og til deres defensive holdning.
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Alternative Statement by WBF (by me personally - this is NOT to be confused by any official opinion or position of BBO):

Thanks to the Herculean efforts of several top players who care deeply about our game, it has unfortunately come to our attention that the results of EVERY major open championship that the WBF has run for at least the past 15 years have been tainted by the presence of cheaters.

We have awarded scores of undeserved medals and titles. The ranks of our leading players are now littered with cheats and their teammates.

We apologize to a generation of (mostly) honest top players who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of excellence in bridge only to now learn that their dreams of glory could never really have come true. We allowed the deck to be stacked against you.

We apologize to the hundreds of thousands of serious bridge fans from around the world for helping to create your bridge heroes. We know now that many of these heroes are frauds.

We apologize to the millions of rank and file bridge players who have helped to finance our operation only to have us waste much of your money on (among other things) a ridiculous fantasy of getting bridge into the Olympics. In retrospect it would have been much wiser for us to invest in making sure that the World Championships were clean contests.

We apologize to the sponsors of teams and of our tournaments who have wasted a vast amount of money on WBF bridge. To make matters worse, in some cases your good names have been tarnished by association.

We are deeply ashamed of the fact that we have allowed international bridge to sink to its current state. We promise we will do much better in the future.

Thank you again to Boye Brogeland and all of those who followed his lead for a much needed wake up call. If we had been awake during the past couple of decades your efforts would not have been necessary.

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I Transnationals var +590 uavgjort spill i alle kampene, selv om alle fire bordene fant beitende utspill med hjerter. Jeg regner med at alle øst har hoppet inn med 4sp over nord sin åpning. Det som helt sikkert har skjedd er at nord har stukket med hjerteresset og prøvd å ta for kløveresset.

Polakken så at det hastet ikke med å prøve kløveren. Espen Larsen forteller at han la styrke i hjerter for å se om makker hadde dobbelton eller firekortfarge. På sparkongen la syd spar ni som oddeball eller trumfekko. "Jeg vil gjerne ha en hjerterstjeling". Da stakk nord med sparesset og rørte ikke kløveren før han tok for hjerteress og spilte mer hjerter til stjeling. God bridge og en beit.

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