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Including the computer operator there were four people at each table, so it looked like an ordinary game, with all the players holding cards, using their bidding boxes, and playing the cards - only the NS pair were not using their own judgments, but rather getting their bids and plays from the computer, while the EW human pairs bid and played normally (except they called out their bids and plays to make it easier for the computer operator to make the entries).īefore play each round the computer would study the opponents convention card (the opponents convention card is input into the computer). At each table the computer operator sat North or South with his computer on a separate side table. Each computer program entry played as a NS pair, and human players were the EW pairs.
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BM2 and bbuff can't stop from peeking at their partner's and opponent's cards during the play. The computer bridge challenges started with a 2-session computer versus human IMP Pairs game, scored barometer style. Bridge Buff 4.0 (Canada), owned by Doug Bennion.BridgeMate 2.16 (U.S.), owned by Bob Richardson.Bridge Baron 7 (U.S.), owned by Thomas Throop.Meadowlark Bridge (U.S.), owned by Rodney Ludwig.Q-Plus Bridge (Germany), owned by Johannes Leber.Micro Bridge 8 (Japan), owned by Tomio and Yumiko Uchida.The following are the programs that are featured in the challenge: David Yates attended the event on our behalf and operated our Micro Bridge 8. Unfortunately we could not attend in person.
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Alvin Levy, the organizer of this event, invited Micro Bridge 8 to the event. The Baron Barclay World Computer Bridge Challenge was held July 28 through Augas part of the American Contract Bridge League's summer North American Bridge Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.