mercredi 17 octobre 2007

Shangai, it's over ...Shangai ... c'est fini


Shanghai .... it’s all over but still alive for a while due to the intensity of some of the matches watched on BBO, the happy smiles on winners faces, the daily photos, the blogs and all those hours spent connected, sometimes struggling against sleep , always fascinated and always wanting more . How not to feel grateful for being able to use this fantastic free bridge media! This is why the commentaries related by Stacy Jacobs, while watching a match between USA1 ans South Africa, are completlly to be banned …. Bridge, just Bridge , no gossip or private jokes imitating the worst of some TV Shows. Irina Lévintina s‘ victory, as Bridge and Chess champion reminded me once more of the links between the two games. Writing about Tim Seres, in the Daily Shaghai bulletin, Cathy Chua says « "It was watching Tim Seres that I realized bridge is exactly like chess. The great player gets to do the right thing in the endgame because he has routinely done the right thing at the start, but often the two are not directly connected: It is a matter of principle to place your pieces on the best square .... Shanghai , it’s also the news about the publications of the new bridge Laws 2007 and the texts are on Ecats...


Shanghai .... c’est fini mais c’est encore vivant quelques temps, grâce à l’intensité des rencontres suivies sur BBO, au souvenir des sourires heureux des vainqueurs, aux photos , aux blogs , et aux heures passées à regarder les matchs, parfois un peu ensommeillée , émerveillée et jamais lassée . Comment ne pas être reconnaissant de disposer ainsi gratuitement d’un media aussi fantastique et de surplus gratuit ! C’est la raison pour laquelle les commentaires complètement à côté de la plaque tels que les relate Stacy Jacobs, lors d’une retransmission d’un match USA1 South Africa sont à bannir définitivement…..
La victoire d’Irini Lévintina , double championne Bridge et Echecs m’a permis de creuser un peu plus encore les similitudes entre ces deux jeux . Dans son article sur Tim Seres, joueur Australien Cathy Chua décrit ainsi le comportement de l’expert au Bridge. « "It was watching Tim Seres that I realized bridge is exactly like chess. The great player gets to do the right thing in the endgame because he has routinely done the right thing at the start, but often the two are not directly connected: It is a matter of principle to place your pieces on the best square ....
Shanghai c’est aussi l’aboutissement des changements dans le code de bridge, et les textes sont Ecats...

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