My Picks for the World Mind Games Contest
Tomorrow, the World Mind Games Contest will open (check bridgeblogging tomorrow morning for the contest form and all the details). Please join me in guessing the top teams in the Open Series at the World Bridge Games, and compete for great prizes from ebooksbridge.
To kick things off, I am posting my choices for the Open Series of the World Bridge Games. I can’t win of course, but I can still see how I do. Of course, no guarantees that these choices will be the right ones. I’m looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!
To see the list of registered teams in the Open Series click here.
Last week I picked the 16 teams that will qualify for the Open WSMG knockout phase and explained my rationale. You can read that blog post here
My Picks for the Contest
Quarter-finals:
Denmark
Monaco
China
Canada
Norway
Italy
Israel
U.S.A.
Semi-finals:
China
U.S.A.
Monaco
Italy
Finals
Monaco
U.S.A.
Bronze: China
Gold: Monaco
Senior Gold (Tie-breaker): U.S.A.
HI Linda
I’ll play. It should be quite a show. I will be looking forward to wathcing on BBO.
Round of 8:
Monaco
USA
Italy
Netherlands
Israel
China
Russia
Poland
Semi-finals:
USA
Monaco
Netherlands
Italy
Finals: Monaco over Italy
Bronze: Netherlands
Senior: USA
Hi Steven,
Thanks for sharing your contest selections.
I will personally enter your contest selections into the online form since you posted these before the contest form was alive. You will receive a confirmation email shortly.
All other entrants, please note: all contest entries must be entered through an online form – it means that we can tabulate all the results quickly and correctly.
Please see the contest blog post here for all the contest details, or go right to the contest form here
Please email libby at [email protected] if you have any difficulties. Thanks!
Hi Linda,
How do you decide who will play against who in Round of 16 and onward? Is it the format that top 4 from each group will be seeded for the KO phase and play 1-16, 2-15, etc? If so, is it the number of VP from the group stage to be a determining factor for seeding?
Thanks
[…] Guess the quarter-finalists, semifinalists, finalists and winning team for the Open Series at the World Bridge Games. As a tie-breaker, you’ll also guess the winning team from the Senior Series. If you’d like some expert guidance, check Linda Lee’s picks (and rationale) on her blog. […]