GABSI holds Bridge Contest in 23 cities

GABSI holds Bridge Contest in 23 cities

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Contract Bridge Association (Gabsi),
in cooperation with the World Bridge Federation, will hold the
annual World Bridge Contest in 23 cities nationwide on Friday, a
report said on Thursday.

"The two-day tournament will be held simultaneously across the
world," Gabsi's First secretary Bert Toar Polii said in a media
statement.

"The tournament is unique because all scores around the world
will be assembled at the scoring center in Britain before being
calculated and graded."

The tournament here was also meant as an opening event for the
50th anniversary of Gabsi, Polii said.

The tournament, which began in 1986, has been included in the
Guinness Book of Records since 1987, mainly in observance of the
abundance of its participants. The biggest number of participants
was recorded in 1992 when 103,000 players took part.

The sites for the tournament include Jakarta, Medan in North
Sumatra, Palembang in South Sumatra, Bandung in West Java,
Surabaya in East Java, Denpasar in Bali, Makassar in South
Sulawesi and Manado in North Sulawesi.--JP