Gabsi joins Worldwide Bridge Contest

Gabsi joins Worldwide Bridge Contest

JAKARTA: Thirty pairs took part in the Indonesian Contract
Bridge Association (Gabsi)-organized bridge tournament at the
Kinara Restaurant in South Jakarta on Friday.

Scheduled to end Saturday, the competition was held as part of
the Worldwide Bridge Contest sponsored by the World Bridge
Federation (WBF).

While Friday's participants were invitees, Saturday's round
will be an open tournament at the Bulungan Bridge Center in South
Jakarta.

The Worldwide Bridge Contest, which was founded in 1986, is
being staged concurrently in around 50 countries with the boards
being played in the same number and the card decks being of the
same deal.

The 1992 season saw a record 103,000 participants. In 1995, a
record 90 countries were involved.--JP