[kfay]

Well done! Cheers

[Gerben42]

Congrats Fred and the Diamond team for a deserved win of the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! (just in case he hasn't realized yet what he has achieved just now )

Looking at the KO results, they were convincing all the way:

RO64: Diamond - JapCan: +53
RO32: Diamond - Klinger: +81
RO16: Diamond - Lavazza: +25
QF: Diamond - Vito: +117
SF: Diamond - Zimmermann: +60
F: Diamond - Nickell: +43

[Aberlour10]

Congratulations Fred & Co >>> your list "TO DO" gets shorter and shorter

[G_R__E_G]

Congrats Fred and team!!! It's well deserved, as the whole team played great throughout. I remember a couple of years ago a thread where it was suggested that the sponsor pair on this team was not as strong as some others and Fred was quick to disagree. Fred was obviously correct as Diamond/Platnick played some great bridge (IMHO).

[jillybean]

Congratulations Fred and all, great result.

[hanp]

Gerben42, on Oct 14 2010, 10:10 AM, said:

RO64: Diamond - JapCan: +53
RO32: Diamond - Klinger: +81
RO16: Diamond - Lavazza: +25
QF: Diamond - Vito: +117
SF: Diamond - Zimmermann: +60
F: Diamond - Nickell: +43

They did get a bit lucky in the draw.

[MFA]

hanp, on Oct 14 2010, 10:24 PM, said:

Gerben42, on Oct 14 2010, 10:10 AM, said:

RO64: Diamond - JapCan: +53
RO32: Diamond - Klinger: +81
RO16: Diamond - Lavazza: +25
QF: Diamond - Vito: +117
SF: Diamond - Zimmermann: +60
F: Diamond - Nickell: +43

They did get a bit lucky in the draw.

Haha.

Well done team Diamond. From here it looked like a deserved victory.

[andy_h]

Congratulations Fred! A brilliant year indeed!

[JoAnneM]

Congratulations to you and your team, Fred, and thanks for providing us with the wonderful Vugraph so we can watch.

Jo Anne

[cherdanno]

Congratulations, especially on the easy draw!

[barmar]

Cyberyeti, on Oct 14 2010, 05:43 AM, said:

bidule4, on Oct 14 2010, 04:15 AM, said:

Congrats.

How did Brad make 7H on Board 20 ? Someone revoked ?

Standard double squeeze. Opening heart lead picked up the Q, cash 4 hearts, 2 diamonds and ruff one, a spade and 2 clubs leaving:

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Now on the 7♥ a diamond can't be thrown or the 4 is good so a spade is thrown, a diamond is thrown from dummy and RHO is squeezed in the blacks.

I know we're congratulating Fred et al, but I think it's worth noting that this board was played well in both rooms. Zia was in 6♥ at the other table, and there it seems like the problem is guessing the trump queen. According to one of the commentators in our room, he avoided the guess entirely. He eliminated the side suits, and then threw an opponent in, to make them break trumps.

[peachy]

Conratulations, Fred and the Diamond team! A banner year !

[Little Kid]

Great show! Well done!

[joker_gib]

Congratulations !! Well done !

[PeterGill]

The massive winning margins, the tough draw of having to knock out Lavazza, Zimmerman and Nickell, the Spingold and now the World Championship - is this the beginning of a new era in bridge? Well done by the very popular Diamond team.

John Diamond and Brian Platnick are doing well in the Final of the World Pairs too.
This is John and Brian's second World Championship - they anchored USA to win the 1991 World Junior Teams Final from Canada's Fred Gitelman and Geoff Hampson.

[gwnn]

♥♦

[y66]

Nice playing!

[Cascade]

gwnn, on Oct 16 2010, 04:08 AM, said:

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[ggwhiz]

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This is John and Brian's second World Championship - they anchored USA to win the 1991 World Junior Teams Final from Canada's Fred Gitelman and Geoff Hampson.

Fred found the answer to losing to dem bums (as usual). Great job!

[mohitz]

congratulations