Gold Cup (bridge)
Encyclopedia
The Gold Cup is the premier open British
contract bridge
competition for teams of four. (Teams may comprise up to six players but only four take part at any one time.) It was first contested in the 1931/32 season, making it one of the oldest contract bridge tournaments anywhere. The event was run by the British Bridge League through 1999 and subsequently by Bridge Great Britain, a newly formed not-for-profit organisation. Except for 1933/34 the format has always been single-elimination
(knock-out).
The 2011 Gold Cup was the 74th. There were eight annual competitions before 1940 and 65 more have been completed since its resumption in 1946.
Currently there are eight rounds to handle as many as 256 entries, with at least 32 deals in the first round, subsequently 48 or more.
Boris Schapiro
played on 11 winning teams with 52 years between his first success in 1945/46 and his last in 1997/98. Tony Forrester
has 10 wins between 1983 and 2009, and Terence Reese
had 8.
contract bridge
Contract bridge
Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
competition for teams of four. (Teams may comprise up to six players but only four take part at any one time.) It was first contested in the 1931/32 season, making it one of the oldest contract bridge tournaments anywhere. The event was run by the British Bridge League through 1999 and subsequently by Bridge Great Britain, a newly formed not-for-profit organisation. Except for 1933/34 the format has always been single-elimination
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
(knock-out).
The 2011 Gold Cup was the 74th. There were eight annual competitions before 1940 and 65 more have been completed since its resumption in 1946.
Currently there are eight rounds to handle as many as 256 entries, with at least 32 deals in the first round, subsequently 48 or more.
Boris Schapiro
Boris Schapiro
Boris Schapiro was a British international bridge player. He was a Grandmaster of the World Bridge Federation, and the only player to have won both the Bermuda Bowl and the World Senior Pairs championship...
played on 11 winning teams with 52 years between his first success in 1945/46 and his last in 1997/98. Tony Forrester
Tony Forrester
Anthony R. Forrester is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World International Master. Forrester is the bridge columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph....
has 10 wins between 1983 and 2009, and Terence Reese
Terence Reese
John Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
had 8.
External links
- Gold Cup: Introduction. Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 2011-07-11. —sibling pages cover 2011/2012 administration
- Archives: 4 Gold Cup Wins. Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 2011-07-11. —career leading players
- Archives: Gold Cup Roll of Honor. Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 2011-07-11. —list of winning teams and members
- Past Results: 2010 Gold Cup Finals. Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 2011-07-11. —sibling pages cover five previous renditions