Bridge is a Game of Mistakes

It's a tough game and very hard on the ego....... certainly for me, probably for most if not all of the players here.

We lost the second and third match and we are out of qualifying by 8 VPs.......... that is alot and it is only the first day. On the bright side, Brazil weather is very agreeable, and the people are friendly, even though most of the waiters, etc., speak broken English at best, and communication is difficult.

Michael Schoenborn (playing for Canada in the Seniors), was sitting with me at the opening ceremonies. He has not played in World Championships since 1987, but said to me.. "the round robin is about NOT getting or doing anything to get noticed"............ tis true but it is so hard to do........... Michael also kept me laughing during the opening ceremonies--during the speech by the Mayor of Sao Paulo (which was in Portuguese), he said "this sounds like Boris [Baran] explaining our system".

I strive for the rest of the week to be unnoticed................
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