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Contains no fewer than hands played by the celebrated Italian Blue Team. The most successful world class team of all time. Bridge With the Blue Team sets down the most outstanding hands played by the Blue Team, the astonishingly successful Italian team which achieved a record number of victories in world class championships, a feat unlikely ever to be equaled. The chosen hands are first set out in single dummy form so that readers may make their own decisions about how to play the hand before Bridge with the Blue Team the analysis provided. Sections at the end of the book give a summary of the bidding systems employed and a chronological account of the Blue Team's triumphal Bridge with the Blue Team in world championship tournaments. BridgeHands invites you to order now from its Affiliate Alert : Before ordering, please validate the book Name, Author, etc to ensure the Affiliate book distributor is providing you the correct product. BridgeHands assumes no responsibility for orders though Affiliate distributor; you and your Affiliate are Bridge with the Blue Team for ordering, sales, shipping, billing and service. Example from book : What others say Submit your Review :. Google BridgeHands. Name : Bridge with the Blue Team. Author : Forquet, Pietro. Popularity :. Target Audience : Advanced. Category : General. Synopsis: Is one of the greatest classics of bridge literature. BridgeHands invites you to order now from its Affiliate. Alert : Before ordering, please validate the book Name, Author, etc to ensure the Affiliate book distributor is providing you the correct product. What others say Submit your Review :. BRIDGE WITH THE BLUE TEAM - Baron Barclay Bridge Supply

The Blue Team Italian : " Squadra azzurra " represented Italy in international contract bridge tournaments, winning sixteen world titles from through The spiritual father, long-time coach, and non-playing captain through was Carl'Alberto Perroux. Chiaradia, Forquet, and Siniscalco were members of that six-man team. Soon afterward Captain Perroux undertook long-term preparations to win those events, the Bridge with the Blue Team major international championships at the time. United States teams were considered the best in the world after the war, and they won two more Bermuda Bowls for North America against Europe. Great Britain, France, and Sweden were also strong, and Europe won the fifth and sixth tournaments with six-man teams from Great Britain and France before Italy won again at Bridge with the Blue Team European level. The breakthrough came inwhen the Blue Team defeated Bermuda Bowl champion France in Stockholm earning the right to contest the Bermuda Bowl in New York City where they went on to defeat a United States team on its home ground. With remarkably stable personnel, the reign of the Blue Team continued, winning twelve world team championships in the thirteen years between andbroken only by a sixth-place finish in the inaugural World Team Olympiad in Turin. The Blue Team retired after but key members returned to win four more world titles in the four years from to A large part of the Blue Team's success lay in new and inventive bidding systemswhich were often deemed quite strange, especially by conservative US circles. Losing teams sometimes even complained that the Italians had an unfair advantage using bids that were partly incomprehensible to Americans. Belladonna of Rome and his partners played Roman Cluba "short club" system. Neapolitans Chiaradia and Forquet played Neapolitan Cluba strong club system attributed to Professor Chiaradia and developed with Forquet. When young, inventive and cocky Garozzo joined the team inhe further developed with Forquet the Neapolitan system into the Blue Clubwhich gained worldwide popularity in later years. The string of Blue Team wins lasted untilwhen the members announced their retirement. The Blue Team re-formed and captured the Olympiad and the and Bermuda Bowls, each time defeating the Americans. Toward the end of their string of victories the Italians changed their lineup; Forquet, Pabis Ticci and D'Alelio withdrew, while Garozzo and Belladonna paired off, playing a version of Precision Club modified by Garozzo and called "Super Precision". Bridge with the Blue Team team was no longer officially called "Blue Team", but it still won. The string of Blue Team victories was also followed by some cheating allegations. Originally the evidence only surfaced against "lesser" team members only, but in Avon Wilsmore's book the evidence was shown against the whole of the blue team, based on historical game records and bids. An unusual lead. With a singleton in partner's hand the defense won two aces and two club ruffs. However, in earlier review by Victor Mollo and Aksel J. The best chance to best the contract was, therefore, to find him with a singleton in one of the minors, and give him a ruff. Which minor? This source also notes the discrepancy between listed bidding auctions, but fails to resolve it. The "foot-tapping" scandal. The best-known controversy occurred inwhen the Bermuda Bowl was held at its home site of Bermuda. Cheating is of course illegal and normally grounds for expulsion from any bridge organization. Keidan's observations, which were confirmed by several witnesses, were presented to the presiding authorities of the event, who "severely reprimanded" Facchini and Zucchelli for their activity but allowed the players to continue competing in the event. Although the Italians were allowed to stay, the Bermuda Bowl authorities placed blocks underneath the tables to prevent any further foot contact. An anonymous accusation. Another incident occurred during the tournament. He secured a translator to read it aloud, but asked the translator to stop after the first Bridge with the Blue Team, to deliver the letter to Italian captain Carl'Alberto Perrouxand to explain that Gerber had heard only the first paragraph. The writer had accused the Blue Team of cheating. After reading the letter to his team, Perroux suggested that the match be played with screens running across the tables 12 years before modern screens were introducedbut Gerber would have none of it. The goodwill engendered by this exchange inspired Perroux and his team to present their championship trophies to Gerber and the American team in what was Bridge with the Blue Team as the greatest act of sportsmanship in bridge history. Avon Wilsmore book. In particular he Bridge with the Blue Team many deviations from their announced bidding system, liberal use of "off shape" takeout doubles and suspiciously high rate of killing opening leads. Wilsmore alleged a culture of cover-ups and scandal minimization within the World Bridge Federation. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. See also: Cheating in bridge. European Bridge League. Retrieved Select "Venue" city name, then "Open series" team name, to see a list of team members. Unfortunately Bridge with the Blue Team listings cover only first and second place Open teams before Bridge with the Blue Team Bridge Federation. Camponeschi or Garrisi call it "Chiaradia's system" and make this claim about one feature discussed: " The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge attributes this Bridge with the Blue Team to the Blue Team Club of Forquet—Garozzo. It's a mistake. Reprint by John Swanson retrieved Contract bridge. List of bidding conventions. List of bridge people with Wikipedia English articles List of bridge administrators List of bridge writers. List of bridge competitions and awards. Categories : Contract bridge people. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Webarchive template archiveis links Wikipedia articles needing clarification from September Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. General List of bridge competitions and awards. Bridge with the Blue Team by Pietro Forquet

Sartaj Hans. Alan Truscott has, at one time or the other, accused almost every top player of cheating. I wouldnt pay much credence to mumblings of such a paranoid schizoid. The focus on the book is the personalities of bridge. Truscott does not exactly come right out and say the Blue Team cheated, but he might as well have. He describes a couple of incidents involving Belladonna and Forquet as well as the foot tapping, and the Burgay tape recording. And also a quote from Sheinwold which would be hard to interpret as any other way than that he Sheinwold thought the Blue Team cheated. I was shocked actually -- I would never have thought that of them, especially after reading that wonderful book of Bridge with the Blue Team, "Bridge with the Blue Team". Has anyone ever heard anything about this before? It was sure news to me. Bill Jacobs. Post by Sartaj Hans Thats total rubbish. There is a lot more to that whole story than a "its a simple fact" approach of "Burgay's tape implicated Forquet". Here's more Bridge with the Blue Team what i recall Perhaps some person with some sense of history can actually illuminate this newsgroup And stop random smearing of shit on a legend like Forquet Burgay, struggling to make the Italian teamand a tainted personality Refer : THe Bridge BUm by Sontagsecretly recorded a telephonic conversation iwth Forquet who was not his partner. The issue was what an ideal method of cheating would be. It was a discussionjust like Richard Willey's attempted discussion on modern high-tech cheating, and the best way to do it. My facts are a bit fuzzy Bridge with the Blue Team here on but it was claimed that the tape was doctored, among other things Would appreciate someone pointing out the source where the whole story is told I am sure there is one for i recall reading. I find especially compelling Bianchi's comment "The Americans insist in misinterpreting the tape. The tape shows Forquet and I were discussing smoke signals as a hypothesis for anyone who wants to cheat. It's like discussing whether it would be possible to kill the president - which does not mean you have done it or you intend to do it. Also, the popular belief is that the telephone conversation involved Forquet instead of Bianchi. Yet another case of facts being diluted in favor of what the public wants to hear perhaps David Stevenson. Adam Beneschan. Bridge with the Blue Team by Sartaj Hans " If you murdered your boss, and someone brought in a conversation about murdering your boss as evidence, I'd totally expect you to say that it was an obvious joke" In Forquet-Bianchi case, no "murder" occurred. They were not suspected of Bridge with the Blue Team practice. Burgay emerged out of nowhere with the tape showing the discussion. Post by Sartaj Hans The boss was never murdered, only some employees discussed one way to do it. Post by Sartaj Hans Anyways, i have had enough of this discussion. I'll go through comments but have no intention to post on any such stuff. Everyone has their own prejudices. So do the blind accussers. And so do i. Post by Sartaj Hans Everyone has their own prejudices. That is if one pair were cheating within a famous team, the other members of the team all being exceedingly talented players would have to be guilty of at least turning a blind eye to it, since it's impossible to believe that they Bridge with the Blue Team not have recognized cheating within their own ranks -- impossible. I personally do Bridge with the Blue Team really want to Bridge with the Blue Team consider this as a remote possibility of Garozzo, so I'll just stick my head back in the sand on this one. He is not one of us. Okay, I'm kidding here. Sid Ismail. John Crinnion. Ian Payn. Julian Lighton. Talking about the Blue Team as a whole is implying that Garozzo, Belladonna, et al. Peter Gill. They were, and furthermore - deep down they must know that they were. They were not suspected. Thomas Dehn. Post by Peterh Tiger Woods is in a class of his own. Tiger Woods is in a class of his own. So too was Bobby Fischer who had a long-standing suspicion of the Russians till he beat them Perhaps so too was the Blue Team. Post by N. Bridge with the Blue Team Tiger Woods is in a class of his own. Post by Peterh Post by N. Post by Peterh And suggesting that an extremely successful competitor is outstandinghardly seems illogical. Which statement do you Bridge with the Blue Team best? The blue team won a lot therefore they cheat. The blue team won a lot therefore they were in a class of their own? Bob Lipton. Post by kingsman With all due respect, what is the point of this thread? These events happened forty years ago. Its over, and this does not have any relevance to our lives today. Post by raija d Post Bridge with the Blue Team kingsman With all due respect, what is the point of this thread? John Gabbriel. Bertel Lund Hansen. Andrew Gumperz. Post by Andrew Gumperz Many of the American players who opposed the Blue Team in international play that believed that the Italians had cheated. Kieran Dyke. Sartaj Hans UTC. Silver UTC. Bill Jacobs UTC. Vladimir UTC. David Stevenson UTC. Adam Beneschan UTC. Sid Ismail UTC. John Crinnion UTC. Ian Payn UTC. Julian Lighton UTC. Peter Gill UTC. Peterh UTC. Thomas Dehn UTC. Bob Lipton UTC. John Gabbriel UTC. Andrew Gumperz UTC. Kieran Dyke UTC.