World Senior Pairs Championship
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The World Senior Pairs Championship is one of the competitions held as part of the World Bridge Championships
. This Pairs competition was initiated in 1990 and is held every four years. Prior to 2005 both members of each pair had to be at least 55 years of age. The World Bridge Federation
(WBF) has decided that, as from 2005, the minimum age for a player to be recognized as Senior will be increasing one year per year, until it reaches 60 years in 2010. The decision ensures that 55-years olds who participated in a senior event in 2003 will never become ex-Seniors.
In 2006 the Senior Pairs played Tuesday to Friday, the 11th to 14th days of the meet, after completion of all teams competition for seniors. There were eight sessions with 103 pairs on the first two days, 98 on the third, and 88 on the fourth.
World Bridge Championships
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. This Pairs competition was initiated in 1990 and is held every four years. Prior to 2005 both members of each pair had to be at least 55 years of age. The World Bridge Federation
World Bridge Federation
The World Bridge Federation is the world governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competition, most of which is conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle...
(WBF) has decided that, as from 2005, the minimum age for a player to be recognized as Senior will be increasing one year per year, until it reaches 60 years in 2010. The decision ensures that 55-years olds who participated in a senior event in 2003 will never become ex-Seniors.
Results
World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary.In 2006 the Senior Pairs played Tuesday to Friday, the 11th to 14th days of the meet, after completion of all teams competition for seniors. There were eight sessions with 103 pairs on the first two days, 98 on the third, and 88 on the fourth.
| Year | Entries | Rank | ||
| 1990 |
For 1990 to 1998, the WBF currently lists some number of leaders (28 in 1990), perhaps the number of finalists. Beginning 2002 the listings seem to enumerate the field. |
1. |  Albert Dormer |
Alan Hiron |
| 2. |  Kees Kaiser |
Jaap Kokkes |
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| 3. |  Franz Baratta |
Karl Rohan |
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| 1994 |
1. |  Hamish Bennett |
Fred Hamilton |
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| 2. | Simon Kantor |
Murray Melton |
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| 3. |  Duncan Phillips |
Bill Solomon |
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| 1998 |
1. | Irving Gordon |
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... |
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| 2. | Lea Dupont |
Benito Garozzo Benito Garozzo Benito Garozzo is one of the most famous bridge players in the history of the game. He has won 13 world championship titles with the Italian Blue Team, playing with Pietro Forquet and later Giorgio Belladonna... |
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| 3. |  Burghard von Alvensleben |
Walter Höger |
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| 2002 |
71 |
1. |  Christo Drumev |
Ivan Tanev |
| 2. | Bruce Gowdy |
Arno Hobart |
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| This does not match the WBF listing (2011-08-015) but WBF evidently confuses Laurie Vogel of Germany (Vogel-Mohanram) with Laurie Vogel of USA (Vogel-Greenberg?) and Claude Vogel of USA (Vogel-Mohan), crediting the former with simultaneous entry in multiple events. Laurie Vogel, GER and others. | 3. | John Mohan |
Claude Vogel |
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| 2006 |
103 |
1. | Nico Klaver |
Roald Ramer |
| 2. |  Aleksander Jezioro |
Julian Klukowski |
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| 3. | Reiner Marsal |
Entscho Wladow |
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| 2010 |
66 |
1. | Rich DeMartino |
 Patrick McDevitt |
| 2. |  Kyoko Ohno |
Akihiko Yamada |
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| 3. | Farid Assemi |
Edward Wojewoda |
External links
- Senior Bridge program overview at the World Bridge FederationWorld Bridge FederationThe World Bridge Federation is the world governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competition, most of which is conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle...
- World Senior Pairs Championship To Date (table) at the World Bridge Federation