RealBridge Bidding Contest - May 2024 Rankings

We have a three-way tie for the winner of this month’s competition, with a score of 78/80:

Li Mingzhe

Lysandra Zheng

Milko Slavov

Li Mingzhe from China,

Lysandra Zheng from New Zealand, and

Milko Slavov from Bulgaria

 

Li is a 24-year-old graduate who has been playing bridge at the University of Science and Technology of China for over five years. He mainly participates in school competitions. He was also the winner of the March competition, and he outscored all of our experts as this month’s guest panelist.

 

Lysandra is a 23-year-old graduate student at the University of Auckland who learned bridge in 2015 and started playing tournaments just over a year ago. She says, “I am thankful to my long-term partner, friends, and community for their continued support and encouragement.” Lysandra moves into the lead at the top of the 2024 annual competition with her win this month.

 

Also on the May Honour Roll are, with a score of 76/80…

 

Venkatesh Ramaratnam from India,

Paul F Boudreau from USA,

Todd Holes from USA, and

Prahalad Rajkumar from India

 

…and, with a score of 75/80:

 

Douglas Dorland from USA,

Dr. Morrie Kleinplatz from Canada,

Anup Duttaroy from India, and

Tim Pan from New Zealand

 

We have three Americans and three Indians as well as two from New Zealand at the top of this month’s competition, but it is a second win this year for China and Li Mingzhe.

With more than half of the panel scoring in the 60s, this was clearly another tough set, so congratulations to all those scoring in the 60s or 70s.

 

Top 25

Milko Petrov Slavov

Bulgaria

78

Lysandra Zheng

New Zealand

78

Li Mingzhe

China

78

Venkatesh Ramaratnam

India

76

Todd Holes

USA

76

Paul F Boudreau

USA

76

Prahalad Rajkumar

India

76

Douglas Dorland

USA

75

Dr. Morrie Kleinplatz

Canada

75

Anup Duttaroy

India

75

Tim Pan

New Zealand

75

Andy Bowles

UK

74

Barry Cohen

USA

74

Jon Cooke

UK

74

Brian Spears

UK

74

Nigel Kearney

New Zealand

74

Boyd Jancey

Denmark

74

David Williams

UK

74

Ignacio Jover De Castro

Spain

74

Koushik Mukherjee

India

74

Nikos Roubeglis

Greece

74

Sherif Noshy

Egypt

73

Merijn Groenenboom

Netherlands

73

Paul Grünke

Germany

73

Gm

India

73