Bridge Winners Profile for Fred Gitelman
Basic Information
- Member Since
- June 29, 2010
- Last Seen
- Jan. 12
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I was a serious (and occasionally successful) bridge player between the early 1980s and 2013. Now I am more or less retired from high-level bridge.
I am one of the founders of Bridge Base. I worked full time on the development of bridge-related software from 1990 through 2019. I am now retired from that as well.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Sheri Winestock
- Favorite Conventions
- Blackwood
- BBO Username
- fred
- ACBL Ranking
- Grand Life Master
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- Fantoni live on BBO
- Paul - IMO It is not good for bridge for BBO to spend time, money, and energy worrying about this issue instead of other FAR more important issues that our game faces, improvements to the software that would benefit the 100s of 1000s of average bridge players who log in to ...
- Fantoni live on BBO
- Paul - there is also something to be said for listening to people who do have a clue. What you would like to see is effectively impossible. How is BBO even supposed to know that, when a vugraph broadcast starts and a player named "Fantoni" appears, that it is actually Fulvio ...
- Fantoni live on BBO
- I remember very clearly the incredibly positive response we received when BBO first announced (in 2001) its policy regarding vugraph: any tournament is welcome to use the software and receive tech support for free. Please note I am no longer an employee or an owner of BBO, but I am ...
- Slap in the Face
- Nicolas - I may be dense but I don't think you have provided a satisfactory answer to Shawn's question. Is the following really the best you have? "At some point there will be the first honest pair. It is unfair to that pair to be grouped with the cheaters ...
- Thanks, Fred Gitelman
- I have played the Iceland tournament at least twice (and I think I won an event there in the mid-1990s, maybe the teams with Mittelman, Forrester, and Zia). Great tournament in an amazing place! I have a vivid memory of getting off the airplane and thinking "Welcome to Planet Neptune ...
- Thanks, Fred Gitelman
- >Would you consider (if nominated) being a Director in the MSC? As much as I am a fan of TBW and MSC, it is hard to imagine me wanting to do that. So far I am enjoying having almost no responsibilities to anyone other than myself and Sheri (and our ...
- Thanks, Fred Gitelman
- In 1990, at least as far as regular people were concerned, the Internet (and CD-ROMs and Windows and web browsers and e-mail) did not even really exist. Fax machines still represented cool tech. I believe that most people did not own a home computer yet. Our friends thought we were ...
- Home Team Wins GNT
- I had never met Gillian before yesterday, but I was super-impressed by how well she handled the pressure (in terms of her poise, how pleasant she was, and her play). She will be in the winner's circle soon. Her partner (and yours) Joe Grue is a complete delight to ...
- “Detecting Cheating in Bridge” by Nic Hammond. Preliminary thoughts
- Sorry have not had time to read all the comments - maybe someone has mentioned this already.. How about if people who have been on vugraph a lot volunteer to allow their stats to be made public? I volunteer.
- Thanks, Fred Gitelman
- Thanks everyone! Sheri and I really appreciate the post and all the kind thoughts :)
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