[nikos59]

The Vugraph Project team is proudly announcing
yet another major offering from the past,
the 1979 Bermuda Bowl final. You can find all
96 deals of the final between USA and Italy,
at:
http://www.sarantako...79/1979-bb.html


It was an exciting match.
The Italians had a gigantic carryover of 37 imps but the Americans
outscored them, so they entered the last segment leading by
no less than 55 imps. The expected Italian comeback came,
but it fell short by a mere 5 imps. It was also the first time a
sponsor, Malcolm Brachman, won a world title. There were
many excellent deals in this match -now you can replay them
yourself in more than one way.


Kudos for this offering goes (again!) to Denis O'Kane who
did all the work and also offers several alternative formats
(pbn, dup files, pf files).


What are pf files, you may ask. It is a very interesting new twist.
Using the so-called pf command, these lin files allow the user to
depart at any time from the line of play followed at the table, to play
out the hand all by himself and explore alternative lines of play.
However, once you have departed from the original line, you cannot
reliably revert to it unless you go back at Trick 1. We eagerly await
feedback concerning this new feature: is it desirable, is it worth the
extra work, does it have any hidden drawbacks?


Nikos Sarantakos
www.sarantakos.com/bridge.html

[andych]

The pf tool is fun and useful.
Would it be made public? Could I get a copy? tks!




P.S. Just have a closer look and see the pf|y| at top of files that makes the differecne. Nice idea. Hope future VG files have the pf enabled also.

[DenisO]

We will probably include this feature in future Bermuda Bowl Vugraphs - maybe even some we have published already

You know the tag - so you can always add it yourself to any VG with a text editor such as Wordpad. Just remember the limitations of using it.