Walter Avarelli

The Tournament of Champions, played in Deauville, France this summer, certainly lived up to its name. Of the 16 players who took part, all but one were recent World Championship participants. The lone exception,...

Even the most honorable and law-abiding citizen takes pleasure in committing grand larceny at the bridge table, and Walter Avarelli of the Italian World Olympiad team is no exception. Avarelli, 52, the oldest of the...

One of the hardest things for the coach or captain of a successful team to do is bench a veteran. It is a sure way to incur the wrath of the fans, and there is the ever-present possibility, should the team lose, that...

"The 10th world bridge championship in Buenos Aires was barely finished before the usual debates over the relative merits of bidding systems began. To this observer, the point is clear: systems had little to do with...