據說 Reno 的 Bulletin 上說: 這次 Hamman-Wolff 最後一次一同出戰，
此後 Hamman 將和 Soloway (!!) 搭檔。又據說這篇專文寫得非常奇怪，
看起來好像是『Hamman 甩了 Wolff』的八卦新聞。
耶，請陳小胖查查吧。還有，難道 Soloway 也要甩了 Goldman 嗎??
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作者: jmc (貪玩的小孩) 看板: BridgeClub
標題: Re: Hamman-Wolff 的拆夥
時間: Tue Mar 24 09:39:22 1998
※ 引述《terrorist (.#)F%w$l)》之銘言：
: 據說 Reno 的 Bulletin 上說: 這次 Hamman-Wolff 最後一次一同出戰，
: 此後 Hamman 將和 Soloway (!!) 搭檔。又據說這篇專文寫得非常奇怪，
: 看起來好像是『Hamman 甩了 Wolff』的八卦新聞。
ACBL的東西影響力可觀, 他們應該不致於在 Daily Bulletin 上亂寫吧.
滷教授這麼討厭Bobby Wolff, 被Bob Hamman甩掉不是正合你意嗎? :)
: 耶，請陳小胖查查吧。還有，難道 Soloway 也要甩了 Goldman 嗎??
是! 遵命! 這就去查!
如果Soloway從此加入NICKELL隊和Hamman搭檔, NICKELL的威力似乎不但
沒有減弱, 反而變得更強了.
去年百慕達盃冠亞軍決賽, 法國隊叫到大滿貫成約, Hamman-Wolff漏失.
Wolff搞了大飛機還死鴨子嘴硬, 看了實在是...哎...
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作者: jmc (貪玩的小孩) 看板: BridgeClub
標題: Hamman-Wolff partnership ends after 30 years
時間: Tue Mar 24 10:27:53 1998
Hamman-Wolff partnership ends after 30 years
By Brent Manley
For nearly three decades, Bob Hamman and Bobby Wolff have made up
one of the most feared partnerships in the world. When the Vanderbilt
Knockout Teams ends at the Spring NABC in Reno this week, the two
players will go separate ways.
Both players said the breakup had been in the works for some time,
despite an amazing run in the Nineties that included four straight
victories in the Spingold Knockout Teams and three straight wins
in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams with the squad sponsored by
businessman Nick Nickell.
"We sort of decided it's time to move on," said Hamman. "We've
lost a few steps."
The two agreed that the partnership had become stale and that
philosophical differences as to bidding style contributed
significantly to the move, which was initiated by Hamman.
Plans are for Hamman, 59, to stay with the Nickell team and play
with Paul Soloway, a former partner and teammate from the fabled
Aces teams. Wolff's future is less certain. "There are some
possibilities," Wolff said in late February, "but I'm not thinking
about them now."
Wolff said he was surprised by the move, especially considering
the team's success of late. The Nickell team -- including Richard
Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell -- finished second to
France in the 1997 Bermuda Bowl in Hammamet, Tunisia. They won
the title in 1995.
"In Hammamet," Wolff said, "the team won every match in the
round-robin that Bob and I played, and we were plus IMPs in the
quarterfinals, semifinals and final for all the sets we were in.
The French simply outplayed us. Our record isn't perfect, but we
don't take a back seat to anyone."
Certainly the Nickell team's record in the Nineties is phenomenal.
Besides bringing home the 1995 Bermuda Bowl, the squad -- anchored
by Hamman and Wolff -- won the Spingold in 1993, 1994, 1995 and
1996 and the Reisinger, arguably the toughest event in bridge,
in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Between them, Hamman and Wolff own 19 world championships,
including seven Bermuda Bowl victories and a World Team Olympiad
title. They won the World Open Pairs together in 1974 and were
partners and teammates in 1988 on the only U.S. team to win the
Olympiad. Wolff also won the World Mixed Teams in 1972.
Wolff was an original member of the Aces, the professional team
put together by Ira Corn in 1968. Hamman joined the squad in 1969,
and he and Wolff began playing together in 1972.
Hamman, No. 1 in World Bridge Federation player rankings since 1985,
claims the differences with Wolff about bidding have always been
there but he recently has seen changes in his own game that called
for a new direction. "I haven't been playing all that sharp,"
Hamman said. "At one time, we were an overpowering pair. We're
not any more. I want to take a little more theoretical approach
and less running off tackle and daring them to stop me."
To Wolff, "theoretical" translates to "artificial," and he wanted
no part of that. "It's not that I'm lazy or don't want to improve
our bidding," Wolff said, "but I think an artificial system would
have severely hurt our partnership."
Hamman and Wolff play a strong 1ꠠsystem with four-card majors.
Although initial responses to the 1ꠠopening are artificial,
showing controls, virtually the rest of the system is natural.
Interestingly, Hamman wrote a strongly worded piece for the Daily
Bulletin during the 1997 Fall NABC in St. Louis extolling the
virtues of a primarily natural bidding system, using the French
Bermuda Bowl champions as examples of success with that style.
Hamman's treatise, however, was aimed more at what he considers
destructive bidding.
Such issues aside, the 64-year-old Wolff said he was chagrined
at the developments and at a loss to understand what happened.
"It is mystifying to me the illusions some people have about
success or failure," he said.
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作者: jmc (貪玩的小孩) 看板: BridgeClub
標題: Re: Hamman-Wolff 的拆夥
時間: Tue Mar 24 10:45:17 1998
※ 引述《terrorist (.#)F%w$l)》之銘言：
: 耶，請陳小胖查查吧。還有，難道 Soloway 也要甩了 Goldman 嗎??
迅速圓滿達成任務, 滷教授滿意了吧. :)
沒錯, 就是 Hamman 狠心把 Wolff 甩掉的. Hamman 似乎對 Wolff 有諸多不滿,
尤其是叫牌理念. 而 Wolff 則顯得相當哀怨.
不過我是一點都不同情 Wolff 啦, 倒覺得 Hamman 甩他甩得好. 誰教他叫牌叫不贏
別人, 不會叫滿貫輸給法國隊的大笨蛋......
Hamman 和 Soloway 以前在 Aces 隊曾經是同伴, 或許這也是某種形式的破鏡重圓.
Goldman 好像對教橋牌很有興趣, 在OKbridge上到處招攬學生.
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作者: jmc (貪玩的小孩) 看板: BridgeClub
標題: Re: Hamman-Wolff 的拆夥
時間: Tue Mar 24 13:01:31 1998
※ 引述《jmc (貪玩的小孩)》之銘言：
: 沒錯, 就是 Hamman 狠心把 Wolff 甩掉的. Hamman 似乎對 Wolff 有諸多不滿,
: 尤其是叫牌理念. 而 Wolff 則顯得相當哀怨.
留在 NICKELL team, Bob Hamman 還可以維持其橋藝事業的高峰好一陣子.
一旦離開 NICKELL team, Bobby Wolff 的橋藝生涯就要急速走下坡了.
所以 Bobby Wolff 的心境是可以想見的.
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