Alfredo Versace (born 4 June 1969) is an

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professional

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player. He has been a stalwart on Italian teams for two decades and has won many European and world championships. As of July 2014 he ranks fourth among Open World Grand Masters and his regular partner Lorenzo Lauria ranks fifth.Open classification rankings
at the World Bridge Federation, Master Point Records. Retrieved 2014-07-29. Versace watched the game as a youngster at his grandfather's club. He played in his first tournament at the age of ten and at fifteen he joined Belladonna– Garozzo on Italy's Lavazza team in Turin. Alfredo Versace

Major bridge tournament wins

* 1st

World Mind Sports Games The World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) was a multi-sport event created by the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) as a "stepping stone on the path of introducing a third kind of Olympic Games (after the Summer and the Winter Olympics)". The ...

(Open Teams): 2008 *

Bermuda Bowl The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national . It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the Wu ...

2005, 2013 * European Mixed Championships (Mixed Teams): 2002 * European Champions' Cup (Open Teams): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 * Mitchell Open BAM Teams: 2002, 2003 * Spingold Knockout Teams: 2001, 2002, 2015 * Jacoby Open Swiss: 2001 *

World Team Olympiad The World Team Olympiad was a contract bridge meet organized by the World Bridge Federation every four years from 1960 to 2004. Its main events were world championships for national Glossary of contract bridge terms#teams, teams, always including o ...

: 2000, 2004 * Reisinger BAM: 2000, 2007, 2010 * IOC Grand Prix: 1999 * Vanderbilt Knockout Teams: 1999, 2004 * World Team Championships: 1998, 2002, 2005 * Cavendish Invitational Teams: 1996, 1997 * European Team Championships: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 * European Youth Team Championship: 1992

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