Camillo Pabis Ticci (1920–2003) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

player. He joined the national Blue Team in 1963 and played in the

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 ...

tournament with

Giorgio Belladonna Giorgio Belladonna (7 June 1923 – 12 May 1995) was an Italian bridge player, one of the greatest of all time. He won 16 world championship titles with the Blue Team, playing with Walter Avarelli from 1956 to 1969 and later with Benito Garozzo ...

, whose long-time partner Walter Avarelli was unavailable. From 1964 he played with Massimo D'Alelio, winning 8 world championship titles. Born in

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

, Pabis-Ticci was an engineer by profession. For many years he wrote "a bridge column in the magazine ''l'Europeo'' which was the most successful of its kind in Italy". Beside the Arno that he and D'Alelio used, he developed the standard system of Tuscany, in effect.

Books

* ''I princìpi del bridge'' (Milano: Biblioteca universale Rizzoli, 1975-1977), 2 volumes * ''Smazzate in evidenza e ricordi in vetrina: in appendice I problemi di re Nabob'', Guido Barbone and Pabis Ticci (Milano: Mursia, 1976), 399 pp. * ''Il bridge è un gioco d'azzardo?'' (Roma: Marraro, 1979), 254 pp.

Bridge accomplishments

;World championships Pabis Ticci won eight world championships, all as one of six players on the Italy open . *

(5) 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969 * World Open Team Olympiad (3) 1964, 1968, 1972 Runners-up: none. Italy did not finish second between 1951 and 1976. ;European championships Pabis Ticci did not win the European Teams Championship, as the Blue Team did four times from 1956 to 1959. Italy qualified for every Bermuda Bowl from 1961 to 1970 as defending champion and Blue Team members did not generally play for Italy at the European level. Runners-up * European Open Teams (2) 1962, 1963

References

External links

*
Worldcat search: 'pabis ticci, camillo'
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pabis Ticci, Camillo 1920 births 2003 deaths Italian contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players Contract bridge writers Sportspeople from Florence Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of death missing