Eugenio Chiaradia (1911–1977), nicknamed "Professor", was an Italian

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. A professor of philosophy, he was one of the early bridge theorists and the principal author of the Neapolitan Club system, the predecessor of the

Blue Club Blue Club is a bridge bidding system, developed mainly by Benito Garozzo. It was used by the famous Blue Team and became very popular in the 1960s. It has gained a strong following ever since. The main features are: * Strong club system: 1 openi ...

. Chiaradia won six

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 ...

titles (1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1963) with the Blue Team, three of those in partnership with

Guglielmo Siniscalco Guglielmo Siniscalco (21 July 1921 – 5 December 2020) was an Italian bridge player. Native of Naples, he was a civil engineer by vocation. He was six-times Italian champion (1948, 1949, 1951, 1956, 1957 and 1959). He won three Bermuda Bowl ti ...

. He left the team after the 1963

, and went to live in Sao Paulo, coaching the Brazilian team.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

(6) 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 World Team Championship Winners
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Runners-up

(1) 1951 World Team Championship Winners
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References

External links

* Italian contract bridge players 1911 births 1977 deaths {{bridge-game-stub