Gabriel Pinheiro Chagas Filho (born 7 December 1944 in

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) is a Brazilian

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player. He was the winner of

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 teams, always including one open and one restricted to women ("Op ...

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1976,

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 Wuh ...

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1989,

World Open Pairs Championship The World Open Pairs Championship is a contract bridge competition initiated in 1962 and held as part of the World Bridge Series Championships every four years. Open to all pairs without any quota restrictions on nationality, the championship is wi ...

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1990, as well as Transnational Teams in

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2001. He is one of 10 players who achieved the

Triple Crown of Bridge The triple crown of bridge is a career achievement in duplicate bridge, namely winning the three marquee Open world championships conducted by the World Bridge Federation. The Bermuda Bowl is now contested by national teams in odd-number years. Th ...

Tournament record

Wins

(1) 1989 * World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1976 *

World Open Pairs The World Open Pairs Championship is a contract bridge competition initiated in 1962 and held as part of the World Bridge Series Championships every four years. Open to all pairs without any quota restrictions on nationality, the championship is wi ...

(1) 1990 * World Transnational Open Teams (1) 2001 *

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(2) **

Reisinger The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Reisinger is a board-a-match event. History The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...

(1) 1992 ** Master Mixed Teams (1) 1992 * South American Championships (32) ** Open Teams (28) 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 ** Open Pairs (4) 1984, 1990, 1994, 2006 * Brazilian Championships (16) ** Open Teams (14) 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008 ** Open Pairs (2) 1968, 1978 * Other notable wins: ** IOC Grand Prix (1) 1998 ** Cap Gemini Pandata World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1993 ** Cap Gemini World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1997 ** Sunday Times Invitational Pairs (1) 1979 ** Sunday Times–Macallan Invitational Pairs (1) 1992

Runner-up

(1) 2000 *

Rosenblum Cup Rosenblum Cup is an Open Teams event held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. The event was added to the world championships in New Orleans in 1978 to commemorate Julius Rosenblum, who served as president of the World Bridge ...

(2) 1978, 1998 * South American Championships (6) ** Open Teams (6) 1966, 1976, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2005 * Brazilian Championships (8) ** Open Teams (5) 1990, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006 ** Open Pairs (3) 1992, 1996, 2002 * Other notable 2nd places: ** IOC Grand Prix (1) 1999 ** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1996 ** Traditionalists vs. Scientists (1) 1990 ** Naturalists vs. Scientists (1) 1992 ** Staten Bank World Top Invitational Pairs (2) 1989, 1990 ** Sunday Times Invitational Pairs (1) 1978 ** Pan American Open Pairs (1) 1992

Suspension

On 20 April 2021, the Federação Brasileira de Bridge (FBB) - the Brazilian Bridge Federation - sanctioned Chagas for cheating while playing bridge online. While few details were presented in the notice of suspension, it was noted that three incidents had been investigated and while Chagas deemed the conclusion unfair, he accepted the inevitable outcome of being found guilty and accepted the FBB's proposed sanctions.Brazilian Bridge Federation notice of suspension.
/ref> Effective 15 April 2021, Chagas is * suspended from participating in tournaments promoted by the Brazilian Bridge Federation and its associated clubs for a period of one year, * is prevented from representing Brazil, nationally or internationally, for a period of one year and * his titles and ranking points in online tournaments held from March 2020 onwards are revoked.

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References

Brazilian contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{bridge-game-stub