Massimo "Mimmo" D'Alelio (1916–1998) was an

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bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

player. He won 13 world championships with the Italian national Blue Team, playing in partnership with

Camillo Pabis Ticci Camillo Pabis Ticci (1920–2003) was an Italian bridge player. He joined the national Blue Team in 1963 and played in the Bermuda Bowl tournament with Giorgio Belladonna, whose long-time partner Walter Avarelli was unavailable. From 1964 he playe ...

during the second half of his career. D'Alelio was born in

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. He was a journalist who played bridge as an avocation. He was a student and partner of the Blue Team founder and theorist Eugenio Chiaradia. The team retired together after its 1969

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 W ...

world championship and returned together for a successful defense of the quadrennial

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championship in 1972. D'Alelio then retired permanently for health reasons. As a member of the team he had played four systems with four partners.

Bridge accomplishments

;World championships D'Alelio won 13 world championships, all as one of six players on the Italy open . *

(10) 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 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 * European Open Teams (3) 1956, 1957, 1958 Runners-up * European Open Teams (3) 1955, 1962, 1963

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* 1916 births 1998 deaths Italian contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players Sportspeople from Naples Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of death missing {{bridge-game-stub