Career As A Player
As a bridge player, Reese won every honour in the game, including the European Championship four times (1948, 1949, 1954, 1963) and the Bermuda Bowl (effectively, the World Team Championship) in 1955. He was also World Par champion in 1961 and was placed second in the World Teams Olympiad in 1960, and the World Open Pairs in 1962. He also represented Britain in the Olympiad 1960 and the Bermuda Bowl 1965, and in five other European Championships. He won the Gold Cup, the premier British domestic competition, on eight occasions.
Reese last participated in international bridge in the 5th World Team Olympiad in Monte Carlo in 1976 placing third and was Britain's non-playing captain in the 35th European Team Championships held in Birmingham, England in 1981 placing second. Preferring backgammon as an alternative in his later years, Reese played little competitive bridge, owing in part to increasing deafness. However, his career as a bridge writer continued unabated.
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