Who is Krzysztof Martens

Krzysztof Martens is one of the best players from one of the best bridge playing nation, Poland. He is listed by World Bridge Federation as World Grand Master, the highest rank. An impressive career both as player and as coach, from which we shall note:

• one silver medal in Bermuda Bowl Yokohama 1991
• three bronze medal in Bermuda Bowl (1981, 1989, 2002)
• three gold medal in European Team Championships (1981, 1989, 1993) and two bronze (1991, 2001)
• one gold medal in Bridge Olympiad 1984 Seattle
• gold medal in World Transnational Teams 1982 Hammanet
• 1997-1999 coach of the Dutch National Womens Team which won World Championships in 2000
• 2000-2002 coach of the German National Women Team which won the bronze in the Bridge Olympiad in Maastricht and gold in World Championships in Paris

Mr. Martens recently authored five interesting bridge books. I'm fortunate enough to have them and I'm going to review them soon.