Pierre Zimmermann (bridge)

He is also an organizer of tournaments, including the Monaco Cavendish since 20123 and the transnational European winter team championships since 2016, the last in 2024 at Alpe d'Huez.

Together they formed teams with top professional pairs, most recently Geir Helgemo–Tor Helness of Norway and Fulvio Fantoni–Claudio Nunes of Italy.

[5] In 2010 these six players all moved to Monaco in order to establish residency and thus obtain eligibility to compete as a national team in international teams-of-four.

[6] They have represented Monaco in European Bridge League (EBL) and world championship tournaments and finished second in the Bermuda Bowl in Bali in 2013.

Following controversies over cheating, the Zimmermann team withdrew just prior to competing in the 2015 Bermuda Bowl and after hearings by the EBL, and the CAS judgment Fantoni and Nunes were acquitted because the proofs were inconsistent.

Pierre Zimmermann sponsors the Cavendish (won twice) and Wintergames European Transnational Championships (WG) bridge events in Monaco from 2016 to 2020 and in Tignes from 21 to 27 April 2023.