Pietro Forquet
Pietro Forquet is an Italian bridge player, one of the most famous in bridge history. He won 15 World championship titles with the Blue Team, playing with Eugenio Chiaradia, Guglielmo Siniscalco and, for the most part, Benito Garozzo. Apart from his excellent play, he was renowned for his nerves of steel.
Forquet and Garozzo wrote a book on the Blue Club bidding system, the 1950s Neapolitan system as modified by their partnership, which was published in English as The Italian Blue Team bridge book. In 1971 he wrote Gioca con il Blue Team, published in English as Bridge with the Blue Team, which is widely considered to be the world's best collection of fascinating bridge deals.Books
- The Italian Blue Team bridge book, Benito Garozzo and Forquet with Enzo Mingoni, 274 pp. ; – transl. of Il Fiori Blue Team
- Bridge with the Blue Team, translated by Helen Thompson, ed. Ron Klinger, 384 pp. ; – transl. of Gioca con il Blue Team. 150 smazzate giocate dal vero
A Chinese-language edition of Gioca con il Blue Team was published in 1990, Lan dui qiao pai.Bridge accomplishments
;World championships
Forquet won 15 world championships, all as one of six players on the Italy open.
- Bermuda Bowl 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974
- World Open Team Olympiad 1964, 1968, 1972
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl 1951, 1976
- Olympiad 1976
;European championships
Runners-up: none
