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ŀBulletin # 3 17th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013, AHMEDABAD, INDIA of 8

Editors: T.C. Pant, Vinay Desai & Keyzad Anklesaria Bulletin # 3: Friday, 7th June 2013

17th

Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East Championships

4th

June to 11th

June 2013

Ahmedabad, India

INDIA leads in the OPEN Teams

At the end of the yesterday’s play (3rd day) of

the 17th BFAME Championships, 6 rounds of

the Round Robin-1 have been completed in

the OPEN Team event. The teams will be

playing 1 more round today to complete the

proceedings of the first round-robin.

After 6 rounds, the Indian Team (Mrs. Kiran

NADAR, B. Satyanarayana, Sunit CHOKSHI

K.R. VENKATRAMAN, B. PRABHAKAR &

Rajeshwar TEWARI) is leading with 122 VPs.

The Bangladesh team (ISPAHANI Mirza Sajid,

KAMRUZZAMAN A.H.M., HOSSAIN Md. Zahid,

HAQUE Shah Zia ul, CHOWDHURY Md. Asifur

Rahman & RAHMAN Md. Moshiur) is in 2nd

position with 104 VPs, whereas United Arab

Emirates & Bahrain are in 3rd & 4th positions

with 103 & 102 VPs, respectively.

See detailed results on page 2.

PAKISTAN & INDIA share the

lead in the WOMEN Teams

The 1st round robin of the Women’s event

was completed yesterday after playing 3

rounds. The Pakistan team were the leaders

at the end of 1st round robin with 54 VPs.

The teams were assigned new numbers for

the 2nd round-robin, based on their ranks in

the 1st round-robin.

One round of the RR-2 got completed

yesterday and at the end of 3rd day the

Pakistan team (AZWER Zeenat, AGHA

Rubina, DOSSA Qudsia, BOKHARI Roshan Ara, SAEED HAI Rubina, RAZA Fatima) & the

Indian team (DEORA Hema, KARMAKAR

Marrianne, CHOKSI Rita, DEY Bharati,

NARULA Tutu, SURANA Asha) shared the top

position with 69 VPs. The Sri Lanka team is

in 3rd place with 52 VPs and the Palestine

team is in 4th place with 50 VPs.

See detailed results on page 2. INDIA leads in the

SENIOR Teams

The Senior teams completed their 1st round robin of 3 rounds yesterday. The Indian team

topped the 1st round robin. The teams were

given new numbering based on their 1st round

robin rankings.

One round of the 2nd round robin was played

yesterday and at the end of Day-3, the Indian

team comprising of Ashok GOEL, Vinod

SHARMA, Sunit MACHHAR, R. SRIDHARAN,

Kamal MUKHERJEE & Aloke SADHU are leading

with 71 VPs after 4 rounds.

The Bangladesh team is in 2nd place with 63

VPs, and Pakistan is in 3rd place with 54 VPs.

See detailed results on page 1.

Today’s Vu-Graph Matches on BBO

1030 Hrs

UAE Vs. INDIA (OPEN)

INDIA Vs. PAKISTAN (SENIORS)

1430 Hrs

BANGLADESH Vs. INDIA (SENIORS)

PALESTINE Vs SRI LANKA (WOMEN)

1730 Hrs

BOTH MATCHES TO BE DECIDED (OPEN)

The time given is local Ahmedabad time,

which is GMT + 5:30 Hrs.

Bulletin # 3 17th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013, AHMEDABAD, INDIA of 8

ROUND-BY-ROUND SCORE OF ALL EVENTS

OPEN TEAM EVENT RESULTS Round # 4

TBL # Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs

1 5. PAKISTAN Vs. 1. BAHRAIN 7-53 5-25

2 4. UAE Vs. 2. SRI LANKA 41-19 20-10

3 7. KUWAIT Vs. 6. INDIA 10-52 5-25

4 3. BANGLDESH Vs. 8. BYE 18-0

Round # 5


1 1. BAHRAIN Vs. 4. UAE 55-36 19-11

2 2. SRI LANKA Vs. 3. BANGLDESH 56-56 15-15

3 5. PAKISTAN Vs. 7. KUWAIT 39-38 15-15

4 6. INDIA Vs. 8. BYE 18-0

Round # 6


1 3. BANGLDESH Vs. 1. BAHRAIN 66-29 24-6

2 6. INDIA Vs. 5. PAKISTAN 40-17 20-10

3 7. KUWAIT Vs. 4. UAE 26-52 9-21

4 2. SRI LANKA Vs. 8. BYE 18-0

WOMEN TEAM EVENT RESULTS Round # 3


5 1. PAKISTAN Vs. 2. PALESTINE 35-38 14-16

6 3. INDIA Vs. 4. SRI LANKA 29-26 16-14

Round # 4 (RR-2, Round # 1)


5 4. PALESTINE Vs. 1. PAKISTAN 37-39 15-15

6 3. SRI LANKA Vs. 2. INDIA 37-43 14-16

SENIOR TEAM EVENT RESULTS Round # 3


7 1. SRI LANKA Vs. 2. INDIA 38-51 12-18

8 3. BANGLADESH Vs. 4. PAKISTAN 31-27 16-14

Round # 4 (RR-2, Round # 1)


7 1. INDIA Vs. 4. SRI LANKA 36-40 14-16

8 3. PAKISTAN Vs. 2. BANGLADESH 42-47 14-16

POSITIONS AT THE

END OF DAY-3

OPEN TEAM EVENT

After 6 Rounds of RR-1 Rank Team Name VPs

1 INDIA 122

2 BANGLADESH 104

3 UAE 103

4 BAHRAIN 102

5 SRI LANKA 95

6 KUWAIT 67

7 PAKISTAN 55

WOMEN TEAM EVENT

After R4 (R1 of RR-2) Rank Team Name VPs

1 PAKISTAN 69

1 INDIA 69

3 SRI LANKA 52

4 PALESTINE 50

SENIOR TEAM EVENT

After R4 (R1 of RR-2) Rank Team Name VPs

1 INDIA 71

2 BANGLADESH 63

3 PAKISTAN 54

4 SRI LANKA 52

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Schedule for Today (Friday – 7th June 2013)

OPEN TEAMS

1030 – 1250 Hrs.: Round-Robin - 1 (Round # 7)

Table # 1: BAHRAIN Vs. SRI LANKA Table # 2: BANGLADESH Vs. KUWAIT

Table # 3: UAE VS. INDIA Table # 4: PAKISTAN (Bye)


To be decided based on the rankings of Round Robin - 1


To be decided based on the rankings of Round Robin - 1

WOMEN TEAMS


Table # 5: SRI LANKA Vs. PAKISTAN Table # 6: INDIA Vs. PALESTINE


Table # 5: PAKISTAN Vs. INDIA Table # 6: PALESTINE Vs. SRI LANKA

SENIOR TEAMS


Table # 7: INDIA Vs. PAKISTAN Table # 8: SRI LANKA Vs. BANGLADESH


Table # 7: BANGLADESH Vs. INDIA Table # 8: PAKISTAN Vs. SRI LANKA

NOTE: The draw for THE SUBSEQUENT Round-Robin will be based on the ranking of

the previous round-robin.

LADIES IN DEEP THOUGHTS


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

N.R.K. Moorthy: Chairman

Amol Dalal: Vice Chairman

Sunit Chokshi: Secretary

Srinivasan Iyengar: Jt. Secretary

Members:

Arijit Guha

Anand K.S. Samant

R. Rajagopal

Rashmibhai Dalal

Ariz Anklesaria

Keyzad Anklesaria

Kshitij Patel

TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS

Chief Tournament Director

Antonius Kooijman, Netherlands

Asst. Chief Tournament Director

M.B.V. Subrahmanyam

Pranab (Ranju) Bhattacharya

Parimal Vahalia, Asst. Dir

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE Gianarrigo Rona: President, WBF

Mazhar Jafri: Vice President, WBF

(Pakistan)

Uma Shankar Bhartia: President, BFAME

(India)

N.R.K. Moorthy, Vice President, BFAME;

President BFI & Chairman of the

Tournament Committee (India)

M. Azwerul Haque: Vice President &

Secretary, BFAME (Pakistan)

D.P. Senaweera: Treasurer, BFAME (Sri

Lanka)

Sunit Chokshi: Secretary, Organising

Committee (India)

Debashish Ray: Asst. Sec., BFAME

(India)

Contd… from Page 7

when Both sides are at fault,”if an infringing

call is nonetheless passed across the screen, both sides being at fault (as when either

player commits a bidding infraction & proper

player North or South moves the tray before

rectification), both players on the other side

of the screen are responsible for calling attention & summoning the Director. In case

if it is the infringing player’s scrren-mate who has passed the irregularity through the

screen, the latter is deemed to have been

accepted the auction on behalf of his side in

those situations where laws permit LHO to accept it (i.e. Laws 25B, 27A, 2(A & 32A)”.

Thus, 1♥ was “deemed to have been accepted”

& now East bid 1♠ and in the ensuing melee,

East-West lost their way & ended up in 4♥ and

made the obvious 12 tricks on the ♠4 lead. That

was 13 IMP for Sri lAnka but India had carved out a not so convincing 51-38 IMP / 18-12 VP victory.

- Reported by Vinay Desai

APPEALS COMMITTEE

Mr. N.R.K. Moorthy: Chairman

Mr. Azwerul Haque: Vice Chairman

Members

A.K. M. Azizur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Wael Basiony (Bahrain)

D.P. Senaweera (Sri Lanka)

Wael Agamawi (UAE) Vinay Desai, India

Other members can be co-opted by the

Chairman, if required.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Technical Management in-charge Anand K.S. Samant

Bulletin Editors T.C. Pant

Vinay Desai, Keyzad Anklesaria

Web Site, Scoring & Bridge Mates

Sudhir Aggarwal Srinivasan Iyengar, S.K. Shah

Line-up In-Charge T.C. Pant BBO

Bharat (Buddy) Shah,

Pramod Samant, Ms. Meenal Thakur,

Mahesh Rohera, Rahul Shetty

Pre-Dealt Boards Chetan Rawal, S.R.C. Sekar


OPEN TEAMS Country Team Members

BAHRAIN

BASIONY Wael, MACI Teodoras, ABEDI Imran Ali, NONOO Meir,

LAKHANI Mahesh

BANGLADESH

AHASAN Rashedul (NPC), ISPAHANI Mirza Sajid, KAMRUZZAMAN

A.H.M., HOSSAIN Md. Zahid, HAQUE Shah Zia ul, CHOWDHURY Md.

Asifur Rahman, RAHMAN Md. Moshiur

INDIA

NADAR Kiran (Captain), BACHIRAJU Satyanarayana, CHOKSHI Sunit,

VENKATRAMAN K.R, PRABHAKAR Balakrishnan, TEWARI Rajeshwar

KUWAIT

AL QATTAN Ibrahim, AL DASHTI Abdul Aziz, AL TURKI Numan, AL

HUSAINI Nabil

PAKISTAN

MAQBOOL Assad (Captain), BANDESHA Ghalib Ali, ZAIDI Syed

Asghar Abbas, Asadullah Khan, KIZILBASH Anwar Mumtaz, IMAM

Syed Shakir

SRI LANKA

BANDARANAIKE Romesh, PERERA Edward, SOYSA Dilanjan,

SELVANAYAGAM Anton, KEERTHISENA H.H.J., DE MEL Ashanta

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

AL MIDFAA Ahmed (Chef de Mission), MOSTAFA Ashraf (Manager),

MANAF Mohamed, AGAMAWI Wael, ATTEF Dr. Hesham, HASSAN

Khaled, EISSA Tamer, MOUNIR Ahmed

WOMEN TEAMS Country Team Members

INDIA

DEORA Hema (Captain), KARMAKAR Marrianne, CHOKSI Rita, DEY

Bharati, NARULA Tutu, SURANA Asha

PAKISTAN

AZWER Zeenat, AGHA Rubina, DOSSA Qudsia, BOKHARI Roshan Ara,

SAEED HAI Rubina, RAZA Fatima

PALESTINE

HADDADIN Laila Jeries (Captain), MALHAS Maha Ahmad, ALSHAN

Hana Sadek, NADER Lorette Fuad

SRI LANKA

WIJERATNE Malini, DE SILVA Neela, WIJEYERATNE Janani, MUTHIAH

Charika, FERNANDO Cera, WIJEKOON Mallika

SENIORS TEAMS Country Team Members

BANGLADESH

RAHMAN A.K.M. Azizur (NPC), HAQUE Brig.(Retd) M. Azizul, HAQUE

Khandakar Muzharul, AHMED A.K. Firoze, HUSSAIN A.T.M. Moazzem

INDIA

GOEL Ashok Kumar (Captain), SHARMA Vinod, MACHHAR Sunil,

SRIDHARAN R, MUKHERJEE Kamal Krishna, SADHU Aloke Kumar

PAKISTAN

MAZHAR Masood, HUSSAIN Mirza Shauq, IBRAHIM Kamran, JAWED

Syed Hasan, HAMID Azhar, MAHMOOD Zakir

SRI LANKA

PERERA Rex, JAYASINGHE Asoka, KARUNARATNE Y.R., SALGADO

M.P.

Participants of the 17th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS, AHMEDABAD

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Bahrain who finished Day 1 with 52 VPs started the

2nd day with a crushing Victory over Pakistan,

defeating them by 25-5 VPs. They started with a

double digit swing in the very first board and there

was no looking back after that.

Board 1, Dlr: North, Vul: None

♠108532

♥J62

♦7

♣K974

♠K976

♥9

♦105432

♣Q65

♠AJ4

♥K10753

♦KJ

♣AJ10

♠Q

♥AQ84

♦AQ986

♣832

OPEN ROOM:

West North East South

Basiony A. Khan Maci Shakir

Pass 1NT 2C*

Pass 2S Pass 3D DBL Pass Pass 3H

Pass Pass DBL All Pass

South’s 2C was Cappelleti showing a single suiter

hand, Surprisingly North bid 2S. East passed and South corrected to 3D, which was axed by West.

South in his second turn tried 3H and it was now East’s turn to double.

Play: West started with a Club lead, East won with

the 10, cashed the Spade Ace and shifted to a small

trump. Declarer won in dummy with the Jack and

cross ruffed spades and diamonds, and later end played East for 2 down and 300 to Bahrain.

Closed Room had a “Director call” when there was a misexplanation by the Pakistan East-West and the

Pakistan pair ended up playing 3H doubled. Here

again 2C Cappelleti was used by South and West

bid 2D, which was explained as a transfer to hearts by East. (though it was a non-forcing 2D bid).

North passed and East going along with the explanation he gave bid 3H. This got doubled by

South and passed by West. But now North, thinking partner’s DBL as takeout (considering opponents

massive heart fit) bid 3S, which got doubled. After going plenty down, North called the director and

informed about the misinformation given by East.

The contract was reverted to 3H doubled by East. So we had the same contract being played on both

tables but in different directions. Contract went -2

and +300 to Bahrain fetching them 12 imps.

The bidding on board 3 was:



Pass

Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass Pass

DBL Pass 2S 3H All Pass

Board 3, Dlr: South, Vul: EW

♠Q542

♥A965

♦K

♣KQ87

♠A1076

♥1032

♦A532

♣54

♠KJ8

♥K

♦Q876

♣A10632

♠93

♥QJ874

♦J1094

♣J9

West made a Balancing Double of 2H and when

east responded 2S, South bid 3H and played there.

Play: Club 5 was led, East winning with the Ace and

returning the suit. Shakir now had 4 top losers with the HK as the possible 5th one. With an intent to

finesse he played the Heart Q, but when it was not covered he played the Ace fetching the K, which

now ensured he had 1 heart loser in the form of 10 of Hearts. There was no way he could draw 2

trumps at the same time end up in dummy to cash his winning clubs, hence he played the C K,

discarding a spade, West ruffing, but now made the mistake of cashing the Spade Ace and that was the

end for defence. Result 3H made for +140.

Closed Room played the hand peacefully in 2H,

making 3 resulting in a push.

Board 6, Dlr: East, Vul: EW

♠K1054

♥Q87

♦KJ763

♣10

♠AQ97

♥10

♦A1085

♣AKQ2

♠

♥AKJ964

♦94

♣J9764

♠J8632

♥532

♦Q2

♣853



4H Pass 4NT Pass 5H Pass

6H All Pass

East Started with 4H and East after checking out on

Key Cards signed off in 6H after his partner denied the trump queen.The best available Grand in clubs

was not in picture after the 4H opening. With the Heart Q inside, there was nothing to play for 7,

declarer finessed and made 7.

There was a thought that this was the chance for

Pakistan to get back in the game with a potential pick up in the form of Grand, but Alas the Pakistan

pair in the closed room had a poor result when East opened 2H and West signed off in 4. That was 13

Imps more to Bahrain.

OPEN TEAMS – RR1, ROUND -4 (PAKISTAN Vs BAHRAIN)


LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN:

Board 14, Dlr: East, Vul: None

♠QJ7

♥73

♦AQ82

♣AK103

♠10

♥Q96542

♦653

♣865

♠K54

♥AKJ

♦K94

♣J974

♠A98632

♥108

♦J107

♣Q2



1NT Pass

2D* Pass 2H All Pass

West’s 2D was Transer to Hearts and surprisingly

North decided not to balance when the auction was dying in 2H resulting in them missing a cold game

of 4S.

Play: Declarer had 6 heart tricks and with diamond

Ace onside meant 7 tricks and down one giving +50 to Pakistan.

In the Closed room the Bahrain Pair of Noono and Abedi had no trouble reaching 4S, making 11 tricks.

That was another 9 imps to Bahrain.

- Reported by Keyzad Anklesaria

East West P 1♣

1♥ 2N

3♣* 3♦

3♥ 3N

4♥ P

*= Check-Back

In the Closed Room, Rex Perrera-Ashok Jaisinghe

bid as follows:

East West

2♥ 2N

3♦* 4N

6♣** P

*= 9-10 HCP

**= 4+♣

There was nothing in the play & both declarers

made 13 tricks. In-spite of missing the lay-down 7♣, Sri Lanka earned 12 IMP to now trail 12-33.

After a further 9 boards where small IMPs were traded back & forth, India led Sri Lanka by 51-25,

and as the last board hit the table, again the spot-light was on to the East-West players. This is what

unfolded on board 16.

Board 16, Dlr: West, Vul: EW

♠J85

♥97

♦JT543

♣T82

♠AQ76

♥AK2

♦A7

♣KQ53

♠KT-

♥QJT8543

♦Q62

♣J

♠9432

♥6

♦K98

♣A9764

In the Closed Room, the Sri Lankan seniors bid to

an efficient 6H via:

East West

2♣ 2♠*

3♣ 3♥

3♠ 4♥

4N 5♣

6♥ P

*= 8-11 HCP

The ♣A was led and declarer quickly wrapped up

12 tricks .

In the Open Room, there was much drama on

display & the Director had to be summoned.

East West

2♣ 1♥ *

*At this stage the tray was pushed to the other side & the Director summoned.

The Director ruled that as per the Modification of

Laws & Regulations whwn Screens are in use as

per WBF:

Contd… on Page 4

SENIOR TEAMS – RR1, ROUND -3 (INDIA vs. SRI LANKA)

It was time for the Seniors to be featured for the

Daily Bulletin. India faced Sri Lanka & I got into the vantage seat in-between R Sridharan & A Jaisinghe.

The first edition of the back-to-back matches can

be sub-titled as the Tale of Two Slams!

India had jumped off to 33-0 lead largely because

of errors by the Sri Lankan pair in the Closed Room, when BD-6 hit the table and the spot-light was on

the East-West pair.

Board 6, Dlr: East, Vul: EW

♠KT54

♥Q87

♦KJ763

♣T

♠AQ97

♥T

♦AT85

♣AKQ2

♠-

♥AKJ964

♦94

♣J9764

♠J8532

♥532

♦Q2

♣853

In the Open Room, Kamal Mukherjee-Alok Sadhu bid as follows:


The 17th BFAME Championships, AHMEDABAD

4th June to 11th June 2013

Championships Schedule

June 07 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R7) & RR-2 (R1 & R2))

WOMEN Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R2 & R3)

SENIORS Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R2 & R3)

June 08 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R3 to R5)


SENIORS Teams - Round Robin – 3 (R1 & R2)

June 09 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R6 & R7) & SF-1

WOMEN Teams - Round Robin - 3 (R3) & RR-4 (R1)

SENIORS Teams - Round Robin – 3 (R3) & RR-4 (R1)

2030 Hrs: 2nd BFAME Council Meeting

June 10 OPEN Teams – Semi-Finals (Session-2 to Session-4)


SENIORS Teams - Round Robin – 4 (R2 & R3)

June 11 Finals for all Categories – Session 1 & 2

1730 Hrs: Prize Distribution Ceremony & Victory Banquet

Session Timings

Round Robin: Open Semi Finals: Team Finals:

Session 1: 10: 30 am Sessions 2: 10: 30 am Session 1: 10: 30 pm

Session 2: 14: 30 pm Sessions 3: 14: 30 pm Session 2: 14: 30 pm

Session 3: 17: 30 pm Sessions 1 & 4: 17: 30 pm

IMPORTANT: The above time schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the Tournament

Committee.

IMPORTANT LOCAL CONTACTS

Mr. Sunit Chokshi: +91 9879123232

Mr. Amol Dalal: +91 9825000912

Mr. Srinivasan Iyengar: +91 9974164676

No Smoking

Smoking in the playing

area, Bulletin Room and

the Scoring & Room is

strictly prohibited. Any

player or team official

smoking in the areas

designated may attract

penalties.

No Mobile

Phones

Use of Mobile

telephones is

prohibited in the

playing area, while the

play session is on.

PLEASE NOTE

The Tournament Directors would award penalties as prescribed by the Laws and Conditions of the contest for Use of Mobiles, Slow play or Late Arrival.

All players are informed that ENGLISH is the official language of the tournament for interacting while the match is on.

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