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B - Bermuda Bowl(Round 17_21)

Italy vs Sweden

Italy Sweden Sweden Italy

N BOCCHI E FALLENIUS N CULLIN E SEMENTA

S MADALA W FREDIN S UPMARK W DUBOIN

Board Contract By M D N-S E-W Contract By M D N-S E-W IMPs

1 4♥ E 4 420 4♥ E 4 420 - -

2 1N N 1 90 1N N 1 90 - -

3 2♥ N 2 100 2♥ N 1 50 - 2

4 4♥ W 5 650 4♥ W 5 650 - -

5 4♥ W 3 150 4♠ W 5 450 12 -

6 3N N 2 100 1♥ S 3 140 - 6

7 3♥ E 2 200 1N N 1 100 7 -

8 3N W 3 400 5♠ E 4 200 - 12

9 3N N 4 430 3N N 1 50 10 -

10 3N E 3 300 3♥ E 1 100 5 -

11 5♦ N 5 400 3♦ N 5 150 6 -

12 3N W 1 50 3N W 1 50 - -

13 4♥ W 2 200 4♠x S 4 790 - 11

14 2♠x S 1 100 1♥ E 3 140 2 -

15 1N S 1 100 1N S 2 120 - 6

16 6N N 6 990 6♣ N 6 920 2 -

44 37

IMPs Italy Sweden

This segment 44 37

Penalty 0 0

Carryover 0 0

total 44 37


- 1 - References: BridgeBase online. Edited by M.Sugino

this/total IMPsBoard 1NS: Italy - 0EW: Sweden - 0o 4© E 4 420c 4© E 4 420

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♠A J 7 6

10 8 7 6

Q

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♠Q4 2

K J

8 7 6 4 2

♣K 4 2

♠ K

AQ9 5 4 2

A J 5 3

♣ 6 3

♠10 9 8 5 3

3

K10 9

♣AQ10 5

1

N: BOCCHIW: FREDIN Open E: FALLENIUS

S: MADALAW N E S

p 1© p3¨ p 4© pp p

#1 S::§2,7,A,3 #2 N::§5,6,K,8#3 S::§4,9,T,©2 #4 E::©A,J,6,3

caruga: come sono messi gli svedesi nell’open?..♠A..♠7..♠K..♠Q..♣3..♠5nemeo: in piena corsa per la qualificazione..pgluckenval: Settimi, se la giocanovugraphznu: Buon pommerigio:)gluckenval: ciao Karen, buon lavoro :)..1©..p..3¨!nemeo: 3¨ ˆ¤ una mini-splinter..p..4©..p..pvugraphznu: grazienemeo: cioˆ¤ una splinter con valori di invito amanchenemeo: giocano un sistema a base quinta nobile,con l’apertura 1¨ sbilanciata..p

this/total IMPsBoard 1NS: Sweden - 0EW: Italy - 0o 4© E 4 420c 4© E 4 420

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♠A J 7 6

10 8 7 6

Q

♣ J 9 8 7

♠Q4 2

K J

8 7 6 4 2

♣K 4 2

♠ K

AQ9 5 4 2

A J 5 3

♣ 6 3

♠10 9 8 5 3

3

K10 9

♣AQ10 5

1

N: CULLINW: DUBOIN Closed E: SEMENTA

S: UPMARKW N E S

p 1© p3♣ X 4© pp p

#1 S::§2,7,A,3 #2 N::§5,6,K,8#3 S::§4,9,T,©4 #4 E::©A,J,6,3

vugraphznv: match is starting now, welcome..♣2..♣7..♣A..♣3..♣5..♣6..♣K..♣8..♣4..♣9..♣T..©2..©A..©J..©6..©3vugraphznv: they started and i loaded brd 1 , butno cardsady: good morning is this room english commentary?ady: good afternoon rathervugraphznv: i can notvugraphznv: sorryahollan1: other tables visible without login via http://www.bridgebase.com/client/vugraph.php [one window per room]ady: good afternoon allady: english in closed room?rnmalik: Hello everyone and welcome to entertainingbridge.vugraphznv: witam ponownieodysseus69: good m orning allvugraphznv: Hi all and welcome to this exitingmatch between two of the best teams in theBermuda Bowl so far


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vugraphznv: Hello alljbgood: Good afternoon from Veldhovendesinka: Hi all , welcomeady: 9 tricks available in spades for n/sdesinka: Hi Davidady: Hi Dessykiwibridge: welcome everyone, important matchbetween 3rd and 4th herevugraphznv: Hi all -- Have just been informedthat we are going to start in 1 minuteskiwibridge: similar systems 5 card mjaorsvugraphznv: and here we gooosmanb: Hi everyoneoosmanb: And we’re off..pxenya: hello everyone..1©xenya: some action herexenya: hard to tell where all that will endvugraphznv: I will enter the bids 2 and 2 vugraphznv: so that the players have no chanceto know who might be fast or slow at the otherside of the screenady: with such a big fit might get pverboardkiwibridge: hi Jan on vugraphlechcold: witamy..pxenya: S might double now?desinka: hello alllechcold: wa´¿ny mecz z konkurentem doawansu i medalu(?)..3♣!xenya: but he opted for a natural bidvugraphznv: what about a good practical biddesinka: welcomeady: 2¨ shows one of the major suitsady: Nortj will be very surprised its spadesvugraphznv: 2nt=Lebensohlady: 1NT with stiff king not usualvugraphznv: hi all - and wlc to Veldhoven..¨..4©lechcold: witamvugraphznv: hi Victorlml: hellolml: this auction is following the same lines as inthe Open Roomvugraphznv: it is Stansby taking a pause herelml: the trick will be the opening lead against a 6level contract by north southpanosk: gd morning to allady: 2NT leb 3¨ direct would be forcing togame I would thinkvugraphznv: We have some huge technicalproblems with the PC and internet connectionshere in the closed roomvugraphznv: SORRY for that

vugraphznv: We are getting some technicalassistance- and will try to be back very soon kiwibridge: we know you are doing all you canJan, no worriesvugraphznv: I dovugraphznv: And the bidding on Board 18 in thisroom went vugraphznv: 2© opening from Evugraphznv: DBL by Svugraphznv: 3© (preempt)vugraphznv: pass fromNvugraphznv: Pass from Evugraphznv: DBL by Svugraphznv: then N bid 4♣

vugraphznv: going down 2ahollan1: Bulgaria bid 6♠ in Open Room..podysseus69: Round 10 and Israel are performingwell while Bulgaria are lower in the table thantheir recent formodysseus69: the dreaded xxx opposite xxx asstopper- 3H from West should show valuesxenya: this may well make on a spade leaddesinka: hello Panos:)kiwibridge: 2♣ GF relaystar6ija: hello everybody :)..pady: it appears the contract n/s is 6♠ not all bidin 1 govugraphznv: dzien dobryodysseus69: Then ??? 3NT - Pass???vugraphznv: ♠A in handxenya: which is likelylml: in the OR they led the ♠Avugraphznv: and N still dont know what majorsuitS haslml: hi..plml: its fun to watch my friends play from Canadaplay the talented Israeli pairxenya: yes, and why not?lml: do you think Stansby should double for adiamond lead?lml: is it possible to figure this out?ady: north must still think hearts south suitlechcold: ze Szwecj´„ nigdy nie by´‡o ´‡atwo iczˆ“´�ciej oni nas lali ni´¿ my ich...zobaczymy..♣2lechcold: witamy naszego vugrafa:)odysseus69: Barel chose the natural optionryskiel_: witam w kolejnym dzisiejszym meczu,ostatnim..♣7ady: 4¨ down 1 on best defencevugraphznv: Bulgaria at the moment in 9th ady: must set up 2 heart tricks before clubs are


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establishedvugraphznv: so they would need some VPs toget in the top 8vugraphznv: "You often have singletons opening1nt?" asks Slml: theoretically this should go one down, 1heart, 1 spade and 2 diamonds..♣Aodysseus69: and now doomed for 1 down in 5Drnmalik: 3♣ a better spot for NS...♣3vugraphznv: South is still a junior, don’t knowhis age exactlypanosk: gm Dessypanosk: gm Pimvugraphznv: gmoosmanb: losing 1© and 2♣ should be veryquick for sementavugraphznv: West: i should have passed 2©when he puts dummy down..♣5jbgood: so that explains the double:)panosk: it was easy that will make it easierady: both sides have great fits but both limitedto 9 tricks..♣6vugraphznv: Never says W and laughsvugraphznv: E agrees // we newer has .. did Ihave one :)vugraphznv: declarer claiming 12 tricks -- butVersace rejects - only 11 tricks he says..♣Kvugraphznv: 2♣ shows 5+ © , 10+odysseus69: they have screamed for club lead sono chance of anything elsedesinka: yes, seem like a flat board to melml: Lindop has to rise on a spade to the jacknow..♣8jbgood: NS’s system card: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/ConventionCards/2011Veldhoven/BermudaBowl/Australia/edgtton-gosney.pdfvugraphznv: a kib tells me he is only 19desinka: seemsvugraphznv: 4♣ showed that N has a 3-5-5-0hand and minimum..♣4kiwibridge: N has described a weak 5530lechcold: M-J graj´„ silnym treflem przed parti´„,WJ po partii..♣9..♣Tlechcold: bˆ“dzie trudno wybroniˆƒ siˆ“ mniej ni´¿ bez 3lml: so both north-south’s are feeling pretty goodabout their startlechcold: mimo ´¿e w widne karty -2 jest mo´¿liwe..©4ryskiel_: dzieˆ– dobry - witam w kolejnymtrzecim ju´¿ dniu Mistrzostw ´�wiata...dzi´� odpiearmy potop szwedzki

lechcold: witam Szeryfagarden2005: dzieˆ– dobry wszystkim :)jbgood: the EW CC: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/ConventionCards/2011Veldhoven/BermudaBowl/Sweden/fredin-fallenius.pdfjbgood: 2© was 8-11, that is why S dared todouble 2♠

ryskiel_: USA 2 ogra´‡o W´‡ochˆ‡w...jakporadzi sobie z nimi nasza dru´¿yna?..©Alechcold: na drugim stole Buras-Narkiewicz vsHurd-Wooldridge..©Jady: defence got of to good start so down 1lml: maybe not ... I guess he will still come to 2diamond tricks..©6kiwibridge: Brink presses on..©3kiwibridge: can ruff 3♣ in dummy vugraphznv: exiting first hand // a gameforcerelay bidding here - and an Ice-relay bidding inthen open room


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this/total IMPsBoard 2NS: Italy - 0EW: Sweden - 0o 1N N 1 90c 1N N 1 90

NEW

S

6

6

7

6

6

77676

90

♠ J 4

Q10 9

K 8 5 4

♣A 9 3 2

♠A10 6 5

7 4 3

6 3 2

♣K J 4

♠Q8 3 2

J 8 6 2

A J

♣10 8 6

♠K 9 7

AK 5

Q10 9 7

♣Q7 5

2


S: MADALAW N E S

p pp 1¨ p 1♠

p 1N p pp

#1 E::©6,3,Q,5 #2 W::©T,A,2,4#3 N::¨Q,A,2,5 #4 E::§6,K,2,7#5 S::¨3,4,T,J #6 E::§T,J,A,5#7 W::§3,Q,8,4 #8 N::ª7,2,A,4#9 S::¨6,K,7,ª3 #10 W::§9,ª9,,

gluckenval: avremo anche l’ausilio di Alfredo...tra 5 minutizanna9: ciao..p..p..pgluckenval: ciao Gab..1¨..p..1♠..p..1N..pnemeo: sistemazione standard per le bilanciate12-14 per i nostri, tranne che in prima controzona dove giocano SA debole..p..pgluckenval: questa credo che sia l’unica sequenzanaturale del sistema dei nostri.....rialc2: ciao a tuttinemeo: piˆ„ o meno... :)gluckenval: ciao Paolorialc2: le nostre Ladies hanno deciso di farcisoffrire fino all’ultimo, eh?..©6figb_rama: risultati classifiche e running: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/results.htm..©3..©Q..©5..©T..©A..©2..©4..¨

Qfigb_rama: oppure http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/results.htmgluckenval: ¨Q... ora anche Fallenius non ˆ¤ piˆ„ sicuro di avere lui il J... :)..¨A..¨2..¨5nevaio: ciaoo a tuut..♣6figb_rama: ciao Alfredogluckenval: ciao Alfredo :)nevaio: ciao Gianluchi:)..♣Kfigb_rama: dicci quali saranno le 8 qualificategluckenval: e anche il numero del biglietto dellalotteria, per favore.....♣2..♣7nevaio: ma 2usa islanda,olanda,israele,svezia,italia:)e ..bulgaria o brasile..¨3..¨4..¨T..¨J..♣Tnevaio: o australia..♣Jnevaio: ma nn ci credocaruga: volevo mettere un euro sulla cina.....corroa farmelo restituirecuan: buongiornonevaio: anche la cina vero..nevaio: poche posti per tante squadrerialc2: bella battaglia in questo senzino..♣A..♣5..♣3..♣Q..♣8..♣4..♠7..♠2..♠A..♠4..¨6..¨K..¨7nevaio: cmq la scelta nostra sara’ obbligata(sempre che si arrivi primi)..♠3


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this/total IMPsBoard 2NS: Sweden - 0EW: Italy - 0o 1N N 1 90c 1N N 1 90

NEW

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7

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77676

90

♠ J 4

Q10 9

K 8 5 4

♣A 9 3 2

♠A10 6 5

7 4 3

6 3 2

♣K J 4

♠Q8 3 2

J 8 6 2

A J

♣10 8 6

♠K 9 7

AK 5

Q10 9 7

♣Q7 5

2


S: UPMARKW N E S

p pp 1¨ p 1♠

p 1N p pp

#1 E::©2,3,Q,5 #2 W::©T,A,6,4#3 N::§5,8,J,A #4 W::©9,K,J,7#5 N::§7,6,K,2 #6 S::ª5,4,9,Q#7 E::©8,¨2,5,7 #8 E::ª2,6,J,K#9 N::§Q,T,,lechcold: i dobry omen na pocz´„tek:)..♣9..♠9panosk: oh wellady: needed to quickly cash the A♠ last hand ornorth coyld have been endplayed if declarer tookace and ing if clubs and exited with a spadeoosmanb: Live results at:ady: hi..pvugraphznv: sorry...we are back live oosmanb: http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Results.htmathene: hi good afternoon everyone..p..pvugraphznv: and declarer accepts 11 tricks // Idont think he should havevugraphznv: it was my fault...so you can blameme :)xenya: yet more action on this onelml: 4© is not a terrible contract but it wont makehere

stoffers: Hi all..1¨!ady: 11 tricks looks ok for e/w..pstoffers: So, Italy has started in great fashion (asusual), but iceland has some work to dolml: 5♣ probably can’t eitherlml: well double dummy you could draw onetrumplml: and ruff the fourth spadexenya: i think both contracts are makeable, DD panosk: interesting board competition wisedesinka: 2¨ overcall is not that bad..lml: 1© was a bid of convenience for West..1♠

..plechcold: nasi w 3N s´„ tutajrnmalik: 4♠ would be off, losing 2©+♠+♣=4tricks for the defence...1Njbgood: Running Bermuda Bowl scores: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881ady: n/s with balance of strength not in auctionlml: especially because he has a nice way to getout in 2¨..pstoffers: iceland needs some wp’s here to hang inthere: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881odysseus69: an alternative route is for East toraise NT - the xxx in clubs suggests a problemwhich existedlml: well we might find out about whether Martelcan make 5♣ in a minutelml: I think it is pretty double dummy but maybehe will find itxenya: still the bidding just might put S lml: to make 5♣ you draw one round of trumpand ruff the fourth spade in dummyxenya: on the right trackxenya: in 4©desinka: now ady: np Traiian..pvugraphznv: 3¨ was non-forcingvugraphznv: and E had an easy passlml: south might have bid double ..pjbgood: both these pairs play transfers after 1♣

.... and some morevugraphznv: West didn’t alert 2♣

panosk: many advocate 2¨ 1st and then doubleif u have todesinka: yes, but with Qx♠ .. in vuln..desinka: just my thoughtvugraphznv: or this one> http://www.wkbridge2011.nl


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/nl/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowloosmanb: Another straight forward auctionron_sc2002: hello..©2panosk: i agree 2¨ seems beter with this hand desinka: now...hard contractoosmanb: has 6 top tricks needs to develop 1morelml: but I suppose the vulnerability was a disincentive..©3vugraphznv: does 1© show a 4 card suit?vugraphznv: yes, was the answer, normallyryskiel_: mam podpowied´�, ´¿e w meczu gra 6finalistˆ‡w fina´‡u M´� juniorˆ‡w w Australii parˆ“ lat temu - 4 Amerykanie oraz Buras i Kalitaady: 2 black aces looks the only likely losers..©Qlechcold: na drugim stole grane jest 3BA - pieceof cake jak to mˆ‡wi´„lechcold: 4♠ bˆ“dzie trudniej wygraˆƒ...chybapotrzebny jest impas waleta trefl...lechcold: mo´¿na i bez impasu, jak mi tu czujnikibice podpowiadaj´„lechcold: i to s´„ s´‡uszne podpowiedzi:)ady: not that n/s have any decent contractxenya: but this, i’m almost certain, won’t make..©5vugraphznv: a 2nt bid as at the other table wouldhave helped a lotlechcold: wyniki live: http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Results.htm..©Todysseus69: routine game - no issues - Bulgariansplaying strong club or maybe Polish club- willfind out laterdesinka: hard to stop in 3¨ anyway with thosebidsathene: east’s double obviously says "i want tobid 3©, but i am doubling just in case you happento have a big club stack, so you can pass"..©A..©6vugraphznv: Hi William...vugraphznv: Hi Ronathene: hiady: siuth should try a diamond switchron_sc2002: hi..©4vugraphznv: South checking leadspanosk: 3♠ was an overbid in my opinionady: this likely to be down 2lml: Baxter just didnt have another good bid..♣5star6ija: zdravo, Ivan :), pa dobro sam, ti kako si?star6ija: sry..♣8..♣Jxenya: we shall seeady: this line may reduce to down 1

Gerben42: running scores: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881star6ija: 3♠ was decisive point here..♣Aodysseus69: I am told Precisiondesinka: agreelml: he couldnt support diamonds at the two-levelwith a weak bid..©9lml: north=south have a heart ruff herelml: 1NT was balanced showing less than a strongnotrumpvugraphznv: that’s why it was asked, also ifspade suit could be therestoffers: Fine auction by the Italians here to thebest contract, 650 and time for coffee..©Kahollan1: live stream and voice commentaryfrom Jan van Cleef and PO Sundelin of one tablein Italy v China is available via..©Jahollan1: http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/nl/livestream-wk-bridge-2011vugraphznv: Grue wlasnie przygwozdzil sobie Q©xenya: the winning line is outlined aboveathene: 3♣ would have been easy enough on aheart lead..©7ron_sc2002: 3© should go down but no so badas 3♣ will makejosj: good morning Europe and hello allvugraphznv: hallo Jos..josj: after the excitement of the first board, weare now on firm ground againjosj: hi Haroldodysseus69: Hi Josjosj: hi Victoroosmanb: I would play on ♠oosmanb: probably thinking of best line for 3tricks in ♠rnmalik: Now a likely © switch as interest wasshown by N...♣7lml: The auction has helped for sure vugraphznv: Duboin in deep thoughts....♣6..♣Kady: clubs abd spades behaving sell for declarerady: wellahollan1: BBO Voice Commentary available forboth tables of that matchlml: and even the ♣10 is a hintlml: you always want a low club singletonodysseus69: wheel fell off in Closed room onfirst board..♣2josj: but no double so great chance missed byIsrael...


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odysseus69: this seemingly routine board istaking a long time - declarer contemplating badbreaks but seems to be in conttrolvugraphznv: N thinkingvugraphznv: South I meanodysseus69: spade jack now covers everythingpanosk: N is doing his best, lesson to be learnedhere dont quit easily an undertrick less is a gaineven in a hopeless situation..♠5psyck: Live scores & Results: http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Results.htmdesinka: hi all :)..♠4..♠9oosmanb: ♠ to 9 comingupodysseus69: would love to tell players that theydont need to waste any energy here..♠Q..©8desinka: hi Krishna..¨2psyck: NS CC: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/ConventionCards/2011Veldhoven/BermudaBowl/Sweden/bertheau-nystrom.pdf..¨5ahollan1: http://www.bridgebase.com/client/vugraph.php gives access to the voice commentarywithout login ..¨7ady: likely to be a pushoosmanb: Home now, but doesnt know it just yetpsyck: EW CC: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/ConventionCards/2011Veldhoven/BermudaBowl/Israel/barel-zack.pdf..♠2panosk: hi CK wcpanosk: our friend CK is on the voice commentary desinka: the result here will gonna be intresting ,I thinkpanosk: thinking of ruffing high or disc a club ithinkdesinka: yes, same thoughtsady: 1 of West’s spade losers can be discarded on10©..♠6xenya: there’s a squeeze here ..♠J..♠K..♣Q..♣Tboedhy: hello everybodylml: there is a diamond spade squeeze xenya: as a shrewd spectator points outlml: he does have to work out which red card topitch from dummyady: or south ruffs with trump trick

this/total IMPsBoard 3NS: Italy - 0EW: Sweden 2 2o 2© N -2 100c 2© N -1 50

N

EWS

6

6

6

6

7

6767

5-6

80

♠A 6 5 4

10 8

A10 9 8

♣Q9 2

♠Q10 8 3

5 3

K 6 2

♣K 8 7 4

♠ J 9 7

Q J 4 2

Q4

♣A J 5 3

♠K 2

AK 9 7 6

J 7 5 3

♣10 6

3


S: MADALAW N E S

pp 1© p 1♠

p 2¨ p 2©p p p

#1 E::ª7,8,A,2 #2 W::§2,6,A,4#3 E::§3,K,9,T #4 S::§7,Q,©6,§5#5 N::©A,2,3,8 #6 N::©K,4,5,T#7 N::ªK,9,3,4 #8 N::©7,J,§8,ª5#9 E::©Q,¨2,ª6,©9 #10 E::§J,ªT,¨8,3

gluckenval: se entra il Brasile, o la Bulgaria,direi scelta automatica...nevaio: certo ma Australia pure:)..p..p..1©..pfigb_rama: Alf mi chiedono perchˆ' vedi laBulgaria, che ˆ¤ indietro, come possibile promossarialc2: probabilmente altro senzino (meglio di 2©)..1♠..p..2¨..prialc2: sbagliato (ovviamente)..2©nevaio: perche’ nel finale conta molto l’esperienza..ela Bulgaria..sa come qualificarsi perche’lo faspesso..p..p..pnemeo: abbiamo trovato un’altra sequenzainteramente naturale per B-M, prendiamo nota.....♠7gluckenval: oltretutto era la 4/5 favorita, ederano annunciati in gran forma i bulgari...gluckenval: 8 prese mi sembrano tantissime.... ..


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♠8..♠A..♠2..♣2..♣6..♣A..♣4nevaio: Cmq si sta giocando bene e siamo moltofiduciosi..♣3..♣K..♣9..♣T..♣7..♣Qarrigo: daje Alfredo!!!..©6..♣5..©A..©2..©3..©8..©K..©4..©5..©Trialc2: soprattutto adesso, ma senon tocca le ¨risparmia qualcosa..♠Kfigb_rama: che ci dici delle azzurre? sono inpiena bagarre..♠9..♠3..♠4..©7..©J..♣8figb_rama: attualmente GER all’8´° a 284 su ITA,CHN e CAN 281..♠5..©Q..¨2..♠6..©9..♣J..♠T..¨8..¨3figb_rama: nel femminile

this/total IMPsBoard 3NS: Sweden 2 2EW: Italy - 0o 2© N -2 100c 2© N -1 50

N

EWS

6

6

6

6

7

6767

5-6

80

♠A 6 5 4

10 8

A10 9 8

♣Q9 2

♠Q10 8 3

5 3

K 6 2

♣K 8 7 4

♠ J 9 7

Q J 4 2

Q4

♣A J 5 3

♠K 2

AK 9 7 6

J 7 5 3

♣10 6

3


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odysseus69: Bugaria on scoreboardvugraphznv: "If I havent got the 10 of ♠ I wouldhave made it" says Martelvugraphznv: some discussion in Swedish, andafter that sorry from Fredinpanosk: hats off to Nystrom for his fighting spiritkiwibridge: better than 3N so 5 more to NLlml: and with a diamond fit you may keep theopponents out of the bidding ... as here..p..plechcold: witamy m´‡odzie´¿ryskiel_: tylko wszed´‡ i od razu poprawia...trzebaby´‡ow poprzednim meczu poprawiaˆƒ Tatˆ“:)alnanda: testady: 3NT will be reached by n/slml: David Lindop is thinking how many spades..1©


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desinka: hi Daviddesinka: and Al..pady: best spot appears to be 4♠ n/srnmalik: N debating between stayman or transfer.Stayman better imo.jbgood: 4© down on the trump break - but Nwill save if they bid it?boedhy: a very good lead from Brink played thisgame down with any other lead it will be closeady: I would think 9 or 10 trickslml: he is vulnerable ... but he decides on totaltricks..1♠

xenya: so just 2 imps on 2 wildish handsron_sc2002: N is thinking about 4♠..pathene: north has a pretty obvious 4♠ bid, iwould have saidlml: we have 10 spades ... we belong at the 4 levelady: hi Dessystar6ija: we are watching the best bulgarian pairrecently...for more than 20 years they are almostnon-stop part of the Bulgarian National Team inthe top international forumsstar6ija: hi, Desita :)desinka: the best one.. but lets see the contract..desinka: Hey, Momchil©lechcold: skok Martensa bezkompromisowy, alemo´¿e wepchn´„ˆƒ EW w szlemika, ktˆ‡rego po´‡o´¿enie wymaga..sami widzicie czego:)ron_sc2002: 4© is not making but in this vul itis hard for N to let it go..2¨boedhy: for both teams still alot at stakevugraphznv: Versace claims 12 tricks after thelead -- they are playing quick here ..pboedhy: Brasil strugling to get to the first 8oosmanb: South will correct to 2©ahollan1: live scores under http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Results.htm..2©pawel90: nie poprawiam Rysiu :) - chyba sie niezrozumielismy :)lml: the bid worked out well..pady: would have tht 3♠ from north 6 card suit ahollan1: Italy off to amazing start winning 96 ofpossible 100 VPsahollan1: but 3♠ gets raised without primarysupportvugraphznv: they seem to be the in form team :)vugraphznv: North in the tankahollan1: so suit not good enough for 3♠

ady: lack of 3♠ has made it difficult to reach thebest spotstar6ija: Martel has to repeat the ♠sahollan1: i was wondering if Chip Martel would

bid 3N instead of 3¨ryskiel_: ok ale ja skorzysta´‡em z okazji by co´� podszczypn´„ˆƒ - jak to mam (mom?) w zwyczajuoosmanb: and they’ll win it there probablylml: north-south are too high..pvugraphznv: 2nt 20-22kit: hi everybody..pady: that mey sound like a cu agreeing diamondsstar6ija: now it is ok...repeating them immediatelywould have shown more solid colourkit: I don’t think so -- in general, 4 of a previouslybid major is offer to play I believe.ady: rather than trying to show 6 card suit notshown earliervugraphznv: now South in the tankkit: But if Stansby is thinking, then there may besome doubtdesinka: yes, agree.. but now Martel’s p maythink abt ¨s fit..ahollan1: Kit - do you know how Martel-Stansbytreat 4th suit after jump shift?star6ija: 5♠ is still safe double dummy I thinkkit: no I don’t, Alpanosk: looks it wont makeboedhy: The Netherlands offcourse the higherthe better because then you get to pick your oppsboedhy: they end up in their best fit with goodcontroled bidding it seems. andersk: Hi vugraphznv: Hi Andersoosmanb: Hi Andersboedhy: as we can see 4© is close tho.....♠7boedhy: and in natural bidding you can end in ©and with 16 opposite 8 think many will be ingame...boedhy: but a © lead against 4© is killing tooalnanda: yes 4© is posible altough hard way tomakeady: that lead wont upset declarer but any leadlikely to be good for south except maybe a lowspadeandersk: Hi Oosman, Jan:)lml: of course a double by north-south wouldhave worked well but that was hard to do..♠8ady: tht there may be a problemlechcold: decyzja Jassema ca´‡kowicie zrozumia´‡alechcold: bˆ“dzie bardzo taniolechcold: a wist ¨2 to hazard straszliwylml: bit of action here.oosmanb: in Usa 2 vs Bulgaria board 2.. 1NT isbeing played by West!


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andersk: Looks like down, even if he gets the spright! andersk: EW only has to avoid dummy to getentry to the 3rd and 4th spathene: i am not sure what a double of 4♠ wouldhave been, but maybe similar to the double of 3♣

earlier, saying "i want to bid on"..♠4boedhy: think with making 3¨ is a good resultpawel90: my tu gadu-gadu, a tu 3BA, na okoswoje..♠2..♠3jbgood: pass is an often underestimated bid...vugraphznv: I’m told NS play mini 1N opening1st and 2nd seat favpanosk: or maybe it willpanosk: ?panosk: NS need to get a heart as well to defeatkit: Apparently they were not on the same wavelength..♠Aady: diamond will be from east but likelyady: badlml: anybody see anyway to double 4♠?..♠Klechcold: na drugim stole 4♠xodysseus69: as long as defence does not play a4th heart this may go down..♠9jbgood: 9-12, yesstar6ija: assuming that 3♣s establishes GF, 3©maybe sounds more or less natural..♣2pawel90: 4♠ chyba bez trzech, ale trzeba kieratrafiˆ�´� lechcold: raczej bez 4 na promocji ♠9, aleobrona zb´‡´„dzi´‡aantoniz: stoj´„cy As kier to 9-ta lewalechcold: jest szansa na -500 i 3 impy zyskuxenya: it would seem 4♣ is about as good as 4♠

herelml: well 4♠ has one big advantagexenya: right :)vugraphznv: and 4♣ has another - ¨ lead gives2 tricksron_sc2002: nice play..♣6lml: no peeking!vugraphznv: they know ... nowahollan1: Stefanov in 4♠ Northady: North giving preference on 4 and 2 ofdiamonds instead of showing a likely 6 card suitseems where it went wrongstar6ija: I like Martel’s way of biddingstoffers: Loosing a couple of diamonds andmaybe one spade here, more coffee :)lml: so far canada has been the aggressor and ithas worked..♣Akit: yes, certainly Martel could have bid 3♠

rather than 3¨, but they should have survived...♣4..♣3lml: they stole the contract on board 2 in 2¨..♣K..♣9..♣Tady: at least 10 tricks nowlml: and here they pushed north-south too high..♠Q..♠5pawel90: mozliwe, ˆ�´…e Piotr bˆ�´�dzie prˆ�´‡bowaˆ�´� w koˆ�´�cˆ�´‡wce wpuˆ�´�ciˆ�´� S-a napika...antoniz: puszczaj´„c trefla,wiemy,´¿e wpust nicnie dajepawel90: to prawda (jak as kier jest przy treflachto i tak przegrywamy)ady: 4♠ater was ambigious for me..¨5..♠J..♠Tantoniz: brawo Piotrady: later..♠6antoniz: As pik,Krˆ‡l trefl i wszystko jasnernmalik: making 8 tricks...¨3roswolf: SAME AUCTION IN THE OTHERROOM EFFECTIVELY - I WAS MISINFORMED:(..©2lechcold: na drugim stole 6©X, czekamy nawist..♣5antoniz: profesjona´‡,a´¿ mi´‡o patrzec..♣7..♣Qahollan1: i’m told by reliable source 4♣ wasNON-FORCE..©6..©A..©4..©3lechcold: ¨K!!!..©8..©Kxenya: well, strictly speaking, 4♣ is slightlybetter, but considering the game bonus...jbgood: no miracles in the ¨ suit - so 1 down..©Jady: 1 down ..©5lechcold: bˆ“dzie du´¿o punktˆ‡w:)..©Todysseus69: declarer solved that one easily - Iexpected a long think..©7..©Q..¨2lml: vulnerable if you showed anyone both handsthey would pick the spade game..¨8..♣Jlml: I know I would..♣8


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nevaio: grazie Arr:)..¨9..©9..¨7..¨4..¨K..¨Anemeo: 2© 10-13..2©!..p..4©..p..p..pnevaio: e’ dura per loro perche’ si giocano laqualifica..cn squadre tipo Germania,China ,Francia...brutte clienti..spero che possano superarela Svezia..¨Tnemeo: hanno la multi per le mani debolinemeo: attacchi Rusinow per i nostri contro icontratti a colore..¨A..¨2..¨6nemeo: con la seconda carta delle sequenze..©J..©4..©6..©2..©7rialc2: sbagliasse la ♠ .......©A..©5..©8..♠8gluckenval: dovrˆ indovinare la picche

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#1 N::ªA,5,4,J #2 N::ª2,6,Q,K#3 W::©5,2,J,Alml: North has a cute hand..♠J..♠A..♠5..♠2..♠6..♠3..♠K..©Kvugraphznv: 6 ♣ .....lml: West will likely open a weak 2 in spadesudo: good morninglechcold: 4♠x skoˆ–czy´‡o siˆ“ bez dwˆ‡chodysseus69: they managed same next door-welldone bothlml: :)lml: USA1 is winning the breakage so farathene: i would open 2♣ with east’s hand forsure..1©athene: then south might try 3♣ maybe..pvugraphznv: Hi Udo and wlc :)udo: i am at work, but will try to commentsometimesahollan1: 1N would be 12-14vugraphznv: 2nt= 20-22ron_sc2002: E hand is 3 loosers..2¨..Natural -gameforcinglml: he decided his spades were too weak for that


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udo: 3¨ = inverted,,weak raise with good support,,quite common agreement nowadaysjbgood: S contemplating some slam invite? boedhy: guys are playing very fast :)lml: what bid do you like by south?..pathene: 5♣ perhaps..2©ron_sc2002: 4♠ can go down while 4© isalways makingathene: north must suspect that east has hearts,so why not give him a bit of a problem?ron_sc2002: yes 5♣ is a good saveron_sc2002: west’s pass showing some values Ithinklml: a matter of styleathene: hello good morning everyoneudo: hellovugraphznv: Hi allxenya: still 2-0 -- i think it will be a record acrossthe matches on those boardslml: I guess double makes sense with four spadesand a not great club suitvugraphznv: Italy-Netherlands 0-25 on the same2 boardsboedhy: will end in 4© making probablykemperg: hi all..plechcold: tym razem 1♣ Wujotowyboedhy: plus 1 even ady: Bulgaria got 6 immps on hand 1 losing 50in 4 diamonds 5¨ doubled in OR 300ady: obvious down 1lml: I am not crazy about 3NT even if it showsgood clubs and a spade stopper..3♣

vugraphznv: 6 ♠ + 3 © are a risk to open 2♠

weakvugraphznv: you might miss the © fitvugraphznv: 3nt was not alertedahollan1: 2♣=limit raise or better 2N=strongNTstar6ija: it is maybe inverted minor and 2Nshowing 15-17?alnanda: there is no difficulty reaching 4©, ithink..kiwibridge: noooo Jan is catching up after thetech problemsvugraphznv: These guys are good, and VERYFAST lml: even without being a convention it suggeststhat kind of hand..pxenya: more realisticvugraphznv: West dbls 3¨ now, but directortells them to wait for safetyathene: south just hopes his partner doesn’t do

anything uncooperative, like bidding clubs :)..3¨lechcold: 1N 18-20odysseus69: 3D is a spade raise- exactly whatthis promises varies from partnership to partnershipvugraphznv: East doesn’t acceptvugraphznv: so bidding is as displayed, onlyNorth doesn’t see it yetvugraphznv: Pushed to North nowvugraphznv: North has to decide the finalcontract nowoosmanb: does 4© need ♠ guess or no?ron_sc2002: board 19 same play for a push..plml: nice bid by south ... well done ...athene: but inverted raises tend to have bothminorsudo: yes. so X looks ok,,,,pass is also dangerousahollan1: and tends to be bad hand for slamstoffers: some might bid 2¨ on Duboins handhere, me included. He may regret it now whenpartner leads clubsrnmalik: Same lead in the OR.wild card: hiwild card: this looks like a makebale contractwild card: *makeablelml: this may work out well for Israellml: pretty aggressive bidding by this team so farxenya: and howlml: in the OR Weinstein overcalled 2♣ insteadof doublingxenya: i predict some 14 imps to Israel on thisonevugraphznv: MArtel has found a booklml: its a style thing but the club suit looks prettyweak to mevugraphznv: and has started reading in itvugraphznv: Director callvugraphznv: West didn’t pass, but the tray waspushed to the North side alreadyvugraphznv: and North bid already and SW sawit when the tray was pulled backvugraphznv: Director walked away, i Didn’t hearhis ruling..vugraphznv: Tray is at WestSouth side nowvugraphznv: Think director went to get somehelpvugraphznv: 2nd director here: they said it’smore complicatedjbgood: in the meantime i go for a coffeevugraphznv: Norths 3♠ is treated is as a bid ofturnvugraphznv: without screensvugraphznv: East can accept 3♠ or let the tray


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go back to Fredinvugraphznv: East asking what the total consequencesarvugraphznv: if west passes, north bids 3♠ andauction proceeds as normalvugraphznv: if west doesn’t pass, then if northbid ♠’s (at any lvl) south has to pass 1 roundvugraphznv: If west doesn’t pass and North bidssomething else than ♠ south should pass the restof the auctionandersk: interesting 4© hereathene: 4♣ isn’t giving east any problem..3©lml: he liked the stiff spade and the club fitlml: so will south cuebid the ©K?ahollan1: 3♠=shortnessboedhy: so were back now..vugraphznv: And we are back live nowboedhy: and first imps for icelandvugraphznv: Board 18 was a 4♣ down 2 in Nkiwibridge: well done Jan and thanksvugraphznv: and a 4♠ making on board 19boedhy: yes well done Janvugraphznv: Now we are LIVE again - and 2ntshowed a 3 or 4 card ♠ supportvugraphznv: nice to see some totally naturalbidding :)boedhy: think this will go down so 8 imps or soto iceland..pkiwibridge: and thanks 350 specs for hanging inthere with us :)vugraphznv: a great start for the "hometeam" boedhy: yes and an important match it is. star6ija: Trendafilov will attack hearts now..4©vugraphznv: he is asking questions at momentahollan1: EW lead 2nd/4th against suit and nt upside down signals focusing on countvugraphznv: so we have to wait and seeady: diamonds 3-2 and hearts 4-4 this shouldroll homernmalik: Lets say, ¨ to the Ace, small ¨ ruff,small ♠ to the Ace and another ¨ ruff, ♠ to Jand ¨ ruff and ♠K. Do we get to 10 tricks?vugraphznv: I cant see the title of itvugraphznv: South annoyedboedhy: there is.....boedhy: strange bidding form south 2♣ roundforcingvugraphznv: bulgaria scored 10 on the slamhand..pjbgood: he would rather have seen a redouble:)vugraphznv: South to toilet nowodysseus69: here the KJ of clubs are waste

paper- ..pboedhy: if you end up 4th you will get the bestteam form 5-8 as opponent for instance USA1antoniz: blisko szczˆ“´�cia..plechcold: Lall musia´‡ to co musia´‡:)lechcold: Grue wchodz´„c 2¨ bez punktˆ‡wzdeterminowa´‡ przebieg rozdaniaantoniz: wej´�cie 2karo to pe´‡na dezinformacjaco do si´‡ylechcold: 3N wygl´„da na bez jednejpawel90: sam nie wiem. Co ma zrobiˆ�´� S, powziˆ�´�ciu na asa trefl?antoniz: najpierw musi pu´�cic kierapawel90: a potem pik do asa i pikantoniz: ´‡atwo zb´‡´„dziˆƒryskiel_: ´‡atwo jest nam...oni na obu osiach maj´„ nielekko, no mo´¿e z wyj´„tkiem Kality...da´‡harcersk´„ kontrˆ“ i siedzi zadowolonyandersk: ♣ lead, then If he hooks a ¨ switch for -1oosmanb: interesting on a ♣ leadandersk: maybe cullin leads ©athene: i would have overcalled 1© with thenorth hand but pass is ok if your partner is therefor you with a double..♠Akemperg: the only lossing line?wild card: yeswild card: but now he’s downstoffers: no problem...sementa found a ¨ nomatherwhat :)..♠5antoniz: witam serdecznielechcold: 4© wychodzi...obrona mo´¿e jedynieutrudniˆƒ puszczaj´„c karolechcold: witamlechcold: z uwagi na ograniczon´„ liczbˆ“ doj´�ˆƒdo sto´‡u, trzeba jednak rozegraˆƒ bardzo trafniegarden2005: czesc Antonilechcold: no nie wiem czy taki zadowolony:)ady: could make if hearts with south 9 tricksavailable but defence have 5lml: wow ... well done north south..♠4ahollan1: or was it USA lost 10vugraphznv: lolyuval10: if you say the name it’d probably turninto a best-seller in a moment :)andersk: no chanse to set now..♠Jalnanda: i think 2♣ is drury..♠2ron_sc2002: agree.. partner probably wont bidagain so better to make pressure on E and biddirectly 5♣..♠6lml: would all of you have got to 6♣?..♠Qvugraphznv: tricky too bid


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lml: it sure iskiwibridge: now the live scores is down so hopewe get that back soonoosmanb: Best lead is ¨ probably..♠Kxenya: in 10 minutes or so he will be broughtback to cruel reality..©5lml: south asked for a heart earlierboedhy: ah trying to make it...lml: with the high spade..©2yuval10: he saw KJ¨ KQ♠ in N, K© can’t bewith him as wellathene: north might have intended 4♣ to say "you can save in 5♣ if you like"..©Jlml: an established partnership like the Herbsthave it easier because they know what to expectfrom each other..©Aboedhy: well their is the advatage of beingknown as a good player......

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figb_rama: ciao Barbara..p..4♣!nevaio: qui l’apertura di 3f sta portando verso ilcontratto sbagliato..la coppia svedese anche se 5qsi fanno..p..4¨..p..4©!..p..prcerreto: oops..pbafieri: ooooppsnevaio: vaiiicuan: verso quello sbagliatissimo..♣4


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nemeo: non so se Alfredo intendesse sbagliatofino a questo punto..♣5nevaio: contro di me giocavan 4p..noi nn apriamodi 3f:)..♣T..♣3nemeo: di lˆ Duboin in 4♠, attacco fiori..©5..©A..©4..©2..♠K..♠3..♠2..♠4..♠8..♠A..♠T..♠6..♣9gluckenval: penso 3 down..♣K..♣A..©J..©K..©6..©3..©7..♠5..♠9..♠Q..©9..♣Q..¨6..♣8..♣6..♣J..♠7

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athene: but south is not very often going to knowwhen to save because he might think NORTH hasheartsathene: bocchi-madala play quite an active gameso i would not be surprised if bocchi bids 5♣ inthat same positionathene: a bit unluckykemperg: seeing bears on the roadlechcold: atak atutowy spod trzeciej dziesi´„tkiwinien zasugerowaˆƒ Martensowi, ´¿e w innychkolorach Upmark ma niewygodne do wistukonfiguracjelechcold: tak mi sie wydajeodysseus69: not any more -the early club playusually indicates a singleton - else declarer wouldtry to find out more before guessing clublml: so 2NT goes doen 2 both waysxenya: just 12 imps -- well played by Stansbylml: curious hand says oscar the owlboedhy: starnge bidding tho


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ady: might make 4♠ on last hand but unlikelycontractboedhy: thought the 4-1 was too much but the ©lead helped a lotboedhy: just loosing two impsvugraphznv: now everyone has got the heat up --also the operator :)kiwibridge: preetty amazing to hold it to -2vugraphznv: and now we hope to calm down alittle ron_sc2002: 5♣ bid would win 4 imps andmaybe more if EW will bid to the 5 level..pahollan1: 1N=12-14wild card: on fleisher’s line of play, he wouldprobably only have succeeded if spades were 3/2lechcold: porz´„dne by´‡y..bez ©9 by´‡aby tumasakra:)pawel90: moim zdaniem trzeba kontrowaˆ�´� z rˆ�´�kˆ�´� Jacka.pawel90: nie po to tak daleko jechaˆ�´�, ˆ�´…ebypasowaˆ�´� antoniz: to kwestia stylu gry,graj´„ ostro tokontra..pryskiel_: analezienie trefli jest bardzo trudnenawet przy posiadaniu ich w liczbie 9 na osi, bootwierajacy maj´„c s´‡abe otwarcie powie 2♠ anie ´¿adne 3♣

jbgood: 8-11 "weak" 2sboedhy: http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowl the WBF site is offlinebut here you can find the scores tooboedhy: Brink Drijver play transfer is thesitaution on board 20 so something else wentwrongoosmanb: 4♠ pawel90: trudno, ale oni wtedy muszˆ�´� graˆ�´� 3¨. Jak mamy 9 trefli i 7 pikˆ�´‡w to na pewno jezalicytujˆ�´�..ppawel90: je=karaodysseus69: the jack of spades was just revealed -now all E-W have to do is reach 5 diamondskiwibridge: transfervugraphznv: 2♠+5♠s+4♣s..1♠

vugraphznv: 7-10hcpkemperg: should fear a ruffwild card: or 4/1 with the 4card with the 3 trumpslml: seldom right for a team to play 2NT in bothdirectionsjbgood: they also use 2¨ for the real garbagepanosk: NS have a minor slam EW will compete lml: in the Open Room they did start with a weak2 using multi ... that may have made it a bit

harder..prnmalik: ♠ were 3/2, you mean ©s.boedhy: 3crd supportoosmanb: moderately straight forward hands sofar, and almost all the tables playing v fastpanosk: is he thinking for 6 go to 7 or just pass?..2♠!panosk: *6¨panosk: intersting views from kibs coming in panosk: i agree it seems N doesnt 1st roundcontrol in spades else wud have bid 5♠

ron_sc2002: 2♣ is both majors by E..pady: good morning allvugraphznv: hi David welcomeodysseus69: good morning Davidodysseus69: sure to hear 5D nowady: Italians got to 5¨ and guessed the J♠ after the same take-out double from southady: thx good morning allpanosk: also clubs beter in case a club ruff boedhy: 2NT looks natural tho and that is imostrange but absolutely Brink like....ady: request for link for scores pleaseathene: duboin giving his partner quite a bit ofleeway for 2♣ at favourable..3¨ron_sc2002: 2© is a fine contractlml: lots of tricks hereahollan1: 2♠ = 2/3♠

lml: more than 13..plml: on the finesseswild card: I mean if hearts were 3/2 and spades 4/1 he would have also gone downrnmalik: true.garden2005: zdaje siˆ“, ´¿e matematyczna lekkowiˆ“ksza szansa zawiod´‡a (> o ¨Jx)pawel90: tu moˆ�´…e byˆ�´� strata - dobrzebronili na drugim stolelml: running scores /Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881panosk: thx for ur insightboedhy: 3¨athene: but his ¨QJ are not going to be muchuse facing shortage..4♠

vugraphznv: running scores: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881boedhy: 3♠

boedhy: all passvugraphznv: you are WAY AHEAD of theplayers :)


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boedhy: trying to make up for my last predictionvugraphznv: Duboin thinking nowandersk: I wonder if 3 ♠ would be stronger than4 in this auction?ady: likely 11 tricks with nice lay of diamondsand spade split..pstoffers: Einarson with a huge hand after whatsshown here, i would rather bid 3♠ than 3¨ady: noticed Zack ’s 3¨ presumeable at thatpoint weaker than pass?boedhy: can he read the 5 he shouldlml: with 33 HCP most pairs should reach a slamsomewhere..plml: maybe allantoniz: po kierowym lub treflowym -1odysseus69: this will make for sure - Southwould love to withdraw his take out doubleryskiel_: zreszt´„ jak oceni´‡ Gawry´� kontrˆ“Kality to ja wiem ale nie powiem..pboedhy: for a quick 1 off..lml: needing a club finesse you really dont wantto be in the grand but .....♣4ady: nice cheap trick to beginrnmalik: yet to see a routine game hand:)jbgood: so no double - and a small win forSwedenpanosk: club ruff if in diamonds that isady: e/w taken the non vul saveboedhy: yeahvugraphznv: you were right :)xenya: Martel’s pass shows equal length in themajors ..♣5kiwibridge: and 3© got it in the ORantoniz: sk´„d znam ten tekst?..♣Tryskiel_: z autopsji Antoni z autopsji:)antoniz: :):)ady: notice 3nt slipped through in ORpanosk: gd callpanosk: 7 imps to Sweeden..♣3oosmanb: switch to ¨ probably, looks like onlychance lml: so south knows they are off the ♣Q from thekeycard response..¨8udo: ¨ discard?lml: this looks like at least a small pickup forUSAstoffers: But, bad splits and game not makingtoday- quite lucky for him..¨Aady: best defence down 3 but 4© should makeathene: as expected, bocchi bid 5♣ and reaped alarge reward..¨5..¨2lml: the canadians were a bit lucky..♠5

lml: 6NT by north can go down if the spade andclubs are offsidernmalik: Likely ruff and would bank on ¨finesse, whick is correct.ady: in fact sorry this is down 2ady: e/w have the club pips to restrick to 1 loserlml: from south 6♣ is better ..♠Alml: with the ♠Q protectedodysseus69: North had a chance to double 2Cbut resisted - xenya: -1 on the lead?boedhy: think 3♠ will make alsoron_sc2002: well done by bocchi..♠2boedhy: not anymorelechcold: nie jestem pewien czy ta szansa by´‡awiˆ“ksza...bior´„c pod uwagˆ“ przes´‡ankiwynikaj´„ce z pierwszego wistu..♠4rnmalik: wd...¨4ady: no take out double in OR and 2♣ responsefrom west system bid I would think theneventually 3NT low spade leadkiwibridge: indeed me too another 7athene: if he plays a trump now, the roof comesin; south just draws trumps..¨3lechcold: tak czy siak -12ron_sc2002: and the defence made the same tobeat 5©..¨Tady: however entries are scarce so still may bedown 3jbgood: N showing confidence in prd’s discards..¨Klml: as the cards lie of course nothing can hurt agrand


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this/total IMPsBoard 6NS: Italy - 12EW: Sweden 6 8o 3N N -2 100c 1© S 3 140

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toniemme: forse dopo 3¨ sarebbe stato meglioliocitare 3♠..per non incorrere in incomprensioni....p..1©..p..1N.. gluckenval: 1NT ˆ¤ naturale, ma esclude comunqueil possesso di 3 carte di ©..pnevaio: con il fit a quadri 3p e’ pericoloso..se ilcompagno e’ debolissimo cn 5q ti passa a 3p..2♠

.. ..prcerreto: situazione di controgioco interessante..2N..p..3♣!..3!C, 1!D..p..3N..p..p..prcerreto: sull’attacco a ¨ W dovrebbe mettere ilJnevaio: nn avendo rientri si puo’ fare....¨5..¨3nevaio: ma e’ difficilercerreto: eh sˆ‹toniemme: vero ma il 4 ♣ per est non era chiaronel significato..direi che 4♣ ˆ¤ migliore maandrebbe discusso il proseguio e 3♠ puˆ† far

giocare il peggior parziale ma mette p nelle ...toniemme: condizioni createsi ora per la manche...forse..gluckenval: 3♣ oltre a dare i resti 3-1 dˆ anchela mano di rovescio minimanevaio: visto che nord ha detto 3sa sapendo delsingolo di quadri rcerreto: si puˆ† battere anche mettendo l’A¨ma E dovrebbe mettere l’A© al primo giro, nonfacilercerreto: bravo, ben giocato..¨J..¨Ktoniemme: altra sala l’apertura leggera di Semstoppa la linea NS...Boc doveva portarsi da casa il9 di ¨ ....♠5..♠2..♠K


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#1 W::§T,A,2,5 #2 N::©3,4,K,T#3 S::©Q,J,9,A #4 E::¨5,3,A,4#5 W::§3,4,J,K #6 S::©7,,,

lml: so 2 imps to canda for being in the higherscoring if worse slam..♠4..♠Q..♠7..♠T..♠A..¨6..©2..¨A..¨4..¨2..¨T..¨Q..©6..¨9..©7..♠3..¨7vugraphznv: that’s trueudo: north discarded all hie entries to ©Jkemperg: think they have free drinks anyhow :)udo: otherwise would hve been -4stoffers: http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881stoffers: F5 for refreshingryskiel_: ale roznie zapiszˆ“ bo ciekaweodysseus69: yes South doubled 1D in OR- evenyou and I would have doubled David - old andconservative as we aready: lollml: Stansby took a reasonable shot single dummyvugraphznv: Ginossar asks if its possible to playa little faster

vugraphznv: almost played one hour and only 5boards completedboedhy: and with 5♣ going down good result ithink for the Netherlandsvugraphznv: Last night I spoke with the icelandicpair in this room for some timevugraphznv: they had a testmatch some time agoagainst the Netherlandsboedhy: and did they tell anything interesting..vugraphznv: and was beaten quiet heavilyvugraphznv: another fast oneandersk: maybe the will get an early dinnertoday:)athene: well, north threw a trick, yes..1¨athene: he could have kept ¨J and the heartwinnerfamus: Hi allryskiel_: rozdanie of courseathene: if south had ventured 2nt over 2© thatmight have pushed EW into 3©-1, but it was a bithard with a 3 count..1©antoniz: ´�wietne szkoleniowoady: problem for north if he does double 2♣ then they will reach the making gameodysseus69: 6D doomed but where will this end?ron_sc2002: 2NT maybe is a fit-inv..pathene: bocchi overcalled 1© as expectedathene: on 20athene: and got ♠A, spade lead, which made iteasyathene: spade ruff threatened so he just bashedout ace and a trumpfamus: the last bd created a swing bcoz Rashidchose to lead ♠A--a ¨ lead wud’ve given Bocchilosing optionsvugraphznv: I put in the bidding 2 and 2 // and atthe moment it is Lauria thinking over 4♠ from Nady: possible to get overboard but 6¨ shouldfailudo: 2NT transfer ♣ ?..prnmalik: transfer to ♣.lml: I would call the north hand a mixed raise ... 2¨ suggests a limit raise to me..pvugraphznv: 2nt = © fitudo: looks like:)vugraphznv: invitational valuesudo: thxvugraphznv: explained from Versace to Masoodady: around 1NT loooks likelywild card: what’s the range of 1NT?lechcold: wej´�cie hmhmhm...graniczne:)odysseus69: some play that 4D =D and H


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athene: yes, uncontested 1©-2NT is limit with 3or 4 cards; clearly a raise here too..♣Tlml: its pretty close between the two choicesfamus: Hello Udo & Williamahollan1: NS 1N=12-14 EXCEPT 3rd seat vul =15-17wild card: thxodysseus69: but not hereodysseus69: North said "content"lml: more spades from west..♣Alml: a lot more it appearsathene: hiskaftij: Hello allstoffers: Rising with King best nowstoffers: Hi there Denmark :)skaftij: Sort of :-)ady: off beat pre-empt has caused havocady: no ok north likely considered his hand toflat to look for anythin more than game..♣2vugraphznv: 1nt opening is 14-16vugraphznv: but maybe N didnt like his distribution3343vugraphznv: and just bid 3ntron_sc2002: Pass is clearly forcing in thissituation..♣5ron_sc2002: E with 6-5 will bid againady: I meant for n/s but e/w got there firstboedhy: And in that board we see the other siteof Brink bidding a daring 5♣ drove the opps tohighkiwibridge: they are a very good pair never thelessboedhy: they are pleased with the way there areplaying in the tournament so far ...vugraphznv: so the Iceland team knew thiswould be a VERY VERY difficult matchkiwibridge: why not 3♣ instead of 2©vugraphznv: = and so far they were absolutelyrightron_sc2002: ♠’s are not breaking so it will godown..©3athene: 5♣ one down assuming they cash outcorrectly, but it’s hard to get these hands perfectlyrightathene: east didn’t think he had any defence atall so 5© was not unreasonableathene: he didn’t expect to be cashing two hearttricks against 5♣ on this auctionudo: diificult set of hands so far,,,,,,,,cold 6 ♠diif to bid earlier,,,here 6© on ♣ finesseodysseus69: next door North expressed hishappiness

ady: yesjbgood: even 2 down after perfect defense (2club ruffs) will lose an imp for Swedenfamus: has to sac..©4athene: versace’s pass over 5♠ clearly encouraginghis partner to bid onvugraphznv: N has bid 6♠

udo: sacrifice is successfull, but not so clear formefamus: EW different league--to say the least!vugraphznv: and now Lauria thinking againudo: if he bids 6 ♠,,wdstar6ija: complicate decision for Martelahollan1: Aronov will open 1N and Stefanov willbid so nobody stopping in 1Nvugraphznv: looks like..he is thinkingady: 2¨ down 1 but difficulty for north to doanythingstar6ija: no...Stefanov will passahollan1: Kit -- does DBL now show 2¨?star6ija: they play 14-16 I thinkvugraphznv: stil thinkingjbgood: Bermuda Bowl running scores: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881ady: 14-16 no-trump I am told so even morereason for north to just go to gameandersk: this should be another fast board formakeing maximum partscoore..©Kstar6ija: I expected this bid..©Txenya: a club lead beats 4♠...lml: I am going to guess that this hand wont beplayed that quicklyskaftij: Only lived in Denmark last 31 years,being an Icelander..©Qboedhy: well i think you want to be in 4© withsuch strong ©ady: 3 clubs a possibilty but not obvious fornorth with small values..©Jlml: North-south can set up a diamond for a clubpitch nowxenya: but naturally enough, a ¨ has been leadlml: Just to make it clear to a few who asked. Ona club lead you win the club and you cant set updiamonds fast enoughlml: east-west keep leading clubs and will set up atrick before you can get a diamond discard goinglml: on any other lead north-south can playdiamonds firstboedhy: ♠ leadboedhy: will make this


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boedhy: the © are also helpfull in 3nt offcourseboedhy: 1♠ 4© 2 in each minorudo: parscore reached..©9star6ija: he cannot afford to leave opps here asfar as 2¨ could be made as well as 3♣sahollan1: correct Aronov-Stefanov NT=14-16antoniz: +1 implml: a diamond lead makes it a piece of cake :0oosmanb: 4©-3 in board 5?? Might be enteredwrongfamus: wd--wonder whether the other room wudb pushed to limits..©Aathene: shouldn’t be hard to find the diamondruffathene: ok, might be harder nowathene: lauria doesn’t know his partner has quiteso many clubskemperg: sorry lost connectionady: taken the plunge looks like 2 spade trricksand 2 diamonds panosk: still talking about last hand privatelysorry :)lml: Baxter is heading to dummy for a diamondpictch on the heart and a spade play..¨5vugraphznv: exactly!vugraphznv: so he does not have to take the ¨decisionlml: there may be a trump promotion on a diamondplay now stoffers: Ah, nicelechcold: 11 lew je´�li rozegramy kara przedkierami (konieczne z uwagi na blokadˆ“ kar)boedhy: only problem is if somebody has 5♠ sowill hold up oncekiwibridge: live scores back thanfully, see allmatches here http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Results.htmboedhy: will make this ..¨3boedhy: still not working on my mac..athene: but still i think ¨K shift is ok..¨Aathene: if the ♣Q got coveredahollan1: so maybe it will be 1N in the otherroomboedhy: but with the © 4-1 you better not be in3....¨4boedhy: http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowloosmanb: I thought that would be flat at all 60+tableslechcold: 12 sry:)..♣3lechcold: bo Jassem pu´�civugraphznv: juz trzyma malego pika w reku...

lechcold: ...pika, by stworzyˆƒ rozgrywaj´„cemujak´„´� gro´�bˆ“odysseus69: what action over 3S? double or 4H?ady: would you not prefer double than 4©Victor and then possibly bid diamonds if partnerresponds clubs?odysseus69: kibitzer rightly suggests that Westshould think again when 4H is doubledboedhy: this works on my computerathene: ♣K asked for count there i wouldimagine..♣4..♣J..♣Kskaftij: Should make comfortablyjbgood: easy to go wrong in defense - but Falleniusthought it throughstoffers: yes, will just make now..©7ady: that at least gives a chance of reaching agood spot or possibly 3♠Xandersk: I dont think so, I looked at bidding andit seemes like Fredin Falleinus had a misunderstanding!oosmanb: oopsathene: they play upside downady: might make an overtrrick as it has goneady: cards lay well for declarer lechcold: jak mi siˆ“ zdaje, Kalita mˆ‡g´‡ po´‡o´¿yˆƒ graj´„c kiera w lewie drugiej!! to dlatego, ´¿e N mia´‡ za mocne kiery:)) ale to by´‡obyzagranie dla nadcz´‡owieka


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this/total IMPsBoard 7NS: Italy 7 19EW: Sweden - 8o 3© E -2 200c 1N N -1 100

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K Q9 5

A10 7 3 2

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10 8 6 2

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A J 4

K 9 5 4

♣Q5 4

♠AK 3

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#1 S::ªQ,6,3,5 #2 S::ª4,9,K,2#3 N::ªA,7,8,T #4 N::§A,4,9,2#5 N::§3,Q,K,©5 #6 W::Ä,6,4,J#7 W::¨2,8,K,©2 #8 S::©6,K,3,4#9 W::¨3,Q,5,ªJ #10 N::§6,5,T,©9#11 W::©Q,7,,vugraphznu: Bocchi said: Good ¨Jrcerreto: indeedtoniemme: mettere il J¨ sarebbe perdente senordavesse Q¨ scartinata ma come rilevato daVer nord ha licitato 3SA sul singolo di Sud..quindi situazione non proponibile....p..pgluckenval: 1© = 4©/4♠ e mano limite..1♣

..p..1©!..!S..¨gluckenval: in prima istanza garantisce solo 4♠,ma anche con la 4/4 nobile si deve passare da 1©..1♠!..3!S..1N!toniemme: parziale a ♠ o ♣ (piˆ„ sicuro)perNS....2♣

rcerreto: a few kibs are asking whether the longW’s hesitation gave the show away about who

had the Ä..¨..prcerreto: I think that afterwards W gave a strongSmith signal in ♠ to clarifytoniemme: perchˆ' lo hai scritto in inglese? ))))))))))))))))vugraphznu: Possible, but the players are veryfriendly here about itrcerreto: perchˆ' me lo hanno chiesto in inglese :)vugraphznu: A scritto in inglese per metoniemme: grazie per la spiegazione..se te loavessero chiesto in Finnico te la saresti cavata?rcerreto: non benissimo :)..2©!bafieri: intanto bisogna vedere se l’avesse capita..pvugraphznu: Spero di nontoniemme: non chiaro il 2© di est se il © di sudmostrava la 44 maggiore..gluckenval: in prima istanza garantisce le ♠..3¨..p..3©toniemme: anche per ovest non era chiarissimo eha messo 3¨....p..p..pgluckenval: si impone attacco nero, dopo la licitatoniemme: anche senza la licita..))))..♠Q..♠6..♠3rcerreto: Fredin-Fallenius avranno qualche manodi cui parlare, a fine incontro..♠5nevaio: altro errore di licita grave degli svedesi..♠4nemeo: ho idea che qui i nostri avevano modo ditrovare il parziale a colore anche in assenza d’intervento..♠9..♠K..♠2..♠A..♠7..♠8..♠Ttoniemme: i niostri non hanno trovato alcunchˆ'si sono limitati a battere 1SA )))))))))))99nemeo: Madala avrebbe saputo comunque dellaterza di picche insieme ad almeno 4 fiori..♣Anevaio: potrebbe esserci il grande down perche’est nn si aspetta lecuori 4-2..♣4..♣9..♣2..♣3..♣Q..♣K..©5nevaio: sud dovrebbe avere la 4324 visto che su1f ha detto 1p..Ä..¨6..¨4..¨Jtoniemme: la Q¨ ˆ¤ insbagliabile data la licita..maoccorre vedere come intenderˆ giocare le Coppe (©)vahaboglu: no txrcerreto: per fare la mano, servono le © 3-3nevaio: no per me la sbaglia..come fa a caPIrercerreto: giocare ¨ Q senza bettere atout vuoldire rassegnarsi al -1rcerreto: se gioca per farle, va molti downtoniemme: fa 11 a Bocchi...possibile..rcerreto: scusate, ¨ 9vugraphznu: Bocchi explained Madala is balancednevaio: anche 12 il f di ftoniemme: ma sud con 10 avrebbe detto 2♣?


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non so..ˆ¤ tutto molto intricato..caruga: msiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicaruga: sryrcerreto: il problema non ˆ¤ solo indovinare a ¨nevaio: ilsu 1f e ’normale dire 1c con la quarta..invecenn so il sistema di N -A..¨2..¨8..¨K..©2nevaio: vistootoniemme: ha giokato per QJ secchi..come alsolitop ha indovinato Alfredo)))figb_rama: dopo 5 mani Germania-Italia femminile18-5rcerreto: per fare la mano, gli servono le atoutdivise..©6..©K..©3..©4..¨3..¨Qrcerreto: quindi ha giocato per la 4-3-2-4 in Sud..¨5..♠J..♣6..♣5..♣T..©9..©Q..©7rcerreto: mi sembra ragionevole

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ady: losing 2 clubs and 1 diamond..prnmalik: 4© a likely contract for NS and makeableas the cards are placed...1¨!odysseus69: however 5D should not escapefrom a doublejbgood: very good result for the Aussies hereboedhy: The youngsters (ok 30) are among thetop 5 in the worldvugraphznv: West noticed 4♠ was cold lastboard..pboedhy: are they in © that plays betterathene: ok, some cunning system :)..1©ron_sc2002: they play some convention here..butthey will end in 4♠

ron_sc2002: I am not really sure what 2¨ ismaybe forcing staymanlml: the spade bid will deter Eastathene: the EW convention card just says stayman,transfers, 3x = shortness but obviously 2¨ hassome other possibilities..pron_sc2002: madala allowed to play 4♣ in thelast boardfamus: til now in all their outings Italy has beenon a rampagevugraphznv: I guess Versace said to the wholetable :)athene: north had a borderline double of 1©jbgood: yes - since N had no entry to give prd adiamond ruffboedhy: Ah de Wijs made an uptrickkiwibridge: they in NT also 1 impboedhy: looking at that scoreboard the first 6temas are pretty save..ron_sc2002: so Italy is already in 20-0 after 6boards..1N..12-14 nt athene: wow - not often you get pushed to5major, go one down, and gain an impathene: my guess is, east in the other room didnot bid 4© because he was worried about pushingopps into a making 5♣

athene: but that is not usually a good strategy -better to assume opps will do/have done the rightthingathene: that way at least you don’t fall below parlml: so what do you like with eastlml: seems like we have found the actual auctionvugraphznv: now for east; what shall he do with1♠ bid in N?lml: still should east bid?vugraphznv: thinking.......by Ewild card: the four diamonds in the north handmake it liekly for partner to be short

boedhy: and you can see why in these 6 boardswild card: four spades is not too far off actually..prnmalik: AQ♣ and ♠ Ace nicely placed. Keycards for the contract.jbgood: brbathene: you just must trust your teammates bidtheir cards properly..plml: not surprised east thoughtvugraphznv: not a bad lead for n/sathene: is this pause him considering doublingnow, or lauria considering doing something?athene: okvugraphznv: it was Lauria thinkingvugraphznv: that was a hesitating 3♠ bid....pudo: in 21 italy took all their tricks ( down 4)against this 2 ♠,,and they played it doubled,,soanother 12 impsady: unsafe balance for north in my opinionxenya: at last an easy handvugraphznv: looks like south bid 4N as to playboedhy: ah there is some low level biddingady: east I feel only woth an invite opposite butwest would have accepted..♠5ady: is this also 14-16 no-trump Jan ?vugraphznv: 15-17oosmanb: board 6 has some interesting auctionsat other tablesandersk: Better cash he’s 6 tricks, If he looses aclub trick early he might go 4 downstar6ija: the law of the total trumps :)..♠4vugraphznv: 6 trumps for NS...skaftij: Hmm, can you concede tricks that youcannot possibly loose?vugraphznv: he wrote -100skaftij: Don’t know the law too wellstoffers: Nor really, but operator or playerswatching arent to say anything xenya: you can make 6 here -- but you don’twant to be thereboedhy: aggresive but controled bidding, combined with perfect play and some luck :)ady: thx 15-17 but even so vould be facing apoor heart holding west has a nice toppy handwith good heartsvugraphznv: Duboin picked 3 times the 3♠

bid....♠T..♠A..♠Kfamus: can he hit ♣s?kemperg: EW play sound 1 openingsvugraphznv: 2NT ask and Alfredo now bid 3NT,max no shortnesslechcold: po tym ataku no problemodysseus69: notice that Zack did not get carried


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away and bid only 3S where others might havebid gamevugraphznv: West trying to speed up, they are 2boards behindvugraphznv: South sorry, think for being slowstoffers: If one of the pairs finds out they willofcource correct the score..♠7lechcold: silny trefl u Szwedˆ‡w..dalej pewniemasa sztuczno´�ci, ktˆ‡rych nie znam:(..♠8lechcold: ale skoˆ–czy siˆ“ na 3BA:)lechcold: Panie 48:0 po 6 rozdaniach vs. Maroko:)mo´¿e to oznaka prze´‡omu?lechcold: kierowy by´‡by morderczyboedhy: NS can make 3♣ thofamus: a natural ♠ lead -wont get them anywhere..♠9..♠3ady: if this lead is from length the 9♣ will ensureonly 2 club losers so the game depends on A¨rightvugraphznv: 3© = 15+ 5-5 , rest goes withoutsaying..♠2stoffers: Duboin knowing about a diamondloosernow (no 4¨)lechcold: bardzo trafny rebid Gawrysiakamyk: gdyby Gawrys powiedzia´‡ zwyczajnie 2¨, to co sie licytuje z kart´„ E? Mˆ‡wi´„c 1BAupro´�ci´‡ rozdanie.ady: tricky defence heready: need to win A♠ andplay 9©odysseus69: looks like 9 tricks whatever defencedoes- cant get club ruff and 2 heart tricksboedhy: alot of comment on this remark.athene: protecting the ¨K on the lead doesn’treally help EW any..♠Jryskiel_: czy Volva produkowane pzrez Szwedˆ‡w s´„ te´¿ sztuczn´„ metod´„ robione?..♠6jbgood: may be a double game swing if he takesthe heart finesse and finds the trumplml: once south plays the clubs he now knows hehas the contract..♠Qkemperg: ¨ had been downathene: small trump, ducked, now?famus: got to switch ¨ second chanceathene: then the defence retain controlathene: if versace continues trying for club ruffthey can go ♣K, ©A, clubudo: ¨ needed to beat thisathene: a diamond shift works too yesfarrukh: Both ways to beat it. Either © duck or¨ shiftudo: yes,,,athene: in fact having the ©A gives the defence

so much control, they can always prevailathene: even if they just give a tempo away witha spade, that is fine tooathene: because then if versace played a club,north could play a diamond and later give his pd arufffamus: Tahir thinkingathene: and if versace plays a trump, north justDUCKS and that’s the endvugraphznv: S asks Versace if he has shown 6©s - and Versace tells him that he has shown thatfamus: ¨ cant be a losing option--even with ©K with pdathene: well, a diamond might be wrong sometimesodysseus69: well spotted Davidady: got the first bit rightodysseus69: might well find H9ady: still not that great a game even with asuitable hand with westvugraphznv: games that win are good games :)athene: for example if partner has the Ä andyou need to set up a spade and have declarermisguess diamonds?..¨3ahollan1: Moysian fit = 4-3 is this Mini-Moysian or is that 4-2 fitfamus: wud he duck???..©3ady: 1 trump out of the waystoffers: 6 (lucky) imps to Iceland on bd21, theytake what they get against opponents like this..¨5boedhy: think i wouldnt have passed with northalthough i opened lightathene: nowhere to put the diamond losersanyway..♣Kathene: hard to find that duckfamus: swingkemperg: he knows ♣A with partner, so Ä onleaderryskiel_: ju´¿ wiem ´¿e Volvo produkuje siˆ“teraz w Chinach, wiec na pewno sztucznieahollan1: on 6 the auction was 1N-all pass..♣2star6ija: Karaivanov would be surprized realizingthat Trendafilov still is not shorter in trumps thanhimjbgood: but still a big gain for Australiaathene: actually maybe it was not that hard..♣3lml: he can probably afford a heart now for theuptrick ... we know it will work..♣5..♣9..¨2vugraphznv: S had ♠ 4 in his hands to playfamus: Tahir must b cursing himself for notswitching ¨s--this is turning into a rout..♣A..♣4athene: if his partner has the Ä, the contract isalways dead..♣6


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ady: should be in game but I dont feel eastshould be the one to deccide if there an invitationalmethodlml: or a spade..♣Qvugraphznv: nice playudo: i think he should find the duck,,,he knows¨ are running most of the timelechcold: prawdopodobnie Szwedzi nie byli wstanie zbadaˆƒ co maj´„ w treflachboedhy: but then west at some point would havebid his ♠ and making 3 is no problem so thinkthis will be a push..♣Tathene: and if declarer has the ¨A, it is clear thatplaying ace and another trump just releasescontrol and allows the diamonds to run..¨T..¨4..¨Jady: club ruff coming soonathene: this is very often a problem for thedefence - whether to draw trumps or not..¨A..¨6lml: declarer in 4© makes an easy 5 athene: when declarer is trying for a ruff but hasa threatening side-suit as well..¨7athene: and underleading or ducking the ace oftrumps is often the key

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#1 N::ª6,K,2,©2 #2 E::©K,9,5,A#3 N::ªA,3,4,¨6 #4 N::©Q,¨4,©4,T#5 N::ª5,J,Q,cuan: questa bella non ˆ¤..¨Q..1♣.. rcerreto: brutto scivolone di D-S in chiusa..1©..1♠..5!Snemeo: bisognerebbe conoscere il significatoesatto del 3© di lˆ per provare a capire..p..2♣..prcerreto: anche D-S avranno qualcosa di cuidiscuterenevaio: anche loro stasera..discuteranno diqualcosa forse vanno a cena cn fredin-fallenius:)toniemme: 3© da est forse sarebbe buona licitaper mostrare il forte gradimento a ♣..ma anchescegliere di passare da semplice surlicita a 2 e poifittare non sarebbe errore ma solo stile ...toniemme: diverso..rcerreto: birra a fiumi?!?toniemme: il 2© sarebbe obbligatorio se Ovestda sistema non abbia negato la terza di ♠....3♣

..p..3N..p..pnevaio: se giocano come noi ha sbagliato Toniperche’ 3c e’ 5-5 picche quadri quindi 4q perGiorgio fissa le quadri e 5p e’ cuebid..p


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rcerreto: dire 1♠ (o l’equivalente) su 1© sarebbetroppo banale?cuan: 3© per lorenzo e alfredo ˆ¤ 5♠+5¨. credoche anche duboin sementa giochino cosˆ‹. pertantopenso che toni abbia sbagliato e il 4¨ di giorginofissava le quadrivugraphznu: F says sorry if it is the wrongcontract..♠6vugraphznu: Falleniusnevaio: doveva dire 3q che mostra picche fiori..♠Krcerreto: ok, quindi abbiamo capito dov’ˆ¤ stato l’errore?..♠2toniemme: si dovrebbe scambiare il 10♠ con il 9per far avere un poco di mal di testa al giocante...giˆ buono che non hanno licitato 6♣..ci costa cmq12...nevaio: ci costa 24 ..dodici persi invece di 12vinti..perche’sulla 5-5 p-f fmanche lo slamdiventa facile facile..©2..©K..©9..©5..©Atoniemme: questa a cena la discutono insieme siaSvedesi che Italiani..)))nevaio: dubito..che possa essere un match tra duesvedesi e due italiani che litigano...noi ci faremosentire:)..♠A..♠3..♠4..¨6..©Q..¨4..©4toniemme: il 3♣ di Est ˆ¤ pessimistico..purtropponon c’ˆ¤ il cartellino del 3♣ forzante un giro....©T..♠5..♠J..♠Qcuan: toni ha sbagliato la convenzione, ma il3NT svedese ˆ¤ scelta libera e coscienziosa

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#1 S::©4,2,A,K #2 N::©8,¨4,©9,T#3 W::§9,6,A,3 #4 E::ªK,2,¨6,ªA#5 N::©Q,ª3,©6,5 #6 E::ªJ,Q,§T,ª5#7 S::§5,J,ª6,§2 #8 N::©3,§4,ª4,©J#9 S::¨2,A,5,7 #10 W::¨K,3,§7,¨8#11 W::¨J,9,ª8,¨Q #12 E::ªT,7,§Q,©7

famus: in fact Versace had induced or was tryingfor Def to lead a trump--and succededahollan1: "maybe" was as optimistic as i getskaftij: Many would certainly bid 2NT GF and♠ support in response to 1♠, but the Italianmethods are differentskaftij: Yes the Italians took about everything infirst 4 matcheslechcold: st´„d kontrakt 4©, ktˆ‡ry z´‡ego (dobrego dla nas) dnia mˆ‡g´‡ nie wychodziˆƒantoniz: 3NTady: Israel building a useful leadvugraphznv: the table is given extra time, buteven with that they are slowpsyck: NS CC: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/ConventionCards/2011Veldhoven


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/BermudaBowl/Sweden/bertheau-nystrom.pdfboedhy: But i can tell you they are in the topmaybe 6 or 7 offcourse depending on how youcountady: Iceland got 10 imps on hand 5 4♠ X here 3 ♠ n 1 in OR undoubledboedhy: Told it twice for both tables to hearvugraphznv: because of the director call they gotextra time..1♣

vugraphznv: no 4© bid from Stefanov as Jorgensendid hereahollan1: but Weinstein opens 1N!!..1©vugraphznv: Board 22: Duboin Sementa did nothear , wrote 110 , Bjarni now also 110 :)andersk: 6♣ is makeable here..3©!vugraphznv: Dubion thinking about the 3© bidandersk: even easier to make after the overcallvugraphznv: has not alerted it yetvugraphznv: S has passed without askinglml: slam chances on this deal..ppawel90: 3NT - czemu majˆ�´� od razu w pikawistowaˆ�´�?athene: NS play a mini notrump NV 1,2,3 so1NT not an option..4¨rnmalik: Can EW bid and make 6♣?lechcold: cztery pasy raczej niemo´¿liwe nadrugim stole:)ady: may get too high here..pahollan1: after 1N-2♣//2©-2N does he pass ortry 3©?antoniz: cztery pasy to ´¿art?pawel90: moˆ�´…e sedzia zdjal rozdanie?psyck: EW: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/ConventionCards/2011Veldhoven/BermudaBowl/Israel/barel-zack.pdfpsyck: Results & Live Scores: http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Results.htmpanosk: thx CKpsyck: Israel 4th & Sweden 9th as per currentrunning scoresstar6ija: drury?..4♠

ahollan1: sorry yes 2♣=Drury 3+ fitlml: 1NT is of course the weak varietylml: I think South will bid ...what do you thinkxenya: S may well get in nowlml: I say this from there stylelml: theirpsyck: The Results site occasionally goes downdue to load, just keep trying later (it worked forme now)boedhy: good defence again on the last board bythe way

boedhy: 2♠ pp d p2nt 3♠ all passvugraphznv: I just have been asked to turn offthe heat againvugraphznv: "Super" said Brink / and startedsinging "Super Trouper" -- "is that from Iceland"he then asked :)boedhy: Yoou must ask Drijver if his hormonsare bothering him :)kiwibridge: :) Jan being worked hard’vugraphznv: No its not -- its from Sweden --ABBavugraphznv: and then S continues singing --- Ithink he is a better bridgeplayer than singervugraphznv: I cant see exactly what Duboinwroteathene: and the italians don’t like 1NT with a 5-card major, for some reason..pahollan1: 2¨=a) some game interest b) mildslam tryvugraphznv: South writing explanationsady: 2 level high enoughantoniz: oby nie szlemik na impasie Damy trefllml: wrong again ... shucksahollan1: 2© would be strong game interest,nothing about ©..5¨star6ija: 2¨ shows maybe normal openning... orlong suit game tryady: e/w busy herevugraphznv: the bulgarians like the red cardsady: as usual honor 10 of suit in dummy whenleading the Queenpanosk: key place is 8th that leads to quarterfinalsbut its early to sayboedhy: no spade lead.... stoffers: Good operator, thx..pvugraphznv: also without saying, so i’ll changenow that he has 110stoffers: Yes, wdwild card: if they bid it, I guess they’ll makelml: the hands fit well for a heart slam ... butspades will make too on the break..5©lechcold: vugraf nam powie co siˆ“ sta´‡o ryskiel_: nie podniecajcie siˆ“, na pewno nie nast´„pi´‡y 4 pasylechcold: miejmy nadziejˆ“vugraphznv: probowalam napisac do vugraphana drugim stole, ale nie jest zalogowanypsyck: Italy, Netherland, USA2 the top 3panosk: 6© or NT are both cold the thing is tobe thereboedhy: and with the way Drijver played his ©telling his partner he had a trick in ♣


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oosmanb: wow probably 6♣ nowandersk: good bidding here. wild card: but after this start that will be toohard..pxenya: in the other room, NS pushed EW to the 3-levelstar6ija: do they?..5♠

ady: well stoppedjbgood: another imp for the overtrickahollan1: EW made it easy to stay low..pstar6ija: why then they did not use them duringthe previous board :)vugraphznv: lol..i think they discussed itstar6ija: yes sometimes the silence is goldenskaftij: 1NT = 14-16vugraphznv: aha, interwencja sedziowskalokaty: z´‡e rozdania by´‡y i sˆ“dzia przy stolenaprawia b´‡´„dantoniz: dziˆ“kujemy:)vugraphznv: aha, kibic mowi, ze pomieszaly sierozdania 8 i 9boedhy: Drijver is only 30 but he was old whenhe was 20....lml: a hard slam to reach but I thought theymight..plml: south has to do something other than 4© Isupposevugraphznv: too difficult to find out that eitherof them has enough entrieslml: one of the good things about passing is thatyou are not defending 4♠..poosmanb: Anders we spoke too soonvugraphznv: ends in 5♠

ahollan1: 7 Weinstein in 2N West..©4boedhy: So his hormons could be bothering himvugraphznv: podobno na drugim stole tezzagrano 3nt w tym rozdaniu..©2ryskiel_: http://www.bridgebase.com/client/vugraph.php chˆ“tni do ogl´„danie wr´„´¿eˆ–wzrokowych mog´„ je zaspokoiˆƒ...tylko pod tymlinkiem, tylko pod tym....parafrazuj´„c znanyzwrotpawel90: 3BA to ˆ�´�redni kontraktlml: I think Stansby can hold his losers to 3 blackcardsxenya: which makes no difference as the cardslie..©A..©Klml: throwing a heart from dummy on a diamondxenya: rightstar6ija: so, 4 or 5 IMPs to Bulgaria..©8..¨4ady: might make 9 tricks boedhy: http://www.bridge.esp.br/player/joaopaulocampos.php

profile form teh brasilians..©9..©Tboedhy: no double from west......not good imolechcold: przebicie czwartego trefla po dwukrotnymatutowaniu to najprostsza droga do zwyciˆ“stwa..♣9boedhy: you have perfect hand and can bealmost sure of fitwild card: if declarer plays trumps from the top,he’is severe danger of them breaking 4-1..♣6ady: looking at all the cards possible to make 9tricks at some stage gaining an entry with the hearts play a low diamond from north and laterplay the jack of diamonds .....♣A..♣3ady: pinning the 10odysseus69: my good friend Dr Haase justpointed out that heart 9 was no good on last sincedecarer could run to dummys 10lechcold: i no to gra Upmark..♠Kboedhy: 2♠ no problem for declarer 3♠ on theother hand...lechcold: na to..♠2boedhy: sorry ♣ 3 offcourse..¨6athene: i don’t think he will be able to finesseclubs now..♠Avugraphznv: he claimed 9ahollan1: overtrick??star6ija: but they are going to be back shortly asfar as I know Aronov - Stefanov simpathy to thehigher levelsvugraphznv: but it was me who did not noticethat on the king of diamonds \e played the ten ady: diamonds played for declarer by defence soan overtrick last handstar6ija: maybe he played the Jack of Diamondsinstead of 9boedhy: but did you watch the tempoboedhy: no really they are very very goodlml: the reason that the slam works is that north-south dont have quacks they have controls..©Qpawel90: walet kier sie odlozy i lezymyboedhy: and indeed good friends of mine :)lml: and long souths..♠3..©6lml: suitsvugraphznv: W asks about 3© bid to S (screen islowered first)athene: with the hearts clearedady: souths trumps not high enough to defeat thisathene: a possible alternative was to finesse the♣J earlier, before knocking out the secondspade..©5..♠J..♠Qudo: next 7 imps for italy 5♠ xed vs 6♠ xed,,,,,,really one-qay-match so far


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ady: correct ryskiel_: mam niepotwierdzone wie´�ci, ´¿e nadrugim stole zagrano te´¿ 3 BA, co mnie niedziwi specjalnie..♣T..♠5..♣5..♣J..♠6athene: even if it loses, north can’t attack thehearts..♣2..©3udo: one-wayady: 8 tricks..♣4..♠4skaftij: In open room, Baldursson and Jonssonare conducting a strong ♣ sequence towards ♠slam..©Jskaftij: on bd 23famus: they made mince meat out of the Bulgariansyesterday in a similar fashion--this Italian Juggernautis seemingly invincible---need a David somewhere!!..¨2boedhy: and im told de WIJs did bid so therethey are in 3♠ downboedhy: but brink is going down also.....¨Axenya: we can expect a lively exchange betweenE and W after the board is over..¨5..¨7..¨K..¨3..♣7..¨8..¨J..¨9..♠8..¨Q..♠T..♠7..♣Q..©7

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#1 E::©2,4,Q,3 #2 W::ªJ,9,7,K#3 S::§3,A,9,5cuan: premiata in modo assolutamente immeritato..2N..prcerreto: intanto siamo tornati paritoniemme: intendevo he entrambe le coppiehanno avuto incomprensioni (noi) cattiva valutazione(loro) nello stesso board....3♣!rcerreto: fino ad ora ho visto muovere moltobene le carte, un po’ meno i cartellini..p..3©!..no5card M..p..3♠!..p..3N..no 4 card M..p..p..ptoniemme: a veder cosˆ‹ parrebbe imbattibile..cuan: 3© nega maggiori quarti e quinti e 3♠ ˆ¤transfer per 3NTgluckenval: 3© = no 4e o 5e nobili e 3♠ = trsfper 3NT... ormai questa ˆ¤ la sistemazione del2NT puppet che va di modavugraphznu: lead 3/5..©2vugraphznu: 2NT 20-22nevaio: qui si potrebbe guadagnare..©4nemeo: piˆ„ che andare di moda direi che ˆ¤superiore a quella standard..©Qtoniemme: se l’attacco vuoi che punga deviuscire nella lunga...certo che attaccare a ¨ dopo


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la licita non ˆ¤ proprio possibile..)) © ˆ¤ il menodanno per la difesa..rcerreto: si giocherˆ le © 3-3 dopo l’attacco?nevaio: se attaccan terza e quinta forse sircerreto: forse sˆ‹ allorarcerreto: ah giusto, Karen dice che l’attacco ˆ¤ 3/5a e non 4a cartanemeo: si loro attaccano in conto anche a SAtoniemme: se attaccano terza quinta non sbaglierˆ ....vugraphznu: :)rcerreto: beh, questo ritorno mi lascia basito..©3..♠J..♠9..♠7..♠K..♣3..♣A..♣9..♣5toniemme: 5 e 1 pare impossibile dato che estdovrebbe avere j109x2..cuan: con un solo ingresso al morto le picche lesbagliavarcerreto: le © 3-3 portavano il totale a 8rcerreto: la 9a era ancora da trovarercerreto: il ritorno j♠ ha certamente aiutato

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athene: versace can’t be 100% sure that north hasall the hearts but it looked fairly likelyudo: antoher diff bord NS,,,,,missfit-handvugraphznv: half of the match played in 40minutesahollan1: ahhhh thanks for explanation Traianwild card: well played, but on this layout it wasan easy boardkamyk: ostatnio w Wilnie ktos mˆ‡wi´‡ pˆ‡´‡´¿artem, ´¿e na Krzysztofˆ‡w powinno siˆ“ graˆƒkontrami karnymi - oni faktycznie sie kulom niek´‡aniaj´„:)xenya: so 1 imp to USA1lml: quite tight bridge by both teamsvugraphznv: trying to get some time backboedhy: very quick play so far


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ady: e/s have a slamoosmanb: probably some "polite" words beingexchanged in Italian nowvugraphznv: not after the board -- it was duringthe board -- I dont speak italian so I am not ableto translatelml: and canada went ahead ... but with a lot ofluck..1♣!..strong !cathene: 10-12 1NT..plml: they bid spades which was not the best slamlml: but the suit brokeantoniz: Pawe´‡ to normalny kontraktathene: comes up a lot, generates swings..1¨!..0-7 hcpathene: NS might be in a lot of trouble now theyhave gone past their 8-card fitpawel90: wolalbym 5♣ graˆ�´� lml: well done ..plml: to get to slam :)vugraphznv: indeed, nice bidding in open roomudo: 2¨ or 2 © ?ady: 4© a make e/wpanosk: gd result for Sweeden a bit fortunate toovugraphznv: blame me ..1©!..!hs or a strong nthandvugraphznv: :)star6ija: Weinstein did it well in board 7...almostequalized it :)ahollan1: there’s a lesson there about signallingwith card you can’t afford to playady: another part score hand clubs likelyvugraphznv: the rest of the play correct...exceptthe ten instead of the 5 at trick 2wild card: fleisher showing a 12-14 hand withfour spades, I presume..prnmalik: For NS 3 NT can make.boedhy: board 24 again sorry to say but a verygood result for the boysvugraphznv: on this board David or ?ady: thats 7 tricks in the bagvugraphznv: How strong is it asks Wboedhy: could have made it tho...vugraphznv: S answars "Usually 15-17"oosmanb: Jan, you could give Sementa a pieceof paper to alert and explain his statements :)lml: 6NT isnt terrible. It just needs the spadefinesse..2♣!boedhy: not easy to see which line is best butruffing 2 ♣ in dummy was possible...udo: will end in 3 NT, i think..pfamus: well this wud certainly propel themhigher than desired

boedhy: 10 opposite 11 and a quick 9 tricksboedhy: yes 3♠ down oneboedhy: could have been another 4 imps boedhy: and those boards tend to add up...vugraphznv: I dont think thats a good idea at themomentwild card: I see no reason for south to try something,at most 24 points in the combined hands..3Nwild card: and I count only 8 tricks in 3NTwild card: on a diamond leadady: likely to end in 8udo: but cards dont lie very nice..pfamus: 3NTathene: ♣J lead would be very niceskaftij: and reached itvugraphznv: 2♣ gazilli, 2♠ less than 8 no 3♠

skaftij: 2♣ = 15+lml: but of course this is the normal contractxenya: but very tough to bid itvugraphznv: Running scores in Bermuda Bowlhttp://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881 ahollan1: Martel’s 1♠ showed either 5+♣ orsome shortness..pvugraphznv: or naturalryskiel_: wow....rzeczywi´�cie siˆ“ nie k´‡aniaj´„...lechcold: tak, u Martensa wraz z wiekiem daje siˆ“ zauwa´¿yˆƒ podwy´¿szony poziom testosteronu:)ryskiel_: i co obroˆ–cy mog´„ zrobiˆƒ z takimi sk´‡adami?lechcold: ale nie jest ´‡atwo graˆƒ przeciwkotakim skoczkomlechcold: zw´‡aszcza, je´�li s´„ dobrzy techniczniei odporni na ciosylechcold: najlepszy przyk´‡ad to Meckwellkiwibridge: Brink will struggle hereathene: if north played 3nt..pahollan1: he’d either open 1N with 12-14 orrebid 1N to show strong NTady: looks like 1 spade and 2 trump tricksoosmanb: ok some play in 3Nt hereantoniz: Swietny wist..¨4pawel90: na czesciowke z kontrˆ�´� w atu. terazbez wielu.oosmanb: but © are friendly, ♣ ace is onoosmanb: but he might try to find J♠ instead ofplaying on © 3-3, lets seexenya: lack ot entries to dummy thoughathene: (nice for declarer, i mean) :)..¨8ady: can set up the hearts but no entry with


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clubs 4-2 so should make just 9 tricksboedhy: http://www.wkbridge2011.com/en/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowl this link will work i’mtoldsybarra: hoi Ruud and all boedhy: hoping to get off for 2 down or so..famus: tuff transportation prblms..¨Jathene: probably heart lead now, duckedudo: great lead,,,,,,,amazing how often they findbest leadfamus: duck 100%vugraphznv: GREAT to watch such leads :)famus: dont blame NS to be in 3NT--how muchthey go down is mootady: if west played 4© a trump lead may beat itboedhy: sorry have to go back in 20 minuteskiwibridge: non vul so no worries reallylml: this looks to make with no problems with theclubs working..¨Qady: clubs 4-1boedhy: Hi Sybarra cover for me..vugraphznv: E had © A in his hand - puts itbackvugraphznv: I do not know whyathene: 500 here without much bother; that’s finewhen your game is touch and go..©A..©2athene: sometimes you lose 3 imps if they makethe thin 4♠ in the other roomkiwibridge: they should know their defensivesignals at this levelboedhy: not easy to see that he could play a ©back...skaftij: yes..©4ady: east south Jan making a joke..©9vugraphznv: ahhhh -- I did not understand that :)lml: he should make an uptrick on the lie of thecards..©Kathene: but sometimes you gain 12 when it goesoff..©6athene: those are good odds for just taking themoneyryskiel_: a nie RodStroth?psyck: You can also find live scores in this link:http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/en/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowlryskiel_: zaraz zaraz co tu siˆ“ dzieje?..©5ady: seems K© lead may beat it now exceotnorth may later be squeezed in the minorsodysseus69: not everyone will open on Eastwhich will make it tough to reach game - passand double Norths 1nt response gets to hearts butmaybe not game

sybarra: one sec and will come back oosmanb: nope © straight away!..©Jstar6ija: there are some diffivulties..©3lechcold: mo´¿e byˆƒ:)athene: some might be wondering why it’s soobvious for east to duck his ©A there at trick 1..©Tahollan1: on 8 Aronov in 4♠

ady: diamonds taken quickly anywayboedhy: ♠ ♣ ducked and ¨ to the 10 for 6tricks..©7athene: if you have the ace over KQ it’s juststandard to duck at top level..©Q..¨9..¨3athene: it hurts declarer’s transportationathene: and also helps your ownryskiel_: Upmark jest lekko wpuszczonyryskiel_: oni graj´„ w BA nie wychod´� w singlaWikingulechcold: tylko odej´�cie kierem stwarza jaki´� problempanosk: double dummy ie spade lead 4© dontmakexenya: got to believe in his luckathene: now EW can cash two hearts any timewest gets in..¨2athene: if east won the first trick he couldn’tattack hearts any moreathene: and declarer would have a sure trick andan entryvugraphznv: no right prediction this time Ruud :)vugraphznv: maybe the result but not the line ofplayady: now give up a spade if finesse wrong ..¨Kahollan1: levin-weinstein never bid wherekaraivanov-trendafilo wore out their red cardsoosmanb: good play, since he knew K¨ was theonly time he’d get to dummy if A♠ is with Westoosmanb: ♠ can wait © could notoosmanb: still some work to do!pawel90: moˆ�´…e Jacek siˆ�´� baˆ�´�, ˆ�´…erozegra piki rozgrywajacemu?..♣3lechcold: a nic, puszczona lewapawel90: jak nie trafi trefla to wrocilml: is this a safer line?..♣8lml: I dont think soudo: at least down 3 nowantoniz: teraz trafiamy pikaryskiel_: dama pik?antoniz: chyba jednak As pik i pikkamyk: © D, ♠A i kierkamyk: ee, plote g´‡upoty:)lechcold: ee


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antoniz: je´¿eli za´‡o´¿y Krˆ‡la pik u W to Damapik jest okryskiel_: ale ja te´¿ o tym porzez chwilˆ“ my´�la´‡em Karolu - tak wiˆ“c nie jeste´� osamotnionystar6ija: this move is critical..♣K..♣5oosmanb: oh wow, didnt cash © vugraphznv: no he didntoosmanb: endplay in ¨ ?pawel90: hmm..♠Txenya: leaving high heart stranded -- interestinglechcold: uff..♠5antoniz: brawoleao: hello all, good morning from sao paulo,brasilryskiel_: wysz´‡o na moje przypuszczenie..♠Kady: better for east to have kept another heart anendplay on south would have beden possiblelml: but anyway 4♠ is home now..♠A..¨5udo: 3♣ tricks , and out..¨Asybarra: hello again all pawel90: i przymusik na koniec..¨7..♣4ryskiel_: i sqeezelechcold: taaantoniz: z´‡a obrona i zysk,to jest fart:)lechcold: ale drugi stˆ‡´‡ zabezpiecza zysk:)pawel90: jest duza szansa, ze nie trafi. Pytanieczy Jacek wie kto ma kieraryskiel_: chwa´‡a Bogu, ´¿e ob´‡ozyli, ale do k´„cika wist-rozmowa ´¿adna prasa tego nie wt´‡oczy..♠Qvugraphznv: wyrzucillokaty: +5 zamiast +12famus: so they’ve manged to allow declarer bareminimum--had he tried ♣s wud’ve salvaged afew tricks more..♠3..♠2ady: few back for Bulgaria ..♠4odysseus69: oops..♠9..♠7boedhy: he already had thrown a ¨ so wasimpossible prediction :)boedhy: but 6 trciks it is..♠8..♠J..♠6..¨6..¨T

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darebbero speranza al giokantebardo: certo che giorgino e sem sono preoccupantiora stanno subendo un 4p! +1rcerreto: un incontro piuttosto imprecisorcerreto: strano, visto il livello dei giocatoritoniemme: forse poca concentrazione o semplicementegiornata storta..capita....♠Krialc2: anche J di ¨ funziona..♠A..♠3toniemme: cmq nel board precedente il j♠ nonera una sciocchezza ma una giocata da rama perstupire tutti..come il 3SA di adesso...nevaio: infatti e’ il suo stilercerreto: diciamo che il J♠ era una carta persembrare un genio oppure... ecco non lo dicotoniemme: Est non credo stia giocando contento......¨J..¨K..¨A..¨2..¨7rcerreto: gli va giˆ bene che in chiusa hannogiocato 3© -1..¨8..¨9..¨Q..♣3..♣6rialc2: non penso sbloccherˆ il J di ♠ e, pertanto,andrˆ 2 down..♣Q..♣K..¨T..¨5..¨6..¨4toniemme: solo 3 punti per noi credo..ma potevacostare caro agli EO questo board....¨3..©3..♠5..©2..♣4..♣A..♣8..♣2rcerreto: forse 5rcerreto: mi pare vada -3..♠Jrialc2: adesso ˆ¤ 3 down..♠4..♠7..♠2..♣Ttoniemme: dopo asso di ♣ meno 3 quindi 5punti....©6..©5..♣J

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lml: possibly losing an imp to the overtrickfamus: vicious--but artfullechcold: pamiˆ“tajmy, ´¿e wynik 22:2 nie jestprawdziwilechcold: nie jest prawdziwyxenya: N has upgraded already, and S doesn’thave enough values to go any furthervugraphznv: all four players now leave the room vugraphznv: going somewhere for themselvesvugraphznv: so I am all on my ownyuval10: can you fix the board so that will enable4♠ to make here?yuval10: :)vugraphznv: Everything has a pricevugraphznv: :)kiwibridge: flat board :)athene: also they might just bid 1NT - 2©; 2♠


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pass in the other room..1Nlechcold: 3N bez biletu w PO:(vugraphznv: Back with more actionleao: scoresheet must look pretty depressing atthe table from the brazilians perspective...sybarra: does Brink have a gadget here?boedhy: looks liks 6♠

athene: not automatic to reach the game with that7 facing 17..plml: looks like 3♠ ... lets seeady: 2♣ I believe either 1 suited in clubs areclubs and a major?ahollan1: 1¨=4+..2¨!..!hsady: another flatish hand part scoreyuval10: Gyorgy sazaly, in an earlier match,suggested that the US teams will be tougher tobeat during the KO team, also the Italian onekiwibridge: this time a max NTboedhy: will he have visions of that after 1NTopeningboedhy: he should if he hears a fitkiwibridge: the hands fit perfectlyoosmanb: 1NT will help them win auction in 2©probablykemperg: Pakistani wont feel well :(..pskaftij: 12 lucky tricks available antoniz: 13-2 to prawdziwy wynikady: that was a bad errorathene: now south wants to splinter in two suitsat once :)..2©lml: doug tends to be conservaticeady: probaly 1NTodysseus69: Zack will want to become invisible -uncharacteristic careless playsybarra: hi leao:) athene: you would like to just bid blackwoodexcept you might get too high..pathene: some people play 4¨ shows this sort ofhand -very strong suit with support for partner..2Nathene: ok i am told 4♣ asks for keycardsathene: if so, north won’t be taking so long :) justa matter of counting four stepsathene: i think 4♣ is a splinter in factathene: and north has the well-known problemvugraphznv: N shut his eys and looks to theceiling... thinkingathene: he has some extras but his only availablecue-bid goes past gamelml: so can west find the diamond lead ... the ¨Qlml: north should bid 4© herelml: I wonder what 2NT would show?vugraphznv: N not convenient with partners bid,

4© seems logicallml: I guess 19?vugraphznv: can’t say, I assume sovugraphznv: pass or correct for Nlml: the Canadians had a bit of a strange auctionon the previous board to end in 1♠

vugraphznv: 3nt and 4© should not makeryskiel_: wola´‡bym ´¿eby nieporawdziwe by´‡owistowanie w ostatnim rozdaniulechcold: z rozdaniem 8 by´‡ jaki´� k´‡opot wPOyuval10: the KO stage is of course an entierlydifferent thing, and the US teams, with all theirexperience, will surely have some edgelml: Israel has been doing very well ... toughfighters toooosmanb: dont know if 2♠ makes for NS but itsclose ryskiel_: a w RP?..p..3©boedhy: doubleton ♣ helps but the good ¨arent that much helpathene: still, he has such a nice hand, i think heSHOULD go past game..pady: nast lead for northvugraphznv: complimenting Bjarni on hisaverage dummy putting :)antoniz: mo´¿e by´‡o otwarcie !NT?sybarra: Brink finding 4 ♣ bid "amusing" olegario: Hello all, Thank you leao! olegariofrom Belo Horizonte, Brazilsybarra: and will W bid spades? or diamonds?ady: east may have trouble keeping trump controlto bring in the diamondsady: north considering playing the kingathene: right, so i can believe THIS is keycard..pahollan1: does 1¨ imply unbalanced hand?lechcold: by´‡okamyk: w tym rozdaniu Szwedzi lepiej policzylipunkty:)lechcold: B-N graj´„ 14-16lechcold: musieli zatem chyba graˆƒ 2N conajmniej...lechcold: bez politycznych konotacji plislechcold: :)lml: and we duplicate the auction in the ORyuval10: same bidding as in the OR herelml: :)lml: pretty clear to make 3 except if stansby givesa trick away on a diamond lead for an overtrickjbgood: the queen of spades was lead in the OR -and the slam madeboedhy: some sort of maximum now


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lml: south is not going to make this..pstar6ija: should belechcold: a to nie sz´‡oleao: they’re way too high nowsybarra: all of them! famus: U bet--but these guys are creating samefeelings in every team they’ve encountered so far:)..♣8vugraphznv: Lauria lays down ©s and ♣sclaiming 7 tricksryskiel_: przecie´¿ nie obowi´„zuje cisza wyborcza..kamyk: stary dylemat - kontrowac takie 4♣, czynie; raz sie sobie pomo´¿e, a raz im...boedhy: 4♣ they wil have agreed onxenya: i’m cerrtain 3N will make on 9 in theother roomryskiel_: grali 1 BA - 3 BA..♣2lechcold: 3 by´‡o szwole´¿erskie:)..♣Jleao: hard to diagnos a double nowboedhy: so maximum with ♠ and maybe evencue..♣Aboedhy: aiiiiii....oosmanb: on same lead?lml: of course hearts could have behaved better..♣3boedhy: not goodboedhy: but Brink should go on I thinkboedhy: Iceland missed itkiwibridge: indeed they did’lml: if south had opened a strong 2♣ what wouldhave happened I wonder..♣6antoniz: czyli 2NT graˆƒ musieli,trudnopawel90: raczej sami bˆ�´�dziemy wistowaˆ�´� wild card: this contract will purely depend on aheart decision..♣Qantoniz: idzie 6kier,to dobrzevugraphznv: 4 pasy zostaly na razie wpisane, bow rozdaniu bylo tylko 48 kartjbgood: but in ♣s always 2 club losersvugraphznv: only a ♣ lead lets it make..jbgood: so 17 imps for Swedenahollan1: thanks quick scan of notes made methink 1♣ or 1N with all balanced hands up to 19HCP..♣Kady: set up the long diamon got 4 diamonds 2hearts and 1 spadelechcold: dwie nadrˆ‡bki...dobrze ´¿e m´‡odzie´� amerykaˆ–ska nie popˆ“dzi´‡a do szlemikakierowegoady: heart nowlml: I like a spade play now ... ♠Q or jack..¨T..¨K..¨A

vugraphznv: 4♣ maybe after 2♣ openingady: running the 9 guaranteed 7 tricks and in theevent did not costvugraphznv: claim and toilet breakahollan1: as expected Aronov going down 2 in 4♠ on 8ady: usa got 6 imps on hand 8 where Bulgariawere to high in 4♠

ahollan1: thru 6 boards in Bermuda Bowl Guadalupe leads Iceland by 19 impsvugraphznv: and we are backwild card: and I think it best to play the jackathene: if you had a choice of 3♠ or 4♣ tosplinter, 3♠ looks better, as partner has moreroom over it..¨2lml: good playvugraphznv: tough for W nowrnmalik: agree.wild card: but if he plays the jack, the contractwill fail, as we seewild card: N did show two aces thoughwild card: and if he had had a singleton hearts, hemight have had a bid over 1¨rnmalik: imo it is a pure guess.wild card: looking only at the heart position, Iguess it’s better to play the jackwild card: wins if south has AQx in trumpsathene: but anyway, they got there..¨7boedhy: well donekiwibridge: its a very good one and nothingmuch to the playkiwibridge: so well done NL another derservedbig plusboedhy: no problems in the play so 13 imps tothe netherlands...vugraphznv: very well bid by NS herevugraphznv: really "communicating" kiwibridge: Iceland have been pushed down to6th and this won’t helpleao: Campos will try to get tricks anyway hecan now :)..¨4boedhy: although if he tries to ruff a ♣ ... butthe ♣ queen should bother himvugraphznv: Iceland has a tough "program" forthe dayvugraphznv: has to play Israel in the last matchthis afternoonkiwibridge: only needs 1 ♣ ruff so playingtrumps safexenya: on any lead i guess..¨3..¨Q..♣7lml: probably down 2..©8..©9lml: declarer has 7 top tricks and probably has to


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come to a black suit tricklml: a balck suit queenvugraphznv: no entries to the dummywild card: well done robert stephenslml: nice try to set up a heart by no lucklml: Martel might rise on the club to lead adiamond through..♣4lml: makes it easier on partnerkiwibridge: every team desperate to make the top8 as we near the end of the RRvugraphznv: the 1© interference by W in theother room made it more difficult..©2ady: last hand if the cards shown on the screenwere correct then 10 tricks were there north hasdiscarded too many diamonds..©Qleao: good news, the king is on side, but badnews is it’s Kxxxlml: dont you like good partners like that..©A..©6ady: better for north now to draw last trump ..♣9vugraphznv: it seemskiwibridge: really Jan?kiwibridge: lolvugraphznv: it seems sovugraphznv: :)boedhy: Iceland still more then a match awayfrom 9th place so no real problems yetantoniz: tylko -3..©7..©T..♣5..♠7..♠Aleao: clb now..♠3leao: nice going, making drijver ruff pards trickady: now can ruff the 3rd diamond..♠4kiwibridge: soon a claim coming..©Koosmanb: so 3© -1 leao: and then endplaying him if he doesnt ruff..©3lml: big swing for canada here since they playedspades the opposite way!..♠5lechcold: tak, Cullin musia´‡by postawiˆƒ napodzia´‡ pikˆ‡w by wygraˆƒ..©5stoffers: showup now :)..¨Jady: east settled for down 2..¨5ady: oh QH got high..¨6

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gluckenval: ecco... ne promette 5+, da sistema :)toniemme: grazie Karenrcerreto: come valuterˆ N la chicane a ♠ nelcolore del compagno?rialc2: Grazie Karen (!). Dai AGUSTIN : DINNEALENO 4!rcerreto: il 4¨ di S mi sembrava abbastanzascontato, ma adesso?..4¨..pgluckenval: vedi che se urli ti sentono ? :)rcerreto: ha 5 perdenti tra ♣ e © e Sud glienecopre 3rialc2: non facile x Norberto ma 4¨ ˆ¤ .... comeinvitare le oche a bere!rcerreto: et voila..5¨..p..p..pnevaio: BRAVI

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honour first because you can only pick up 4-0break one way..1¨odysseus69: 2H both majors - popular weaponyuval10: you can read more about the BermudaBowl, particularely the US teams and the Israelione too, plus expert analyzes, on www.bridgewinners.comlml: I am quite impressed with the bridge in thismatch. What do you think?jbgood: 6 boards to go hereathene: if you had the 10 you would cash thehonour from hand first as you can pick up Jxxx ineither hand..¨athene: japan might get their first imp there, ifEast in the other room leads his ace against sixathene: (i am sure bocchi madala will reach six)lml: well Baxter’s choice of 2♠ turned out to be agood choice although perhaps south would stillhave bid 3NTlml: so Canada has the lead againlechcold: 3BA to Splinter karowy jak s´„dzˆ“antoniz: splinter karowyleao: \i expect board 24 will show a tidy profitfor the Netherlandssybarra: they can beat 4 © but have to take theirtricks athene: if they can take the club finesse andmake 11 in 3nt..1♠

stoffers: A lot of dull boards this setodysseus69: north will be shaking but impossibleto find 2Hxady: 3NT slight over statement but 2NT couldbe much weaker in balancing seat and very goodstops in hearts just have to play partner withenough to make game 7 or 8 points ...ady: may doyuval10: Israel is currently being featured on thefront page therekemperg: Have to leave now, bye all..2©athene: make 10 sryfamus: wud b good for morale:)lechcold: proste ´�rodki:)lechcold: Martens nie ma wyj´�cia:)kamyk: szlem graniczny? Ile tu sie musi udac, ´¿eby wzi´„ˆƒ 13 lewryskiel_: atuciana 5 BAantoniz: jak masz AKD w kierach to licytuj 7kierlechcold: odpowiadaj´„ na atutow´„ pewnieszczeblami, zatem z dwoma honorami Martens zg´‡osi´‡by 6©xenya: 1¨X -1 might not be such a bad result forIsrael oosmanb: wow nice hand

lml: I am not sure about that last result ... lookedlike 2 down not 1 down..3¨star6ija: I do not expect they to go further than3Nsybarra: oh oh vugraphznv: i asked them and the claim was for1 down, 1 also though like 2 down..pvugraphznv: I asked themahollan1: 3♣=ART FG a) ♣ b) 4© c) long ♠ryskiel_: impodajny to ten mecz nie jestyuval10: me too Linda, those are very strong 2teamsvugraphznv: as I said earlier -- they were beingbeaten heavily in the test match vugraphznv: Running scores > http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/nl/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowlahollan1: he actually has 2 of the 3 optionscovered..pstoffers: We want action and blood :)wild card: not the first time we see a transfer onone level todayady: this might be 1 too highodysseus69: now it becomes interestingady: only 9 obvious tricks including K♠

sybarra: E may bid again and he did udo: i played against Lauria-Versace 3 or 4 times,,,when they are on a run,, u feel pressure everysecond..pathene: slam is not so bad here, if played bynorth to protect the ♣Kahollan1: 3¨ asksstar6ija: 2 and a half :)antoniz: brawo Krzysztofy,piˆ“knie i skutecznielechcold: co´� siˆ“ musi udaˆƒ, w koˆ–cu toMistrzostwa Swiata:)vugraphznv: looks like making 10 with ♠ startady: I believe the 2 heart opening shows 5 heartsand 4 spadesodysseus69: can do it - spade and South mustplay 10 then 2nd spade (9) and can establishspade trickodysseus69: or can end play Northady: I think J♠ may be rightady: J♠ if south covers with the queen thenking come back to east and low spadeady: 3NT best spot..¨5ahollan1: :)ryskiel_: szczˆ“´�liwie ju´¿ po dwˆ‡ch przebitkachkarasi rozdanie siˆ“ koˆ–czylechcold: trzecia dziesi´„tka kier po´‡o´¿y´‡abyten kontakt, o ile nie spada´‡by trzeci mariasz wkierach


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olegario: ohoh now :) too high up againvugraphznv: after the lead declarer claimsmaking 5oosmanb: 5¨ makeable as the hand isvugraphznv: so no play here :)athene: but south has the diamonds so it wouldhave to be 6nt (or 6♠, but that is not likely)ahollan1: 3©=4© totally new conceptlechcold: 3© = 5♠-4©yuval10: i’m very much impressed with how theIsraeli team are playing here, and we must notforget it’s a rather young one, most of them agenearly 40lml: there is no reason for south to pull with JX ofdiamondsjbgood: a slightly different auction gave moreroom for NS than in the OR - and may land inthispartialpanosk: looks like a gd contract panosk: lead will provide 9th trickboedhy: I can imagine why. They play solideasy bridge as we can see from these boardsboedhy: so normally the better team winsthen....And I think the Netherlands are a bit better...vugraphznv: very solid indeed

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lml: east-west didnt give it the very best play andgot tapped out in hearts..©Jady: bidding to poor games can be costlyskaftij: This might get interestingwild card: South Africa is back on lead, in theclosed room west went for 800 on board 9lechcold: skoˆ–czy´‡oby siˆ“ te´¿ na 3BA, aleIMO Gawry´� poszed´‡ za ostropanosk: 430 i cant see howpanosk: sorry 2 spade tricksdesinka: easy 3nt fow EWvugraphznv: and Trendafilov did claim justwhen you told him to Davidvugraphznv: a VERY fast section so faryuval10: NS has won 2nd place in the last Europeanopen pairs championship in Poznan, and rightthey’re showing their quality..1Nboedhy: think North had a double thereboedhy: but as a said Drijver was old when hewas 20 :)lml: so Canada takes a big 10 imp lead..pjbgood: so all square before the last 5

desinka: it was me :P :)ady: possible 6♣ heredesinka: yesvugraphznv: ok // sorry Dessyady: that was Dessydesinka: np :) just kiddingahollan1: at these colors 1N=11-14..3Nrnmalik: Board 9 has costed USA 1 12 imps.antoniz: s´„ konsekwentnipawel90: teraz taka moda, ˆ�´…eby ostro graˆ�´� leao: no game to either side, lets see how theyfare desinka: it doesnt matter who did itdesinka: :)wild card: or in the open room, sorry..pkamyk: w butlerze za tego szlema bed´„ mieliplusylechcold: mo´¿e nie mia´‡ mo´¿liwo´�ci pokazaniarˆ“ki inwituj´„cej? 2♠ po 2¨ np. znaczy co´� innegoodysseus69: good result for n’s in open roomlechcold: bˆ“d´„ chyba punkty..pxenya: again, a solid result for Israel from the ORboedhy: I got a lot of comment yesterday when iwas complementing Drijver Brink boedhy: So I thought today i do somethingdifferentvugraphznv: then I will complement them - havenever seen them play "in real life" before - but sofar they have played brilliantlyady: low heart lead..pjbgood: 3 NT the safest gamejbgood: defense made it easy at the other tableleao: this shud make comfortablyady: minors behave for 6♣ but likely to finishin 3NTahollan1: surely East runs..©3ahollan1: 2♣ probably ♣ and anotherady: 4© making in OR a good reult for Israeldesinka: lets seevugraphznv: 2♣ gameforcingvugraphznv: 2¨ I think is explained as "balancedhand"lml: west didnt bother with stayman with a 4-3-3-3 hand..©2lml: all quacky toodesinka: yesady: e/w now of the hook..©Avugraphznv: true...west breathing easierlechcold: u Amerykanˆ‡w pad´‡o 2♠ i graj´„ 3Npo ataku ©Dady: not surprised not in game here


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wild card: would you bid 2♠ or 2© now?..©7wild card: we can see 2© is a much bettercontractkamyk: mozna go zrozumieˆƒ: zacz´„´‡ odStaymana, bo jak znajdzie st. 4-ke, to OK; po 2¨nie mia´‡ jak sie dowiedzieˆƒ o ficie pik, wiˆ“czaryzykowa´‡ Smolenia - nie widze tu wielkiejwinykiwibridge: mmm could be down on the leadvugraphznv: what would you leadvugraphznv: he looks more relaxed now..©6rnmalik: 2♠ looks appropriate however could bid2©, matter of judgment.lml: Martels 1NT is 15-17athene: 3¨ promising 4-card major(s) but not 5..©8ady: the 2♣ rescue might also have been painfulon good defenceantoniz: trafi karo i brawa za agresjˆ“ady: some play inverted minor raise not forcingto gamefamus: good for u Jan--coz all those must bwhich u wudn’t want ur young son to hear!!!:)..©Tlechcold: 110 lub 140 leao: after ew have fun with theyr © its gameoverathene: lauria-versace often have quite intense "discussions" when they get a less than perfectboard :)..©5skaftij: 9 quick tricksantoniz: 140lechcold: z tak cienkimi numerkami pikowyminie ka´¿dy zdecydowa´‡by siˆ“ na skok w tych za´‡ozeniachdesinka: in this vulnerables 1♣ is 15+ hcpdesinka: so 2♣ is GFvugraphznv: they like to play with 6 trumps ithink..©Kady: need to play a spade nowlml: 2♣ was likely setting up an invitationalauction since Stansby could just have bid hearts ifhe wanted to play thvugraphznv: East: sorry if I did something stupidpanosk: gd game bad breakskiwibridge: not that :)udo: this lead helps..♠2ahollan1: actually that 1N was 9-12star6ija: they reached the worst possible contract...even3N has greater chanceslml: therelml: Jan tells me that 1NT can be a bit weaker

after a negative doubel 14-16panosk: will make though ady: east doing welloosmanb: this wont take long eitherlechcold: Fredin na drugim stole tego nie zrobi´‡..©9lechcold: bez agresji by doszli po inwicie:)ryskiel_: Antoni - czy tu miejsce na rozwa´¿aniaco by by´‡o gdyby by´‡o? Nie wystarcz´„ ´‡amy´�B?vugraphznv: West you didn’t. maybe somethinggoodboedhy: aiwild card: well, you already have told you’re lowon points, and you’ll never make your hearts in aspade contract..♠4boedhy: played too quickly therevugraphznv: sr FOLKS -- should never havecomplemented them -- always ends this waywhen I do -- SORRY kiwibridge: lucky for NL 5C was allowed tomake ORady: some play re-double in east seat compels 2♣ which east would pass with what he had or ifa higher suit would then bid his suit ..©Qahollan1: EW have 3 ranges for 1N at fav 1/2=9-12 3/4=11-14 otherwise 15-17odysseus69: interesting bidding in OR- havingbid 2H over the double South revalued and bid4H after 3Djbgood: fine contract for a push - he will not riskthe club finesse - and three club tricks the rewardady: this could bring in some imps for Bulgariadesinka: still early to say that :)Gerben42: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881


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¨Q..¨K..¨7..♣9..♣2..©6rialc2: adesso sono diventati 590..♣6..♠3..♠K..♠2..♠J..©K..©4..♣3..©A..¨A..¨2..¨3..¨Trcerreto: sempre 11..¨8bafieri: prima erano 12


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vugraphznv: hi Henri / and wlc..©5..¨5..¨Jady: needed really to discard heartsnd keep 4diamonds to succeedvugraphznv: slam time for EW?vugraphznv: exactly what he said when the firsttrick was over :)skaftij: Let there be lightskaftij: and not dull boradsskaftij: boardsantoniz: a 170 nie przysz´‡o nam do g´‡owy)lml: south hope he could make it 3 hearts and 2diamondsvugraphznv: running scores: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881vugraphznv: ahhh -- ty Cornelia :)

ady: seniors link requested as wellvugraphznv: after laying down the dummySementa left the roomvugraphznv: and now we wait for him to getbackandersk: tx Janvugraphznv: he couldnt know it was another fastfast board :)vugraphznv: 12 boards played in just over 1 hourvugraphznv: Running scores Bermuda Bowl http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/nl/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowlvugraphznv: Running scores Venice Cup http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/nl/live/scorebord-venice-cupoosmanb: what do you open with East hand?oosmanb: 3NT gambling? 4♣, 5♣..vugraphznv: and at last - but for us Danes notleast :) Running scores Seniors Bowl http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/nl/live/scorebord-d-orsi-senior-bowlathene: 3nt is a possible call with that southhand..p..1♣

famus: Hi Henri--congrtas for France reachingthe Rugby Finalsehsana: $S on fro N/Sehsana: 4Sritong: so far so goodskaftij: rathe heavy 3♠

lml: but of course he couldntxenya: that’s rightsybarra: guess we are the speed table today leao: board 24 coming up at the other tableady: may be over 20 imps swing on last handbeing in diamonds rather than clubs or no-trumpsboedhy: Yes jan shut up :)vugraphznv: I will from now onlechcold: 1♣ Wujotowy..1♠..2¨!..!hsvugraphznv: 3♣=6-9hcp 4♠sleao: minus 11 for brasil, as predictedboedhy: serious I think Brink made a mistakethere...kiwibridge: 5♣ was cold of course sorryvugraphznv: 2♣= 5¨s + 4♠s OR 6©sathene: NS play multi - maybe he thinks thathand is too strong for weak-two but too weak for1♠..2♠..3♣

wild card: board 10, EW in the open room alsobid 4©, got a diamond lead, declarer misguessedtrumps but still got home after a wrong defencevugraphznv: West asks about the timevugraphznv: 20/25 min offcial


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leao: 4♠ looks cold for NS as cards layvugraphznv: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?qtournid=883vugraphznv: That one I know --- and pleasewatch how Denmark is doing :)vugraphznv: running scores for seniors: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?qtournid=883xenya: 12 imps to Sweden on 8 (5♠ -4 here),when Fredin-Fallenius got nowhere a club slambut got away with it oosmanb: which Ace do you lead against 5♣ !!ady: spades best for n/s difficult to find now..3¨boedhy: looking at it more deeply he had tochoose if partner had the ♣ or ♠ acernmalik: Part of the game:)..4©lml: on the lie of the cards e-w can do pretty wellin a minorxenya: much depends on how NS treat thissequence...lml: but no way to know thatkiwibridge: Jorgs bidding doesnt match their CCathene: or maybe he just thinks his spades arenot good enough for a weak-two..pathene: i bet bocchi is not so demurevugraphznv: seems a cross ruff game herelml: the problem is that the defence is overrruffinglml: he has five top tricks so he needs to make 3little diamondslml: he can make a ruff of a small clubvugraphznv: hard to do so with this layoutahollan1: on 11 Stefanov in 4© on the Moysianstar6ija: actually declarer after correct guess in ♠s has to keep all his ¨s in dummyxenya: and it appears 3♠ was just a signoffvugraphznv: I wrote what Jorgensen wrote toN..ppawel90: 5¨ byˆ�´�o tanie..¨sybarra: has a bit to handle however leao: 6 even, without ¨ lead kiwibridge: of course and that is what he has :)boedhy: will not make this...boedhy: have to go have fun allwild card: south apparently wants to knowwhether to play 3NT or 4♠, and that’s an easydecision for north..plml: a spade lead will not be helpful to the defenseoosmanb: ♣ ruffs would give alot of defensive

tricks.. 2 ruffs A© A♠ 2¨panosk: tough contract lets see how he dealswith it..4♠

panosk: prefer semi forcing 2¨ with W handkiwibridge: bye Ruud and thanks from all of us’rnmalik: Natural 4♠ but appears difficult tomake on J¨ lead...¨odysseus69: 3C for 5 card majorleao: yes, he has a bit of work to dosybarra: only 6 with j10 of spades droppingleao: riteleao: ¨ and ¨?ady: think this will end in game..pady: not slamwild card: 3© conventional, I’ve seen Americansdo that before..pwild card: with both ¨A and ♣K offside, he willgo downwild card: and 3NT might be madeady: could go wrong ..pvugraphznv: score board 28 corrected...odysseus69: has to rise with spade ace after dfinesse losesady: then play for K♣ with northady: if he plays clubs now and north wins andplays a 2nd spade will again have to play the aceodysseus69: much debate - should he play clubsor diamondsady: diamond finesse now looks normalady: club can waitvugraphznv: Zack shaking his head.. perhapsthinking about board 25?ady: good duck of spade from southleao: nopeady: looks good for 10 trickschick: and the Venice Cup for those interested: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=882andersk: well I do not lead © Alechcold: ten Grue jest bardzo gro´�ny..©Ksybarra: but not a slam "we" want to be in andersk: 4 sp makesvugraphznv: it did..©4jbgood: so one imp for Sweden most likelylml: he is trying for the crossruff but it wont workfor him..♠Tleao: lol... agreeady: west might have pushed with 5♣ and takena view if east cu 5¨..©6wild card: he can discard 3 clubs nowwild card: but after ¨10, I doubt he will depend


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on the heart finesselechcold: przepraszam, priv:) ale Joe Grue,naprawdˆ“ jest gro´�nyjbgood: but not when W didnt cach the club .....♣Aleao: goig for the forcing defense..♠3sybarra: may end up making only 5 leao: well, he’s in 4, so no problemboedhy: hi all backsybarra: re hi Ruud boedhy: not much imps going on i seeboedhy: board 24 onlysybarra: bd 24 leao: ruff, ¨ to dummy and ¨ back.... if W ruffs,he’ll be ruffing pards trickboedhy: yes that was a extreme resultleao: yes, Miguel felt the urge to show pard hehad © as well, instead of leading pards suitsybarra: are we losing connection or is Basthinking?vugraphznv: bas is thinkingleao: looks like hes thinkingolegario: sure now trying for an extra trick whichmay not happenady: premature Q♣..♣6odysseus69: 3NT much easier - if I had 5 cardStayman would I use it? dont tink soryskiel_: jakby dali graˆƒ..♣7panosk: hoping for spades 3-3andersk: now even easierwild card: probably he will have to..¨4kiwibridge: the scorebaords again http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/nl/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowlkiwibridge: as we near the end of this roundahollan1: as if ♣ ever get any respect now they’re premature..¨2lml: the good news is that the long hand is overrufingthe spades..¨Klml: so he will probably come to the diamond 9eventually for 7 tricksvugraphznv: west claimslechcold: gramy z USA2 o 16:45 jakby co.....¨7ady: not going welllml: this should make the endplay obviousodysseus69: well done by North but duckingclub jack was VERY anti percentage..♠2..♠J..♠Q..♠Kpanosk: actually trying to discard hearts fromdummy and ruff his heart loser in handpanosk: *from handpanosk: also found out that spades arent 3-3 antoniz: oby tak skutecznie jak ze Szwecj´„ do

tej pory:)..♠9rnmalik: wd..♠4panosk: Isreal in 6♠ in previous gained them ahefty 13 imps , new leaderwild card: now his only hope is for west to haveonly 2 or 3 trumps..♣5andersk: Upmark not happy with that, howeverthe split makes it easyady: played for K♣ with south when northplayed low and king to come down in 3..♠Apanosk: if N had K¨ cud have made vugraphznv: or jackpanosk: well not really if N ducked heart ruffdecl wud have to play diamonds himselflml: so who wants to be endplayed..©Alml: :)vugraphznv: Pachtman did wait for it - he justclaimed 9 tricksady: did not bither with club finesseady: botherxenya: so the par here is 5♣X -1ady: double squeeze now..©2..©9..♣4..©7ady: north has to keep a top club and south hasto keep heart so 3rd diamond is a trickpanosk: i learn as i go :)..©Twild card: well done, smelled his chance tomake..♠7..♣3..¨3vugraphznv: a short break requested by one ofthe playerspanosk: still very gd play from Zacklechcold: ech..¨T..¨A..¨Q


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A J

Q10 5

♣AQ10 8 2

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p p1♣ p 1¨ 1♠

p 2© p 2♠

p p X pp p

#1 W::©6,J,K,3 #2 E::¨8,2,K,5#3 W::¨3,T,J,9 #4 E::¨A,ª3,¨4,Q#5 S::©8,7,A,2 #6 N::ª4,2,6,T#7 W::§7,2,9,J #8 S::ªA,5,7,©4

cuan: finora ottima prestazione di norby e agus...prcerreto: veronevaio: si han giocato perfetti..p..1♣!..2+!C..p..1¨.. rcerreto: meglio non librarsi troppo in alto..1♠

..p..2©!rcerreto: dovrebbero potersi fermare a 2♠

cuan: 1¨ ha le cuori e 2© ha buon fit picchegluckenval: visto che 1¨ mostra le © Norby neapprofitta per fittare costruttivamente le ♠rcerreto: S ha il minimo stecchitorcerreto: E probabilmente riapre..p..2♠..p..prcerreto: infatti..¨.. cuan: X = esisto..prialc2: adesso passa. Si fanno 2♠?bafieri: ma a 3 cadono

rcerreto: W ha un bel problemarialc2: se non fosse in rama direbbe 3©rcerreto: si dovrebbe andare -1, perˆ†...rialc2: anche - 2 a carte non viste, meglio chedica 3©gluckenval: anche a 3© si va down... 1♠ + 2©+ 2♣

rcerreto: -2 mi sembra impegnativocuan: tre atout, una cuori e due quadri pare ilbottino degli svedesi..p..prialc2: hai ragione -1: 3♠, 2¨ e ! © anche perchˆ¤ adesso Agustin conosce la distribuzione..©6vugraphznu: 1¨ = unbalancedrialc2: che sfig... tutto mal messo..©J..©K..©3bafieri: no il K♣ sta benerialc2: a parte il K di ♣cuan: -100 e si guadagna sul -140vugraphznu: 1¨ shows © probably 5rcerreto: credo di condividere tutte le dichiarazionifatte, certo il ! al parziale per un down... brrrrcerreto: che pauravugraphznu: That was the explanation Fredingave to Madalanevaio: se il fante di picche stava al morto...eranofattefigb_rama: dopo la 12 Germania-Italia 27-9cuan: tu non passavi in west, vero alfredo ?..¨8nevaio: tattica svedese ..suicida in un duplicato..¨2..¨K..¨5nevaio: mai cn la quarta..¨3..¨T..¨J..¨9..¨A..♠3..¨4..¨Qrcerreto: credo che il ! di riapertura di E fosse "diroutine"rcerreto: poi W si ˆ¤ trovato in difficoltˆ rialc2: sembra che il ¨ fosse sbilanciato pertanto3¨ o 3© sarebbero stati contratti passeggiata..©8..©7..©A..©2..♠4..♠2..♠6..♠Trcerreto: con due sole ♣ in W non penso ci siasituazione vincente..♣7..♣2..♣9..♣Jrcerreto: beh, a 3© sei -1 di teste..♠A..♠5..♠7..©4


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this/total IMPsBoard 14NS: Sweden - 31EW: Italy 2 42o 2♠x S -1 100c 1© E 3 140

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5

6

7

8

5

77558

90

♠K Q10 5

9 7 6

K 6 4 3

♣K 7

♠A J 9 6 3

Q8 3

9 2

♣ J 4 3

♠2

K10 5 4 2

A J 8 7

♣9 6 5

♠8 7 4

A J

Q10 5

♣AQ10 8 2

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p p1¨ p 1© pp p

#1 S::¨9,3,Q,A #2 E::ª2,6,K,8#3 W::©6,J,K,3 #4 E::§5,4,7,8#5 N::©A,2,8,7 #6 N::¨5,7,2,4

famus: Where is that imp??athene: in the open roomritong: a bit strong for a w2, no?vugraphznv: maybe its on its way on Board 29lechcold: druga nieskuteczna rozgrywka Martensaw tym meczuryskiel_: 6 trefli by´‡o ´‡adne na NSvugraphznv: didnt waitboedhy: looking at board 26 the Netherlandswere lucky Villas didnt pass..vugraphznv: a little discussion about the numberof tricks for NSkiwibridge: a system win worth 7 imps to Icelandyou’d have to sayskaftij: Very favourable lie of the cards forEW..plml: Still both sides are playing very good bridgeboedhy: 27 looks like a good board toofamus: yes that cud a handful..p..1¨vugraphznv: 27 / SORRY

famus: be*ady: likely e/w will reach 4♠

ahollan1: 1♣=15-20 BAL or game force rnmalik: 6♠ on the cards.wild card: north’s hand looks like 6♠

yuval10: note how both W’s answered with only1 point over 1♣

panosk: and 5 imps to Isreal for not quittingdesperate contractleao: board 26 also took its tollvugraphznv: 2¨= 5♠5©ahollan1: [sorry or unbal 5+♣ 15+ HCP] 1©=4+♠..podysseus69: Bulgaria need the points muchmore than Israel who were 3rd over nightritong: not mentioning © Kxx, always a smallproblem to hold Hxx in other major..1©ahollan1: but i forgot Martel was allowed to bidady: 3NT making here n/spanosk: if you cancell out 2 slams one gainedand one lost for each team the vast majority ofimps were scored by part scoresboedhy: Not goo dfor Brasil tho who should imobe possible to end up in the top 8 is gettingdifficult ady: 3♣ must show diamondsvugraphznv: 3♣ is a transfer to 3¨ady: 10 tricks in diamondsady: 4© a possibilty for n/skiwibridge: 5♣ the limit for EWxenya: as expected, 3N on 9 was made in the OR --10 imps to Italyvugraphznv: Dubion had PASS out of the boxmore than once - and chooses to stay with itbardo: no il +1 non c’ˆ¤ statoathene: ok, NS system in the other room put weston lead against the slam, so japan didn’t get theirimp ..pskaftij: But not likely to go beyond 2♠..pleao: NS have 4♠

leao: and EW do not have 4©lml: interesting..plml: the cards lie very well for north-south..¨9ehsana: DBL was nota good option ??wild card: this will probably force p to bid 4♠,he will ask for keycardsyuval10: the logic is to enable partner to bid witha big hand and /or 2 suiter hand in which hedoesn’t open 2♣ with vugraphznv: West: I hop I don’t have to muchpanosk: * Israel sorryathene: will west offer notrumps, or just bash in


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4♠?..¨3athene: he surely must bid SOME game, with agood 17 count facing druryvugraphznv: why not?athene: versace going for singleton heart with hispartner and an immediate knockoutady: would need a club ruff to beat 4© but n/snot in the biddingahollan1: curiously most tables will have identicalauction even though very different inferences..¨Qstar6ija: have to go now , see you at 4:45 CETfor the next Bulgaria’s hard fight agains Polandstar6ija: byevugraphznv: byeady: byeady: need to take some care here defenders eachhad a side suit singletonvugraphznv: cards on the table..thinkingkamyk: ale by´‡ to sensowny plan - krˆ‡tki ¨K uwchodz´„cegolechcold: dziwna grayuval10: and in worst case you play 2NT with thepoints equal between both sidessybarra: does Campos sit?sybarra: nope skaftij: this can be defeated with 3x ♠ after takin♣s..¨Aboedhy: so south didnt bid anything yet (thats afirst) and his partner bids 4♠ and he has thidhand....famus: i think it was the right thing to do..♠2ritong: yes, and © K might be a falsecard withKJxehsana: 4S has a chnace nowvugraphznv: and declarer will make this one - ismy guessady: another chance for Bulgariaodysseus69: 3S shows 4S and 5H - Smolen iswhat I thnk its calledleao: no 5♠ with d leadkiwibridge: evryone is saying 6♣ on the majorsqueezeskaftij: At last some action :-)..♠6lml: the problem here is getting to the 1 pointhandyuval10: also of course it makes life tougher foroppsxenya: can be made on this lead..♠Klml: once they didnt lead hearts it can be made ifyou guess allyuval10: he just play A♠ and J♠

lml: you need to tap the dummy at trick twoady: n/s do have 10 tricks in clubsathene: east a little worried about diamonds..♠8athene: ♣K lead not all that appealing on thisauctionathene: west likely to have a strong notrump sortof hand; it could easily costodysseus69: new leader..©6yuval10: of course easier said than doneady: 1 top trump helps..©Jlechcold: 130 i -2 impyleao: best decision. shug go 2 offboedhy: ah finally he bidswild card: probably he wasn’t consideringanything else than 6♠, but east had some questionsabout the auction or kept the tray for a couple ofseconds..©Krnmalik: No play, can cash a ♣ otherwise make7.athene: trump lead is very appealing on thisbidding so duboin might play north for the ♠Qfrom the failure to lead a trump..©3ady: west not leading a heart as north had shown5 hearts 4 spades and a game going hand with 3♠

famus: is he going to hook ♠ straight away?..♣5kiwibridge: unfortunately the bidding didn’t helpthem diagnose the obvious squeeze :) 1 to meahollan1: looks like 11 Stefanov may actuallymake 4© in the Moysian fit..♣4ady: small trump bestodysseus69: look it up - i will askady: but e/w have the same in diamondsady: cant see how that helps defence..♣7lechcold: zarˆ‡wno 1BA jak i pas na 1BA jako´� mi siˆ“ nie podobaj´„:(boedhy: think 5♠ is makeable...sybarra: club club maybeathene: on the other hand the threat of a club ruffmight make him just bash out ♠AK..♣8skaftij: Now, it be even go 2 downskaftij: East will surely ditch a ©odysseus69: what is the range of 1NT - 14-16 iguess but sure to find out in a momentleao: not with ¨ lead and © back :)..©Aboedhy: they cannt get there ¨ tricksady: best for declarer to play 2nd round of clubsfrom east hand..©2vugraphznv: in the tank nowady: of course we can see that easierskaftij: 2 times ♣pawel90: 1BA pokazuje bilans przynajmniej..©


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8lechcold: aczkolwiek mo´¿na znale´�ˆƒ uzasadnieniedla obu odzywek..odysseus69: 14-16 confirmed..©7..¨5panosk: eventually will play diamonds and thatis his problem, how to?leao: if he goes for a xruff he may go -1 onlyleao: rite... always -2ahollan1: he needed to float ♠ to make but hardto picture Martel’s shape..¨7ady: ruff a heart then a♣ and a clublml: this is a very sensible lineyuval10: and naturally you play AK♠ and godownxenya: wrong...ryskiel_: czy kto´� mo´¿e zna termin V Kolumna...toco´� z wojny hiszpaˆ–skiej w 36 roku..¨2ady: yes I believe in smollen 3© after staymanand 2 diamond response would have been thesame but not game forcing?..¨4lml: it just doesnt work

this/total IMPsBoard 15NS: Italy - 42EW: Sweden 6 37o 1N S -1 100c 1N S 2 120

N

EWS

7

7

7

6

7

66676

90

♠K Q9 7

9 2

Q10 6

♣Q J 7 3

♠ J 3 2

AQ3

8 5 3 2

♣10 8 5

♠10 6 4

J 8 7 6

K J 4

♣A 4 2

♠A 8 5

K10 5 4

A 9 7

♣K 9 6

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S: MADALAW N E S

pp 1♣ p 1♠

X p p 1Np p p

#1 W::§Q,K,A,5 #2 E::ª4,3,9,A#3 N::§6,4,8,J #4 W::§3,9,2,T#5 S::ª2,Q,5,6 #6 W::ªK,8,T,J#7 W::ª7,¨7,4,5 #8 W::§7,¨9,J,2#9 W::¨6,A,K,3 #10 N::©4,,,

rialc2: vedo un 6♣ alla 16, ma non vedo le carte.Mal che vada pareggiamo..p..p..1♣!cuan: 1♠ = 4+¨..p..1♠..!D..¨..!Srialc2: adesso giochiamo i Sa dalla parte giusta..p..p..1N..p..p..pbafieri: beh pure di lˆ nemeo: alla 16 ˆ¤ un buon 6, giocato da nord cheha le ♣ lo fai sempre con le picche non peggio di4-2 oppure l’asso di quadri piazzato..♣Q..♣K..♣A..♣5..♠4..♠3..♠9rialc2: certo che 1Sa + 1 non ˆ¤ poco..♠Afigb_rama: femminile Germania-Italia 35-9 alboard 13..♣6..♣4..♣8..♣Jfigb_rama: Senior Francia-Italia 25-13 incontroconcluso..♣3..♣9..♣2..♣T..♠2gluckenval: boh... piˆ„ di 3© ed una ¨ nonvedo.....nevaio: ahi e dacci qualche buona notiziaaa..♠Q


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figb_rama: vorrei tanto..♠5..♠6..♠K..♠8..♠T..♠Jrialc2: brutta questa, speriamo E si creda insqueeze..♠7..¨7figb_rama: risultati e classifiche http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/results.htm..¨4..¨5..♣7..¨9figb_rama: oppure http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/results.htmrialc2: ˆ¤ piˆ„ probabile AQ di © ovvero Adi © e¨ di ¨?cuan: quale donna rossa ha ovest ?bafieri: di lˆ ha attaccato ♠ e picche...rcerreto: inoltre S ha mostrato le ¨...rcerreto: ˆ¤ uno scarto piˆ„ facile per noi, chevediamo le carte, che per luirialc2: spassionatamente, senza tifare, gli suggerireidi scartare ©cuan: deve scartare per forza quadrircerreto: dai Paolo, fai il bravorcerreto: chapeau..¨J..¨2..¨6..¨A..¨K

this/total IMPsBoard 15NS: Sweden 6 37EW: Italy - 42o 1N S -1 100c 1N S 2 120

N

EWS

7

7

7

6

7

66676

90

♠K Q9 7

9 2

Q10 6

♣Q J 7 3

♠ J 3 2

AQ3

8 5 3 2

♣10 8 5

♠10 6 4

J 8 7 6

K J 4

♣A 4 2

♠A 8 5

K10 5 4

A 9 7

♣K 9 6

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pp 1¨ p 1Np p p

#1 W::ªQ,5,4,2 #2 W::ª7,8,T,J#3 S::§8,3,6,4 #4 S::©A,2,4,6#5 S::©Q,9,5,7 #6 S::©3,¨6,©K,8#7 N::ªA,6,3,9 #8 N::©T,J,¨2,

athene: a chance for japan there, certainly..¨3..©4lml: and 9 tricks in a normal 1NT contractritong: would you downgrade west?vugraphznv: that 11th trick on board 30 might bethe "1 imp" board for Pakistanfamus: ah--went thru some transfer sequences--greatlml: double dummy glasses :0boedhy: so this will not be too expensive witheven 5♠ makingvugraphznv: 10 min left for 2 boardskiwibridge: a hard earned imp Icelandritong: i don t think versace will..pwild card: north’s hand looks like 3NT..poosmanb: part game battlewild card: the heart stopper and the high cardpoint count are not sufficient though..1¨!ahollan1: why not 1N from Karaivanov??? i


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thought 9-12 in this situation..prnmalik: action hand 4♠ and 5¨.leao: 31-2 with no good boards coming is not agoo omenady: sorry lost connectionoosmanb: 1NT by N most likelyoosmanb: by South actuallylml: both teams are playing good bridge withCanada making a few good decisions ..1Nlechcold: to nie bˆ“dzie ciekawe rozdanieudo: no,,,,,,,1NT is a preempt,,so never downgrade:)..pwild card: 5¨ needs attentive declarer play..pritong: opening 1NT has other virtues thanshowing 15/17..pady: too high e/wady: 11 tricks for n/s in hearts though e/w havea good save in spadesxenya: or Svugraphznv: Tournament Director has arrivedand tells they have 10 minutes left..♠Qpawel90: ja muszˆ�´� lecieˆ�´�, dziekuje wszystkim..♠5lechcold: 3♣ to podwy´¿szony Puppet Staymanchybakamyk: 3♣ to pewnie pytanie o st, pi´„tkˆ“athene: 10 tricks claimed very shortly ..♠4vugraphznv: a normal 3ntskaftij: good sacrificelechcold: prawie na jedno wychodzi:)leao: this shud make and be flatboedhy: thats true but then again it dependswere you stand sybarra: maybe even I could make this onelml: do you like bypassing diamonds..♠2lml: it did work to get them a diamond leadvugraphznv: lead is asked ¨ 6athene: it’s definitely not a bad 15 countwild card: I guess he’ll lead Q of ♣ady: need A¨ right predictably both rooms ingameyuval10: running scores : http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881wild card: plenty of time to shift to a heart lateron..♠7rnmalik: Q alright but ¨:)ady: -300 in 4♠ dont thin n/s can be sure of 5©ady: they have taken the pushady: north pened a tactical lead direct 1 spade in3rd seat to get the right lead if defending..♠8

odysseus69: in OR South found a response to1H - there is an old system called Acol- where 2Hopener shows 8 or more tricksyuval10: a touch-and-go game, the Q♠ makesthis contract an excellent onelml: ducked it ... cool..♠Tehsana: 2H shows 4spadesritong: that tooudo: style is to upgrade much more often than theother wayathene: three aces and the ©10 makes up for4333leao: if i can, u surely can :)lml: I like the small club..♠Jlml: lets see if it gets northvugraphznv: perfect play the small ♣xenya: not likely to make -- but you never knowkiwibridge: this is cruisy should be well in time..♣8vugraphznv: 6♣ for iceland on board 12..♣3lml: had north wanted south on lead for somethinghe may have ducked..♣6lml: looks like north will get a spade and a clubfor +1lml: for Baxterlml: Israel made an extra uptrick on the previousboard to come back to a 9 imp deficitvugraphznv: +1 it seems to mevugraphznv: but N is thinking a lotlml: my guess is he will shift to a heartlml: it wont matterlml: second choice is another diamondlml: who thinks a heart?desinka: yesdesinka: +1vugraphznv: i do :-)..♣4ahollan1: would like to see auction after P-1N[9-12]odysseus69: when you have to open 1 heart youhold your breath vugraphznv: Declarer just layed his cards downclaiming 11 ..©Aathene: right about now, in fact..©2skaftij: bd 30, Lauria in 3NT in ORady: happy A♠ with west split aces hopefullynowpanosk: just a diamond ruff in dummy neededhereudo: ♠ 3-2,, © finesse,,all is fine..©4udo: no ♣ ruffwild card: now the heart ruff is lost..©6rnmalik: © back would have yielded a ruff as


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well.leao: he has to extract the ¨ ace b4 pullingtrumpsoosmanb: bath coup’esque wild card: and it’s only 300..©Qboedhy: his © are too good so no problemsindeedvugraphznv: this is not good..©9..©5lml: that club play is a problemahollan1: the other room just started bidding 13..©7yuval10: Israel’s next match is against Italy, verytough day for them, they’ve done great so far..©3sybarra: but the 4/1 © break is just pesky kiwibridge: so, remove the 2 slam swings andIceland would have a narrow lead, that’s howclose it really islml: he still has nine tricks though..¨6..©K..©8..♠A..♠6..♠3boedhy: yes drijver will probably get a © trickat the endleao: hell have to time it carefullyleao: but miguel is a careful player :)panosk: thinking if he can do anything aboutpossible bad breaks but he cant so here you are..♠9..©Tlml: and that will be a push..©Jlml: heading to an uptrick lml: it appears..¨2oosmanb: not quite bath coup but he won 2tricks when he deserved 1 in ♠oosmanb: so should make 7 now

this/total IMPsBoard 16NS: Italy 2 44EW: Sweden - 37o 6N N 6 990c 6♣ N 6 920

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1

2

5

3

1

1211

81012

990

♠ J10

9 7 4 3 2

A 5 3

♣10 8 4

♠K Q5 4 3

K 6 5

10 6 4

♣7 6

♠8 7 6 2

Q10 8

Q J 9 8

♣9 2

♠ A 9

A J

K 7 2

♣ AK Q J 5 3

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#1 E::¨Q,4,,rialc2: non dico nient’altrorcerreto: bello questo 6♣

vugraphznu: Ultima mano del segmento, siriprende alle 16.45gluckenval: anche qui giocano trsf..p..2♣!..p..2©!..!S..p..2N!..22-24..pnevaio: come sono i risultati Gianluca ?Olanda.Usa2?rcerreto: se N mostra una bilanciata, 6♣ diventanopiˆ„ difficili da chiamarercerreto: perˆ† non ˆ¤ dettofigb_rama: il prossimo incontro che seguiremosarˆ alle 16.45: Italia-Polonia opennemeo: 2♣ bilanciata 18-19 o, in prima, 23+figb_rama: domattina 10.30 Italia-India OPengluckenval: Olanda 18-12 su Israelegluckenval: Usa2-Bulgaria 15-15..3©!..5!S..p..3♠!figb_rama: per i 2 successivi e conclusivi segmentidi round robin, domani alle 13.45 e 16.45, l’organizzazione wbf si riserva di decidere man


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mano gli incontri da trasmetterenemeo: presumo che il rifiuto di chiudere latransfer dia la 23+ gluckenval: USA1-Polonia 9-21 finalercerreto: se Sud fa un quantitativo, N potrebbe (dovrebbe) dichiarare 6♣..prialc2: trasparentissima la dichiarazione deglisvedesi in chiusa (?!)..4Nrcerreto: ecco il quantitativorcerreto: ok..p..6♣

cuan: 2♣ in prima ˆ¤ bil 18-19 o 23+. rialc2: non gli piacerˆ tanto ma passerˆ rcerreto: dichiarazione semplice ma efficace..pnevaio: bene..ancora bravirialc2: porca .... confidiamo nell’attacco ¨..6Nnemeo: attacchiamo quadri ed evitiamo sofferenzea norbyrcerreto: ahi..p..p..pbafieri: alˆ¤..¨Qrcerreto: la correzione a 6SA non ci voleva ma...rialc2: bene, benebafieri: guadagnamo 2..¨4cuan: se vuoi che l’attacco punga ...rcerreto: il normale attacco a ¨ risolve ogniproblemafigb_rama: ciao a tuttifigb_rama: 16.45figb_rama: italia-poloniarialc2: ciaovugraphznu: Ciaofigb_rama: a doporcerreto: 2 imps non del tutto meritatircerreto: ciao a tutti, a dopogluckenval: ciao e grazienemeo: arrivedercicuan: ciao

this/total IMPsBoard 16NS: Sweden - 37EW: Italy 2 44o 6N N 6 990c 6♣ N 6 920

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1211

81012

990

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9 7 4 3 2

A 5 3

♣10 8 4

♠K Q5 4 3

K 6 5

10 6 4

♣7 6

♠8 7 6 2

Q10 8

Q J 9 8

♣9 2

♠ A 9

A J

K 7 2

♣ AK Q J 5 3

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p 6♣ p pp

#1 E::¨Q,4,A,2 #2 W::¨5,K,9,6#3 N::§A,2,,athene: another 10-12 notrump for northvugraphznv: this is the last board of the set...athene: south has a pretty nice 12; he might justinvitevugraphznv: N to the bathroom...athene: of course if west doubles a 2© transferthat might alter thingsvugraphznv: next session will be at 16.45 hours..athene: but they play 2-way stayman over themini notrumpathene: and no transfersvugraphznv: N back lml: no big deal when you have nine tricksanywayvugraphznv: Last board now // Hope you allenjoyedvugraphznv: last board nowady: final hand of the session thx all thx specs


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skaftij: Einarsson decided quickly not to finesses©, queen being more likely with South and ruffpendingady: last hand of te session thx Victor vugraphznv: this is the last board of the setyuval10: heading to the last boardlml: nice result for north south ... lets see howPachtman-Ginossar handle itpanosk: that is our last board for this sessionvugraphznv: but it was two WELL DESERVEDslam swings :)vugraphznv: not "just lucky ones"kiwibridge: and so the last, and Jan we owe youmuch for your great skills on vugraph ©oosmanb: and a fun hand to finish withahollan1: final board of match at our table 3rd/final session of the day scheduled to begin inabout 1 hour..pskaftij: This is the last match today..1♣..strong !cvugraphznv: director is here to watch time forthe last board, but I don’t think they will bepunished because of the 10 min for the directorcallathene: now south has the choice of 2♠, weaktakeout..pathene: or 2♣ "weak stayman"vugraphznv: DBL = 4 or 5 ♠ady: 4© for e/w looks the spotpanosk: next match will start in about an hourboedhy: last boardskaftij: Thank you all kibs for good comments, Iwas not able to bring all forwards ..1©!..!ssady: thx Harold and specsvugraphznv: next match at 13.45 hourslml: somebody asked about whether the playersknow about the running scoready: 4© a make n/slml: 5© is a decent save against 4♠..pathene: 1♠ would be a general takeout withoutspadesehsana: 4S ..1 off seems coming up :)vugraphznv: 1♠ = 3♠sritong: 1♠ is excatly what he hasskaftij: thanks to our magnificent operatorskaftij: Bobrnmalik: Last hand of this match. Thanks to ouroperator Natalia and specs for watching someabsorbing bridge.jaapfr: big win on last board expected for Swedesantoniz: dziwny splinterlechcold: dziwny

jaapfr: although 5¨ can then only 3 imps winlechcold: miejmy nadziejˆ“, ´¿e nie bˆ“dzienieporozumieniajaapfr: or 3ntantoniz: 3NT jest dobrelml: they dont but they can usually have a feel forhow they are doingathene: maybe if he bids 2♠ now over 2red fromhis partner, that is invitational..1♠!lml: 2NT... the 2 lowest suitsritong: garbage with 3♠sathene: so double isn’t just exactly 4 spades, asin standard methodsady: got there quickly nust know I would like acup of teaahollan1: vul 1♣ includes weak NT as well assome strong handsvugraphznv: thx all for watchingvugraphznv: this is the last board of the day, werestart at 10.30 tomorrowoosmanb: This is the fastest session I have everseen on vugraphady: thx Traian..pvugraphznv: Thanks, last board for the day hereskaftij: 3♣ must show ¨ and ♠wild card: Last board of this match. Next roundwill start at 13:45 local time (in somewhat morethan an hour)wild card: is that correct Natalia?vugraphznv: yesrnmalik: Think so.yuval10: answer is of course notoosmanb: Thanks everyone, and join us for thenext segmentathene: and if he does that north will go to gamefor sure with a maximum..2Nahollan1: i wonder why East bid 4© instead of 1¨ transferjaapfr: sorry in Polish dzien dobryady: all games failing for e/wady: 4© the best but failsady: now at the only making contract ady: west considering passing I would thinksybarra: hate to rebid that ht suit, but really nochoiceleao: 4©?boedhy: dbl from south standard these days boedhy: I think with all the light opening goingon you should have more ...kiwibridge: Ruud was great company, but it isyou the spectators who really make it for us, sothanks ©


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lml: a steal for Israel here..pskaftij: tough to find the slamlechcold: dzienn dobry:)lechcold: dzien:)lml: in a match like this it isnt always as clear tillyou comparevugraphznv: East almost played ©3panosk: vugraph schedule in your own localtimes http://www.bridgebase.com/vugraph/schedule.phpboedhy: and there a daring 2nt from west... 3ntfrom east??boedhy: ♠ lead........???sybarra: I dont play a neg. X quite that lite, leao: hungry 2NTady: good save 5¨ e/wady: may take the push to 5©lml: so who is to blame?..3♣!..relayady: because I want my cup of teavugraphznv: lol ...for sureahollan1: even assuming weat holds weak NTahollan1: weat??? that was supposed to be weStahollan1: on 13 Levin in 6♠ Eastvugraphznv: wow..vugraphznv: that will be worth some imps to usaahollan1: and that after Stefanov opened 3♣

vugraphznv: south stil thinking ...do not go awayahollan1: from other room "Eighteen minutesleft, TD telling the players to be a bit quicker.Levin: "Good one when I’m in 6♠""ady: play of 6♠ easier after ´£♣ openingady: 3♣

vugraphznv: we will restart in 50 mins from nowahollan1: Daily Bulletin always shows the lineupof vugraph matches for the day http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Bulletins.asp?redirect=1&vugraphznv: please rejoin us for more wonderfulmatches from veldhovenlechcold: po tym wi´�cie nie ma problemu zwygraniem 2♠

kiwibridge: Drijver and Brink are a great pair andhave had an excellent set hereskaftij: in OR, still playing no 30..pskaftij: possible swing to Italy wild card: swift surrender by NSlechcold: 5¨ ´‡atwo mo´¿na po´‡o´¿yˆƒady: specs suggesting diamond lead and 4♣ isdown but can still makexenya: classic reverse by N on 6-3 lml: well he has 7-3xenya: tes, 6+vugraphznv: and a ¨ among the ©s

xenya: could be just 6 i meantxenya: now S has a great hand for partnerrnmalik: Could make 3NT, 6¨+1♣+2♠=9...3N!..5-3-3-2 distribution and 5AFR pointsleao: it was a very agressive neg x, agreeboedhy: think I would lead the ¨ jack...lml: how do you allocate it?..plml: we have "bothlechcold: ♣A - lavinthal pikowy i dalej wiadomolml: Weinstein and Levin did well to get to thebest slamoosmanb: 6♣ is on with A¨ rightoosmanb: and 6NT for same reasonoosmanb: 6♣ additional chance of ruffing ♠goodxenya: yes, it’s a good 6♣ lechcold: a i bez tego nie ma jak tego graˆƒ..4♣

jaapfr: yes would be beauty ♣A x♠ ♣ for down1lechcold: dziwne decyzje obu naszych graczyryskiel_: nie sympatyzujˆ“ ze Splinterem z rˆ“k´„S....kompletnie nie sympatyzujˆ“vugraphznv: Jassem chyba pomylil sie w systemieantoniz: ja te´¿ nievugraphznv: Martens zrozumial 3♠ jako splinter©lechcold: ale mecz przegramy:(kamyk: zamiast podsumowania: jak sie tak patrzyna BBO, to sporo widaˆƒ...lechcold: by´‡o kilka naprawdˆ“ bardzo ciekawychrozdaˆ–ryskiel_: jutro przekazy z meczu Polakˆ‡w o13.30 i 16:45 - tak jak dzisiaj zapraszam z ca´‡ejsi´‡y...mo´¿e wreszcie zobaczymy prawdziwychpolskich husarzyvugraphznv: o 13.45 :)antoniz: do us´‡uszenia jutro,dobrej nocy:)ryskiel_: o 13:45 dziˆ“kujˆ“ Nataly...pewnie neiwiecie ´¿e opeartorem jest nasza dziewczyna -Natalia Bana´� od pewnego czasu mieszkaj´„ca wHolandiikamyk: powiem za Waˆ–kowiczem: Dziekujˆ“Uprzejmie, Przybˆ“dˆ“ Akuratnie:)yuval10: makes this and it finished 40:36 and 16:14 for Israelodysseus69: looks like 1 down but lets seeady: difficult to guageritong: the light overcall drives to the wrong lead,seems..pritong: or notskaftij: I don’t know what 4♣ meant, maybefinding best denomination


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ady: what but 1 club and 2 spades assume Zackwill ruff high a 2nd diamond?odysseus69: ok nowodysseus69: thot he might play on hearts whichfailsady: took the save non vul against vullml: and Lindop..4¨!sybarra: think I might also boedhy: dont think he would have led thatagainst 3nt...leao: and that was the 8th tricklml: and Baxter..plml: votes each wayryskiel_: je´�li to tak mia´‡o byˆƒ, to jednak nie bˆ“dˆ“ wkuwa´‡ systemu M-J:)lml: I think North might have tried 6¨ herepanosk: our thanks to our very able operator Pim,great job indeedvugraphznv: AFR Points: A=3, K=2 and Q=1oosmanb: dont need A¨ onside for 6♣ like Isaid, ♠ can be ruffed good with K© entry. 4♠ 6♣ 2©oosmanb: but 6NT does need it so 6♣ bettervugraphznv: S has shown 5-3-3-2 and 5 AFRpoints with the 3nt bidvugraphznv: I havent seen an explanation of the4¨ bidxenya: let’s see how well their relay system willwork herelml: yes the 2NT bid was a killer..4©!lml: I think west is more to blame myselflml: I wonder what they would have played thedouble of 2NTyuval10: so USA1 will preserve 10 imps over thelast board, still 16:14 Israellml: he didnt cuebid over 3©ady: in fact can make setting up spades just 2sspade losersvugraphznv: last board of this match - andtomorrow the Round Robin continuesvugraphznv: thank you to Panos..ppanosk: not as good as 4♠ but it ll makepanosk: thank you Pimkiwibridge: good victory the Netherlandspsyck: Running Scores: http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/en/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowl..4♠!..2 kingskiwibridge: next round in 1 hour approxxenya: i don’t think most of us understand thisauctionvugraphznv: A=3point, K=2points Q=1pointvugraphznv: the 4♠ bid showed 2K and 1Q vugraphznv: 4♣ fit for at least 1 with good hand

..pskaftij: Jonsson had the chance to defeat, justmissedskaftij: bd 30 ORlml: he really has a pretty good playing strengthhand..6♣

vugraphznv: still 6 matches left for the teams toqualify for the quarterfinalsvugraphznv: top 8 will advanceady: I thin might have done better playing diamonds forcing dummys trumps to try and nulify thespade suitady: difficult to beat this nowady: diamond led would have been better fordefencevugraphznv: Running scores in the BermudaBowl: http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?redirect=1&qtournid=881lml: if you play 3♠ is not forcing maybe youcould but that is hard..p..p..pryskiel_: na Ciebie Karopl zawsze mogˆ“ liczyˆƒ:) harmon: ...¨Qkamyk: operator by´‡ nasz´„ siln´„ stron´„ -dziekujemylechcold: vugraf nienaganny:)harmon: Baxter has clear 3h bid competition inspades..¨4harmon: 3s is forcingboedhy: but there you see even another disadvantagefor the double...athene: versace plays the ¨Q to make it look asthough he has nothing in diamonds in hand..¨Alml: so a pickup for the usaathene: still, Bocchi-Madala should wander intothis game without much trouble..¨2lechcold: mecz skoˆ–czy siˆ“ 16:14 dla naslechcold: wynik chyba lepszy niz gralechcold: i jak na historiˆ“ naszych potyczek zeSzwedami -ca´‡kiem niez´‡yleao: hell take his 8 tricks and runsybarra: do we have link to scores/standings?xenya: well done indeedoosmanb: Grazie a tuttiady: safety play in hearts make sure not to losefinesse to stiff king..¨5..¨Kady: thx allvugraphznv: bye allady: byeahollan1: thanksvugraphznv: back in 45 min


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jaapfr: 40-36=16-14 for Poland..¨9..¨6..♣A..♣2sybarra: http://www.wkbridge2011.com/en/live/scorebord-bermuda-bowloosmanb: Ty Anders and Vladimirvugraphznv: thx for watching all, cu tomorrowat 10.30oosmanb: and ofcourse Janvugraphznv: bye all -- back here from Veldhovenin 1hour 24 minutesxenya: thanks Oosman -- and Jan -- and Andersxenya: thanks everyone


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