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Daily Bulletin

Editor: Mark Horton / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francesca CanaliPhotographer : Arianna Testa

TUESDAY,JUNE 13 2017

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After a day which featured a number of comeback victories we know that the semifinals of the Mixed Teams will see Mnepo, originally seeded 34 take on the number 1 seeds, Zimmermann, while Sakr who were seeded 14 face Rosenthal who were seeded 5.

With so many World Champions on display today we should see some sparkling bridge as they compete for the first major title to be decided.

All four teams have been in excellent form, so predicting a winner would be a taking a considerable risk. Zimmermann are the favourites, but they will have to be at their best. It should be a great day and you can see every deal on BBO.

Congratulations to team Isoard, Nicole Curetti, Michelle Isoard, Jean Le Poder & Michel Romieu who won the Board-a-Match Teams.

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TODAY'S SCHEDULEMIXED TEAMS KO10.30 - 12.30 SemiFinals12.45 - 14.45 SemiFinals15.45 - 17.45 Finals18.00 - 20.00 FinalsMIXED PAIRS10.30 - 20.00

Semifinals

Michel Romieu, Michelle Isoard, EBL President Yves Aubry, Nicole Curetti, Jean Le Poder

A view of the Bridge p. 2

Championship Diary p. 3

Helgeness vs Pszczola p. 4

Takk vs Blue Note p. 7

Fornaciari vs De Botton p. 9

Mixed Stories from Round 8 p. 12

Not Their Day p. 16

An Actual Biltcliffe Coup? p. 19

Rosenthal vs Pszczola p. 20

The Silly Bidding Department p. 23

La Pagina Italiana p. 27

BAM Rosters p. 28

Results p. 30

20.30 Prize Giving

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Bracket p. 31

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8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy

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A VIEW OF THE BRIDGEThe EBL have appointed David Bird, Bill Jacobs, Larry Cohen, Graham Osborne, Mark Horton and Roland Wald to act as BBO commentators. They may be joined from time to time by Jon Cooke and Stephen Kennedy.These are the assignments for the second day of the Championships:

Mixed Teams KO - Tuesday 13 JuneSF-1 BBO1 OR: Stephen Kennedy - Roland WaldSF-1 BBO2 OR: David Bird - Mark HortonSF-2 BBO1 OR: Stephen Kennedy - Roland WaldF-1 BBO1 OR: David Bird - Mark HortonF-2 BBO1 OR: Larry Cohen - Roland Wald

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VIDEO CORNER

Mark Horton

If you have a moment you might like to see exactly who is competing at these Championships by going to the EBL website. For example you might like to see who will contest the Open Teams - just go to:

http://db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/17montecatini/Reg/ParticipantsTeams.asp?qtournid=1401

where you will discover that there are currently 118 teams (with 545 players) from 39 countries.

The team events are seeded, but it is by no means an easy task to get right. Team Mnepo, convincing winners of the Mixed Qualifying were seeded 34, runners up Wilson 16 and third placed Berksma 21. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you cannot possibly qualify if your original seeding is low - Puillet were 58, Blue Note 38, Taak 26, Lara 24, Emmer 47 and mirabile dictu, Semerci 90.

If you are checking out the Championship Videos watch out for a shadowy figure who sometimes makes an appearance. A prize if you are the first to guess his identity.

Suppose your side bids 1}-1{-3{. What do you imagine is your partner's most likely shape?

To discover the answer you will have to read Micke Melander's report on Round 10. If you have any entries for the Ministry of Silly Bidding department don't hesitate to report them to Micke.

This year the Press Room is located in the same office as the Daily Bulletin. Journalists and anyone wishing to join the International Press Association are welcome to call upon the manager, Jan Swaan.

When Kiki Ward-Platt found her team trailing 18-52 to Ferm at half time in their round of 16 encounter she returned to the Hotel fearing the worst. When, to her delight she saw her troops stage a magnificent comeback on BBO in the second half she decided to return immediately to congratulate them. She jumped into her car, but then realised she was not quite sure of how to reach the venue. She called a taxi, told him to drive to the venue and making sure she did not loose sight of him thereby added a new dimension to the phrase 'follow that cab'!

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Ram Soffer

Two teams involving many well-known names met in the fourth round at Table 3 for an entertaining, high-scoring match.

Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 9 ] 6 3 { 7 6 5 4 2 } Q 10 8 6 5 [ J 10 8 4 2 [ A K Q 5 3 ] K J 10 ] 9 8 { A 8 { K Q 10 } A 7 4 } K J 9 [ 7 6 ] A Q 7 5 4 2 { J 9 3 } 3 2 West North East South Helgemo Pszczola Larsson S.-Molson Pass 1[ Pass 2NT Pass 3{ Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4[ All Pass The East-West hands are essentially a 50% slam

depending on a heart guess. Should South overcall in hearts, the percentages go up significantly, but at this table Seamon-Molson, South for team Pszczola, kept quiet. Larsson-Helgemo had a free run at a Jacoby-2NT auction, and they stopped somewhat cautiously at game after West failed to cuebid at his third turn. South had both missing heart honours so this was always going to be +480.

West North East South Welland T. Helness Auken G. Helness Pass 1} 1] 3] Pass 4NT All Pass

Welland-Auken were the only pair playing an artificial system in this match. Their 1} opening includes all unbalanced club hands as well as all balanced hands in the 11-13 and 17-19 ranges (other NT ranges are covered by their 1NT/2}/2NT openings). Those balanced hands may include 5-card majors and 5422 shapes. After South’s one-level intervention, the jump-cuebid, according to their system demanded East bid (showing a stopper). Therefore Auken’s 4NT bid describes a 17-

19 balanced hand, and Welland evaluated his hand as not good enough for any further move. An interesting question would be whether Auken could bid a natural 3[ over 3]. Something looks amiss when spades are not mentioned at all, despite both partners holding five cards. That was +490 and no swing.

Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ J 9 3 ] K Q 6 { A Q 8 6 4 } Q 6 [ K 4 2 [ Q 8 7 6 ] A 8 4 3 ] 10 9 2 { 5 { 9 } 10 9 8 4 3 } A K 7 5 2 [ A 10 5 ] J 7 5 { K J 10 7 3 2 } J

West North East South Helgemo Pszczola Larsson S. -Molson Pass 1{ Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass Seamon-Molson opened 1{ with a hand which

might be considered a weak-two by more conservative standards. Later 3{ showed an absolute minimum, but her partner had no option but to bid on to what transpired to be a hopeless game. The defenders could take the first six tricks. Even after the normal }2 lead gifted declarer with a cheap trick, he could not come to nine tricks, North-South -100.

West North East South Welland T. Helness Auken G. Helness Pass Pass Pass 1NT 2} 3} 3NT Dble 4} 4{ All Pass

South’s initial pass paid off when she was able to transfer to diamonds over the 2} DONT overcall by East. Eventually she bought the contract at 4{ and North did well not to raise despite the big fit, as the rest of his hand was poor. 4{ was just right (+130), and team Helgeness jumped to a 6-0 lead, which was short-lived, due to the following bidding disaster.

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Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ 8 2 ] J 10 9 8 4 3 2 { 7 } J 4 3 [ K Q 9 6 [ A 10 3 ] A ] K 7 { 10 5 4 3 { 8 6 2 } A 10 9 6 } Q 8 7 5 2 [ J 7 5 4 ] Q 6 5 { A K Q J 9 } K

West North East South Helgemo Pszczola Larsson S.-Molson 1{ Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass Pass Dble All Pass Perhaps overcalling 1[ with 4 cards could have

avoided later trouble, but according to Helgemo’s judgement this was not right, and he preferred to double 2] for takeout after passing twice. His partner wondered what sort of a takeout double this could be with only one unbid suit. Still, a penalty double was even more unlikely, considering her hand. Her expected bid of 3} would have pushed N/S to 3] which should be 1 down (indeed, at most tables this board finished with a plus score to E/W). Instead she passed. Two hearts doubled was always making easily, but insult was added to injury when declarer led ]9 and East rose with ]K. North-South +570.

West North East South Welland T. Helness Auken G. Helness 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2] Dbl Pass 3} 3{ Pass 3] 3NT Pass 4} All Pass

Seamon-Molson opened an off-shape 1NT, and this time the takeout double of 2] was properly understood. Later Auken made a highly aggressive 3NT competitive call, turning a potential plus into a certain minus in 4}. Of course 3NT is off five diamond tricks, so that would not have come home today.

At the table Welland bid 4}. South led her three top diamonds. North discarded two spades and got a spade ruff as the setting trick. Later declarer guessed trumps right to limit the damage to -100. Not a great result for the German pair, but it sufficed for a 10-IMP swing.

Over the next two boards Welland-Auken continued to bid aggressively, in both cases competing to three hearts while their teammates were allowed to play two spades. On board 4 this did not go well, turning plus 200 into minus 100, but on board 5 it was worth 2 IMPs back, turning plus 100 into plus 170. At that point Helgeness had a minimal lead of 13-12, but then came two big boards for their opponents.

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Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ K J 5 ] K J 7 3 2 { J 10 9 } Q 4 [ Q 10 6 [ 8 7 4 3 ] Q 10 6 ] A 8 5 { K 8 7 4 { 5 2 } A 10 8 } J 6 3 2 [ A 9 2 ] 9 4 { A Q 6 3 } K 9 7 5

West North East South Helgemo Pszczola Larsson S.-Molson Pass 1{ Pass 1] Pass 1NT Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass North invited with 11, South accepted with 13. Helgemo

led [6 taken by South’s [9, perhaps not such a great start for declarer since dummy was becoming short of entries. The next two tricks went ]4-10-J ducked and {9, ducked as well. As a result, when Helgemo eventually took the {10 with his {K, dummy entries were scarce and declarer gave up trying to establish hearts, instead playing a club after winning her [A.

The }Q was followed by {AQ and [K. Four cards remained, and Helgemo correctly kept }A 10 and ]Q 6. Had his partner kept }J 6 and ]A 8, the defence would have prevailed, but at this point Larsson made a costly error, baring her ]A. Now a small heart from dummy insured that the last trick would be won by dummy’s ]K.

That was an exciting +400, worth 7 IMPs as at the other table North-South stayed low and scored +120.

Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. [ K Q 10 8 3 2 ] J { 9 8 7 5 4 } 4 [ A J 7 4 [ 5 ] K 6 ] A Q 10 7 5 3 { K J 10 2 { Q } A K 3 } J 8 7 6 5 [ 9 6 ] 9 8 4 2 { A 6 3 } Q 10 9 2

West North East South Helgemo Pszczola Larsson S.-Molson Pass 2} 2[ 3] Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 5NT Pass 6} All Pass Helgemo’s 2} opening included a strong balanced

option, not game forcing. Larsson showed a heart-club two suiter and cuebid 4[ after her partner’s 4] bid. There followed 5NT – pick a slam. Larsson inferred that her partner was not utterly convinced that hearts were the best trump suit. However, the suit quality of her hearts was much better, and her 6} call was dubious at best. South was happy not to double and collect +200.

West North East South Welland T. Helness Auken G. Helness Pass 1} 3[ 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 5{ Pass 5[ Pass 6] All Pass

For the second time in the match, the artificial 1} opener’s second call was 4NT. This time it was a keycard ask after his partner transferred to hearts, and 6] was duly reached. Fortunately for E/W, their opponent’s 3[ call gave them no room to show clubs. In the play, West’s diamonds were just good enough to dispose of declarer’s three club losers, and East’s ]10 was good enough to prevent a trump loser. Plus 1430 and a whopping 17 IMPs to team Pszczola, which assured them of a big win. The final margin was 16.97-3.03.TEAM PSZCZOLA

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Ron Tacchi

Yesterday I reported on Takk when they won a match, scoring 64 unanswered IMPs; could they do the same on the second day? After six rounds they were lying fifth, with their opponents one place behind them. Team Takk are from Japan whereas the line up for Blue Note is two Poles and a couple of French.

Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ 8 6 2 ] K 9 { 6 5 } A J 10 8 6 4 [ K J 10 7 4 [ A 9 ] 10 8 7 4 ] 6 5 3 2 { 8 2 { A J 10 9 } 7 3 } Q 5 2 [ Q 5 3 ] A Q J { K Q 7 4 3 } K 9

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Furuta Rossard Nishimura Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Once East passed, South opened a standard 15-17 no-trump and was raised to game. West started with a spade and that was the first six tricks for the defence.

Closed Room West North East South Miyakuni A Jagniewski Miyakuni M Brewiak 1{ 1NT 2{* 3NT All Pass

This time West started with his partner’s suit. East took his ace and continued with the jack. South took the king and played the }9, which ran round to East’s queen. Decision time for East, but not having second sight and with West not having a chance to make a decisive signal, he chose to continue with a diamond. So now not only was declarer home, but with an overtrick. 13 IMPs to Blue Note.

Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. [ A 9 7 ] A Q 10 8 3 { A Q 8 } Q 2 [ 8 6 4 [ 10 5 3 ] 6 ] 9 2 { K 10 9 7 { 6 5 4 2 } K J 9 8 6 } A 7 5 4 [ K Q J 2 ] K J 7 5 4 { J 3 } 10 3

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Furuta Rossard Nishimura 1] Pass 4] All Pass

In my book South is a little too strong for a raise to Four Hearts (which play as somewhat preemptive).

Obviously North did not expect such a great hand opposite, as he made no move to slam this. Looks to be a good move, as the slam has two top losers in clubs. A heart lead allowed declarer to make two overtricks when the diamond finesse was successful.

Closed Room West North East South Miyakuni A Jagniewski Miyakuni M Brewiak 1] Pass 2}* Pass 3}* Pass 3]* Pass 4] Pass 6] All Pass

3} 17-19 points

South showed a much stronger hand than on the other table with her Two Clubs bid and after the artificial Three Clubs bid confirmed her heart support. Surprisingly, perhaps, North made no further move but South chanced the slam. By avoiding a cue-bidding sequence East was left in the dark as to what to lead. When the choice was a diamond declarer could claim twelve tricks straight away for another 13 IMPs to Blue Note.

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Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. [ J 10 9 ] J 10 6 4 { 6 } A J 10 8 3 [ 6 3 2 [ A K Q 8 7 5 4 ] K Q 9 3 ] 8 7 { Q 5 { J } 7 5 4 2 } Q 9 6 [ — ] A 5 2 { A K 10 9 8 7 4 3 2 } K

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Furuta Rossard Nishimura 1{ Pass 1] 1[ Dble Pass 1NT 2[ 3NT All Pass

There is an adage about not putting down an eight-card suit when you are dummy. Maybe it does not hold for a nine-card suit. When East repeats her spades after the 1NT bid of North, South must have doubts about the quality of North’s spade stop. Also, is there not a chance of a diamond slam? If you give North the king of hearts then the grand slam is close to laydown. However, South chose to bid 3NT. East did not have any difficulty in cashing the first six tricks to take the contract two off.

Closed Room West North East South Miyakuni A Jagniewski Miyakuni M Brewiak 1{ Pass 1] 4[ 5{ All Pass

South did not have the chance to bid 3NT so had to settle for Five Diamonds which made on the nose. Another 14 IMPs to Blue Note.

Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. [ J 9 8 ] 10 8 6 4 { Q J 9 3 } J 5 [ A 7 4 [ 6 5 3 ] Q J 5 2 ] K 9 3 { A 10 5 { 8 7 } A K 2 } Q 9 8 7 3 [ K Q 10 2 ] A 7 { K 6 4 2 } 10 6 4

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Furuta Rossard Nishimura 1} Pass 2} 2[ 3NT All Pass

North led the [8, for the queen from South. West obviously believed that after the overcall South had at least a five-card spade suit. Examine the spade suit in detail. Firstly, who has the jack? Unless South is playing a deep game it is most probably North, unless South has a six-card suit and is attempting to deceive declarer. Should North hold the jack would he not lead that card from J8 doubleton? It implies South overcalled on a four-card suit or has a six-card suit. Either way it does not gain to hold up the ace of spades as if South is wide awake, will switch to a diamond. This is what happened at the table. Now the contract fails as the defence takes three diamonds, one spade and the ace of hearts.

Closed Room West North East South Miyakuni A Jagniewski Miyakuni M Brewiak 1} Pass 1]* 1[ 3] All Pass

1] was not alerted by West.Though playing in a Moysian fit with the trumps

splitting 4-2 accurate declarer play brought home the contract with an overtrick and six much needed IMPs for Takk.

At the end of the match Blue Note had won by 51-7, or 19.66 VPs.

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Barry Rigal

The match between Fornaciari and de Botton saw two teams who needed several things to go well to get into qualifying position. With three matches to go, 40 VP would probably just be enough to make it – or at least be very close.

Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. [ A 9 7 2 ] Q 8 4 3 2 { A 10 } Q 6 [ K 6 4 [ Q 10 8 5 ] J ] K 10 7 6 { K J 8 7 5 3 { 2 } A J 3 } 9 7 5 2 [ J 3 ] A 9 5 { Q 9 6 4 } K 10 8 4

West North East South Lauria Sandqvist Morgantini Brock Pass 1{ 1] Pass 2{ Pass 2] All pass

Sandqvist received a diamond lead to the jack and ace, and immediately returned the suit. Morgantini discarded an encouraging spade (understandable but not best) and Lauria returned the ]J, which cleared up one of declarer’s guesses. This went to the queen, king and ace, and Sandqvist ducked a spade. Morgantini tried to kill the ruff, by leading ]10 and another heart, but lost her natural trump trick in the process. Sandqvist won the nine, and led a club. When Lauria ducked his ace (it would not have helped him to win since that gives

declarer the entry to the diamonds) Sandqvist won his }Q, drew the trump, and ducked a spade for eight tricks. Nicely done, but only 2IMPs when 2{ by West went down one after Fornaciari had doubled 1{ rather than overcall in the other room.

On the second deal Brock ducked a queen from queen-third in an attempt to persuade Lauria to repeat a finesse in what was actually a cold game – but unluckily for her, declarer was unable to repeat the finesse since he had begun with a singleton. That made it 4-1, but De Botton added to their lead on the next deal.

Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ K Q J 10 8 7 6 ] K 4 { Q 10 6 4 } — [ 9 [ A 5 2 ] Q 10 7 3 ] A 9 6 5 { 7 2 { K J 8 } A K 10 8 3 2 } J 7 5 [ 4 3 ] J 8 2 { A 9 5 3 } Q 9 6 4

West North East South Lauria Sandqvist Morgantini Brock 1[ Pass 1NT 2} 4[ All Pass

Both tables reached 4[ but Bertheau led a diamond, Morgantini a low club. Which defence do you think was better placed? Well, when Bertheau led a diamond Baroni drove out the [A, ruffed the club return, knocked out the {K, and was eventually forced to play a heart to the king. Down one.

In the other room Morgantini, who had paused for some while in the auction over 4[, led a club of course, won the spade ace and innocently exited in clubs. Declarer ruffed again, drew the last trump, and led a diamond towards the nine. Had West ducked, declarer would have put in the nine, ruffed a club, and played {A and another diamond to endplay West to lead hearts. So she split her honours, and Sandqvist won the ace, ruffed a club, and advanced the {10. To set the game West must fly up with the king and return a diamond; maybe you should do that, but she can hardly be blamed for missing the point of the deal. 12 IMPs to de Botton, leading 14-1.

FORNACIARI vs DE BOTTON

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Both N/S pairs then tempted fate at the three-level, down two against their opponents’ partscore, but no swing.

Board 15. Dealer South. North/South Vul. [ Q J 7 ] 4 { K Q J 6 2 } Q J 10 9 [ A 9 5 [ K 10 8 6 3 ] 10 7 6 5 3 ] A 8 2 { A 9 5 { 8 3 } K 4 } 7 6 3 [ 4 2 ] K Q J 9 { 10 7 4 } A 8 5 2

West North East South Lauria Sandqvist Morgantini Brock Pass1] Pass 2] All pass

Sandqvist took a remarkably passive approach on this deal by comparison to some of the earlier calls he had found in this match. While I can understand not overcalling at your first turn, doubling or bidding 2NT at the second turn looks relatively normal to me. Of course he was right in a practical sense – which is maybe all that matters, but the same contract was reached in the other room, albeit by a different route.

Both defences led a top diamond, ducked and shifted to clubs. Both Souths took the ace and went back to diamonds. At this point 2] looks hopeless, but in fact South fell from grace in the closed room when declarer played three rounds of spades, and ruffed in, effectively concertinaing one spade and trump trick. By now the lead was 18-1 for de Botton.

On the next deal both Souths, with very little excuse, let through a vulnerable game by discarding the setting trick when they pitched a club in a suit that was originally divided

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(At the table I was watching Lauria as West ran five of his seven trumps, discarding the club six from dummy to tempt his RHO into indiscretion, and as Oscar Wilde might have said, South could resist everything except temptation.)

Both N/S stayed out of a delicate and non-making slam, leaving it 19-1 for De Botton with three deals to go. Then the sky fell in.

Board 18. Dealer East. North/South Vul. [ 6 5 ] K J 9 5 4 { K 6 2 } K 9 6 [ K J 9 7 4 2 [ A Q 10 3 ] A Q 7 ] 10 8 { A { 8 4 } Q 7 2 } A 10 8 5 4 [ 8 ] 6 3 2 { Q J 10 9 7 5 3 } J 3

West North East South Lauria Sandqvist Morgantini Brock Pass Pass 1[ Pass 3]* Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 6[ All Pass*8-11 four trumps

Sandqvist correctly diagnosed that Lauria had no club control, but even so, an opening trump lead looks absolutely automatic to me, with your red kings looking so well placed. His low club lead was immediately fatal, and Lauria emerged with 13 tricks a moment later.

In the other room they played game making 11 tricks, so this was a double disaster. In 6[ the normal and failing play would be to lead low to the queen then back to the A-10, which is basically a 75% line for one loser (you may need the heart finesse against a 4-1 break).

That made it 19-12 and Fornaciari closed the gap to 19-15 with a somewhat fortuitous five-level sacrifice for 500 against a vulnerable game that needed a couple of mildly favourable breaks, and got them.

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Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. [ A K 8 6 5 3 2 ] — { K 9 7 3 } K 4 [ J 7 [ 4 ] K 10 4 2 ] 9 6 5 3 { A J 8 5 { 6 4 } 7 3 2 } A J 10 9 6 5 [ Q 10 9 ] A Q J 8 7 { Q 10 2 } Q 8

Open Room West North East South Lauria Sandqvist Morgantini Brock 1[ Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4[ Pass 6[ All pass

Sandqvist assumed from the 4[ call that South had no red ace, and thus had to have the }A to make up a two over one. A jump to 4[ to show either a minimum raise or a minimum hand with values concentrated in

the major, if you prefer, would have done the trick here. Brock thought a cuebid here would have shown extras – but of course had she taken that action, Blackwood would have let Sandqvist play 5[ -- whether he would have made it is not so clear since it seems to hinge on finding the {J. In the other room they made only 620, but still 13 IMPs for Fornaciari, who had come from behind to win 28-19.

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Jos Jacobs

With the cut approaching, the field had already been bunching together. It would get more and more frenetic around the 16th spot, with quite a lot of teams staying in contention until the final board of Round 10. Below, you will find a few highlights, both positive and negative, from various matches in Round 8,

We will start with board 11, the first board from the Mnepo-Blue Note march.

Board: 11. Dealer South. None Vul. [ A 9 7 2 ] Q 8 4 3 2 { A 10 } Q 6 [ K 6 4 [ Q 10 8 5 ] J ] K 10 7 6 { K J 8 7 5 3 { 2 } A J 3 } 9 7 5 2 [ J 3 ] A 9 5 {Q 9 6 4 } K 10 8 4

West North East South Monod Matushko Mauberquez Gulevich - - - 1NT Dble Rdbl 2} Dble 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3{ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Against South’s 10-12 NT, E/W were soon in trouble. 2} was ambiguous but 2] confirmed the majors. There was no way back, however, for E/W as either opponent would axe any further effort from them. Down three, Mnepo +500.

West North East South Rudakov Jagniewski Rudakova Brewiak Pass 1{ 1] Pass 2{ Pass 2] All Pass

South’s 2{ showed a good heart raise. When South did not open, N/S could reach their

proper contract in peace. Nine tricks, +140 to Blue Note after some uninspired defence, but the first 8 IMPs to Mnepo.

Two boards later, there were a few accidents.

Board: 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ K Q J 10 8 7 6 ] K 4 { Q 10 6 4 } -- [ 9 [ A 5 2 ] Q 10 7 3 ] A 9 6 5 { 7 2 { K J 8 } A K 10 8 3 2 } J 7 5 [ 4 3 ] J 8 2 { A 9 5 3 } Q 9 6 4

As you can see, there are 11 tricks available in hearts if West is the declarer, but only on a virtually impossible double-dummy line: win the [A, cash the ]A and run the }J.

In the Mnepo-Blue Note match, neither team came anywhere near 11 tricks:

West North East South Monod Matushko Mauberquez Gulevich 1[ Dble Pass 3] All Pass

Declarer won the [A and played ]A and another. North won perforce and continued spades, declarer ruffing. When declarer then drew the last trump and misguessed diamonds, he had to lose two more tricks after North came in with his {Q. It did not matter that much as the contract was still made. Blue Note +140.

West North East South Rudakov Jagniewski Rudakova Brewiak 1[ Dble Pass 2[ 3[ Pass Pass 4] 4[ Dble Pass 5} Pass 5] All Pass

Once West showed some sort of two-suiter, E/W eventually insisted on playing the hand themselves. Declarer made a good start by winning the spade lead and playing a heart from dummy to his ten and North’s king. North continued a spade for declarer to ruff; but now declarer elected to lead a diamond to dummy’s king -- thus losing control, since North would later be able to win the {Q . As South, after winning the {A returned a sneaky low club for North to ruff,

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the contract eventually went down three. Nobody had doubled but +300 and +140 still was worth a 10-IMP swing to Blue Note.

On board 16, there were swings in virtually every match.

Board: 16. Dealer West/EW [ 7 3 2 ] K Q J 6 { J 6 5 } A 8 2 [ A K Q 9 8 6 4 [ 5 ] 10 ] A 9 8 3 2 { 3 { Q 9 8 7 4 } J 10 7 4 } Q 6 [ J 10 ] 7 5 4 { A K 10 2 } K 9 5 3

4[ on the lead of the ]K was the popular contract but half the South players involved managed to let through this contract when they prematurely discarded their 4th club. Not that easy to defend correctly when West opens 4[. However after a top heart lead does South really need to keep more than two diamonds – especially when North discards a diamond relatively early?

Board 18 was a matter of correctly handling a specific suit combination.

Board: 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ 6 5 ] K J 9 5 4 { K 6 2 } K 9 6[ K J 9 7 4 2 [ A Q 10 3] A Q 7 ] 10 8{ A { 8 4} Q 7 2 } A 10 8 5 4 [ 8 ] 6 3 2 { Q J 10 9 7 5 3 } J 3

Four of our featured E/W pairs were in 6[. Here are their respective auctions.

Mnepo v. Blue Note West North East South Rudakov Jagniewski Rudakova Brewiak 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 4{ Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5] Pass 6[ All Pass

This was a Precision-style auction, Rudakova, East for Mnepo, eventually showing 4-2-2-5 and two keycards after the 4{ cuebid and the 4NT RKCB. Declarer tackled the club problem by cashing }A and another. Just made, Mnepo +980.

In the Microchiroptera v. Emmer match, E/W for Emmer bid like this:

West North East South Schippers McCallum Stienen McIntosh 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2[ Pass 4{ Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5[ Pass 5NT Pass 6[ All Pass

Another Precision-style sequence, this time with two keycards and the [Q.

René Stienen found another way to play the clubs for one loser. Queen from dummy to king and ace, cross in trumps and play a club to the eight. Emmer +980 as well.

Please note that both these declarers avoided the lethal heart lead.

In the Rosenthal v. Pszczoła encounter, both tables reached the slam with West as declarer. Excellent work!

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In their Open Room, this was the auction;

West North East South S.-Molson Migry Pszczoła Willenken 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 3} Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5[ Pass 6[ All Pass

On a trump lead, Seamon-Molson made her contract by later playing the }A and another. Pszczoła +980.

West North East South Michielsen Auken Upmark Welland Pass Pass 1[ Pass 2NT Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4NT Pass 5[ Pass 6[ All Pass

Another good sequence in the Closed Room. 2NT established spades as trumps and 3[ showed diamond shortness. They too had placed the contract in the proper hand. Marion Michielsen also was the only player of the four mentioned in my report to adopt the correct line in clubs: low to the queen and then low from dummy to the ten. So their excellent bidding effort was to no avail, as she was also the only one of our four declarers to go down.

Needless to say there were a number of other declarers who went down by playing the clubs correctly.

The penultimate board proved a difficult proposition after all.

In the Rosenthal v. Pszczoła match game was missed at both tables. In the Mnepo v. Blue Note match, par was reached as both N/S pairs sacrificed in 5], down three doubled.

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Here are the other two matches:

Microchiroptera v. Emmer

Board: 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ 10 3 ] 10 8 6 3 { 7 3 } Q 10 8 4 2 [ 9 [ K Q J 7 6 5 4 ] 9 5 ] J 4 { K Q J 8 5 4 { A 6 } A K 7 6 } 5 3 [ A 8 2 ] A K Q 7 2 { 10 9 2 } J 9

West North East South Schippers McCallum Stienen McIntosh 1] 2{ 3] 3[ Pass 4} Dble 4[ Dble All Pass

A sound E/W auction to the proper contract. It seems to me that North’s premature double of 4} rather wrong-footed South. There was nothing the defence could do. Emmer +790.

West North East South Smederevac Ter Laare Wernle Molle 1NT 3{ All Pass

This looks very much like a bidding misunderstanding to me. If 3{ is constructive, then why not show your spades as East? Nine tricks, Microchiroptera +110 but 12 IMPs to Emmer to lose the match by 32-36 only, still 11.50 – 8.50 V.P. to Microchiroptera.

In the Berksma v. Puillet match, the French E/W were even more aggressive;

West North East South Franceschetti J Jansma Huberschw. A Jansma 1] 2{ 3] 4[ All Pass

The fastest way to the proper contract. Puillet +650 when the defenders did not cash both their heart tricks.

At the other table, David Berkowitz was a little cautious:

West North East South Dana B. Puillet David B. Robert 1NT 3{ Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4{ All Pass

Ten tricks, Berksma +130 but 11 IMPs to Puillet to reduce their loss to 20-36 or 15.05 – 4.95 V.P. to Berksma.

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Brent Manley

In any competitive endeavor, there are days when all goes well and you win in a walk – and days when it’s the opponents who cruise. On Sunday, in the ninth qualifying round of the Mixed Teams, it was the Andrew Rosenthal team (USA, Sweden, Netherlands) who had all the fun against Blue Note, a French-Polish squad.

The first board of the match foretold doom for Blue Note.

Board 21. Dealer North N/S Vul. [ 9 ] 10 7 6 4 { K 6 } K Q J 7 4 3 [ K J 8 7 6 [ A 10 ] 9 5 ] A K J 8 2 { Q J 9 { 10 5 3 } A 9 6 } 8 5 2 [ Q 5 4 3 2 ] Q 3 { A 8 7 4 2 } 10

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Upmark Rossard Michielsen Pass 1] Pass1[ 2} Pass PassDble Pass 2] All Pass

Marion Michielsen started with the }10, ducked by declarer, Martine Rossard. Johan Upmark won with the }J and continued with the }K, Michielsen pitching the {2. Rossard won the }A and played a heart to the jack, taken by Michielsen with the queen. She played a low spade to declarer’s ace, which was followed by the ]A and ]K. Declarer then played a diamond to dummy’s queen and Upmark’s king. He cashed the }Q and ]10, then played a diamond to his partner’s ace for one down. At the other table:

Closed Room West North East South Willenken Jagniewski Migry Brewiak Pass 1] 1[Pass 2} Pass 2{Dble All Pass

This did not work out well for Grazyna Brewiak. Chris Willenken started with the {Q, taken by declarer with the ace. She played the }10, taken by Willenken with the ace. He shifted to the ]9, taken by Migry Zur-Campanile with the ace. The ]K felled declarer’s queen and the ]J was continued. Brewiak ruffed low, Willenken discarding a spade. Brewiak played a diamond to dummy’s king and pitched spades on the }K and }Q. Declarer pitched another spade on a club, but Willenken ruffed, at which point declarer conceded three down for minus 800.

Curiously, if the play on BBO was accurately recorded, it appeared declarer – holding {8 7 with only the {10 out – had at least one more trick. At any rate, that was 13 IMPs to Rosenthal.

The score was 14-1 for Rosenthal after three boards and the fourth deal brought more good news for the team.

Board 24. Dealer West None Vul. [ Q 8 6 5 ] A Q 9 6 { 10 6 5 } 9 4 [ 10 9 7 3 2 [ J 4 ] 8 ] K 10 7 4 2 { A K 8 4 2 { J 9 3 } 7 2 } K 10 6 [ A K ] J 5 3 { Q 7 } A Q J 8 5 3

Closed Room West North East South Willenken Jagniewski Migry Brewiak Pass Pass Pass 1} 1{ 1[* 2{ 3} All Pass

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Willenken led the {K, switching to the ]8 at trick two. Brewiak played low from dummy, Migry won the ]K and gave her partner a heart ruff. Willenken cashed the {A and played a diamond to his partner’s jack. Declarer ruffed but could not get to dummy for a club finesse. It did not matter of course: she needed two entries to dummy to avoid a trump loser. The result was one down for minus 50.

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At the other table, Michielsen played astutely to bring home a difficult contract.

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Upmark Rossard Michielsen 2[* Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass2[ Weak, two-suited hand (spades and another).

Jerzy Romanowski began the defense with a low diamond, Michielsen playing low from dummy and taking East’s 9 with the queen. The heart suit might provide two entries to dummy for club finesses, but with the bidding in mind, Michielsen rejected that idea. She cashed her two spades, played a heart to the ace and a club to the queen. She gave her next move some thought before playing the {7 from hand. Romanowski also took some time before playing. If Michielsen had started with {Q J 7, playing low would allow declarer another entry to dummy to cash the [Q and take another club finesse. The other consideration, of course, was that if he won the {K and cashed three more tricks in the suit, Romanowski would be left with only spades and the club. No matter which suit he played, declarer would get a second club finesse to make her contract.

As the cards lay, playing low would have allowed Rossard to win the jack, cash the ]K and play a third diamond to give the defenders five tricks.

Romanowski, however, played the {K, followed by the {A. After cashing his diamonds, he led a club

and declarer could claim plus 400 for a 10-IMP swing, making it 24-1 for Rosenthal (this precise bidding and play was duplicated by Sylvia Shi for the Mahaffey team).

This board was another tough one for Blue Note.

Board 27. Dealer South None Vul. [ J ] 10 9 8 { 7 6 3 2 } 10 6 5 4 2 [ A K 6 4 [ Q 10 3 2 ] A K 5 4 ] J 6 { K 5 { A Q 9 8 4 } A K Q } 8 7 [ 9 8 7 5 ] Q 7 3 2 { J 10 } J 9 3

Closed Room West North East South Willenken Jagniewski Migry Brewiak 2} Pass 2{ Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 5NT Pass 6} Pass 6NT All Pass

Willenken had no difficulty taking 13 tricks for plus 1020. At the other table, Romanowski and Rossard bid to a cold grand slam but fell short in the play.

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Upmark Rossard Michielsen 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3} Pass 3NT Pass 4{ Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 5NT Pass 7[ All Pass

Upmark started with the {7: 8, 10, king. Declarer pulled trumps, ending in dummy, then cashed three rounds of clubs. At trick nine, Romanowski played a diamond to dummy’s 9, apparently thinking North had led the {7 from three or four to the jack. It was Michielsen, however, who held that card and the grand slam was one down. The 14-IMP swing put Rosenthal ahead 39-1.

The misery continued when Romanowski and Rossard landed in 3], three down for minus 300 while their teammates were one off in 3{ for minus 100. That was 9 more IMPs to Rosenthal.

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This was the final board of the match.

Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul. [ A K 8 ] K Q 2 { 9 5 2 } A J 5 2 [ 10 9 6 2 [ 4 3 ] J 4 ] 9 5 3 { J 7 6 { A K Q 10 8 3 } K Q 7 3 } 10 6 [ Q J 7 5 ] A 10 8 7 6 { 4 } 9 8 4

Open Room West North East South Romanowski Upmark Rossard Michielsen Pass PassPass 1NT Pass 2}Pass 2{ Dble 2]Pass 3] Pass 4]All Pass

Romanowski and Rossard apparently do not have an opening weak 2{ bid in their agreements, so Upmark and Michielsen had an easy time getting to the heart game. There was not much to the play and Michielsen scored up plus 450.

Closed Room West North East South Willenken Jagniewski Migry Brewiak 2{ Pass3} Pass 3] Pass4{ All Pass

The defense was accurate. Brewiak started with the [Q, overtaken by Rafal Jagniewski with the king to switch to a trump. Migry took the {A and played a club to the king and ace. Another trump came back, and when declarer played a heart to dummy’s jack, Jagniewski won and played a third round of trumps. Migry was three down for minus 150, but it was a 7-IMP gain. The final score was 55-1 for Rosenthal.

The good news for Blue Note is that the team rebounded in the final qualifying round to win 45-15 against Cornell Jacob NZ to move up to ninth place, easily qualifying for the knockout stage.

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Herman De Wael

The name Biltcliffe Coup was coined by David Bird. It consists of five (or six) elements:

a) they stop in a partscore;b) you reopen the bidding;c) they press on to game;d) you double them;e) they make the contract.

The sixth element is that you misdefend, but this one is optional.

The name is usually awarded as a demerit to the defender who reopens, but might it be an active tactic for their opponents as well?

This happened in the Board-a-Match encounter between Belgium and a Chinese team:

Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul.

[ K J 9 7 3 ] 10 { 9 7 5 2 } Q 9 5 [ 6 [ 10 8 5 4 ] Q J 5 3 2 ] A K 8 { Q 10 4 3 { A 6 } A 10 2 } K J 8 3 [ A Q 2 ] 9 7 6 4 { K J 8 } 7 6 4

West North East South V.Labaere A.Labahre Pass Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2{* Pass 2] Pass Pass ?! 2[ Pass Pass 3] Pass 4] Dble Pass Pass Pass

We can hardly blame North for the reopening. South then knew there were two possibilities: either his teammates were not in game, in which case his double could not bring (or lose) anything, or they had also bid the game – probably without showing the doubt he had been informed of. So the contract was more likely to go down than not, and the double would bring in a much-needed point in the BAM tournament.

Both tables scored 12 tricks however, so the 2 points went to China.

Can we imagine that West was trying something? How likely is any player to reopen after you stop in 2]? Is that probability higher after they've both denied opening values? If they do reopen, you are quite likely to end up in the same contract as the other table, and it is likely to be doubled. And if they don't, there's every chance your partner would not accept your invitation, so you'd be playing 2] instead of 3], for no swing.

Have the Chinese discovered a new psychic?

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David Bird

Day 3 began with the round-of-16 for those teams who had qualified from the two-day Swiss Teams. On BBO-1 Rosenthal faced Pszczola, a match that soon attracted more than 1000 online kibitzers in the Open Room.

The first big action arose on this splendid bidding board:

Board 5 Dealer North N/S Vul. [ A K Q J 7 2 ] K J { A J 2 } A 4 [ 9 [ 10 8 4 ] Q 9 ] 8 6 5 4 2 { 6 5 4 { 10 7 3} Q J 9 8 6 5 3 } K 2 [ 6 5 3 ] A 10 7 3 { K Q 9 8 } 10 7

Open Room West North East South Rosenthal Auken Michielsen Welland 2} Pass 2{ 3} 3[ 4} 5[ Pass 6} Pass 6{ Pass 6[ All Pass

Andrew Rosenthal took away bidding space with his 3} overcall. Roy Welland’s 5[ asked partner to advance to 6[ if she held a first- or second-round club control. Sabine Auken’s 6} admitted to a first-round control. Welland suggested a grand slam with a further cue-bid in diamonds but Auken could feel the wind blowing through several holes in her hand. She might have risked bidding 6] on the king but this would have been bold, even for her. Roy Welland could not raise 6[ to 7[ with any certainty and the excellent auction stopped short.

Closed Room West North East South Sarniak Z.-Campanile Blass Willenken 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2[ Pass 3[ Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 5{ Pass 6] Pass 7{ Pass 7[ All Pass

West did not intervene and North/South took advantage of the extra bidding space. Migry Zur-Campanile showed four key-cards, then the [Q and the ]K. Chris Willenken bid 7{ in case his partner could then count 13 tricks in no-trumps. The spade grand slam was easily made for a gain of 13 IMPs.

As I see it, Auken and Welland could not be blamed. The swing was caused by the 3} overcall against them.

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There was interest in the bidding and the play on this deal:

Board 6 Dealer East E/W Vul. [ K Q J 3 2 ] 8 { A 9 4 } K J 10 4 [ 9 8 7 [ 6 5 4 ] K 7 6 5 2 ] J 10 9 4 3 { 5 3 { K J 6} A 7 3 } Q 8 [ A 10 ] A Q { Q 10 8 7 2 } 9 6 5 2

Open Room West North East South Rosenthal Auken Michielsen Welland Pass 1} (2+) 1] 2{* 3] Pass Pass Dble Pass 3NT All Pass

Happy with the effect of his overcall on the previous board, Andrew Rosenthal ventured 1] on the West cards. Auken bid 2{ and the voice commentators (myself and Roland Wald) were happy when the all-knowing system guru, Al Hollander, informed us that this showed 5+ spades and 4+clubs. Indeed, what else could it be?

3NT was reached and the heart lead went to the 9 and queen. Declarer had eight top tricks now and needed a ninth from one of the minors. A club to the king was one possibility after West’s overcall. It seemed, though, that playing on diamonds would

be better; it would give declarer a double chance in the suit. Assessing West as favourite to hold the {K, Welland led the {Q from his hand. When this lost the king and hearts were cleared, declarer finessed the {9. This lost too and the game went two down.

Again it seemed that Auken and Welland had bid and played impeccably and might lose a big swing entirely due to West’s overcall.

Closed Room West North East South Sarniak Z.-Campanile Blass Willenken Pass 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ * Pass 2NT Pass 3} Pass 4} Pass 4[ All Pass

As on Board 5, West did not intervene. Chris Willenken judged to raise clubs at his fourth turn, rather than bidding 3NT, and the spade game was reached on a 5-2 fit.

Zur-Campanile won the ]J lead with dummy’s ace. With trumps breaking 3-3, she can succeed by drawing trumps. However, hoping to survive a 4-2 break, she played on clubs straight away. It was natural to finesse the }J (rather than putting up the }K, which would have worked). East won with the }Q and could have beaten the contract by leading another club for a ruff in the suit. When he returned another heart, forcing declarer, it was still possible to draw trumps. She preferred to lead the }K and the ensuing club ruff, plus an eventual diamond trick, meant one down and a gain of only 2 IMPs.

You have seen enough dubious overcalls for one report? Well, one more won’t kill you.

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Board 8 Dealer West Neither Vul. [ J 5 ] 8 6 5 4 2 { 9 } K J 10 8 3 [ K 7 6 4 3 [ 9 2 ] Q 10 ] K 7 { A 7 6 5 2 { K Q J 10 8} Q } 7 6 4 2 [ A Q 10 8 ] A J 9 3 { 4 3 } A 9 5

Open Room West North East South Rosenthal Auken Michielsen Welland 1[ 2} Pass 2[ Pass 3} 3{ 3] 4{ 4] Pass Pass 5{ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Perhaps with the old song of ‘Anything you can do, I can do better’ in mind, Auken overcalled Rosenthal’s 1[ with 2}. (If this report was being written by Mark Horton, he would no doubt add that the song was written by Irving Berlin for the 1946 musical, Annie Get Your Gun. That’s not my style, really.) Anyway, North/South somehow found their way to an unbeatable 4]. West did well to sacrifice and the defenders claimed their three aces for +100.

Closed Room West North East South Sarniak Z.-Campanile Blass Willenken 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 3{ All Pass

Migry Zur-Campanile took a more conservative view of the North hand and Anna Sarniak picked up +130 for a 6-IMP gain.

We will end with another successful bidding decision by Andrew Rosenthal.

Board 11 Dealer South Neither Vul. [ 7 ] A K Q J 7 6 2 { J 8 6 } J 9 [ J 8 6 [ K Q 10 3 2 ] 10 ] 9 5 3 { A 10 7 2 { Q 5 4} A K Q 8 3 } 6 5 [ A 9 5 4 ] 8 4 { K 9 3 } 10 7 4 2

Open Room West North East South Rosenthal Auken Michielsen Welland Pass 1} 4] Pass Pass Dble Pass 4[ All Pass

When Rosenthal re-opened with a double, Marion Michielsen was happy to bid 4[ and a heart was led to North’s jack. The diamond suit was frozen, as you see, so Auken switched to the }J. Declarer won and played a trump to the king, ducked by South. What next?

After long thought, Michielsen ruffed a heart and played the bare [J. Yes! South, who had no heart to play, allowed this card to win. Declarer played two more winning clubs, throwing the ]9, ruffed a club and led the [Q to the [A. Down to [9 {K93, South played a low diamond. Michielsen ran this to her queen and recorded an overtrick. A magnificent board for East/West.

Closed Room West North East South Sarniak Z.-Campanile Blass Willenken Pass 1} 4] Pass Pass Pass

West passed at her second turn and East led the [K against 4]. Zur-Campanile won and played a club, West taking two tricks in the suit and switching back to spades. Declarer ruffed and drew trumps. How should she now seek a diamond trick to escape for one down? Only one play was good enough and North found it. She led the {J. This won the trick and that was just 50 away. 9 IMPs to Rosenthal.

The first half of this quarter-final ended with Rosenthal leading 38-18.

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Micke Melander

Two of the teams who were at the top of the standings in the qualifying swiss almost all the way from the start were Sakr and Wilson. Some excellent winning decisions and some huge errors made the final result in this match look like a massacre as Wilson scored a 20-0 win.

It didn’t look like that from the very beginning though.

Board 1. Dealer North. North Vul. [ K ] A J 10 7 { A Q 7 6 3 } Q 8 2 [ 9 6 [ J 10 7 5 3 2 ] Q 9 8 5 2 ] K 6 4 { 5 4 2 { K J 10 8 } A 6 5 } — [ A Q 8 4 ] 3 { 9 } K J 10 9 7 4 3

Open Room West North East South Klukowski Ritmeijer Zmuda Ticha 1{ 1[ 2} Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Ritmeijer and Ticha in the Open Room settled for 3NT, not the best contract when communications were very bad and Zmuda decided to kick off with a spade that removed the only entry to dummy to reach the established clubs when that suit broke 3-0.

Ritmeijer won the opening lead in his hand, Klukowski ducked the two rounds of clubs that followed and when East discarded two spades declarer simply cashed out the ace and queen of spades to throw East in on the last spade to lead away from her red suits. Zmuda eventually shifted to the six of hearts, which went to declarer's jack when Klukowski only played the eight. Declarer then cashed the ace of hearts, whereupon Zmuda unblocked the king of hearts!

That left:

[ — ] 10 7 { A Q 7 } — [ — [ — ] Q 9 ] 4 { 4 2 { K J 10 8 } A } — [ — ] — { 9 } J 10 9 7

Ritmeijer exited with a low diamond towards dummy. Zmuda went up with the ten, but was again endplayed and had to play hearts, which set up declarer's ten of hearts as the ninth trick.

Closed Room West North East South Grönkvist Nowosadzki Van Prooijen Dufrat — 1NT 2[ 2NT Pass 3{ Pass 4{ Pass 6} All Pass

In the Closed Room Dufrat-Nowosadzki reached the far better Six Clubs, which couldn’t be beaten. Declarer just had to ruff a spade in dummy and pull trumps. 11 IMPs to Sakr.

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The next swing came a few boards later.

Board 3. Dealer South. E-W Vul. [ J 5 ] 8 5 4 { A K 9 5 } K 10 8 4 [ A K 8 4 3 [ 9 6 ] J 9 ] A K 7 6 3 2 { Q 10 8 6 2 { 7 } 5 } A 9 7 2 [ Q 10 7 2 ] Q 10 { J 4 3 } Q J 6 3

Open Room West North East South Klukowski Ritmeijer Zmuda Ticha Pass 2[ All Pass

When the defense decided to cash the ace of diamonds and shift to a club declarer had no problem making his contract.

He actually managed to get ten tricks when the defense allowed the queen of diamonds to hold when North didn’t cover.

Closed Room West North East South Grönkvist Nowosadzki Van Prooijen Dufrat Pass Pass 1} 1] Dble 2}* Pass 4] All Pass

+170 wasn’t good enough when Grönkvist decided to make a good decision to give partner a good raise in hearts on her two card heart suit.

That was enough for Van Prooijen to take a chance on game.

When Dufrat didn’t find the killing lead of a diamond or the queen of hearts, declarer won the club lead and cross-ruffed for eleven tricks. 10 IMPs to Wilson.

Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. [ 9 8 3 2 ] A J 9 { K 4 2 } J 7 2 [ A Q J 7 6 4 [ 5 ] K 3 ] 10 7 6 { 8 { A 10 9 6 } A 8 6 3 } K Q 10 9 4 [ K 10 ] Q 8 5 4 2 { Q J 7 5 3 } 5

Open Room West North East South Klukowski Ritmeijer Zmuda Ticha 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2} All Pass

Zmuda probably regretted not giving partner a chance to bid again when she decided to pass out Two Clubs. A raise to Three Clubs seemed quite natural and might have put the pair in the right contract, but perhaps she was influenced by the fact that West had not jumped to 3}, invitational 5-5. Declaring did of course not present any problem for Klukowski who rather quickly scrambled his twelve tricks together on a diamond lead.

Closed Room West North East South Grönkvist Nowosadzki Van Prooijen Dufrat 1[ Pass 1NT* Pass 2NT* Pass 3{* Pass 3]* Pass 4{* Pass 5} All Pass

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Board 5. Dealer North. N-S Vul. [ Q 9 8 ] 10 7 3 { K Q 4 } K Q 5 2 [ K J 6 5 4 [ 7 ] A J 2 ] K Q 9 5 { 9 7 3 { A J 8 6 } 10 7 } J 8 6 4 [ A 10 3 2 ] 8 6 4 { 10 5 2 } A 9 3

Open Room West North East South Klukowski Ritmeijer Zmuda Ticha 1} Pass 1[ Pass 1NT All Pass

Here a scoring accident occurred. According to the official scorecard the Open Room played One Notrump with East as declarer and the result of two down. Also East was on lead and led off with the queen of hearts… The player inserting the scores had put the wrong declarer on the board, which eventually was changed from 100 to NS to 200 to EW.

Closed Room West North East South Grönkvist Nowosadzki Van Prooijen Dufrat 1} Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Dble All Pass

One of the bravest moves of the match was clearly made by Ida Grönkvist on this board when she decided to pass out partners reopening double and go for blood in 1NT.

Van Prooijen led the king of hearts; when partner encouraged, a low heart came back, which went to Grönkvist jack. Ida now shifted to the seven of diamonds and Nowosadzki´s king was allowed to hold the trick. Declarer then tried three rounds of clubs, and when the suit didn’t break he played a spade to the ace and another round towards the queen. Grönkvist went up with the king and the defense could cash out for 500 so the contract went two off.

That was 12 IMPs with the scoring error when it should have been 7 IMPs. Still a great score created by a winning decision from the Swedish junior.

The match ended with a huge error or misunderstanding, whatever you want to call it. Those remembering the classic Monty Python sketch with

“the Ministry of Silly Walks”, with John Cleese could easily think that this is from “The Ministry of Silly Bidding”.

Board 10. Dealer East. All Vul. [ Q 8 6 ] 9 3 2 { A 9 } 10 7 5 4 2 [ K 4 [ J 9 7 ] 8 7 6 5 ] 10 { K 10 4 3 { J 8 7 6 5 } Q 8 3 } K J 9 6 [ A 10 5 3 2 ] A K Q J 4 { Q 2 } A

Open Room West North East South Klukowski Ritmeijer Zmuda Ticha Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 4[ All Pass

Ritmeijer and Ticha and no problem making their eleven tricks when Klukowski found to start with hearts. +650.

Closed Room West North East South Grönkvist Nowosadzki Van Prooijen Dufrat Pass 1} Pass 1{ Pass 3{ Pass 3[ Pass 4[ Pass 5{ Pass 6{ All Pass

In the Closed Room Nowosadzki – Dufrat had a huge misunderstanding, even though it looked like they were on the right for a long time. It was a Polish Club auction where Three Diamonds showed a strong hand with both majors. Then they set their spade suit and things went completely overboard.

Clearly one case for the “Department of Silly Bidding”.

Six Diamonds eventually went seven down for a 16 IMP swing. The match ended 63-15.

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Tournament ProgramMixed Pairs November 9,10M.P. Pairs November 11National Simultaneous November 12IMP Pairs November 13,14Open Pairs November 15,16,17Teams November 18

Participants from All Over the WorldIncluding European and World Champions.

Entrance Fee €18 per session.

Total Prize Money in Excess of €25,000

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Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. [ 10 3 ] 9 7 { Q J 6 } A Q 9 8 3 2 [ J 9 2 [ K 8 7 6 5 4 ] 5 ] Q 3 { K 10 9 7 3 { 8 5 4 2 } 10 7 6 4 } 5 [ A Q ] A K J 10 8 6 4 2 { A } K J

In our match this board was a push, both played Seven Hearts making. However in the match between Blue Note and Cornell the East player opened Two Hearts which on explanation was weak with spades or strong with hearts. South is still waiting for partner's take-out double; the contract went eight down - but that did not compare well with the slam bid at the other table.

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Francesca Canali

È arrivato il primo podio italiano!

La squadra Calandra, di Emanuela Calandra, Monica Cuzzi, Eleonora Duboin, Giorgio Duboin, Emanuela Pramotton e Alfredo Versace ha conquistato l'argento nel torneo a squadre open Board-a-Match.

Una bella sorpresa recapitata direttamente da Montecatini ai tifosi tricolore di tutta Italia, che ieri sera erano rimasti un po' delusi per l'uscita dalla corsa al titolo europeo a squadre Miste di tutte le rappresentative nazionali.

L'oro è stato mancato per un soffio, ovvero, come l'Azzurro Alfredo Versace aveva purtroppo pronosticato correttamente, per colpa dell'ultimissima mano.

Monica Cuzzi [ K Q 10 x ] x { Q x x } K Q J 10 x

Ovest Nord Est Sud Cuzzi Versace 1{ 1]Passo 1[ 2} 3[*Passo ?

Cosa avreste dichiarato nei panni di Monica?

Prima di prendere la vostra decisione, vi chiariamo il sistema usato dai nostri connazionali:

in questa sequenza, il 3[ di Alfredo significa: mano sbilanciata, fit quarto, non forte

Le alternative possibili:2SA = invitante, fit quarto3}/3{ = fit quarto, buona apertura

Quindi 3[ è una 5/4 di 10-11 punti, o una 6/4 di 8-9 punti.

Monica ha dichiarato 4[, ma purtroppo si è rivelata una scelta infelice perché la manche è destinata a cadere di una presa.

La smazzata completa:

[ K Q 10 x ] x { Q x x } K Q J 10 x [ x x x [ J x ] A 10 x x x ] K { J x x { A K x x x } x x } A 9 x x x [ A 9 x x ] Q J x x x x { x x } x

Alzandosi dal tavolo, prima di vedere le classifiche, Alfredo ha detto a Monica: "abbiamo perso su questa mano!". I supporter Azzurri a Montecatini non ci credevano: scattavano foto e si complimentavano con i giocatori della squadra come se la vittoria fosse ormai scritta. Invece, i francesi di Isoard hanno segnato due punti all'ultimo board. Ii nostri sono così scivolati sul secondo gradino del podio.

"Se io avessi detto 2[ anziché 3[ o se Monica avesse detto Passo su 3[, avremmo vinto!" ha detto Versace.

Va benissimo così! Grazie alla "Roma-Torino connection" è arrivata la nostra prima soddisfazione europea.

Oggi inizierà il Coppie Miste, con 36 coppie italiane al via.

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RIDOLFO RIDOLFO JeanCYMERMAN ClaudinePOUJOL ValerieTHIVET Marc

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SVAERKERISOM Karin StrandeNIELSEN HanneSVAERKE TorbenRYBNER-P. Henrik

MAIMUZZINIMARINA BogdanPATTACINI MaurizioSTEGAROIU MarinaPERSIANI IsabellaMARCEDDU Isabella

MIAMI HEATBERNAL FranciscoRANIS MichaelWEINGER LindseyNELL CristalSAVCHENKO IgorALPERT Claire

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SILBERSEENEHMERT Pony BeateREIM Sebastian VON ARNIM DanielaREIM AndreaZIMMERMANN FelixFROEHNER Christian

TSCCETTIBALDINI MassimoFOSSI NiccolòTACCETTI CarlaFEDERICI Laura

VALIOISPORSKI V. NikolovZOBU AhuKOVACHEV ValentinMARQUARDT Diana

WOMBATSLHUISSIER NicolasFANTUN Jean-BaptisteVENTOS VeroniqueROLLAND Sabine

VICOZMALUISH A. ElizabethMILL Andrew JohnBAILEY GavinBAILEY Kirsten

YALMANYALMAN AliYALMAN GraciaSAYER NetsyZAHARIEV Zahari

VINCIFISCHER DorisSAURER BerndBURATTI AndreaTAGLIAFERRI VeraAGHEMO MonicaHUGONY FabrizioVINCI Francesco Saverio

VITAWALSH JoeLESSELLS GordonGILLILAND DoloresWHELAN Maria

VYTASKOWALSKI ApolinaryMISZEWSKA EwaGROMOVA VictoriaPONOMAREVA TatianaGROMOV AndreyVAINIKONIS VytautasOLANSKI Wojtek

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8888THTH EEURUROPOPEAEANN OPOPENEN BBRIRIDGDGEE CHCHAMAMPIPIONONSHSHIPIPSSEEURUROPOPEAEAN N OPOPENEN B BRIRIDGDGE E CHCHAMAMPIPIONONSHSHIPIPSS MoMontntececatatininii IItatalylyMoMontntececatatinini,i, I ItatalylyBAM TEAMS RANKING

1 ISOARD 66.002 CALANDRA 65.403 MAHAFFEY 63.40 WOMBATS 63.405 MAIMUZZINI 63.006 CREMIN 62.00 VINCI 62.008 MIPIREDA 61.409 SILBERSEE 60.0010 VICOZ 59.6011 MAJOR 59.0012 SWISSALERT 58.00 ORG REIGNWOOD 58.0014 LE BOMASC 57.2015 ALEX 57.0016 DE BOTTON 56.40 AJ DIAMENT 56.4018 CFSC 55.0019 BELGIUM 54.40 BINKIE 54.4021 AJ DIAMENT II 54.0022 VITA 53.4023 MCGUIRE 53.00 CORALINE 53.00 KIBE 53.0026 BADGER 52.4027 PUNCH 51.40 VALIO 51.4029 GILLIS 51.00 PENFOLD 51.00 MAX 51.00 BEIJING TRINERGY 51.00 GODZILLA 51.00 DYRKORN 51.0035 SAGIVS TIGERS 50.8036 FORNACIARI 50.40

37 CANNAVALE 50.0038 COMPITALIA 49.40 FAILLA 49.4040 ROBERTSON 49.00 TARV 49.00 ACDC 49.00 KANDEMIR 49.0044 GOSSCHALK 48.0045 ENZ 47.00 VYTAS 47.00 YALMAN 47.00 DARLING 47.00 CZECH REPUBLIC 47.0050 MIAMI HEAT 46.0050 NATAF 46.0052 GINO 45.6053 MATTEUCCI 45.4054 SVAERKE 45.0055 JOSE 44.6656 HELNESS 44.6057 LOLA 44.0058 GUERRIERO 43.4059 INFERNO 43.0060 PBC GRAZ 42.2061 STOPPA 42.0062 SEWIL 41.4063 DJAWS TRIT 39.20 FINNED 39.2065 TACCETTI 39.0066 RAFFI 38.00 RIDOLFO 38.0068 LUND 37.7469 JIANG 36.0070 LEDGER 31.0071 KIWIS 27.0072 FLAVIA 13.00

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