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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

SATURDAY,JUNE 17 2017

ISSUE No 8CLICK TO NAVIGATE

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TODAY'S SCHEDULE

O/W/S Teams Qualifying (2/2)10.30 - 12.00 Round 6

12.15 - 13.45 Round 7

13.45 - 14.45 Lunch break

14.45 - 16.15 Round 8

16.30 - 18.00 Round 9

18.15 - 19.45 Round 10

A view of the Bridge p. 2

Championship Diary p. 3

One Step from Perfection? p. 4

Mixed Pairs Final (a) p. 5

Mixed Pairs Final (b) p. 8

The Balancing Act p. 11

It was twenty years ago p. 12

Mixed Pairs Final (c) p. 13

Mixed Pairs Final (d) p. 16

Bingo! p. 18

Mixed Pairs Final (e) p. 19

Double Trouble p. 23

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Important change of playing schedule 23-24 June

The two-day Open Pairs event Friday June 23 and Saturday June 24 will be replaced by two separate one-day events:[ A match-pointed Open Pairs on Friday June 23.[ An IMP Open Pairs in memory of A-M Torlontano on Saturday June 24.Both events are free of charge for players from the Open, Women and Senior Pairs Medal events. New players are welcome and pay an entry fee of EUR 35 per player and event.

Registration for each event separately is compulsory and must be made on-line at the EBL Website, eurobridge.org, under "Microsite" ==> "Registration" latest 22:00 the night prior to the start of the respective event.

Pairs entering an event must complete it. Drop-outs prior to the finish will be sanctioned.

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There was an incredible climax to European Open Mixed Pairs Championship. With two deals to play Poland's Justyna Zmuda & Michal Klukowski appeared to be too far behind Germany's Roy Welland and Sabine Auken but they closed to within just 0.70 and then clinched a thrilling victory on the final deal to finish just 1.25 ahead. China's Jian Wang & Junjie Hu took the last place on the podium.

The EBL Cup went to the Netherland's Rob Helle & Ed Hoogenkamp.

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Results

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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:

Open Teams Qualifying - Saturday 17 JuneSwiss 1 BBO1 Roland Wald - Mark HortonSwiss 1 BBO2 Bill Jacobs - David BirdSwiss 2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Bill JacobsSwiss 2 BBO2 Stephen Kennedy - Mark HortonSwiss 3 BBO1 Stephen Kennedy - David BirdSwiss 4 BBO1 Larry Cohen - Roland WaldSwiss 5 BBO1 Larry Cohen - Roland Wald

Mixed Pairs, 2nd: Sabine Auken & Roy Welland

EBL Cup Winners: Ed Hoogenkamp & Rob Helle

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The English Bridge Union has announced that a report prepared by the European Court of Justice has concluded that contract bridge should be considered a sport for VAT purposes.

This is a non-binding recommendation, but if confirmed later this year, the EBU would no longer need to charge VAT on entry fees to its competitions, and would receive a rebate on VAT which it had previously paid.

This will have huge benefits, as it will allow them to invest further in the game, and make entries to EBU competitions cheaper, thus allowing more people to enjoy playing bridge, and enabling more to experience the social and mental benefits that playing bridge offers. The final judgement is expected in the autumn.

Advocate General Maciej Szpunar gave his opinion that for the purposes of the VAT exemption a definition of ‘sport’ had different components, key among which was that it was intended to be understood as “training of mental or physical fitness in a way that is generally beneficial to the health and well-being of citizens”. He recognised that bridge met this criteria and also that the International Olympic Committee was one of a number of organisations which “expressly include mental sports or endorse activities without a physical element”, concluding that this implies that they be “generally regarded as similar to established sports”.

EBU Chairman, Jeremy Dhondy, welcomed the Advocate General’s report, saying:

“I am delighted at this decision made today which I very much hope will be upheld by the judges who heard the case. It is a vindication of our view that bridge should be regarded as a sport with all the advantages that brings both for bridge as a game and also for our members and prospective members. We want our game to play its full part as an activity to promote social inclusion and welcome the judgement of the European Court.”

One of the players participating in the EBL Cup dropped into the Bulletin office to report an interesting deal. When he opened his personal score card he was amazed to discover it contained a five of clubs and immediately took it to the duplicating team. So far they have dealt 50,000 boards in an attempt to find the deck that is now a card short.

Mark Horton

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Barry Rigal

Round 8 board 17(rotated 180 degrees)

Cedric Lorenzini was at the helm in a delicate slam and proved himself more than equal to the task

Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 10 6 4 2 ] K 10 9 5 3 { 5 4 } 6 4 [ K 8 5 [ 7 ] J 6 4 ] A Q 8 7 2 { J 9 2 { Q 8 3 } Q 10 9 2 } K J 8 5 [ A Q J 9 3 ] — { A K 10 7 6 } A 7 3

West North East South Simonsen Zochowska Nyheim Lorenzini — — — 1[ Pass 3[ Dble 4}* Pass 4]* Dble Rdbl* Pass 4[ Pass 4NT* Pass 5}* Pass 6[ All Pass

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Lorenzini received a low heart lead and put up the ten, covered with the queen and ruffed.

He played three rounds of diamonds, crossed to hand with a heart ruff, took the [A, and led a fourth diamond. West ruffed in, and that was fatal. (Pitching a heart now and again on the fifth diamond would have worked better – declarer ruffs a club to dummy and advances the ]K, which East must duck to set the slam).

Declarer overruffed and led the ]K to pin the jack. West ruffed the fifth diamond but declarer could discard dummy’s club loser and ruff one club in dummy and pitch the other on the established ]9.

In the post mortem however, it was determined that after West's heart lead the slam could be made against any defence on a different sequence of play (with a twist). Instead of leading a low heart at trick five, declarer does better by leading the heart king. When East covers with the ace, South ruffs with the queen or jack, (preserving the nine in his hand). Next, the spade ace is cashed and the fourth diamond follows, giving LHO a choice of poisons in this ending:

[ 10 6 ] 10 5 3 { — } 6 4 [ K 8 [ — ] J ] 8 7 2 { — { — } Q 10 9 2 } K J 8 5 [ J 9 ] — { 10 7 } A 7 3 (a) If West ruffs in with the 8, South overruffs

in dummy, ruffs a heart back to hand and plays the last diamond, pitching a club from dummy.

If West still holds the [K, South cashes the }A, ruffs a club and discards a club on the established ]10 to make the contract.

(b) If West ruffs with the king and returns the spade eight (best), declarer plays the [10 from dummy and underplays it with the [9 to remain on the table. At trick nine South ruffs a heart and claims when the jack makes an appearance on his left. (c) If West pitches a club or the heart jack, South throws a club from dummy and leads the fifth diamond. At this point the defense is helpless since declarer can either score his trumps separately or set up the heart 10 if necessary.

ONE STEP FROM PERFECTION?

Cedric Lorenzini

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David Bird

Day 1 - First Session

52 pairs qualified for the final of the mixed pairs, with a small carry-over. They would then play 102 boards – two against each other pair. I was keeping an eye on two different tables and will pick the best action that I spotted.

Board 1 Dealer North Neither Vul. [ 9 7 6 3 ] A K 8 7 2 { 5 4 } 10 9 [ A K Q 4 [ J ] Q 10 5 ] J 6 3 { 9 8 { Q J 10 6 3 2} 8 7 4 2 } K Q J [ 10 8 5 2 ] 9 4 { A K 7 } A 6 5 3

West North East South Gillis A.Elsinen Harding T.Elsinen Pass 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3{ All Pass

Marianne Harding quite rightly retreated from 2NT back to diamonds. With a heart ruff pending, it seemed that the contract might go one down. Tiina Elsinen (South) led the {A to look at dummy. With discards threatened on dummy’s spades, the }A was the next card to appear on the table, drawing the 9

and jack from the closed hands. A heart switch was needed but this was not clear,

and South preferred to lead another club. Declarer won and promptly ditched two hearts on dummy’s spade suit. A trump to South’s king was followed by a third club but North had no trumps left. The contract was made and E/W picked up 96% for their +110. Pierre Zimmermann and Tatiana Dikhnova did even better and scored 100% for their +400 in 3NT, made after a [3 lead from North.

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

West North East South Willenken Gold Campanile Gross Pass 1{ 1] 3{ Pass Pass 3] Dble All Pass

Some pairs use 2NT by West as natural after this start. That still leaves 2] to show a sound raise and 3{ to show a pre-emptive raise. I am not privy to the E/W methods but it seems that they use 3{ as full-value. Ten tricks cannot be made in diamonds, so it was fair enough for East to pass the double, seeking a +200 (magic or otherwise).

The defence started well: a diamond lead and two diamond tricks. East then switched to the [7, West taking the ace and returning the suit to dummy’s king. Susanna Gross led the }K to the 6, 7 and West’s ace. All now depended on Chris Willenken’s return. Since declarer does not hold the missing }3, a trump return is safe. So is a club, since East can ruff the third round. The chosen {5 return was costly. Gross ruffed in dummy and ditched the [9. She then pitched her last spade on the }Q and drew trumps, claiming the contract. +730 was worth a 100% score.

MIXED PAIRS FINAL

Simon Gillis


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E/W had some bidding to do on this board: Board 6 Dealer East N/S Vul. [ A K 10 7 6 ] 9 8 2 { Q 8 2 } J 6 [ — [ Q 9 4 2] 10 ] A K J 6 3 { A K J 9 6 4 3 { 10 5} 10 9 7 5 2 } A K [ J 8 5 3 ] Q 7 5 4 { 7 } Q 8 4 3

West North East South Garbosi Lindermann C-Brugnoni Grumm 1] Pass 3{ Pass 3NT Pass 5} Pass 5{ All Pass

Should Franco Garbosi let 3NT stand, hoping for seven diamond tricks and a great match-point score? It’s hard to calculate the odds with so many unknowns. West’s 5} rebid seems suitable to me.

Declarer ruffed the spade lead and cashed dummy’s }AK. He continued with a black-suit crossruff and picked up +620 for the overtrick. What do you reckon he would score for that board? It was worth 62%. Five pairs made 6{, one of them doubled. 3NT always went down, on the bad diamond break, and scored at most 20% depending on how many down.

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

West North East South Monod Volhejn Mauberque Hajkova Pass 1[ 2[ * Pass 3{ Dble All Pass

Vit Volhejn’s 2[ had us guessing. It seems from South’s action that it merely showed diamonds. When West doubled for take-out, East could see that at least a game in hearts would be on. If it was only a game, it would be better to defend the diamond contract.

West led the ]Q, East overtaking with the ]K. To score 1100 for four down, he needs to switch to the [K now. He reached for the {Q instead and this was won in the dummy. Declarer continued with dummy’s {K to test the extent of her bad luck in trumps. She switched to clubs and went 800 down. Right, time for you to guess how bad this would be, with a possible heart slam available for E/W.

Emmanuelle Monod and Eric Maubeque’s +800 was worth 82%. Dan Bylund and Helena Stromberg picked up +1400 against 3{ doubled and this was worth 88%. These results were beaten by three pairs who bid and made 6] for +1430. One pair went down in 6].

Franco Garbosi

Gloria Colombo Brugnoni

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The second board of this round is worthy of our consideration:

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

West North East South Monod Volhejn Mauberquez Hajkova 1} Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 3] Pass 4] All Pass

East’s 4] was forcing and there was no need to bid any more when West’s simple raise to 4] suggested no minor-suit ace. A diamond lead, a club to the ace and a diamond ruff would kill the dummy and beat the contract. South actually led the [5, won with the [A while declarer ditched his club loser. How many tricks would you predict for declarer now?

He played the [K, throwing a diamond, and continued with the {Q (a low diamond would have worked well). North won with the ace and return a club, ruffed by declarer. As the cards lie, it is now essential to draw trumps. Still looking for an overtrick, he played the {K. North ruffed and the game was then one down. How many match-points would this disappointing result be worth?

No-one else went down in 4] but nine pairs went down in 6], leaving E/W with a 28% score.

At the other table under my surveillance, this was the auction:

West North East South Simonsen Gromov Oigarden Gromova 1} Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 6] All Pass

Andrey Gromov found the best lead of the {A, switching to the }Q. Victoria Gromova won with the }A and delivered a diamond ruff. She could not be deprived of a late diamond trick and that was +150 for three down and a 98% score.

Well, it was a bit of a patchy report. Sorry about that but it’s the nature of watching pairs. You watch two boards with four players that you may or not know about. You are just getting to know a bit about their methods and off they go! I prefer watching IMPs matches but variety is the... (I forget the saying but it’s is meant to be good for some reason).

Bye for now!

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Ram Soffer

Day 1 - First Session

The mixed pair final consisted of four long sessions, 24-26 boards each. After 14 boards of the first sessions we had a break, and right after the break many South players faced the following bidding problem:

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West North East South — — — 1{ 1[ Dbl Pass ?

All three plausible alternatives were tried. Some players fancied their chances in a 4-3 major fit and bid 2], but this gamble failed when partner raised.

The soundest bid of 2{ tended to lead to a diamond partscore, with a near-average result, depending on the number of tricks taken.

However, the most popular bid was 1NT, usually resulting in a 3NT contract which should normally fail after a natural spade lead, provided that West doesn’t panic and ducks when declarer leads a small club. At several tables the defence was not up to the task, but at the following table it was not their fault:

West North East South Gold Lindermann Gross Grumm — — — 1[ Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 3NT All Pass

Nowadays few pairs use four-card majors plus canape, but that system was extremely well suited for this deal. West did not get a chance to show his spades, and East led a natural ]K, top of a sequence in the unbid suit. This lead blew up the heart suit and made declarer’s task extremely easy. The Austrian declarer actually managed an overtrick for 49 matchpoints out of 50.

This was the full deal...

Board 15. Dealer South. Vul N/S. [ 7 6 ] A J 7 2 { Q 8 2 } K Q 9 4 [ K J 9 8 4 [ Q 5 ] 6 4 ] K Q 9 5 { 7 6 { J 9 4 } A J 7 2 } 10 8 6 5 [ A 10 3 2 ] 10 8 3 { A K 10 5 3 } 3Two boards later we had an interesting competitive deal:

Board 17. Dealer North. Vul None. [ 9 ] A Q 10 3 { A J 10 8 5 3 } K J [ A J 6 3 [ K 10 7 5 2 ] J 9 6 4 2 ] K 8 7 { — { K 9 7 4 } 8 6 3 2 } 10 [ Q 8 4 ] 5 { Q 6 2 } A Q 9 7 5 4 West North East South Ritmeijer Oigarden Ticha Simonsen — 1{ 1[ 2} 4[ Dbl All Pass

The bidding and play were typical. The jump to 4[ gave North-South insufficient room to explore their prospect, and they made a sensible decision to go for whatever plus was available against 4[ doubled.

South led her singleton ]5, North returned the ]3 for a ruff and South smartly underled her }A in order to get another ruff.

Actually, that urge to get a ruff with Qxx of trumps was not that smart. A diamond lead would have been more testing for declarer, and assuming best play and defence, it might have led to down two.

Still, plus 100 represented a very good score for N/S (38 out of 50 matchpoints) due to the fact that the various N/S contracts around the field (3NT, 5}, 5{ and even 6} and 6{) failed most of the time. In fact, only two declarers managed to sneak through 5{ with some defensive help.

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West North East South Ofir A. Elsinen Asulin T. Elsinen — 1{ 1[ 2} 3[ 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass

West’s rather gentle pre-empt of 3[ gave his opponents some room to hang themselves, but his partner blundered away the defence. The singleton }10 lead was taken by the jack, with West playing the }8. Declarer cashed the diamond ace, saw the bad distribution and continued }K which of course should have been ruffed, followed by a spade switch. However East discarded a spade, enabling North to overtake in dummy and discard her spade on another club. Eventually, dummy’s club suit took care of declarer’s heart losers as well, and all the defence could get was {K and another trump trick.

Board 19 was another bidding challenge for North-South. Let us assume a natural system, but you may use your favourite conventions.

[ A K Q J 9 4] A Q 7{ 8} J 8 3

Board 19. Dealer South. Vul E/W. [ 6 2 ] 10 8 2 { A 10 6 5 2 } Q 5 4 [ 8 5 3 [ 10 7 ] K J 9 6 ] 5 4 3 { 9 7 4 3 { K Q J } 9 2 } A K 10 7 6 [ A K Q J 9 4 ] A Q 7 { 8 } J 8 3 West North East South — — — 1[ Pass 1NT Pass ?

Intermediate textbooks may suggest 3[, but this seems to be a fractional underbid with such a powerful suit. On the other hand, bidding 4[ means taking a unilateral decision, which might well result in an overbid or a wrong choice of games.

In a European final one would expect the bidders to be more sophisticated:

West North East South A. Elsinen L. Bilde T. Elsinen B. Bilde — — — 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2} Pass 2[ All Pass

Using 2} (Gazzilli) enabled this North-South pair to find out about North’s minimum and stay low. This guaranteed a score above average, as many went down in 4[ or even 3[. In fact, the defence allowed an overtrick and N/S scored 33 out of 50 matchpoints.

West North East South Oppenstam Carcassone Nilsson Labaere — — — 1[ Pass 1NT 2} Dbl East was caught speeding after interfering with a

tasteless vulnerable overcall. A Nice double by South but was it cards takeout or penalty? The defence duly found the diamond ruff for plus 200 and 38 out of 50 matchpoints.

West North East South Gross Ticha Gold Ritmeijer — — — 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

In my opinion, this was the most convincing N/S natural auction, even though the final contract is not ice-cold. However, one can hardly imagine East leading any other suit but clubs. A small club lead would give away the game immediately. David Gold did well to lead }A, but even then the only way to beat the contract is the extremely difficult heart switch. At the table, the much more plausible {K was led at trick two, and declarer had sufficient time to develop his ninth trick in clubs. North-South were rewarded with 44 out of 50 matchpoints.


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After some serious analysis, let’s move on to the lighter side and present some embarrassing moments from the following two boards:

Board 20. Dealer West. Vul All. [ K 10 9 ] A 9 { K J 4 } A K Q 9 6 [ A J 7 5 3 [ Q 6 ] 2 ] 10 7 5 4 { A 9 8 6 5 { Q 7 3 2 } J 4 } 8 3 2 [ 8 4 2 ] K Q J 8 6 3 { 10 } 10 7 5 West North East South Ofir Lindermann Asulin Grumm 2[ Dbl 3} 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 5[ Pass 6] All Pass

Two spades was a weak two-suited opening, and three clubs showed preference to partner’s minor suit. South jumped to game and North felt that a slam was

possible provided that not too many keycards were missing. South’s 5{ response was disappointing. Rather than settle for 5], North wished to play 5NT (which indeed would have scored higher). Once upon a time, a Blackwood bid followed by 5[ meant a signoff in 5NT, but nowadays bidding the next step outside the trump suit means asking for the trump queen.

Grumm announced the ownership of the ]Q by bidding 6], and Gilad Ofir had an easy time, starting with his two aces and getting 100% of the matchpoints.

Board 21. Dealer North. Vul N/S. [ A 10 7 ] K 10 7 2 { A K Q J 6 } J [ K 6 [ J 9 5 3 ] J 5 4 ] Q 6 { 10 9 4 3 { 8 7 5 2 } 10 8 7 4 } Q 9 5 [ Q 8 4 2 ] A 9 8 3 { — } A K 6 3 2 West North East South Aluf Ivanova Kokten Ivanov — 1} Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3] Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 5[ Pass 5NT Pass 7] All Pass

Those who bid naturally got to slam faster than the strong clubbers, following the start 1{-1]-4} (splinter), but this strong club auction initially presented few problems. Hearts were agreed, and after two cuebids, Roman Keycard ensued. When North showed three keycards by 5{, South was looking for a grand slam, so he asked for the trump queen by 5[.

Regarding North’s 5NT response, well... perhaps she should form a new partnership with Lindermann. Her actual partner thought that the partnership possessed the ]Q as well, and bid one too many for a shared bottom.

Let us mention in passing that at one of the tables North-South reached the highly unlikely contract of seven diamonds, making it after a }5 lead from East run to the jack. West gets caught in the squeeze.

Gilad Ofir

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Micke Melander

To balance in bridge is a true art. Here comes one example from the third session of the Mixed Pair final.

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

West North East South Palma Bertheau Hayman-Piafsky Hoftaniska

1[ Dbl Pass 1NT Pass Pass 2{ Pass Pass 3} Dbl All Pass

First of all, if the final contract had been 1NT declarer would stand no chance of making at double dummy — even though it looks possible at first glance. But in real life the contract would be bound for at least one

down - unless North kicks off with a low spade… I don’t think that was by any means guaranteed on this auction.

Let´s have a look at the first balancing act then, 2{. Regardless of any lead the defense can’t defeat declarer; so that would make for 90! Admittedly, getting a 100 or possibly 200 in defending 1NT would have been better. The defense wouldn’t be able to get more than a maximum of two hearts, two clubs and a trump.

But there was a second balancing act, when East took a chance with 3}. South, with great values for defending, went for blood.

The three of spades was led. Declarer called for a low one, and North won with the ten to shift to the five of clubs. A good defense by Bertheau, which didn’t give anything away to declarer. East rose with the ace and tried a heart to the jack. North won with the ace to return the ten of clubs. Declarer then played the king of clubs, and cashed the king and queen of hearts, pitching a diamond from dummy. The last heart was ruffed in dummy with the jack of clubs. There was now no way for declarer to avoid losing a club and three diamonds!

Two down was 500 for N-S and Hoftaniska’s balancing act was certainly rewarded.

Checking the match points; 2{ would have scored 25-25, 1NT going one off would have been 33-17 (and if doubled and set 200, 39-11). 3} doubled was 46-4. That´s how to balance and achieve top scores!

THE BALANCING ACT

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Kathrine Bertheau


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Herman De Wael

No, not Sergeant Pepper's, that was fifty years ago last month.

On the 14th of June 1997, the 43rd European (Team) Championships began in a little town in Tuscany called Montecatini Terme.

Those championships were very important to me, personally, so I shall take a stroll down memory lane.

I will be helped in my stroll by the excellent site of Frank van Wezel and Hans van de Konijnenberg from the Netherlands, who have collected as many Daily Bulletins as they could find and show them on their website: http://bridgedailybulletins.nl/

It all started for me when I noticed daily reports of Appeal Cases, as reported by Steen Møller, then chairman of the Appeals' Committee. I wanted to add "the much regretted", but if I start like that, this report would turn into the parrot sketch, as far too many of our friends have "joined the choir invisible" over those past twenty years.

When I met Steen one morning, on an escalator, no less, I asked him if he needed help in reporting cases. "What are you doing in ten minutes?" was his reply and so I attended my first Appeal Committee meeting. By the time Appeal Committees were abolished by the WBF and EBL, I had written up over 500 of them.

When the players had left the Appeals' Committee room, Steen told me that I was allowed to speak up if

I felt I had anything to add. I appreciated the gesture, not thinking for any moment that there would be anything for me to say.

This was the case (as reported – by me- in Bulletin 12 of 1997 as Appeal 13).

Board 19 (South-E/W vul) [ A 8 7 5 ] 8 { A 10 9 5 4 } A J 2 [ J 2 [ Q 9 4 3 ] K 9 7 ] Q 10 6 5 { K 7 6 3 { Q J } Q 8 7 4 } K 10 5 [ K 10 6 ] A J 4 3 2 { 8 2 } 9 6 3

West North East South — — — Pass Pass 1{ Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2} Pass 2[ All Pass

After the contract was made, East/West had called the Director to complain about a pause by South before bidding 1NT. They felt that passing was a Logical Alternative to bidding 2} for North. The Director had agreed to that and changed the result to 1NT-1. North/South had appealed that ruling.

The Committee reached a consensus quite quickly – they would award a half-way result. To which, to my great surprise, I did have something to add. "Sorry," I said, "but this is not a case where you can split the result. You need to decide whether North is allowed to bid or not, it's Black or White".

"Black and White," said Krzysztof Martens, "good whisky".

After which they started discussing once more and ten minutes later they reached the decision that North was allowed to bid and the table result was restored.

IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY...

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Day 1 - Second Session

It should be clearly understood that the final of any European Championship is a serious bridge affair. This self-evident truth, however, does not exclude the possibility of quite a few funny things coming up from time to time. Here are a few examples from Thursday afternoon’s session.

On the board below, 5} is a good contract as it is basically on the trump finesse. Apart from that, it needs an initial heart lead to beat it – a lead not found by any defender.

At one table, an Italian pair was facing a Belgian couple and this was the short auction:

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

West North East South Labaere Palma CarcassonneHayman — — Pass 1}Pass 1{ Dble RdblAll Pass

I am not 100% sure whether all players at the table were entirely aware of what was actually going on. The matchpoints on the deal, on the other hand, were 100% sure to go to Belgium when it turned out that six tricks were the maximum for declarer.

A few boards later, a Frenchman was too greedy:

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

West North East South Grumm Isoard Lindermann Romieu— 3} Pass Pass 3NT Pass Pass DblePass Pass 4] All Pass

Well, maybe, East should have run to 4] directly over 3NT but as 3NT in 4th position against a pre-empt can show all sorts of hands, passing it is fully OK with me.

Had South sold out, his side would have collected all the matchpoints as the expected result would have been down four, N/S +400.

When East ran to 4] after all, neither N/S player had enough to double it (or so they thought) and thus N/S had to be content with down one, for +100 and just 40 m.p., an 80% score.

Only one pair doubled 4] – this way, Zimmermann and Dikhnova collected a clean top against Véronique and Thomas Bessis.

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On the next board at the same table, North took a little gamble:

Board: 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ J 9 6 5 2 ] A J { K 3 } K 7 6 2 [ A Q 3 [ K 10 8 7 ] 10 8 7 6 2 ] 5 { 10 8 5 { A J 7 6 4 2 } 8 5 } A 9 [ 4 ] K Q 9 4 3 { Q 9 } Q J 10 4 3

West North East South Grumm Isoard Lindermann Romieu — — 1[ 2[ Pass 4] Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Opposite the two-suited 2[ overcall, 4] looks a bit optimistic. Indeed, it was reached by only three pairs, one of them even escaping for down three undoubled and thus getting 8 m.p. for their efforts. The two other pairs were duly doubled and thus collected 1 m.p. each.

On the next board, the defensive problem was not solved correctly at all tables:

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

At many tables, N/S were allowed to play in spades and sometimes even to make their respective contracts. At six tables, E/W were active enough to reach 3NT, which should go one down, as it did at four out of these six tables, for a nearly average score (N/S 22 and E/W28 m.p.) At two tables in the Final, the contract was let through, however. Here is what

happened at one of them:

West North East South Bylund Smederevac Strömberg Ionita 2{ Pass 2[ 3} Pass 3{ Dble Pass Pass 3NT All Pass

North made the normal lead of the [J. The easiest way for South to beat the contract now is to play low. After that, declarer has just eight tricks.

At this table, however, South went up with his king and returned a low diamond to the jack and North’s queen.

North then continued the ]Q but this did not give enough to beat the contract, as a nice little endplay developed when declarer called for dummy’s king which won the trick and next ran the clubs.

On the penultimate club, this is the position with North still having to discard.

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

North can discard his last spade but then, on the last club, he will have to let go a heart. Alternatively, he can discard two hearts. South can still afford to discard one more spade and his second diamond, holding on to his ]9 and his spades. Once North’s last spade and ]2 are gone, dummy can play a heart to put North on play and collect the last two diamond tricks. But since declarer has to discard his ]10 on the last club to keep his spade and diamond holdings intact, suddenly South’s ]9 enters the scene as a possible winner if North discards both his ]J and ]A. Declarer, in this case, can no longer put North on lead in hearts; so the defenders will have two heart winners to cash when dummy gets off play with a spade.

At the table, North did not find this imaginative defence but discarded his ]2 instead. Declarer then put him on lead with a heart to collect the last two diamond tricks for his contract and 49 m.p.

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In the EBL Cup, two distinguished defenders, Messrs. José Damiani (South) and Jean-Paul Meyer (North) also were in some trouble. Against 3NT, North led his [J and South made the effective play of ducking this. Declarer, Johansson from Sweden, thus had to win his queen and could do no better than rattle off his club winners. South’s discards were two diamonds and his ]982 in that order (discouraging, according to the N/S methods). When declarer next played a diamond to his ten, North won his queen and fell from grace. Rather than returning his second spade, he tried the effect of the ]Q, thus presenting a surprised declarer with his 9th trick.

In the aftermath, it was suggested that, though South’s discards should have brought a clear enough message, South might have discarded the [A at some moment just to put the right defence beyond any possible doubt, as it was all too likely from the lead that North would hold another spade.

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

With the spades 4-1, you would lose two tricks with spades as trumps but the club slam proves to be makeable, even with the clubs 4-1 after the lead of the singleton spade. Just cash the }AK, getting the bad news, ruff out the last spade, cash the }J, cross in hearts to draw the last trump with West’s }Q and cash the hearts, throwing West’s losing diamond on it. Five trumps, four hearts and four spades would give you all the tricks. Once the defenders cash a diamond first and then switch, you should apply the same approach of setting up the last spade as there is no communication for both a diamond ruff and drawing all the trumps.

On the next board, the popular contract was 4[, reached at 23 out of our 26 tables. Only five declarers made it, one of them possibly put onto the right track by East’s double.

Board: 17. Dealer North. None Vul. [ A K 6 4 ] A 9 8 7 6 5 { 6 5 } 7 [ 10 [ Q J 8 3 ] K Q J 10 ] 4 2 { A 10 9 { 8 7 3 } Q 9 6 5 2 } K 10 8 3 [ 9 7 5 2 ] 3 { K Q J 4 2 } A J 4 West North East South Labaere Nataf Carcassonne Dadon— 1] Pass 1[Pass 2[ Pass 2NTPass 4[ Dble All Pass

Marcel Dadon won the [10 lead with dummy’s ace, cashed the ]A and ruffed a heart in hand. The {Q then was allowed to hold, but West next won the {K with his ace and returned a club. Declarer took East’s king with his ace, then ruffed a club in dummy and tried to ruff a heart in hand. East jumped in with her [J and returned the [8 into declarer’s combined tenace.

So the [9 won the trick but now, declarer was able to cash one more diamond, ruff his last club with dummy’s [K and lead another heart, scoring his own last trump “en passant” for his game-going trick: +590 and all the matchpoints.

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Barry Rigal

Day 1 - Second Session

There were plenty of good views and excellent matchpoint decisions taken when I was watching. While it might look like there were an equal number of bad views taken by the opponents on these deals, in many cases the pressure action worked well.

It started on the very first deal, where Michal Klukowski held:

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When his partner opened a strong no-trump in second seat instead of passing he used Stayman; he was guaranteed a good score when his partner responded 2[ (10+ tricks are easy in spades, nine the limit in no-trump). but it got better when he passed out 2[ and his hot-headed LHO – also from Poland – decided he was being stolen from and balanced. There was no safe heaven: the 4-3 { fit did not play well. That was -500 and virtually all the MP.

Two deals later it was the chance of Marcel Nadaf to put one over his French compatriot (again we shall be generous and refrain from naming him – or her).

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

Again a strong no-trump started proceedings, but this time it ended them too. Nadaf was treated to the club jack lead to the ace and a club back. He won in hand with the king and tried the diamond five to the four king and three. Now he insouciantly led a heart to the king – and West ducked, waiting for him to repeat

the finesse. He is still waiting, and +150 fetched N/S 43/46.

Leaders Auken and Welland judged this nicely; I’m

not so sure about their opponents.

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

West North East South Welland Gromov Auken Gromova 1NT 2[ 3NT 4[ Dble All Pass

I think South should show diamonds over 2[, not because you are so clearly worth it but because the opponents rate to bid 4[ — UNLESS partner is going to bid 3NT over 3{ and mean it! Here Gromov doubled 4[ perhaps to show his minimum and Gromova had nowhere to run to. +300 was only 7/46. Credit to E/W for getting to where they belonged; fewer than half the field bid on over 3NT. Even more credit (I guess) to Ofir-Asulin and Alain and Valerie Labaere for saving in 5[ over 5{.

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

Open Room West North East South Migry Willenken Pass 1}Pass 3}* Pass 3NT

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One of the pieces of advice that has stood me in good stead is to lead low from QJxx against no-trump, EXCEPT into a strong no-trump or better to your right. The odds of no honor appearing to your left is good enough that you can pick up a trick to the field when RHO has AK in hand and the 10 in one hand or the other. Here was a fine example of this lead winning out…but the defenders would need to lead a top spade and shift to hearts. At the table I was watching Chris Willenken was favored with a low spade lead and decided to play straight by winning cheaply in hand and clearing clubs rather than trying to sneak the {J past one defender or the other; a good view today for 33/50; nine tricks made.

My final exhibit of the session saw Gilad Ofir leave the table shaking his head; he must have been pleasantly surprised by his score afterwards.

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ J 9 6 5 2 ] A J { K 3 } K 7 6 2 [ A Q 3 [ K 10 8 7 ] 10 8 7 6 2 ] 5 { 10 8 5 { A J 7 6 4 2 } 8 5 } A 9 [ 4 ] K Q 9 4 3 { Q 9 } Q J 10 4 3

West North East South Asulin Charlsen Ofir Thoresen 1{ 1] 1NT Dble 3{ All Pass

Ofir had already won the board in the auction, but on the lead of }Q he did not relax. He ducked the first club, won the next, and gave up a heart, a thoughtful sequence of plays to cut the defensive communications. Back came a low trump from North (obviously an attempt to persuade him to go up with the ace?). So he ducked, and South won her queen to lead a spade. This was declarer’s last chance, but he ran the lead to his hand and played a second spade, and suffered the indignity of the ruff he had been trying so hard to avoid. Yes, maybe winning the first spade in dummy might have been wiser…but the play for the overtrick only cost 3VP with +100 a common E/W score defending hearts or clubs. +110 was worth 34/50.

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Micke Melander

Sometimes you simply have someone up there helping you out. If you combine that with playing well, you might just score a huge number of match points. One example:

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

West North East South Simonsen Asulin Oigarden Ofir Pass Pass Pass 1} Pass 1{ Pass 1] Pass 1NT All Pass

West lead the jack of hearts, and could see the five, the three from partner and the four from declarer. Without any chance to read partner’s three of hearts, he continued with the ten.

Ofir ducked smoothly from dummy, which brought the ace from East. Two tricks had now been established in the suit for declarer, and things were looking better, if he didn’t want to have to depend on the diamonds behaving to be able to make the contract.

East shifted to a small club, another gift from the bridge God, up there in the sky. When the queen of clubs held the trick, Ofir led a tricky eight of spades out of his hand to dummy´s ten.

For reasons that may be difficult to work out precisely, East wanted to preserve her only entry to hand and ducked, allowing the ten to hold.

This meant that declarer not had managed to get one spade, two hearts, two clubs and still had the diamonds to cash.

That was bingo for declarer when the suit broke 3-3 for another five tricks, and ten in total.

Well read by Gilad Ofir, which earned N/S 45 of 50 possible match points.

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Day 2 - Third SessionHow the Poles were rallying

Elsewhere in our Bulletins, you can find ample info on the progress made by the overnight leaders, Sabine Auken and Roy Welland. In this report, I will try to bring you up to date with the efforts made by the overnight runners-up from Poland: Justyna Zmuda and Michał Klukowski.

Boards 13 and 14 both were spectacular but the Polish pair did not catch up at all on the leaders as they did equally well, as far as their scores were concerned:

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

West North East South Cammarata Zmuda Franco Klukowski Pass Pass 1]2} 4} Pass 4]Dble Pass 4[ 5]Pass Pass 5[ DbleAll Pass

Had spades been 3-1, declarer would probably have made his contract but when they proved 4-0, the hand spiraled out of control. Down two was the outcome, the same result as that registered by Auken and Welland, good for 40.6 m.p..

On the next board at this table, the Poles did a trick better than the leaders but it did not bring them any nearer.

Board: 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ A J 9 7 2 ] Q 8 6 2 { 9 2 } K 7 [ K Q 10 8 6 4 [ 3 ] J 7 ] K 10 5 3 { 8 6 { K 10 7 5 3 } 9 8 3 } J 10 6 [ 5 ] A 9 4 { A Q J 4 } A Q 5 4 2 West North East South Cammarata Zmuda Franco Klukowski Pass 1} 2[ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Though Cammarata made a respectably sound pre-empt, to just 2[, he was caught immediately and treated to very good defence. }K and a club to South’s queen, a spade to declarer’s king and North’s ace, diamond to dummy’s king and South’s ace, }A cashed and another club, all players discarding diamonds. Declarer then ruffed the last club low but North overruffed and played a heart. When declarer misguessed by putting up dummy’s king, he was down no fewer than six tricks: +1400 to N/S but only 42,68 m.p.

Going down 1400 was more popular than one might expect…if not with the declarers themselves.

As their German rivals also collected 1400, beating 3[ doubled by six tricks, their respective positions remained unchanged.

Top score on the board went to Uzum-Özgünes for collecting 1600 from 1[ redoubled, down three.

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

West North East South Charlsen Zmuda Thorensen Klukowski — — — 1NT2} Dble Pass 2{Pass 3NT All Pass

West led the }4 but declarer immediately put up the ace from dummy, since East’s pass of the double had implied real clubs. Next he led a low spade to his ten and West’s king. West then tried to kill dummy’s entry and shifted to the ]K but declarer won the ace in dummy, unblocked his [Q, crossed to {10 and cashed out all the spades when they broke 3-3, followed by the diamonds. Twelve tricks in all for 46 of the 50 available matchpoints.

On the second board of the round, E/W did not fully exploit the possibilities of their hands.

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

West North East South Charlsen Zmuda Thorensen Klukowski 2NT Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 3NT All Pass

Down one when the Poles started off by collecting five diamond tricks.

On the second board at their next table, Justyna Zmuda showed well-timed aggression:

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

West North East South Colonna Zmuda Ligambi Klukowski Pass Pass 1NT Dble All Pass

North led the }7, not best but still good enough. Declarer won the }10 and led the {Q but South won and returned a club, North winning and clearing the suit. Declarer in again with the }K, cashed the {A, North discarding a heart, and continued a spade to North’s queen. When, after cashing her clubs, Zmuda exited with a heart to partner’s king, declarer was down two, N/S +300 and 47 m.p. to them.

Two boards later, the Poles missed a difficult chance.

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Board: 20. Dealer West. All Vul. [ K Q 9 ] -- { Q 10 9 7 6 5 } K 9 8 2 [ 10 7 6 5 4 [ 3 2 ] A 9 7 ] 10 5 4 3 { J 8 2 { A K 4 3 } J 7 } A 10 3 [ A J 8 ] K Q J 8 6 2 { -- } Q 6 5 4 West North East South Zhu Zmuda Jin Klukowski Pass 1{ Pass 1] Pass 2{ Pass 4] All Pass

Only three pairs were in 4] and all of them went down though Zhu, on lead at this table, offered declarer a sporting chance by leading the }J. Had declarer covered this with dummy’s king, he would have made his contract – unless East ducks this to keep the E/W communications intact.

When declarer played low from dummy, he had to accept the now inevitable one down and just 17 m.p.

Top score on this board went to Zimmermann and Dikhnova who were the only ones to reach the excellent 5} contract and thus ran away with all the matchpoints.

Another two boards later, Precision style struck again:

Board: 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ K 7 6 4 2 ] 10 3 2 { 10 9 4 3 2 } -- [ Q J 9 5 [ 10 8 ] A 9 8 4 ] K J { A K 6 5 { Q J 7 } 5 } A 10 8 7 3 2 [ A 3 ] Q 7 6 5 { 8 } K Q J 9 6 4

West North East South Zmuda Hu Klukowski Sun 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

On this standard precision auction, South led the }K but when this was allowed to hold, shifted to a low heart…to present declarer with a now easy ten tricks and 38 m.p.

At the next table, the Poles shared the honours with their opponents though Zmuda might consider herself a shade unlucky.

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Board: 23. Dealer South. All Vul. [ A K J 7 ] A J 8 2 { 10 8 6 3 } Q [ - [ 10 9 8 5 4 ] K Q 9 6 4 3 ] 10 7 5 { J 4 { A K 5 } A K 9 8 4 } J 10 [ Q 6 3 2 ] - { Q 9 7 2 } 7 6 5 3 2 West North East South Zmuda Hoftaniska Klukowski Bertheau

1] Pass 2] Pass 4] Dble All Pass

North led a top spade but declarer ruffed and immediately crossed to dummy’s {A to take a losing club finesse. After this unfortunate start, she could not recover when the trumps turned out to be 4-0, as could be expected. One down doubled for -200 was still worth 11 m.p. but making the contract by playing clubs from the top would have netted 44 m.p.

The Poles hit back on the next board:

Board: 24. Dealer West. None Vul. [ Q 10 ] K J 3 { A K J 7 6 4 } 4 2 [ A J 8 4 2 [ 9 7 3 ] A 10 4 ] 8 6 5 2 { - { Q 10 8 } K J 9 8 7 } A 10 6 [ K 6 5 ] Q 9 7 { 9 5 3 2 } Q 5 3 West North East South Zmuda Hoftaniska Klukowski Bertheau 1[ 2{ Pass 3{ Dble Rdbl 3[ Pass Pass 4{ Dble All Pass

The Poles did not hesitate to catch their prey when given the chance. Penalizing the opponents two tricks doubled proved an excellent decision when 4[ happened not to be on the cards…49 m.p. back to the Poles.

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When the deals are wild and the players enter into the spirit of things, some crazy action can be seen at the bridge table in a pairs game. Look at these two boards played by Sally Brock and Barry Myers in Mixed Pairs final, session three, on Friday. Interestingly, Brock (Sally Horton at the time), published a book in 1993 with the title “Double Trouble.”

On the following deal, Brock and Myers faced Christal Henner and Steve Garner.

Board 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ K 7 6 4 2 ] 10 3 2 { 10 9 4 3 2 } — [ Q J 9 5 [ 10 8 ] A 9 8 4 ] K J { A K 6 5 { Q J 7 } 5 } A 10 8 7 3 2 [ A 3 ] Q 7 6 5 { 8 } K Q J 9 6 4

West North East South Henner Brock Garner Myers— — 1} Pass1] 2]* Pass 2[Dble Pass 3} Dble3NT Pass Pass DbleAll Pass

Things would have gone differently had Brock not been void in clubs. Without one, she started with a low diamond, taken by Henner with the ace. She played a spade from hand at trick two, Myers winning the ace and continuing with the }K. Henner won the ace, cashed the {J and {Q, then played a spade to her queen. Brock won the [K and exited with a heart, but Henner went up with the king and claimed with four diamonds, two spades, two hearts and the }A.

Of the 26 times the board was played, the contract was 3NT 12 times – eight times by West. It was doubled three times and made on each occasion. Double-dummy, an overtrick could have been made, but with a 96% score in hand for plus 750, who would risk it?

On the first board of the next round, Brock saw a chance to regain a few of the matchpoints lost on

board 22. The opponents were May Sakr and Jacek (Pepsi) Pszczola.

Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. [ A K J 7 ] A J 8 2 { 10 8 6 3 } Q [ — [ 10 9 8 5 4 ] K Q 9 6 4 3 ] 10 7 5 { J 4 { A K 5 } A K 9 8 4 } J 10 [ Q 6 3 2 ] — { Q 9 7 2 } 7 6 5 3 2

West North East South Sakr Brock Pepsi Myers— — — Pass1] Pass 2] Pass4] Dble All Pass

Brock started with the [K, ruffed by Sakr, who played the ]K next. Brock won the trump ace and continued with a low spade. Sakr ruffed again and cashed the }A. When Brock followed with the queen, Sakr could see her way home. She cashed the ]Q and played the the }4 from hand. Brock ruffed and took out dummy’s last trump with the ]J, but that was it for the defense. Sakr could ruff the spade continuation and claim with three good clubs in her hand and the top diamonds in dummy to cover her losers in that suit. Plus 790 was worth 90% of the matchpoints.

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Perhaps it was a deal earlier in the set that put Brock and Myers in the doubling mood.

The opponents on that occasion were Jovanka Smederevac and Marius Ionita.

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ A J 9 7 2 ] Q 8 6 2 { 9 2 } K 7 [ K Q 10 8 6 4 [ 3 ] J 7 ] K 10 5 3 { 8 6 { K 10 7 5 3 } 9 8 3 } J 10 6 [ 5 ] A 9 4 { A Q J 4 } A Q 5 4 2 West North East South Smederevac Brock Ionita Myers— — Pass 1}2[ Pass Pass DbleAll Pass

Brock started with the }K. When West saw the dummy, she must have wanted

to take a trip to the ladies’ room and not return. When the smoke cleared, she had two tricks and the opponents had a score of plus 1400.

Remarkably, this was worth only 85.38%. On this board, there were 13 doubled 2[ contracts, two doubled at 3[.

One declarer played in 1[ redoubled, recording minus 1600 for .08 matchpoints.

Minus 1400 was posted six times, minus 1100 seven.

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Mark Horton

There Will Be Blood is a historical drama film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano. The film was inspired by Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman (Day-Lewis) on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was named the "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" in 2017 by the New York Times.

In the third session of the Mixed Pairs Final one pair of boards resulted in some very bloody encounters:

Board 13. Dealer North. None Vul. [ A 10 9 5 ] K Q 10 4 2 { 8 5 4 } 6 [ Q 7 3 [ K J 8 6 4 2 ] — ] J 9 7 { A 10 7 6 { 3 } A K J 8 4 3 } Q 7 2 [ — ] A 8 6 5 3 { K Q J 9 2 } 10 9 5

West North East South Dadon Zhu Nataf Jin — Pass Pass 1] 2} 4}* 4[ 5] 5[ Dble Pass 6] Pass Pass 6[ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

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South led the king of diamonds and declarer won with dummy's ace, and played the queen of spades, South discarding the two of diamonds as North withheld the ace.

A club to the queen was followed by a heart ruff, a diamond ruff, a heart ruff and a top club, ruffed by North who played a heart to partner's ace for three down, -800.

You ain't seen nothing yet!

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ A J 9 7 2 ] Q 8 6 2 { 9 2 } K 7 [ K Q 10 8 6 4 [ 3 ] J 7 ] K 10 5 3 { 8 6 { K 10 7 5 3 } 9 8 3 } J 10 6 [ 5 ] A 9 4 { A Q J 4 } A Q 5 4 2

West North East South Dadon Zhu Nataf Jin — — Pass 1} 2[ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

North led the king of clubs and continued with the seven, South winning and cashing a third club as North pitched the nine of diamonds. A spade to the queen and ace saw North switch to the two of diamonds and when declarer tried dummy's king South won with the ace, cashed the queen and continued with the four of clubs, ruffed by declarer with the eight and overruffed by the nine. A low heart at this point would leave declarer guessing (and getting it wrong means -1400, which happened at several tables) but North returned the queen of hearts allowing declarer to escape for -1100.

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Francesca Canali

Che venerdì nero per la nazione di casa! Dopo una prestazione eccellente durata due giorni, i coniugi Floriana Marzi e Riccardo Vitale erano in testa alla EBL Cup... fino quasi alla fine. Quasi. Il pessimo risultato dell'ultima mano ha fatto precipitare i romani dal primo al quinto posto. Una bruciante delusione per la coppia e per tutti i tifosi Azzurri. Montecatini si acccanisce beffarda su di noi: due giorni fa, era toccato alla squadra Calandra perdere l'oro all'ultimo board.

Giovedì, Riccardo aveva riportato una brillante giocata contro "lo sceriffo" Boye Brogeland, esclamando: "squeezarlo è stato bello come vincere una medaglia."

Ecco la mano:

Board 7. Dichiarante Sud. Tutti in zona. [ 6 3 ] J 10 9 6 5 { A K 10 5 } A 5[ Q J 10 5 [ A K 9 8] K 8 7 4 ] A Q 3 2{ Q 4 3 { 9 2} J 8 } K 6 3 [ 7 4 2 ] - { J 8 7 6 } Q 10 9 7 4 2

Ovest Nord Est SudMarzi Brogeland B Vitale Brogeland T PassoPasso 1] 1SA Passo3SA Fine

Ecco cosa significa giocare un Campionato Europeo! I romani, a poche centinaia di km da casa, si sono seduti al tavolo di uno dei giocatori più famosi del mondo. Il norvegese partecipava al Coppie Miste con la moglie Tonye.

Contro il 3SA dei nostri, Tonye ha attaccato di }10, per il fante del morto e l'asso del suo compagno.

Boye è tornato di }5 e rapidamente Riccardo ha contato le sue prese, cheidendosi: "vado due down o provo a fare la mano?"

Così senza esitazione è stato basso a fiori, sperando nell'errore della signora. La fortuna aiuta gli audaci, e Sud effettivamente non è tornata a quadri, ma a fiori.

A questo punto, Riccardo ha scartato cuori dal morto, ha preso in mano con il }K e ha incassato quattro giri di picche. Boye doveva rimanere con sei carte e, per non affrancare le cuori del dichiarante, ha tenuto la quarta nel colore e si è quindi seccato {AK:

Board 7. Dichiarante Sud. Tutti in zona. [ — ] J 10 9 6 { A K } —[ Q J 10 5 [ —] K 8 7 ] A Q 3 2{ Q 4 3 { 9 2} — } — [ — ] — { J 8 7 } Q 7 4

Ora Riccardo ha giocato quadri in bianco, mettendo in presa Boye, che è tornato a cuori. Riccardo è entrato di asso e ha rigiocato quadri: contratto mantenuto.

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Riccardo Vitale

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,,MIXED PAIRS FINAL 1 ZMUDA Justyna KLUKOWSKI Michal POL - POL 57.892 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 57.873 WANG Jian HU Junjie CHN - CHN 56.654 IVANOV Atanas IVANOVA Steliana BUL - BUL 56.395 HU Linlin SUN Yanhui CHN - CHN 56.026 KOKTEN Namik ALUF Tuna TUR - TUR 55.577 RITMEIJER Richard TICHA Magdalena NED - NED 54.998 LINDERMANN Arno GRUMM Susanne AUT - AUT 54.769 ZUR-CAMPANILE Migry WILLENKEN Chris USA - USA 54.3810 OFIR Gilad ASULIN Adi ISR - ISR 53.4811 HOFTANISKA Thor Erik BERTHEAU Kathrine NOR - SWE 53.3312 JASZCZAK Andrzej BALDYSZ Cathy POL - POL 53.3013 ZHU Ping JIN Ke CHN - CHN 53.1514 CARCASSONNE-LABAERE Valerie LABAERE Alain BEL - BEL 52.6715 GROMOVA Victoria GROMOV Andrey RUS - RUS 52.3216 GARNER Steve HENNER Christal USA - USA 52.2317 UZUM Dogan OZGUNES Ayse TUR - TUR 51.9218 PSZCZOLA Jacek SAKR May USA - USA 51.6519 BESSIS Thomas BESSIS Veronique FRA - FRA 51.5320 BROCK Sally MYERS Barry ENG - ENG 51.4421 GOLD David GROSS Susanna ENG - ENG 51.3722 ZHENG Yili WANG Weimin CHN - CHN 51.0223 SMEDEREVAC Jovanka IONITA Marius FRA - ROM 50.9524 MAUBERQUEZ Eric MONOD Emmanuelle FRA - FRA 50.7525 RUDAKOVA Elena RUDAKOV Evgeni RUS - RUS 50.4626 SAYER Netsy ZAHARIEV Zahari TUR - BUL 50.3327 GOTARD Barbara GOTARD Tomasz GER - GER 50.0028 BYLUND Dan STROMBERG Helena SWE - SWE 49.8429 OVESEN Jo-Arne HESKJE Torild NOR - NOR 49.4330 PALMA Antonio HAYMAN PIAFSKY Jessica POR - USA 49.4131 SAKOWSKA Natalia BUTRYN Piotr POL - POL 48.5832 REIM Andrea ZIMMERMANN Felix GER - GER 48.5233 GARBOSI Franco COLOMBO BRUGNONI Gloria ITA - ITA 48.4534 WINCIOREK Tomasz STACHOWIAK-KLUZ Justyna POL - POL 48.3335 McGANN Hugh BROWN Fiona IRL - ENG 48.2336 ZIMMERMANN Pierre DIKHNOVA Tatiana MON - RUS 47.9637 BILDE Lone BILDE Bo Loenberg DEN - DEN 47.2438 SHEN (1) Qi CHEN Yunlong CHN - CHN 47.1539 DADON Marcel NATAF Paula FRA - USA 46.9140 CHARLSEN Thomas THORESEN Siv NOR - NOR 46.9041 SIMONSEN Steffen Fredrik OIGARDEN Bodil Nyheim NOR - NOR 46.4742 ISOARD Michelle ROMIEU Michel FRA - FRA 46.4543 OPPENSTAM Agneta NILSSON Hakan SWE - SWE 46.0644 FRANCO Carmela CAMMARATA Michele ITA - ITA 46.0045 HARDING Marianne GILLIS Simon NOR - ENG 45.9746 VERSACE Alfredo PRAMOTTON Emanuela ITA - ITA 45.1247 STOPPINI Lorenzo GEMIGNANI Manuela ITA - ITA 44.7748 ELSINEN Antti ELSINEN Tiina FIN - FIN 43.7449 ZHAO Jie LIU Shu CHN - CHN 43.2850 VOLHEJN Vit HAJKOVA Sona CZE - CZE 42.8951 COLONNA Ornella LIGAMBI Luigi ITA - ITA 41.5452 SNOWDEN Burke ALELA Maya USA - USA 40.32

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,,EBL CUP1 HOOGENKAMP Ed HELLE Rob NED - NED 58.182 CAPAL Tracy SHERMAN David ENG - ENG 58.123 MATUSHKO Georgi GULEVICH Anna RUS - RUS 57.954 SZTYRAK Leszek CZAJKA Iwona POL - POL 57.745 VITALE Riccardo MARZI Floriana ITA - ITA 57.626 SKORCHEV Stefan MALAKOVA Desislava BUL - BUL 56.387 NIKITINA Alexandra GUSEV Viacheslav RUS - RUS 56.228 KHANDELWAL Rajeev KHANDELWAL Himani IND - IND 56.169 TER LAARE Marco MOLLE Linda NED - NED 56.0610 MULLER Renata LEWIS Marshall CRO - CRO 55.6411 KIZILOK Omer KUTUK Basak TUR - TUR 55.3412 PHELAN John PHELAN Lucy IRL - IRL 55.3113 SYRAKOPOULOU Christina LIOSSIS Georgios GRE - GRE 55.1414 PIEDRA Fernando SAESSELI Irene SUI - SUI 55.0315 BERTHOLD Alfred DELLA MONTA Annaig GER - GER 54.8016 ORLOV Sergei PAVLUSHKO Olga RUS - RUS 54.7817 PUILLET Carole HUBERSCHWILLER Anne-Laure FRA - FRA 54.6118 SAUTAUX Monika SZCZEPANSKI Radoslaw POL - POL 54.4719 ISPORSKI Vladislav Nikolov ZOBU Ahu BUL - TUR 54.3920 SENIOR Brian PENFOLD Sandra ENG - ENG 54.3821 RESTA Guido ARRIGONI Gianna ITA - ITA 54.2022 EGGELING Marie GOTARD Thomas GER - GER 54.1323 RISOM Karin Strande RYBNER-PETERSEN Henrik DEN - DEN 54.0824 BAHNIKOVA Eva BAHNIK Petr CZE - CZE 54.0425 FELMY Matthias VECHIATTO Claudia GER - GER 53.8326 LANCIANO - DI FRANCO Massimiliano ITA - ITA 53.7527 VOLDOIRE Jean-Michel AVON Danielle FRA - FRA 53.7228 MIYAKUNI Ayako MIYAKUNI Kenji JPN - JPN 53.4229 PILIPOVIC Marina SAGIV Stella CRO - ISR 53.3630 MATYUSHIN Alexander AKADEMOVA Valentina RUS - RUS 53.2531 BRINK Sjoert FERM Barbara NED - USA 53.0632 KONDAKCI SEN Emine SEN Tezcan TUR - TUR 52.7833 PASSARINHO Joao PANADERO Maria ESP - ESP 52.7534 GILLILAND Dolores STEWART Peter IRL - IRL 52.7135 PODER Jean Le CURETTI Nicole FRA - FRA 52.7036 NELL Cristal SAVCHENKO Igor USA - USA 52.6937 KOVACHEV Valentin MARQUARDT Diana BUL - USA 52.6538 ROLL Yossi HETZ Clara ISR - ISR 52.5939 SAGIV Yehuda ORENSTEIN Etan ISR - ISR 52.5640 ELBRO Helle Simon PAASKESEN Frank DEN - DEN 52.4341 GUPTA Subhash DOMICHI Noriko IND - JPN 52.4242 ROVYSHYN Oleg CHUMAK Yuliy UKR - UKR 52.3543 SHORT Brian GOODMAN Alan SCO - SCO 52.3544 GINOSSAR Eldad BARR Ronnie USA - ISR 52.3445 HOLLAND John PYE Jackie ENG - ENG 52.2546 ALBERTAZZI Marzia PRATESI Andrea ITA - ITA 52.1647 YUEN Michael FENTON Angela CAN - CAN 51.9448 JOHANSSON Henrik BOLANOS Elena SWE - SWE 51.8649 VERDEGAAL Renee THIELE Mark NED - NED 51.8550 DAMIANI Jose MEYER Jean-Paul FRA - FRA 51.6451 SENIOR Nevena DELEV Kiril ENG - ENG 51.5352 REIM Sebastian VON ARNIM Daniela GER - GER 51.5153 WALSH Terry KEMPLE Brid IRL - IRL 51.4954 GOUVERITH Marie-Claude RANIS Michael FRA - USA 51.4855 RYSKIN Alexander RYSKINA Natalia RUS - RUS 51.4856 MAGNUSSON Stephan DUC Laurence SUI - SUI 51.4457 CHEDIAK Virginia SIVERTSVIK Ranja NOR - NOR 51.3959 PASKE Thomas FISCHER Brigitta ENG - HUN 51.3760 ZACK Yaniv WASSERMAN Gilda ISR - BEL 51.3461 TAL Dana HETZ Nathan ISR - ISR 51.3162 ROMANOVSKA Maija LORENCS Martins LAT - LAT 51.2563 LUND Erik REITER Kate DEN - DEN 51.1864 FURUTA Kazuo NISHIMURA Teruko JPN - JPN 51.1365 OLIVIERI Gabriella ZALESKI Romain ITA - ITA 51.0766 BAKER Lynn DINKIN Sam USA - USA 51.0767 MIROLLI Maura SMORTO Domenico SMR - ITA 50.8068 SHARKANAS Giedrius JANKUNAITE Giedre LTU - LTU 50.7869 ATES Ebru TUNCOK Cenk TUR - USA 50.7670 FAILLA Giuseppe CARNICELLI Francesca ITA - ITA 50.6471 SCHIPPERS-BOSKLOPPER Elly STIENEN Rene NED - NED 50.5772 KARLSEN Sverre FERRER Maria NOR - ESP 50.5573 ADAMIC Tomaz DRINOVEC DRNOVSEK Barbara SLO - SLO 50.5374 GOKCE Gul OZTURK Bircan TUR - TUR 50.5075 SCHETTINO Giulia PORCIANI Roberto ITA - ITA 50.4676 MILL Justin DARLING Marina AUS - AUS 50.2777 ALP Zeynep EKINCI Orhan TUR - TUR 50.2478 ROSSLEE Diana STEPHENS Robert RSA - RSA 50.1779 SANDQVIST Nicklas SHASHOU Nathalie ENG - ENG 50.1480 FERLIC Judith POLASCHEGG Helmut AUT - AUT 50.0581 HEJJAJ Karim HOWARD Lise SUI - SUI 50.0182 GOMEROV Pavel NOKHAEVA Tatiana RUS - RUS 49.9383 CLAIR Paolo PAGNINI-ARSLAN Carla ITA - ITA 49.7684 BERNABEI Giusy DELLA SETA Livio ITA - ITA 49.6985 MALUISH Annette Elizabeth MILL Andrew John AUS - AUS 49.5786 BUCHMAYR Maximilian BUCHMAYR Susanne AUT - AUT 49.5687 DOBROWOLSKI Marcin MADUZIA Anna POL - POL 49.2288 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 49.0289 LESKELA Vesa VIRTANEN Kirsi FIN - FIN 48.8690 TESHOME Sarah THROWER James ENG - ENG 48.8291 DUNNE David KELLY Sheila IRL - IRL 48.5992 GUERRA Enrico PISCITELLI Francesca ITA - ITA 48.5293 FEGARTY Paul CURTIS Catherine ENG - ENG 48.4894 KAMGOZEN Nuray KAMGOZEN Emin TUR - TUR 48.1795 PAVOLETTI Alessandro LORENZI Giovanna ITA - ITA 48.0596 BRAGADIR Sybil DE MENDEZ Thierry USA - SUI 47.9697 SOLDATI Carla SOLDATI Fabrizio ITA - ITA 47.9298 UTNER Bernard ANGEBRANDT Dietlind AUT - AUT 47.8799 PAROLARO Pierfrancesco DELLE COSTE Beatrice ITA - ITA 47.72100 ENGSTROM Eva CHAUDHURI Amit ESP - ESP 47.55101 GRAGNOLI Paolo FERRAMI Marzia ITA - ITA 47.45102 YALMAN Ali YALMAN Gracia TUR - TUR 47.33103 POON Hua KWON Haeryung SIN - KOR 47.30104 BAUSBACK Nikolas ALBERTI Anja GER - GER 47.16105 JIANG Yong Kang ZHU Jianyu NZL - NZL 47.15

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,,EBL CUP106 HORNISCHER Gerhard KERBL Astrid AUT - AUT 47.13107 BASA Marusa CASTNER Kevin ENG - GER 47.12108 DRAGAN Volodymyr PORKHUN Volodymyr UKR - UKR 47.01109 DENIZCI Volkan DENIZCI Aylin TUR - TUR 46.91110 SIMPSON Jo SIMPSON Robert NZL - NZL 46.78112 LAMFORD Paul ROHAN Stefanie ENG - ENG 46.57113 CEDOLIN Franco ZAGO Serenina ITA - ITA 46.49114 LESSELLS Gordon KELLY-ROGERS Mary IRL - IRL 46.41115 SCIANDRA Roberta LUCENO Salvatore ITA - ITA 46.39116 BACH Peer LICHTNECKER Setsuko NZL - NZL 46.39117 HAVAS Elizabeth DANTA Gytis AUS - AUS 46.33118 OZTURK Erdem CAKICI Ferda TUR - TUR 46.30119 THEOTOKIS Nikos PSILOU Molly GRE - GRE 46.11120 NIELSEN Hanne SVAERKE Torben DEN - DEN 46.00121 SHAMI Anisia CAMP Owen NZL - NZL 45.73122 MADSEN Christina Lund McALLISTER John Grayson DEN - USA 45.63123 KANDEMIR Ismail NUHOGLU Sevil TUR - TUR 45.58124 CMIEL Thorsten DE MEDICI Raffaella GER - GER 45.53125 FOSSI Niccolo TACCETTI Carla ITA - ITA 45.46126 LILLIS Heidi McGLOUGHLIN Michael IRL - IRL 45.43127 RICCI Sergio GIUFFREDI Giuseppina ITA - ITA 45.35128 TITOW Joanne TITOW Kenneth USA - USA 45.20129 FITZPATRICK Anne CURRAN Harold IRL - IRL 45.20130 HALFON Nesim Mihail HALFON Tola TUR - TUR 45.19131 MANNO Andrea BERTOGLIO Manuela ITA - ITA 44.28132 BANKOGLU Lelia BANKOGLU Ergun TUR - TUR 44.25133 WALSH Joe WHELAN Maria IRL - IRL 44.25134 FIASCHI Sabrina RICCI Nerio ITA - ITA 43.93135 HANSEN Reidun Margrethe MOE Haavard NOR - NOR 43.81136 GIANNOTTI Francesco PAGLIANTI Francesca ITA - ITA 43.45137 TRAYER Blathnaid OLEARY Maurice IRL - IRL 43.38138 RUGGIERO Antonio MAC NEIL Katharine ITA - ITA 41.23139 LOTTI Antonio COLOSIMO Daniela ITA - ITA 40.31140 CALBUCCI Davide POLLINI Alba ITA - ITA 38.28

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