DAILY BULLETIN 9th World Youth Team CHAMPIONSHIP Editor: BRIAN SENIOR • Co-Editor: PETER VENTURA • Layout: GEORGE HADJIDAKIS 18-28 August 2003 What a Finish! Now we know why Italy are the only squad to have a team doctor here in Paris! Having started the last quarter ahead by 60.5 IMPs, the Italians had to face a tremendous comeback from the defending champion, USA2 team. When the di Bello brothers played in a transfer bid on the penultimate board while USA2 bid and made a grand slam, the lead was down to just 0.5 IMPs. The same Italian pair showed tremendous character in bidding another grand slam on the very next and final deal to hang onto that lead and reach the final. Meanwhile, Denmark were made to battle hard by a spirited Polish team but came through without having to suffer quite the same levels of stress as their final opponents. The Swiss Pairs is at the half-way point. It is very close at the top but the leaders are Taweesith/Jaturong of Thailand, 1 IMP ahead of Ng/Mak of China Hong Kong. Wednesday, 27 August 2003 Bulletin 8 St.Cloud-Paris France Eighteen pairs started out in the Swiss Pairs yesterday, enjoying the more relaxed and friendly atmosphere produced by not having to play behind screens
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What aFinish!
Now we know why Italy are the only squad to have a team doctor here inParis! Having started the last quarter ahead by 60.5 IMPs, the Italians had toface a tremendous comeback from the defending champion, USA2 team.When the di Bello brothers played in a transfer bid on the penultimate boardwhile USA2 bid and made a grand slam, the lead was down to just 0.5 IMPs.The same Italian pair showed tremendous character in bidding another grandslam on the very next and final deal to hang onto that lead and reach the final.Meanwhile, Denmark were made to battle hard by a spirited Polish team butcame through without having to suffer quite the same levels of stress as theirfinal opponents.The Swiss Pairs is at the half-way point. It is very close at the top but theleaders are Taweesith/Jaturong of Thailand, 1 IMP ahead of Ng/Mak of ChinaHong Kong.
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Eighteen pairs started out in the Swiss Pairs yesterday, enjoying the more relaxed andfriendly atmosphere produced by not having to play behind screens
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9th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Cloud-Paris, France
SCHEDULE09.00-11.20 Final / Play-off, Segment 1
10.30-11.30 Swiss Pairs, Round 7
11.45-12.45 Swiss Pairs, Round 8
11.50-14.10 Final / Play-off, Segment 2
13.00-14.00 Swiss Pairs, Round 9
15.20-17.40 Final / Play-off, Segment 3
15.30-16.30 Swiss Pairs, Round 10
16.45-17.45 Swiss Pairs, Round 11
18.00-19.00 Swiss Pairs, Round 12
18.10-20.30 Final / Play-off, Segment 4
VUGRAPH MATCHESItaly - Denmark 09.00to be announced 11.50to be announced 15.20to be announced 18.10
SEMI-FINAL 1TEAMS USA 2 ITALY
Carry-over 4.5 -
Boards 1-16 20 54
Total 24.5 54
Boards 17-32 26 88
Total 50.5 142
Boards 33-48 64 33
Total 114.5 175
Boards 49-64 82 22
Final Result 196.5 197
SEMI-FINAL 2TEAMS POLAND DENMARK
Carry-over - 16
Boards 1-16 30 53
Total 30 69
Boards 17-32 58 26
Total 88 95
Boards 33-48 31 51
Total 119 146
Boards 49-64 47 48
Final Result 166 194
1 Taweesith - Jaturong THA +65 110 2 Mak - Ng CHK +64 109 3 Harr - Ellestad NOR +56 109 4 Rashane - Patnarin THA +64 108 5 Feiler - Burgess AUS/ENG +56 107 6 Pahk - Ieong USA/CHK +17 96 7 Sundklakk - Kvangraven NOR +20 95 8 Drijver - Michielsen NED -6 88 9 Valo - Andrea FRA -16 87
10 Raynaud - Ancelin FRA -14 86 11 Birdsall - Wilkinson ENG -15 86 12 Wong - Wyner CHK/AUS -19 81 13 Terasak - Amornpong THA -29 81 14 van Gelder - de Waele NED -30 81 15 Dekker - van der Salm NED -27 80 16 Vi Chediak - Jorstad URU/NOR -36 78 17 Grias - Chauvelot FRA -41 76 18 Courrias - Ancelin FRA -109 57
Swiss PairsRanking after 6 Rounds
Welcome to Ernesto d'Orsi
Ernesto d'Orsi of Brazil,a member of the Execu-tive Council of theWorld Bridge Federa-tion, arrived in Paristoday to attend the laststages of the WorldYouth Championship.
Mr d'Orsi was Presidentof the World BridgeFederation in 1991-92,and has been on the
WBF Executive Council for over 20 years, represent-ing Zone 3 (South America). He has served as Presi-dent of the Brazilian Bridge Federation and Presidentof the South American Bridge Confederation for manyyears.
More than everything, however, Mr d'Orsi is a greatfriend of Junior bridge. He supported the World YouthTeams Championship from the very beginning, and wasthe chief organizer of the previous event of the series,held in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with greatsuccess in the summer of 2001.
We welcome Ernesto d'Orsi and wish him a nice stayclose to us here in Paris.
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Schedule for Thursday
Thursday - the last day of the Championships - will be afree day for almost everybody except the two finalists.Theprogramme of the day has been altered as follows:
which will be served on a boat during acruise on river Seine, seeing Paris by night.
Would you please notice that team uniform orlounge suit is required for the Prize giving ceremony as anumber of important guests will be attending, together withthe media. Due to the time restraints, players participatingin the final and those attending Vugraph should come to FFBalready dressed up for the ceremony.
Panos GerontopoulosWBF Youth Cmte Chmn
Prague to host the19th European Youth Team
Championship next summer
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic and one ofthe most attractive cities in Europe, will be the venueof the 19th European Youth Team Championship nextsummer.In accordance with the agreement signed yesterday byEBL President Gianarrigo Rona and Czech BridgeFederation President Jan Volhejn, the event will takeplace from 1 to 11 August 2004.The European Youth Team Championship is open toNational Teams of the EBL member countries. It is runin two series, the Juniors (for players up to 25-yearold) and Schools (for players up to 20-year olds).
The USA 2 Team
Kevin Bathurst (25): The 'quiet one', silent but deadly.Kevin is participating in his third World Junior Champi-onship. He will be tutoring math, science and reading tohigh school students in Columbia, South Carolina.
Kent Mignocchi (24): A professional bridge player, Kentis an example of the famous saying, 'Good things come insmall packages'. Kent is America's equivalent of the BBC; ifyou want to know what is happening, just tune in to Kent.
Joel Wooldridge (24):A student who is studying to be ateacher, Joel is participating in his fifth World Junior Cham-pionship. He holds the world record for the most friedchicken eaten in a 30-minute period - 32 pieces.
John Hurd (24): A jolly, happy soul, Johnny enjoys eatingPopeye's chicken.When he is not chumming with his palshe is often seen playing Texas Hold'em (all-in with J-4).When it comes to bridge his best attribute is his defence,while his weakest is the bidding. Playing his third Champi-onship here in Paris, John is the glue of the USA2 team.
John Kranyak (19): Our fashion consultant, John hailsfrom Bay Village, Ohio. He is currently attending ColumbiaUniversity, where he is in his sophomore year. Thanks tobridge, John has picked up a knack for backgammon andpoker.And also thanks to bridge he has had some good oldfun times with girls from Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Canadaand, on many occasions, the USA. There is a lot more tocome from John Kranyak.
Joe 'Boo' Grue (22): Is currently a New Yorker but aMinnesotan by heart. Joe is a good friend and a great per-son. Boozer can only be described as a compilation of allthings from the evil empire. He is also known as zork.
Swiss PairsThere are 18 pairs competing in this tournament, and prizeswill be awarded to the top five pairs. The prize giving willtake place together with the Championship's closing cere-mony on Thursday night at 18.15 hrs.
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Finally, at the 14th time of asking, the team from Uruguay haswon their first match at these championships. Congratulations tothem.The victory came against Australia. Rumour has it that Aus-tralian npc, Ishmael Del'Monte may have had a modest wager onthe outcome of this match (the second rumour, that havingwatched his team for the past week he bet against them, is en-tirely without foundation). Unlucky, Ishmael.
The following boards were the key to Uruguay's success.
West North East SouthWyner Vi.Chediak Krochmalik CarvePass 1{ Pass 2}Pass 2{ Pass 4{Pass 5{ Pass 6{
All Pass
West North East SouthSalaverri Abraham M.Chediak Wilkinson
Pass 1] Pass 2}Pass 2{ Pass 3NT
All Pass
Virginia Chediak and Martin Carve bid the excellent diamondslam that defeated the rest of the field. Chediak failed to cuebidover 4{ because she did not like the club misfit but Carveguessed to play her for a heart control anyway, being reasonablyconfident that there would be a good play for twelve tricks ifthey could survive the opening lead. Right he was.The play wasstraightforward and Chediak chalked up +1370.
In the other room 1] showed four plus spades and less thanan opening 1} (14+). Two Diamonds was natural and MichaelWilkinson saw no reason to look for slam facing a limited open-ing and with most of his values likely to be opposite shortage;+720 after a spade lead to the king and ace and East pitchedclubs to keep his hearts intact; 13 IMPs to Uruguay.
[ A K 8 2 [ Q 9] 8 ] K Q 10 9 7 6{ K 10 2 { 7 5} A K 10 8 5 } Q 7 3
[ 10 7 6 5 4 3] A{ Q 8 4 3} J 9
West North East SouthWyner Vi.Chediak Krochmalik Carve
Pass 2{ Pass2NT Pass 3} Pass4] All Pass
West North East SouthSalaverri Abraham M.Chediak Wilkinson
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Round 14ROUND ROBIN
At Last!
Joshua Wyner, Australia
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The respective Easts launched their weak two bid in differentmanners but the key decision fell to the West players. Josh Wynerchose to play 4] while Maria Salaverri preferred to try her handat 3NT because she held only a singleton heart and had a possi-ble alternative source of tricks in the club suit.
Against Wyner's 4], Virginia led her singleton spade andWyner won the ace to play a heart to the king and ace - not thatthe choice of heart plays made a great difference to the out-come. A diamond switch went to the king and ace and thedefence had to come to a second diamond and two more hearttricks; down two for -100.
Salaverri's decision to play in no trump proved to be the win-ning one when her partner turned up with a very useful club fit.Mark Abraham led a low diamond to the queen and king. Salaver-ri ran her nine winners and gave up; +400 and 11 IMPs toUruguay.
West North East SouthSalaverri Abraham M.Chediak Wilkinson
1{ Pass1] Pass 1NT Pass2[ Pass 3] Pass4] All Pass
Salaverri and Maria Chediak outbid their counterparts whenthey stopped safely in 4]. Salaverri won the club lead and playeda heart to the ace followed by the {A for a club pitch and the{Q, covered and ruffed. She crossed to the ]K and threw her re-maining club on the established diamond then played on spades,coming to ten tricks for +420.
Daniel Krochmalik opened a strong no trump and Wynertransferred then showed his second suit. Having received prefer-ence to spades, he cuebid and Krochmalik cooperated. Krochma-lik liked his heart holding sufficiently to invite slam with a raise to5[, asking for good trumps, over Wyner's 4[ sign-off. Five Spadesis dangerously high looking at the two hands, but it appears thatthe major suits lie so favourably that declarer should get homesafely. However, after the lead of the king of clubs to dummy's ace,declarer lost his way and went one down; -50 and 10 IMPs toUruguay, who ran out winners by 52-46 IMPs, 16-14 VPs.
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The Uruguay Team
Roberto Maffei (npc): Lives in Rosario in Argenti-na and has on several occasions been the npc for theArgentinian ladies team. He is the best captain wecould have!
Sara Convernton (coach): Roberto's wife andsomeone who is always very good company for theteam, being very supportive in everything. She isespecially to be recommended to look after a teamincluding three young girls.
Martin Carve: 25 years old and lives in Montevideo,the Uruguayan capital. Next year Martin will graduateas an accountant. He is the best guy in the team(actually the only one), and also both the most expe-rienced player on the team and the shyest.
Maria Jose Salaverri: 18 years old and lives in Mon-tevideo. Maria is studying business. She is sufferinghere in Paris as she cannot live without her 'Mate'(a typical Uruguayan drink).
Veronica Chediak: 19 years old, she is from Saltobut lives in Montevideo, where she is in her secondyear of studying chemical engineering. Veronica isvery friendly.
Virginia Chediak: Veronica's sister, Virginia is 21years old and lives in Montevideo, where she is study-ing communications. She created this team after thelast World Youth Championship. She is the least shyplayer in the team and also is very good at publicrelations.
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Norway required a big win over a Canadian team in perfectshape after an impressive performance against USA2 in Round 13.
On Board 3 Lavee/Grainger nicely bid 3NT whileDemuy/Wolpert won the auction for Canada at the two level atthe other table; 11 IMPs to Canada.The next board could havebeen a much-needed swing for Norway but became one insteadfor Canada.
West North East SouthLavee Ellestad Grainger JorstadPass 1{ 1] 2}Pass 2[ Pass 3{Pass 3NT Pass 4{Pass 4] Pass 4NTPass 5[ Pass 6{
All Pass
Grainger led ]K against 6{. If declarer wins the ace and playsa spade to the ace to take the diamond finesse the slam can bemade.He needs two spade ruffs for 12 tricks, so he takes the firstruff and comes back via a new finesse in diamonds to ruff anoth-er spade. On the third high club West can play {K but declarerdiscards his last heart. Running clubs after the lead will also suc-ceed. In practice Olav Ellestad played the clubs to split four-three,a sensible idea indeed. He took ]A, cashed [A and {A then tooka spade ruff and ran the top clubs.When West was able to ruffthe third club declarer was doomed to go down.Demuy/Wolpert scored +660 in 3NT at the other table; 13 luckyIMPs to Canada.
Ronny Jorstad was angry with himself not to defeat 3] onthis board:
[ 8 6 5 [ K 7] 6 2 ] A K Q J 9 5{ 8 7 6 3 { Q 4} K 6 3 2 } A 8 4
[ A 9 4] 10 8 4{ A K 10 5} Q 10 5
Jorstad as South started with three rounds of diamondsagainst 3]. Declarer ruffed the third diamond, drew the trumpsthen played a club to the king to ruff the last diamond. On theace of clubs South erred by not unblocking the queen.A secondlater Jorstad found himself endplayed with only spades left. 140was a flat board when Wolpert in the Open Room led a spadefrom his ace against 2].
Norway won 8 IMPs on Board 10 when Lavee/Grainger wentdown in a sporting 5} contract while Harr/Sundklakk made apartscore at the other table. At half-time Norway was far awayfrom a place in the semi-finals, trailing by 18-28 IMPs.
Lavee/Grainger tried 6NT on Board 13 but there were only 11tricks and Norway got their slam-swing back; 13 IMPs to Norway.
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Round 14ROUND ROBIN
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West North East SouthLavee Ellestad Grainger Jorstad
Pass1{ Pass 1] Pass2} Pass 2NT Pass3{ All Pass
Grainger obvious didn't see where nine tricks in no trumpwould come from and passed 3{ out. Harr/Sundklakk even tookten tricks at the other table for 11 IMPs to Norway.
An 18-12 win for Norway gave no reason to bring out thechampagne for the Norwegians when their rivals for the qualifyingplaces were winning big.There was one match to go for Norwaybut that would not be enough to book a place in the semi-finals.
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Championship BooksBulletin Editor, Brian Senior has a small quantity of recentChampionship books for sale here in Paris at a specialreduced price.Montreal World Championships 2002 - 20 Euros (normalprice about 28)Menton Open European Championships 2003 - 10 Euros(normal price about 14)
See Brian in the Bulletin room.
The Egyptian Team
As this is their first international participation, and accord-ing to their very young ages, the team is all looking forwardto the next Championship in two years time.
Ahmed Yousry (6 years old). Ahmed is a databaseadministrator and loves travelling. He is 23.
Sherif Noshy (5 years old). Sherif is a computer engineerbut loves food more than he loves computers. He is 24years old.
Ahmed Rabie (5 years old).Ahmed is a database admin-istrator but loves bridge more than database. He is 25.
Aly Tawfik (2.5 years old).Aly is an assistant researcher incivil engineering at Cairo University and loves air andwater sports. He is 24.
Hussein Sherif (1.5 years old). Hussein is a business stu-dent in Cairo and loves OKBridge. He is 20.
Karim Nabil (1.5 years old). Karim is a commerce studentat Alexandria University and loves being left to sleep.He is 22.
Samih Khalil (npc). Samih is an electrical engineer andhas been an international bridge player since 1980. How-ever, since 1994 he has been totally devoted to the train-ing of all the Egyptian teams. He is 50 years old and lovesFrench billiards.
Olav Ellestad, Norway
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Going into the last round of the qualifying stage, France werelying fourth, 6 VPs ahead of fifth-placed Poland. However, in thelast round Poland could be expected to get a big win against oneof the lower-ranked teams, while the French had to face a pow-erful Italian squad on vugraph. They knew that a 19-11 victorywould see them through to the semi-finals, anything less wouldleave them reliant on the Poles dropping some points.
West North East SouthF di Bello O Bessis S di Bello de Tessieres
1}Pass 1[ Pass 3]Pass 3[ Pass 4[
All Pass
West North East SouthGaviard Mazzadi T Bessis Lo Presti
1}Pass 1] Pass 2}Pass 2{ Pass 2]Pass 3{ Pass 6[
All Pass
French nerves had barely had time to settle when they foundthemselves 10 IMPs behind. I am not certain of the meaning ofGodefroy de Tessiere's jump-reverse but whatever it meant it didnot get the job done as Olivier Bessis passed his follow-up raiseto the spade game. In the other room, Fabio Lo Presti openedwith a strong club and Francesco Mazzadi's 1] response was atransfer.When Mazzadi showed his two-suiter, Lo Presti settledfor a leap to the small slam.
In game, Bessis had the luxury of being able to go all out foras many tricks as possible as he would always come to at leastten, or so it appeared. He won the spade lead on table andorganised two diamond ruffs so had all thirteen tricks for +510.
Julien Gaviard's heart lead took an entry out of the Northhand prematurely. Lo Presti unblocked the diamond, ThomasBessis dropping the ten, and cashed the ace of spades then played
ace of clubs and ruffed a club. Now he ruffed a diamond andBessis followed with the jack. Lo Presti had a sure line now andsimply drew trumps then conceded a diamond; +980 and 10 IMPsto Italy.
Board 5. N/S Vul. Dealer North.
[ J 9 6 4] K Q 7 5 4{ Q 8 5} Q
[ Q 5 [ A K 10 3] J 8 6 ] A 2{ 10 9 { J 7 6 3 2} A 9 8 7 4 3 } 10 5
[ 8 7 2] 10 9 3{ A K 4} K J 6 2
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Pass 1{ Pass1NT All Pass
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ITALY v FRANCE
Round 15ROUND ROBIN
Godefroy de Tessieres, France
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West North East SouthGaviard Mazzadi T Bessis Lo Presti
Mazzadi was willing to compete over 1NT where Bessis wasnot. It looks from the ensuing auction as though 2} meant some-thing different for him to what it meant to Lo Presti, but perhapsI do them an injustice. For the two passed hands to play 3NT wasclearly too much and Gaviard expressed that opinion ratherforcibly via a double of the final contract.
Furio di Bello played 1NT nicely. He received a low heart leadwhich ran to his jack and now he took his best shot for the con-tract by cashing the queen of spades then leading to the [10.That gave him seven tricks for +90. I suspect that di Bello wouldhave been unimpressed by the efforts of his teammates when itcame to score up this deal.
Against 3NT doubled, Gaviard led the {10 to Lo Presti's ace.Declarer led the ]10 and that was covered by the jack, king andace. Now Bessis found a low spade switch to the queen butGaviard persisted with a second diamond.Lo Presti won the queenand played the }Q. Gaviard won the club and now returned aspade, permitting Bessis to take three more tricks there for downtwo; -500 and 9 IMPs to France, levelling the match at 10-10.
Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East.
[ 8 4] K 8 6 4{ 10 7 5 4 3 2} 8
[ K Q 6 [ J 9 5] A J 3 ] 10 9 7 5{ K J { A 6} A K 9 7 3 } 10 5 4 2
[ A 10 7 3 2] Q 2{ Q 9 8} Q J 6
West North East SouthF di Bello O Bessis S di Bello de Tessieres
Pass Pass2NT Pass 3} Pass3NT All Pass
West North East SouthGaviard Mazzadi T Bessis Lo Presti
Pass 1[Dble Pass 2] Pass3NT All Pass
Lo Presti opened 1[ in second seat but his opponents soongot to the no trump game. Naturally enough, Mazzadi led a spadebut that gave Gaviard the tempo to make his game; ten tricks for+630.
There was a possibility of a swing to France because in theother room de Tessieres did not open the South hand, giving his
partner a free choice of opening lead.A diamond lead would havedefeated the contract but, looking at a ten-high diamond suit andlack of outside entries, Bessis too chose to lead a spade in thehope of hitting his partner's suit. He did so, but that was notenough to beat the contract; +600 for 1 IMP to France.
Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South.
[ Q J 9 4] K 8 6{ 7 6} A K 10 5
[ K 10 7 6 5 2 [ A 8] A ] J 10 9 7 5 4 3{ K J 10 8 { 5 4} J 3 } 9 2
[ 3] Q 2{ A Q 9 3 2} Q 8 7 6 4
West North East SouthF di Bello O Bessis S di Bello de Tessieres
Pass1[ Pass 1NT Pass2[ All Pass
West North East SouthGaviard Mazzadi T Bessis Lo Presti
1{1[ 3NT All Pass
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De Tessiere, in typical French style, passed as dealer on thefive-five 10-count and left his opponents to play 2[. Bessis casheda top club then switched to a heart for the jack, two and ace. DiBello played the }J now but Bessis let that run to his partner'squeen and de Tessieres switched to his spade for the nine andace. Di Bello lost two trumps and two diamonds to go with thetwo clubs so was down one for -100.
Lo Presti did open the South hand and when Gaviard over-called 1[ Mazzadi felt that he had sufficient to take a shot atthe no trump game. Though the club suit was running to pro-vide five tricks, diamonds were very badly placed for declarer.Bessis led the jack of hearts and Mazzadi had no clue that it wasright to play low from dummy at trick one. He put up the queenin normal fashion and that lost to the bare ace. The spadeswitch went to the queen and ace and Bessis cleared thehearts. Mazzadi played a diamond to the nine and ten and backcame a club. He won in hand to take the diamond finesse butthat lost and Gaviard returned a diamond to establish a trickfor himself.There were only seven tricks to be had; down twofor -200 and 7 IMPs to France, keeping alive their hopes of mak-ing the semi-finals.
West North East SouthF di Bello O Bessis S di Bello de Tessieres
1[ 2} 4[ 4NTPass 6} All Pass
West North East SouthGaviard Mazzadi T Bessis Lo Presti
1[ 2} 3[ 5}All Pass
Rather as one might expect, Stelio di Bello pre-empted moreaggressively than Thomas Bessis when their respective partner'sopened 1[ and right-hand opponent overcalled 2}. Di Bello's 4[call left de Tessieres with no room to explore and he tried 4NT,initially minors. Olivier had substantial extra playing strength andgussed to jump to 6}. Hoping to find his partner with spadeshortage. Alas, the defence promptly cashed two spade tricks;down one for -50.
Lo Presti had a little more room but disliked his doubletonspade sufficiently that he contented himself with a peaceful raiseto the club game.That did not invite Mazzadi to go on to slamand 5} made exactly for +400 and 10 IMPs to Italy, giving themthe lead at 20-18.
The match was fairly quiet for a long time.The Italian lead hadstretched to 7 IMPs when the next major swing occurred.
Board 17. None Vul. Dealer North.[ 5 4] A K 4{ Q J 9 6 4 2} 7 3
West North East SouthF di Bello O Bessis S di Bello de Tessieres
Pass Pass 1]Pass 2} 2[ Dble4[ Pass Pass Dble
All PassWest North East SouthGaviard Mazzadi T Bessis Lo Presti
1{ Pass 1]Pass 2{ 2[ 3[4[ Pass Pass 4NT
Pass 5{ Pass 6{All Pass
De Tessieres doubled 2[ for take-out to show his extras anddoubled again when Furio leaped to 4[.The diamond slam wasnever an issue at this table, where North had passed as dealer,
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and France picked up 500 for down three, the defence not man-aging to find the club ruff.
Mazzadi opened the North hand where Olivier had passed,and once he had rebid the diamonds there was never any dangerof the slam being missed, however much East/West might get in-volved in the auction. Perhaps, however, Lo Presti could have fol-lowed up his 4NT bid with 5NT and got to seven when facingthe ]K? Anyway, 6{+1 was worth +940 and 10 IMPs to Italy, sothere was no need to risk a possibly less than solid grand slam.
Board 19. E/W Vul. Dealer South.
[ 10] K 10 9 3{ K Q 4} 10 6 4 3 2
[ Q 8 6 2 [ J 3] A J 4 ] Q 7{ A 7 2 { J 8 6 5 3} A K 8 } Q J 7 5
[ A K 9 7 5 4] 8 6 5 2{ 10 9} 9
West North East SouthF di Bello O Bessis S di Bello de Tessieres
Pass1} Pass 1{ 2[
Dble Pass 3} Pass3NT All Pass
West North East SouthGaviard Mazzadi T Bessis Lo Presti
2[2NT All Pass
Lo Presti's weak two bid saw Gaviard overcall 2NT, maximumbut within range, and Thomas had a collection of queens andjacks that did not tempt him to move on.The ten of spades leadwas covered by the jack and ducked. Gaviard played ace andanother diamond and Mazzadi won the second round thenswitched to a heart to dummy's queen. Now Gaviard cashed theace and king of clubs before playing another round of diamonds.There was nothing Mazzadi could do; ten tricks for +180.
De Tessieres did not open the South hand, it not being Frenchstyle to do so when holding four cards in the other major, how-ever weak those four cards might be. He made a weak jumpovercall at his next turn but that did not prevent the di Bellobrothers from bidding to 3NT. Olivier did not lead his singletonspade, seeing no way that his partner could have both a goodenough suit to establish and another entry to cash it out. Heinstead led a low heart, perhaps appreciating that his partner'spass then bid sequence suggested heart length. Furio wondummy's queen but, of course, had not been presented with aspade trick as at the other table. He played ace and another dia-mond and Olivier won and only now played a spade. De Tessierescould win and play a heart through and the contract went twooff, when perhaps one off might have been sufficient; -200 and 9IMPs to France.
But that swing was too little too late for France. Italy won thematch by 41-31 IMPs, 17-13 VPs. Meanwhile, Poland scored amaximum and so took the fourth place in the semi-finals.
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A Successful Operation
After a week of very seriousbridge, it is perhaps undertsandablethat a few of the players in theSwiss Pairs are taking things in aslightly more light-hearted mannerthan usual. Not that they do notwant to win, just that the way inwhich to achieve that goal may
involve a little more imagination than usual. The irregularNorwegian pairing of Gunnar Harr and Olav Ellestad trieda little operation during the first match of the competition,their victims being first-time partnership Michael Wilkinson(Australia) and Gareth Birdsall (England).
Non-vulnerable, and facing a passed partner, GunnarHarr decided to create a little diversion with one of theweaker take-out doubles we have seen this week. WhenWilkinson redoubled, Ellestad decided to join in with a psy-chic bid of his own - perhaps he could get himself doubledin 1[, which looked to have good chances, if he could gethis opponents started with the doubling.
Sure enough,Wilkinson had an obvious double of 1]but, when Ellestad ran to his real suit, he did not fancydoubling that and made a rather heavy jump to the notrump game. Ellestad thought a little about doubling thefinal contract but wisely decided that if someone was alittle light for his bid it was more likely to be his partnerthan anyone else so passed. Twelve tricks were easy, ofcourse, and the Norwegians had carried out a most suc-cessful operation as their opponents missed the laydownslam.
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USA2 lined up Bathurst/Mignocchi on vugraph andGrue/Kranyak in the Closed Room. Opponents on vugraph wereLo Presti/Mazzadi with the di Bello brothers in the ClosedRoom.The vugraph-audience is still waiting to see the tempera-mental di Bellos on the vugraph-screen.
Stelio di Bello redoubled 5} in a Round Robin match but thatwas defeated by one trick. On the first board he wanted revengeand launched the fireworks immediately when he went for theblue card again in 5}, perhaps to see which way the wind wasblowing in this match, but there were three quick losers; 200 forUSA2. At the other table Bathurst due to the early start (9.00am!!) handled the trump suit poorly in 4] doubled; -500 and 7introductory IMPs for Italy. The Americans had a 4 IMP carry-over but were now already 3 IMPs behind.
West North East SouthKranyak S. di Bello Grue F. di Bello
Pass Pass 1{ 1]Pass 2{ Dble PassPass 3} Pass 3]
All Pass
Furio di Bello as South did his job by collecting ten tricks in3]. In the Open Room Lo Presti went for a no trump game onthe East/Wests cards! What went wrong in Lo Presti/Mazzadi'sauction? Mazzadi's take-out double was reasonable but Lo Prestiwas hoping for more.To stop in 3{ was the right thing to do as3NT was three off after a heart lead; Lo Presti changed a 2 IMPgain to a 4 IMP loss.
[ K Q J 4 3 [ A 10 7 6 5] K 10 9 6 ] A J{ A 8 { Q J 9 7 6 2} 7 4 } –
[ 2] Q 7 5 2{ 3} A K J 10 8 6 3
West North East SouthLo Presti Bathurst Mazzadi Mignocchi
1}1[ 2} 3} 5}
Dble Pass 5[ All PassWest North East SouthKranyak S. di Bello Grue F. di Bello
1}1[ Pass 3{ Pass4[ Pass 5} Pass5{ Pass 5] Pass
5NT Pass 6} Pass7[ All Pass
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Segment 1 (boards 1-16)SEMI-FINAL
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The Americans were a bit unlucky here when the diamondfinesse failed. Bathurst/Mignocchi jammed the works for LoPresti/Mazzadi by bidding clubs. Mazzadi didn't know if Lo Prestihad a diamond control or not and stayed at the five level.At leastLo Presti was relieved to lose a trick to the {K but, knowing thesmall slam was laydown, he probably was surprised when it timeto score up. Italy gained 13 IMPs and was up by 14 IMPs.
In the other semi-final this board was a big swing for Poland.The Houmollers sacrificed in 7} for -1400 but that was 17 IMPsto the Poles when Schaltz/Gjaldbaek went down in 7[.
On Board 10 Lo Presti found a ruff for his partner, justenough to defeat 5}, and when the di Bellos stayed in 4} thatwas a 6 IMPs gain for Italy.
Board 11. None Vul. Dealer South.
[ J 6 4 3] 10 9 5{ J 8 6 2} A 10
[ K 8 [ A Q 10 9 7 2] Q 8 7 6 ] 3{ A 10 { K Q 5 3} K 9 5 4 3 } 6 2
[ 5] A K J 4 2{ 9 7 5} Q J 8 7
West North East SouthLo Presti Bathurst Mazzadi Mignocchi
1]Pass 2] 2[ Pass2NT Pass 4[ All Pass
West North East SouthKranyak S. di Bello Grue F. di Bello
1]Pass 2] 2[ 3]4[ Dble All Pass
The defence can take three tricks in the early play then de-clarer has three options for trying to make the contract: a) playthe spades from top, b) take a trump finesse or, c) make a trump-reduction. On the actual layout b) and c) would be successful butnot a). Mazzadi didn't play the cards in a proper order and hewent down.With the trump-reduction this would be the endingwhen East is down to four cards:
[ J 6 4 3] –{ –} –
[ K 8 [ A Q 10] – ] –{ – { 5} 9 5 } –
[ 5] K{ –} J 8
North has discarded his last diamond on the fourth heartruff. Since the defence has already won three tricks, taking thetrumps from the top will not do the job. Declarer must ruff thediamond with the king of spades and his next move is just tocover North's spade. Grue found the winning line as he scored+590; 12 well-earned IMPs to USA2.
Italy won 13 IMPs on the last board in this segment whenKranyak/Grue bid a sporting 6] with only 11 tricks while LoPresti/Mazzadi were in a safe 4].The first quarter was over andItaly had their toes in the final, leading by 54-24.5 IMPs. Denmarkstarted with a 16 IMP carry-over and was now in the lead by 39IMPs in the other semi-final.
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The first session of the semi-final between Denmark andPoland had seen the Danes add to their 16-IMP carry-overadvantage so that they led by 69-30 overall afer 16 deals.Segment 2 saw a determined fightback from Poland.
West North East SouthK.Kotorowicz J.Houmoller J.Kotorowicz B.Houmoller
1} 1[2} 2[ 3{ All Pass
West North East SouthMarquardsen Buras Henriksen Lutostanski
1NT 2}3{ 4] 5{ Pass
Pass Dble All PassOver the Polish Club opening, Bjorg Houmoller overcalled
1[ and Jonas competed gently to 2[. Krzysztof Kotorowicz nowbought the contract in 3{. Bjorg led a spade to the queen andace so the fifth defensive winner was established at the start;down one for -50.
Boje Henriksen opened with a weak no trump and now PiotrLutostanski could conveniently get both his majors into the auc-tion in one go. That convinced Krzysztof Buras to make anaggressive leap to 4], liking his four-card heart support, two acesand useful spade holding. There is some work to do but itappears that 4] can be made, but Buras was not put to the testas Henriksen saved in 5{, easily doubled by Buras. The openinglead of the queen of spades again ensured that there would beno defensive slip-ups; three down for -500 and 10 IMPs toPoland.
Board 20.All Vul. Dealer West.[ J 8 7 6] A K{ K J 9 7} J 7 4
All PassHoumoller's weak no trump caught Jakub, who made a very
aggressive double and the Poles were in big trouble when Jakubhad to run to 2}. Not liking the sound of that, Krzysztof redou-bled for rescue and Krzysztof eventually played 2] doubled.Northcashed the top hearts then switched to a spade for South's king.
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Segment 2 (boards 17-32)SEMI-FINAL
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The ]Q was cashed and the defence switched to diamonds, com-ing to one trick in that suit plus two clubs; down two for -500.
That would be just fine for Poland if their North/South paircould bid and make game on their combined 25-count.Given a freerun, Buras/Lutostanski duly reached the normal spade game butthere was no real chance to make this with two spades and twodiamonds to be lost; down one for -100 and 12 IMPs to Denmark.
West North East SouthMarquardsen Buras Henriksen Lutostanski
Pass 2]Pass 2NT Pass 3]Pass 6} All Pass
For Denmark, 2} could have been various strong hands and2{ was a relay. Now 2NT showed 18-20 balanced and 3] was atransfer, the 3] completion showing a doubleton heart. FourClubs was a natural slam try and 4{ a cuebid. Bjorg settled for5} now because she had only a mild slam try. Jonas passedbecause he had a good hand but had not heard any cuebid frompartner. Jonas made twelve tricks for +420.
Lutostanski could open the South hand to show a weak two-suiter including hearts. Over the 2NT enquiry he showed a max-imum with clubs as the second suit and Buras simply bid theslam.The opening lead was the king of spades and Buras won theace and drew three rounds of trumps, then played a spade to thenine and ten. Henriksen switched to the queen of diamonds todeclarer's ace and now the jack of spades ruffed out the king.Atthis point declarer has seen West show out of both black suitsand, having had no opposition bidding, has no strong indicationthat the diamonds are breaking so unevenly.There appears to bea good case for playing a heart to the jack next, as West will oftenhold four hearts and declarer can only ruff once in either hand.This would, of course, have led to defeat, so Buras did somethingvery good for his side when he instead followed the simple lineof ace, king and a third heart for a ruff, establishing the suit; +920and 11 IMPs to Poland.
[ 7 [ 8 4] K 9 7 5 4 ] A 10{ K Q 7 6 2 { A 10 4 3} Q J } K 7 4 3 2
[ A 10 9 2] Q 3 2{ J 9 5} A 9 8
West North East SouthK.Kotorowicz J.Houmoller J.Kotorowicz B.Houmoller
Pass2] Pass 2[ Pass3{ All Pass
West North East SouthMarquardsen Buras Henriksen Lutostanski
1}1] Dble 2} 2[
All PassAgain we see a Pole able to show a weak two-suiter by open-
ing two of a major.The 2[ response was pass or correct and 3{showed the second suit. The hands fit together very well andKrzysztof came to eleven easy tricks for +150.
Lutostanski opened the South hand at the other table, anaggressive action with that pattern and only an 11-count at the pre-vailing vulnerability. Diamonds were never mentioned as Marquard-sen opted for a simple 1] overcall rather than take his side to thethree level to get both suits into the game.At his second turn, Mar-quardsen had some extra shape but potentially wasted club valuesand did not feel inclined to compete further. Had he bid 3{, thatwould have been a game try for hearts after his partner's cuebid
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raise, making that an unattractive option.When 2[ came around,Henriksen had good values but had already shown support withonly a doubleton heart and he too felt unable to do any more.Mar-quardsen led the queen of clubs and Lutostanski won the ace, drewtrumps in two rounds and played a diamond off the dummy. Hen-riksen went in with the ace and switched to ace and another heart.With the clubs still blocked after three rounds of hearts, there wasan eventual endplay for the overtrick; +140 and 7 IMPs to Poland.
Board 26.All Vul. Dealer East.[ 8 4 3] A K 9 8 7{ 4} J 6 4 2
West North East SouthK.Kotorowicz J.Houmoller J.Kotorowicz B.Houmoller
Pass 1{Pass 1] Pass 2}Pass 3} All Pass
West North East SouthMarquardsen Buras Henriksen Lutostanski
Pass 1{Pass 1] Pass 2}Pass 3} Pass 3NT
All PassThe two auctions were identical as far as 3}, where Bjorg
decided to call it a day while Lutostanski went on to 3NT.Aftera spade to the ace and a spade back, Bjorg went after diamondruffs and just lost two trump tricks; +130.
The lead to 3NT was a heart to East's jack. Henriksenswitched to a low spade to declarer's king and Lutostanski playedace and another club to Marquardsen's queen. A spade wasducked to declarer's queen and he gave up a second club. Nowthe defence took the spades and the contract, which had neverreally looked on from declarer's point of view, drifted two off for-200 and 8 IMPs to Denmark.
Board 28. N/S Vul. Dealer West.[ K 5] A Q 10{ A Q J 9} K 8 5 4
West North East SouthK.Kotorowicz J.Houmoller J.Kotorowicz B.Houmoller
1[ Dble Pass 2{2[ 2NT Pass 3NT
All Pass
West North East SouthMarquardsen Buras Henriksen Lutostanski
1[ Dble Pass 1NTPass 3NT All Pass
Both Souths declared 3NT. Marquardsen led a heart, whichLutostanski ran to Henriksen's king.A second heart was won bythe queen and now declarer crossed to the {10 to run the }J,but Marquardsen went up with the ace and cleared the hearts.Now Lutostanski cashed out the diamonds before running the}10 to the queen. A heart was cashed,West winning the eight,and now he had to return a spade; down one for -100.
Krzysztof simply led a spade at trick one and Bjorg won theking in hope of blocking the suit if East had queen doubleton. Shecashed some diamonds then tried the heart finesse and ended updown four; -400 and 7 IMPs to Poland.
West North East SouthK.Kotorowicz J.Houmoller J.Kotorowicz B.Houmoller
1}Pass 1NT Pass 2NTPass 3NT All Pass
West North East SouthMarquardsen Buras Henriksen Lutostanski
1NTAll Pass
Lutostanski opened a 15-17 1NT and played there. He wonthe heart lead with dummy's queen and ran the nine of clubs tothe queen.The hearts were cleared and then declarer cleared theclubs. He had nine tricks now when the spades divided evenly;+150.
Bjorg opened 1} as 1NT would have been weak and theninvited game opposite the 1NT response. Jonas accepted the in-vitation and his 3NT ended the auction. Jakub led the jack ofspades and Jonas won the ace and played a heart to the queen,Jakub won the ace and switched to a low diamond for the queenand ace.There was no way to overcome that defence and Jonaswas two down for -200 and 8 IMPs to Poland.
Midway through the semi-final, Poland had closed right up toDenmark and now trailed by only 88-95 IMPs.
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Sports NewsSoccerBlackburn 2-3 Man City; Nicolas Anelka's latewinner put Man City top of the Premiership.Sparta Prague 2 - 2 Vardar Skopje. SpartaPrague qualified in the round of 32 of the
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François Colin has all the results on 21,300 auctions, contracts,scenarios.
You want to know where the highest numbers of IMP's werewon by the active side? It's on opening bids of 2[ with five cards (or less) and 8 HCP orless when the opponents are vulnerable.This is just a small freesample of what is available.
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