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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

MONDAY,JUNE 19 2017

ISSUE No 10CLICK TO NAVIGATE

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Pictures from the Gala Dinner p. 2

Calling all IBPA Members p. 3

A view of the Bridge p. 3

Championship Diary p. 4

Match of the Day p. 5

Ventin vs Badger C p. 9

Vinci vs Shokolata p. 11

The Big Bang Theory p. 14

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The first inductees to the EBL Hall of Fame, Benito Garozzo, Geir Helgemo, John Holland, Apolinary Kowalski, Nicola Smith & Sylvie Willard (Paul Chemla & Bep Vriend will receive their mementoes in separate ceremonies). When he accepted his Memento, the legendary Benito Garozzo made a point of saying that we would all meet again in ten years time for the 80th anniversary of the European Bridge League.

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

Open BAM Teams II10.30 - 12.00 Round 112.15 - 13.45 Round 213.45 - 14.45 Lunch break14.45 - 16.15 Round 316.30 - 18.00 Round 418.15 - 19.45 Round 5

O/W/S Teams Knockout10.30 - 12.30 O - R16, W/S - QF12.45 - 14.45 O - R16, W/S - QF14.45 - 15.45 Lunch break15.45 - 17.45 O - QF, W/S -SF18.00 - 20.00 O - QF, W/S -SF

Representatives of the eight countries who founded the EBL, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, & Great Britain (which is now sub divided into Scotland, England & Wales).

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8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy

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Sevinç Atay

Bill Pencharz, José Damiani, Yves Aubry, Gianarrigo Rona

Paul Porteous and Yves Aubry

Josef Harsanyi and Yves Aubry

Jan Kamras and Mark HortonCaterina and Francesco Ferlazzo Natoli

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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 today:

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The IBPA Journalist Outing to Pistoia on Wednesday 21st June has been mentioned in earlier Bulletins.We have place for four more IBPA members making a total of 20 in the group, the maximum number. Please

sign up before 18:00 Monday 19th with Jan Swaan in the Press Room if you want to join.

Here is the programme: 10:30 Bus leaving from the venue Mondolandia, outside the restaurant. Our guide Mrs. Andrea Bregovic will already be on the bus.11:00 Arrival at Piazza San Francesco (Parking place of the bus). Start and end of the guided city tour on foot.

Pistoia is a small city, not big like Florence. On our way we go inside churches, where it is cool and one can sit down while the guide explains.

From Piazza San Francesco to the church of Sant'Andrea, then Ospedale del Ceppo with friezes and tondoes, then Piazza del Duomo (where we will also see the market) and the monuments (for example the Cathedral). At some point you could have some time for yourself or join the group to visit the Piazza della Sala (near Piazza Duomo).

You can check the route on http://www.villagiorgia.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/PTMAP-2017.pdf

14:30 Back at the venue.

Lunch will be taken during the visit.

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Mark Horton

On a deal from the EBL Cup a player led the three of clubs from }K7632 against 1NT. This is how the suit was distributed:

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

Declarer put up dummy's queen and North contributed the nine and declarer the four. When East regained the lead she continued with the }K!

When West gently enquired as to the rationale behind this disastrous play East explained that she expected declarer to have started with a doubleton }A10 (despite the irrefutable evidence of the first trick!).

A neuralyzer is a device considered standard issue employed by the Men in Black.

It is a device about the size of an average cigar tube that gives a bright flash which erases the memories of the past hours, days, weeks, months or years, depending on the chosen settings.

Our Technical Manager, Hans van Staveren opined that it might be a very useful aid for our team of Directors!

In the Mixed Teams Jovi Smederevac played on a team of five from five different countries. In the Women's Teams she is playing in a team of six from six different counties. It might be a record?

During one of their matches in the Open on Saturday a member of team Black was asked by an opponent, "What kind of peters do you play?" to which he replied, "Fredin & Bertheau".

If you are looking for a good, inexpensive restaurant try Da Egisto, Piazza Cesare Battisti 13, 51016 Montecatini - +39 0572 78413 - recommended by several discerning Italian members of staff.

Both Francesca and Arianna own impressive cameras with long lenses. As they sit either side of your Editor it was definitely a case of "Canon to the right of them, Canon to the left of them...."

CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY

Hans van Staveren

Jovi Smederevac

Peter Bertheau & Peter Fredin

Francesca & Arianna

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Mark Horton

Match of the Day is BBC TV's principal football programme. It is shown during the English football season, featuring highlights of the day's matches in the Premier League.

It is one of the BBC's longest-running shows, having been on air since 22 August 1964. In its early days only one match was shown.

Here is a compilation of clips from the show featuring the legendary George Best:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANHWNtCZFEcIf I had to select only one match from the opening

round of the team events it would have to be Rams v Bridge24B:

Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ A K 8 3 ] A 6 2 { K } A Q 9 8 2 [ 10 5 [ 4 ] K 10 9 ] Q J 7 5 4 3 { A J 10 9 4 { 8 7 5 3 } 6 5 3 } J 7 [ Q J 9 7 6 2 ] 8 { Q 6 2 } K 10 4

Open Room West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — 1}* 2] Dble* 3] 4]* 5] Pass Pass 6[ All Pass

1} May be any balanced hand including any other five card suit, also 54224] Cue bid

Not a bad way to start a championship. Declarer won the heart lead and was soon claiming,+980.

Closed Room West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec — 1}* 2{ 2[ Dble* 4{* Pass 5{ Pass 5[ All Pass

1} Polish Club4{ Splinter

If South's 5{ was intended to convey something special, the message was lost in translation, and that meant Rams were ahead 11-0.

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

Open Room West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — — 1[ Pass 4[ 5] Dble All Pass

The defenders took all their tricks, two down, -300.

Closed Room West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec — — 1[ Pass 4[ 5] 5[ 6] Pass Pass Dble All Pass

It would have been interesting to see how declarer would have tackled 5[ - there are plenty of ways to go wrong after the defenders start with two rounds of hearts. However, the simple line of playing the ace of spades followed by the queen should deliver eleven tricks easily enough. The extra under trick gave Rams another 7IMPs.

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

Open Room West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland 1[ Dble Pass 2] Pass 2[* 3} Pass Pass 3{ Pass 4] Pass 6] All Pass

Having promised nothing with 2] South was able to show some values by jumping to game over 3{. With the jack of hearts onside this contract rolled home, +1430.

Closed Room West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec 2[ Dble Pass 3] Pass 3[* Pass 4] Pass 4NT* Pass 5{* Pass 6] All Pass

I can't be sure what 3] promised, but North drove to the slam to flatten the board.

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

Open Room West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — 1}* Pass 1[* Pass 1NT Pass 2]* Pass 2[ Pass 4{* Pass 5}* Pass 5{* Pass 5]* Pass 6]* Pass 6[ All Pass

1} May be any balanced hand including any other five card suit, also 54221[ Game forcing relay2] 5+[4{ Void and optional RKCB5} Accepted and 2 key card and no [Q5{ ]K?5] No6] General grand slam try

West led the eight of clubs and declarer won with dummy's ace, cashed the king of spades and played a heart to the queen and king. He ruffed the return of the ace of diamonds and cashed the ace of hearts, claiming when the suit divided, +1430.

Closed Room West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec — 1{* Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2}* Pass 2{* Pass 4[ All Pass

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was conservative? It cost 13 IMPs, putting Rams firmly in control, 31-0.

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

Open Room West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — — Pass 2{* Pass 2[ Pass 3{ Pass 4[ All Pass

2{ 4[, 5/6 ] 11-15 or 17-19

When South showed he was in the upper range North jumped to game, but South was unwilling to make any further move. That was +480, as declarer ruffed the club lead in dummy, cashed a top spade and played three rounds of hearts, ruffing.

On this layout 6[ is easy enough, but if East starts by leading a club declarer would be pleased to find everything breaking nicely.

Closed Room West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec — — Pass 1}* Pass 1[ Pass 2{* Pass 2[ Pass 5}* Pass 5{* Pass 6[ All Pass

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Declarer won the heart lead with dummy's ace, took two rounds of trumps ending in hand and played a heart to the ten, claiming when West won with the queen, +980 and 11 IMPs for Bridge24B.

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

Open Room West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland Pass 1}* 1[ Dble* 4[ Dble All Pass

East's extraordinary overcall appeared to have rebounded, as although the combination of that and West's jump to game meant there was little chance of NS reaching either of the makeable slams (6NT or 6{ played by South) it offered up the possibility of a huge penalty. However, it was clearly going to be difficult for NS to envisage the true situation.

Had South started with the four of spades (difficult but not totally out of the question) the defenders would have had every chance of taking the contract five down. Not unreasonably South started with the two of clubs and North won with the ace. At this point switching to the king of spades is a tough play to find (again putting +1100 on the map) and North returned a club, South winning with the king and switching to the six of hearts. Declarer put in dummy's jack and North took the ace, cashed the king of diamonds and played the queen of clubs. Declarer ruffed and played a spade and when South put in the jack +500 sank to +300 as declarer won with dummy's ace, set up the hearts and played a spade.

It reminded me of a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where the Black Knight, having had his left arm cut off in a fight with King Arthur exclaims "Tis but a scratch".

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East led the eight of hearts and declarer took West's jack with the ace, drew trumps and played the king of spades, West taking the ace and cashing the king of hearts, +400 and 3 IMPs for Bridge24B.

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

Open Room West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — Pass Pass 1] Pass 1[* Pass 2} Pass 3{ Pass 4{* Pass 4[* Pass 4NT* Pass 5{* Pass 6}* Pass 6{ All Pass

1[ Forcing NT type2} 4+{, maybe 6]4{ Optional RKCB4[ Accept, 1 key card4NT {Q?5{ Yes, no heart king6} General grand slam try

East led the jack of clubs and declarer won with the queen, cashed the ace of clubs pitching a spade, then played a spade to the ace. He ruffed a heart, ruffed a spade, ruffed a heart, ruffed a spade, cashed the ace of hearts pitching a club, ruffed a heart and took the rest via the high cross ruff, +940.

Closed Room West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec — Pass Pass 1}* Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

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East led the queen of hearts and declarer ducked in dummy pitching a diamond, won the continuation of the seven of hearts with dummy's jack, played a club to the queen and claimed +430 - a loss of 11 IMPs that left Rams the winners, 42-13.

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The Duplimates used for the duplication during the championship are sold for EUR 1999. You should book your order as soon as possible because they will no doubt sell out. Contact Jannerstens in the Bridge Plaza (tent next to playing area), or drop a line to [email protected].

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Open Teams Qualification - Round 3

The encounter between Ventin and Badger C was at table 19; early days, admittedly, but a big loss for either team would push them down towards average, whereupon the climb to a qualifying place would be a steep one.

Ventin’s team was a mixture of Swedes and Italians, Badger was all English.

Things started well when an ambiguity of spot cards presented Wrang with a problem he did not solve.

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

Both tables faced a two-card 1} opener from South. After doubling and cuebidding Allerton played 3NT while Antonio Palma gave up in 2[. Both Norths guessed well to lead clubs – the six, second highest from four. Where Badger were defending

Hinden cleared clubs and North could get in with ]A for a painless down one. In the other room the }6 lead looked consistent with two or three. Worried about setting up declarer’s long club, Wrang shifted immediately to spades, knowing declarer had at most two, and declarer drove the heart ace and claimed nine tricks when that suit behaved.

On the next deal Badger gave it back when the opponents somewhat unfairly bid one suit then led another.

Board 23. Dealer South. Both Vul. [ Q 9 8 6 Q 9 4 { K J 10 } Q 4 2 [ 7 3 [ K J 5 2 ] K J 10 8 5 ] 7 6 { Q 9 { 5 2 } K 10 7 3 } A J 9 6 5 [ A 10 4 ] A 3 2 { A 8 7 6 4 3 } 8 The auction again started similarly: South opened

1{ and over a negative double of 1] from their partner they rebid 1[ suggesting a three card suit. Wrang, South heard 1NT from his partner and moved on with 2{ to end the auction for a quiet 110. Hinden (who had promised an unbalanced hand) heard 2{ from North and raised to 3{. Now Osborne tried 3NT and the defenders ran clubs to squeeze both hands. He unguarded spades and hearts from dummy and tried a diamond finesse against West. Now the defenders could cash four more major suit winners for down five and 12 IMPs.

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For our next deal I’ll pose the East hand as a problem and show you the full deal in a moment.

Board 25. Dealer West. E-W Vul. [ K ] 7 6 5 4 { A Q 9 6 } Q J 9 5 [ A 8 5 4 ] A 10 9 3 { 10 8 7 4 } 3

South opens a weak 2[ and plays there. Partner leads the ]Q, denying the king. You take the ace at trick one? Let’s say you return a club – why not? Partner wins the ace as declarer follows with the seven and returns the six for you to ruff as declarer produces the king. What now? Antonio Palma made the best technical play when he decided that the only legitimate chance to set the hand was to play partner for the [Q – unlikely as that might be since declarer would otherwise just lose one trump trick. He played ace and a second spade and partner produced the [Q and gave him the ruff.

This was the full hand:

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

Switch the {J and {K and this defence is necessary, else declarer may be able to pitch his club on the third diamond. The deal actually produced a swing when the defence lost their third club ruff in the other room.

Ventin added a couple of small swings when Allerton-Jagger bid a poor game and missed a good one, then on the final deal Ventin twisted the knife with an entirely random result.

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

In one room Badger bid to 3[ down 50, over 3], which also rated to be down one. In the other room Jagger opened an 11-14 no-trump, passed round to Ventin who doubled. The tray came half back to North and East, neither of whom saw the double, (though your reporter did). Accordingly each of them passed it out, when had they seen the double either of them might have acted. 1NTx on a spade lead lost the obvious eight tricks. Down 300 and 8 more IMPs to Ventin, winners by 35-12.

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After three rounds of Swiss, the Vinci and Shokolata teams were leading the field – and that was why they had to meet in round 4. After the relatively quiet sets of boards in rounds 2 and 3, the boards got pretty lively again in this round. Below, you will find a review of what happened in this match.

On the first board, Vinci took a 3-0 lead by defeating the opponents’ contracts by one trick in both rooms. On the next board, they had a chance to increase their lead significantly:

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

West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati — — Pass Pass 1} 1NT 2}* 3NT All Pass

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East led the }8. Declarer put up dummy’s queen and West won the ace to shift to a low spade. Declarer played low from hand, so East could win the queen and return the suit to partner’s ace. A third round of spades went to declarer’s king. Next, declarer led the }10 to dummy’s jack and advanced the {Q, which was covered by the king and ace. When declarer next cashed the }K, East threw a heart. At this point, declarer needed to guess right in diamonds: he might play for West to have started with {K10 doubleton or he might finesse the {10 through East.

As you can see, the latter option would have brought him his contract but when he played for {K10 doubleton in West and thus put up dummy’s jack, he had to accept one down. Shokolata +100.

West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin — — Pass Pass 1} 1{ 2{* Dble Pass Pass Rdbl Pass 2] All Pass

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At the other table, N/S came nowhere near to bidding a game but sold out to the modest contract of 2]. When North led a low diamond to declarer’s king, Versace managed to escae for just one down. Still another +50 gave Shokolata 4 IMPs and the lead in the match by the odd IMP.

The next board was a slam:

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

West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati — — — Pass Pass 1[ Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 5} Dble 6[ All Pass

As Donati could show his diamond shortness at once, reaching the slam was easy enough since North could immediately show his heart control to make South realise the value of his ]K. Vinci +980.

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West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin— — — Pass Pass 1[ Pass 3] Pass 3NT Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4[ All Pass

The Israelis could show the diamond shortness as well, but when they did not manage fully to explore the potential of the combined hands, the contract rested in 4[, and Vinci thus gained 11 IMPs to lead by 14-4 now.

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

West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati Pass Pass 1NT Pass Pass Dble All Pass

North showed his two-suiter by making a balancing double, but South quite reasonably thought his hand was strong enough to sit the double (fair enough – but NOT facing a passed hand?). He led the }9, which ran to declarer’s jack. When Bareket continued the [9, South immediately rose with the ace to clear the clubs but after winning his }A, declarer simply cashed seven more winners to end up with two overtricks and +580.

West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin Pass Pass 1NT Pass Pass Dble Pass 2{ Pass 2[ All Pass

At the other table, the double showed spades and another, 2{ enquiring about the other suit but excluding clubs as a playable spot.

East led a heart to the jack and declarer’s king. The }K won the next trick but the second round of the

suit went to East’s jack. East persisted with hearts, so declarer won the ]10 and ruffed a club. Had he now played [A and another, he might even have made his contract as the trumps were 3-3 but declarer settled for a safe one down by playing a top heart. That was ruffed by East, who then opened the attack. on declarer’s trump length by shifting to diamonds. Vinci +100 but 10 IMPs back to Shokolata to level the match.

Two boards later, neither table reached a good spot:

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

West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati— — Pass 1} Pass 2{ Dble 2] 3{ All Pass

North’s 2{ showed either a weak jump shift in hearts or a 10+ hand with 5-5 in the majors. East’s double showed diamonds so West tried to win the partscore battle but must have felt a little disappointed when partner produced only four trumps.

On a club lead to South's ace and a heart back, declarer ran into a couple of ruffs and thus was soon one down. Vinci +100.

West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin — — Pass 1} Pass 2{ Pass 2] All Pass

Against basically the same auction as in the other room, Lauria, looking at his heart strength, was not interested in showing any signs of a diamond suit so Versace was never tempted. Down four, another +200 and 7 IMPs to Vinci to lead 26-14 now.

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The next board was close to a slam:

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

West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati— — — 1{ Pass 1NT Pass 2[ Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3NT All Pass

North showed a constructive raise with his 3{ bid so he thought he had little to add to this and settled for 3NT when given the chance. There were nine top tricks. Vinci +600.

West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin — — — 1{ Pass 1NT Pass 2[ Pass 3{ Pass 4] Pass 6{ All Pass

Once Levin showed his heart splinter over the constructive raise in diamonds, Roll’s jump to slam was close to automatic. As West led a trump rather than a heart, declarer had an entry to the clubs, and now might have made his contract had the clubs been 3-3. But after it turned out they were 4-2, Levin had to accept one down when the spade finesse was wrong as well. Vinci another +100 and 12 more IMPs to them.

Shokolata hit back on the last board of the set:

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

West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati — — Pass 1[ 2} Pass Pass 3[ Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 5{ Pass 5[ All Pass

When Tokay cuebid diamonds over Donati’s jump rebid, the latter upgraded his club singleton and tried a last train 4] bid. As it happened, there were three top losers in a spade contract. Shokolata +100.

West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin — — Pass 1[ 2} Pass Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4[ All Pass

At the other table, Roll did much better. When he chose 4} as his first cuebid, he gave partner the chance to show a heart control, so he knew he had to pass the 4[ rebid now. Shokolata +620 and 12 IMPs back to them.

The final score; 38-26 or 14-6 in V.P. to Vinci.

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In general, spectators at competitive events like action – a big bang, if you will. Low-scoring contests are usually considered boring, although exceptional plays can make a seemingly dull event more interesting. Such was the case in the round-five Open Teams qualifying match between Gamax and Allfrey, in seventh and eight places, respectively, after four rounds. Gamas had 57.62 victory points, Allfrey 57.31.

The Gamax team is Geza Homonnay, Peter Lakatos and Gabor Winkler, Hungary, and Alon Birman, Israel. Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson and David Gold, England, are joined by Kevin Castner, Germany.

The fact that the two teams were in a virtual tie lent some interest to the affair, but the boards were mostly flat. It was looking like a snoozer.

Gamax earned a 2-IMP swing on the first board for going one down in 3NT for minus 50 while declarer in the same contract at the other table went two down.

Allfrey managed a 1-IMP swing on the next deal when Robson took 12 tricks in a routine 4[ contract while at the other table Gold and Castner got two club tricks against 4[ for minus 450.

Gamas was ahead 3-1 when board 17 came along. Anyone still watching was treated to a fine display of card play in an awkward contract.

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

Closed Room West North East South Lakatos Gold Birman Castner— 1} Pass 1[Dble Rdbl 1NT All Pass

Castner led the {8 to the 7, 10 and ace. Birman played a club to dummy’s jack and Gold’s queen. Gold continued with the ]6 to the jack, king and ace, and declarer played the }A and another club. Declarer finished with two clubs, three diamonds and the major-suit aces for plus 90. At the other table:

Open Room West North East South Allfrey Homonnay Robson Winkler— 1} Pass 1[Dble Rdbl 2] All Pass

Winkler led the {4. Robson played dummy’s king and played a low heart to his jack and South’s king. The }9 was ducked in dummy and Homonnay won with the queen. When he switched to the [K, Robson thought for some time before playing low from hand and the jack from dummy. A diamond went to Robson’s ace and he played the ]7 to the 9 and dummy’s ace, North following with the 8. A spade to Robson’s 10 was followed by the [A and a heart. Homonnay was left on lead with only hearts and clubs. He could take his heart winners but then had to lead from the }K into dummy’s A-J. Robson took three diamonds, two spades, two clubs and the trump ace for eight tricks and plus 110. It was just a 1-IMP swing, but a fun deal to watch.

The score was 3-2 in favor of Gamax.Alon Birman

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It was 4-2 (another overtrick IMP for Gamax) when the Allfrey team went ahead on the penultimate board.

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

Open Room West North East South Allfrey Homonnay Robson Winkler— — — PassPass 1[ 1NT PassPass 2{ 2] All Pass

Winkler led a low diamond to Homonnay’s ace. The defence continued diamonds. Robson ruffed the third, played a club to dummy’s ace and a spade from dummy. When North played low, Robson put up the king and played a spade from hand. Winkler won the [Q and got out with a trump, taken in hand by Robson to ruff a spade in dummy. He played a club to the king and then another spade. Winkler ruffed with the ]J, but Robson could claim nine tricks at that point for plus 140 to Allfrey. At the other table:

Closed Room West North East South Lakatos Gold Birman Castner— — — PassPass 1[ 2] PassPass Dble Pass 2[All Pass

Birman led the ]K and followed with the queen. Gold ruffed, played a diamond to dummy and ran the [Q to Birman’s king. Birman exited with his last diamond, but Gold was in control.

He won in hand and cashed the [A and [J, claiming eight tricks at that point. The defenders could take only the master spade and a couple of clubs.

Plus 110 meant 6 IMPs to Allfrey, now in the lead 8-4.

Unfortunately for Allfrey, there was still one board

to play, and it was the big bang referred to in the headline for this report.

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

Closed Room West North East South Lakatos Gold Birman Castner 3[ Pass Pass Dble Pass 4] All Pass

Gold could have collected 800 by converting his partner’s takeout double to penalty, but he tried for game. Gold did well to get to nine tricks despite the 6-0 trump split, but he did have some high cards to work with. He won the spade lead with the ace and played the ]10 to the queen and ace. From that point, he used winning clubs to draw trumps, in a sense, and eventually claimed for minus 100. As it turned out, passing would have saved only 8 IMPs because of what happened at the other table.

Open Room West North East South Allfrey Homonnay Robson Winkler 4[ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

The defense was brutally accurate. Homonnay started with the }K, cashing the [A at trick two to remove the chance for a club ruff. A club went to the ace at trick three, and Winkler cashed the {K, then played a club to his partner’s queen. Back came the {10, to the ace, followed by a diamond ruff. The defenders had taken the first seven tricks for plus 1100.

Combined with the plus 100 at the other table, Gamax had earned a 15-IMP swing to win the match 19-8.

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Micke Melander

Open Teams Qualification - Round 5Highlanders vs Bridgebertheau

In round five of the Open Teams the Norweigian Highlanders went up against the Swedish Bridgebertheau in an all-Scandinavian battle. The Swedish pop group Roxette (who are probably most famous for writing the soundtrack “It must have been love” to the blockbuster movie “Pretty Woman” in 1987) released Crash! Boom! Bang! in 1994; that would describe pretty accurately what happened in this match.

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

Open Room West North East South Leandersson O. Hoyland Carlsson I. Hoyland 1} Pass 1{* Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

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After thinking for a seriously long time, West decided to put the eight of spades on the table. Suddenly... happened; the play went so slowly that dummy probably went to sleep. Some good 20 minutes later the following had happened. Declarer called for the ten of spades from dummy, which went to the queen and declarer’s ace. With few entries to dummy declarer played the ace of clubs and the jack. West won the second round and played another spade which declarer won with the jack. Declarer then ran the jack of diamonds to East, who exited with the nine

of clubs, declarer unblocked the ten from hand and overtook it in dummy with the queen, leaving an entry in clubs to dummy. Now he finessed in hearts. When the queen held, declarer simply set up a diamond and could claim his nine tricks.

Closed Room West North East South L. Eide M. Rimstedt H. Eide O. Rimstedt 2{* Pass 3}* Pass 3{* Pass 3[* Pass 3NT*

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At the other table Ola Rimstedt got to play the very same contract. The difference from the Open Room was that West knew that declarer had spades and dummy the other major. When clubs didn’t seem to be an attractive option, West simply led a diamond. South called for a low from dummy, East won with the queen, cashed the ace of diamonds and exited with a third round setting up a diamond with his partner.

Not the best start from declarer's point of view, and again, there was a problem with entries to dummy. Declarer called for the queen of clubs and unblocked the ten from hand to keep communications. West won with the king and cashed out the established diamond. East discarded the eight of hearts, discouraging. Declarer decided to trust the signal from East and also pitched his heart, playing for a squeeze instead of finessing in hearts.

The Crash! had been accomplished; one down and 10 IMPs to the Highlanders.

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

Open Room West North East South Leandersson O. Hoyland Carlsson I. Hoyland Pass 2} Pass 3{ Pass 3NT Pass 4NT All Pass

A very natural auction brought the Norwegians to game. (2} included a balanced 20-21 HCP.)The reason why North never explored for a spade fit will remain untold, as like the tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra, the world may not be ready for it. South with minimum values and only two diamonds decided to pass the quantitative raise by partner. A very wise decision, since the slam wasn’t good at all. If diamonds were 3-3, slam was just slightly better than 50%, and declarer needed more than that from the spades if they weren’t. Taking the combined chances together we are probably down to something like 25%...

Declarer got the expected lead of the jack of clubs. Winning in dummy, he tried the diamonds and when the suit broke 3-3, he cashed all five of them and tried the finesse in spades. When that lost to the king West exited with a club and could just sit and wait for his second trick to come later in clubs. 460 to NS.

Closed Room West North East South L. Eide M. Rimstedt H. Eide O. Rimstedt Pass 2NT Pass 3}* Pass 3{* Pass 3]* Pass 3NT* Pass 4[* Pass 4NT Pass 6NT

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The Swedish Juniors had a more optimistic view on the hand and arrived to 6NT, BOOM! Again, West led a club. Declarer won in dummy with the queen and immediately finessed in spades. When that lost to the king a second club was played declarer won with the ace and cashed the diamonds. When there was no possible way to set up the nine of clubs it was one off.

Declarer could of course have made 6NT, if he knew how the spades were distributed. But why on earth choose that line? However, maybe Rimstedt should have cashed out the ace of hearts and all his winners in the black suits before playing on the diamonds, which would have squeezed East in the majors. East could have pitched hearts as long as West kept his, though. But with queen-jack-ten-nine with East and four spades there would for sure have been a winning line. (And note that on the run of the diamonds West must keep his hearts guarded or else East falls victim to a squeeze.)

Going back to the record Crash! Boom! Bang! by Roxette; one part of the lyrics is actually:

I found the heart, but hit the wallCrash! Boom! Bang!

That’s the callthat’s the gameAnd the pain stays the sameCrash! Boom! Bang!

Nothing could be more true. Let’s have a look at the bang that finished the match.

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Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ A 3 ] 10 9 8 3 { 10 5 } K Q 10 8 6 [ K Q J 10 6 5 2 [ 4 ] — ] K Q 7 6 4 2 { Q 7 3 { J 9 8 6 4 } J 7 4 } 5 [ 9 8 7 ] A J 5 { A K 2 } A 9 3 2

Open Room West North East South Leandersson O. Hoyland Carlsson I. Hoyland 3[ Pass Pass Dbl Pass 4] All Pass

Montecatini, some 20 years ago, was actually the site where the classic Peter Fredin double took place. What happened then was that the opponents who were doubled for blood in game suddenly bid a grand slam (that was cold) when they were woken up by a double to realize they had messed up the earlier bidding…

Carlsson, actually also called Peter, funnily enough, probably had this in mind where he smoothly passed Four Hearts… The defense had no problem taking declarer one down.

Closed Room West North East South L. Eide M. Rimstedt H. Eide O. Rimstedt 4[ Pass Pass Dbl Pass 4NT* Pass 5} All Pass

Mikael Rimstedt was seriously considering bidding Five Clubs instead of 4NT (any two suiter), but finally went for the later alternative, though he wouldn’t have been too happy if partner would have bid diamonds instead of clubs. The patient survived surgery however and the twins came to a stop with South as declarer. Now there was nothing the Norwegians could do to prevent declarer making the contract, when he took a successful heart finesse after pulling trumps. With North declarer, East might have led the king of hearts, which would take Five Clubs down.

When the smoke had cleared after the ten board match the score was set at 29-23 for the Highlanders.

…I found the heart, but hit the wallCrash! Boom! Bang!...

BANG!

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Ana Roth

Italy’s most famous spa, without question, is Montecatini Terme.

‘Taking the waters’ at the thermal springs here was an essential component of the sophisticate’s 19th Century grand tour, and the graceful Belle Epoque architecture of those civilized times still dominates. The facilities and treatments at the handful of spas, however, are state of the art. If you’re a Fellini fan, head to Terme Tettuccio, where he filmed his iconic 8½ in the early 1960s. Rival Monsummano Terme boasts a unique natural ‘thermal grotto,’ a hot underground lake.

Today, in Montecatini Terme, the Open European Mixed Pairs Championship finished, after the qualifying stage (two sessions of 26 boards each), and 4 final sessions of 26 boards each, the pair of Michal Klukowski-Justyna Zmuda (Poland) were crowned champions. When only one board was missing to finish the championship Auken-Welland were in first place with a minuscule advantage of 0.70 of a MP, but after the last board they had to settle for second place.

Let's see two boards that the champions played against Alfredo Versace and Emanuela Pramotton, in the last session of the final.

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

West North East South— Pass 1[ 2}2[ Pass 4[ All Pass

East - West play some kind of strong club, so East's 1[ opening bid, limited her hand. Versace intervened with 2}, and Michal described his game forcing hand with four cards support by bidding 2[. Zmuda bid the spade game, showing no interest in playing slam and Klukowski passed.

Versace led his {4. And very soon after Justyna scored 680. As you can see the only lead to defeat the spade slam is the }A followed by a club for North's ruff ... this fact could not have escaped anybody at the table.

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

West North East South— — 1NT Pass2} Pass 2[ Pass3} Pass 3{ Pass4NT Pass 6{ Pass6NT All Pass

On the next board, Zmuda opened 1NT, Michal asked for majors with 2} and Justyna showed her four spades. When Klukowski showed his partner that he had no spade support and invited her to play slam, she offered to play the diamond slam, but that was corrected to the slam at no-trumps.

Again the club lead defeats the contract and again the club lead was almost impossible ... Versace chose to lead the ]9 and this time Justyna made 13 tricks.

It seems that the Poland pair must be Fellini fans, so they got carried away by his surrealism and related the first board to the second, declaring the slam in NT, despite the lack of the ace and king of clubs. If Versace had remembered how Fellini's film 8½ weaves in and out of reality and fantasy, perhaps it would have woven a fine loop between board 9 and board 10 and Versace could have decided to lead a club only to verify that the first hand foreshadowed what he had to do in the second ... Certainly too fellinesque.

The champion’s results on this table were 90% in board 9 and 84% in board 10.

Remember they won the championship by only 0.02 %... thanks to Fellini...

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Micke Melander

Here comes a board from round six of the teams in Montecatini. You hold; [J7 ]J954 {K87654 }9 and have participated in the following action:

West North East SouthYou 1[ 2{ Dbl 5{ 6] All Pass

Your partner led the ace of diamonds and this is what you could view:

[ J 7 ] J 9 5 4 { K 8 7 6 5 4 { A } 9 [ 4 2 ] Q 7 6 3 { 10 2 } A J 8 7 6 Declarer ruffs the opening lead in hand and cashes

the ace and king of trumps. Your partner discards a diamond on the second. Declarer then puts the queen of clubs on the table, that going to the king, ace and your nine. Next dummy´s last diamond is ruffed, and declarer, who is now in hand, plays the four of clubs, which goes to dummy’s eight, whereupon you ruff. What now, and why, when the remaining cards are:

[ J 7 ] J { 8 7 6 5 } — [ 4 2 ] Q 7 { — } J 7 6

In the match between Heimdal and Villa Fabbriche West now returned a diamond. Did you work out that you needed to return a spade to defeat declarer, since he will be locked in hand, unable to enter dummy to pull your last trump? On a diamond back, declarer simply ruffs, pulls your trump, crosses to hand with a spade and took the marked club finesse to score twelve tricks. At the other table, Four Spades made 11 tricks. 13 IMPs to Heimdal vs Villa Fabbriche when Glenn Grothem made six hearts.

This was the full hand:

Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. [ A K 10 9 8 6 ] A K 10 8 { — } Q 5 4 [ J 7 [ Q 5 3 ] J 9 5 4 ] 2 { K 8 7 6 5 4 { A Q J 9 3 } 9 } K 10 3 2 [ 4 2 ] Q 7 6 3 { 10 2 } A J 8 7 6

Everyone else who tried to declare Six Hearts went down, some were even three or four tricks short after losing control. Even at double dummy you have to work a bit to be able to make the contract, but here comes a line of play that would work.

Ruff the opening lead, play the queen of clubs, East probably covers and you win with dummy’s ace. You then cash the ace and king of spades and ruffs a spade with the queen of hearts to set up the suit. You arrive at the following seven-card ending:

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

At this point you may simply play a spade and pitch the ten of diamonds, after which West may choose his poison. We simply have to finesse the jack of hearts for our twelve tricks.

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David Bird


On the first match yesterday I commended the Great Dealer for providing 3 slams and 7 game contracts in the 10 boards. Today’s opening match offered a parade of the world’s top players, yes, but only a 1NT contract on the first board. We had no need to worry. It was followed by two slams and seven game contracts. Amazingly generous fare, particularly as the GD had permitted it on the Sabbath. Hallelujah!

I was surprised by Alfredo Versace’s lack of action on this deal:

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

Open Room West North East South Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace — — 1] Pass 2] 2[ 3} Pass 3] All Pass

Overcalling 2} on the South cards would meet with disapproval in dusty textbooks, but I dare say several South players succumbed to that temptation. West’s 2] showed a weak raise in their system (an accurate evaluation) and Lauria entered with 2[. What action should South take over East’s ambitious game-try of 3}?

I expected South to double to show some values. It would not be solely a lead-directing double, since he would be on lead against a heart contract. Versace passed on the second and third rounds and East’s 3] contract went one down. +100 to N/S.

I suggested to Roland Wald, my co-commentator, that South might have imbibed one cup of coffee too few on this Sunday morning. He explained a point that I had missed – the coffee in this tournament is generously provided by Madama Lavazza, the other team’s captain. It would have been inappropriate to lend support to the opponents in this way.

Closed Room West North East South Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa — — 1] Pass Pass 1[ 2] Dble 3] 4[ All Pass

Here Antonio Sementa did show some values. Norberto Bocchi then liked the look of his singleton heart and leapt to 4[. He ruffed the second round of hearts and played the }9 to the king (10 from West). After playing the [K, he led a club to the 7 and ace. Bocchi ruffed the heart continuation and led the [A, finding a 3-3 break. The game and 8 IMPs were his.

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

Open Room West North East South Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace

— — — Pass 1NT Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5] All Pass

The available convention card for E/W claimed that 1NT showed 15-17, so this may have been an upgrade. Bianchedi showed his hearts with a four-level transfer, took a look at the possible slam and slammed on the brakes at the five-level.

Lauria led a club to dummy’s ace and declarer persisted with clubs, hoping for a diamond discard. Vearsace interrupted this dream with a ruff and switched to a diamond. That was two down. East/West would now have to hope that 4] would go down at the other table.

Closed Room West North East South Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa — — — Pass 1} Pass 1] Pass 2] Pass 2NT * Pass 3{ * Dble 4] All Pass

Sementa made the defence easy by leading his singleton club instead of the requested diamond. When he came on lead with the ]A, he switched to diamonds. North won dummy’s king with the ace and delivered a club ruff. A return to diamonds put the heart game one down. Losing only 3 IMPs was a lucky escape for the Lavazza team.

At both tables, declarer had a big decision to make at trick 1 of this 3NT contract.

Board 24 Dealer South Both Vul. [ K 10 7 6 ] A J 5 4 { 10 7 4 } Q 8 [ Q 9 4 [ A 2] K 9 ] 8 7 2 { K J 6 2 { A Q 3} K 4 3 2 } A J 10 9 5 [ J 8 5 3 ] Q 10 6 3 { 9 8 5 } 7 6

Open Room West North East South Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace 1} Pass 2} Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

North led the [6. Which card should declarer play from dummy?

If the lead is from the [K, declarer can run the lead to his queen and then make the safety play of finessing clubs into the safe North hand. If the lead is not from the king, South may win the first trick with the [K and be able to switch effectively to hearts to beat the contract. In that case declarer would do better to rise with the [A and hope for five club tricks.

The difficulty of the guess was reflected in the considerable time that Madala took over his play to the first trick. Looking only at the E/W cards, I favoured running the lead round to his hand and Roland Wald favoured rising with the ace. Eventually, Madala rose with the [A. He cashed four rounds of diamonds and

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continued with ace and another club to land the game. Giovanni Donati followed the same line at the other table and no IMPs were exchanged.

You are not impressed by two deals on which so few IMPs changed hands and prefer to read about big swings? OK, I will end with two 13-IMP swings.

Board 26 Dealer East Both Vul. [ A 9 7 6 5 3 ] K 7 { 10 8 } Q 9 2 [ J 8 4 [ Q 10 2] 10 8 ] Q J 4 { J 5 2 { 9 7 6 4 3} 10 8 6 5 4 } K 3 [ K ] A 9 6 5 3 2 { A K Q } A J 7

Open Room West North East South Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace — — Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2} * Pass 2{ * Pass 2NT Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 5] Pass 6] All Pass

Versace’s 2} was the Gazilli convention, showing either clubs or a strong hand. Lauria’s 2{ showed enough to play in game facing the stronger type. 2NT showed a strong hand with no more than two spades and 3} was a relay, 3] indicating a single-suiter.

On the face of it, 6] would require a 3-2 heart break and the }K to be onside (or for West to make an adventurous lead from the }K). In other words it would be a below-par slam. Time stood still while Versace considered his next move. After around 3 minutes he ventured a general try of 5], one that was immediately accepted by Lauria. A diamond was led and a subsequent successful club finesse brought in +1430. Were big IMPs about to flow? Let’s see.

Closed Room West North East South Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2} * Pass 2{ * Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4] All Pass

Another Gazilli sequence unfolded, this time stopping very reasonably in 4]. A club was led to the king and ace. Sementa was then disappointed to find that the trumps broke 3-2. That was 13 IMPs away.

On our next board, we will see the auction of the Lavazza North/South pair:

Board 29 Dealer North Both Vul. [ A K 10 9 8 6 ] A K 10 8 { — } Q 5 4 [ J 7 [ Q 5 3] J 9 5 4 ] 2 { K 8 7 6 5 4 { A Q J 9 3} 9 } K 10 3 2 [ 4 2 ] Q 7 6 3 { 10 2 } A J 8 7 6

Closed Room West North East South Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2} * Pass 2] * Pass 4{ * Pass 5} * Pass 6] All Pass

It was a further outing for the Gazilli convention. When Bocchi invited slam with his splinter-bid in diamonds, Sementa had a clear-cut 5} cue-bid (with two great cards in his hand). Bocchi then bid 6], to reach a slam that had similar prospects to the one landed earlier by Versace.

Sementa ruffed the diamond lead in dummy and cashed the ace and king of trumps, East discarding a diamond on the second round. He continued with the }Q, covered by the king and ace, and ruffed his last diamond. If a club to the jack had dropped the 10, all would have been well. No, Donati ruffed and returned the [J to dummy ace. Declarer played a club to East’s 10 and another club promoted West’s ]J, putting the slam two down.

At the other table Lauria and Versace stopped in 4] and gained 13 IMPs for the Vinci team.

It had been an absorbing match with some 2200 kibitzers there at the climax.

Vinci were the winners by 29 IMPs to 10, converting to 15.75 – 4.25 VPs.

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Mark Horton

...The science of investigating small objects and structures.

When you are playing with a brand new partner it is inevitable that you will spend some time sorting out your bidding agreements. Some pairs like to keep the discussion to a minimum, while others are happy to consider all sorts of minutiae.

Having formed a partnership very much at the last minute Jovi Smederevac and Matilda Poplilov discussed a number of sequences, one of which was:

West North East South1] 2]* Dble 3}

2] Michaels

where Jovi proposed that 3} be to play as opposed to 'Pass or correct.'

"Does that come up often?" enquired Matilda.Cue this deal from Round 3 of the Women's Teams:

Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. [ 3 ] K 10 9 3 { 2 } K J 10 8 5 4 2 [ Q 10 2 [ A K J 8 ] A 7 4 ] Q J 8 6 5 2 { A Q 4 3 { 8 7 6 } Q 7 6 } — [ 9 7 6 5 4 ] — { K J 10 9 5 } A 9 3

Open Room West North East South Gromann Smederevac Wenning Poplilov — Pass 1] 2]* Dble 3} 3[ 4} 4] 5} Pass Pass Dble All Pass

East cashed a top spade and switched to a diamond for the nine and queen. Declarer ruffed the spade return, crossed to dummy with the ace of clubs, played the king of diamonds covered by the ace and ruffed, ruffed a heart and played winning diamonds for a delightful +750 and 12 IMPs when compared with 5]down one (it could have been made).

5} can be defeated if East switches to a heart at trick two, removing one of dummy's trumps. It might be possible to defeat it even if East fails to find the killing switch at trick two! Imagine West wins the first round of diamonds with the ace! Now declarer will surely play to ruff out queen third of diamonds in the East hand.

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Jovi Smederevac & Matilda Poplilov

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Herman De Wael

Continuing my stroll down memory lane about the the 43rd European (Team) Championships back in 1997 in Montecatini Terme.

When I told Mark Horton that I was preparing a series on those championships, he surprised the Bulletin Office by reciting, off the top of his head, the winning Limerick in that year's competition:

A lady from Montecatinihad suit symbols on her bikinidesigned by Versaceand worn at La PaceIt earned her a red Lamborghini

Mark attributed the Limerick to Patrick Jourdain. A memorable effort indeed.

However, when going through the bulletins of the day, I came accross the Limerick, and it turned out that only the first four lines were composed by Patrick, with the fifth line the object of a competition. And guess who had contributed the final line cited by Mark? Me!

And what's more, it did not even win – even though Mark remembered it for 20 years.

The actual winning fifth line came from Sandra Landy and went:

Her good points were seen very clearly!

Patrick's own entry went:

It was soaked by a spilt dry Martini

IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY...

THE BULLETIN QUIZ ANSWERSby Patrick Jourdain (GB)

Ques ons composed by Mark Horton, Patrick Jourdain, Maggie Pierce and Thanassis Matziaris1. Which player here fi rst played in the Europeans in Dublin in 1967?

Answer: One of our correspondents said: "It was me! And my team won the bronze medal!" This was Sandra Landy of Great Britain Ladies.

2. Who is the youngest player in the championships?Answer: Boye Brogeland of Norway is 23 years old. Gabor Winkler of Hungary is only 21 (22 in November), and Iva Jurisic of the Croa an Ladies team is 19 (20 next month)!

3. Name a player who has previously played in the Europeans for another na on. (Exclude players whose na on has split or changed its name).

Answer: Ma lda Lorer of Bulgaria is now Ma lda Poplilov of Israel. Michel Eidi of Lebanon used to play for Greece.

4. Which Tournament Director has been mayor of his local town?

Answer: Antonio Riccardi5. Which player has a parent on the same team?

Answer: Ireland has a mother and daughter on the Ladies team (Aileen & Rebecca O'Keefe) and a father and son on the Open team (Donal & Tommy Garvey)

6. Who is a ending these championships whose parent is a current World and European champion?

Answer: Jens-Chris an Auken, whose mother is Sabine Auken.7. What is the price of a mudbath at the Gro o Gius ?

Answer: 60,000 lire but 30,000 lire to bridge-players8. Where would you see this inscrip on within 300 metres of the Congress Centre?"AI SUOI FIGLI CADUTA PER LA PATRIA"

Answer: On the big statue in the Park outside the Congress Centre.

9. From what city does Caroline at Hospitality originate?Answer: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

10. On which fl oor in the Town Hall is the Mayor's Offi ce?Answer: First & Second fl oor of the Town Hall accross the park from the Congress Centre.

11. Name this anagram: LAPTOP SOON GONE SOURAnswer: PANOS GERONTOPOULOS

12. Solve this cryp c clue: Army offi cer, I add, supports us all (8)Answer: GENERAL-I

Tiebreak: Complete the last line of this limerick:A lady from Monteca ni,Has suit symbols on her bikini,Designed by Versace,And worn at La Pace,

Here are three:Sandra Landy: Her good points were seen very cleanly!Patrick Jourdain: It was soaked by a spilt dry Mar niHerman De Wael: It earned her a red Lamborghini.AND THE WINNER IS: SANDRA LANDY (GB) (11 out of 12)

FROM THE 1997 BULLETINS


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Francesca CanaliLA PAGINA ITALIANA

Le speranze Azzurre sono nelle mani di Lavazza (Alejandro Bianchedi, Dennis Bilde, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Agustin Madala, Antonio Sementa, Maria Teresa Lavazza Cpt, Massimo Ortensi Coach), Vinci (Giovanni Donati, Fabrizio Hugony, Lorenzo Lauria, Mustafa Cem Tokay, Alfredo Versace, Francesco Saverio Vinci) e Wolfson (Benito Garozzo & Franco Masoero, in squadra con gli americani Jeff Wolfson e Neil Silverman)!

Le tre formazioni in cui sono schierati giocatori italiani hanno conquistato gli ottavi di finale (Lavazza e Vinci, nella serie Open) e i quarti di finale (Wolfson, nella serie Senior) del Campionato a Squadre.

Il giornalista olandese Jos Jacobs riporta una mano di Lorenzo Lauria e Alfredo Versace, giocata durante l'ultimo turno di qualificazione (incontro Vinci-Pszczola):

Board 1. Dichiarante Nord. Tutti in prima. [ 7 5 ] 5 3 { 10 8 6 5 } K 10 8 4 2[ A 10 [ Q J 9 8 4] A K 6 4 ] Q 10 7 2{ A Q { K J 9 3} A Q J 9 7 } -- [ K 6 3 2 ] J 9 8 { 7 4 2 } 6 5 3

Ovest Nord Est Sud Versace Nowosadzki Lauria Kalita- Passo Passo Passo 2} Passo 2] Passo3] Passo 4{ Passo4[ Passo 5} Passo5{ Passo 5[ Passo7] Tutti Passo

2} è un forzante generico e 2] mostra 8+ punti con le picche.

3] promette quattro carte di cuori con le fiori più lunghe e 4{ è un tentativo di slam con atout cuori.

A questo punto, 4[ è una cuebid, così come 5}, che però nega il possesso del [K. 5{ è ancora cuebid e 5[ conferma il possesso della [Q e quindi un tentativo di grande slam.

Lauria ha giocato velocemente.

Ha preso l'attacco a quadri con l'asso del morto, ha battuto tre giri di atout e poi è semplicemente tornato a picche per il 10 del morto. Dopo essere rimasto in presa, il seguito è abbastanza semplice: [A, {Q superata dal re, picche taglio, scarto della quadri perdente sull'}A.

Dato che, nell'altra sala, Brink-Drijver non hanno raggiunto il grande slam, gli Azzurri hanno guadagnato 11 imp

Benito Garozzo, un eroe per tutti noi

Sabato 17 giugno, nel corso delle celebrazioni ufficiali per il 70esimo anniversario della fondazione della Lega Europea di Bridge, i giocatori nominati nella "Hall of Fame" hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento, durante una cerimonia che si è tenuta presso le Terme Tettuccio.

Il primo giocatore premiato è stato il nostro Garozzo, "l'eroe di tutti noi", come è stato definito dagli esponenti EBL.

Alla consegna del premio, da parte del Presidente europeo Yves Aubry, sono intervenuti anche il Presidente FIGB Francesco Ferlazzo Natoli, il Presidente della WBF Gianarrigo Rona e il Presidente Emerito WBF José Damiani.

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RESULTS AFTER ROUND 10

1 ERA 143.692 GRY FOREVER 140.993 HIGHLANDERS 132.924 LAVAZZA 132.715 VINCI 129.776 HEIMDAL 129.317 GREECE 128.418 FRANCE OPEN SENIOR 126.459 POLAND 124.9210 MORAN 124.7911 REDROBOT 124.0312 CHATEAU ROSSENOVO 123.1213 SHOKOLATA 121.4914 PSZCZOLA 121.4515 MAZURKIEWICZ 120.5616 CHINA OPEN 119.6217 BRIDGEBERTHEAU 119.2818 RAMS 118.8419 TEAM VENTIN 117.9520 BRIDGE PLUS 117.5421 DINKIN 117.4122 CREMIN 116.8423 NETHERLANDS RED 116.5324 MUNICH M3I 116.2025 MARILL 115.8326 LASJ 115.7427 ZIMMERMANN 115.4228 200 114.3529 VYTAS 114.2730 ZIGGY 113.5731 JASS 112.5332 GILLIS 111.8833 DE BOTTON 111.0934 COLDEA 110.6135 TEAM IRG 110.4436 HENNEBERG 109.8337 MAHAFFEY 109.5038 ROSENTHAL 108.3639 NETHERLANDS BLUE 108.2139 ISRAPOL 108.2141 BARRACUDA 107.4842 FAILLA 106.6143 KVARAN 105.5944 K 1 104.6145 FEDERIGHI 104.3446 GAMAX 104.1347 CONNECTOR 103.8248 META 103.6049 CROATIA 103.5750 MOSSOP 103.2251 TEAM BLACK 103.0252 DUMBOVICH 102.2953 BRENO 101.9354 LORENZINI 101.5155 ORG REIGNWOOD 101.3056 AUSTRIA 101.1357 GAGGS 100.9158 ALLFREY 100.0659 SWITZERLAND OPEN 99.5960 DACIANS 99.2561 ZADIKIM 98.97

62 OBJECTIVITY 98.6363 INTER 98.3764 BEIJING TRINERGY 97.3765 NPC DAISY 97.0766 ZAWADA 96.7167 SERDIKA 96.6368 NONAME 96.5169 KINDSBEKKEN 96.3370 LUXY GERMANS 95.2071 ATLANTIC 94.9972 ACDC 94.2873 RICH 93.7374 ISRAEL JUNIORS 93.6175 OSS117 93.2376 NEVER CLAIM 92.9577 HAUGE 92.5778 VILLA FABBRICHE 91.9480 OTVOSI 91.4581 PORTUGAL 91.3982 CONTRA 91.2183 NETHERLANDS WHITE 91.0584 TEAM PHARMASERVICE 90.7885 MADEIRA 90.7786 1 OVER 2 90.4787 TEXAN ACES 90.3188 CESS 89.9289 BADGER C 89.9190 RED LIONS 89.3791 BARRETT 89.1192 KHIUPPENEN 88.9293 UP NORTH DOWN UNDER 88.6994 LEONARDO 88.3295 HARRIS 88.1896 MORAWSKI 88.1497 MCALLISTER 87.2298 CEGLIA 85.8799 MOSTYN 85.82100 PLACKETT 85.81101 COVFEFE 4 85.22102 FILIPPO5 84.28103 PRUSA 83.62104 1ST OF JULY 82.57105 E105M7 81.19106 BALKAN STARS 80.52107 SWEDEN MIXED TEAM 80.24108 BRIDGE24 B 78.52109 RENOUARD 77.26110 ADAD 76.85111 CHARIS 76.57112 JENNY 74.57113 ROBERTSON 69.88114 VIKINGS 69.21115 JIANG 68.45116 SEOUL 66.46117 SPAIMA 66.15118 ISRAEL GREEN 65.49119 BREMNES 64.15120 GHOSN 58.42

OPEN TEAMS WOMEN TEAMS1 DUTCH WOMEN 144.962 DENMARK RED 126.083 CAVIAR 124.584 CHINA LADIES 117.715 NORDEN 115.506 ORANGE WOMEN 114.467 HAYMAN 113.918 BAKER 112.209 DENMARK 110.6210 DESAPALI 108.8511 CANNAVALE 107.0412 SAKR 105.4013 FRENCH LADIES 103.4214 KRA 103.1515 ISRAEL WOMEN 99.9116 GERMAN WOMEN 99.6917 HIBERNIA 98.9018 SERANGELI 96.8819 CIAU BELLA 95.0220 MERIT ROYAL 94.5121 CBC MILANO 94.2022 RIMINI BRIDGE 93.6623 PORTUGAL 93.6124 JHBCT 88.6925 TOP ONE 88.5826 WWWGUTSCOM 84.9627 CASADOMA 81.9828 SAGE 71.4929 BRASILEIRAS 61.3530 CAVE PROPERI 48.49

SENIOR TEAMS1 DHONDY 130.902 GERMANY 129.433 WOLFSON TEAM 123.214 VITO 121.235 MILNER 121.046 MARKOWICZ 115.967 KAMINSKI 115.088 VAN EIJCK 111.659 CALDARELLI 111.5010 GORACO 110.6211 BANZAI 107.9412 BARDIN 105.8713 GRAIZER NURIT 100.2414 YOUNG BOYS 99.5615 SLOVAKIA 96.7016 VALACCHIA 96.3617 WARD PLATT 96.1918 RUMMEL 96.1219 PORTO BRIDGE CLUB 95.8220 SAVELLI 94.8621 SENATOR 90.6622 SCOTLAND 84.7623 SPELMANS 84.1824 ADLISWIL PLUS 2 83.3625 DUBEL 82.9626 WHITE WINNER 73.1027 SHORT 66.9628 ROMANIA 58.13

DETAILED RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE AT:db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/17montecatini/microsite/Results.htm


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1 OVER 2 Gheorghe CHIPAILR CONSTANTINESCUTi DAVISBrian McGUIRE

ALLFREYAlexander ALLFREYKevin CASTNERDavid GOLDAndrew ROBSON

BARRACUDASam BAHBOUTSteven DE DONDERSteve DE ROOSMike VANDERVORST

BRIDGE PLUSGrozio DONEVZhivko DRAGANOVTodor TIHOLOVAngel VANCHEVZahari ZAHARIEVZahari ZAHARIEV cpt

CHARIS Gad CHADHAAdrian ORLOWSKILaura Cecilia PORROCorneliu RIMBOIU

1ST OF JULY Gheorghe SERPOICalin STIRBUCornel TEODORESCUBogdan VULCANAnnaBALDYSZ Cathy

ATLANTICFinn BRANDSNESKjell Gaute FYRUNArild RASMUSSENErik RYNNING

BARRETTGeoffrey BARRETTUgo BOSCARDINPaolo CLAIRDonna LOMBARDINIMichael RANISG BARRETT cpt

BRIDGE24 BIgor CHALUPECBartosz CHMURSKITomasz SIELICKIPiotr TUCZYNSKIB CHMURSKI cpt

CHATEAU ROSSENOVONikola BARANTIEVAntoni IVANOVIvan IVANOVGeorgi RALEVN BARANTIEV cpt

200 Ole BERSETBjorn Olav EKRENNils Kare KVANGRAVENUlf Haakon TUNDALNK KVANGRAVEN cpt

AUSTRIAAndreas BABSCHArno LINDERMANNJosef SIMONChristian TERRANEOAndreas BABSCH cpt

BEIJING TRINERGYFei GAOXiaoyi LIDong LUYanhong WANGShaohong WUDong LU cptYanhong WANG coach

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CHINA OPEN Yunlong CHENJianming DAIJianwei LILixin YANGBangxiang ZHANGJie ZHAOGang CHEN cpt

ACDC Brigitte AUBONNETChristophe CARDEAnne-Marie COLOMBAROJean-Yves DANIC

BADGER CJeffrey ALLERTONFrances HINDENChris JAGGERGraham OSBORNE

BREMNES Helge BREMNESInge DYRKORNIngeborg GRIMSMOCecilie SANDVIKHelge BREMNES cpt

CEGLIA Marzio CEGLIACris Pino CHERUBINIGaetano DE SIMONELeonardo GUETTIMarzio CEGLIA cpt

COLDEAIonut COLDEAMarius IONITABogdan MARINAMarina STEGAROIU

ADAD Pierre ADADPatrick BOGACKIFranck MATEOS-RUIZValerie SAUVAGE

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CESS Ebru ATES Serap KURANOGLUSevil NUHOGLUCenk TUNCOK

CONNECTORK ARASZKIEWICZPiotr BIZONDariusz KOWALSKIMariusz PUCZYNSKICezary SEREKD KAZMUCHA cpt

CONTRAMarius BRICIUFilip FLORINOvidiu GHIGHECIAnton NEGOESCU

DE BOTTONThomas CHARLSENJanet DE BOTTONThor E HOFTANISKAArtur MALINOWSKIDror PADONTom TOWNSEND

ERAAndrei ARLOVICHAlexander DUBININAndrey GROMOVRon PACHTMANErikas VAINIKONISPiotr ZATORSKIPiotr ZATORSKI cpt

COVFEFE 4Marshall LEWISMilan MACURAJean-Michel VOLDOIREVit VOLHEJN

DELLE CAVEGiuseppe DELLE CAVEMatteo MONTANARIHoward WEINSTEINAdam WILDAVSKYG DELLE CAVE cpt

FAILLALuca DE MICHELISMax DI FRANCOGiuseppe FAILLAAndrea MANNO

CREMINDavid BAKHSHIHuub BERTENSJoan CREMINGeoff HAMPSONHaig TCHAMITCH

DINKINSam DINKINAlex KOLESNIKRoberto SCARAMUZZIMichael SHUSTER

FEDERIGHIAntonio FEDERIGHIFrancesco MASINIMauri MICHELINIFrancesco NICOLODILuciano PAPINIFilippo VIGGIANOA FEDERIGHI cpt

CROATIAGoran BOREVKOVICKiril MARINOVSKIMarina PILIPOVICOgnjen STANICICNikica SVERVedran ZORIC

DUMBOVICHMiklos DUMBOVICHDaniel GULYASBalazs KOTANYIPeter TALYIGASBalazs KOTANYI cpt

FERROGiuseppe FERROGiovanni LUCCHESI Piero NARDIGino SALMONI Giuseppe FERRO cpt

DACIANSIancu BACALUFlorin DOBRINSorin Septimiu IONESCUMarius Titus SIRBFlorin DOBRIN cpt

E105M7Alexej GERASIMOVViacheslav GUSEVAlexandra NIKITINAVadim RAPOPORT

FILIPPO5P FRANCESCHETTINicolas LHUISSIERQuentin ROBERTHilda SETTONRomain TEMBOURETG De TESSIERES

OPEN TEAMS ROSTERS

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GREECEK DOXIADIS Aris FILIOS K KONTOMITROS T KOUKOUSELIS Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS Petros ROUSSOS

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ISRAEL JUNIORSAmir EZIONOren TOLEDANOLior URMAN Ami ZAMIR

K 1Victor ARONOV Diana DAMIANOVA Ivan NANEVJulian STEFANOV Victor ARONOV cpt

GAGGSGunnar ANDERSSONSimon EKENBERGDavid WRANGThomas WRANGG ANDERSSON cptNoomi HERBERT coach Cathy

GRY FOREVERChristian BAKKETor Eivind GRUDE Lars A JOHANSEN Steffen F SIMONSEN

HENNEBERGJ Ove HENNEBERGMarlene HENNEBERG Tom NORGAARDJan PEDERSEN M HENNEBERG cpt

ISRAPOLNathan HETZ Asa LEVINGER Piotr MARCINOWSKI Mateusz SOBCZAK Asa LEVINGER cpt

KHIUPPENENSimon DE WIJS Yury KHIUPPENEN Jouri KHOKHLOV Georgi MATUSHKO Bauke MULLER Alexei STERKIN

GAMAXAlon BIRMAN Geza HOMONNAY Peter LAKATOSGabor WINKLER

GUERMANIVirgilio GAGLIARDIPaolo GUERMANI Piercarlo MUSSO Piero REVIGLIO

HIGHLANDERSHarald EIDE Lars EIDE Sam Inge HOYLAND Sven Olai HOYLAND

JASSAllan COHENSigurd L PEDERSENJohn NORRISStig WERDELIN Stig WERDELIN cpt

KINDSBEKKENA KINDSBEKKENTerje LIEOle M MYRVOLDRoar VOLLA KINDSBEKKEN cpt

GHOSNEspen ANFINSEN Lisbeth Aulid EIDE Erik ELIASSEN Rita GHOSN

HARRISDiyan DANAILOV Jonathan HARRIS Borislav POPOV Steven ROOT Stefan SKORCHEV Jerry STAMATOV Jonathan HARRIS cpt

INTERSergey KOLYADENKO Rodion KOVALCHUK YURY LUKKE Vitaly ZUBAN

JENNYSteve CAPAL Jeniffer HARRIS Edward JONES Thomas PASKE Jeniffer HARRIS cpt

KVARANBjorn KVARAN Rune KVARANArnstein NYMOEN Marcello PALAGI Rune KVARAN cpt

GILLISEspen ERICHSEN Simon GILLIS Glyn LIGGINS Erik SAELENSMINDE

HAUGEErik BERG Rune HAUGE C KRISTOFFERSEN Daniel MCINTOSH

ISRAEL GREENEliran ARGELAZIGal GERSTNERMarcia GREEN Lee ROSENTHAL

JIANGPeer BACH Yong Kang JIANG SLICHTNECKER Jianyu ZHU Yong Kang JIANG cpt

LASJLasse AASENGFredrik HELNESS Sverre JOHNSENL STOKKELAND Jan P SVENDSENSverre JOHNSEN cpt

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MORANRory BOLAND John CARROLLTommy GARVEY Tom HANLONHugh McGANNMark MORANGrainne BARTON cpt

LEONARDODavid ARBELGili BARL FRUSCOLONIGianluca VIGNAGA

MARILLPhilippe CRONIERPhilippe MARILL Dominique PILON Philippe TOFFIER

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MOSSOPJason HACKETT Justin HACKETTPaul D HACKETTAlexander HYDESDavid MOSSOPDavid PRICEPaul D HACKETT cpt

LUXY GERMANSPaul GRUENKEPeter JOKISCH Udo KASIMIR Roland ROHOWSKY Peter JOKISCH cpt

MCALLISTERMichael BARELJohn Grayson McALLISTERYaniv ZACK Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE

MOSTYNAndy BOWLES Shireen MOHANDES Simon MOSTYN Jonathan OSGOOD

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NPC DAISYMarkus KNOB Gerhard POLLAK Stefan PROPST Clemens WANHA Clemens WANHA cpt

PLACKETTPaul DENNINGRichard Mark PLACKETTMike POWNALLAdrian THOMAS

RAMSSabine AUKENAshley BACHMichael CORNELLRoy WELLANDMichael CORNELL cpt

ROBERTSON Richard BOWLEYMichael BYRNESimon COPEKieran DYKEMarion ROBERTSON

NETHERLANDS REDBob DRIJVER Bart NAB Ricco VAN PROOIJEN Louk VERHEES Jr Ton BAKKEREN cpt

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VYTASBoguslaw GIERULSKIFredrik NYSTROMWojtek OLANSKIJerzy SKRZYPCZAKJohan UPMARKVytautas VAINIKONISWojtek OLANSKI cpt

TEAM BLACKPeter BERTHEAUAndrew BLACKPeter FREDINPhilip KINGAndrew McINTOSHWillie WHITTAKER

UP NORTH DOWN Simon HINGEStig MARTINUSSENAndrew John MILLDag Heldal PAULSENAre SIVERTSENDag-Jorgen STOKKVIK

ZADIKIMMeir BERKMANRon SHEFFYNoah TYMIANKERErez ZADIKErez ZADIK cpt

TEAM IRGM Krogh ANDERSENDorte Cilleborg BILDEMorten BILDESoren Cilleborg BILDEBas VAN ENGELENDorte Cilleborg BILDE cpt VIKINGSMorten BRAENDVANGKristian ELLINGSENNiclas ORNERDALAndre SYRRISTAndreas VESTERLUNDOlle WADEMARKC WADEMARK cpt

ZAWADAKamil NOWAKWojciech STRZEMECKIRadoslaw SZCZEPANSKILeszek SZTYRAKPiotr TUSZYNSKIPrzemyslaw ZAWADA ZIGGY

Siegfried KONIGJustin MILLJacob RONGeir-Olav TISLEVOLLSiegfried KONIG cpt

ZIMMERMANNDominik FILIPOWICZGeir HELGEMOTor HELNESSKrzysztof MARTENSFranck MULTONPierre ZIMMERMANN

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BAKERLynn BAKERKaren McCALLUMMarion MICHIELSENMeike WORTELLynn BAKER cpt

CAVIARTatiana DIKHNOVATatiana PONOMAREVADiana RAKHMANIMaria YAKOVLEVA

DENMARK REDLone BILDETina EGEStense FARHOLTHelle RASMUSSENBo Loenberg BILDE cpt

HAYMANGrazyna BREWIAKKatarzyna DUFRATJessica HAYMAN PIAFSKYDanuta KAZMUCHAAnna SARNIAKJustyna ZMUDA

MERIT ROYALNilgun KOTANSirma SANUSGuler UYANIKZeynep YILMAZMey ZAIMFerda ZORLU

BRASILEIRASLucia MENEZESMargarida SOUZAClaudia VARGASAna C VIDIGALAna C VIDIGAL cpt

CBC MILANOGloria COLOMBO BRUGNONICristina GOLINChiara MARTELLINISilvia MARTELLINIMietta PREVEMarilina VANUZZI

DESAPALISally BROCKPauline COHENLizzie GODFREYDebbie SANDFORD

HIBERNIAJeannie FITZGERALDEmer JOYCEJoan KENNYTeresa RIGNEY

NORDENNadia BEKKOUCHETonje A BROGELANDVirginia CHEDIAKStine HOLMOYMaria Marit RAHELTRanja SIVERTSVIKVirginia CHEDIAK cpt

CANNAVALEPaola CANNAVALEDonatella GIGLIOTTIY De M Claudia POMARESMichela SALVATOGiulia SCRIATTOLIDaniela TONTI Paola CANNAVALE cpt

CHINA LADIESYan HUANGYan LIUYan LUQi SHENNan WANGWen Fei WANGXiaojing WANG cpt

DUTCH WOMENCarla ARNOLDSMagdalena TICHAWietske VAN ZWOLMartine VERBEEKAlex VAN REENEN cptHans KELDER coach

ISRAEL WOMENAdi ASULINHila LEVIMichal NOSACKINathalie SAADADana TALNoga TALDana TAL cptMichal BAREL coachORANGE WOMENMerel BRUIJNSTEENLaura DEKKERSJet PASMANAnneke SIMONSAlex VAN REENEN cptHans KELDER coach

CASADOMACarol Anne CUMMINSDolores GILLILANDSandra NEWELLMaria WHELAN

CIAU BELLAFiona BROWNSusanna GROSSRenata MULLERSue PICUSMatilda POPLILOVJovanka SMEDEREVAC

FRENCH LADIESVeronique BESSISAL HUBERSCHWILLERElisabeth HUGONJennifer MOURGUESCarole PUILLET

JHBCTChristine CHILD Brenda FOSTERDiana ROSSLEEAvril WHELAN

PORTUGALMariana LEITAOAnabella OLIVEIRAAlexandra ROSADORita RUSSOAnabella OLIVEIRA cpt

CAVE PROPERIAnnamaria CADARIOElisabetta MACCIONIAntonia PECCIDaniela PRIARONEMaurizia RITIANIPaola VENTURAAntonia PECCI cpt

DENMARKSigne BUUS THOMSENAnne-Sofie HOULBERGBjorg HOUMOLLERChristina Lund MADSEN

GERMAN WOMENAnne GLADIATORIngrid GROMANNClaudia LUESSMANNGisela SMYKALLAElke WEBERKarin WENNINGKarin WENNING cptFried WEBER coach KRAClaudia CASTIGNANIEleonora DUBOINCaterina FERLAZZOMaria LEVONIGabriella MANARAGiovanna PICCIONIMaria LEVONI cpt

RIMINI BRIDGESimona BERARDIPaola DELVECCHIOMaria Beatrice GORRADaniela MALDINISilvia MORRILea M STACCHINISilvia MORRI cpt

SAGEAgnethe H KJENSLIGrethe KJENSLIElisabeth Grasholt SJODAL Sofie G SJODALE Grasholt SJODAL cpt

SAKRBenedicte CRONIERCatherine D'OVIDIOMay SAKRJanice SEAMON-MOLSONSylvie WILLARD

SERANGELIMargherita CHAVARRIARita GIBERTONIMonica MAINOLDIAlessandra MONETASimonetta PAOLUZIFranca SERANGELIFranca SERANGELI cpt

TOP ONEMonica AGHEMOGianna ARRIGONIMonica BURATTIAntonella NOVOGabriella OLIVIERIGiuliana PEDERZOLIEnnio NARDULLO cpt

WWWGUTSCOMLise BLAAGESTADLiv Marit GRUDEGunn HELNESSAstrid Steen LYBAEKBodil Nyheim OIGARDEN

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ADLISWIL PLUS 2G HASHIMOTOJohn MAIERHeinrich NAEGELIIrene NAEGELIG HASHIMOTO cpt

DUBELMartin CARROLLHarold CURRANJohn G KENNEDYHoward KENT-WEBSTERMARTIN CARROLL cpt

MARKOWICZMichal KWIECIENVictor MARKOWICZVictor MELMANKrzysztof MOSZCZYNSKIJerzy RUSSYANJerzy ZAREMBAVictor MARKOWICZ cpt

SPELMANSSeppo CASTRENJoakim FABRITIUSSeppo RASANENMatti SIHVOLAMatti SIHVOLA cpt

WHITE WINNERHans-Herman GWINNERDarina LANGERGoran MATTSSONGeorg WEISZH-Herman GWINNER cpt

BANZAIEnda GLYNNDavid A JACKSONGay KEAVENEYPat QUINN

GERMANYHans FRERICHSHerbert KLUMPPUlrich KRATZReiner MARSALBernhard STRATERUlrich WENNINGGerda HEINRICHS cpt

MILNERApolinary KOWALSKIHemant LALLZia MAHMOODJeff MECKSTROTHReese MILNERJacek ROMANSKIHemant LALL cptJ PSZCZOLA coachVALACCHIAMihail BALUNACristian FULGAVictor MARCULETIUCatalin POPESCUConstantin STANCESCULucian TACIUCCristian FULGA cpt

WOLFSON TEAMBenito GAROZZOFranco MASOERONeil SILVERMANJeff WOLFSONJeff WOLFSON cptJeff WOLFSON coach

BARDINAntonio BARDINAntonio COSSU ROCCAFranco GARBOSIPierfrancesco PAROLAROPaolo UGGERIAntonio BARDIN cpt

GORACOZbigniew MACIORJerzy MICHALEKMiroslaw MILASZEWSKIStefan SZENBERGWlodzimierz WALAStefan SZENBERG cpt

PORTO BRIDGE CLUBBernardo FERREIRAJose Carlos HENRIQUESPaolo PESSANHARui PINTOArtur Santos SILVASobral TORRESRui PINTO cpt

VAN EIJCKNico DOREMANSWillem GOSSCHALKJaap TROUWBORSTWillem VAN EIJCKJaap TROUWBORST cpt

YOUNG BOYSJorund AARDALBjorn BUERJohnny HOLMBAKKENPetter H. LINDQVISTSvein Arne MUNKVOLDOddbjorn VINJEVOLL

CALDARELLIVerino CALDARELLIMarcello DI EUSANIOTiziano DI FEBOSergio FREDDIOBerardino MANCINILanfranco VECCHILanfranco VECCHI cpt

GRAIZER NURITNurit GRAIZERShimshon HORVITZMicha MARKSonia MARKGabi MERMELSTEINNurit NAVEH

ROMANIAPeter - Lorand FEYRadu GRADINARIUMihai MINCUAlexandru TOMARadu GRADINARIU cpt

VITOHristo HRISTOVZlatko NEDELTCHEVRadi RADEVTony RUSEVTony RUSEV cpt

DHONDYRichard CHAMBERLAINJeremy DHONDYDavid KENDRICKPatrick SHIELDS

KAMINSKIAvi KALISHAmos KAMINSKIYeshayahu LEVITLeonid PODGURAdrian SCHWARTZShalom ZELIGMAN

RUMMELToivo JULLISTiit LAANEMAETonis PLEKSEPPAarne RUMMEL

WARD PLATTAndrea BURATTISteve HAMAOUICarlo MARIANIJean-Jacques PALAUKiki WARD-PLATT

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O P E N T E A M S K OO P E N T E A M S K O ERA Andrei ARLOVICH, Alexander DUBININ, Andrey GROMOV, Ron PACHTMAN, Erikas VAINIKONIS, Piotr ZATORSKI, Piotr ZATORSKI cpt

CHATEAU ROSSENOVO Nikola BARANTIEV, Antoni IVANOV, Ivan IVANOV, Georgi RALEV, N BARANTIEV cpt

HEIMDAL Terje AA, Per E AUSTBERG, Jan Tore BERG, Glenn GROETHEIM, Allan LIVGARD, Petter TONDEL, I HJELLEMARKEN cpt

CHINA OPEN Yunlong CHEN, Jianming DAI, Jianwei LI, Lixin YANG, Bangxiang ZHANG, Jie ZHAO, Gang CHEN cpt

PSZCZOLA Josef BLASS, Sjoert BRINK, Bas DRIJVER, Jacek KALITA, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Jacek PSZCZOLA pt

GREECE K DOXIADIS, Aris FILIOS, K KONTOMITROS, T KOUKOUSELIS, Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS, Petros ROUSSOSROUROUSSOSSOSSLAVAZZA Alejandro BIANCHEDI, Dennis BILDE, Norberto BOCCHI, Giorgio DUBOIN, Agustin MADALA, Antonio SEMEN-TA, Maria Teresa LAVAZZA cpt, Massimo ORTENSI coach,, pp ,,

SHOKOLATA Ilan BAREKET, Ismail KANDEMIR, Su-leyman KOLATA, Assaf LENGY, Amir LEVIN, Yossi ROLL, Ilan BAREKET cpt

HIGHLANDERSHarald EIDE, Lars EIDE, Sam Inge HOYLAND, Sven Olai HOYLANDSveSveSveSveSveSven On OOn On OOlailaiilailaii HOHOOHOHOO LAYLYLAYLY NNDNDNNDNDREDROBOT Igor CURLIN, Igor KHAZANOV, Maria LE-BEDEVA, Dmitri PROKHOROV, Pavel VOROBEI, Maksim ZHMAK, Pavel VOROBEI cpt

VINCI Giovanni DONATI, Fabrizio HUGONY, Lorenzo LAURIA, Mustafa Cem TOKAY, Alfredo VERSACE, Fran-cesco Saverio VINCI, Francesco S VINCI cptVV ,,,,,, VV pppppp

FRANCE OP SENIOR Francois COMBESCURE, Nicholas DECHELETTE, Georges IONTZEFF, Jerome ROMBAUT

MAZURKIEWICZ Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI, Krzysztof JASSEM, Marcin MAZURKIEWICZ, W STARKOWSKI, M MAZURKIEWICZ cptMAZMAZMAZZMAZZMAZMAZMAZMAZMAZZMAZZMAZMAZURKURKURKUURKUURKURKURKURKURKUURKUURKURKIEWIEWIEWIEWIEEWIEIEIEWIEWIEWIEWIEEWIEIE ICZICZICZCZCZCCZCZICZICZICZCZCZCCZCZ cpcpcpcppcpcpppppppppcpcpcpcppcpcpppppppppttttttttttttMORAN Rory BOLAND, John CARROLL, Tommy GARVEY, Tom HANLON, Hugh McGANN, Mark MORAN, Grainne BARTON cpt

GRY FOREVER Christian BAKKE, Tor Eivind GRUDE, Lars A JOHANSEN, Steffen F SIMONSEN

POLAND Maciej DABROWSKI, Marek JELENIEWSKI, Rafal MARKS, Lech OHRYSKO, Andrzej PAWLAK, Pawel SZYMASZCZYK, Maciej DABROWSKI

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DUTCH WOMENCarla ARNOLDS, Magdalena TICHA, Wietske VAN ZWOL, Martine VERBEEK, Alex VAN REENEN cpt, Hans KELDER coach

NORDENNadia BEKKOUCHE, Tonje A BROGELAND, Virginia CHEDIAK, Stine HOLMOY, Maria Marit RAHELT, Ranja SIVERTSVIK, Virginia CHEDIAK cpt

BAKERLynn BAKER, Karen McCALLUM, Marion MI-CHIELSEN, Meike WORTEL, Lynn BAKER cpt

HAYMANGrazyna BREWIAK, Katarzyna DUFRAT, Jessica HAYMAN, Danuta KAZMUCHA, Anna SAR-NIAK, Justyna ZMUDA

CHINA LADIESYan HUANG, Yan LIU, Yan LU, Qi SHEN, Nan WANG, Wen Fei WANG, Xiaojing WANG cpt

CAVIARTatiana DIKHNOVA, Tatiana PONOMAREVA, Diana RAKHMANI, Maria YAKOVLEVA

DENMARK REDLone BILDE, Tina EGE, Stense FARHOLT, Helle RASMUSSEN, Bo Loenberg BILDE cpt

ORANGE WOMENMerel BRUIJNSTEEN, Laura DEKKERS, Jet PASMAN, Anneke SIMONS, Alex VAN REENEN cpt, Hans KELDER coach

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MARKOWICZMichal KWIECIEN, Victor MARKOWICZ, Victor MELMAN, Krzysztof MOSZCZYNSKI, Jerzy RUSSYAN, Jerzy ZAREMBA, Victor MARKOWICZ cptMARMARMARMARMARMARMARMARMARMARMARMARKOWKOWKOWKOWKOWKOWKOWKOWKOWKOWKOWKOW CZICZICZICICICICZICZICZICICICI cp cpttWOLFSONBenito GAROZZO, Franco MASOERO, Neil SILVERMAN, Jeff WOLFSON, Jeff WOLFSON cpt & coachWOLWOLWOLWOLWOLWOLWOLWOL OFSOFSOFSOFSOOFSOFSOFSOFSON cNN cN pt pt & c& coacoachh

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