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Daily Bulletin

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

SUNDAY,JUNE 11 2017

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BBO SCHEDULE - ROUND 6

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Sometimes bridge is an endurance race, sometimes a sprint. With a two-day qualifying event, we are somewhere between the two, since it is possible to put yourself in position NOT to qualify but not to get your ticket stamped for the knockout stages.Amongst the teams who have put themselves in with a decent chance of advancing are the Russian Mnepo team, leading the Japanese Takk team, from the multinational Microchiroptera and Turkey's Major. From 5th to 8th are the Australasian Cornell team, the largely Polish Sakr squad, Norway's Helgeness, and citizens of the world Pszczola.

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10.30 - 12.00 Round 612.15 - 13.45 Round 713.45 - 14.45 Lunch Pause14.45 - 16.15 Round 816.30 - 18.00 Round 918.15 - 19.45 Round 10

MNEPO vs TAKKMICROCHIROPTERA vs MAJOR CORNELL JACOB NZ vs HELGENESS SAKR vs PSZCZOLA

Team Rostersp. 14Rankingp. 17

FIGB Vice President Gino Ulivagnoli, Mondolandia Administrator Massimo Puccinelli and EBL President Yves Aubry cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the Championships

Round 6p. 3Championship Diaryp. 4Helgeness vs Darlingp. 5Failla vs Pszczolap. 8

Notesp. 2A view of the Bridgep. 2

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8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy

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A VIEW OF THE BRIDGE

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Mark Horton

When we arrived at the venue we discovered the office had tables - but no chairs, thereby giving added weight to the old adage - 'they also serve who only stand and wait'.

In Virginibus Puerisque (published in 1881) Robert Louis Stevenson wrote:

"Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour."

That was certainly true for a number of the contestants:

Janice Seamon-Molson arrived without her luggage; Karen McCallum decided to spend a day in Rome (perhaps planning to visit the Sistine Chapel?) before travelling to Montecatini, but she fell asleep and saw only the ceiling of her hotel room; Brian Senior was due to fly to Pisa from Leeds/Bradford airport with Sandra Penfold. He drove to her house to collect her. Meanwhile she had driven to the airport and by the time Brian realised his mistake their plane had taken off.

Needing to visit the playing room in search of Dimitri Ballas I found him just before the start of Round 2. He was helping a lady to try and find her missing convention card. When their efforts proved to be fruitless and (distraught) she asked what she could do. I called to mind a poem by Dorothy Parker:

Razors pain you;Rivers are damp;Acids stain you;And drugs cause cramp.Guns aren't lawful;Nooses give;Gas smells awful;You might as well live.

You will readily understand that we kept an eye on the cricket match between England and Australia. The tradition is to clap when a wicket falls (provided it is Australian) or if a batsman reaches 50,100, 150 etc (provided it is an Englishman). Jos Jacobs (a keen follower of the game announced the fall of a wicket and mentioned the batsman's name. "Meckwell's out?" queried Brent Manley. "Maxwell" he was informed.

For the Latin scholars amongst you (in the loosest possible sense) in Round 2 Vinci played Vicky. Where was Vidi?

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David Bird

The championship kicked off and I was happy to watch the match between Helgeness and the Darling team from Australia. The action on this deal depended solely on the opening lead chosen:

Board 2 Dealer East N/S Vul. [ Q 8 7 5 4 2 ] 9 6 { 10 5 } J 10 5 [ 10 9 [ J 6 ] Q 8 5 4 ] A K 10 { A 8 7 2 { K 9 6 4} 8 4 2 } A K Q 7 [ A K 3 ] J 7 3 2 { Q J 3 } 9 6 3Open Room West North East South K.Anderson T.Helness L.Anderson G.Helness 2NT Pass 3} Pass 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass

Both sides reached 3NT by East and we were expecting a strike with the [A, which would yield a huge deposit of tricks. At this table Gunn Helness preferred to lead the {Q and nine tricks were scored. At the other table Rosalin Anderson led her fourth-best heart and it was a flat board.

At 69 tables, a top spade was led against 3NT to defeat the game.

The next board was a potential slam, which would require a close decision in the play:

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

Open Room West North East South K.Anderson T.Helness L.Anderson G.Helness 1] Pass 2NT Pass 3} Pass 4] All Pass North and South both had a bit to spare but they

stopped in 4]. It was the same contract at the other table (1NT – 2{ – 2] – 3NT – 4]), where Marina Darling (South) might have broken the transfer or cue-bid 4} over 3NT to show a good fit for hearts. Anyway, the play is of interest. How would you tackle 6] on a diamond or a spade lead?

You can discard the diamond loser on the third spade. One possible line is to rely on a trump finesse. The other (which seems better) is to lay down the ]A. If the ]K does not fall, you will eliminate spades and diamonds, planning to exit to the bare ]K and force that defender to open the club suit.

24 declarers bid and made 6]. Only two (we believe) were favored with a }Q lead, so it seems they must have chosen the elimination line, claiming when the ]K fell. 13 declarers went one down.

HELGENESS vs DARLING

TEAM DARLINGKenneth Anderson

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

Open Room West North East South K.Anderson T.Helness L.Anderson G.Helness 1{ 2} 2] 3} 4] All Pass

Game was reached on a combined 19-count, with Kenneth Anderson liking his void in the suit bid and raised by North/South. Lin Anderson ruffed the club lead, crossed to the {A and ruffed another club. As the cards lie, cashing the ]K next works well and will permit an overtrick.

However, declarer cashed the {K and ruffed a diamond with the ]8, North discarding the [10. After ruffing her last club with the ]K, she called for a good diamond. North discarded a club (it is perhaps better to ruff). Declarer then threw a spade and South ruffed with the ]4.

Declarer ruffed South’s fourth round of clubs and led a spade to the jack and ace. When North led a club, declarer ruffed with the ]J. South overruffed and gave North a spade ruff for one down. At the other table North overcalled 1NT, doubled by East and West’s removal to 2[ picked up +110 for a 5-IMP swing.

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

Open Room West North East South K.Anderson T.Helness L.Anderson G.Helness 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

The West hand looks good for a club contract, and the spades seem rather weak for a 3[ rebid. So, West might have rebid 3} instead. Anderson won the club lead with the ace and cashed the [A. The contract can be made by running the {Q, ruffing a heart, cashing the {A and exiting with a trump to the bare [Q. Declarer ruffs the diamond return, leaving himself with:

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After the }Q to the }K, declarer ruffs the ]Q with the [8 and crosses to dummy’s }10 to promote his [J with a heart.

Declarer actually played the ]A-K, ditching the {10 and there was then no way home. All 9 declarers in 4[ went one down. Two declarers bid and made 6}. 3NT and 5} were the popular contracts, making at all tables except one. TEAM DARLING

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This was the auction by Helgemo and Jessica Larsson:

Open Room West North East South Helgemo Mill Larsson Darling 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 5} All Pass

Jessica Larsson made 12 tricks after a diamond lead to the queen. She ruffed hearts and a diamond in the dummy and lost one trick to the }K.

We will end with another card-play problem:

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

Open Room West North East South K.Anderson T.Helness L.Anderson G.Helness 1} Pass 1] Pass 1NT Pass 4] All Pass

Lin Anderson led the ]7 to the jack, queen and ace. The contract can be made now by cashing the {A-K and crossing to dummy with the ]K, East showing out. Declarer discards one spade on the {Q and ruffs the {10. He then crosses to the }A and ruffs a club. With eight tricks already made, he exits with one of this three remaining spade losers and must make his ]10-8 to bring the total to ten.

Not expecting the trump lead to be a singleton, Helness preferred to play a second trump to the king at trick 2. After this start the game should go down. Disappointingly, the play record stops short with “10 tricks claimed” in a position where only 9 tricks were available. It is possible that the defenders allowed a trump coup to be set up, by leading a club instead of a spade at a late stage.

At the other table the defenders began with three rounds of spades. Declarer ruffed with the ]J and then played the ]K, going one down for 12 IMPs away.

The Helgeness team won by 37 IMPs to 2, giving them a win by 18.58 VPs to 1.42.

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Barry Rigal

I sat down to watch table six (not on VuGraph) featuring the largely Polish squad of Pszczola against Failla.

The table I was focusing on saw Sabina Auken-Roy Welland take on Luigi Ligambi-Ornella Colonna. The former play natural with a potentially short club and transfer responses to one club, the latter Blue Club with weak no-trump.

The first deal saw Welland coax an overtrick out of what in theory ought to have been a straightforward ten-trick four heart contract. On the next deal we saw what would be a trend in the match, namely Ligambi taking an aggressive position on a deal where his partner had taken a slightly cautious one.

Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ 8 6 5 ] 10 9 5 3 { 10 7 5 4 } Q 10 [ 10 9 74 [ A K J 2 ] K Q ] A 6 { A 3 { Q J 9 6 2 } A K J 7 6 } 9 5 [ Q 3 ] J 8 7 42 { K 8 } 8 4 3 2

West EastLigambi Colonna1} 2}*3} 3{3[ 4[5[ 6[Pass

2} Five controls

I’m not sure if East could have bid 4[ or 5] over 3[ but as it was, West really didn’t have anything in hand after the simple raise. Imagine the East hand without the {J and [J for example. Still faint heart never won fair lady, and Failla was rewarded when dummy came down with just the right set of values to make slam good.

After a heart lead won in hand, he led a spade to the king, and the diamond queen was covered all round. He led a diamond to the jack, ruffed a diamond as Welland pitched a club, and now led a spade to the

king to make 13 tricks. My first thoughts are that declarer might have been safer to cash both clubs before making the second diamond play. Then he plays the {J and ruffs a diamond, crosses to a heart, ruffs the fourth diamond, then leads a spade to the jack, which protects against 4-1 trumps long on his left -- but admittedly that wasn’t likely when his LHO had long diamonds.

They reached slam in the other room but made only 12 tricks, so that made it 1-1 after two deals. The score stayed that way when Ligambi again took a solo trip to the five-level with:

[ K J 8 5] Q 9 8 7 2{ Q 7 4} 8

He could respond with a semi-positive 1] to a strong club. His partner showed 23-24 with a jump to 2NT (perhaps promising enough controls to be interested in slam?) and he showed five hearts and four spades by transferring then bidding his second suit. His partner quietly raised to 4[ and now he moved on with 5} — without that much obvious in the way of extras? That got him to an excellent slam facing [AQ104 ]A4 {AKJ3 }AQ3 (and yes maybe his partner owed him a cuebid raise again). The score remained 1-1 when they also reached slam in the other room.

A quiet 4[ game off the first two heart tricks saw no swing either, before the real action began.

FAILLA vs PSZCZOLA

TEAM FAILLALuigi Ligambi

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

West North East South Ligambi Auken Colonna Welland 1}* 1[ 3[* Pass 3NT 4] Pass 4[ DbleAll Pass

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The defenders accurately cashed out their spades and followed instructions to take their clubs before one of them went away on the diamond ace. +300 looked like a nice result given that 3NT looks hopeless even on a spade lead — assuming West can get his partner to shift to hearts at the first opportunity. Five diamonds looks closer to making; on a spade lead declarer can take his discards and may then be able to come home on some good views in the minors. Blass/Sarniak saved in 5[ over 5{ and the defence cashed out accurately to collect 500 for 5 IMPs, so Failla led 6-1.

On the next deal both declarers for Pszczola would not want their result examined in too much detail.

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

Both 4[ and 4] make from the West seat; you can defeat the major suit games if East is declarer by leading clubs repeatedly. East ducks, but North wins the }A and underleads in diamonds for the ruff. The Pszczola team went down in 3] in one room while Auken stole the hand as North in the other room.

West North East South Ligambi Auken Colonna Welland Pass 1{ 1] 2{ 2] 2NT Pass 3NTAll Pass

Colonna’s low heart lead gave declarer an eighth trick but she was reluctant to take an early club finesse, and lose the next 11 tricks or so. So she cashed three diamonds and gleaned from the signals that the [AK rated to be wrong. Thus the club finesse also figured to be wrong, given West’s passivity in the auction. So she cashed out diamonds from the top then exited with ace and another club, for down one. That made it 10-1 to Failla.TEAM FAILLA

Ornella Colonna

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On the next deal Ligumbi finally ventured ‘a bridge too far’. He heard his partner open 4], and he was looking at:

[ KQ62 ]3 {AK1098 }A94

Yet again, he risked the five level, bidding 5]. When his partner raised to six he appeared to have caught his partner with as suitable a hand as possible – a 3-7-1-2 with solid hearts. Alas for him the defenders led clubs, and with the diamond honours not dropping in three, Colonna needed the spade ace onside; no luck there. In the other room Blass/Sarniak bid 1]-2{-2]-2NT-4], suggesting solid hearts and a minimum, and Sarniak did well to pass. That made it 12-10 for Pszczola.

Both Souths then had to choose on a blind auction what to lead against 4] from

[ K J 8 7 6] 3{ A 6 4 3} 10 7 4

Both unerringly put their fingers on a low spade, into declarer’s ace-queen doubleton, and found that any other suit would have defeated the game without a struggle.

Failla took the lead when they were closed out of an auction where they could make 3NT after a non-vulnerable preempt from Welland, defending 3[ for 100. Meanwhile in the other room Sarniak had to struggle in a 4-3 heart fit at the four-level, down one with 3NT cold.

But the last laugh went to Welland when in one room Sarniak opened a Polish Club and defended 1NT for -150. Things were far more exciting in the other room:

West North East South Ligambi Auken Colonna Welland 1NT Dble 2[ Dble*All Pass*Take-out

Ligambi had an absolute maximum for his opening bid, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Colonna was forced to run to spades when Auken had values to spare for her double. Kudos to Welland for stretching to come into the auction. He also guessed well to lead a low diamond, and Colonna could hardly be blamed for the somewhat desperate manoeuvre of ducking in dummy at trick one. Auken cashed two diamonds and played a third, and declarer led a trump to the ten and queen, then advanced the heart queen, covered all round. She ruffed a heart to hand, then misguessed clubs, and Auken won her ace, drew trumps, and the defence had a diamond and club for the last two tricks. While declarer could have done a trick better, it would still have cost 8 IMPs to go for 500. As it was, Pszczola had 12 IMPs to win 22-14.

TEAM PSZCZOLARoy Welland

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Jos Jacobs

For the first round of this mixed team event, I decided to make life easy for myself by simply choosing the first table in sight. This happened to be a match scheduled between two French teams: a pretty well-known one and one that is maybe not quite so well-known as far as the international circuit is concerned.

Bridge, however, is not a game of reputations but of good bidding and play, as we shall see from (e.g.) board 3:

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

West North East South Franceschetti Zimmermann Huberschwiller Dikhnova

1] Pass 3NT Pass 4] All Pass

In the Open Room, Zimmermann showed a raise to game in hearts by bidding 3NT but Dikhnova was not interested in more than that. On the lead of the }Q, she was able to win her ace, take a losing trump finesse and still come to 12 tricks by means of a finesse of the }J in the end.

Zimmermann +480.Much more interesting things happened in the

Closed Room:

West North East South D'Ovidio Puillet Cronier Robert 1] Pass 2} Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6} Pass 6] All Pass

Over 1], North started off with a general GF bid of 2}. Three Clubs was natural and 3] then set hearts as trumps. 3[ was a cuebid and 3NT showed a spade control as well. This enabled South to launch RKC. When he found his side had four keycards, he could bid the slam with some confidence.

West at this table did not make the helpful }Q lead that we saw in the Open Room but she led a diamond instead. Declarer won, played off three round of spades to get rid of his losing diamond, ruffed himself back to hand with dummy’s last diamond and advanced the ]Q.

When West did not cover this, declarer, after some thinking, put up dummy’s ace. When the king appeared, he claimed his contract, as he would lose no more than the now inevitable club loser. Puillet +980 and 11 IMPs to them.

Now let’s consider the a priori chances to make 6]. Finessing the ]K gives you a straightforward 50% (but with the extra chance that having eliminated the pointed suits first, losing to a singleton king still leaves you with a theoretical hope) but cashing the ]A is the winning line not only if the king comes down but also if the player holding the doubleton king has at least one club honour. You would have to guess the club position correctly in that case so it is impossible to produce a precise percentage for this line of play. Assuming the defenders will win the ]K and shift to a club honour, you make game whenever the heart king drops (26%) or when hearts are 2-1 and the club

ZIMMERMANN vs PUILLET

}}}} KK 99 66

ROUND 1 MIXED TEAMS

TEAM ZIMMERMANNTania Dikhnova


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honours split; let’s call it pretty close to a two-thirds chance. So, there certainly seems to be as much in this line as there is in the straightforward finesse, even more so if you are looking for a spectacular play.

It should be noted, however, that you would go down on this line when the defender on play happens to hold both club honours…

A few boards later, team Zimmermann were given a practically insoluble play problem:

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


1} Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 3} Pass 3NT All Pass

This time, it was E/W’s turn in the Open Room to show little ambition. On the normal diamond lead, declarer came to nine easy enough tricks by establishing the clubs. Puillet +600.

West North East South D'Ovidio Puillet Cronier Robert 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 3} Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 6} All Pass

In the Closed Room, D’Ovidio had little trouble in bidding the slam after Cronier’s GF 2] rebid followed by 3NT which strongly suggested 1-4-3-5 distribution. On anything but a trump lead, declarer would have time to take a diamond finesse and ruff his three losers (two hearts and the last diamond) in dummy before turning his attention to trumps by leading dummy’s last trump, the queen. Robert as South followed up his fine performance on the previous board (No. 3) by another potentially winning action: he led a low

trump. Once declarer played low from dummy (the logical thing to do) the contract had become much harder to make. Still you would expect declarer to come to 12 tricks – perhaps by testing spades and falling back on the diamond ruffing finesse. Declarer lost his, way finishing two down in the end. Puillet another +200 and another 13 IMPs to them.

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

Things got worse for Zimmermann when they mis-sed a good 3NT on the penultimate board, due to what looked very much like a systemic disagreement.


Pass Pass 1{ Pass 1] 1[ 1NT All Pass

In a sense, N/S were right to settle for 1NT as only eight tricks were made on the obvious spade lead. Declarer refrained from the safety-play in clubs for four tricks, going for all five tricks in the suit instead…Zimmermann +120.

Not that it mattered very much as this was the auction in the Closed Room:

West North East South D'Ovidio Puillet Cronier Robert Pass Pass 1{ Pass 1] 1[ 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

With the spade position clear after the [8 lead, declarer immediately won his ace. He went on to play the }Q, covered by king and ace, returned to hand in hearts and finessed the }10. This way, his nine tricks were safe and he finished up with an overtrick in the end. Puillet +430 and another 7 IMPs to them to win the match 33-8 or 16.07 – 3.03 V.P.

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Francesca Canali

Benvenuta, Europa (e non solo...)!Dopo i Campionati del Mondo a squadre under 26

dello scorso Agosto, il Bel Paese torna ad accogliere il bridge internazionale.

Tanti dei nostri Campioni più rappresentativi sono già scesi in campo. E alcuni di loro ci hanno fatto una bellissima sorpresa! La connessione Torino-Roma della squadra Calandra evoca infatti alcuni dei momenti più gloriosi del Bridge Italiano: dagli appassionanti testa a testa fra le casate Lavazza e Angelini, ai Mondiali di Bali del 2013. Quella è stata anche l'ultima volta in cui Giorgino Duboin e Alfredo Versace hanno rappresentato l'Italia insieme, ovvero solcato da compagni di squadra un podio internazionale... sollevando la coppa della Bermuda Bowl!

Proprio Alfredo ci regala la mano del giorno, tratta dall'incontro del terzo turno fra le squadre Calandra e Wilson.

Board 22. Dichiarante Est. E/O in zona. [ J 10 9 3 2 ] 10 9 7 { A 9 4 } 7 5[ A 5 [ K] 6 2 ] A Q J 8 4 3{ 10 8 5 { K 6} Q J 9 4 3 2 } A K 10 6 [ Q 8 7 6 4 ] K 5 { Q J 7 3 2 } 8

Ovest Nord Est SudCuzzi Ritmeijer Versace Ticha 1] 1[Contro 4[ 4SA Passo5} Fine

L'avversario ha attaccato di piccola sotto l'{A e Monica Cuzzi ha passato il re, giocandosi la chance tecnica dell'attacco sotto asso piuttosto che sotto QJ. Brava Monica!

Quattordici squadre hanno almeno una componente tricolore. In un campo di gara costellato da Campioni di internazionale prestigio, alcuni dei nostri connazionali hanno puntato sulla strategia "spaventativa", battezzando la loro squadra Godzilla.

La squadra Vinci, invece, punta sul (Occidentali's) Karma con il motto impresso sulle divise: "Keep calm and play Bridge".

Al termine della giornata di oggi, le prime classificate accederanno agli ottavi di finale.

LA PAGINA ITALIANA

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ACDCBrigitte AUBONNETChristophe CARDEAnne-Marie COLOMBAROJean-Yves DANIC

BADGER Jeffrey ALLERTONFrances HINDENPaula LESLIEGraham OSBORNE

BLUE NOTE Grazyna BREWIAKRafal JAGNIEWSKIEric MAUBERQUEZEmmanuelle MONODJerzy ROMANOWSKIMartine ROSSARD

CANNAVALE Paola CANNAVALECarlo MAGNANIGiacomo PERCARIOMichela SALVATOFrancesco SCRIATTOLIGiulia SCRIATTOLIPaola CANNAVALE cpt

CORALINE Dominique BOURDINBlandine DELESTREDaniel DELESTREFrancois JOLIGEON

AIREST Priit HALLERMaksim KARPOVInes PIIBELEHTAire TAUBE

BEIJING TRINERGY Fei GAOYan HUANGXiaoyi LIDong LUYanhong WANGShaohong WUDong LU cptYanhong WANG coach BREMNES Helge BREMNESInge DYRKORNIngeborg GRIMSMOCecilie SANDVIKHelge BREMNES cpt

CFSC Mao Yuan HUKe JINYi Qian LIUWeimin WANGYili ZHENGPing ZHURong HUANG cptJihong HU coach CORNELL JACOB NZMichael CORNELLVivien CORNELLStephanie JACOBTom JACOBJo SIMPSONRobert SIMPSON

AJ DIAMENT Cathy BALDYSZIgor GRZEJDZIAKSabina GRZEJDZIAKAndrzej JASZCZAKAnna KOWALSKAPiotr WALCZAK

BELGIUM Valerie C.-LABAERESteven DE DONDERBernard DEHAYEIsabelle DEWASMETine DOBBELSAlain LABAERE

BRENO Cristina GOLINMassimo LANZAROTTIGabriella OLIVIERIFrancesca PISCITELLIStefano SABBATINIRomain ZALESKIMassimo LANZAROTTI cpt

CHARLSEN Thomas CHARLSENTorild HESKJEJo-Arne OVESENSiv THORESENJo-Arne OVESEN cpt

CORNEMUSE Jean-Baptiste FANTUNNicolas LHUISSIERSabine ROLLANDVeronique VENTOS

ALERTPLUS Anja ALBERTINikolas BAUSBACKBerthold ENGELAnne GLADIATORKarin WENNINGUlrich WENNINGNikolas BAUSBACK cpt

BERKSMA Dana BERKOWITZDavid BERKOWITZLisa BERKOWITZAida JANSMAJan JANSMA

BROGELAND Boye BROGELANDTonje Aasand BROGELANDEspen ERICHSENHelen ERICHSENKjell Gaute FYRUNStine HOLMOY

COMPITALIA Michele CAMMARATACarmela FRANCOGermana GAVAZZONIPaul LAMFORDStefanie ROHANLorenzo STOPPINI

CREMIN Huub BERTENSJoan CREMINGeoff HAMPSONSandra RIMSTEDTHaig TCHAMITCHMartine VERBEEKJoan CREMIN cpt

APACHE Ferda CAKICIFrances DAVISBrian McGUIREErdem OZTURK

BINKIE Brian CALLAGHANCatherine CURTISChristine DUCKWORTHPaul FEGARTY

CALANDRA Emanuela CALANDRAMonica CUZZIEleonora DUBOINGiorgio DUBOINEmanuela PRAMOTTONAlfredo VERSACEEmanuela CALANDRA cptMassimo ORTENSI coach CONNECTOR Danuta KAZMUCHACezary SEREKJustyna STACHOWIAK-KLUZTomasz WINCIOREK

CZECH REPULIC Sona HAJKOVAMilan MACURAMichaela MACUROVAVit VOLHEJN

DARLING Kenneth ANDERSONRosalind ANDERSONMarina DARLINGJustin MILL

EMMER Linda MOLLEElly SCHIPPERS-BOSKLOPPERRene STIENENMarco TER LAAREMarco TER LAARE cpt

FORNACIARI Irene BARONIMonica BURATTIEzio FORNACIARILorenzo LAURIACarlo MARIANICRISTIANA MORGANTINIEzio FORNACIARI cpt

DE BOTTON Kathrine BERTHEAUSally BROCKJanet DE BOTTONThor Erik HOFTANISKAArtur MALINOWSKINicklas SANDQVIST

ENZ Owen CAMPKay PREDDYNorman SELWAYAnisia SHAMI

FOX Sedat ALUFTuna ALUFNamik KOKTENMehves PISAKMehves PISAK cpt

DJAWS TRIT Attila DAGDEVIRENDeniz DAGDEVIRENMarco GANDINISerap KURANOGLUStefania VINCIGUERRAAttila DAGDEVIREN cpt

FAILLA Francesca CARNICELLIOrnella COLONNAGiuseppe FAILLALuigi LIGAMBIGiuseppe FAILLA cpt

GEELY AUTO Yunlong CHENJianming DAIShengyue GUIQi SHENLiping WANGWen Fei WANGShengyue GUI cptWen Fei WANG coach

EAV Andreas BABSCHGabriele CAPPELLERJoachim CAPPELLERU. SCHRECKENBERGERAndreas BABSCH aptain

FERM Dennis BILDESjoert BRINKBarbara FERMJacco HOPChristina Lund MADSENMeike WORTELJacco HOP cptSjoert BRINK coach GILLIS Ann Karin FUGLESTADSimon GILLISMarianne HARDINGErik SAELENSMINDE

ELLEVI Antti ELSINENTiina ELSINENVesa LESKELAKirsi VIRTANENVesa LESKELA cpt

FLAVIA Christian FELDERERAnnette SCHEINER)Otto SCHEINERHannelore THOMASBERGER

GINO Ronnie BARREldad GINOSSARClara HETZYossi ROLLYossi ROLL cptEldad GINOSSAR coach

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GODZILLA Patrizia AZZONIManuela BERTOGLIODaniela BUQUICCHIOAlberto CESATIAndrea MANNODaniele PAGANI

HELNESS Kristian ELLINGSENAnne-Lill HELLEMANNFredrik HELNESSAstrid Steen LYBAEK

JIANG Peer BACHYong Kang JIANGSetsuko LICHTNECKERJianyu ZHU

LARA Thibault DELMAS-SIRVENDaniele GAVIARDMaria Joao LARAManuel d' OREY CAPUCHOMaria Joao LARA cpt

MAHAFFEY Piotr GAWRYSSam LEVIrina LEVITINAJim MAHAFFEYJudi RADINSylvia SHIJim MAHAFFEY cpt

GOLD Marusa BASAKevin CASTNERDavid GOLDSusanna GROSS

INFERNO Gytis DANTAElizabeth HAVASDavid McLEISHPaula McLEISH

JING HANG Wangying GONGXiao HUHao LONGJinghui YANGHao LONG cptXiao HU coach

LE BOMASC Patrick BOGACKIIsabella CHILAUDGilles MAAREKValerie SAUVAGEH SCHIATTIM SCHIATTIPatrick BOGACKI cpt

MAJOR Emine KONDAKCI SENFunda OZBEYTayfun OZBEYTezcan SENTezcan SEN cpt

GOSSCHALK Willem GOSSCHALKMarie L. GOSSCHALK K.Inez VAN EIJCKWillem VAN EIJCKWillem GOSSCHALK cpt

IRISH DUBEL Harold CURRANAnne FITZPATRICKBrid KEMPLEHeidi LILLISMichael McGLOUGHLINTerry WALSH

KANDEMIR Zeynep ALPOrhan EKINCIIsmail KANDEMIRSevil NUHOGLU

LEBRON Candace GRIFFEYLarry GRIFFEYDennis MCGARRYLinda MCGARRYDon SULGROVEKathy SULGROVE

MAX Dietlind ANGEBRANDTMaximilian BUCHMAYRSusanne BUCHMAYRBernard UTNERDietlind ANGEBRANDT cptMartin ANGEBRANDT coach

HANLON Nadia BEKKOUCHEFiona BROWNTom HANLONHugh McGANN

ISOARD Nicole CURETTIMichelle ISOARDJean Le PODERMichel ROMIEU

KIBE Lale GUMRUKCUOGLUOmer KIZILOKBasak KUTUKAyse OZGUNESDogan UZUMAyse OZGUNES cpt

LEDGER Maureen HANNAHJimmy LEDGERDick RUTTERJane RUTTER

MIAMI HEAT Claire ALPERT Francisco BERNAL Cristal NELLMichael RANISIgor SAVCHENKO Lindsey WEINGERLindsey WEINGER cpt

HELGENESS Geir HELGEMOGunn HELNESSTor HELNESSJessica LARSSON

IVAR Ivar M. ANFINSENEgil HOMMEMarianne HOMMEEli SOLHEIMEgil HOMME cpt

LADY Claudia LUESSMANNIngo LUESSMANNMichael SCHNEIDERGisela SMYKALLAMichael SCHNEIDER cptRoland MUELLER coach

LUND Helle Simon ELBROErik LUNDFrank PAASKESENKate REITER

MICROCHIROPTERA Marius IONITAKaren McCALLUM Andrew McINTOSH Jovanka SMEDEREVAC Sascha WERNLE

MIPIREDA Danielle AVONPierre SAPORTARenata SAPORTA-TWORZYDLOJean-Michel VOLDOIRE

ONEILL Dennis CLERKINJerry CLERKINMolly ONEILLJoanne WEINGOLD

PIZZI E BOSCHETTIClaus LUNDNiels LUNDNell RINDAHLSusanne THOMSEN

MNEPO Anna GULEVICHGeorgi MATUSHKOSergei ORLOVOlga PAVLUSHKOEvgeni RUDAKOVElena RUDAKOVA Georgi MATUSHKO cpt

ORG REIGNWOOD Junjie HULinlin HUShu LIUYanhui SUNJian WANGJie ZHAOYanhui SUN cptYuewu WANG coach PONDUS AND BLONDESLise BLAAGESTADGeir BREKKAGeir ENGEBRETSENMona LINDSTROEMJan Petter SVENDSENGeir ENGEBRETSENcptGeir BREKKA coach

MORAWSKI Nathalie C.-PLUOTMinh Hieu LEDariusz MORAWSKIVanessa REESSIrmeli SALONENFrancois STRETZ

PBC GRAZ Judith FERLICGerhard HORNISCHERAstrid KERBLHelmut POLASCHEGGGerhard HORNISCHER cpt

PSZCZOLA Sabine AUKENJosef BLASSJacek PSZCZOLAAnna SARNIAKJ. SEAMON-MOLSONRoy WELLANDJacek PSZCZOLA cpt

NATAF Marcel DADONPaula NATAFRomain TEMBOURETAurelie THIZY

PENFOLD Sandra PENFOLDBrian SENIORNevena SENIORRoumen TRENDAFILOV

PUILLET Pierre FRANCESCHETTIA.-L. HUBERSCHWILLERCarole PUILLETQuentin ROBERT

OLIVER Oliver CLARETiziana DI MARTINOMargaret P.-ENGLANDGino ULIVAGNOLI

PERSIANI Benito GAROZZOIsabella MARCEDDUBogdan MARINAMaurizio PATTACINIIsabella PERSIANIMarina STEGAROIUIsabella PERSIANI cpt

PUNCH Stephen PETERKINSam PUNCHSarah TESHOMEJames THROWER

8888THTH EEURUROPOPEAEANN OPOPENEN BBRIRIDGDGEE CHCHAMAMPIPIONONSHSHIPIPSS E EURUROPOPEAEAN N OPOPENEN B BRIRIDGDGE E CHCHAMAMPIPIONONSHSHIPIPSS MoMontntececatatininii IItatalylyMoMontntececatatinini,i, I ItatalylyROSTERS


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REDROBOT Svetlana CHUBAROVAIgor KHAZANOVMaria LEBEDEVADmitri PROKHOROVPavel VOROBEIOlga VOROBEYCHIKOVAPavel VOROBEI cpt

SAGIV Adi ASULINGilad OFIREtan ORENSTEINMarina PILIPOVICStella SAGIVYehuda SAGIVYehuda SAGIV cpt

SILVERFOX Faith MAYERBodil Nyheim OIGARDENSteffen Fredrik SIMONSENGeir-Olav TISLEVOLLGeir-Olav TISLEVOLL cpt

SVAERKE Hanne NIELSENKarin Strande RISOMHenrik RYBNER-PETERSENTorben SVAERKE

TARV Thorsten CMIELRaffaella DE MEDICIAylin DENIZCIVolkan DENIZCIThorsten CMIEL cpt

RIDOLFO Claudine CYMERMANValerie POUJOLJean RIDOLFOMarc THIVET

SAKR Katarzyna DUFRATMichal KLUKOWSKIKrzysztof MARTENSMichal NOWOSADZKIMay SAKRJustyna ZMUDA

SLOVENIA Tomaz ADAMICBarbara BARAGABarbara D. DRNOVSEKAleksandra JESENICNIKTolja ORACBogdan RASULATomaz ADAMIC cpt

SWEDEN MIXED Dan BYLUNDBengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON Helena STROMBERG Anna ZACK EFRAIMSSONBengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON cpt

TIDA STELI Atanas IVANOVSteliana IVANOVALilo POPLILOVMatilda POPLILOVMatilda POPLILOV cpt

ROBERTSON Simon COPEDesislava MALAKOVAMarion ROBERTSONStefan SKORCHEV

SCRAPS Sybil BRAGADIRThierry DE MENDEZKarim HEJJAJLise HOWARD

SORESINI Francesca DI LEMBOEnrico GUGLIELMIMario MATTEUCCIAmbra MORELLIAntonella SORESINIDavide TAVOSCHI

SWISS BOLLYWOODHans-Herman GWINNERHimani KHANDELWALRajeev KHANDELWALDarina LANGER

VALIO Vladislav Nikolov ISPORSKIValentin KOVACHEVDiana MARQUARDTAhu ZOBUValentin KOVACHEV cpt

ROSE AND THE THORNSNikolay DEMIREVSteve GARNERChristal HENNERRose MELTZERSteve GARNER cpt

SEMERCI Berk BASARANCan BERKTASSukriye MERZEUmran SEMERCIBerk BASARAN cpt

STAMATOV Mireille FAYADWafa HADDADFaycal HAMDANGabriel HARFOUCHEJerry STAMATOV

TACCETTI Massimo BALDINILaura FEDERICINiccolò FOSSICarla TACCETTI

VIANELLO Gianni BALBIFranco CEDOLINFrancesca VIANELLOSerenina ZAGOFrancesca VIANELLO cpt

ROSENTHAL Marion MICHIELSENAndrew ROSENTHALJohan UPMARKChris WILLENKENMigry ZUR-CAMPANILE

SILBERSEE Christian FROEHNERPony Beate NEHMERTAndrea REIMSebastian REIMDaniela VON ARNIMFelix ZIMMERMANNFelix ZIMMERMANN cpt

STOPPA Yves AUBRYM.-Claude GOUVERITHFrancoise MARKOVITZ)Jean-Louis STOPPAJean-Louis STOPPA cpt

TAKK Kazuo FURUTAAyako MIYAKUNIKenji MIYAKUNITeruko NISHIMURA

VICKY Virginia CHEDIAKR. GARCIA DA ROSACarlos PELLEGRINISue PICUSJoseph RICHRanja SIVERTSVIKVirginia CHEDIAK cpt

VICOZ Gavin BAILEYKirsten BAILEYAnnette Elizabeth MALUISHAndrew John MILL

WILSON Ida GRONKVISTRichard RITMEIJERMagdalena TICHARicco VAN PROOIJENAlison WILSON

VINCI Monica AGHEMOAndrea BURATTIDoris FISCHERFabrizio HUGONYBernd SAURERVera TAGLIAFERIFrancesco Saverio VINCI cpt

YALMAN Netsy SAYERAli YALMANGracia YALMANZahari ZAHARIEVGracia YALMAN cpt

VITA Dolores GILLILANDGordon LESSELLSJoe WALSHMaria WHELAN

ZEN Laurence DUCStephan MAGNUSSONFernando PIEDRAIrene SAESSELI

VYTAS Andrey GROMOVVictoria GROMOVAApolinary KOWALSKIEwa MISZEWSKATatiana PONOMAREVAVytautas VAINIKONISWojtek OLANSKI cpt

ZIMMERMANN Philippe CRONIERTatiana DIKHNOVACatherine D'OVIDIOFranck MULTONSylvie WILLARDPierre ZIMMERMANN

WARD PLATT Thomas BESSISBenedicte CRONIERCedric LORENZINIKiki WARD-PLATTJoanna ZOCHOWSKA

ROSTERS

The first video from this Championship is available at:www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0v7j_2AEyI&feature=youtu.be

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RANKING AFTER ROUND 5

1 MNEPO 80.462 TAKK 73.493 MICROCHIROPTERA 70.324 MAJOR 69.935 CORNELL JACOB NZ 67.736 SAKR 67.607 HELGENESS 67.578 PSZCZOLA 67.089 VINCI 67.0010 EMMER 66.8011 ROSENTHAL 66.7412 MORAWSKI 66.1013 PUILLET 66.0614 REDROBOT 66.0115 CALANDRA 65.5716 PERSIANI 65.5017 BLUE NOTE 63.9818 FERM 63.1019 BADGER 61.8820 AJ DIAMENT 61.7021 VYTAS 61.6222 FORNACIARI 60.9123 CREMIN 60.8324 WILSON 59.9025 WARD PLATT 59.8026 PUNCH 59.3827 BERKSMA 59.2728 EAV 58.1329 BEIJING TRINERGY 57.9130 GOLD 57.5631 CANNAVALE 57.5432 SILBERSEE 57.5033 MIPIREDA 57.4034 FAILLA 57.2935 BELGIUM 56.4636 LARA 56.4437 JING HANG 56.2138 HELNESS 56.1539 TIDA STELI 56.0039 CZECH REPUBLIC 56.0041 CHARLSEN 55.1842 ORG REIGNWOOD 54.9443 IVAR 54.5144 SEMERCI 54.3245 COMPITALIA 53.9046 KANDEMIR 53.5547 VALIO 53.4848 ALERTPLUS 52.8349 SILVERFOX 52.6450 LADY 52.5151 PENFOLD 52.1852 ACDC 52.0453 YALMAN 51.2754 ROBERTSON 51.2155 ROSE AND THE THORNS 51.1256 ZIMMERMANN 50.9157 SAGIV 50.90

58 FOX 50.5559 CONNECTOR 50.0060 HANLON 49.8661 FLAVIA 49.6662 BRENO 49.2563 SORESINI 49.0164 ZEN 48.8565 VICKY 48.6166 SWEDEN MIXED TEAM 48.3367 BROGELAND 48.3068 GODZILLA 47.8769 MAHAFFEY 47.3270 CFSC 46.4271 SVAERKE 46.3772 CORNEMUSE 46.1673 STAMATOV 46.1574 ISOARD 45.5375 VIANELLO 45.2776 DE BOTTON 44.3377 GINO 44.0078 KIBE 43.9379 LEDGER 43.5880 APACHE 43.0281 GILLIS 42.9182 CORALINE 41.9383 TACCETTI 41.5484 GEELY AUTO 41.4485 STOPPA 40.9086 SWISS BOLLYWOOD 40.8687 ONEILL 40.3188 AIREST 39.7289 JIANG 39.6390 DJAWS TRIT 39.6291 LEBRON 39.1492 GOSSCHALK 38.5593 MAX 38.4194 LUND 38.0195 INFERNO 37.9296 DARLING 37.8897 ENZ 37.2698 LE BOMASC 37.0599 PONDUS AND BLONDES 36.89100 MIAMI HEAT 36.66101 VITA 35.83102 BINKIE 35.77103 SCRAPS 34.29104 SLOVENIA 33.59105 BREMNES 32.75106 IRISH DUBEL 32.25107 ELLEVI 31.95108 RIDOLFO 31.01109 NATAF 29.23110 OLIVER 28.23111 PIZZI E BOSCHETTI 27.75112 TARV 24.66113 VICOZ 21.88114 PBC GRAZ 21.80

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