Bulletin 4 DAILY BULLETIN Thursday, 22 March 2001 Editor: Jean Paul Meyer – Co-editors: Mark Horton, Franco Broccoli, Jos Jacobs, Micke Melander, Alberto Benetti, Gianluca Frola – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis – Photo Services: Ron Tacchi – Printing: Franco Crosta FINAL COUNTDOWN After two sessions of the Open semifinal the honours rest firmly with the players representing Bulgaria who have three pairs in the top ten. Karaivanov and Trendafilov are on top of the field, Hristo Ivanchev and Vladis Isporski are sixth and Dessi Popova and Rosen Gunev are ninth. Leon Pilar and Antun Wasik representing Spain are in second place, whilst the home challenge is led by Leandro Burgay and Carlo Mariani. Italy's Franco Baroni and Marco Ricciarelli moved up one place to head the qualifiers for the final in the Senior Championship. Hot on their heels were Henri Szwarc and José Damiani. Germany's Hans Humburgh and Goran Mattsson maintained their overnight position of third. Return Transfers If you wish a return transfer from the Sorrento Palace Hotel to Naples Airport on Sunday 25th March, please check with the hospitality desk that your name is on the list by 8.30 on Friday 23rd. As part of the 'Bridge in School' program jointly sponsored by the Italian Education Ministry and C.O.N.I (Italian Olympic Committee), children from a local school were shown round the tournament by Mr Rona Gianarrigo, president of the EBL. They then had the chance to practise the skills they had learnt in school. Todays Programme 8:00 Excursion to Pompeii 20:30 Open 3rd A & B Semi-finals Senior Final 1st Session Senior Consolation 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy The final stages of the qualification J ust before the entrance of the gladiators on to the scene a young Italian showed she can handle the cards as well as anyone. Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ ] { } [ ] { } A64 K974 J984 J3 Q85 Q853 10 7 5 10 7 2 [ ] { } N W [ ] { } West E S J 10 J 10 2 AQ62 KQ96 North Gentile East Di Lembo Pass 2] Pass Rdbl 2[ 1[ Pass 3[(?) K9732 A6 K3 A854 South Dbl Pass All Pass In view of partner's redouble East decided to make one further move, but as a consequence she ended up in a not completely safe contract, even more so when South found the best lead of a trump. Francesca Di Lembo won the ace in dummy and played a club to the 7, 8 and 9. A trump came back, won by the king, and declarer next played }A and ruffed a club. Now she made the key play of eliminating the hearts by cashing the AK and ruffing a third before she exited with her last club. South, with only diamonds left, had to give her the ninth trick with the {K. Well played indeed! What does a double by opener mean when the opponents are overcalling 1NT? Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ ] { } J97 A Q 10 2 A3 K752 [ ] { } K 10 5 4 J8 8652 Q J 10 N W [ ] { } E S A62 753 K Q 10 7 4 93 [ ] { } Q83 K964 J9 A864 West opens a 12-14 NT, Pass, Pass, and South bids 2{, showing the suit for a change! Now a double would be take-out to most of us, but when West doubled East had other ideas and 2 Francesca Di Lembo, Italy passed! A spade lead and careful defensive play will beat the contract, but on a club lead Francesca De Lucchi had no problems, putting her and Anna Lisa Rosetta right back on track for qualification. A few boards later, the same pair produced a spectacular auction: Board 16. Dealer West. East/West Vul. [ ] { } Q3 10 8 4 3 K J 10 10 8 5 3 West Pass Dbl Dbl [ ] { } 72 976 864 AJ976 N W [ ] { } E S K J 10 8 4 A AQ97532 North Rosetta Pass 1[ All Pass [ ] { } East 1} 2] A965 KQJ52 KQ42 South De Lucchi 1] 5{ This might need some explanation. 1} was strong and 1] showed spades. Double showed some values and 1[ denied any serious spade support. 2] was natural and so was 5{ (what 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS else could it be?). Rosetta, reading her partner for at least about 6-6, took the right view by passing. She was wrong in a sense as partner happened to be 5-7, but down 300 was O.K. with 4] on. More curious developments we saw on board 21: Board 21. Dealer North. North/South Vul. [ ] { } Q Q9852 Q42 J762 West [ ] { } A4 K 10 7 6 4 963 10 8 5 N W [ ] { } E S 9875 AJ A K J 10 5 93 North East Rosetta Pass Pass [ ] { } Pass 2] 3{ 1[ Dbl All Pass K J 10 6 3 2 3 87 AKQ4 South De Lucchi 2{ Pass Well, double of 2] would not have been everybody's choice, but it worked well.West passed it, but North did not dare to pass as well and retreated into 3{.This went one down for an about average result, but we think 2] might well have been made. In the meantime, the Italian ladies had bid and made two nice slams, 6{ each time, which eluded quite a number of pairs playing here.Then came: Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. [ ] { } A76 10 9 5 2 9432 J7 West [ ] { } 10 3 A63 J 10 8 7 6 Q 10 3 [ ] { } E S KJ9842 Q74 A K86 North 1NT [ ] { } East Rosetta Pass All Pass Board 25. Dealer North. East/West Vul. [ ] { } A K J 10 Q 10 9 9853 10 5 [ ] { } 9632 K J72 QJ863 N W [ ] { } E S Q AJ763 Q 10 6 K972 [ ] { } 8754 8542 AK4 A4 When South opens 1] in third position, an overcall of 1[ seems in order. After that, the spotlight turns on East: what should he do? A raise to 3] showing four-card support and a good hand looks theoretically OK, but will bring you too high. Maybe, East should open this Culbertson classic after all... We have always been told to bid the values we have got. Does this rule apply on the last board of the set as well? Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. N W to do it herself. The [10 followed, covered all round, and West exited with a spade. On the run of the trumps, East discarded a diamond and two clubs. In the end, De Lucchi cashed the {A, felling the queen, and led a club to the queen (!?) and ace.When East returned a club, she had little trouble, in fact, to go up with the king, felling the doubleton jack which she might have finessed as well. Nicely played for a huge +170. Things would have been completely different had West elected to lead the }J. That's what Venice Cup holder Wietske van Zwol from the Netherlands did.When her partner, Femke Hoogweg, ducked it, the ruff was assured and declarer held to nine tricks for an enormous MP difference. Overcalling opposite a passed partner is something special, because you do not expect partner to take unwanted action. Sometimes, things can go dramatically wrong, however. Q5 KJ8 KQ5 A9542 South De Lucchi Dbl 1[ 2[ West led a heart. East won with his king and returned the suit to dummy's ace. This way, the defence had established a heart trick for declarer without forcing her to use dummy's only entry [ ] { } 87643 AK74 AKJ5 [ ] { } AQ2 Q95 74 A K 10 4 3 N W [ ] { } E S K 10 J 10 2 862 98765 [ ] { } J95 863 Q 10 9 3 QJ2 After two passes,West is forced to show the full value of his hand by opening 1[. North overcalls 1NT, East passes and South at one table surprises the world by bidding 2} as a natural action to show a suit. Now West can double or bid 2] and North will bid either 2NT or 3}. East then has to double if he wants a good score, as both contracts will go off. 3 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy Passing By W hilst taking one of our regular photo calls around the playing rooms yesterday we chanced upon one of the more spirited auctions of the day: Board 16. Dealer West. None Vul [ ] { } Q3 10 8 4 3 K J 10 10 8 5 3 West [ ] { } 72 976 864 AJ976 N W [ ] { } E S K J 10 8 4 A AQ97532 North East McIntosh Pass 3] Pass Pass [ ] { } Pass Pass Pass Dbl 1] 4] 5] All Pass A965 KQJ52 KQ42 South Nissan Rand, Israel Bowdery 2]* 5{ Pass West really ought to double Five Diamonds, and that was a popular contract at many tables. With no entry to dummy -300 was the standard result. With an awkward lead - as the cards lie Four Hearts cannot be defeated - South tried the ace of diamonds. Declarer ruffed and could have endplayed South at once with a heart. However he tried a spade and South went in with the king and exited with a spade to dummy's queen.To escape for one down, declarer has to play South for a singleton ace of hearts, cashing the king of diamonds to pitch a club, playing a club to the king and then exiting with a heart.When he played a heart at once, South won and played another spade. Declarer ruffed with the ten of hearts and played a club, but when North withheld the ace the contract had to go two down.That gave all the points to North-South. Moments later we caught sight of more blood being spilt: West Rand 1[ Pass Pass [ ] { } 4 A K J 10 Q 10 9 9853 10 5 9632 K J72 QJ863 N W [ ] { } E S Q AJ763 Q 10 6 K972 [ ] { } 8754 8542 AK4 A4 East Romik Pass 2} Pass Pass Pass 4[ Dbl Dbl South 1] 5} 5] All Pass An auction that featured several dubious bids saw North/South first take a phantom sacrifice and then do something inexplicable. Five Hearts cost -800 and was one of several good results for the new leaders of the Senior Championship. The Breakfast room is always a good source of material. Marc Smith, one of the e-bridge team, presented it to us as a problem. Board 3. Dealer South. East/West Vul You have the North cards: [ ] { } Board 25. Dealer North. East/West Vul [ ] { } North 842 A Q J 10 9 AJ643 Marc's question, which we now put to you, is what do you expect the final contract to be - without of course having a sight of your partner's hand? With the pessimism born of long and painful experience we opted for Four Spades by South, at which point the Honourary President of the EBL, Bill Pencharz, clearly an optimist at heart, suggested Six Diamonds - preferably by the opponents. Having assured us that we would never guess in a million years, Marc started to reveal the auction: West North 1[ ? East South 1] 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Your partner's bid could be the start of a Canapé sequence and at the table North doubled.With this clue, what do you predict the final contract will be now? Time to reveal the full deal: [ ] { } A 10 7 3 2 97 K762 52 [ ] { } 842 A Q J 10 9 AJ643 N W [ ] { } E S KQ9865 K Q J 10 843 [ ] { } J4 A653 5 K Q 10 9 8 7 With all four hands on view what is your answer? This is how things went: West North East 1[ Pass Pass Dbl Dbl 2[ 2} Pass All Pass South 1] Pass 2{ When South bid Two Diamonds, North decided to take things slowly, as a slam was definitely in the picture.You can imagine her surprise when South passed. However, careful play resulted in eight tricks and a very good score - although not as good as the one that was available from defending Two Clubs doubled. Pinhas Romik, Israel 5 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy Endplayed! I n the third session we got to see a beautiful endplay by BengtErik Efraimsson on the following deal: Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul [ ] { } K96532 Q9 K J 10 7 K West Borin 2[ 3NT [ ] { } 874 J 10 7 Q82 10 4 3 2 [ ] { } [ ] { } E S J 10 K654 A654 Q95 North South Efraimsson 2} 2NT [ ] { } 9 K J 10 7 Q8 10 4 3 N W E S [ ] { } K6 A Q9 [ ] { } A8 9 AJ Declarer who had a good picture of the lay-out from the discarding and the opening lead simply crossed to his ace of hearts and exited with a heart to South's king. South now cashed his diamond ace but had to lead away from his queen-nine of clubs into declarers ace-jack for 11 tricks to East-West.The reward for this play was 246 out of 286. 6 [ ] { } K J 10 9 J73 95 9532 Pass Pass Not much to say about the bidding except it was a rather typical Precision Two Club opening,West forced with 5-6 spades, and the opener showed a maximum hand with 0-2 spades. South led the four of hearts and declarer made his first right choice by putting up the queen. Next followed a spade to the ace. Declarer continued by playing the queen of spades and when the jack appeared declarer simply overtook the queen with the king. On the run of the spades North started discarding hearts putting South on guard in that suit. Having taken all his spade winners and the king of clubs declarer arrived in the following position: [ ] { } n the following deal, the Swedish pair Bengt-Erik Efraimsson - Kenneth Borin showed how a highly developed strong club system might be preferable to a natural one. Many such systems would crash-land in 3NT without any further aims and not that much control. AQ A832 93 AJ876 East Pass Pass All Pass O Session 4. Board 19. Dealer South. East/West Vul N W Nice bidding, partner! West [ ] { } A653 A4 KQJ76 AK N W [ ] { } E S 84 K 10 8 2 A432 Q 10 6 North [ ] { } East Efraimsson Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass 1} 1[ 2} 2[ 3{ 4] 6{! Q72 Q965 10 8 J874 South Borin Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass All Pass Pass 1] 1NT 2] 2NT 4{ 5{ Almost all bids in this sequence more or less had an artificial meaning! North showed a strong hand, 16+, by opening One Club. North's next three bids were all relays and South gave North the following information: " I have some kind of balanced hand with 8-10 points, exactly four hearts and only two spades. Three Diamonds was natural and now South could choose what to respond with or without support and the thing that he showed with his raise to Four Diamonds was a "good" raise with some honour in diamonds and four-card diamond support. So North now knew that South was exactly 2-4-4-3 and that he also had the diamond ace within his 8-10 HCP. As he had a good raise he needed something more. Opener made a cue bid in hearts and discovered his partner did not have a black ace or king. He knew that he was almost certain to have a king and a queen somewhere. So it was clear for North that South had the king of hearts and a well placed black queen. In almost perfect control Efraimsson could raise to Six Diamonds to score the slam.At about 100 tables they played in 3NT, losing to the ones in slam which happened at around 35 tables. The Swedes were rewarded with 248.19 of the 286 points that were available. 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Crashing Honours Board 18. Dealer East. North/South Vul [ ] { } [ ] { } A96 A74 96 QJ743 N W hen Russians Ossauolenko and Shudnev met Stretz and Potier from France the latter had to fight hard to avoid a zero on Board 24 of the first session of the semifinals. QJ872 K J 10 9 6 5 3 W E A S [ K ] 8 { J 10 8 7 4 3 } K9862 West North Chodorowski 4] [ ] { } 10 5 4 3 Q2 KQ52 A 10 5 East South Chodorowska All Pass STRUGGLING TO AVOID A BOTTOM Pass Pass The modern style is to open at the drop of a hat but East made a pass that would have cheered the heart of Alvin Roth and is endorsed by your reporter, although you might consider it unwise to read too much into that. Even assuming some suitable bid was available, the vulnerability would deter most South's from entering the auction, although we are assured that the pairs who have travelled from Poland have no such inhibitions! Here South was from some other country and it was West who opened and closed proceedings. North led a diamond and declarer discarded a club from dummy as he won in hand with the ace. He now played the three of hearts. North, fearing declarer might be able to discard a losing spade, was not to be caught napping, and he went up with the ace of hearts and laid down the ace of spades. Jacques Potier, France Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul [ ] { } AQJ75 KJ 4 K Q 10 5 2 Exchange Rates 982 Q763 A K 10 9 2 9 N W [ ] { } E S K3 A 10 5 2 J73 AJ86 [ ] { } 10 6 4 984 Q865 743 West North East South Ossauolenko Potier Shudnev Stretz 1[ Dbl Our sponsor, Banca Popolare Penisola Sorrentina, is offering special exchange rates to championship participants at their branch in Viale degli Aranci in Sorrento. Special rates will be available to you if you show a copy of the Daily Bulletin or any other document with the EBL logo. [ ] { } 2{ All Pass Pass 3NT The Two Diamond bid is not exactly text book and prevented the French pair from reaching the better contract of Four Hearts. The lead was the king of clubs, which was ducked.West then played the queen of spades. South took his king and then finessed in diamonds to prevent West from giving a signal.The finesse lost but the manoeuvre partly succeeded when East played back a club to declarer's ace.When declarer cashed four rounds of diamonds West had to keep the queen of clubs, two hearts to the king and so only two spades. Brilliancy would have been to keep the ace and seven of spades, maintaining an entry to partner's ten but West, with the ace and jack of spades in hand preferred to be sure. François Stretz did not miss his chance to limit his loss to just 100 by endplaying West in spades, forcing him to lead away from the king of hearts. 7 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy SPADES COME UP TRUMPS by Maureen Dennison I n the first qualifying session of the Senior Pairs my partner, Morris Leighton, decided that the order of the day was spades. For instance on Board 3, against a freely bid 3NT he led the four from [Q104 which induced declarer to duck twice in case the club finesse failed.That extra trick earned us 66/74 match points. On Board 18 after the opposition bid 1{-1]-1[-1NT, Morris decided to lead dummy's second suit and led from [KQ5 finding me with [A973 over dummy. This held declarer to eight tricks for another 64 MPs. However, this was his sweetest spade play. That wasn't the end of the spade story. On Board 6 he judged to put me to 5[, doubled by East, over their vulnerable 5{ game. The bidding indicated that West held three clubs so I took the deep finesse to reach table to pick up the trumps and that was an outright top. However, my favourite spade play was Board 15. Board 15. Dealer South. North/South Vul Board 9. Dealer North. East/West Vul. [ ] { } 3 A965 A 10 8 3 AJ74 [ ] { } Q62 K2 KJ74 K 10 8 6 N W [ ] { } E S 10 8 5 4 QJ84 Q95 52 [ ] { } [ ] { } AKJ97 10 7 3 62 Q93 Morris opened the North hand with a Presion style 1{, East overcalled 1[ and West closed procedings with a firm 3NT. Morris had recently read Barry Rigal's book on deceptive plays in which he made a point that we do not false card often enough, usually playing the card we are known to hold.This time partner was ready. He led a club which declarer took in hand.West now took the spade finesse and cashed the ace. Morris smoothly followed with the queen. Declarer sat back, abandoned the spade suit and quietly drifted one down! Another 66 MPs. Provided the defenders are careful, declarer cannot make the contract even if he plays on spades. However, as North might have started with [Q102, it must be right to try for that. Editors. KJ 8754 K4 Q8764 [ ] { } 98 962 Q J 10 9 7 5 10 3 [ N ] W E { S } [ Q7652 ] AQJ3 { 2 } AK2 A 10 4 3 K 10 A863 J95 Having opened a strong club I got to play the contract in 1[. West led a club so I played AK and another, ruffing on table. I led a heart and East went in with the king. I took my ace and played a trump. West won with the jack and continued with another club. East didn't feel like discarding the ]10 - note the valuable nine in dummy! - and made the fatal mistake of discarding a diamond, so I threw a diamond and ruffed. I cashed ]Q and followed with the jack. A low heart to the nine is the way to ensure eight tricks. Editors. East ruffed this and started on diamonds. I trumped the second and was up to seven tricks and my last three cards were [Q7 and a losing heart.With three trumps outstanding I played my trump forcing West to win. His club exit now allowed me to make my [Q en passant. +110 earned us 72 MPs. But West could have cashed the eight of hearts in the two card ending! Editors. Comical Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul [ ] { } 8 [ ] { } 85 J64 3 A K J 10 5 3 2 J74 [ N 10 5 ] W E AKJ8762 { S 7 } [ A 10 2 ] KQ92 { Q 10 9 4 } Q9 West North Wernle 1NT Pass KQ963 A873 5 864 East Smederevac 3} 3NT Pass 3[ Dbl South 1{ Pass All Pass West's strong notrump overcall was not taken seriously by North, who did not bother taking time out to double. East considered cue bidding Three Diamonds, but recalling the last time she had tried a cue bid her partner had presented her with the dummy (!) she simply introduced her spades. When North tried 3NT, East was not afraid to double, although she must have been wondering who had what. West led a spade and the sight of dummy must have caused some consternation, but there were only eight tricks. 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Par Contract By Patrick Jourdain (Wales) F ew pairs reached the best spot of Six NoTrumps by East on this deal from the first session. Unluckily for my partnership one of the successful pairs was Torelli (West) and Colletta of Italy, our opponents in the Senior Pairs: Moyse Lives On A lphonse Moyse was responsible for popularising the idea of playing in a 4-3 fit. He would have enjoyed this deal from the first session: Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul Board 25. Dealer North. East/West Vul. [ ] { } [ ] { } A3 J 10 7 2 Q7532 Q6 N K 10 [ 6 ] W E K 10 { S AK975432 } [ J87654 ] K84 { J964 } West North East Torelli 3} 4} 4[ 6NT Hirst Pass 3[ Pass Pass All Pass Colletta 1] 3NT 4{ 4NT Q92 AQ953 A8 J 10 8 South Jourdain 2[ Pass Pass Pass Four Clubs was a slam try setting the suit. 4{ and 4[ were alerted as cue-bids showing first or second round control, and Four Notrumps was what might be called "Rolling".Torelli, confident the clubs were coming in, went for the big prize and collected virtually all the matchpoints for Six NoTrumps despite the spade lead to the ace. Note that Six NoTrumps by West can be beaten by a heart lead from North. [ ] { } KQ75 32 7 A K J 10 7 3 West Wernle Dbl 3} 3[ [ ] { } J4 A K Q 10 7 J32 984 N W [ ] { } S 10 8 6 3 J8 Q 10 9 8 5 65 North 1] Pass Pass Pass E [ ] { } East Smederevac Pass 2{ 3] 4[ A92 9654 AK64 Q2 South Pass Pass Pass All Pass Facing a protective double Jovi Smederevac was not about to get carried away but once her partner showed a decent hand she pressed on to game. North attacked with three rounds of hearts and declarer ruffed and took two rounds of clubs followed by the ace and king of spades. Now he simply played on clubs. South could ruff but had no effective continuation. With most of the field making only eleven tricks in clubs +420 produced a very handy score. IL BRIDGE IN DIRETTA SU Bridge History The evidence for the first alcohol penalty in Bridge 103.00 / 99.25 TUTTI I GIORNI ALLE 14.50 9 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy Lucky Thirteen by Roy Garthwaite M y partner Heather Hobson was born in the Isle of Man, a small island which lies between the North West coast of England and Ireland. The Manx people are very superstitious and Heather is always pointing out to me how things go wrong on board thirteen or table thirteen.There is a very long English word for being superstitious about the number thirteen but I shall not quote it for two reasons, firstly few people would know what it meant and secondly I can't spell it. (editor, the word is Triskaidekaphobia) The Isle of Man is famous for smoked herring, known as kippers, and the breeding of Manx cats which are unusual in not having tails, but now to another table or story. Last September eight of us from England went to the Isle of Man to play in their annual bridge congress organised by the English Bridge Union. One night at dinner in conversation with the waitress Heather said that she was born on the island but left at the age of eighteen to live in England. "That must have been a very long time ago" said the waitress. Seven of us thought that was very funny! It was no surprise that a rather dull session sprang to life in the Senior's second qualifying round at table thirteen. Our system is that an immediate cue bid of opponents opening bid shows a two suiter except when the opening bid may contain as few as two cards, in which case the overcall is natural. Sitting East I picked up [ ] { } A 10 3 Q65 43 J 10 7 4 2 South the dealer opened One Diamond, partner doubled and North bid One Spade.The full auction was. West North East Dbl 2{ 3{ 1[ Pass Pass 2} 3} ? South Heather Hobson, England Five minutes later I alerted the 3{ bid as forcing. After all if partner had diamonds she could have overcalled 2{. Or had she forgotten the system? North enquired as to the meaning of 3{ which I answered by a shrug of the shoulders, raising both arms upwards and looking to the heavens. North understood the explanation perfectly and acknowledged it with a smile. 1{ Pass Pass The complete auction was Cruise Vacation with e-bridge Caribbean; Baltic;Alaska; Mediteranean While cruising to fabulous destinations, e-bridge enriches your enjoyment with an assortment of quality bridge activities, all under the auspices of our world renowned bridge personalities: duplicate tournaments, Swiss Teams, lectures, lessons, commentated Vugraph of important and famous bridge events, live play with our bridge personality, lessons in Internet bridge, replay of famous live bridge events. Other bridge-themed activities include Bridge Trivia, Bridge Hollywood Squares, and others. E-bridge is dedicated to providing you with a quality bridge package, from your initial arrangements with our travel agent through the final cocktail party. The e-bridge creed: Bridge, comfort and fun. 10 (1) West North East Dbl 2{ 3{ 3NT All Pass 1[ Pass Pass Pass 2} 3} 3[(1) Pass South 1{ Pass Pass Dbl Dbl Showing a spade stop Partner's hand was [ ] { } K8 K9874 A Q J 10 9 2 She won the spade lead and to make the contract, the diamond suit had to be brought in for no losers. The choice is to play South for {Kx or four small. Applying feminine intuition Heather laid down the {A and dropped North's singleton king. Six diamonds, two spades and a heart trick added up to the required nine tricks. Yes table 13 was unlucky, but this time for North South. 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Appeal No.2 Finland v Germany However,West had no-one to blame for their bad result but herself. Appeals Committee: The Committee's decision: Score adjusted to: Steen Møller (Chairman, Denmark), Herman De Wael (Scribe, Belgium), Grattan Endicott (England), Krzysztof Martens (Poland). North/South receive: 2] made (N/S +110). Senior Pairs Qualifying 1st session Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul [ ] { } K 10 8 6 4 K Q 10 6 5 K 10 Q [ QJ [ N ] AJ7 ] W E { AQJ83 { S } 765 } [ 95 ] 9842 { 92 } AJ842 West North East Honkavuori 1NT Pass Dble Princen 2} 2] All Pass Honkavuori Dble Pass East/West receive: 2] doubled made (N/S +670). Deposit: Returned. Royal Discards By Patrick Jourdain (Wales) A732 3 7654 K 10 9 3 South Szedinicsek Pass Pass M y partner, Mike Hirst of Cardiff, found an unusual safety on this deal from the third session of the Senior Pairs: Board 28. Dealer West. North/South Vul [ ] { } 4 8765 A65 J 10 8 5 2 Comments: 1NT 13-16, 2} Landy. Contract: Two Hearts Doubled, played by North. Result: 8 tricks, N/S +670. The Facts: Two Clubs was for the Majors, but South had for- gotten this. West claimed that she would not have doubled Two Hearts if she had known this. The Director: Found that West had no reason to double whatever the explanation. She could have asked the meaning of Two Clubs and should not have believed the non-alert. Ruling: Result Stands. Relevant Laws: Law 40C. East/West appealed. Present: All players. The Players: South stated that he had been "ganz weg" (to- tally gone). East explained that he had intended his double to show the Minors, but West had interpreted it as showing values. The Committee: Found that North-South did not deserve the good score that they received. South should at least have realized after the call of Two Hearts that Two Clubs had shown the Majors. West Paquin Pass Pass Pass Pass [ ] { } 632 92 K Q 10 4 AKQ3 N W [ ] { } E S A Q J 10 7 AKQJ3 J32 [ ] { } K985 10 4 987 9764 North East South Hirst Andersson Jourdain 1NT 2[ 3NT 4[ Pass Pass Pass All Pass 2] 3] 4} After the weak notrump I transferred, showing spades, bid hearts naturally and then cuebid clubs. Hirst, with little in my suits, signed off in Four Spades.Against this contract East led the ten of hearts. Hirst won with the jack, and led a low diamond. West, who was hoping her partner had led a singleton, went up with the ace of diamonds, and played a second heart.This was taken by North's nine. Hirst could see that if a trump finesse lost West would be able to play a third heart and East would be able to over-ruff North's meagre trumps. So, to guard against the trump finesse losing declarer cashed ace, king, queen of clubs, spectacularly discarding ace, king, queen of hearts from dummy! The trump finesse actually held, so declarer returned in diamonds to repeat it.When West showed out it was safe to play a third diamond to hand to take the trump finesse for a third time. Twelve tricks proved above average as not so many bid and made a slam. 11 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy ITALIANI NO? L'assenza delle punte di diamante Bocchi-Duboin e LauriaVersace, impegnati nello "spring national" americano di Kansas City, toglie sicuramente molte possibilità di successo all'armata nostrana (circa 100 coppie), ma sarebbe particolarmente affascinante se anche questo Campionato, che nelle passate edizioni ci ha visti più volte sul podio, ma mai sul gradino più alto, affare privato tra coppie francesi e polacche, si colorasse di azzurro, il colore buono del mare di questo ventoso, poetico golfo sorrentino; quale tributo migliore potremmo esprimere all'imperitura memoria di Giorgio Belladonna, cui il Trofeo di questo Europeo a Coppie è intitolato? Andiamo un po' a vedere cosa combinano, ad esempio, De Falco e Ferraro, che qualche mese fa hanno contribuito a portare all'Italia il suo quarto, meraviglioso titolo olimpico. Li trovo in una fase di gioco non particolarmente brillante; Guido non è in forma e Dano continua ad alzarsi e risedersi, si lamenta, si sbraccia, alterna battute sarcastiche a mezze imprecazioni; alla 18 gli giocano 4] contrate e fatte, e fa notare a Guido che, avendo aperto secondo di mano ed in sfavore di zona con quelle carte, avrebbe ora dovuto togliergli il contro e ridichiarare, trovando la difesa più difficile: un down in zona contro prima. BOARD 18 - dich. Est - NS in zona [ ] { } [ ] { } A96 A74 96 QJ743 N P 4] P SUD Ferraro 2NT* P P BOARD 20 - dich. Ovest - tutti in zona [ ] { } 9643 QJ A872 QJ9 OVEST [ ] { } OVEST 3] P P 10 5 4 3 Q2 KQ52 A 10 5 NORD De Falco 12 N O [ ] { } E S A K J 10 8 5 A K 10 5 AK2 NORD [ ] { } EST 3{ 3NT Q72 8732 10 9 4 10 6 3 SUD Ferraro P P 3[ P BOARD 23 - dich. Sud - tutti in zona *=bicolore minore in sottoapertura Si vous souhaitez bénéficier des services d'une navette gratuite pour votre retour de l'Hôtel Sorrento Palace à l'aéroport de Naples le dimanche 25 mars, vérifiez, avant vendredi 23 à 20 h 30, auprès de l' Hospitality Desk, que votre nom est sur la liste. 964 KQJ653 8754 De Falco liscia l'attacco e realizza 3 senza giuste. Qualche recriminazione anche alla mano successiva, in cui, sempre giocando 3 senza, Dano liscia ancora l'attacco per cautela e realizza una presa in meno di quelle totalizzabili giocando per i massimi. A questo punto è Guido che si lascia andare a qualche commento salace; credo che questo reciproco atteggiamento di sfottò tra i due sia uno dei punti di forza della coppia, consentendo di sdrammatizzare e ritrovare concentrazione. Infatti, puntualmente, alla 23, la coppia italiana si produce in un ottimo controgioco, messo in opera grazie anche alla fattiva ed indispensabile collaborazione dell'avversario. 4} ! POUR VOTRE RETOUR [ ] { } De Falco P P P QJ872 K J 10 9 6 5 3 O E A S [ K ] 8 { J 10 8 7 4 3 } K9862 EST Alla 20 De Falco gioca 3 senza, e non riesce a leggere, dopo l'attacco di 8 di ], la situazione nel seme (Dama e Fante secchi a destra), anche a causa di una spiegazione non perfettamente chiara sulle convenzioni d'attacco della coppia nemica. [ ] { } K74 9754 AQ3 K63 [ ] { } 10 9 5 3 AKQ8 K8 10 8 7 N O [ ] { } E S A82 J3 J52 QJ952 [ ] { } QJ6 10 6 2 10 9 7 6 4 A4 19th - 24th March 2001 SUD OVEST Ferraro P P 1NT* 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS NORD EST De Falco P P *=12/14 De Falco attacca di Dama di ], seguendo Est con il 2, Ferraro con il 3 e Ovest con il 4. La coppia azzurra attacca di Re per chiedere lo sblocco e di Dama per ottenere dal compagno chiamata/rifiuto; le dispari chiamano, e l'"attitude" è tanto maggiore quanto più la dispari è bassa, quindi il 3 di Guido è secco oppure mostra il Fante; Dano rinvia quindi di piccola ], per non perdere una presa se il compagno ha Fante secondo. Cosi è; Ferraro entra e la sua piccola } di rinvio viene presa dal 10 di Dano e lisciata dal dichiarante; ancora } per l'Asso del morto. Il dichiarante muove { per la Dama e Dano prende di Re, incassa le due ] vincenti e rigioca }, che il dichiarante prende in mano di Re. Ovest contribuisce alla felicità dei nostri incassando ora l'Asso di {. Il successivo giro di { viene preso di Fante da Ferraro che incassa due } affrancate e l'Asso di [. Le prese a senz'atout della difesa sono 10, e + 400 è davvero tantissimo in questa mano. Per i due board successivi si siedono in EO Cristina Golin ed Emanuela Capriata, una delle coppie convocate "in visione", per questi Campionati, dal neo c.t. della Nazionale Signore, Carlo Mosca. L'atmosfera al tavolo è estremamente cordiale, e dopo un parziale guadagnato da NS alla 25, si arriva al BOARD 26 - dich. Est - tutti in zona [ ] { } J 10 6 K653 AJ7643 (2) (3) AKQ9754 4 Q 10 9 8 5 [ N ] O E { S } [ J63 ] AK2 { AJ74 } K92 BOARD 1 - dich. Nord - tutti in prima 10 8 2 Q98753 2 Q 10 8 EST SUD OVEST NORD Golin Ferraro Capriata De Falco P P P P P (1) [ ] { } 1NT 3NT(2) 4{ 5} P P P P P P 4},4{ e 5} sono cue-bids, ma l'atout si palesa con sicurezza, finalmente, solo quando Dano spara slam. L'attacco è { e Dano prende naturalmente di Asso, per scartare la } brutta su un onore di ] e mantenere l'impegno. De Falco scopre le carte e dichiara, quasi a scusarsi con le avversarie: "Ve le faccio vedere perché 6[ le farebbe anche Ferraro". A questo punto viene chiamato l'arbitro al tavolo e, mentre Emanuela e Cristina informano Maurizio Di Sacco sulla difforme spiegazione ricevuta, Dano si erge di scatto e, guardando al di là del sipario, chiede a Franco Broccoli, seduto all'angolo di Guido: "Dai, intervistami, chiedimi qual è il sogno della mia vita." E prosegue da solo "Il mio sogno è tornare indietro nel tempo ed essere assunto dalla madre di Ferraro come levatrice per suo figlio. Un giorno potrei dirle, tenendo il bimbo in alto, tra le mani, e lasciandolo cadere malamente con maniacale intento omicida e sorridendo (intanto fa un ampio gesto): - Ooops, scusi Signora, mi è caduto, non l'ho fatto apposta -. Risata generale. Per la cronaca il risultato al tavolo non è stato cambiato, con questa motivazione: per Ovest l'atout della mano sarebbe stato ]: il suo contro a 6] sarebbe stato "lightner" per l'attacco a [ ed il taglio immediato; per non creare confusione sull'attacco, quindi, Emanuela, aveva evitato di contrare 4{ e 5}, riservandosi il "double" solo per il contratto finale. Ma se l'atout fosse stato manifestatamene [ pertutti, Ovest non avrebbe forse contrato 4{, sapendo che la cue-bid di Sud era sicuramente l'Asso (data l'apertura di 1 senza), per cercare di affrancarsi subito il Re, da incassare rientrando poi con l'Asso di }? L'attacco della mano sarebbe quindi stato lo stesso avvenuto in realtà ed identico anche l'esito del contratto. Concludo questa galleria con una smazzata giocata contro un'altra coppia italiana - i romani Di Stefano-Bove -, in cui un barrage piuttosto aggressivo di De Falco ha sortito un ottimo effetto. 3](1) 4} 4[(3) 6[ = per De Falco (e da sistema): [ chiuse o semichiuse con un singolo qualunque; = per Ferraro: le ] belle in una mano che non ricordo bene = per De Falco: fuori sistema (3[ avrebbe chiesto il singolo); = per Ferraro: aiuto! Mi sa che ho toppato la convenzione; chiamo 3 senza. = per De Falco: Basta! = per Ferraro: cue-bid? [ ] { } AJ6 AJ6 A 10 5 2 AJ6 [ ] { } 5 QJ863 Q 10 8 7 4 3 2 [ N ] O E { S } [ K752 ] 98743 { K9 } K9 Q 10 9 8 4 3 K Q 10 2 74 5 NORD EST SUD OVEST De Falco Di Stefano Ferraro Bove 3NT* 4} P P P 4[ 5] P P P P P ! 5} 6[ *=barrage in un minore La pressione dichiarativa spinge i romani ad uno slam tutto sommato non pessimo ma, con gli atout 4/0, irrealizzabile. Il risultato, quello sì, è pessimo per EO, perché i punti in linea sono 26 e non in molti hanno licitato più di manche. 13 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS S em i fi na l s 1st S essi on Sorrento, Italy Open Pairs Championships D uring this first session, a few interesting contrasts could be seen. Of course, from pairs representing different countries you can expect a difference in approach, but does this also apply for players from the same country? Below, we present a number of occasions at which two top-class Polish pairs obtained very different results, as well as one or two international contrasts. Let's start with board 9. contract, and one down the popular and very normal result. Against Krzyszstof Jassem, West led his singleton spade, after which declarer could not do anything. At another table, Krzyszstof Martens got a little bit of help: Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. Board 9. Dealer North. East/West Vul. [ ] { } AKQ6 10 9 8 5 K6 642 [ ] { } 95 Q3 J 10 4 AK9875 N W [ ] { } E S 10 4 3 A42 Q952 J 10 3 [ ] { } J872 KJ76 A873 Q [ ] { } North East South Brink Tuszynski Groosman Jassem 1} Pass Pass 2} Pass Pass 3} 3] Pass Double All Pass 2} was natural and 3} thus offered a choice of majors. On the actual layout, there are 11 tricks available in hearts, but this is not easy to foresee. So declarer started off on dummy-reversal lines when Tuszynski returned a spade after winning the first club trick.A club was ruffed in hand, a diamond went to the king and another club was ruffed. Down to ]KJ only, declarer next led the ]K won by Jassem's ace.The ]Q was the third trick for the defence. E/W +170. At another table, Dano de Falco was in 4]. He followed the same line, but when he led the ]K from KJ bare, it was allowed to hold.When the ]J came next, South suddenly got nervous and went up with her ace to return a third trump. This way, Dano came to an unexpected 11 tricks for a huge score of +650. On the board below, 4[ was the popular and very normal SEMI FINAL B In Thursday evening session of the semi-final B, the pairs will get new starting positions within their own group. This decision aims to avoid meeting your own country pairs late in the session.The new positions will be posted at the entrance of the playing rooms: please check your new starting position. Ton Kooijman 14 K53 J942 K54 A53 N W [ ] { } E S Q7642 Q A Q 10 9 KQ7 [ ] { } West North East Pass Pass 2NT Pass Pass Double At the table where Jassem-Tuszynski were playing GroosmanBrink, this was the auction: West 8 A 10 8 5 J762 J864 [ ] { } A J 10 9 K763 83 10 9 2 South 1[ 4[ All Pass Had West led his [8 here as well, there would have been no story, but West elected to lead the ]A and another. Martens was quick to seize his chance. He ruffed the second heart, thereby establishing the ]J, cashed his top clubs ruffing another heart in the process, then took two top diamonds and cashed the ]J, shedding a diamond. At this point, East had only his four trumps left. A diamond came next, ruffed by East, who now had to lead into [Kxx in dummy and [Qxx in declarer's hand. Contract made, N/S +590 and most of the matchpoints. A few boards later, the issue was who would be the declarer, North or South. Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ ] { } [ ] { } 85 J64 3 A K J 10 5 3 2 J74 [ N 10 5 ] W E AKJ8762 { S 7 } [ A 10 2 ] KQ92 { Q 10 9 4 } Q9 West North Lesniewski 4{ 5} East Pass All Pass KQ963 A873 5 864 South Martens 1} 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Martens opened a Polish Club, so he became declarer when Lesniewski raised to 5} after the preempt.West led the {A but now has to find the spade switch to defeat the contract. When he continued the ]10 instead, the hand was over. NS +400. But imagine South opens 1{. Now, North will be the declarer and East will lead the [K, leaving little chance to declarer to get to 11 tricks. One board later, both our featured Polish pairs were overboard: Board 15. Dealer South. North-South Vul. [ ] { } 10 9 8 6 864 K AJ873 West [ ] { } 4 A Q J 10 3 2 10 6 4 3 Q9 [ N ] W E { S } [ AKQJ32 ] K75 { 7 } 10 4 2 North East Lesniewski Pass Pass Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. 75 9 AQJ9852 K65 Martens 2] 5] 1[ 4{ 3{ All Pass North East Tuszynski Pass Pass Pass All Pass South Jassem 2] 4] 5{ 1[ 3[ 4NT 5] 3{ Pass Pass Here, East led the {A and continued a club, because he knew that some aces were missing in the North hand, as 5{ showed just one ace...one down. Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. [ ] { } A 10 9 8 8 10 9 K 10 8 7 4 3 [ ] { } AK9752 A872 J95 N W [ ] { } [ ] { } South East led the {A, dropping the king from West. What next? Here, East went for the trump promotion and thus continued diamonds. Lesniewski ruffed high, drew trumps and cashed the spades for 12 tricks. West On this one, something happened in the play.Though Tuszynski deprived his partner from doubling 4[ (1]-double-4]-4[-5] end) he played the hand carefully enough when a spade was led. The [K went to the ace, but with the hearts 2-1 and the spades 4-4 there was time to establish the fifth spade for a second club discard.The only trick lost was one club. Strangely enough, Lesniewski missed this play and thus, like so many other declarers, emerged with only 11 tricks in the same contract. The last two boards of this report will feature the noble art of doubling, or maybe the difference between old-fashioned and modern doubling. E S KQ543 Q 10 4 3 K6 62 [ ] { } J762 J6 QJ543 AQ [ ] { } KJ2 J9 QJ9752 10 6 N Q54 4 W E 86 S KQ98432 [ A876 ] K863 { 4 } AJ75 [ ] { } 10 9 3 A Q 10 7 5 2 A K 10 3 At one table, it went: 1] - Pass - 1NT - 2{ - ??? Well, what else can double be in this situation than a desire to defend the contract and extract a penalty out of it? But no, East bid 2] and now South was quick to double.West retreated into 3} but that only worsened things. South doubled again and collected 800, whereas E/W should have got 500 or so in 2{ doubled... From time to time, you have to pay the price for giving up old-fashioned methods. Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. [ ] { } [ ] { } J 10 9 7 5 J732 K3 J9 N AKQ6432 [ KQ4 ] W E 4 { S 87 } [ ] A 10 5 { Q 10 9 5 } A K Q 10 4 3 8 986 AJ8762 652 In the first half of the 20th century few would have thought of anything but passing North's double of 4[, and they would have been right. 4[ goes down three, probably. In modern times, these one-way penalty doubles have been abolished, so who can blame the South players for going on to 5} and losing 200 themselves? 15 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS S eni ors Pa i rs Cha m p i onshi p s TIME ZONES and the 1st e-bridge Internet World Open Pairs Championship There has been some confusion about the timetable of the 1st e-bridge Internet World Open Pairs Championship, as printed in yesterday's bulletin. Here is an explanation. All sessions up to and including the quarterfinal are divided in three heats (with different deals), to accommodate different geographical time zones. Starting times are in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): 13.00h, 19.00h and 24.00. You do NOT play all heats on the same day, only the one you registered for.You are free to choose the starting time that suits you best, but since a cumulative ranking for each heat will be kept, you cannot switch to a different one. For a complete list of rules & regulations of these unique Championships, please visit: www.e-bridgemaster.com From: Chief Tournament Director To: Chairman of Appeals Committee 20/03/01 EBL Alerting Policy - A Question A question has arisen regarding the sequence: North 1}(1) 1NT (1) (2) South 1](2) 5 Card Majors; 3 Card Minors By agreement, may conceal a four+ card diamond suit e.g. because a 1{ response would deny a four card Major unless the hand was strong enough to make a rebid (11+ HCP). The case in question is not the subject of an appeal, but it begs the question of whether the 1] response requires an alert. EBL Alerting Policy (section 9 of the Rules and Regulations) Any call which: i) has a special or artificial meaning, or ii) whose partnership meaning may not be understood by the opponents; a "conventional call" which must be brought to the immediate attention of the opponents through the use of the "alert procedure". -----------------------------------------From: Chairman of Appeals Committee To: Chief Tournament Director Max Bavin 1] is clearly alertable because North/South have important information about their methods that should be revealed to their opponents. ------------------------------------------ Jens Auken Decision of the Appeals Committee If the response of 1] to an opening of 1} can be made on a hand with four hearts and five diamonds, it must be alerted. 16 Sorrento, Italy F i na l Qu a l i fyi ng R esu l ts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 BARONI FRANCO SWARC H HUMBURGH HANS JEZIORO A VAN OPPEN C CHARLES MOSZYNSKI J TANEV I BERGSTEN B RAND N MYKIETYN K JAUNIAUX G JURCZAK W STANLEY K HIERKINN O MUNDULA GIULIO HONKAVUORI R JELMONI GIAMPAO OMERNIK K RAMER HARDUF M TRAMONTO DARIO HOGLUND L LASOCKI K SYCZ W DALLACASAPICCOL PERI S BAHNIL KORKIJI E NACCA TOMMASO GIGLI GIUSEPPE SAXON NETA CHMELIK AUDENAERT A WACKAW J KALDERON GARTHZSAITE R FORNACIARI EZIO JUURI-OJA PIRJO ZILBERBUSH S CASTREN S JENSEN N PRINCEN SCHWARTZ A ROUSSETSKI ACHTERBERG W JORGENSEN S OLSSON G HIRST M DANDO H COUPERE SPENGLER U LOND P CERIANI LUIGI MAGLIETTA STEFA MACI GIOVANNI FOLCH LEIGHTON M FORQUET GIULIAN PIERRO TONIO WLADOW D IANNETTI MASSIM VAN STHIJVENBER DAS ML CAPODANNO LUCIA KALDERON A BUISSON AUJON ANDERSON P COLADONATO GIUS AWAD G AAGREN A FLEISCHMANN U LA GUARDIA GERA TAGLIALATELA CE ZUREK Z BRANDONISIO VIT BOSHI J COLETTA PASQUAL DOWLING S VELUT J DARIN EVA ANDERSSON B FLEISCHMANN M RICCIARELLI MAR DAMIANI J MATTSSON GOERAN KLUKOWSKI J REBATTU M CHARLES SZYDKOWSKI S DRUMEV C NILSSON Y ROMIK P MARKOWICZ V WALA W WILKOSZ A RUE D PEDERSEN T TESSITORE NICLA HONKAVUORI T BETTINETTI GIAN POCHRON J BOMBAT GREENSTEIN M CANESI MARINELL WESTMAN R RUSSYAN J POLEC J CIOPPETTINI VIN SHCHAR L GROSMAN SARINSAKCH S CONDORELLI EMAN LATESSA ANTONIO DAN ORA GYORFFY HENDRICKX J JACEK L BARR HOBSON H VIVALDI ANTONIO JUURI-OJA ERKKI BRAV B SALOKOSKI J TROBERG J SEDUINECK SAGIV I GOUDROV BIGAT H NORRIS G FRANZEN E JOURDAIN P MALAM T MARKOVITCH SCHNEIDER W LINNAMAGI J VOLPE TINA ARCIERI PIO RESTA GUIDO GIRO DENNISON M CERIANI MARGHER FIACCAVENTO GES GUARNIOLLER W METE EUGENIO NORDEREW K BLOUQUIT C D'ANDREA MARISA SHEZIFI H CORNU GUY ANDERSON K COLADONATO ANNA AWAD M BOBERG E FLEISCHNANN A GIUFFREDI PINUC ABBATE ALFREDO SZYMANSKI M ONESTI MAURIZIO FOLDES M TORELLI GIORGIO OLUBAIGH S DROCHOT C PIGNATALE SANTO PRAQUIN N SEKALAIMER H 58.39 58.26 57.86 57.66 57.24 56.74 56.73 55.99 55.69 55.62 55.56 55.55 55.17 54.74 54.46 54.42 54.37 54.01 53.96 53.88 53.57 52.79 52.75 52.72 52.42 52.17 52.14 51.98 51.97 51.96 51.66 51.64 51.61 51.56 50.54 50.48 50.28 50.01 49.97 49.92 49.78 49.66 49.64 49.56 49.40 49.36 49.30 49.25 48.90 48.71 48.64 48.25 48.24 48.17 47.77 47.68 47.63 47.62 47.54 47.33 47.28 47.18 46.90 46.89 46.66 46.42 46.22 46.19 46.13 45.99 45.71 45.63 45.62 45.58 44.63 44.51 44.40 44.40 44.16 43.97 43.75 43.66 43.40 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS O p en Pa i rs S em i -F i na l s A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 KARAIVANOV KALI LEON PILAR BURGAY LEANDRO KOWALSKI ROGOWSKI ZBIGNI IVANCHEV HRISTO BIRMAN D HALLER PRIIT POPOVA D VIKOR DANIEL LUTOSTANSKI PIO THOMPSON A CARROLL JOHN BAUSBACK NIKOLA GRZEJDZIAK IGOR CIAMPA PIO CAPUCHO MANUEL KRZEMINSKI CESA LUKASZEWICZ KRZ GAGLIETTO RODOL KWIECINSKI MARI DRIJVER BAS COURTNEY MARGAR DE FALCO DANO DOBROIU C JAGNIEWSKI R KWIECIEN MICHAL SZUTOWICZ J SIN DEUT FRANCES A KOWALCZYK IREK FRIEDLANDER EHU MARTENS NELSON KATH ANTAS KRZYSTZTO ALLIX JEAN-FRAN KRYSZTOFIAK WTO LIZZIE GODFREY TUSZYNKI P DEL GAUDIO LUIG GERGATI PAOLA WERDELIN STIG GOLEBIOWSKI S PULGA RUGGERO BAKKEREN TON SMEDEREVAC JOVA JANSSEN HUBERT BRINK N GUILLAUMIN PIER GASPARINI ELISA TURANT W TISLEVOLL GEO NORDEN P CHEMLA PAUL CHAKARON BARUH ANCESSY ARNAUD ROSANVAL FRANCO LO CASCIO CARLO POTIER JACQUES BURN D POLETYLO J CHIZZOLI PAOLO SBARIGIA MATTEO BACK MICHAEL BALDI MATTEO TRENDAFILOV RUM WASIK ANTUN MARIANI CARLO ROMANSKI PIKUS KRYSZTOF ISPORSKI VLADIS ZELIGMAN S LAANEMAE TIIT GUNEV R GAL PETER NARKIEWICZ GRZE CLARK A GARVEY TOMMY GWINNER HANS-HE MODRZEJEWSKI TO VALENTE GIULIO LARA MARIA JOAO SZTYRAK LESZEK SKRZYPCZAK JERZ PARRELLA MARCO WINCIOREK TOMAS DE WIJS SIMON COURTNEY MICHAE FERRARO GUIDO POPESCU C PAZUR B OLANSKI WOJTEK MSCISZ J HAGEN TORRES J WITEK MAREK SOFFER RAM LEWSNIESKI MARC EGINTON STEVE BARYLEWSKI MARE MAUBERQUEZ ERIK KRYSZTOFIAK TOM IAN PAGAN JASSEM K MEO VINCENZO TERENZI ROBERTO COHEN ALLAN STARKOWSKI W RINALDI GIAMPAO BERTENS HUUD WERNLE SASDA WENS PAUL GROOSMAN B ADAD PIERRE VERMIGLIO FABIA MICHALOWSKI J KRISTOFFERSEN C EK B LEVY ALAIN STOIANOV ALEXAN BRUNET FREDERIC SIMON GILLES TURCHETTI ALBER STRETZ FRANCOIS SANDQVIST N GARDYNIK G DE GIACOMI FRAN NICOLODI FRANCE PEDERSEN SIGURD MAGNANI MARCO BUL SPA BRR POL POL BUL ISR EST BUL HUN POL ENG IRE GER POL CMP POR POL POL GGF POL NET ENG DFN ROM POL POL POL NOR SPA POL ISR POL ENG POL FRA POL ENG POL DLG GRL DEN POL PLR NET AUT BEL NET FRA GST POL NOR SWE FRA BUL FRA FRA LCL FRA ENG POL CHL SBT DEN BLT 62.08 60.02 59.28 58.97 57.96 56.75 56.57 56.04 55.81 55.75 55.71 55.68 55.60 55.42 55.38 55.10 54.80 54.42 54.23 54.07 54.04 53.94 53.89 53.86 53.85 53.64 53.49 53.45 53.36 53.15 53.12 52.96 52.72 52.52 52.45 52.45 52.42 52.41 52.08 52.02 51.94 51.86 51.71 51.58 51.49 51.46 51.40 51.39 51.26 51.19 51.07 51.04 51.03 50.99 50.81 50.78 50.73 50.53 50.51 50.46 50.43 50.37 50.27 50.18 50.14 R esu l ts a fter T wo S essi ons 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 GAMBIGLIANI EUG JUREK PIOTR KURKA JOSEF MIHOV V BAKHSHI DAVID DIAMANT JAN ELMRITH G CICHOCKI BOREWICZ MAREK SAULIS ALVYDAS VAN CLEEF JANUS ROCCHI GIUSEPPE CZUL KRZYSZTOF OSSAUOLENKO O HARDEMAN A OZDYL MAHMUT KOISTINEN KAUKO BIONDO BERNARDO TUTKA MAREK RIEHM FRANCK SHARKANAS GIEDR HOOGWEG F VAN PROOIJEN RO GILBOA URI ALFEJEVA JELENA MAGRINI LEONARD MCFARLANE D ROTH M BEAUMIER D AUKEN SABINE CIESLAK J BLAKSET K GRENTHE P ATTANASIO DARIO SELDENRIJK BAS ROCAFORT J MARI CHRISTIAN MADSEN M EFRAIMSSON BENG VOROBEY PAVEL CICCARELLI ALBE MILO LUIGI PROKHOROV D DE LUCCHI FRANC CYRKIEL MAREK SZYMCZAK ANDRSE VOINESCU DAN PANINA LARISSA BAXTER K ROMETI FLORIN ROSATI PAOLO SMITH A ZWILLINGER Y PRYOR MALCOLM JACQUI TOBIAS BURG THOMAS MARIONI EMILIO PASTERNAK MALGO PAWLOWSKI ADAM RONKE JERZY LUCKO A KLUF KRZYSZTOF STOPPINI LORENZ ZUKER PIERRE GADDI CAMILLO CIECHOWSKI JACE VOZABAL DAVID NANEV I ERICHSEN ESPEN SVOBODA OTAKAR TRAPP L ZURAKOWSKI OTVOSI ERWIN ZIBAITIS BRONIU VAN DER NEUT JA TRETA LIVIO JANOWSKI JACEK SHUDNEV A SERRAS J YAMUT ERHAN LAINE SEPPO INTONTI RICCARD GAWECKI JANUSZ JESUA JEAN-JACQ VAINIKONIS VYTA VAN ZWOL W VIS JEAN PAUL WAX YALOV GONCA VLADIMIR LO PRESTI FABIO BRODIE A TOFFIER P NAHMIAS A VON ARMIN DANIE MOSZYNSKI J HECHT-JOHANSEN DUGUET M FAILLA GIUSEPPE BURGHOUT FRANK COURTEL N FAIGENBAUM ALBE MADSEN L BORIN KENNETH ANDREEV JURI SABBATINI STEFA VOLPI LORENZO CHURLIN I ROSETTA ANNALIS PIETRASZEK MARE CZECH ANDRSEJ TACIUC LUCIAN ROSENBLUM MICHA MCGOHAN L CHELU EUGEN LENA GIUSEPPE SMITH R LEBOVITS G MULLER DAVID CRAWFORD NEIL FRANZEL ROBERT LUCENO' SALVATO ARASZKIEWICZ KO POKORSKI KAROL LEWACIAK GREGOR KIERZNOWSKI R GARSTKA ANDREJ CIMA LEONARDO SERGENT DENIS GMN POL CZE BUL ENG CZE SWE POL POL LIT NET RCP POL RUS BEL TUR FIN BND POL FRA LIT NET NET ISR LAT MGD ENG FRA FRA GER POL DEN FRA TTR NET FRA FRA DEN SWE RUS SBN VLZ RUS RSS POL POL ROM RUS SCO ROM LNP ENG ISR ENG ENG AUT LCR POL POL POL POL POL CMD FRA 50.09 49.94 49.89 49.88 49.82 49.79 49.74 49.67 49.66 49.58 49.58 49.56 49.46 49.44 49.07 49.02 48.93 48.92 48.91 48.90 48.85 48.63 48.39 48.35 48.20 48.15 48.05 47.98 47.80 47.57 47.51 47.32 47.23 47.16 46.96 46.87 46.83 46.65 46.60 46.54 46.52 46.34 46.18 46.05 46.04 46.01 45.95 45.24 45.22 45.02 44.87 44.77 43.46 43.37 43.01 42.97 42.57 42.55 42.19 42.03 41.20 39.88 38.63 36.83 17 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS O p e n Pa i rs S e m i -F i na l s B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 18 KOEPPEL PHILIPP SENIOR BRIAN JAHR U GOLDBERG L CORCHIA ROSA ZANONI PIERO COHEN SAMI MAGNANI CARLO LONGUEVILLE J VOLHEJN KARAIVANOV IVAI SCHAFFER LAUGE COOKE J BRAVIN GIANLUCA FANTONI FULVIO MARINO PAOLO GUARINO MARIO FILIPPINI RUGGE KUJAWA K JEPHCOTT RICHAR KOWALCZYK STEFA CHODOROWSKA IRE DE VINCENZO MAS GANTAR M OSTAPENKO A SAPORTA P HARINGS J ZADRAZIL MICHAL UCCELLO STEFANO HOFTANISKA THOR BRIOLINI G.CARL MAJEWSKI MACIEJ SCALABRINO MATT KOVATS ZERNA ASKGAARD MICHAE WEIR GRAHAME KAPLAN LEWIS BREDE JERZY JOERSTAD KAI ARRIGONI GIANNA MANARA GABRIELL KALLUNKI JANNE SEN TEZECAN VANDONI RICCARD BIANCHERI ERALD LINDEPUU A DOMBROWE JORG FELMAN PHILIP TROMBETTA CARLO D'ANGELO ARTURO GACHET JEAN PAU OKAY G CAPRIATA EMANUE LOWE PER ZUCCHINI G.CARL ZAKRZEWSKI ANDR RAFFA FILIPPO BERTHOLD ENGEL BOVE CARLO SAMY BRIGITTE STOPPA JEN-LOUI BOWLES ANDY GERO I AZZIMONTI ANNAR KIELICHOWSKI U KRZEMINSKI ZDZI IEONG PEDRO LEO LAFOURCADE JEAN SCRIATTOLI FRAN BIEGAJLO WOJCIE WASAK WITOLD DEBUS E CZEREPAK M BOWDERY RICHARD DE GRAVE J BREKKE VEGARD BUSSEK BERNHARD POZZI AMILCARE MIHAI GETA BARBIERI FRANCO BOVE FRANCESCO MEYNCZYK JACEK VANUZZI MARILIN FRANCO DIAS PED MARINO LEONARDO HAROUNI JERRY VAN GLABBEEK HE MORITSCH MASSIM DAUNOIS MICHEL SARGOS FRANCOIS MARTIN DAVID VORTMANN J GOLDBERG U MATRICARDI GIUS PINGUELLO GIGI ERDAL OLCAY-ERC FIORETTI FRANCE DE SCHRIJVER H MRAZ STAMATOV JERRY AUKEN JANS SMALL C CECERE AMEDEO RUSSO BIANCASTE PAGANI DANIELE CARPENTIERI CAR DEL VIGO ITALO OLECH S THEELKE MIKE WARWOCKI LECH CHODOROWSKI JAN MARTELLINI CHIA SENK M RUUBEL U ZIMMERMANN P KROES V POKORNA JANA DI BELLO FURIO NISING BERGE FIORINI FIORENZ ARCZEWSKI WOJCI CANDURA MICHELE NYARADI GABOR MATHIESEN JACOB ROBSON SHARLEEN ROMANOWSKI GEOR SZYMANOWSKI MAR JOERSTAD RONNY OLIVIERI GABRIE FERLAZZO CATERI SIMONSEN KENNET KONDAKCI E D'ALICANDRO GAE CRIVELLI ROBERT PLEKSEPP T EHRNROOTTH JOHA HAMILTON DAVID FRAZZETTO LUIGI GIULIANI GERARD SERVAIA LAURENT ZOBU A GOLIN CRISTINA THOREN VIGDIS TURLETTI TOLA G ZAREMBA JERZY TARANTINO MARCO BUCHLEV NEDJU DI STEFANO MICH SAMY ALAIN PEYRONNIE CLAUD MOHANDES SHIREE JAKAB S SORESINI ANTONE OWCZAREK S LINIEWSKI MIROS IEONG SAMUEL HENRI JACQUES MAGGIO MARIO PAWSZAK KNIGA-LEOSZ JER VANDEREET P MARKOWSKI M MC INTOSH ANDRE DE GRAVE G DAHL BAARD PAULY MICHAEL MASSAROLI GIUSE MIHAI RADU BARUCHELLO AMOS PALERMITI ERNES KLIMACKI PIOTR TORIELLI VANESS PIMENTA PEDRO PALMIERI RENATO VAIL MIKE CHORUS MARJO GUERRA ENRICO S MARILL PHILIPPE FRA ENG GER SWE CRS ZNR TUR MGL BEL CZE BUL DEN ENG BRC FNV MRL GRR FLR POL ENG POL POL DVM SLO EST FRA NET CZE CCN NOR BRL POL SCT HUN DEN ENG FRA POL NOR RRN MNL FIN TUR VND BND EST SPA WAL TRL DNR FRA TUR CPL NOR LIE POL RFP GER BVL FRA FRA ENG HUN ZZT POL POL POR BEL SCC POL POL BEL POL ENG BEL NOR GER PZR ROM BRS BVC POL VNN POR MRD ENG NET MRM FRA 62.44 60.63 59.34 59.02 58.96 58.69 58.25 58.10 57.86 57.33 57.25 57.19 57.18 57.18 56.66 56.64 56.22 56.10 55.86 55.60 55.43 55.21 55.19 55.10 55.00 55.00 54.92 54.91 54.86 54.73 54.59 54.47 54.05 53.95 53.93 53.92 53.79 53.79 53.36 53.20 53.18 53.15 53.05 53.04 52.96 52.88 52.78 52.62 52.37 52.30 52.27 52.23 52.23 52.22 52.21 52.12 52.11 52.11 52.08 52.06 52.05 52.03 52.00 51.95 51.85 51.79 51.74 51.53 51.48 51.48 51.47 51.41 51.36 51.29 51.12 51.02 51.01 50.87 50.71 50.61 50.53 50.30 50.17 50.14 50.03 49.98 49.93 49.93 49.85 Sorrento, Italy R esu l ts a fter T wo S essi ons 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 RADULESCU MARIA GIORDANO FRANCE FOUNTAIN PETER PEDERZOLI GIULI KALIDA JANUSZ PAOLUZI SIMONET ANGRISANO PAOLO NOWICKI ROBEVT BEVAN ESMOND BALDASSIN DANIE ACCURSO VINCENZ MISZEWSKA EWA SALLUSTO FABIO CAPAYANNIDES A IZISEL GERARD BRUCE I MAZZADI FRANCES BONAVOGLIA GUID ROUX J MALINOWSKI A KONURALP OYA MANDRUTA C CUCUIU MIHAI BRUNEL P FAROLFI FEDERIC PIANA ALESSANDR NOONAN J ROODHUJZEN TON SERENELLA ARSEN LIPTON A BIRMAN DANIELA BOEDDEKER R BENDIKS J BARONCELLI MAUR PETTERSSON JOHN CASTELLI ROSSAN GIANNINI SILVIA RYNNING E MARMONTI DARIO PINGUET LILIAN MORELLI FABRIZI BARBIER LUC GROMOELLER MICH BUONOCORE ANNAM HAMAOUI STEVE PROCUREUR M LUNGU V BAKAN OZGUR OSOJNIK TITAN GABOS GABOR DRAPKIN E BOSCARO BOZZOLA ODELLO GIORGIO DIX MARIO DAEHR C GRASIA YALMAN DE MIGUEL JOAQU KELINA MARINA DOMBI G ESTEFANELL CARI GENTILE GIUSEPP VALEN S BAUCH JEAN-FRAN D'ANNA RAFFAELE AMICO GIUSEPPE BETTAZZI MARIO MORICI MARCO GOTARD TOMASZ SEVERGNINI MADD ATAY SEVINC CASSONE UGO VANDERVORST MIK MAINE MAURIZIO SAVELLI LORENZO DIGRE ARNOLD SHEATHER D KEFELI NIHAL KIRILENKO SERGE MATWIJOW A EKENEDS PER SABELLI MARCO MERCURI FRANCA TOKAREV ALEXEI RAMELLA GIULIAN TOMASSINI SIMON BRAIA ALEXANDRU MORRIS T PAJO AIN DE CESARE EMILI MARINA BOGDAN FIORANI TITO SKILLERN JO PASQUARE' RITA STEPINSKI JEREM PISCITELLI FRAN CACCIATORE DOME STOLINSKI ROBEV MORRIS JOHN PRINCIPE GIOVAN ACCURSO VINCENZ ZAWISLAK SLAWOM RIPESI ANTONIO TRIANTAFILLIS P MOUIEL HERVE MCEWING H MEDUSEI ANDREA GRILLO ALBERTO PALMIERI J ROREN T GRANT SUE DIMCICA L POPESCU CRISTIA GOLDSCHMIDT A DE PRATI STEFAN DITANO ENZO CUMMINS C VERDONK RONALD PIASINI ANTONIO SIMON S SAGIU STELLA ZARKESCH F JANSONS H RAINIERI FERRUC PYSBRING LEIF DE PAULA FEDERI MAGGIORA STEFAN AABYE J MASSA GAETANO FERIE GUY CIOCCA MARCO TEMAM DANIEL KIRMSE ANDREAS GUARIGLIA RUGGI SLIMACK SULTAN CAUMEL J FABER A KINA SAHMETTIN SRAKA STANISLAV HARSANYI JOSEF KAPLUN L PIAZZA RUGGERO MOFAHKAMI SHALH PARNIS ENGLAND GROSSMAN H NETSY SAYER KNAP ANDRZEJ LITVAK SERGEI HEGEDUS L PANELLA ANA DI LEMBO FRANCE FEBY E BUBU ANDRE GRECO ANNA SEMINATORE LIBO COLZI STEFANO PEDANI PERLA PIEKAREK JOSEF GENTILI LUIGINA GUMRUKCUOGLU LA FRESIA SERGIO MEYER JEAN BALESTRA GLAUCO CATUCCI CLAUDIO ERLANDSEN BJARN SHEATHER P PISAK MEHVES PORTNOI PAVEL PRZEOROWKA J CHRISTENSEN FIN VENTRIGLIA LUIG FARCOMENI MAURI STERKIN ALEXEI GERMANETTI PAOL ALTIERI PIETRO SAMUNGI UMBERTO NUTT J RAAGEL PEETER MENGARELLI FRAN ROM GRC ENG PDN POL PLT NGL POL ENG BLL CCZ POL SLB GRE FRA SCO MZC BND FRA NOR ENG ROM ROM FRA FRC PNR IRE NET SRN ENG ISR GER LAT BRZ SWE CSN GNV NOR MRT FRA MRZ FRA GER PGR HMV FRA ROM TUR SLO HUN ISR BST DLG MAL GER TUR SPA RUS HUN SPA GNP NOR FRA DNL MCP BTR MRC GER SVN TUR CSG BEL MNZ SVZ NOR SWI TUR RUS POL DEN SBC MRC RUS RMN TMN ROM ENG EST DCL 49.83 49.80 49.79 49.76 49.76 49.64 49.64 49.62 49.59 49.52 49.48 49.48 49.38 49.34 49.32 49.26 49.18 49.10 49.03 49.01 48.99 48.94 48.86 48.85 48.84 48.82 48.68 48.60 48.45 48.26 48.26 48.20 48.16 48.13 48.07 48.06 48.02 48.00 47.87 47.71 47.67 47.65 47.56 47.48 47.47 47.31 47.30 47.26 47.24 46.43 46.43 46.36 46.21 46.02 46.00 45.97 45.90 45.21 45.08 44.85 44.67 44.49 44.32 44.17 44.17 44.11 44.03 43.89 43.72 43.66 43.54 43.44 43.39 43.37 43.31 43.29 42.69 41.83 41.77 41.50 41.15 41.04 41.01 40.06 39.66 39.58 39.17 38.62 37.39