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$Xywrite 4-- C:\Xw\Bfe\WCBIT3.TXT Job 2097153$ World Bridge Championships The 96-board semifinals took place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Chennai, India. Just before we get to the results, here is a bidding problem. In fourth position with both sides vulnerable, you hold: ‰ A K Q J Š K Q 9 2 ‹ A K J 3 Œ 6 After three passes, how would you plan the auction? The final scores in the Bermuda Bowl are surely the closest pair ever. USA2 (Paul Fireman, Gavin Wolpert, Vincent Demuy, John Kranyak, John Hurd and Joel Wooldridge) lost to Sweden by 248 international match points to 241.7. And Poland nipped England by 207 imps to 205.3. In the United States match, several deals could have reversed the result. But one tends to con- centrate on the final session, where Hurd and Wooldridge had two bad results. They played in five clubs doubled, going down two, minus 500, when the Swedes were in a three-notrump contract that rested on the club finesse, which won. (England had the same 15-imp gain against Poland.) And there was the hand given above. At the other table, the Swedish player opened one strong club. His partner showed some values with a six-card diamond suit, and Blackwood discovered that there was an ace missing. But six diamonds was laydown. Hurd chose to open two clubs and rebid two notrump. Wooldridge, after quite some thought, raised to three notrump with: ‰ 9 5 Š A 4 ‹ Q 10 9 8 7 4 Œ J 10 3 They avoided a club lead, so took all 13 tricks, but those two swings were decisive. The England-Poland match came down to the last board, when Poland made three clubs with an overtrick in one room and two spades in the other to gain 6 imps and squeak home. In the Venice Cup, USA2 (Juanita Chambers, Joann Glasson, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, Janice Seamon-Molson and Tobi Sokolow) played well to defeat a tough Dutch team by 211.3 imps to 157. In the other match, France (Bénédicte Cronier, Sylvie Willard, Vanessa Reess and Joanna Zochowska) beat England by 211 imps to 186. In the d'Orsi Senior Trophy, USA1 (Reese Milner, Hemant Lall, Bob Hamman, Mark Lair, Zia Mah- mood and Michael Rosenberg) won the all-American battle against USA2 (Doug Simson, Jeff Aker, brothers Dennis and Jerry Clerkin, Mark Tolliver and Marc Zwerling) by 216.5 imps to 169. In the final, USA1 will face Sweden (Sven-Ake Bjerregard, Anders Morath, Per Gunnar Elias- son, Johnny Ostberg, Goran Sellden and Bjorn Wenneberg), who overcame Poland by 189.7 imps to 161. The losing semifinalists play off for the bronze medals. Play can be watched at bridgebase.com and results found at worldbridge.org. 1 .

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