Issue 4, 17/02/2018
CNBC Gold Coast 2018 Bulletin 5th Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship Gold Coast, Queensland Australia February 14—18 2018 All The President’s Men
Quarter finals fter three days of fierce competition, and a Match of the Day A gruelling playing schedule, it’s on to the INDIA 1 quarter finals, with the President’s Team taking versus out line honours in a fine display of Hackett power. LEIBOWITZ Jason and Justin, Paul and Derek Patterson, not wo teams who will feature in tomorrow’s surprisingly took out third and fourth place in the T quarter finals met in Round 9. INDIA 1, Kiran datums. Although they lost four matches, their Nadar - Jaggy Shivdasani - Keyzad Anklesaria - wins averaged 35.4 IMPs. Rajeshwar Tiwari - Sunit Chokshi - THE DRAW The Australian Seniors, in second Bachiraju Satyanarayana, were lead- place, while winning nine matches, AUSTRALIA GOLD (1) ing at the start of play on Friday, TASMANIA (2) only averaged 17.22 IMPs. then suffered three defeats in a row,
but managed to stay in contention. Australia Gold averaged 25.2 IMPs, SCOTLAND WHITE (3) but their losses were greater than ENGLAND A (4) Their opponents were LEIBOWITZ, the Australian Seniors. Well done to Tony Leibowitz – Ashley Bach – Justin INDIA A (5) Phil Markey and Jo Haffer for win- Mill - Liam Milne - Nabil Edgtton- LEIBOWITZ (6) ning the datums. Tony Nunn; the team had no dra- matic wins nor punishing defeats – The other five quarter finalist teams PRESIDENT'S TEAM (7) Swissing the field nicely, as some all contained strong players in their AUSTRALIA SENIORS (8) would say. own right. Possibly the least fancied team of the remainder were Tasmania, who performed so strongly in the early stages of the event, winning their first five matches. Best of luck to everybody; it should be an exciting couple of days ahead. Good luck too to those pairs now playing the Gold Coast Pairs. The Pairs will be a quality event with your inclusion!
Leibowitz team
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The first board saw 3 IMPs go to INDIA 1, when EW On the singleton diamond lead, Jaggy played Q, were allowed to buy the contract in 2, one down, so Justin Mill was not sure who had the missing 3. when NS made nine tricks in 2 in the other room. He shifted to a spade, and the defence played four Board 2 was flat, although it should have been a rounds of the suit, Jaggy ruffing. small swing to LEIBOWITZ: He cashed A, K before playing .Q and a club to
Board 2, East deals, NS vulnerable dummy. Mill must have discarded a diamond on Q 9 8 the fourth spade, because he followed to two Q 9 7 6 rounds of clubs, and on the third winning club from A K 9 8 dummy, instead of ruffing with 9, he discarded . 9 5 another diamond. Jaggy was able to discard 3, 5 2 K 4 3 ruff the next club and play J; when he got back in — A K J 10 4 3 by ruffing a club, he was able to draw Justin’s 9 J 10 7 5 4 2 Q 3 with 10. So eight tricks instead of the seven Jaggy . A K J 6 3 . Q 8 was entitled to. A J 10 7 6 Board 2, South deals, EW vulnerable 8 5 2 K Q J 7 5 4 6 J 9 . 10 7 4 2 — WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH . A K 9 7 6 Keyzad Mill Jaggy Nunn A 10 2 9 8 3 1 1 A Q 8 6 5 Dbl 2 3 Pass Q 8 7 5 3 K J 6 2 4 All Pass . Q 10 4 . 5 3 2 Keyzad’s confidence in partner was a little mis- 6 placed; the East hand is not that great, with K not K 10 7 4 3 2 expected to be pulling its full weight. Still, no double A 10 9 4 no trouble. . J 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Keyzad Mill Jaggy Nunn 3 3NT 4 Dbl All Pass Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Edgtton Bachiraju Bach Kiran 2 Dbl Rdbl Pass 2 Pass 4 All Pass In the Closed Room, Kiran’s 2 Multi attracted an unattractive takeout double from Nabil Edgtton. Ashley Bach’s pass showed diamonds, so Kiran was forced to retreat to 2. There was not much the defence could do about 4. Nabil led a low dia- India 1 team mond, but Kiran was able to play a spade up early,
2 14th to 18th February, 2018 5th Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships and with spades breaking 3-3, he lost only two Closed Room trump tricks and A. WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Edgtton Bachiraju Bach Kiran The real action was in the Open Room, where Pass 1. Pass Keyzad’s 3NT was going four down if doubled. Justin, 11 Pass 1 Pass however, preferred to bid 4, doubled by Jaggy. 22 Pass 3. Pass On a low club lead, Justin was able to cash his two 4.3 Pass 44 Pass top clubs and ruff a club with dummy’s trump, dis- 7NT All Pass card a heart on A, ruff back to hand to advance K, 1. 4+ hearts and claim 11 tricks when spades behaved well. 2. Fourth suit 3. Minorwood On a heart lead and spade return, 4 cannot be 4. 1 or 4 Key Cards made from the North hand, but the impulsive bid- Board 5 was flat in 7NT, but I preferred the INDIA 1 ding went unpunished. 7 IMPs to LEIBOWITZ. bidding. Jaggy’s decision to show .Q, holding seven Surprisingly, there weren’t so many big penalties clubs, made it easy for Kiran to leap to 7NT, whereas arising from this deal, although in the England A v. Nabil did not have so much information, not having Canada match, EW played 2NTXX for –1600 (I won’t asked about .Q. say which team recorded the loss!) In the rest of the field, 15 pairs only reached a cau- Board 5, North deals, NS vulnerable tious small slam. 6 5 3 Due to having to slave over an unfamiliar photocopi- 10 8 6 er in order to deliver a hard copy bulletin to the Q 8 5 4 3 players, I was not able to watch the rest of the . Q 8 match. Board 13 (6 NS in many matches) provided K 4 2 A Q 9 8 the only major swing in the second half of the A Q 9 2 K 7 A K J 6 — match. . A K . J 10 7 6 4 3 2 The vulnerable slam should probably be bid, needing J 10 7 only Q to come down singleton or doubleton. Tony J 5 4 3 and Justin bid it, Jaggy and Kiran did not, so 13 IMPs 10 9 7 2 to LEIBOWITZ in a match won by LEIBOWITZ by 14 . 9 5 IMPs. Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH A Malaysian perspective Keyzad Mill Jaggy Nunn What is it like to play in a World Championship? Pass 1. Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass I feel a little nervous before picking 21 Pass 3. Pass up the first hand, but settle down 4.2 Pass 43 Pass quickly. It’s very inspiring to be 44 Pass 55 Pass able to play against top players, 7NT All Pass and bridge is one of the games 1. Fourth suit where a person can play against a 2. Minorwood world champion, unlike say, tennis, 3. 1 or 4 Key Cards David Law where an ordinary person would 4. .Q? not be able and probably would not want to—play 5. Yes, + K against Federer.
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Of the venues and host cities you have played in, stepped off the plane, not just outside the arrival which stands out as your favourite? hall – in the hope that they would forgive anything which went wrong later – and I think this paid off. All venues have different attractions, but I would pick Venice for its unique setting, splendid architec- Ed: As one of the lucky participants at the 1986 ture, interesting cuisine and historical significance. PABFC (for New Zealand), I can attest to this won- For the same reasons, Rhodes and Istanbul rank derful hospitality, and remember the welcome par- closely. On the other hand, I also enjoy visiting fa- ty well some 30 years later! miliar places like Australia, as I studied here, still The Victory Dinner ended past 2am, so we must have many ties and in some ways, as the song goes have done something right! Of course, the ambi- “I still call Australia home”. ence of the venue – white sandy beaches, gentle Looking at form, and team makeup, who would sea breezes, swaying palm trees - much like what you pick to make the final in each event? you have here on the Gold Coast, had a lot to do with players enjoying themselves. Maybe too England and India (Commonwealth Nations), Presi- much, to the extent that the standard of bridge was dent’s Team and Leibowitz (non-Commonwealth). not particularly memorable. Ed: Well picked so far! Which player (one you not have partnered be- How do you see the future of the event evolving? fore), living or dead, would you like to play with, There are many events nowadays to choose from, and why? so there needs to be some feature to distinguish it. Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Paramount Leader 1978 - The Commonwealth nations, while having a shared 1989. He undertook many reforms to modernise heritage, are also vastly diverse culturally so the China, and despite the many burdens of state, was CNBC is an opportunity to reach out and join (the instrumental in promoting bridge in China so that original meaning of “bridge”) players whom we China became the bridge powerhouse it is today. would otherwise not meet. It would be nice to see many more teams from different parts of the world Any quirky item related to Australia? taking part. Unfortunately, the distances and ex- I appeared on Australia television way back in the pense involved prevent many smaller countries 1970s in an episode of Kevin Dennis “New Faces” (a from being able to do so. talent-time contest) playing a simplified version of When you are not playing bridge, what are The Warsaw Concerto. you doing? I am a huge fan of musicals, and I am lucky that I can combine my two passions of bridge and music by writing parody lyrics of well-known songs. What has been your most memorable bridge achievement? Organising the Far East Bridge Federation Champi- onships (now the Asia Pacific) in Penang, 1986. It was a resort venue, and the logistics were challeng- ing, as everything - equipment, materials and per- sonnel had to be transported. We showered our visitors with hospitality – meeting arrivals as they Team BROWN: Vanessa Brown—William Jenner-O’Shea, from Sydney
4 14th to 18th February, 2018 5th Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships Interview with Bruce Neill, kept secret. I knew almost nothing about it before I President of the ABF got there, and it turned out to be a beautiful city with a long fascinating history. But of course, it’s In addition to being a player, you are also Presi- hard to find a better venue than Broadbeach, the dent of the Australian Bridge Federation. What can location for the Commonwealth Nations Bridge you tell those who are new to Australia about Championship! bridge in Australia? How do you see the future of the event evolving? The ABF, a non-profit organisation with headquar- Looking at form, and team makeup, who would ters in Canberra, is the peak body for administration you pick to make the final in each event? of the sport of bridge in Australia. We are part of It’s great to see so many teams have shown inter- Zone 7 of the World Bridge Federation, which in- est in this event at the Gold Coast, which offers a cludes Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, significant opportunity for bridge players of many French Polynesia and other Pacific Nations. countries to come together and play our wonderful The ABF has over 340 affiliated clubs and 36,000 sport. I hope many of them will stay on for the active affiliated members located throughout Aus- Gold Coast Congress too! I will be interested to hear their impressions of the event. tralia. We do not know how many people play bridge in homes, clubs on-line or in sporting organi- sations and are not affiliated with the ABF but it could be assumed to take the total numbers of bridge players in Australia to at least 40,000 - 50,000. The total population of Australia is 24.8 mil- lion people. What is it like to play in a World Championship? Obviously, the foreign venues are a special feature. Bruce playing the President’s Team You also have to accept that the competition will be tough – don’t expect easy matches! For me it’s im- portant to get there early and settle in, so that the issues of being somewhere new are not a distrac- tion. Of the venues and host cities you have played in, which stands out as your favourite? Lyon, the venue of the Bermuda Bowl in France last year, was a wonderful town – in many ways a well- Leibowitz scores up
5 TOP 50 DATUMS Names IMPs Opp IMPs Played Mod. Mod. Bd 1 PHIL MARKEY / JOACHIM HAFFER 106 21.8 7 116.9 1.193 2 JAGGY SHIVDASANI / RAJESHWAR TIWARI 105 19 8 114.5 1.022 3 JASON HACKETT / JUSTIN HACKETT 111 42.4 10 132.2 0.944 4 DEREK PATTERSON / PAUL HACKETT 85 10.1 7 90 0.918 5 IAN THOMSON / RON KLINGER 89 -1.3 7 88.4 0.902 6 FISKE WARREN / KAIPING CHEN 73 10.4 7 78.2 0.798 7 CRAIG GOWER / PETER WARD 99 -8.7 9 94.6 0.751 8 TERRY BROWN / PETER BUCHEN 43 50.1 7 68 0.694 9 KEYZAD ANKLESARIA / SUNIT CHOKSHI 59 15.9 7 67 0.684 10 BRIAN CALLAGHAN / CHRIS DUCKWORTH 77 8.3 9 81.1 0.644 11 DEBABRATA MAJUMDAR / SUMIT MUKHERJEE 61 30.6 9 76.3 0.606 12 DICK SHEK / JOAN BUTTS 98 -20.2 11 87.9 0.571 13 DAVID WILTSHIRE / MAX HENBEST 31 64.2 8 63.1 0.563 14 ASHLEY BACH / NABIL EDGTTON 66 1.7 9 66.9 0.531 15 GEORGE KOZAKOS / ARJUNA DE LIVERA 49 4.6 8 51.3 0.458 16 JENNY GAUTSCHI / PETA BALDERSON 50 -12.4 7 43.8 0.447 17 IAIN SIME / JOHN MURDOCH 33 3.2 6 34.6 0.412 18 DAVID BURN / KIERAN DYKE 59 7.3 11 62.7 0.407 19 PAULINE GUMBY / WARREN LAZER 43 -10.4 7 37.8 0.386 20 GEORGE BILSKI / NICKY STRASSER 46 -19.9 7 36 0.367 21 DEE HARLEY / STEPHEN WEISZ 59 -8.3 11 54.9 0.357 22 BARNET SHENKIN / GERALD HAASE 33 16.6 9 41.3 0.328 23 HILTON FRANCIS / JOHN BAILEY 36 28.2 11 50.1 0.325 24 ANDREW MILL / SIMON HINGE 55 -13.1 11 48.5 0.315 25 ANDREW SPOONER / TOMER LIBMAN 16 30.7 8 31.4 0.28 26 GRAY MCMULLIN / MARTIN HENNEBERGER 34 16.4 11 42.2 0.274 27 JUSTIN MILL / TONY NUNN 17 15.5 7 24.8 0.253 28 MIKE DOECKE / WILL JENNER O’SHEA 22 4.8 7 24.4 0.249 29 JOHN SALISBURY / TIM REES 54 -32.8 11 37.6 0.244 30 HUGH GROSVENOR / ANN PATON 10 50.2 11 35.1 0.228 31 LIW MENG HONG / MARVIN LAI 41 -14.9 11 33.6 0.218 32 TONY LEIBOWITZ / LIAM MILNE 4 21.7 6 14.9 0.177 33 GRETA CHAI / SUGI HARTONO 26 -22.3 6 14.8 0.176 34 AVINASH KANETKAR / BRUCE NEILL 12 13.1 8 18.5 0.165 35 GARY JONES / PAUL LAMFORD 15 13.5 11 21.7 0.141 36 JOHN SKIPPER / JANE SKIPPER 8 10.6 7 13.3 0.136 37 BRAD COLES / DAVID APPLETON 16 -8.9 7 11.6 0.118 38 RICHARD WARD / THERESE TULLY 19 -15.5 7 11.3 0.115 39 RENEE COOPER / FRANCESCA MCGRATH 2 18.3 7 11.2 0.114 40 FINLAY MARSHALL / SANDY DUNCAN 32 -33.9 11 15 0.097 41 KAUSTABH NANDI / KAUSTUBH BENDRE 12 -7 7 8.5 0.087 42 JAMIE THOMPSON / MATT SMITH 22 -31.1 7 6.4 0.065 43 BERNARD PALMER / PAUL DEWEERD 16 -19.5 7 6.3 0.064 44 JOHN ZOLLO / ROGER JANUSKZE 11 -13.7 11 4.1 0.027 45 FRANCES HINDEN / GRAHAM OSBORNE -6 18 11 3 0.02 46 ALAN GOODMAN / BRIAN SHORT -9 15.6 11 -1.2 -0.01 47 JUDITH GARTAGANIS / NICK GARTAGANIS 0 -3.3 11 -1.6 -0.01 48 JOEY SILVER / JOHN CARRUTHERS -3 2.3 11 -1.8 -0.01 49 DEREK DIAMOND / VICTOR SILVERSTONE -31 56.7 7 -2.7 -0.03 50 CANDICE GINSBERG / BARBARA TRAVIS 0 -15.7 7 -7.9 -0.08
Issue 4, 17/02/2018
RESULTS AFTER 11 MATCHES
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