Chief Editor: Henry Francis (USA) Issue: 2 Editors: (Great Britain) (Great Britain) Sunday Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis (Greece) 23rd August 1998 Rosenberg Wins Par Contest

The winners are all smiles after being awarded their Register your systems prizes in the Par Contest. Front, left to right: Eric IMPORTANT! Rodwell, third place; Would players in the Rosen- , the blum and McConnell Teams winner, and Bart Bram- please register their systems at ley, runner-up. Back: Pietro the Desk as Bernasconi, author of the early as possible. problems; Jaime Ortiz- Patino, president of the Jean Besse Foundation, and José Italians top Mixed Damiani, WBF president. Pairs qualifiers E. Rossano and A.Vivaldi of Italy finished in Michael Rosenberg (USA) won the Par Contest, overtaking the leader, Cesary Balicki of first place among the qualifiers for today's two- Poland in the final session and holding off a strong challenge from fellow Americans Bart Bram- session Mixed Pairs final. They averaged just ley and . under 62% in the three qualifying sessions. Sec- The Jean Besse Trophy was presented to Rosenberg by WBF President, José Damiani, along with ond was another Italian pair - M. Cuzzi and M. the first prize of $35,000, at an awards ceremony attended by all the participants. Besse's widow Lanzarotti. Europeans held the top seven quali- Rachel was also present at the ceremony. Awards were made to the top ten finishers by Damiani, fying places. The leading American qualifiers Jaime Ortiz-Patino and Pietro Bernasconi.The other major prizes were $17,500 to second (Bram- were Karen and G.S. Jade Barrett with an aver- ley), $10,000 to third (Rodwell) and $6,500 to fourth (Balicki). The prize fund of 100,000 Swiss francs was provided by the Jean Besse Foundation, which is chaired by Ortiz-Patino. age of 59.5%. This was only the second par contest of the modern era. organised the first Of the original of 598 pairs, 233 quali- such event as long ago as 1932. Thereafter, the event was staged every year by the USA until fied for today's final. The other 27 pairs in the 1941 when it was abandoned. Australian experts Michael Sullivan and Robert Williams revived 260-pair final consist of Par Contest contestants the contest in 1961, but the last time it was held using traditional methods was in 1963. and their partners. Interesting note: the 233rd The advent of the personal computer made it possible to use a new improved format, inau- pair is none other than D. Hocheker and Apoli- gurated at the 1990 World Championships in Geneva and won by Benito Garozzo. nary Kowalski of Poland, the defending champi- Each player sits at a personal computer terminal, provided by Compaq Computers. This ons. However, late appeals could change this. allows for ideal conditions, with no outside disturbance or influence of any kind and without the The top 77 finalists will have a small carry- need for live opponents or tournament directors.The computer displays the details of the prob- over,the top CO being approximately equivalent lem. As the players type in their plays, the computer makes the defensive plays, tells the con- to one . How to figure your carryover: testants when they have made an error, keeps a record of the time taken, and keeps the com- your score minus the score of the 78th pair petitors' score. divided by the difference of the top score and The 34-strong field (plus Matt Ginsberg's GIB computer program) played 12 tough deals set that of the 78th pair,the quotient then multiplied by Swiss maestro, Pietro Bernasconi. by four.There will be no carryover for pairs who (continued on page 2) finished 78th or lower in the qualifying. 2 Sunday, 23 August 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

In a Par Contest, declarer has to play in the Besse Trophy Par Contest to commemorate theoretically correct manner - he cannot one of the best minds the game has known. make a lucky guess to land his contract just "And the link between the man and the con- Schedule because the cards happen to lie favourably for test is strong," says Jaime Ortiz-Patino, presi- his chosen line.The competitors were allowed dent emeritus of the World Bridge Federa- of events three 'lives' on each problem. They started tion. "The word 'algorithm' is now an accept- each problem with 2000 points in the bank ed part of computer technology. But long (Today) and each incorrect play cost them points.The before the computer age Jean was recognised 11:00 Mixed Pairs Finals third wrong play on any problem meant zero as having an unusually algorithmic cast of (1st Session) points would be scored on it. Also, the com- mind." petitors were charged points for the amount Patino further stated that Besse solved 11:00 Zonal Mixed Pairs of time they took to solve the problem. So the bridge problems by means of an orderly (1st Session) points listed in the final ranking table are what sequence of logical steps, making less use of 16:00 Mixed Pairs Finals the competitors were left with after paying for intuition, as distinct from table presence, than (2nd Session) their time and errors. A perfect score would any of his peers. However, Besse also was an 16:00 Zonal Mixed Pairs have been 6000 per session and 24000 in all - expert at interpreting table presence as well, (2nd Session) assuming all correct answers in zero time. according to Patino. Rosenberg was, of course, delighted to WBF President José Damiani said the WBF have won the competition, but commented is particularly pleased to have organised this (Tomorrow) that he understood Bramley to have made contest once again, with the cooperation of 10:45 one less error than himself over the 12 deals the Jean Besse Foundation and Pietro (Round-Robin) so that he had only won because he solved Bernasconi. "The generosity of Mrs. Rachel 10:45 McConnell Cup the problems more quickly than the runner- Besse has been met with great enthusiasm by (Round-Robin) up. Rosenberg felt it was wrong that the com- the champions, apparently unfazed by the dif- 10:45 Junior Teams petition should be decided on time. ficulty of the hands prepared by Pietro (Triathlon) Matt Ginsberg's Goren In a Box program Bernasconi," said Damiani. It is a state of mind performed very well and was actually leading that does them credit and that will enable 10:45 Continuous Pairs the event at the halfway point. It struggled a bridge to remain in the forefront of modern little in the third and fourth sessions, largely technology." due to having problems using inferences avail- able from the bidding given. Nonetheless, Other contestants: , Den- Computer connections Ginsberg was delighted that GIB had per- mark; Veronique Bessis, France; Marcelo galore formed better than he had expected. He was Branco, Brazil; Michael Courtney, Aus- Internet connections, more than so sufficiently confident that he was heard tralia; Pierre , France; Alain Lévy, 300K of bandwidth (that's a big number, asking Zia after the competition, how long he France; Morten Lund-Madsen, Denmark; we are told), are available for use at this thought it would be before GIB would be the , Pakistan; Christian Mari, tournament, thanks to France Telecom best player in the world. It seems that the France; Robert Richman, Australia; Jean- and Videospace. main improvement required for this to be Marc Roudinesco, France; , The Daily Bulletins and all results will achieved is in the bidding data base; its declar- ; P.O. Sundelin, Sweden; Henri be posted on the Web by the World er play technique is already top class. Szwarc, France; Steve Weinstein, United Bridge Federation and by Bridge Plaza. The Par Contest has been named the Jean States; Zejun Zhuang, China. The French Bridge Federation also has its own Web server. JEAN BESSE TROPHY 1998 In addition, there is a special Com- munications Room on the seventh floor Final Ranking Compaq sponsors the Par Contest. that is open to the public. It is possible to send and receive both e-mail and Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total faxes there. The Press Room and Bul- 1 Michael Rosenberg USA 3940 4040 4550 4320 16850 letin Room are not available to the pub- 2 USA 3780 3540 2740 4000 16530 lic for this type of service. A special e- 3 Eric Rodwell USA 2970 4630 4180 4420 16200 mail address has been set up for per- 4 Cezary Balicki POL 5380 2740 4750 2930 15800 sons to use if they wish - [email protected] 5 GBR 3440 3780 4720 3270 15210 Thanks to Mark Newton, an excel- 6 USA 1950 3980 3270 5440 14640 lent network has been set up internally. 7 Geir Helgemo NOR 4140 3320 3990 2330 13780 Included are the Daily Bulletin, the 8 GBR 2960 4350 2280 3310 12900 Internet Room (Bridge Plaza and tour- 9 USA 3670 3410 860 4870 12810 nament administration), the Press 10 J.C. Quantin FRA 1970 4140 2590 3180 11880 Room, the Communications Room and 11 Philippe Cronier FRA 2780 4820 3020 1090 11710 the Results Room. 12 Frank Multon FRA 1210 5060 2040 2800 11110 13 Krysztof Martens POL 4310 3190 2620 500 10620 14 Irina Levitina USA 4610 2200 680 2550 10040 15 Charles Martel USA 760 3650 2360 3240 10010 16 Roald Ramer NLD 2070 4440 830 2420 9760 17 Benito Garozzo USA 4340 2920 790 1370 9420 18 Hervé Mouiel FRA 1480 3850 1390 2640 9360 Lille, France 1998 Sunday, 23 August 1998 3

Watching the 1982 champions

eorge Mittelman and Dianna Gor- West North East South Board 13 was another Canadian success. don,World Mixed Pairs champions at Mittelman Gordon G Board 13.Vul Both. Dealer North. Biarritz in 1982, usually put on a 1[ good show, and they lived up to their billing [ A J 8 6 during the first half of the second session yes- 2{ Dble 3{ 3[ ] K Q J 6 3 terday.The most exciting was Board 8. Pass 4[ All Pass {7 Board 8.Vul None. Dealer West. It's clear that this contract can be set - three } 10 8 4 [ J 5 2 losers in hearts plus a . It is equally clear [ 10 9 7 2N [ K Q 4 3 ] 10 9 that the must be a heart - other- ]A ]9 8 W E {A 7 4 wise a heart will be ditched on the {A. But can { K J 8 6 4 2 { 10 5 3 } A 9 8 7 6 there be a more unattractive lead than West's } K 5S } A J 7 3 [ 9 8 7 4N [ K Q hearts? After considerable soul-searching West [5 ] A K 7 6 ] Q J 8 4 decided to lead his singleton club. Gordon won ] 10 7 5 4 2 W E { 3 { 9 8 5 2 this in dummy and quickly disposed of one of {A Q 9 } K Q 10 5 S } 4 3 2 her heart losers to score up her game. } Q 9 6 2 [ A 10 6 3 Strangely enough, 5{ is a reasonable save, West North East South ] 5 3 2 even though it's a phantom. Once North- { K Q J 10 6 South get to the spade game, chances are Mittelman Gordon they're going to make it, so minus 200 or 500 }J 1] Pass 4] is an improvement on the likely result. All Pass West North East South Board 5 had an interesting point. Mittelman Gordon Board 5.Vul North-South. The key of course is to avoid three club 1} Pass 1] Dble losers. One way is to take the diamond 2] 2[ Pass Pass [ K 10 4 - if it works one of declarer's clubs can go on 3] Dble Pass 3[ ]5 4 the {A. All Pass {A J 6 Mittelman won the [K opening lead and Mittelman's double of 3] showed some } A K J 6 3 knocked out the trump ace. He covered the [10 return and ruffed the queen in dummy. values - it was not a penalty double, although [ Q 9 6 5N [ A J 8 Gordon was at liberty to pass if she wished. ] 9 7 3 ] J 10 6 After drawing the last trump with the jack, he W E The prospects of making were not bright, { K 8 7 2 { Q 9 5 3 led the }8 and let it ride. When this forced but it was clear that East-West could make } 5 2S } 10 8 4 the king he let out a sigh of relief - making game. Once again East-West have a good save quite a few hearts, probably even four. The [ 7 3 2 defence started with two heart tricks, then in diamonds. North-South can get the [A and West shifted to a diamond. Mittelman won ] A K Q 8 2 a plus the ace of trumps, but that's all with the ace and pushed the [J through East. { 10 4 unless West misguesses the trump situation. He won the queen with the ace and ruffed his } Q 9 7 Bizarre is the best way to describe what last heart. Another spade lead brought forth West North East South happened on Board 10. the king.West ruffed the diamond return and led the }K, but Mittelman could claim after Mittelman Gordon Board 10.Vul both. Dealer East. drawing the last trump. 1NT Pass 2{ (1) [ 6 5 2 This was a superb result even though 3] Pass 2] Pass 3NT ]Q can be beaten - club to ace, club ruff, diamond All Pass to ace and a second club ruff, and the [A. {A 8 6 His was a good round for Mittelman and (1) Transfer to hearts. } A 10 8 4 3 2 Gordon for this is what happened on Board 7. [ A K 9 8 4N [ Q The opening diamond lead went to the ] 10 8 7 6 5 2 ] K J 9 Board 7.Vul Both. Dealer South. W E king and ace, and Mittelman immediately set { Q 2 { K J 10 5 4 [8 3 up his second diamond trick by leading the 6. }–S }K Q 6 5 ] J 9 6 East went in with the queen and shifted to the [ J 10 7 3 {A 8 6 ]J. When the hearts split 3-3, Mittelman had } K Q 10 9 5 no problem taking 12 tricks. ]A 4 3 [ 9 5N [ Q J 6 Easts who cashed their [A after winning { 9 7 3 } J 9 7 ] A Q 5W E ] K 8 7 3 their diamond trick scored very well here. { K J 10 9 7 5 4 { Q 3 2 But the play is marked. East knows the hearts West North East South } 8S } J 7 2 will run - North opened 1NT so should have Mittelman Gordon [ A K 10 7 4 2 two hearts.The clubs also look good, even if ] 10 4 2 partner has the queen. So cashing the [A 1{ Pass {– seems marked, but many defenders failed to 1] 2} Dble 3} } A 6 4 3 find the play. 5] !!! Pass 6] All Pass 4 Sunday, 23 August 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Mittelman was understandably upset with declarer has the rest. They were fixed on Board 14. himself after leading the }A and seeing it Not everything went the Canadian way. ruffed with two top clubs now set up in Board 14.Vul none. Dealer East. dummy. He felt no better when declarer Board 12.Vul North-South. Dealer West. [5 2 crossed to the [Q and quickly got rid of his [ A K 6 4 two diamonds on the good clubs. Declarer ]J than passed a high diamond, and Mittelman ] J 7 3 { J 10 9 3 had his diamond trick after all. He led anoth- { A J 9 6 } A K 9 8 5 2 }9 7 er club, ruffed by declarer. Next came a trump [ K QN [ J 9 7 and Mittelman wasn't happy as he contributed [ Q 10 8 5 3 2N [ J 7 ] K 8 7 5 ] A Q 9 4 3 his queen. Declarer covered with the king - ]A 10 ]8 4 2 { A K 8 5W E { 4 2 W E and Dianna was thinking! Could she have the { K 5 3 { 10 8 4 2 } Q 6 4S } 10 7 3 ace? No, that didn't seem possible. Finally she } A KS } Q 6 5 3 [ A 10 8 6 4 3 followed low. But when declarer started lead- [9 ] 10 6 2 ing good diamonds, she showed declarer her ] K Q 9 6 5 { Q 7 6 ace of trumps. Down went the slam. {Q 7 What happened? Apparently West liked his }J } J 10 8 4 2 hand and bid 5], asking partner how good her West North East South heart support was. Not having any idea how West North East South Mittelman Gordon much she needed to have good support, Mittelman Gordon under the circumstances, naturally she went Pass 2[ to slam. One thing's for sure - West was NOT 1[ All Pass 2NT 3} 3] All Pass a pessimist. Did you notice that declarer actually can Mittelman eventually got his club ruff, so West had a maximum for his notrump make his slam after the lead of the }A? At the declarer was held to seven tricks, just making and four-card support for his partner point where declarer passed the {K, let's his contract. But this was small solace for - but he passed 3]! The vast majority of the assume he ruffed a club. Next ruff a spade, ruff missing their heart contract. Ten tricks are field got to the heart game and went down on a diamond and ruff a spade. Now the lead of there for the taking, but getting to game was- the obvious defence - singleton club lead for the trump king smothers the queen, and n't all that easy. two clubs and a ruff, plus the [A.

Better than a gold medal Down only 6 – a good save Kathie Wei-Sender of the United The action was fast and furious on this went on to the seven level. Of course she was States was appalled as she approached board from the second qualifying session of doubled, but she saved a large gob of match- her hotel - she didn't have her purse! the Mixed Pairs. points with her action - the Morses could beat them only six tricks for 1400. Stewart She had just alighted from a taxi, but the Board 25.Vul East-West. Dealer North. taxi was gone - and so was the purse. lost two trumps, two clubs and one trick in She contacted the Comité Départ- [ J 10 8 6 4 each red suit.That meant a gain against every pair that bid and made 6NT. However, it still ment du Tourisme du Nord, and they set ] K 8 6 2 lost to those who got to a slam or about contacting every taxi company in {9 who escaped for a smaller penalty. town. No luck! } 10 5 3 Kathie had shared the cab with a couple [A Q 3N [– of Swedish players, including P.O. Sun- ] A Q ] J 10 7 5 4 3 Service de baby sitting! W E delin. P.O. remembered the pizza restau- { J 7 4 { A K Q 2 Chers bridgeurs et bridgeuses: rant where they had called the taxi. Some } A J 7 4 2S } Q 9 8 Des personnes de confiance sont a of the tourism people helped Kathie find [ K 9 7 5 2 votre disposition la journee, mais egale- the restaurant, and the manager indeed ]9 ment le soir pour garder vos enfants. recalled calling a taxi for "some tall Pour les contacter veuillez vous adresser Swedes". He remembered whom he { 10 8 6 5 3 }K 6 a Dominique Grenthe. called, and minutes later the driver was L'accueil sera aussi capable de vous ren- located. He returned to the restaurant West North East South seigner. N'hesitez pas a faire appel a eux. and presented Kathie with her purse. D. Morse Stewart J. Morse Letizia Everything was there - her money, credit cards, jewellery and airline tickets. The 2[ 3] 4[ driver accepted a reward but did not give 6NT Pass Pass 7[ All contestants, his name - he wanted no publicity. Dble All Pass Kathie is very thankful to this taxi dri- take notice! ver. She also wishes to thank the follow- decided to open with a weak It is highly recommended that every- ing persons from the tourist bureau: Del- two-bid in his anemic spade suit. Joan Morse one take all precautions when walking phine Bartier, Judith Richard, Dominique naturally overcalled, and Marinesa Letizia of through the tunnel on the approach to Lemoine and Stephanie Topin. course leaped directly to game. That left it up the Grand Palais. In general, it's a good Kathie's comment: "The honesty of to Dan Morse, a member of the WBF Executive idea to have a companion so that the the driver and the people of Lille - this is Committee. He decided there must be a slam chance of an unwelcome approach by better than winning a gold medal!" considering his partner's vulnerable overcall. anyone will be considerably lessened. But Letizia decided to believe him - she Lille, France 1998 Sunday, 23 August 1998 5

Session One Mixed Pairs

For the first session of the Mixed Pairs we 2[ would, of course, have been an easy and another heart to the first two tricks. Not concentrate on two pairs.The first is the dan- make for North/South. Facing an intermediate easy, but partner is known to be very short in gerous looking pairing of Gabriel Chagas of jump overcall, Steve Hamaoui decided to com- the majors and if he has no trumps it is likely Brazil and China's Sun Ming, from whom we pete with 3]. Had Gabriel Chagas managed to to be an uphill struggle to beat the contract, might expect plenty of action.The next World double that, Hamaoui's gamble would have so perhaps it is not an impossible defence to Championship after Lille is in Bermuda at the failed, but when 3] slipped past undoubled find. beginning of the year 2000, and we also take a there was a chance for the Venezuelans to get look at Bermuda's only representatives at a good score. Sun Ming led the jack of clubs, Board 5. N/S Vul. Dealer North. these championships, Roman Smolski and Vera which ran to declarer's king. Zighelboim [A Q 10 Petty. ducked a heart next , losing to the bare king. ] 6 5 4 2 Now came a diamond switch.The winning play { J 5 4 Board 3. E/W Vul. Dealer South. would have been to win on table to lead a }A 5 3 [ A J 10 6 heart, covering North's card, which would have resulted in one down and a good score, [ K 6N [ 7 4 2 ] Q J 3 2 ] A J 7 3 ] K 10 8 but declarer chose to win in hand and lay W E {J 5 down the ]A, hoping to make her contract if { A 9 2 { 8 7 6 3 }A 7 6 both red suits divided evenly.On the actual lie, } K 8 4 2S } 10 7 6 [ Q 9 8N [ 7 4 that meant three trump losers and six in all; [ J 9 8 5 3 ] 8 4 ] A 10 9 7 6 5 W E down two for -200 and a very bad result for ]Q 9 { K 6 4 2 { A Q 3 East/West. { K Q 10 S } Q 9 5 2 } K 8 } Q J 9 [ K 5 3 2 Board 4.All Vul. Dealer West. ]K [Q { 10 9 8 7 West North East South ]Q Gaude Smolski Erhart Petty } J 10 4 3 { K J 9 7 3 2 Pass Pass 1[ West North East South } J 9 8 7 6 Dble Pass 2{ Pass Hamaoui Chagas Zighelboim Sun Ming [ 8N [ K J 10 6 5 4 2 ] 7 6 4 ] K J 10 9 5 Pass 2[ Pass Pass Pass W E { A Q 8 5 { 6 3{ 3[ All Pass Pass 1} 2] Dble } Q 10 5 4 2 S } – Pass 2[ Pass Pass Smolski/Petty play negative redoubles, that [ A 9 7 3 3] All Pass is, a redouble would have shown a singleton ] A 8 3 2 or spade, hence Smolski's strange looking { 10 4 pass. When 2{ came round to him he com- Suicide failure, }A K 3 peted with a simple 2[.When West compet- ed with 3{, I would have thought that a dou- sort of West North East South ble would have expressed his maximum with defence quite well. However, he preferred to In France, Jacques LeFevrier left Hamaoui Chagas Zighelboim Sun Ming take the push to 3[. nothing to chance when he decided Pass 2{ 3{ 3NT The defence began with ace and another to commit suicide. He stood at the diamond.Vera Petty won in hand and ran the top of a tall cliff and tied a noose Dble 4} 4[ Dble [J then played two more rounds of spades, around his neck. He tied the other All Pass ending in hand. Next the }Q was covered by end of the rope to a large rock. He the king and ace, allowing declarer to take a drank some poison and set fire to his The points came back straight away for the finesse against the ten on the way back; +170. clothes. He even tried to shoot him- Venezuelan pair. Chagas opened a weak 2{ and Obviously, an overtrick might have been saved self at the last moment. He jumped Zighelboim overcalled 3{, showing both majors. had West not covered the }Q. and fired the pistol. The bullet I don't like Sun Ming's 3NT call very much and missed him completely and cut Hamaoui also expressed a negative opinion, a West North East South little more forcefully. When Chagas ran to 4} through the rope above him. Free of Kaku Chagas Fukuda Sun Ming the threat of hanging, he plunged into and Zighelboim bid 4[, Hamaoui didn't look very impressed with the proceedings, and even Pass Pass 1[ the sea. less so when Sun Ming added a double. Dble Rdbl Pass Pass The sudden dunking extin- The opening lead was a top club, ruffed. guished the flames and made him 2} 2[ All Pass Zighelboim crossed to the ace of diamonds vomit the poison. He was dragged and led a spade to the queen, king and ace. She Chagas was able to start with a redouble out of the water by a kind fisherman ruffed the diamond return, cashed two trumps and that was enough to allow his side to buy and was taken to a hospital, where and slapped the king of hearts on the table. the contract in 2[. Here West led a low club he died of hypothermia. When the queen duly obliged, that was +790. so the tenth trick was given immediately; To beat 4[ doubled, South must lead ace +170. 6 Sunday, 23 August 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. West North East South of hearts and forced declarer's last trump with Mould Smolski Benson Petty another spade. A diamond to the ten and jack [ A K J 10 4 saw a club return to the king.Petty tried to split ]A 7 6 Pass the diamonds now and when they failed to { Q 10 9 1[ Pass 1NT Pass oblige had to settle for seven tricks; -100. }Q 3 Pass 2] 2[ 3] West North East South [ Q 9 5 [ 6 3 2 All Pass N Wildavsky Chagas Raymond Sun Ming ] K Q J 3 2 ] 10 4 W E { A { K 7 5 3 The four-card major opening made it easy 1[ Pass Pass Dble } K J 9 6S } A 7 5 2 for East/West to compete to 2[, pushing their Pass 2{ 2[ Pass opponents to the three-level.That should have [8 7 Pass Dble Pass 3{ led to a plus for East/West but the defence All Pass ] 9 8 5 slipped badly. Joyce Benson led a spade to Alan { J 8 6 4 2 Mould's ace and he switched to his ]J for the } 10 8 4 Sun Ming preferred to double 1[. Chagas queen and king. It surely cannot be correct to bid his diamonds then doubled 2[ to show his West North East South switch to a club now but that is what Benson maximum. That gave Sun a tough problem. Gaude Smolski Erhart Petty did.The finesse lost and Mould cashed the [Q, Probably some sort of scrambling 2NT is best, but his diamond switch came too late. Smolski Pass Pass but in a strange partnership there is a lot to won, drew trumps and cashed clubs for +140. be said for keeping things simple and her actu- 1] 1[ Dble Pass West North East South al choice was 3{, ending the auction. 2} 2[ Pass Pass Wildavsky Chagas Raymond Sun Ming Chagas won the spade lead and played ace 2NT Dble 3} All Pass and another heart, again ducking the jack. He Pass ruffed the spade continuation and played a 1} 1] 1NT 2] West North East South third heart to the king, East pitching a club. 2NT All Pass Kaku Chagas Fukuda Sun Ming Another spade was ruffed and the {K played to the ace.Again a spade was played and again Pass Pass Wildavsky (USA) had to open 1} because declarer ruffed. Now Chagas played the }A 1] 1[ Dble Pass he was playing a five-card major system.Perhaps and a club to the king. With East down to 3} All Pass he could still have competed with 2[ over 2], nothing but diamonds, another club now but he preferred 2NT, facing 8-11 balanced, to would have forced her to ruff and lead into Both tables arrived in the same final con- invite game. Sun Ming led the ]10 to jack and the {Q10 at trick twelve. However, Chagas tract and both Norths led a top spade. The ace and Chagas continued the suit. When Ann was not sure of the distribution and led a defence has little option but to take the sec- Raymond won the second heart she led a dia- heart instead. That allowed West to ruff in ond spade and their ruff. If they do not take mond to the jack and ace and the defence took with the {6. Chagas discarded his club and their tricks, dummy's spades will eventually go the hearts then the }A for down one; -100. East had to over-ruff and lead into the dia- on the hearts.The trouble is that, after South mond tenace after all, so the contract just Board 8. Nil Vul. Dealer West. has ruffed a spade, it is normal for declarer to made for +110 and a lot of matchpoints. Had play clubs from the top, dropping North's [ 9 6 5 West held the {8 or {9 instead of the {6, the queen.There seems no way round this for the ]A 7 6 defence would have prevailed once declarer chose to play the fourth heart in the ending. defence. { Q 10 5 3 Petty took her ruff and switched to a dia- } A 10 4 mond and Gaude (SWI) duly won and Board 9. E/W Vul. Dealer North. dropped the club. Sun Ming switched to a [ K Q J 8 4N [ 10 7 3 2 ] K 10 8 ] J 2 [ 10 6 5 3 heart after taking her ruff. Chagas won the W E ]K 9 6 ace and played a fourth spade, hoping for a { A 6 { J 9 8 2 {K 6 3 . No such luck. Sun Ming } Q J 6 S } 7 5 3 ruffed in with the }10, but all that did was to [A } 9 5 3 guarantee that declarer would get the ] Q 9 5 4 3 [ Q 8N [ A 9 4 2 ] Q 8 5 4 ] J 3 trumps right. {K 7 4 W E +110 for East/West at both tables. } K 9 8 2 { A J 9 5 4 { Q 10 } Q 8S } K J 10 7 2 Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South. West North East South [ K J 7 Mould Smolski Benson Petty [ 8 7 4 3 ] A 10 7 2 ] A Q 7 6 2 1[ Pass Pass 2] { 8 7 2 {A 3 Pass 3] All Pass }A 6 4 } 10 8 West North East South Would you balance with a double or a 2] [ A Q J 9 [ K 5 2 Siwiec Smolski Pasternak Petty N overcall on the south cards? Petty chose the ]J ]K 8 4 W E overcall and Smolski raised her to 3] - they Pass Pass Pass { K J 7 4 { Q 10 8 6 2 S would have been pushed there anyway, of 1{ Pass 2} All Pass } K 7 6 3 } 9 4 course. The [K went to the ace and Petty [ 10 6 played ace and another heart,ducking when the South looks to have a normal opening bid, ] 10 9 5 3 jack came up. She ruffed the spade return and non-vulnerable, and when Petty chose not to {9 5 played a club to the jack and ace then a dia- make one her Polish opponents had a free run } A Q J 5 2 mond for king and ace. Mould cashed the king to 2}. Petty led ace and another club and Lille, France 1998 Sunday, 23 August 1998 7

Pasternak won and drew a third round of double of 2[. She led the }K to dummy's ace. Nice Defence trumps then passed the {Q. Had Smolski Pasternak played ace and another diamond, ducked this declarer would have had to read ruffing, then played the [J to the king and ace. Session 1. Board 27. Nil Vul. Dealer South. the hand well but he actually won his king and She played a second spade to the queen then switched to a low heart. Petty won the heart a heart up. Petty discarded a club so declarer [ A 8 5 4 and returned a second one to the king. Smol- won the ]A. Now a diamond ruff back to ] A Q 9 2 ski switched to a low spade now but declarer hand and a club towards the jack. Petty won { 10 3 2 could rise with the ace and throw all her the queen, cashed two spades and led her }J 4 spades on the diamonds; +110. remaining diamond. Had that diamond been [ Q 6 2N [ K J 10 9 7 the four, Smolski would have been able to win ] J 10 5 ] K 8 6 West North East South W E and cash two heart tricks. But Petty had not { A Q 6 { J 9 7 Rebillard Chagas Bernard Sun Ming foreseen the ending and had failed to unblock } Q 10 7 6S } K 3 Pass Pass 1} on the first round of diamonds. She had to [3 1{ 1[ 1NT 2[ give a trick to dummy's }J and, though dummy ] 7 4 3 Pass Pass Dble Pass in turn had to give a heart to South; that was { K 8 5 4 3{ All Pass eight tricks and +670. Declarer could have timed the hand better } A 9 8 5 2 Sun Ming did open the South hand and a to get a club established while she still had West North East South competitive auction developed. Had Rebillard control and now the defence would have been Jouineau M Smith Garcia C Smith (FRA) passed his partner's double of 2[, even powerless. It is surely correct to play on the Gabriel Chagas would have had trouble getting assumption that spades are 4-1 when you are Pass out with a decent result, but Rebillard took it doubled in 2[ with 23 HCP between your two Pass 1] 1[ 2[ out to 3{. A spade lead would have led to a hands and, since North competed with 2] and 3[ All Pass swift one down but Chagas led a club. Sun not 2{, the distributions around the table are Ming ducked this and declarer decided that the almost marked. One winning option, then, South's 2[ showed a sound three-card suit was probably breaking 4-2 so did not con- would have been to the opening lead. heart raise. Charlotte Smith led her middle heart tinue clubs to set up a spade discard. Instead, West North East South against 3[. It went to the jack, queen and king. he played a heart towards dummy. Now the Rebillard Chagas Bernard Sun Ming winning defence was for Chagas to rise with Declarer played a spade to the queen and a the king and switch to a spade, but he ducked Pass 1} second spade to the king, North completing a and now Sun was forced to win with no par- 1NT 2{ 2[ 3{ Smith Echo to show that he wanted a heart ticularly attractive options open to her. She 3] Pass 3[ Pass continuation. Declarer played the {J to king actually cashed the }A then switched to the 4[ Pass Pass Dble and ace then a club to the king and ace. Back [K. Declarer won the ace and played another All Pass came a heart. After taking two hearts, Marc heart to the king. Chagas played back a heart Smith cashed the ace of spades then played Chagas preferred to compete with 2{ over for dummy to ruff. Had Sun held the [Q, that the thirteenth heart. Declarer ruffed this. would have set up a nice defence. Chagas could 1NT, perhaps leaving open the option of run- Had declarer now cashed the last trump, it have won the {K, put Sun in with the spade ning to 2] if he heard a sharp double. That would have squeezed dummy out of a poten- and received a heart ruff. In practice, declarer allowed Sun to compete with 3{ over 2[ and tially valuable minor-suit card - a club had threw his last heart on a club and passed the now Rebillard bid 3] as a spade . already had to go on the fourth round of {Q.That lost but he had the rest; +110. Though Mme. Bernard signed off in 3[, Rebil- hearts. So declarer played a club to the ten lard went on to game, making an undisciplined without cashing the spade.That lost to the jack Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. acceptance of his own game try. Sun was on and North switched to a diamond, as he had to firm ground with her double. do. A trump return leaves the two minor-suit [3 Sun led the }K to dummy's ace. Bernard queens in dummy and the contract is only one ] K Q 7 4 2 led ace and another spade to the queen and down. Declarer guessed wrong on the dia- { 8 7 6 5 2 king and Sun switched to the {K. Bernard won mond switch, playing small, so the eight forced }9 2 the {A and ducked a spade to Sun. She played the queen. Now came the queen of clubs, queen and another club to dummy's jack and [ A 6 5N [ Q J 8 4 2 ruffed and over-ruffed, and declarer had to lose ] A J 9 3 ] 10 8 6 5 now declarer ducked a heart, knowing that a diamond at the end for down two; -100. W E { A 10 3 { Q they had to be 5-0. Chagas won the heart and } A J 6 S } 8 4 3 played back a diamond. Declarer threw a [ K 10 9 7 heart on that, ruffed the club return and drew Why Brits are superior the last trump.The {10 took care of declarer's ]– In a recent television show in the remaining low heart; two down for -500 and a UK, actor and comedian John Cleese { K J 9 4 big board for Sun/Chagas. } K Q 10 7 5 explained three reasons why the British are superior to Americans: West North East South In the nick of time Siwiec Smolski Pasternak Petty 1. They speak English. Don't park your car in the wrong 2. 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Damiani reelected to WBF presidency President José Damiani of France has been elected to a second four-year term as president. Seven vice presidents were elected: WBF Congress Jens Auken, Denmark; Patrick Choy, Hong Kong; Joan Gerard, U.S.A.; Panos The World Bridge Federation Congress meeting Gerontopoulos, Greece; Mazhar Jafri, will be held on Pakistan; George Retek, Canada, and John Wignall, New Zealand. Jean Wednesday, 26 August, at 9:30 a.m. Louis-Derivery, Guadeloupe, was elect- All countries are urged to send a delegate. ed secretary, and Retek was reelected treasurer. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Lille, France 1998 Sunday, 23 August 1998 9

King of Spain honours our President Emeritus

cial base; enlarged the world championships; The award comes soon after Ortiz-Patiño and made other reforms. (On the side, he was named by the Golf Course Superinten- played regularly on the Swiss international dents Association of America for their "Old bridge team and was a low-handicap golfer.) Tom Morris" award. It is the most important t is well recognized that there is an affinity Then he switched modes. He acquired a honour this 17.000-strong highly professional I between bridge and golf. Both games chal- quality golf course in Spain, renamed it Valder- organization can confer. Ortiz-Patiño follows lenge one's self-control and character, and rama, redesigned it, steeped himself in the the tracks of such legendary figures as Gene there are other similarities. For example, it techniques of maintenance and improvement, Sarazen, Bob Hope and Byron Nelson. helps mightily if your concentration is good and turned it into one of the world's best golf Ortiz-Patiño has come to Lille partly to enough to block out ambient phenomena. courses. contest the Seniors with Pietro Bernasconi, It is common for aficionados to play one A year ago Valderrama hosted golf's greatest the world par contest expert.They first joined game for stimulation, the other for relaxation, event, the Ryder Cup, and did it so well that it forces when representing Switzerland in the but there are some who excel at both, notably has since been chosen, along with two golf 1955 European Championships in Amsterdam the great Arnold Palmer, the most electrifying courses in the United States, to launch the (where, incidentally, the world's first official golfer of his day. new World Golf Championships, a mega-pro- daily bulletin was produced for Nederlandse Away from the player surface, however - in ject with full official backing. Bridge Bond by and Holland's the ranks of organizers - there are few who Now King Juan Carlos has bestowed on Herman Filarski). have made much of a mark at both games.And Ortiz-Patiño the highest honour Spain can From bridge to golf has not been Ortiz- there is none to rival Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, who give a foreigner, the Civil Order of Merit. (It Patiño's only transition: earlier, he was a served as WBF president for ten years, during entitles Valderrama's owner-president to be workaholic who successfully reinvigorated the which he cleaned house from top to bottom. addressed as His Excellency, but the world of family's worldwide interests.Whether his still- He introduced table screens to quell innuen- championship golf is sure to go on calling him abundant energy can find new goals in either does of cheating; put teeth into a new consti- what it does now: 'the head greenkeeper', rec- of his favourite games could be an intriguing tution and by-laws; established a sound finan- ognizing his hands-on approach to his role.) question. Shuttle Service European Seniors Committee Brown-sticker to Lille Town Centre and Delegates Meeting conventions forbidden A shuttle Service is available for players wishing to travel into town. There will be a Meeting of the Euro- No brown-sticker conventions Please go to the desk in the front of the pean Seniors Committee and European may be used in the Mixed Pairs. main hall, to make arrangements if you wish to Seniors Delegates on Wednesday 26 Brown-sticker conventions are travel into town between sessions. August starting 15 minutes after the end defined in the General Conditions Shuttles will leave from the front of the Lille of play. Grand Palais go out of the main doors and to of Contest. Penalties may be severe The room in which this Meeting is to your left where you will see the shuttles if use of a brown-sticker convention be held will be announced in tomorrow's All shuttles carry the sign: is found to cause a result that hurts WBF Shuttle to and from the Lille Bulletin, at which time the Agenda will Grand Palais. also be published. the non-offending pair.

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Hotel August September 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 Mercure Lesquin 10.00 10.00 09.25 10.00 10.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 Novotel Lesquin 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 Novotel Englos 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 Best Western Marcq 09.45 09.45 09.45 09.45 09.45 08.45 08.45 08.45 08.45 08.45 08.45 08.45 08.45 08.45 Balladins Marcq 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 Sofitel Marcq 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00 09.00

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ere are some highlights from the sec- ing the ten from dummy. South went up with Board 16. E/W Vul. Dealer West ond half of the second qualifying ses- the ace and returned the {9. Declarer H sion of the Mixed Pairs Champi- finessed and although North was able to ruff [K 9 2 onship. Our reporter took the opportunity to there was only one more defensive trick to ] K 6 3 2 check out the form of some of the World come. {J 6 Champions taking part. +790 was clearly a huge result for the Ger- } 10 5 4 3 man pair. [ Q J 3N [ A 10 8 5 4 Board 13.All Vul. Dealer North They did well on the companion board as ] A 10 7 4 ] Q 9 8 W E [ A J 8 6 well. { 8 7 4 3 { Q 10 9 S ] K Q J 6 3 Board 14. Love All. Dealer East. }J 7 }K 8 {7 [7 6 } 10 8 4 [5 2 ]J 5 ]J { A K 5 2 [ 10 9 7 2N [ K Q 4 3 ]A ]9 8 { J 10 9 3 } A Q 9 6 2 W E { K J 8 6 4 2 { 10 5 3 } A K 9 8 5 2 West North East South S [ K Q [ J 9 7 } K 5 } A J 7 3 N Smith Cedolin Smith Canes ] K 8 7 5 ] A Q 9 4 3 [5 W E ] 10 7 5 4 2 { A K 8 5 { 4 2 Pass Pass 1[ 2} S {A Q 9 } Q 6 4 } 10 7 3 2[ 3} All Pass } Q 9 6 2 [ A 10 8 6 4 3 The defence started with three rounds of ] 10 6 2 spades and declarer ruffed and played three West North East South { Q 7 6 rounds of diamonds, ruffing the third one in Buchlev Soroldoni Rauscheid Tremolada }J dummy. She now took the club finesse and West smartly dropped the jack under the 1] Pass 2] West North East South 3{ Pass Pass 3] queen! His idea was that if declarer now Buchlev Soroldoni Rauscheid Tremolada Pass Pass Dble Pass played a heart, trying to get back to dummy 3[ Pass 4[ Pass Pass 2{ (1) for another club finesse he could win with the Pass Dble All Pass 2NT All Pass ]A and play a diamond, promoting partner's king of clubs. However, declarer reasoned that (1) Multi with a singleton club West might well have When South timidly raised to only 2] contested further with 3[ and she laid down West did not hesitate to enter the auction. North led the }5 to the three, jack and the ace of clubs. Champion Andrea Rauscheid was queen. Well defended and well played! not going to let North-South buy the hand The contract was safe, because declarer At another table Klaus Reps and Daniela cheaply and not only did she reopen the bid- knew if North had the [A and the }AK he von Arnim were doing battle with France's ding she also went on to game when she dis- might have doubled 2NT. Declarer played a Marc & Franck. They had an identical auction covered her side had a spade fit. heart to the queen and a spade to his king. except East-West unwisely went on to 3[. North probably thought he was on to a When that held he ran his winning hearts. After two top diamonds and a diamond good thing, but the cards were well placed for North discarded a couple of diamonds so ruff North switched to a club and after two declarer. Nedu Buchlev took the opening lead South was endplayed in that suit to concede a tricks in that suit there was still a heart to of the king of hearts and played a spade to the spade trick and that was +180. come. -200 did not secure the French pair queen. He knew spades must be 4-1 so he A British pair found a neat defence on the many points. turned his attention to the diamond suit, play- same deal. The German pair's system netted them a West North East South huge result on the next deal. Concerning appeals M. Smith C. Smith Board 17. Love All. Dealer East. Pass Pass [ Q 8 6 3 2 When you decide to make an 1] 2} 3] 3[ ]2 appeal, you must fill out forms and All Pass make a deposit. The Appeals Com- { A K 8 6 5 mittee puts all contestants on started with the ace and king }Q 9 notice that the deposit may be of diamonds and then played the eight of dia- [ K 10N [ A J 7 5 ] Q 10 9 8 7 ] 6 4 retained even if the appeal is with- monds. His wife Charlotte ruffed and W E drawn.The reasoning is that certain returned the ]9. Marc played his remaining { 10 7 2 { Q J 3 work has to be done in each case, diamond and when East was able to ruff with } A 10 4S } J 8 6 3 so the deposit may be retained the [J West's trumps were promoted for [9 4 because of the extra work caused down two. ] A K J 5 3 by the withdrawn appeal. The British pair were also involved in an {9 4 interesting part score battle on this deal. } K 7 5 2 Lille, France 1998 Sunday, 23 August 1998 11

West North East South Combinations Kiss of Death Becker Reps Kivel von Arnim 1[ Pass 2{* How well do you know your suit combi- On this deal from the first qualifying ses- Pass 2] All Pass nations? sion of the Mixed Pairs a pair from France collected the score that all pairs players are keen to avoid. Two diamonds promised at least invitation- [4 al values in hearts and it enabled North-South Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. to stop at a low level. East led the queen of [ K Q J 9 3 2 diamonds and North won and played the }Q. [ A K J 10 4 West won and it was understandably too dif- What's the best line for five tricks? ]A 7 6 ficult to switch to a trump.When he played a We don't have access to any textbooks, { Q 10 9 diamond declarer was able to win and cash but our resident analyst gives us this table: }Q 3 the king of clubs followed by a club ruff. He [ Q 9 5 [ 6 3 2 % Finessing + - = N then ruffed a diamond and could not be pre- ] K Q J 3 2 ] 10 4 W E vented from scoring three more trump tricks. { A { K 7 5 3 +110 was worth a considerable share of the 8 10x xxxx x8 } K J 9 6S } A 7 5 2 matchpoints. 16 xx 10xxx x16 As so often seems to be the case in a 18 xxx 10xx x [8 7 match pointed event, the next board was all 18 10xx xxx x18 ] 9 8 5 about bidding. 16 10xxx xx x { J 8 6 4 2 8 xxxx 10x x } 10 8 4 Board 18.Vul North/South. Dealer North. West North East South Total 16 26 [ Q J 8 5 Beauvillain Deguillebon ] Q J 10 We have omitted the 5-1 and 6-0 breaks. Pass Pass { 8 5 3 So it seems clear that it is better to play 1] 1[ Pass Pass } 8 7 4 your cards from the top. Dble Redble 2} Pass [ 10 9 7 4N [ A K 6 3 2 3} All Pass ] K 9 7 6 5 ] 4 2 W E After a spirited auction West became { Q J 9 { 10 7 6 2 declarer in Three Clubs. }JS }K 6 Help us please East clearly didn't fancy an emaciated neg- ative double on the second round of the auc- [– The tournament (green) bag belong- ]A 8 3 tion and West reopened in such a way that a ing to Eric Kokish and a similar green club fit might have been missed. North redou- {A K 4 bag (Japan League) dis- bled to tell everyone he had a good hand. } A Q 10 9 5 3 2 appeared from the Systems Desk night South led the [8 and North took the first before last. The contents are of value three tricks in that suit, South discarding the ] West North East South primarily to the owners. Please return 5.With no attractive switch, North decided to these bags to the Systems Desk if you continue with the jack of spades. Dummy and Becker Reps Kivel von Arnim are the person who picked them up in South both discarded a heart while declarer Pass 1}* error.Thank you for your assistance. ruffed in hand with the }6. Declarer played a Pass 1{ 1[ 2} club to the ace and paying no heed to the bid- ding, a second club to the jack and North's 3[ Pass Pass 4} queen. Now the ace and another heart pro- All Pass Entry fee payments moted South's }10 for the magic +200. One Club was strong and Klaus Reps soon When players mark 'prepaid' on their found himself with a couple of bidding prob- envelope, they are requested to sign their lems. Should he bid 3NT at his second turn? name next to it. Players who mark 'prepaid' Then should he raise 4} to 5}? on the envelope without a valid cause will be Neither contract can be defeated, so failing asked to pay double the entry fee. to bid game was quite expensive. Payment is accepted in cash, traveler's Both the German pairs and the British had checks or checks in French francs drawn on a solid sessions to leave them all well placed to bank located in France. We thank you for qualify for the final. your cooperation and for understanding the importance of saving an administrative cost. This will enable us to spend more funds to make your stay here more enjoyable. At this time I would like to express my gratitude to the President of the Fédération Francaise Bridge, Michel Marmouget; his vice Coralia sponsors the Continuous Pairs presidents, and our own assistant treasurer Christine Francin for staying up until the wee hours of the morning trying to cope with the multitude of financial problems presented by Rendez-vous with the World Bridge the tournament. Championships very day at 18:40 on George Retek, Radio France Frequence Nord 94.7 or WBF treasurer in Lille 87.8 12 Sunday, 23 August 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Leading Qualifins in Mixed Pairs

1 ROSSANO E VIVALDI A ITA 185.75 79 SILVERMAN G ROCHE M CAN 164.04 157 KRISTENSEN J KROJGAARD N DNK 158.09 2 CUZZI M LANZAROTTI M ITA 185.50 80 BOURDIN M DESTOC J FRA 164.02 158 JOEGNE D SCHWEITZER H FRA 158.04 3 PASMAN J NIEMEIJEN C NLD 183.02 81 CHILDS L FREED E USA 163.99 159 LANGER D GWINNER H CHE 157.96 4 D'OVIDIO C CHEMLA P FRA 181.92 82 LIPINSKA A STREICHER V FRA 163.98 160 HALL E CURRAN D GBR 157.95 5 PONOMAREVA T KAZANTSEV O RUS 181.01 83 DE LAVILLE C CABANES B FRA 163.89 161 ROGERS R WOLFF B USA 157.92 6 VECHIATTO C ENGEL B DEU 180.11 84 ZUR ALBU M OZDIL M ISR 163.85 162 ZOBU A EKSIOGLU M TUR 157.84 7 VAN GLABBEEK H MAAS W NLD 179.95 85 O'GRADY A ROSEN R USA 163.72 163 MIRONESCU R DUPUY J FRA 157.81 8 BARRETT K BARRETT G USA 178.43 86 VRIEND B MAAS A NLD 163.58 164 REHMAN Q HARDING S GBR 157.80 9 FAYAD M HARFOUCHE G LBN 177.76 87 WOOLSEY S WOOLSEY K USA 163.58 165 LOTTE M DUBUS X FRA 157.74 10 BELLO I DORFMANN J FRA 177.62 88 DEWASME I DEHAYE B BEL 163.57 166 ZAKRZEWSKA W STEPINSKI J POL 157.73 11 LESUR S CASSAR H FRA 177.42 89 MOORE J BURN D GBR 163.53 167 LARGENTON A STRETZ F FRA 157.70 12 DUGUET M DUGUET M FRA 176.89 90 SICKA B KEJRIWAL R IND 163.47 168 HARDEMAN A SERRAS J BEL 157.67 13 BEAUMIER A BEAUMIER D FRA 176.38 91 V D SPEK BIRMAN D ISR 163.14 169 NISHIDA N SHIMIZU Y JPN 157.62 14 PEYROT N VOLDOIRE J FRA 176.38 92 HIRAMORI T MIYAKUNI K JPN 163.12 170 HEATH D MOHTASHAMI S FRA 157.60 15 KALIAKMANI A ZOTOS L GRC 175.99 93 MORETTI R ZIMMERMANN P CHE 162.79 171 POZZI G MORONI G ITA 157.49 16 LEGER R OURSEL C FRA 175.98 94 JACOBUS B JACOBUS M USA 162.77 172 JEANIN N COUNIL J FRA 157.41 17 MODLIN M COPE T ZAF 175.65 95 COUSSON M BO E FRA 162.64 173 GWOZDZINSKY M CASEN D USA 157.36 18 ISOARD M PALAU J FRA 175.47 96 ARNAL B NGUYEN J FRA 162.46 174 DICKMAN F NEMIRO D USA 157.24 19 WANG H XU H CHN 174.44 97 BIGNON B BEAUVILLAIN O FRA 162.44 175 BACZEK M CICHOCKI M POL 157.23 20 SUN M CHAGAS G CHN 174.04 98 BLOOM V EBER N ZAF 162.40 176 BERNER I COHEN D ISR 157.17 21 LISE C FAIGENBAUM A FRA 173.97 99 FOGTDAL S CHRISTIANSEN S DNK 162.40 177 FUKUDA S KAKU H JPN 157.09 22 SJOBERG M SJOBERG A SWE 173.42 100 MOSS S SOLODAR J USA 162.40 178 LIVERO C SEGRE G ITA 157.04 23 CANESI M CEDOLIN F ITA 173.25 101 BERTOLINI M GARGHENTINI C ITA 162.36 179 RUNFORS M SVENZON L SWE 156.94 24 KITABGI A NAHMIAS A FRA 172.86 102 SINGH U PROF WADIA IND 162.27 180 LEBLANC M FENN P ESP 156.93 25 RAUSCHEID A BUCHLEV N DEU 172.43 103 ROBB M GILL P AUS 162.13 181 GROMOVA V SHUDNEV A RUS 156.88 26 TRUSCOTT D TRUSCOTT A USA 171.37 104 BATTIN B XERRI J FRA 161.92 182 URRUTICOECHEA B ROUQUILLAUD S ESP 156.87 27 SNEPVANGERS I MOMMERS M NLD 171.16 105 GIANNINI S BROCCOLI F ITA 161.71 183 WOLPERT H WOLPERT D CAN 156.79 28 GRAND M AZOULAY Y FRA 170.89 106 NAKAO T IMAKURA T JPN 161.65 184 JIANG L DING Y CHN 156.59 29 SKOPINSKA E WITKOWSKI P POL 170.83 107 GODFREY L PAGAN I GBR 161.64 185 MANGO J PARASRAMPURIA B IND 156.52 30 ZALEWSKA J GOLEBIOWSKI S POL 170.58 108 POULAIN T GRAPINET G FRA 161.56 186 KOZYRA E RATYNSKI A POL 156.50 31 PASTERNAK M SIWIEC W POL 170.56 109 HIRON M HIRON A GBR 161.52 187 HAEMMERLI C LASOCKI K POL 156.46 32 WAKSMAN S DE MONVAL C FRA 170.07 110 SMITH N CLIFFE R GBR 161.49 188 BOISSE P MORIN L FRA 156.31 33 BLOUQUIT C BOMPIS M FRA 169.91 111 MOERS J ZUKER P FRA 161.43 189 SHLANNON D BENNETT H USA 156.29 112 AVON D MALIGNON R FRA 161.38 34 SPEELMAN B PAULISSEN G NLD 169.73 190 SIMPSON J SIMPSON C GBR 156.26 35 COLONNA O LIGAMBI L ITA 169.72 113 EYTHORSDOTTIR H CHEEK C USA 161.32 191 SIMON S LIPTON A GBR 156.24 36 LEWIS L LEWIS P USA 169.69 114 GUILLAUMIN F GUILLAUMIN P FRA 161.25 192 BALKIN D GOWER G ZAF 156.23 37 CHORUS M JANSMA J NLD 169.65 115 GOTARD B GOTARD T DEU 161.23 193 MALDINI D FIORINI F SMR 156.19 38 POLET CARCASSONNE LABAERE A BEL 169.22 116 GOCHWOLZ M BITRAN A FRA 161.12 194 BUDD M HARRIS M GBR 156.15 39 LEVIN J LEVIN B USA 168.86 117 GARCIA C WEINSTOCK P BRA 161.09 195 PICUS S RIGAL B USA 156.11 40 FLORIN DUPUIS M 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