ALT Mixed BULLETIN 3 THE ALT Thursday, May 21, 2020 editor: MIXED TEAMS [email protected] logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld big data: Joyce Tito MAY 18 - 22, 2020

Semi-Excitement The Mangoes winning streak was broken yesterday, when they lost to Ferm in the first match, then tied with Donner in the second. The team is still leading, with Pepsi less than a quarter of a VP behind.

Meltzer is third, but in the last round they face Ferm, who are attempting a late comeback. Meltzer PRE-BULLETIN can affordTHE to lose ALT by 16-4 and still be sure of theirMonday, place May in11, 2020the top 4. editor: Christina Lund Madsen Donner is in 4th and face a difficult match [email protected] Pepsi, who are in pursuit of first place. If Ferm beat INVITATIONALMeltzer, Donner cannot afford a big defeat. logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld MAY 11-15, 2020 big data: Joyce Tito The bottom 3 are without chances for the top 4, but they have fought and entertained us well. online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online To those we must part with today, we thank you for your amazing spirits and for making the first Alt Mixed Teams a success.

THE ALT INVITATIONAL PRE-BULLETIN Important NoticeTHE ALT Today’sMonday, Schedule May 11, 2020 R. 7 and Semi editor: Christina Lund Madsen MAY 11-15, 2020 Thursday [email protected] 21 Thursday May 21 All players shouldINVITATIONAL enter BBO 10 logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld MAY 11-15, 2020 10.00 EDT/16.00big data: JoyceCET Tito 14.30 EDT/20.30 CET onlineminutes bridge events before organized their by match bid72, bridge24 starts &at netbridge.online online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24Mangoes & netbridge.online - Cole Semifinals the latest. Tournament director Denis Donner - Pepsi Dobrin is waiting for you and will Ferm - Meltzer instruct you where to sit. Gupta - Koeppel THE ALT INVITATIONAL

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sign up for the newsletter - 1 - Ferm Defense by Christina Lund Madsen

In round 4 Barbara Ferm found an excel- WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH lent defense against Joe Grue. Tebha Brink Grue Ferm 1♥ 3. S / EW 2♥ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ All pass ♠ K 2 ♥ K95 2♥ showed spades and a minor. ♦ 986543 ♣ T4 Ferm found the lead of the ♦K. Declarer ♠ AJ643 N ♠ Q98 played the ace from dummy, North the ♥ Q W E ♥ JT32 nine. East played the jack of clubs off ♦ AQJT2 S ♦ 7 dummy, won by South's ace. ♣ QJ ♣ K9852 ♠ T75 Seeing the stiff queen of hearts in dummy, ♥ A8764 South underlead her heart ace to North's ♦ K king. Brink returned the ♦3, East ruffing ♣ A763 with the queen, while South pitched a heart. East tried his best by playing spade to the ace and a spade, but North won the king and Barbara Ferm could play a diamond, promo- ting South's ten for down one. At the other table, EW were in 3♠ making 4. Only one other pair managed to beat 4♠.

Team Ferm lost the match by 14 IMPs, but despite that Barbara Ferm was happy.

"I had two great moments this match. My defense on board 3 and the compliment I got from Joe on board 9."

Complimenting the opponents is the spirit of the Alt.

- 2 - Results / Ranking

RR5 IMPs VPs Semifinal opponents and C/O Mangoes - Ferm 32-53 5.24-14.76 The carry over into the semifinals is fix- Gupta - Donner 13-34 5.24-14.76 ed. Winner of the RR gets 10.1 IMP C/O, Koeppel - Cole 76-26 18.63-1.37 second gets 6.1. Meltzer - Pepsi 28-31 9.18-10.82 Number 1 can choose between num- bers 3 & 4 and has to announce this within half an hour after the end of RR6 IMPs VPs round 7. Mangoes - Donner 37-37 10.00-10.00 Ferm - Cole 91-22 20.00-0.00 Gupta - Pepsi 16-54 2.68-17.32 Koeppel - Meltzer 34-15 4.72-15.28 Link to results

After Round 6 VPs Alt Mixed results 1. MANGOES 78.13 Link to previous Alts & bulletins 2. PEPSI 77.94 Bulletins 3. MELTZER 74.47 4. DONNER 69.49 5. FERM 61.13 6. KOEPPEL 50.84 7. GUPTA 44.37 Follow us on Facebook 8. COLE 23.62 Click the link

Rules and regulations The numbers 1 through 4 from the round robin will go to the semifinals. In case of a tie in victory points: 1. the mutual result will decide 2. still equal: the most ’wins’ (BAM-ish) will decide. 3. after that: the team with the highest IMP score on a board will go through

The winner of the round robin may choose its opponent between the teams placed 3 and 4. The cap- tain will mail their choice to [email protected] within an hour after the round robin is finished. If late, then matches will be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3.

- 3 - Late Arrivals By

In the days before television had taken a Whatever 5♥ was asking for North stranglehold on football I was a season thought he had it. East led the ♠4 and ticket holder at Nottingham Forest. Having declarer won with dummy's ace, cashed misjudged how long it would take me the top hearts, ruffed a spade and exited to walk to the ground from the hostelry with a , pitching dummy's ♦J. where we enjoyed our pre-match drinks I East won and played another spade and arrived at 15.02 to discover that the score declarer ruffed, unblocked the diamonds, was already Nottingham Forest 2 Everton came to hand with a club and cashed the 0 - and it remained that way until the end last heart throwing dummy's spade. It of the match. Those missing goals were says West now pitched the ♦Q, so declarer consigned to the mists of time. could claim, +980.

If you were late taking your seats for Closed Room yesterdays matches you would have WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH missed all the excitement: Tebha Bianchedi Grue Cole Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. — 2♥ Pass 2NT* ♠ Q Pass 3♣* Pass 4♥ ♥ J 9 8 7 4 3 ♦ 10 9 6 All Pass ♣ A K 2 2NT Enquiry ♠ K 10 9 8 6 ♠ J 7 4 3♣ Maximum with a feature in clubs ♥ 6 5 ♥ Q 10 2 ♦ Q 8 2 ♦ 7 5 4 3 ♣ J 6 3 ♣ 8 7 4 When South made no move, 11 IMPs ♠ A 5 3 2 changed hands. ♥ A K ♦ A K J Board 2. Dealer East. NS Vul. ♣ Q 10 9 5 ♠ A K 2 ♥ A Q 5 4 2 Open Room ♦ 8 6

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♣ Q J 10 ♠ 7 6 4 ♠ Q J 10 9 5 Botta Grossack Manno Koeppel ♥ K 10 6 3 ♥ 9 8 — 2♥ Pass 2NT* ♦ 7 4 ♦ 9 3 2 Pass 3♣* Pass 5♥* ♣ 7 4 3 2 ♣ K 8 5 ♠ 8 3 Pass 6♥ All Pass ♥ J 7 ♦ A K Q J 10 5 2NT Enquiry ♣ A 9 6 3♣ Feature

- 4 - Open Room Closed Room

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Botta Grossack Manno Koeppel Tebha Bianchedi Grue Cole — — Pass 1♦ — — 2♠ 3♦ Pass 1♥ 1♠ 3♦ 3♠ Dble Pass 4♦ Pass 3♠* Pass 4♦ Pass 4NT* Pass 5♦ Pass 4NT* Pass 5♦* Pass 5♥* Pass 6♦ Pass 7NT All Pass Pass 6NT All Pass

4NT RKCB 4NT RKCB 5♦ 3 key cards 5♦ 3 key cards 5♥ ♦Q? East's delayed into the auction did not inconvenience NS, but one of them Here East got in the first blow, but NS had (can you guess which one?) was definitely no trouble reaching a slam. wearing his rose-coloured spectacles. It was an unlucky way to lose 13 IMPs. East led the ♠Q and a couple of In case you are interested, +980 and +1470 later South was busy apologising to the were enough to give Ferm those same 24 opponents - but inscribing +2220 onto the IMPs against the leading Mangoes, suffe- score sheet. ring their first defeat so far of 5.24-14.76.

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Do you ever wonder who ensures the event runs smoothly, invites players to the table and makes sure results are up dire- ctly after the last table finishes? The answer is Anton Osipov and Denis Dobrin from Russia. Denis is also an EBL- director and our TD in the ALT. Thanks to their excel- lent software we are able to provide perfect scoring of all matches. Spasibo!

- 5 - Invitational By Toine van Hoof

One of the great things about the Alt Now what would you do as South if your online events is that the same boards are partner opens in second seat with 1NT, played in all matches, enabling us to com- promising 12-15 HCP? Anna Gulevich pare the varying actions taken by expert invited, showing her four spades in the players. process (2♣-2♥-2♠), and passed when Andrei Gromov showed a minimum with In the second match of The Alt Mixed 2NT. Teams South was dealt this hand on board 16 (West dealer, EW vulnerable): And what would you do if the 1NT ope- ning bid promises 10-13 HCP? ♠ J 10 7 4 Most of us would not even consider a ♥ 10 9 7 raise. Christina Lund Madsen, however, ♦ Q J 2 thought "This is the first time I am in an ♣ A K 4 invitational, so let’s be invitational." She bid 2NT and Bas Drijver, holding a

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH maximum in his range, raised to 3NT. Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ This contract proved to be unbeatable but Pass 1NT Pass ? declarer needed to play carefully:

Board 16. Dealer West. EW Vul. The 1NT rebid shows 12-14 HCP. Should South with a 4-3-3-3 eleven count with ♠ Q 8 two tens and a nine take another bid? ♥ K Q J 3 ♦ A 8 6 3 Gary Donner didn’t think so. His pessi- ♣ J 6 2 mistic Pass (great phrase indeed, Mark) ♠ 9 6 3 ♠ A K 5 2 resulted in the loss of 6 IMPs. ♥ A 6 4 2 ♥ 8 5 ♦ 9 7 ♦ K 10 5 4 Signe Buus Thomsen had a different view ♣ 10 8 7 3 ♣ Q 9 5 and raised 1NT to 3NT. ♠ J 10 7 4 ♥ 10 9 7 Cédric Lorenzini, Bénédicte Cronier, Margie ♦ Q J 2 Cole and Morten Bilde did the sensible ♣ A K 4 thing by inviting with 2NT (either by bid- ding 2NT directly or through 2♣ puppet). WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Cullin Drijver Michielsen Lund Madsen All North players duly bid 3NT, except for Vinita Gupta who took Bilde’s direct 2NT Pass 1NT Pass 2NT bid as conventional and ended up in 4♦. Pass 3NT All Pass

- 6 - East led the ace of spades, West contri- buting the nine and North unblocking the queen. Now East switched to the ♦5. Drijver won in dummy with the ♦Q, played a heart to the king and a heart to the ten.

Cullin did well by ducking twice, thwar- ting declarer’s communications. At this point the best line is to develop dummy’s spades. Presuming both the ♠K and ♦K are with East, nothing can prevent declarer from taking two spades, two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. If East, after win- ning the ♠K switches to a club, declarer wins in dummy and plays a third heart for his ninth trick. Zach Grossack even managed to make an Drijver, however, continued hearts. Cullin overtrick by squeezing East in the minors took the ♥A and returned a diamond in (small spade lead to the queen, diamond to this position: the queen, ♥10, ♥9 taken by the ace, spade to the king, ♠A, spade to the ten, diamond ♠ 8 to the ace, ♥Q and ♥J). ♥ Q ♦ A 8 6 Against Alejandro Bianchedi’s 3NT Naren ♣ J 6 2 Gupta and Debbie Rosenberg defended ♠ 6 3 ♠ K 5 well by ducking the first four tricks. East ♥ 6 ♥ – led the ♥8, ducked by Rosenberg to the ♦ 9 ♦ K 10 4 jack. Declarer advanced the ♠Q, ducked ♣ 10 8 7 3 ♣ Q 9 5 by Gupta, and played a diamond, ducked, ♠ J 10 7 to the queen. The ♥10 was also allowed to ♥ – hold. When declarer continued with the ♦ J 2 ♥9 Rosenberg rose with the ace, East shed- ♣ A K 4 ding a spade, and played the ♣2. Bianchedi tried the jack and Gupta covered North had to so East won with the with the queen. Declarer can still prevail if ♦K. Michielsen was preparing to he ducks this trick, but he took the ♣A and dummy with a diamond so she would played for the diamonds to split: 1 down. have the ♣Q as the setting trick, but Drijver cleverly threw the ♦J under the was confronted with king and claimed nine tricks. Had the nine the toughest defense. Sylvie Willard led a and four of diamonds been switched, he diabolic ♣9. When declarer put up the ace, would have gone down. she was on her way to defeat. She took a losing diamond . East returned How did the other 4 declarers do in 3NT? a heart to her partner’s ace and Marc Two of them had an easy route to 9 tricks Bompis accurately returned a club. The when West prematurely took the ♥A. contract went two off.

- 7 - Boots or Slippers? By Martin Cantor

For Round 5 I sat down to watch the so far Many pairs these days would rebid 2NT undefeated leaders Mangoes take on the with the North hand, relying on a check- surprisingly lowly-placed Ferm. Elsewhere back mechanism to find any spade fit, but in this bulletin Mark Horton has men- showing the spade suit first is still stan- tioned how Ferm got off to an explosive dard in some parts of Europe. You can see start when de Wijs and Wortel had their why Drijver doubled asking, as is traditi- bidding boots on to bid slams on the first onal, for dummy’s first suit. two boards while their slipper-wearing Now that they had “arranged” for South to opponents stayed in game. be declarer NS were lucky that West didn’t hold a higher club. A few boards later one half of the other Lund Madsen led a club as asked, but Ferm pair also put his bidding boots on, when East returned a spade declarer could but this time he would have done better to count eleven tricks. She tried to squeeze a tread silently: twelfth but to no avail, and had to settle with a smile for +1150 on what was a Board 7. S / All normal game hand.

♠ KQT3 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♥ AT6 Baroni de Wijs Bessis Wortel ♦ AQ3 — — — Pass ♣ K76 ♠ J542 N ♠ 976 Pass 1♣* Pass 1♦* ♥ Q82 W E ♥ J74 Pass 1NT Pass 2♦* ♦ J62 S ♦ 54 Pass 2♥* Pass 3♦ ♣ 432 ♣ AQJT9 ♠ A8 Pass 4♥ All Pass ♥ K953 ♦ KT987 1♣ 2+ balanced not 15-17 ♣ 85 1♦ hearts, can have longer diamonds 1NT 18-19

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 2♦ transfer L. Madsen Franceschetti Drijver Setton Bessis led a spade, declarer ducked a trump — — — Pass back to Bessis who cashed his ace of clubs Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥ and played another. When trumps broke Pass 1♠* Pass 1NT de Wijs claimed for an overtrick and 650 Pass 3NT Dbl All Pass and will have been surprised and disap- pointed in equal measure to have lost 11 1♠ can be balanced IMPs on the board.

- 8 - That helped Mangoes to get close to Ferm on the scoreboard, but a bidding disaster when Setton passed what Francescheti clearly intended as a led to a missed game.

As the match entered the final straight Ferm were well placed, with a lead of 17 IMPs, to destroy their opponents’ unbe- aten record. Then came this, where once more de Wijs and Mortel put their boots on to bid faultlessly to a straightforward slam, while Franceschetti and Setton stayed comfortably in their slippers and WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH didn’t so much as sniff it: Baroni de Wijs Bessis Wortel — — — 1♦* Board 19. S / EW Pass 3♣* Pass 4♣* ♠ AT Pass 4♠* Pass 4NT* ♥ T6 Pass 5♠* Pass 6♦ ♦ KQ542 All Pass ♣ 6542 ♠ 98765 N ♠ Q3 1♦ 4441 single ♣ or 5+ unbalanced ♥ J432 W E ♥ A875 ♦ 6 S ♦ 73 3♣ artificial limit ♦ support 4♣ & 4♠cuebids ♣ 973 ♣ KQJT8 ♠ KJ42 On this board the play was not the thing, ♥ KQ9 especially when a heart was led, as it was ♦ AJT98 in both rooms, and both made 12 tricks ♣ A (against 3NT West discarded a spade on the run of the diamonds to give the WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH twelfth). L. Madsen Franceschetti Drijver Setton As someone who makes far too many mis- takes himself I’m loathe to criticise, but I — — — 1♦ think Setton’s 3NT is a very poor effort. It Pass 3♦* Pass 3NT resulted in a further 10 IMPs to Ferm,and All Pass although Mangoes pulled 6 back on the final hand, Ferm ended with a convincing 3♦ 9-11 14.76 - 5.24 win.

- 9 - Victim of the Day by Christina Lund Madsen May Sakr

How do you pass time during corona? I won my very first trophy in a beauty pageant at the age of 8. - I am home most of the time, playing I used to own a bakery in USA and my spe- bridge until 4am almost every day, using cialty was decorating wedding cakes. video (Zoom) sometimes with great fri- ends, like my weekly date with Allison What has surprised you the most about Howard and Gigi. I am also trying to exer- your life with bridge? cise more than just walking (or running) to the wine cellar. - I really didn’t expect to fall in love with the social aspect of bridge. How do you pass time when there is no corona? Who do you secretly dream of (playing with)? - I travel a lot, I love the nice hotels, the live bridge, the casual dinners, the nice com- - Ummm, my dreams in this department pany and the good wine. are met but if I have to pick I would love to play with Zia and . When and how did you begin to play bridge? Morten Bilde’s questions for you: What is the Corona situation in Lebanon - - I began to play with some friends in my how do you cope? 20s for fun but I fell in love with the game when I started playing with K. Martens in - We are almost over Corona in Lebanon 2010. and everything started reopening. The negative side for me is that I constantly If you were on a deserted island and you worry about my daughter who is a doctor could only do one of these three things, working at a hospital in Boston, and my which would you choose? other daughter living in Milano. A. Drink wine B. Have sex C. Try to swim home. What are the possibilities of making bridge popular in Lebanon and countries like - Lol, I choose A at first for sure. Lebanon?

Tell us 3 things about yourself that not - I wish that Bridge is more popular among many people know. the youth in Lebanon, I think the best way to make it popular is to teach it at - I created and produced the two most the schools or universities, I have tried popular magazines for teenagers in that and I even opened a bridge school in Lebanon for many years. (Last month I Lebanon for a while. read on insta that the magazines are still circulating and popular.)

- 10 - When was toughest time during your life so far?

- During the war in Lebanon, I was held at gunpoint when I was 18 and my car was stolen from me. I also survived a bomb the very next day.

Who do you want to partner, kiss, kill bet- ween Andrei Gromov, Dominic Filipowicz and Anna Gulevich?

- Hahaha, I would kiss Anna because she is adorable, partner Andrei Gromov, and kill Dominic because he hasn’t taken me out dancing in a very long time.

Do you have any tattoos? And if so, where? May Sakr

- I don’t have any tatoos but would like one on my arm, I just can’t decide exactly Who from the Alt Mixed do you think where yet. should be the next victim for questioning in the bulletin? If you had five more minutes with someone Tell us something you would like to know who has passed away, who would you spend about this person. them with and how? - I would nominate Margie Cole. I wonder - I would spend it eating pizza and drin- how things are in New York at the king beer with my dad. moment and how she got into bridge.

Give me a hand

Since I play myself and cannot watch you all at once, I hope you will tell me about brilliancies and disasters.

You can also tell me about highlights from your week in quarantine (like going grocery shopping) or tell me a story about your partner that not many know.

Write me at [email protected]. Christina Lund Madsen

- 11 - Teams / Players / Nicknames

Gupta Cole Vinita Gupta Vinita Alejandro Bianchedi alecuque Naren Gupta Nareng Andrea Manno Maqeda Debbie Rosenberg Debrose Giorgia Botta gio 89 Martine Verbeek Sissy88 Ida Gronkvist Halko Morten Bilde Ballebo Margie Cole mtc146 Huub Bertens H Bertens Pepsi Koeppel Andrei Gromov Agromov017 Anam Tebha anamtebha Anna Gulevich Katt Joe Grue joegrue Danuta Kazmucha dana_5 Signe Buus Thomsen Thomsen Dominic Filipowicz consus88 Zach Grossack germs345 Jacek Pszczola pikolo Lynne Koeppel lgkoeppel May Sakr mayyou

Meltzer Donner Benedict Cronier patapon2 Kevin Dwyer kdwyer Catherine D’Ovidio emotion Cecilia Rimstedt Cillar Marc Bompis Bompis Lady007 Michel Abecassis mik22 Per-Ola Cullin pocken Nick Demirev ndemirev Sandra Rimstedt Sandria Rose Meltzer rcm Gary Donner Gdonnersc1 Sylvie Willard whywhy Ferm Mangoes Barbara Ferm Bjf54 malpaluche Sjoert Brink sjoertBr Irene Baroni princi Bas Drijver BasDr Cedric Lorenzini pierced Christina L. Madsen christinas Daniela von Arnim darnim Simon de Wijs sm1 Hilda Setton explumber Meike Wortel meikever Pierre Franceschetti gewd

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