8th World Youth Bridge Team Championship

RIO DE JANEIRO MANGARATIBA, 6-15 August 2001

Wednesday, 8 August 2001 Bulletin 2 DAILY BULLETIN

Editor: Mark Horton – Co-editor: Stefan Back – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis Israel Lead The Wide Open Race

The last unbeaten record fell yesterday evening when the new leaders Israel crashed to defeat against Brazil. The Netherlands failed to take ad- vantage of that slip up as they went under to Aus- tralia by the identical score of 9-21VP. China took full advantage of these upsets to move into second place as they demolished Chi- nese Taipei 25-2. The overnight leaders Thailand demonstrated that they are certainly going to be involved in the race for a top four finish as they came through their longest day with excellent vic- tories against both The Netherlands and USA I, which sees them in third place just ahead of the lat- ter of those two teams. Wish you were here Then come Canada and The Netherlands, fol- lowed by Brazil, Denmark and Norway, these last VU-GRAPH three teams being covered by just half a victory Round 6 - 10.30 h DENMARK v USA II point. Round 7 - 16.30 h NORWAY v THAILAND The field is so tightly packed that it is still theo- Round 8 - 21.00 h ISRAEL v USA I retically possible for any of the teams to qualify, al- though New Zealand, CAC and Chinese Taipei al- ready have a minor mountain to climb. Table of Contents In today's matches Israel start with the bye but Program ...... 2 then face two dangerous opponents in the shape of Results ...... 2 The Netherlands and USA I. Another highlight Mister and Miss Count ...... 3 In the Steps of Tuszynski ...... 3 promises to be the encounter between Thailand France v Norway ...... 4 and China.Watch out for Canada, who will be hop- The World Junior Pairs and Junior Camp in Poland . . . 6 ing to score heavily against three of the struggling Israel v Thailand ...... 8 teams. Championship Diary ...... 10 8th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

TODAY’S PROGRAM RESULTS OF ROUND 4 6 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs ROUND 1 FRANCE CANADA 40 - 41 15 - 15 1 CHINESE TAIPEI CANADA 2USA II CHINA 26- 44 11 - 19 3 CHINESE TAIPEI NORWAY 57 - 85 9 - 21 2ARGENTINA CHINA 4 ARGENTINA EGYPT 48 - 41 16 - 14 3 CAC NORWAY 5 CAC USA I 15 -109 0 - 25 4 THAILAND EGYPT 6 THAILAND NETHERLANDS 50 - 47 16 - 14 5 AUSTRALIA USA I 7 AUSTRALIA ISRAEL 30 - 628 - 22 6 BRAZIL NETHERLANDS 8 bye BRAZIL - 0 - 18 7 bye ISRAEL 9 DENMARK NEW ZEALAND 33 - 20 18 - 12 8 DENMARK USA II 9 NEW ZEALAND FRANCE RESULTS OF ROUND 5

ROUND 7 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 CANADA USA II 43 - 37 16 - 14 1 CANADA ARGENTINA 2CHINA CHINESE TAIPEI 79 - 8 25- 2 2CHINA CAC 3 NORWAY ARGENTINA 56 - 49 16 - 14 3 NORWAY THAILAND 4 EGYPT CAC 53 - 33 19 - 11 4 EGYPT AUSTRALIA 5 USA I THAILAND 63 - 75 13 - 17 5 USA I BRAZIL 6 NETHERLANDS AUSTRALIA 27 - 54 9 - 21 6 NETHERLANDS ISRAEL 7 ISRAEL BRAZIL 39 - 67 9 - 21 7 CHINESE TAIPEI DENMARK 8 FRANCE DENMARK 58 - 39 19 - 11 8 USA II NEW ZEALAND 9 NEW ZEALAND bye - 18 - 0 9 FRANCE bye RANKING ROUND 8 AFTER 5 ROUNDS 1 CAC CANADA 2THAILAND CHINA 1 ISRAEL 98 3 AUSTRALIA NORWAY 2 CHINA 95 4 BRAZIL EGYPT 3 THAILAND 92 5 ISRAEL USA I 4 USA 1 91 6 bye NETHERLANDS 7 DENMARK ARGENTINA 5 CANADA 90 8 NEW ZEALAND CHINESE TAIPEI 6 NETHERLANDS 88 9 FRANCE USA II 7 BRAZIL 81.5 DENMARK 81.5 RESULTS OF ROUND 3 9 NORWAY 81 10 USA 2 80 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 CANADA NEW ZEALAND 93 - 19 25 - 1 11 EGYPT 79 2 CHINA FRANCE 50 - 28 20 - 10 12 ARGENTINA 69 3 NORWAY USA II 32- 69 7 - 23 13 FRANCE 68 4 EGYPT CHINESE TAIPEI 39 - 21 19 - 11 5 USA I ARGENTINA 22 - 43 11 - 19 14 AUSTRALIA 59 6 NETHERLANDS CAC 65 - 31 22 - 8 15 NEW ZEALAND 45 7 ISRAEL THAILAND 41 - 13 21 - 9 8 BRAZIL AUSTRALIA 65 - 26 23 - 7 16 CAC 33 9 DENMARK bye - 18 - 0 17 CHINESE TAIPEI 27

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Mister and Miss Count In the Steps by Ib Lundby of Tuszynski here are three kinds of bridge players.Those who can count, ou may recall this deal from Monday's opening round. In the Tand those who can't. Ymatch between Israel and Argentina, a deceptive lead reaped Well, the role as a bridge player involves a little more com- a huge dividend. plex maths than this. Have a look at this hand from Denmark's match versus Canada in round 2: 3. Dealer South. East/West Vul. Session 2. Board 20. Dealer West.All Vul. [ A 6 4 3 [ Q 10 5 4 ] 10 8 6 4 ]Q {8 6 { A K J 6 4 2 } A J 6 }4 2 [ J 5N [ K 10 9 8 2 ]Q 9 ]J 3 [ 2[ A N K 9 W E 8 7 6 ] 8 7 6 5 ] K J 10 { A Q J 5 4 3 { 10 9 W E { 10 9 8 5 { Q } Q 8 7S } 10 9 4 2 } 10 8 7 3S } J 9 6 [Q 7 [J 3 ] A K 7 5 2 ] A 9 4 3 2 { K 7 2 {7 3 } K 5 3 } A K Q 5 Open Room The bidding in the Open Room: West North East South West North East South Pellegrini Roll Bauenna Schneider Marquardsen Schaltz 1] Pass 1{ 1[ 2] 2{ 3{ Pass 4] Pass 2[(1) Pass 3} All Pass Pass 3NT All Pass (1) Minimum West led the jack of spades, but declarer made no mistake, going up with the ace and cashing two rounds of hearts.The club Lead: [9. was right, so +420 for Israel. Andreas Marquardsen won the lead with the [J and at once tried the diamond finesse, losing to the bare queen. Bad luck. Closed Room In the closed room Vincent Demuy won the spade lead in his hand and played a low diamond, thereby scoring the jackpot with West North East South the actual 4-1 distribution.With diamonds 3-2 there are no prob- Varshavsky Madala Liran Pugliese lems, but the Canadian line takes care of the actual layout and 1] gives declarer the opportunity to finesse later if the play so far Pass 2NT(1) Pass 3{ increases the odds for diamonds to be 4-1. Even if diamonds are 3-2 you have done no harm if the {Q is with West. Pass 4] All Pass On the other hand you don't have to give up, if you finesse at once and it succeeds.You shift to a spade to break the defensive (1) North's 2NT promised a good heart raise or better. communications, and you still have a small chance of getting the ninth trick via the ]9, if diamonds prove to be 4-1. West declined to and also refrained from doubling I am not to judge. I can't count! Three Diamonds. There was a fair chance that declarer would now have ducked a spade lead, allowing East to win and switch to a diamond, but West had a different idea in mind when he led What you always wanted to know the nine of hearts! about Brazil... but never dared to ask! Declarer played dummy's ten and took East's jack with the king. He crossed to dummy with a winning club finesse and ran Gestures and sounds the eight of hearts. To say no to something a clicking with your tongue It must have been quite a surprise to see it lose to the queen is frequently used. and Israel had gained 10 IMPs. Index finger and thumb playing with your ear means that something is really good! There was a similar hand in the final of the 2000 Olympiad be- And you should feel called whenever you hear a tween Italy and Poland where Tuszynski made a similarly brilliant lead. sound like Psiu. However, experienced declarers do not consider it likely that a de- fender will lead a singleton and the redoubtable Lorenzo Lau- ria took the winning view by dropping the queen.

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FRANCE v NORWAY

uropean teams have won six of the seven previous Champi- Closed Room Eonships, and both these teams would be hoping to increase West North East South that number by one. The match turned out to be a low scoring affair, with only Bessis Charlsen Gaviard Ellested three significant swings. 1] 1[ Pass 4[ 4NT Board 3. Dealer South. East/West Vul Dble 5} Dble 5{ [ 9 8 6 Dble All Pass ]– This time North-South were allowed to play the hand.West { J 10 3 led the ace of spades and South ruffed and played the queen of } K 10 9 8 7 3 2 clubs. East has to that in order to defeat the contract, but [ A Q J 10 5 3 [ K 7 4 2 he made the mistake of winning, perhaps hoping to score his jack N on the next round of the suit. However, declarer made no mis- ] K 7 ] Q J 5 4 3 2 take and recorded 11 tricks, +550 and 10 IMPs for Norway. { K 5 4W E { 8 }5 4S }A J Session 2. Board 10. Dealer East.All Vul. [– [A ] A 10 9 8 6 ] 8 3 2 { A Q 9 7 6 2 { K J 2 }Q 6 } A 10 9 6 5 3 Open Room [ K 10 5N [ 9 7 4 3 ] A 10 6 ] K Q 4 West North East South W E Harr Bessis Kvangraven de Tessieres { Q 9 6 4 3 { 10 7 1] } 7 4S } K J 8 2 1[ Pass 2] 3{ [ Q J 8 6 2 4[ 5} 5[ All Pass ] J 9 7 5 { A 8 5 The South hand is of a type that has been presented to most }Q of the World's distinguished bidding panels, and they are firmly in Open Room favour of bidding One Diamond - at least on a piece of paper. When East showed a good raise in spades and West went to West North East South game, North was able to deduce that his partner was likely to Harr Bessis Kvangraven de Tessieres have some help in clubs and found the courageous bid of Five Pass Pass Clubs. Pass 1} Pass 2}! East went on to Five Spades and North led the jack of dia- monds. South took the ace and switched to the ace of hearts. All Pass North scored a heart for +100. There is nothing on the to indicate why South might respond Two Clubs, especially since the opening bid might have been on a three card suit. East led a top heart and Learn The Language! switched to the ten of diamonds. North won and played a low club but East went in with the king and played a second diamond Which phrases do you use, when you fall in love with ruff. He eventually collected a diamond ruff to go with three 1) your partner, 2) your opponent or 3) the charming hearts and two trump tricks, +100. duplicator? Closed Room a) Eu gosto de voce. (I like you) West North East South b) Voce e muito lindo/linda. Bessis Charlsen Gaviard Ellested (You are handsome/pretty) Pass Pass Pass 1} Pass 1[ c) Sou livre e desimpedido. (I am free and single.) Pass 2} Pass 2] All Pass d) Sou casado/casada e tenho seis filhos. South has to play carefully to make Two Hearts.West led the (I´m married with six children) three of diamonds to dummy's jack, and declarer cashed dummy's black aces. There are various ways to get home from

4 6-15 August 2001 8th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP here but also ways to go down - ruffing a low club at this point along the same lines to make such a bid. for example. However, declarer took one of the winning lines to Missing the slam cost France 11 IMPs. record +110. Session 2. Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. Session 2. Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ K 8 7 [7 2 ] A 4 3 ] A Q 10 6 4 2 { J 8 6 { Q J 10 8 } Q 10 5 4 }4 [ 9 5 3N [ A Q 10 6 2 [ J 9 5 3N [ A K Q 10 8 ] 10 9 6 ] Q ]J 3 ]– W E W E { Q 3 2{ A 7 { A 9 6 { K 3 } 7 S 6 3 2} A K J 9 8 } J 8 6 5S } K Q 10 9 7 2 [J 4 [6 4 ] K J 8 7 5 2 ] K 9 8 7 5 { K 10 9 5 4 { 7 5 4 2 }– }A 3 Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Harr Bessis Kvangraven de Tessieres Harr Bessis Kvangraven de Tessieres Pass Pass 1[ 3} Pass Pass 3] 4} Pass Pass 2] 4} 4] Pass Dble All Pass 4[ 5{ 5] Pass 6{ Pass 6[ All Pass North did well to double Four Clubs. Declarer ruffed the sec- ond round of hearts and cashed the ace of spades. A winning Four Clubs was 'Leaping Michaels' promising spades as well. guess in spades would allow him to escape for one down, but he When West was able to bid Four Spades, East only needed to got it wrong and was -500. find his partner with a ace to be reasonably confident Closed Room that Six spades would be cold and so it proved. West North East South Closed Room Bessis Charlsen Gaviard Ellested West North East South Pass Pass 1} 2NT Bessis Charlsen Gaviard Ellested Pass 3} 3[ Pass Pass 4} All Pass Pass 1] 2] 3] This time declare escaped for one down, so France picked up 4[ Pass 5} Pass 9 IMPs. However, it was Norway who won, 35-20 IMPs. 5[ All Pass

Here the more frequent version of the Michaels convention came into play. For reasons best known to himself West did not his ace of diamonds. From East's point of view it was pos- sible his partner's ace, if he had one, was in clubs but it was too risky to go on. e-bridge's special offer to Juniors Perhaps East might have bid Five Hearts, suggesting a control in every suit, rather than Five Clubs but you need to be thinking participating in 8th World Youth Bridge Team Championship What you always wanted to know Juniors participating in the Championship can get a 60% discount to e-bridge during the Championship. For a yearly about Brazil... but never dared to ask! subscription fee of only 50$ you will be able to play in both so- Jeitinho cial and tournament rooms, watch VuGraphs of major bridge events, and access the rich bridge content department. The word jeitinho has a very special meaning in the Brazilian For details of this special subscription offer, please contact language. It means to make something makeable which actually Pinhas Romik from e-bridge,Yaniv Wax from the Israeli team, is almost impossible, e.g. to get a seat in a full bus or a room in or Mark Horton, the Daily Bulletin Editor. a fully booked hotel. e-bridge is providing near real-time full Internet coverage In other words, with jeitinho you will be able to get food in of the Junior Team Championship, including matches a restaurant, even if the kitchen is already closed. featuring all the hands played.

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The World Junior Pairs and Junior Camp in Poland July 2001

Barry Rigal prepared this report, which is reproduced by permission of

he venue for the 2001 World Junior Pairs was selected as Back came a third diamond, on which declarer pitched a spade. TStargard Poland, relatively close at a couple of hundred miles When he knocked out the king of hearts, a third trump came back away, to the border from Germany.That gave me an opportunity to put declarer in hand.When he played the ace of clubs and ruffed to spend a day in Berlin and do some sightseeing, which was all a club he was at the crossroads.A spade to the nine would lead to to the good of course (but to lose my passport in the process, down one and a fair board; a spade to the king would result in thereby setting in motion a harrowing chain of events that I will down two.There are reasons to get this right I think.The strongest not bore even the most sensitive of readers with). argument is that East's initial pass argues for his not having the top It also resulted in logistical nightmare for the Polish Bridge spade once he has produced eight points outside that suit - but de- federation; the fact that the authorities had to ferry large num- clarer got it wrong and had to lose a third spade in the ending for bers of people from Berlin to Stargard over the course of a 48- - 300 and 211/216 for the Netherlanders. hour period resulted of necessity in a significant delay in the The next board that I watched saw one of the top US junior opening ceremony. Happily, that was really pretty much the last pairs in action against one of the leading Israeli Junior pairs. thing to go wrong with the Pairs event, and the camp that fol- lowed at Insko, a picturesque resort town 50 km away. But a spe- Dealer North N/S Vul. cial debt of thanks must go to Radoslaw Kielbasinski and to the [ 9 7 5 team of helpers and translators who managed to cope with the needs of 250 fractious juniors without losing their patience or ] A 9 3 2 their sunny demeanours. { K 8 6 When the bridge started two of the ante-post favourites } 5 4 2 were definitely Gloyer-Schifko, the former defending his title, and Drijver-Sjoert Brink who had shown themselves to be one of the [ 8 6N [ K J 10 4 3 2 ] K J 10 5 4 ] 8 6 top Dutch pairs over the last three years. W E { Q 7 3 2{ J 4 Dealer South. E/W Vul. } 10 9S } K J 8 [ 10 4 3 [A Q ] 10 7 5 4 2 ]Q 7 { A Q 10 { A 10 9 5 }8 7 } A Q 7 6 3 [ A Q [ J 8 6 5 N West North East South ] K 9 8 3 ] A W E Reshef Campbell Ginossar Feldman { J 9 8 { K 6 5 4 3 Pass 2[ 2NT } K S 5 3 2} J 10 4 Pass 3NT All Pass [ K 9 7 2 ] Q J 6 Game is hardly a thing of beauty here, requiring as it does, {7 2 something pretty friendly in the club suit, but Feldman and Campbell reached it against Reshef and Ginossar of Israel. In sit- } A Q 9 6 uations like this, the success or failure of a tight game turns mo- West North East South mentum as well as a huge number of matchpoints. Feldman ducked the eight of spades in dummy, but Ginossar thoughtfully 1NT put up the ten - just in case. Pass 2{ Pass 2] Feldman won perforce and crossed to the king of diamonds Pass Pass Dble All Pass - note that either leading the ten out of his hand to tempt a cover or even starting clubs by leading a low one from hand has Kees Tammens, who is well known as both Captain and some merit. But in any event a diamond to the king and a club to Coach of the Dutch Junior players - apart from being a top class the queen passed off peacefully enough. Now when Jason cashed player in his own right - showed me this deal, as a good start for the ace of clubs Ginossar thoughtfully dropped the king - the his Dutchmen. card he was known to hold and that started Feldman optimisti- N/S were generally managing to go plus here, but after the cally thinking about overtricks. He actually ducked a diamond, weak no-trump and transfer to hearts, Bas Drijver reopened and Ginossar won his jack and cleared the spades, and when with a take-out double and Sjoert Brink converted this to penal- Feldman played a third club the defence could cash out for down ties. two and a near top. Of course the defence do have six top tricks so long as they At the end of the first session The Austrians Schifko and are careful, but Brink made sure of going plus on the deal by lead- Gloyer had taken an early lead and had maintained it.The top ten, ing a passive diamond rather than broaching a black suit. Drijver not surprisingly, was well stocked with Polish pairs. took the ten with his king and shifted to a top club, to the queen This next deal offered the opponents of various Israeli pairs and king. Sjoert returned a diamond, and declarer played a trump a chance to do something clever - one as declarer, one on de- to the bare ace, letting Drijver shift to a low spade to the queen. fence.

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Dealer North. E/W VuI West North East South [ J 9 5 1[ ] A Q 10 9 Pass 3[ Dble Pass {J 4] Pass Pass Dble } J 10 5 4 2 All Pass [ A N 8 2[Best Q defence is to lead spades till the7 cows come home and 6 4 3 ] J 8 ] K 7 6 5 force declarer,but North led a top spade and shifted to a club, let- W E ting Drijver win in hand and lead a heart to the nine and queen. { 9 8 7 Back came a second spade,6 ruffed in dummy, and South2{ 5then won 4 3 } K 7 3S } 9 his ace of hearts to lead a third spade. But Drijver ruffed and drew [K 10 trumps and then had the rest. Note though that South might have had a resource; perhaps he should have ducked the nine of hearts ] 4 3 2 - a lot easier to do in theory than at the table. But since declarer { A K Q 10 has the spade loser left he cannot draw trumps, and if he plays to } A Q 8 6 ruff a spade, then when South gets back on lead in trumps the de- fence have control to force declarer again. West North East South Going into the final set the Austrians only serious threats Pass Pass 1NT were the Dutch. In the end Gloyer and Schifko managed to see Pass 3NT All Pass their opponents off by a top and a half with another fine set B the margin was a very comfortable one at the end.This was an Both the partnerships had done well in the last European example of their accurate slam bidding. Schools Tournament. Playing against Jakub and Krzysztof Ko- torowicz on a highly uninformative defence Noga Tal led a pas- Dealer East N/S Vul. sive diamond and declarer passed the club jack, which Noga [ 10 6 ducked. On the next club Dana Tal pitched a suit preference ] 10 6 seven of hearts. So Noga took her club winner and played ace and another spade. Dana knew to duck this, and now declarer { K J 8 7 4 3 cashed off the diamonds and all but one of the clubs ending in } 5 4 2 hand. Now he had to decide whether to take the heart finesse [ 8 N 2[ A K 9 7 5 or not; if it worked he would collect +460 and an excellent re- ] K 9 3 2] 7 sult, but if it lost he would have only +400 and a moderate result. W E Had he known how many matchpoints +430 would have been { A 10 { Q 9 worth he might have settled for that But he took the heart fi- } A K 10 9 3S } Q J 8 7 4 nesse and let Dana cash her remaining spade winner for nine [ Q J 4 3 tricks and only 70/216 for N/S. ] A Q J 8 5 4 Why would 430 have scored well? 3NT by North is a far less { 6 5 2 attractive affair – and some pairs managed to make declarer in the South seat uncomfortable too.Witness Pekny and Vozabal of }– the Czech Republic, who did well on defence against Reshef and West North East South Ginossar. On a more informative auction (1{-l]-2NT-3NT) 1[ 2] Pekny as West elected to lead a low spade from his ace. Ginos- sar did the best he could by putting up his jack but Vozabal 3} Pass 4} Pass ducked, contributing an encouraging spot, and Pekny got in with 4{ Pass 4] Pass his king of clubs to cash out the spades for down one. 5} Pass 6} All Pass Drijver and Brink were keeping up the pressure on the Aus- A brave bid by Gloyer to raise to slam, but with his spade trians in second place. Here was one that got away from their controls and extra distribution he could not really settle any opponents. lower.While there was a danger that they were off two aces, his Dealer South. None Vul partner figured to have two first round controls to make the slam try.As the cards lay,with North having the king of diamonds, [ K 10 7 4 2 and in any event a natural heart lead, 12 tricks were a formality. ] 10 6 5 Final scores: {6 5 1. Gloyer-Schifko 15132 } 6 4 2 2. Drijver-Brink 14821 [Q 9N [5 3. Mazzadi-Lo Presti 14266 ] J 4 3 2] K to be continued 9 7 W E { Q 10 9 3 { A K J 8 7 4 } A 9 3S } K J 8 Learn The Language! [ A J 8 6 3 What does the TD say, when he penalizes you for slow ] A Q 8 play in the evening round? {2 Já e meia-noite. (It´s already midnight) } Q 10 7 5

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ISRAEL v THAILAND

he two leading teams after the first round met in yesterday’s Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. Tmorning match. Much to the disappointment of the editors and readers who prefer at least some "blood", not too many [7 6 IMPs were exchanged. ] K 4 2 Israel had a good start gaining some IMPs on board No.1: { J 10 9 4 } A J 9 2 Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ A 10 9 3N [ 4 [ A Q 5 ] J 8 7 6 5 ] A 10 9 3 W E ] 10 9 6 { K 5 { A Q 7 2 { A J 10 } 4 3S } Q 10 7 6 } Q 9 8 5 [ K Q J 8 5 2 [ 9 7 6 3N [ K J 4 ]Q ] J 4 3 ] A Q 7 2 W E { 8 6 3 { 8 7 5 3 { Q } K 8 5 } 6 3S } A J 10 4 2 [ 10 8 2 West North East South ] K 8 5 Amit Chitngamkusol Vax Trimankha { K 9 6 4 2 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2[ }K 7 Closed Room Pass Pass Dble Pass 3] All Pass West North East South Amit Chitngamkusol Vax Trimankha East did not get into the auction immediately but was very willing to double in the pass-out seat. It would be interesting to 1} 1NT Dble hear if any of the other tables made it to 4] - anyway, here the Pass Pass 2} Pass bidding of course ended at the three-level. Pass Dble All Pass When North led {J, declarer easily discarded a club on the diamonds and found a cross ruff-line to score eleven tricks - Is- East’s off-shape 1 NT had two good effects for his side. First, rael: +200. he managed to play clubs as low as possible and secondly the op- Very surprisingly East/West in the Open Room did not get to ponents never got to their diamonds. hearts at all: West’s pass over South’s penalty double was forcing for re- double.When East bid a suit instead, it was clear to West, that he West North East South shouldn’t look for a better spot somewhere else. Sasibut Roll Limsinsopon Schneider South started with [8 to queen and king and declarer got off 2[ lead with the ]Q. South now returned another heart, which de- Dble Pass 2NT All Pass clarer won in dummy to go for another spade trick. North took his ace and "threw the ball back" in spades again. East cashed ]A Whether the 2NT-bid was a misinterpreted Lebensohl or in- and understandably still refused to turn to the trump suit, but led tended as natural is something we don’t know. But the double {Q instead. North won the ace, tried another diamond and couldn’t believe his eyes when East ruffed. East’s third good move now was }J to South’s king, who had nothing left but a trump and a bunch of diamonds. East ruffed the diamond return again Cruising and continued with ]7 to }6 and }8. North, who was down to }Q9, tried the 9 but it took East just a short recount to finesse through the Bay for eight tricks - Israel: +180. In the other room the bidding went as follows: Tomorrow at 10.00 we all leave from the marina to cruise through the Angra dos Reis Bay. We will go to West North East South Guaiba Island, where we are going to have lunch and will Sasibut Roll Limsinsopon Schneider come back to the hotel at 15.30. Don’t forget your bikinis and trunks - there will 1NT Dble Pass plenty of time to go swimming in the ocean. 2[ Pass 3} All Pass We understand that the organizers buried a small bag containing two diamonds on the beach - or could it be Maybe East should have been satisfied having located a 4-3 fit that this is just an invention of the chief editor who in spades, however he went on to 3}, managed to come to eight wants to see you all digging and sweating under the tricks as well, but that still meant one down and 6 IMPs to Israel. Brazilian sun? Two boards later Israel exercised some that led to a contract that played smoothly for even a couple of overtricks:

8 6-15 August 2001 8th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP stopper in spades was good enough to set up the hearts and re- South started with ]AK. Now East can establish his dia- gain the lead. In the end Thailand scored one overtrick for +150, monds, draw two rounds of trumps and cash diamond winners. but that was 2 more IMPs to Israel. This line would have given him ten easy tricks. The next board was low scoring but saw competent declar- At our featured table East went for another line. He trumped er plays at both tables: the second heart and established his diamond suit in three rounds.Then he ruffed a heart in hand and played a fourth dia- Board 4. Dealer West.All Vul. mond, discarding a club from dummy, which was ruffed by North, who could not open the club suit for his side.When he returned [ 10 4 3 another heart instead, East ruffed with [9, cashed [A, }A and ] A 10 6 5 2 led his last diamond to get rid of the }Q. North could ruff with { 7 6 4 [J but had to lead back a trump or a club, so declarer could }Q 6 score the last two tricks with his K10-tenace. Some excitement there, but in the end no swing as Thailand’s [ A N K J North/South pair8 in the Open Room went7 for the play suggest- 2[ 9 6 ] Q 9 8 3 ] J ed above to score this game as well. W E { 5 { A K J 10 2 And there was more "boring" stuff to come: S } A 8 } K J 10 5 2 Board 9. Dealer North. E/W Vul. [Q 5 [ K 10 6 3 ] K 7 4 ]5 { Q 9 8 3 { A Q J 10 9 7 2 } 9 7 4 3 }10 West North East South [ A QN [ J 8 7 5 2 Amit Chitngamkusol Vax Trimankha ] A K 8 7 2] Q 10 6 W E 1[ Pass 2{ Pass {K {6 4 2] Pass 2NT Pass } A 9 8 7 5S } 6 3 2 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass [9 4 North led ]A and switched to the }Q. Declarer won with ] J 9 4 3 the ace, ruffed a heart, cashed two top diamonds pitching a heart, { 8 5 3 ruffed a diamond and ruffed one more heart with dummy’s last } K Q J 4 trump. He then cashed }K and played a fourth round of dia- monds with his [8 being overruffed by North’s 10.When a heart West North East South came back, South went for a possible and Amit Chitngamkusol Vax Trimankha ruffed high. But it was not to be: declarer simply overruffed and Pass Pass Pass drew trumps to score an overtrick - Israel +650. 1] 2{ Pass Pass This result was worth I IMP,when Thailand scored ten tricks in the same contract in the other room. Dble 2[ Pass 3{ And another game was on for East/West: 4} 4{ 4] All Pass Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. When West decided to double on his second turn, things did not develop nicely for him as North’s 2[ and South’s 3{ took [ J 8 2 away badly needed bidding space. So he stretched his hand a lit- ] 9 7 5 3 tle, held on to 4} and finally had to play the hand in 4]. { Q 6 5 North cashed {A and continued with a second diamond. De- clarer laid down }A and discovered the bad news of the 4-1 club } K 10 7 break on the next round.When South now fired a spade through, [ K 10 6 3N [ A 9 7 4 West took his ace - North contributing the 10 (!) - and exited ] J 8 4 with the [Q. North, who won2] with 10 the king, insisted on another W E spade and played the 6. Declarer ordered dummy’s 7, which was { 10 2{ A ruffed by KSouth and overruffed by West. Now9 declarer played a 8 4 } Q 5 3S } A 9 4 heart to the queen and was happy to lead a surprisingly high [Q 5 spade. After both South and West had discarded losers, declar- ] A K Q 6 er switched to a club. South won and tried a trump.West let this { J 7 3 } J 8 6 2 To all captains West North East South The Bulletin editors would appreciate very much, if Amit Chitngamkusol Vax Trimankha you could write a team profile to introduce your players Pass 1{ 1] a little bit! Dble 2] 3] Pass Humour welcome! 3NT Pass 4[ All Pass

9 8th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil run to dummy’s ten and was now able to claim for one down - In the Closed Room, the jump to 6{ looks a bit lazy where Thailand: +100. East/West with a weak two and a raise (non-forcing, indeed!), At the other table East/West stayed lower in the bidding but tried to steal bidding space. There wasn’t much in the play and ended up with less trumps: South claimed at trick three. West North East South Could North/South in the other room do better? Here’s their bidding sequence: Sasibut Roll Limsinsopon Schneider 1{ Pass 1] West North East South Dble 2{ Pass Pass Sasibut Roll Limsinsopon Schneider Dble 3{ 3[ All Pass 2[ Dble 3[ 3NT Pass 4{ North here made life miserable for West as well, who also had Pass 4[ Pass 4NT problems to cope with all these repeated diamond bids.When his Pass 5[ Pass 5NT partner finally bid, he decided to go for this suit and passed.As 3[ Pass 7{ All Pass also went down one, there is not much more to say. But then action at last: Not much to criticise here and 13 well-deserved IMPs to Is- rael, who slowly but steadily moved into a comfortable lead. Board 10. Dealer East.All Vul. Then Thailand got adventurous but escaped nicely: [ A K 3 Board 13. Dealer North.All Vul. ]K 5 [3 { K 6 5 4 3 ]K Q } 9 8 2 { A 10 8 7 6 4 2 [ 8 6 2[ Q J 10 7 5 4 N } Q 4 3 ] 8 6 4 ] 10 9 7 3 W E [ 10 4N [ A K 5 2 {Q {10 ] A 10 8 4 ] 9 7 6 5 3 2 S W E } 10 7 6 5 4 3 } K Q {K 5 {Q 9 [9 } A 9 8 7 6S } 2 ] A Q J 2 [ Q J 9 8 7 6 { A J 9 8 7 2 ]J }A J {J 3 West North East South } K J 10 5 Amit Chitngamkusol Vax Trimankha West North East South 2[ Dble Amit Chitngamkusol Vax Trimankha 3[ 3NT Pass 4{ 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 4[ Pass 6{ Dble 2{ 4] 4[ All Pass Pass Pass Dble All Pass There was already a lot of pressure on South after East’s Championship Diary jump to 4].When 4[ got doubled, North also took his time to consider bidding 5{ but finally decided to pass. We are coming under pressure to give a prediction as Now all eyes were on West who had to find the best lead for to who will qualify for the semifinals. Being naturally cau- his side.A diamond is the killer (not that one would really go for tious we would prefer to wait a little later, preferably until it), as now declarer loses a heart, a club, a diamond, two top just before the start of Round 17. However, for what it is spades and a club ruff to end up down three. Quite understand- worth, and doubtless so as to put the Indian sign on our ably however West laid down ]A and away went the diamond nominations we are going for (in an order as random as our loser. South lost only five tricks now and finished only down two selections) The Netherlands, Norway, Israel and Denmark. - Israel: +500. We are unable to include photographs in the bulletins In the Open Room the bidding ended in 4]: because of insurmountable technical problems but they are appearing in the version that is posted to the Internet West North East South at www.bridge.gr Sasibut Roll Limsinsopon Schneider You can download copies in glorious colour when you 1{ 1] 1[ get home. 2{ Pass 2] 2[ The hospitality desk has been reinforced by three Eng- lish speaking girls. They strongly suggest you try a bike 3] Pass 4] All Pass ride, which will be rewarded by some outstanding views. Declarer only lost a heart and a diamond to score an over- Make sure you pay them a visit. trick - Thailand: +650 and 4 IMPs. Meanwhile the less adventurous can try their hand at So far Israel led by 36:5, when a low scoring set of seven tennis, table tennis or snooker. more boards didn’t change much, the final result being 41:13, or 21-9 in VPs respectively.

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