Poland First to Be Crowned

Bulletin 10 Sunday, 16 July 2000 Editor: Mark Horton - Co-editor: Brian Senior - Layout Editor: George Hatzidakis - Production: Burak Bayhan POLAND FIRST TO BE CROWNED

Congratulations to Poland, Krzysztof Buras, a 20 year old student of law. He calls SCHOOL TEAMS winners of the 4th European himself 'bridge killer', but its his own opinion. He looks at Schools Team Championship. everyone from a great height.Another member of the Vien- They fully deserved their na team. success, defeating both their Krzysztof Kotorowicz, is the 19 year old brother of main rivals on the last day, Jakub. He will become a student of informatics in the near runners-up Norway 16-14 future. He loves bridge, bridge, bridge, football and tennis. VP, and third placed France Konrad Araszkiewicz, is a 20 year old student of history. 25-5 VPs. Their triumph He can't play a lot because he is dreaming about beautiful demonstrates the success of girls who he met here. the Polish schools teaching Piotr Madry, is 19 years old, and he is learning in a sec- programme, following on as ondary school, which specialises in electronics. He likes to POLAND it does from their third place play volleyball and he loves good music. in Vienna two years ago. Wlodzimierz Krysztofczyk has been training the under Its time to meet the Champions. 20 team for four years.Two years ago he was coach of the Jakub Kotorowicz, is a 20 year old student of mathemat- team in Vienna. Here he was promoted to be the main cap- ics. He loves computers, sports (especially bridge!) and talk- tain of both teams. ing too much. Bogustaw Gierulski, is a Grandmaster who has twice fin- Szymon Kapala, is a 20 years old student of informatics. ished second in the Polish Championships. He represented He is fascinated by psychic bidding, and is always fighting with Poland in the European Pairs championships in The Hague himself not to do it, but is usually losing! He was a member and in Warsaw. He is 42 years old and teaches bridge in sec- of the team that took bronze in Vienna. ondary schools.

NORWAY MOVE Awards PAST ISRAEL Ceremony The long time leaders of the junior teams were finally dis- and Gala Dinner placed yesterday, when they lost two of their matches, as Norway won all three. It will be standing room only in the VuGraph this morning, when these two teams meet. The The award ceremony will be in the draw has worked out in such a way as to produce a number Talya Hotel Convention Centre, of confrontations between the teams fighting for medals and and start at 20.30 and one of the qualifying places, and an exciting finish seems as- sured. Keep an eye on Turkey, who, on paper have two easy be followed by dinner. matches, although at this stage it will be the four teams who can keep their nerves in check who emerge triumphant. 17th EUROPEAN YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Antalya,Turkey

JUNIOR TEAMS TODAYS RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND ROBIN SESSION 21 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 24 Match IMPs VPs 1 bye HUNGARY 1 SWEDEN bye 00180 2 ISRAEL NORWAY 2 SCOTLAND CROATIA 45 53 14 16 3 WALES ITALY 3 NORWAY DENMARK 35 28 16 14 4 FINLAND ICELAND 4 ITALY BELGIUM 61 26 22 8 5 NETHERLANDS POLAND 5 SWITZERLAND RUSSIA 26 48 10 20 6 ENGLAND RUSSIA 6 ISRAEL TURKEY 65 25 23 7 7 DENMARK PORTUGAL 7 IRELAND FRANCE 37 39 15 15 8 SPAIN SWEDEN 8 HUNGARY GERMANY 25 50 10 20 9 ESTONIA POLAND 59 24 22 8 9GERMANY CROATIA 10 WALES ICELAND 44 59 12 18 10 SCOTLAND SWITZERLAND 11 PORTUGAL ENGLAND 14 37 10 20 11 TURKEY IRELAND 12 NETHERLANDS SPAIN 61 23 23 7 12 FRANCE BELGIUM 13 AUSTRIA FINLAND 41 23 19 11 13 ESTONIA AUSTRIA ROUND ROBIN SESSION 22 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 25 Match IMPs VPs 1 bye ICELAND 1 POLAND bye 00180 2 DENMARK ISRAEL 2 HUNGARY ESTONIA 90 31 25 4 3 ENGLAND ESTONIA 3 GERMANY SWITZERLAND 74 9 25 3 4 GERMANY FRANCE 4 NETHERLANDS WALES 71 7 25 3 5 TURKEY WALES 5 ISRAEL FINLAND 33 55 10 20 6 ITALY NORWAY 6 SPAIN ITALY 59 56 16 14 7 AUSTRIA POLAND 7 ICELAND IRELAND 62 35 21 9 8 SWITZERLAND BELGIUM 8 CROATIA RUSSIA 966425 9 TURKEY AUSTRIA 64 53 17 13 9SPAIN SCOTLAND 10 SWEDEN SCOTLAND 123 26 25 0 10 IRELAND PORTUGAL 11 DENMARK BELGIUM 50 34 18 12 11 CROATIA FINLAND 12 ENGLAND NORWAY 33 46 12 18 12 RUSSIA NETHERLANDS 13 PORTUGAL FRANCE 14 62 5 25 13 HUNGARY SWEDEN ROUND ROBIN SESSION 23 SCHEDULE Match IMPs VPs Sunday16th July 1 bye NETHERLANDS 00 018 2 FINLAND IRELAND 104 15 25 0 10.30 Juniors, Round 24 3 DENMARK SWEDEN 47 20 21 9 15.00 Juniors, Round 25 4 HUNGARY TURKEY 48 56 14 16 5 POLAND ISRAEL 48 42 16 14 6 AUSTRIA SCOTLAND 71 51 19 11 7 GERMANY NORWAY 33 74 7 23 8 FRANCE SWITZERLAND 88 38 25 5 9 ICELAND ENGLAND 25 34 13 17 VUGRAPH 10 ITALY RUSSIA 49 72 10 20 MATCHES 11 WALES ESTONIA 32 52 11 19 12 CROATIA PORTUGAL 55 67 13 17 Israel - Norway Juniors 10.30 13 BELGIUM SPAIN 60 73 12 18 To be announced after Round 24 15.00

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SCHOOL TEAMS JUNIOR TEAMS

RANKING AFTER SESSION 23

RESULTS 1 NORWAY 445 2 ISRAEL 438 3 NETHERLANDS 427 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 9 4 FRANCE 402 5 DENMARK 400 Match IMPs VPs 6 RUSSIA 392 1 ITALY SWEDEN 55 67 13 17 7 SWEDEN 382 2 GERMANY HUNGARY 35 43 14 16 3 POLAND FRANCE 72 22 25 5 8 GERMANY 377 4 LATVIA AUSTRIA 27 51 10 20 9 ITALY 376 5 ENGLAND ISRAEL 44 59 12 18 10 TURKEY 373 6 NORWAY NETHERLANDS 66 21 24 6 11 ENGLAND 371 12 POLAND 371 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 10 13 AUSTRIA 366 Match IMPs VPs 14 FINLAND 355 1 LATVIA ITALY 23 54 9 21 15 ICELAND 349 2 ENGLAND FRANCE 56 56 15 15 16 CROATIA 338 3 NETHERLANDS ISRAEL 48 60 13 17 17 HUNGARY 334 4 AUSTRIA GERMANY 99 39 25 3 18 BELGIUM 329 33 36 14 16 5 NORWAY POLAND 19 PORTUGAL 327 6 HUNGARY SWEDEN 45 75 9 21 20 ESTONIA 319 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 11 21 SPAIN 237 22 WALES 236 Match IMPs VPs 23 SCOTLAND 222 1 ITALY HUNGARY 35 49 12 18 24 IRELAND 197 2 POLAND LATVIA 88 20 25 2 25 SWITZERLAND 195 3 ENGLAND AUSTRIA 69 23 24 6 4 FRANCE ISRAEL 51 31 19 11 5 NETHERLANDS GERMANY 65 59 16 14 6 SWEDEN NORWAY 26 110 0 25 SCHOOL TEAMS Attention! Posting your FINAL RANKING

Line Ups today 1 POLAND 218 2 NORWAY 216 3 FRANCE 199.5 4 HUNGARY 176 5 ENGLAND 176 For Round 25, the time by which the Visiting 6 SWEDEN 165 Team must post its line up is extended until 7 AUSTRIA 159.5 14.00. The home team must post its line up by 8 NETHERLANDS 152 14.15. 9 ISRAEL 149.5 During the final session, the Open Room will 10 ITALY 144 be closed to all spectators, and treated as a sec- 11 GERMANY 116 ond Closed Room. 12 LATVIA 61

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SCHOOL TEAMS SESSION 9

FRANCE vs POLAND

First met third in the Schools Championship on Saturday ble that this maximum pass with a decent five-card suit could not morning with a lot at stake with only two more rounds to play even get close to going plus at the four-level. Two rounds of after this one. Both teams looked good for a medal, but what hearts were followed by a switch to a spade to the ace and a colour? spade back for Julien Gaviard to ruff. Declarer lost an extra trick somewhere for two down; 200 and 12 IMPs to Poland. Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ Q J 10 6 3 ]9 4 [ A 8 5 2 { A 7 4 ]A 3 } A 8 4 { Q J 9 8 } A K 7 [ 5N [ A 9 8 7 4 ] A K Q 10 6 2 ] 5 3 [ K 9N [ J 7 6 4 3 W E ] J 9 8 4 ] 6 { 10 9 6 2 { K J 8 W E } 10 6 S } J 9 2 { 7 6 4 { A 5 2 [K 2 } 10 6 4 3 S } Q 8 5 2 ] J 8 7 [Q 10 { Q 5 3 ] K Q 10 7 5 2 } K Q 7 5 3 { K 10 3 }J 9 Closed Room West North East South Closed Room Kapala O. Bessis Buras de Tessieres West North East South Pass Pass Kapala O. Bessis Buras de Tessieres 3] 3[ Pass 4[ Pass 1] Pass Pass Dble All Pass Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 3{ Pass 3] Open Room Pass 4} Pass 4{ West North East South Pass 5] Pass 6] Gaviard J. Kotorowicz T. Bessis K. Kotorowicz All Pass Pass Pass 3] Dble Pass 4} All Pass

It must be old age creeping up on me because I don't see it as anywhere near automatic for that North hand, a 5-2-3-3 11- count facing a passed partner,to get involved. Both Olivier Bessis and Jakub Kotorowicz did come in over the pre-empt, Bessis with a 3[ overcall, Kotorowicz with a take-out double. When Godefroy de Tessieres raised Bessis to game, Krzysztof Buras doubled, ending the auction.The defence began with three rounds of hearts, declarer ruffing high while Buras pitched a club. Now Bessis played a spade to the king and a spade back to the queen and ace. Buras won and returned a spade to the jack and Bessis exited with his last spade. Buras won and switched to the jack of diamonds and eventually came to a diamond trick to go with three trump tricks and his partner's two hearts; three down for -800. In the other room, Krzysztof Kotorowicz responded with a slightly conservative 4} bid to the take-out double. Conserva- tive, did I say, it says something about the advisability of the dou- Jakub Kotorowicz

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Open Room very easily defeated. In the Open Room, Kotorowicz did have a systemic opening bid available to him, 2[ showing a weak hand West North East South with five spades and a four-card or longer minor. When South Gaviard J. Kotorowicz T. Bessis K. Kotorowicz raised to 3[ over the double,Thomas Bessis doubled for a sec- Pass 1] ond time, giving Gaviard an unappetising set of options.As it hap- Pass 1[ Pass 2] pens, passing out the double would have been the winning action, but had east held a fourth heart, 4] might well have been cor- Pass 2NT Pass 3NT rect.At least no-one could find a double of 4].The lead was the Pass 4} Pass 4] king of spades. Gaviard won the ace and played the ]K, ducked, All Pass then the ]Q, won by South. Kotorowicz returned a spade and Gaviard refused to ruff with dummy's ten, preferring to throw a Slam is poor as even given an even heart break it may still be club. North correctly offered a ruff and discard now and Gaviard, defeated by a spade lead if East holds the king. Still, the spade lead hating the whole thing, pitched another club from dummy and will often not be found so the French pair can consider them- ruffed in his own hand. Gaviard led the {9 to dummy then tried selves to be a little unfortunate. The bottom line, however, was the ace of clubs and a club towards his king. South ruffed in with another 11 IMPs to Poland for +450 against -50. the nine and returned his last trump to dummy. Declarer could take his remaining diamond winner but that was all; three down Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. for -150 and 10 IMPs to Poland. [ K Q 9 8 2 Board 10. Dealer East.All Vul. ]J 6 [10 {8 7 ] A 7 6 4 2 } J 7 6 5 { A Q 9 7 4 [J 10N [A }8 6 ] 8 7 3 2 ] K Q 10 W E [ K QN [ A 8 6 4 2 { 10 9 5 { A K 6 4 2 ] K Q J 8 3 ] 5 S W E } K 9 8 4 } A 10 3 2 { 6 5 2 { J 8 3 [ 7 6 5 4 3 } J 5 4 S } 9 7 3 2 ] A 9 5 4 [ J 9 7 5 3 { Q J 3 ] 10 9 }Q {K 10 } A K Q 10 Closed Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Kapala O. Bessis Buras de Tessieres Pass Pass 1{ Pass Kapala O. Bessis Buras de Tessieres Pass 1[ Dble 2[ Pass 1[ 3] Pass 4] 4[ Pass 2] Pass 3} Dble All Pass Pass 3NT All Pass

Open Room West North East South Gaviard J. Kotorowicz T. Bessis K. Kotorowicz Pass 2[ Dble 3[ Pass Pass Dble Pass 4] All Pass

In the Closed Room, Bessis did not have an opening bid in his methods so it was left to Buras to open a peaceful 1{. Bessis made a protective overcall when that came around to him and Buras doubled for take-out. De Tessieres seems to have been rather undisciplined now, raising to only 2[ but then coming again with 4[ when his opponents bid the heart game. It is much better tactics to bid all your hand in one go, raising immediately to whatever level of spades seems appropriate rather than taking the last guess. Here, that last guess was a singularly poor one as 4[ got doubled and had five unavoidable losers for -300. Meanwhile, 4] was no great thing of beauty as a contract and, as can be seen from its fate at the other table, would have been Olivier Bessis

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Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Gaviard J. Kotorowicz T. Bessis K. Kotorowicz Gaviard J. Kotorowicz T. Bessis K. Kotorowicz Pass 1[ Pass Pass 1NT All Pass 1{ Pass 1NT All Pass North's choice of initial response to the 1[ opening decided After identical starts to the auction, Kotorowicz was content this one.Where Kotorowicz contented himself with a semi-forc- to pass out 1NT whereas Olivier Bessis doubled to show a good ing 1NT, which his partner passed as game seemed improbable hand including diamonds. even opposite an 11-count, Bessis made a two-over-one response South started with the jack of spades against 1NT in the and de Tessieres now forced to game. Kotorowicz finessed at trick Open Room, covered by the queen and king. North cashed the one on a club lead, so holding himself to nine tricks for +150. queen of diamonds and South did the right thing by following Bessis made the ten top tricks he started with after a diamond with the ten.When North now switched to a heart, ducked to lead for +630 and 10 badly needed IMPs to France. the king, it seemed that the defence was about to take the first eight tricks and beat the contract before declarer even got start- Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. ed. But South could not resist the temptation of dummy's single- [ K 8 6 ton ace, and switched to a small club. Declarer cashed two rounds of hearts then led the nine of spades to the ten and ace. ] 9 5 4 After cashing the jack of hearts, he exited with a low spade to { A K Q 9 7 6 the eight and North, who was down to nothing but diamonds, }6 had to give two tricks to dummy and allow the contract to [ A Q 7 2 [ 9 4 3 scramble home; +90. No doubt North was very impressed when N he discovered that his partner had a second diamond. ] J 10 3 2 ] A Q 6 W E In the Closed Room, North's double of 1NT convinced Buras { J 8 3 2 { 5 to run to 2}, which suited de Tessieres rather well, as he wast- } A S } J 10 8 5 3 2 ed no time in informing the rest of the table. The opening lead against 2} doubled was the jack of spades, covered by queen and [ J 10 5 king. Bessis switched to his trump to dummy's bare ace and Buras ] K 8 7 played a low diamond. Bessis went in with the queen and tried to { 10 4 cash a second diamond but Buras ruffed and played the }10 to } K Q 9 7 4 Tessieres' queen. He had to lose a total of four club tricks plus Closed Room one trick in each side suit.The only good news was that trick one had left the spade suit frozen, so that the second spade loser West North East South eventually went away on the 13th heart. Still, that was two down Kapala O. Bessis Buras de Tessieres for -300 and 9 IMPs for France. That proved to be the end of the French mini-revival. From Pass here on in they did not score another IMP, while Poland had a 1{ Pass 1NT Pass number of swings, including: Pass Dble 2} Dble All Pass Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ 10 8 6 ] Q 10 8 2 {J 9 } J 10 8 3 [ K Q 2N [ A 9 7 3 ] 9 6 ] J 7 4 W E { Q 6 { A K 7 5 } A Q 6 5 4 2 S } K 7 [ J 5 4 ] A K 5 3 [ 10 8 4 3 2 }9

Closed Room West North East South Kapala O. Bessis Buras de Tessieres 2} Pass 2{ Pass Krzystof Kotorowicz 3} Pass 3NT All Pass

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Open Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Gaviard J. Kotorowicz T. Bessis K. Kotorowicz Kapala O. Bessis Buras de Tessieres 1} Pass 1{ Pass 1} 2[ 2} Pass 2[ Pass Pass 3[ All Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 5} All Pass Open Room I thought that France were unlucky on this deal. In the Closed Room, Szymon Kapala opened a Precision-style 2} and, after he West North East South had showed a single-suited minimum in response to an enquiry Gaviard J. Kotorowicz T. Bessis K. Kotorowicz bid, Buras settled for 3NT.With the hearts dividing evenly, 3NT 1} 2[ made exactly for +400. Dble 2NT Pass 3} In the other room, Gaviard opened 1} and rebid his suit over the 1{ response. When Bessis now bid 2[, which might have Pass 4[ All Pass been just a no trump probe on a three-card suit, he made an in- telligent raise. Bessis now showed club support, giving up on 3NT Where Bessis was content to make a pre-emptive raise in the reasonably enough, I would have thought, and Gaviard reraised Closed Room, Kotorowicz looked for game in the Open, asking himself to game. With 3NT doomed on most 5-3 heart breaks for a shortage.When he found that he was facing a club short- and 4[ likely to be an uphill battle on an uneven spade break, 5} age, exactly what he wanted, he jumped to game. Gaviard led the looks to be the best spot.Alas, the much less likely 4-1 club break {10 against 4[ and declarer rose with the ace then played a meant that Gaviard had to go one down after the defence had heart, in the hope of either attracting a trump switch or of gain- cashed two hearts at the outset; -50 and 10 IMPs to Poland. ing some useful information.There was no trump switch, but he did gain the information he sought. The heart went to the jack Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. and king and Gaviard cashed the king of clubs before returning a heart to the ace. Bessis tried the ace of clubs now but declarer [ A 8 2 ruffed with his nine, played a spade to the ace then a spade to the ]9 2 jack. He drew the last trump then crossed his fingers and led up { A K 7 4 to the king of diamonds. When the queen fell he had a slightly fortunate +420.Tessieres made +140 in the other room, for a 7 } 8 7 6 5 IMP swing to Poland. [7N [Q 6 4 The Poles won the match by 72-22 IMPs, 25-5 VPs. Mean- ] K 10 8 7 3 ] A 6 5 4 while, Norway was beating the Netherlands by 24-6 VPs,to leave W E { 10 9 8 { Q 3 them joint top with Poland, 11.5 VPs ahead of France. And in S Round 10, the draw had thrown up the perfect pairing, Norway } K J 3 2 } A 10 9 4 v Poland. [ K J 10 9 5 3 ]Q J The Israel { J 6 5 2 }Q Schools Team Profile

Five members of the team played in the last championship in Vienna in 1998.They are:

Ron 'Old Man' Hoffman, 20, who loves Bridge and Com- puters. His partner is Dror 'Violin' Lellouche, 19.5, Bridge player and a gifted musician, with the violin being his speciality. Noga 'Princess' Tal, 17.5, has just graduated from High school (her last exam was one day before the tournament began). She plays with her sister Dana 'Famous' Tal, 14.5, about to go to high school next year.The beautiful sisters have just won the Israeli Ladies Championship! Eldad 'blondy' Ginossar, 19, is fond of many Sport activities when he is not playing bridge. His partner is the new member of the team: Ophir 'Genius' Reshef, 20, who usually gets more than 100% in every exam. He also likes active sport. Micha 'Daddy' Amit, npc, 51, a computer system analyst, who played for the Israel Junior team in 74.This century! He is also the Israeli Bridge National Sport Captain. David Birman, coach, 51, one of the top European players, Godefroy de Tessieres who trained the Israeli Junior team as well.

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DOUBLE Sport News DISASTER AND TRIUMPH Formula One Jaguar's Eddie Irvine is out of today's Austrian by Patrick Jourdain (Wales) Grand Prix with suspected appendicitis. Finland's Mika Hakkinen, driving for McLaren, took pole position for the race ahead of his Yesterday's Bulletin contained the story of how the Norwe- team-mate, David Coulthard.The two Ferraris are on the second gian Juniors made 3NT on the East-West cards of Board 2 from row of the grid, with Rubens Barrichello qualifying ahead of Round 17, following a misdefence by Estonia.The story soon sur- Michael Schumacher. Fifth and sixth qualifiers were Jarno Trulli in faced that the Dutch Schools team had also made Three a Jordan and Ricardo Zonta for BAR. Notrumps on the same deal following a misdefence .... but this time on the North-South cards! Even more spectacularly, both declarers made an overtrick in their respective games. Tennis Here is the lay-out and Norwegian bidding again: Defending champions Australia have a winning 3-0 lead in their Davis Cup semi-final against Round 17. Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul Brazil in Brisbane after winning yesterday's doubles. Mark Woodforde and Sandon Stolle [ A J 5 3 defeated Gustavo Kuerten and Jaime Oncins 6-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Earlier, Pat Rafter crushed Kuerten 6-3, 6- ] A K 6 5 2 2, 6-3, and Leyton Hewitt defeated Fernando Meligeni by the {Q 8 same score. }Q 7 [ K 10 9N [ 8 6 Rugby Union ] 10 9 ] J 4 W E An injury-time try from Jonah Lomu gave New { A 10 9 5 2 { 6 4 3 Zealand a 39-35 win over Australia in their } K J 2 S } A 9 8 6 5 3 Bledisloe Cup clash in Sydney yesterday in front [ Q 7 4 2 of a world record crowd of 109,874. New Zealand started fast and built up a 24-0 lead but ] Q 8 7 3 Australia came back and seemed to have won the match with a { K J 7 try in the dying minutes, until, that is, Lomu struck for New } 10 4 Zealand.

West North East South Our apologies for the limited Sport News today.We had big problems getting an internet connection to check the Sport News sites. Ellestad Naber Charlsen Luks 3} Pass 3NT All Pass Wall Street To summarise the hilariously bad defence: North cashed two top hearts, then, thinking West had four, switched to the ace of spades. South discouraged so now North tried the queen of di- Turkish style amonds. Declarer won and cashed six clubs on which South, to keep his holding in spades, decided to throw all his diamonds. De- clarer claimed the rest for +430 to Norway.

Now let us switch to the action in the Schools event in Round 6 when the Netherlands met Poland and Richard Ritmei- jer was declarer for the Dutch. Turkcell,a Turkish mobile telephone company, took New York by storm on Tuesday. They West North East South were celebrating being listed on stock ex- Pass Pass changes in Istanbul and New York, and to 1{ 1] 3{ Dble mark the occasion they branched out into the Pass 3[ Pass 3NT catering industry. Customers queued around All Pass the block for free refreshment, and were en- This time it was South in Three No-Trumps.West led a low tertained by kaftan-wearing Turkish models, diamond. Ritmeijer won in hand, took the spade finesse, cashed 'big bunny' men on stilts, and Middle Eastern the ace, and cleared the suit.West continued by playing ace and music. another diamond so declarer claimed ten tricks for +630 to the Dutch!

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Hungarian Yossi on a Juniors Team Roll Israel's Yossi Roll reported this deal Peter Gal, npc: I am a 47 year old computer programmer. I from the match against England. am married and I liked bridge - until now. Beni Keil, coach: I am 57 years old and divorced with three children - an 18 year old boy, Baliut, a 14 year old girl, Dora, and Round 18. a seven year old girl,Anna. I am a lawyer. I like music, the French Board 4. Dealer West. N/S Vul language, German football, and everybody who is smiling. Some- where in the past I played bridge. I hate that I don't know who I [ Q 9 2 am. Balazs Kotanyi: I am 25 years old and a financial manager. I ]A 6 like to play squash. I don't like the Italian football but I very much { Q 9 4 3 like Brazilian football. } K Q 10 9 Zsolt Balasy: I am 25 years old and a marketing manager. I [ A 6 5 [ K 7 4 3 like all sports, especially football. I don't think anything exists that N ] Q 10 8 4 ] 9 3 2 I hate. W E Gal Hegedus: I am 23 years old and study mathematics in { J 8 { K 10 7 5 the Science University of Budapest.Apart from bridge, I like foot- } J 8 4 2 S } 7 5 ball. My last sentence is the same as Zsolt's. [ J 10 8 Edina Rosta: I am 23 years old and study in two faculties, to be a chemist and a mathematician. I hate football, especially Hun- ] K J 7 5 garian football, but I love to dance salsa. { A 6 2 Mate Mraz: I am 21 years old and study mathematics and } A 6 3 computer software in the Science University of Budapest. I learned to play bridge five years ago so my favourite activity is West North East South playing bridge. I really hate 5-0 trump breaks. Josef Szikszai: I am 25 years old and an expert in IT at Mars Roll Schnieder Inc. I am married. Besides bridge, my favourite spare time activi- Pass 1} Pass 1] ty is listening to The Cure. I really hate my partner's slam bidding. Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Estonia The lead was the five of diamonds, playing fourth best, which declarer ran to his queen, as West played the jack. As declarer knew he would need a spade trick, and a club guess or the heart Junior Team finesse, he played the nine of spades from hand, and it was allowed to run to West's ace.West returned the eight of diamonds, and when that was ducked all round, he found the best defence Tanel Tärgla, 21. Matriculated from university, only to re- of switching to the six of spades. Declarer was allowed to win turn to study maths. Still can't count up to 13! with the queen, and he played the queen of clubs, hoping to get Marlen Tärgla,20. Started the tournament as a captain and a count of the suit.Although it appeared to declarer that East in- substitute player. Since the only possibility for her to get into the dicated he had three cards in the suit, he was inclined to place action was somebodys death, we upgraded her to scorer and him with two, but postponed his decision by exiting with a spade. npc for safety reasons. East took his ace, and when he cashed his winning spade, he set Leo Lucks, 23. In civil life he studies philosophy and teaches up a squeeze against his partner.When he exited with a diamond, it to his pupils. He likes to tell vulgar jokes, and he never sits in West had no good discard. He elected to unguard the queen of the West seat since he hates western capitalism. hearts, but declarer simply played a heart to the king, and a heart Lauri Naber, 20. Officially studies political science, but had back to the ace for nine tricks. to take a vacation due to bridge playing. He likes tall girls very Only an initial heart lead is good enough to defeat the con- much, and being 185 cm high, has managed to find a girl friend tract, and that is hardly likely when South has bid the suit. who is even taller. At the other table East led a spade, and when declarer failed Igor Trishkin, is the coach of the team, but does not kibitz to divine the club position, he could not come to more than eight our matches, since we have lost them all when he has done that, tricks. and he doesn't dare to do it anymore. Kalle Pedak. He is the President of the EBF, and being dis- appointed with our play, he promised to leave the island we vis- ited on Thursday if we lost to Norway on Wednesday night. Luck- Anagram Corner ily we managed to get a draw. Aivar Tihane, 21. A very strange person, suspect in espi- Barry Rigal can never resist a challenge - see yester- onage - being an Estonian patriot - suddenly married a Latvian, and went to live there. Visits his parents in Estonia only when day's bulletin - so he assumes that Lior Zivan's at- there is some bridge tournament. Hobbies: His two year old son tempt to join the Israeli team makes him a Zion Rival. Tom.

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Worst Bid? Turkish Team

English schools captain, Phil King of- Profile fers this exhibit from his team's match against Sweden in Round 7 as an entry in the Worst Bid/Biggest dis- Polat Erdemil aster category. I am 24 years old, and still studying Mechanical Engineering. My job in this team is to find my partner Ilker before the match- Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. es, make him sit down in his place, and don't let him go away during the match! My captain wants me to play, but it's not so easy [ A J 8 5 if you can't find your partner! They call me 'Polly'. For more in- ] Q J 8 2 formation you can find me in room 428. Don't ask me where you { A K 7 3 2 can find my partner! } [ 6 3 2 [ 10 7 4 Güray Sunamak N A 25 year old computer engineer. During the university years ] A 10 9 ] 6 4 W E he spent most of his time by playing bridge and computer games { 10 9 8 { J 5 (especially multi-player ones). He finally succeeded in graduating } A K 9 4 S } Q 10 8 5 3 2 after seven full years. He now works as an Internet programmer [ K Q 9 in a Company. He is known as 'Turtle'. ] K 7 5 3 Tamer Uz { Q 6 4 24, an electronic engineer, he has been playing bridge for } J 7 6 seven years, and played in Vienna two years ago. He has partnered Toygar for six years. He changes his job very often. He is the cre- West North East South ator of the team slogan 'I like red from black'. Hydes Handley-Pritchard 1} Ilker Erdogan Dble Rdbl All Pass 25, has been playing bridge for three and a half years, and is involved in Business Administration. He is in the army now. Can't usually be found because of his love of sports, especially football. The One Club opening was Polish-style, either a weak no He is a true fan of the Spanish team's scorer. trump type or strong and artificial and Alex Hydes' double showed a weak no trump. The Swedish North redoubled, no doubt drooling at the prospect of the enormous penalty that was Toygar Alper about to come his way when he got the chance to double his vul- 25, and has been playing for seven years, the last six with Tamer. nerable opponents. But something went wrong, because Ben He is a bridge teacher and tournament director. He likes driving, Handley-Pritchard passed his partner's double - an undiscussed which explains his interest in sports cars. action - and the Swedish South also passed. Well, Hydes could not be certain that he was doing the right Özgür Bakan thing, but it looked as though passing might not be a bad idea - The coach, who is a fanatic supporter of Galatasaray, was a after all, 1} redoubled is not game. How right he was! East/West player in Vienna. He believes that his friends will succeed in this could only come to six club tricks plus the heart ace, but that event. was just enough for one down and a magical +200. I wonder how North was feeling - not only no penalty, but he had to sit and Sinan Tatlicioglu watch his partner going down in 1} redoubled when he was cold for slam in either red suit. 25, and studying physics. Although his interests are many, in- The North/South auction is certainly a worthy entry in our cluding the history of art, poetry, literature and chess, he is too disasters competition, wouldn't you agree? lazy to pursue any of them. He has been playing for four years, and finds it great fun. He is hoping to go sunbathing in Rio next year! He is known as 'Rabbit' for obvious reasons.

Sponsors Corner Özgür Göksel 22, and is studying chemical engineering. Claims to be the youngest captain, and has only been playing for 18 months. He The Irish team is sponsored by Allfinanz, who likes preempts, Hendrix, photography, and music. He is known as provide Internet solutions for life insurance and fi- Kamikaze, but his team name is 'Neo'. nacial services - www.allfinanzinc.com The Irish team would like to thank them for Karen McCallum their support in this competition and throughout Now known as 'Kate', former Venice Cup Champion, who has the year. been coaching the Turkish players. She is renowned for her aggressive approach to the bidding, but claims she is really a pussy- cat in this area.

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The exception proves the rule

When players are taking their first tentative steps in bridge, This was a much more controlled effort - until West's final they sometimes have a tendency to play their aces at the first op- bid. Mind you, there are several places where the bidding might portunity.As they improve their knowledge, they begin to realise have been improved! Once again South did not double, but his that frequently the best role for an ace is to decapitate a king. side took two tricks. However, that is not always necessarily the case. Round J20/S8. West North East South Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. 1NT Pass 2} Pass [ 7 6 4 3 2{ Pass 3{ Pass ] J 10 8 3 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 5} Pass {3 6{ Pass Pass Dble } Q 9 5 3 All Pass [ KN [ Q 10 8 5 ] Q 6 5 ] K 4 2 West did not star on this deal. His choice of opening bid W E { Q 10 9 7 { A K J 6 4 2 was, well, shall we say obscure, and his decision to bid the slam when his partner cuebid in clubs was, well, shall we say mis- } A K 10 4 2 S } guided. This time South was not afraid to double, and he [ A J 9 2 cashed his tricks. ] A 9 7 West North East South {8 5 1} Pass 1{ Pass } J 8 7 6 1NT Pass 2[ Pass This is a fairly routine deal, with E/W cold for 3NT or Five 2NT Pass 3{ Pass Diamonds, contracts that were bid and made at the vast majori- 4{ Pass 4] Pass ty of tables. 6{ Pass Pass Dble One pair stopped short after an undistinguished sequence: All Pass West North East South 1} Pass 1{ Pass Strangely enough the other Hungarian pair sitting E/W also got to Six Diamonds via another dubious auction. The problem 2{ Pass 2[ Pass came with the Four Heart cuebid, because West clearly thought 3{ All Pass it promised the ace. All that can be said is that if you follow the golden rule that South knew enough to double, but looking for a big penalty, an opening bid facing an opening bid should play game, then you led the five of diamonds. Declarer won in dummy and ruffed a will not go far wrong! club. He went back to dummy, cashed the }AK, throwing two Another auction caught the eye for all the wrong reasons: hearts, and ruffed a club. He went back to dummy once more and played his winning club to get rid of his last heart.These cards re- West North East South mained: 1{ Pass 5{!! All Pass East certainly subscribed to the theory of fast arrival! [7 Inevitably some tables attempted a slam: ] J 10 8 3 West North East South { 1} Pass 1{ Pass } 3{ Pass 4{ Pass [ KN [ Q 10 8 5 5{ Pass 6{ All Pass ] Q 6 5 ] W E The Hungarian pair did not exchange much information, and {Q {A although the jump to Three Diamonds was aggressive,West's fail- } S } ure to cuebid over Four Diamonds should have sounded a warn- [A J ing note. South did not double, but did cash his aces. ] A 9 7 West North East South { 1} Pass 1{ Pass } 2{ Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3] Pass West played the king of spades and South, having seen one ace presumably disappear, was not going to lose a second. He 4} Pass 4] Pass took the trick - and nothing more. However, if he had simply 5} Pass 5{ Pass ducked the king of spades, declarer would have had to concede 6{ All Pass defeat. So, it's not always right to take a king with an ace!

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Kees for the Ireland v Scotland Defence Five-a-Side Football Match Our 'Fliegende Hollander' reports on a deal that was well de- by Soccer Correspondent Maggie Pierce fended, and 'almost?!' played well. The start of this much awaited encounter was delayed by the problems of crowd control and inability to locate a pitch. Finally Round J20/S8. underway, Ireland took an early lead with a devastating long shot, giving the keeper no chance. Scotland equalised shortly after. It is Dealer South.All Vul. a credit to both sides in this thrilling battle that there was only one penalty - resulting in a Scottish goal. [ K 10 7 4 When Ireland were 12-6 up a mix-up in the defence (not for the first time) resulted in a spectacular own goal by Ben, who ] 10 6 2 wishes to remain anonymous. Perhaps playing a 1-1-1-1-1 forma- { J 10 5 tion was inferior to the Scots 1-0-2-2 set-up.With five minutes } K 9 2 to go Scotland were leading 16-14.Then in quick succession Ire- land scored twice (giving MacCormac his first hat-trick) to level [ 9 5 2N [ Q 8 the scores with a minute to go.The noise was deafening, render- ] J 7 3 ] K Q 9 8 5 4 W E ings of 'Flower of Scotland' and 'Danny Boy' were raising the roof { A 8 3 2 { Q 7 of the stadium. } Q J 5 S } 7 6 3 With the very last kick of the match a long ball found the ac- curate head of David (Man of the Match) Nolan and the ball shot [ A J 6 3 into the net a split second before the final whistle. ]A So Ireland qualify for the five-a-side final next year in Rio. { K 9 6 4 This was to be a three-cornered tournament but some Ital- } A 10 8 4 ians had to go to a party and some Italians were in love.

West North East South 9th INTERNATIONAL 1} Pass 1[ Pass 3[ YOUTH BRIDGE Pass 4[ All Pass FESTIVAL

The bidding sequence was the same at both tables, and East s'Hertogenbosch 2001 started with a heart lead.The king at one table, and the queen, (second best) at the other. Dummy had to win with the bare ]A. For everybody who has ever been to this tourna- At the table where Schollaardt/Lagas were E/W, declarer ment, and all the countries that during these champi- played the spade ace, and a spade to the [10 and East's queen. onships have shown interest in participating. East continued with a smal heart, ruffed in dummy. Declarer Due to several problems, even in s'Hertogenbosch played a club to his king, and the jack of diamonds was covered the wallet is sometimes empty! It is not certain that the in turn by the, {Q, {K and {A. West now returned the killing ninth Festival will take place next January, but if it does third trump that left declarer with an inescapable club and heart the dates are from 8-15 January 2001. Everybody is loser. working hard to get things arranged, but the final decision about the realisation of the 2001 Festival will be Bas Drijver had a different view on the play as declarer. taken on 1 September. So during the Universiade in After winning the heart ace, he continued with a small spade Maastricht I can inform every country participating, and to his king and played the {J, the trick comprising the same four I would like to get the email - addresses of captains here honours as at the other table.West continued hearts, so declar- who will not be present in Maastricht. er ruffed in dummy, took the [A, noticing the fall of the queen, Main organiser, Jan Rijnaarts, was frequently present and played a club for the }J and }K.Then he ruffed his remain- in the VuGraph or the lobby of the hotel, and is planning ing heart. He crossed back to the {10 and drew the last trump. to put his best foot forward to get everything in order All he lost was a club and a diamond for eleven tricks and +650. for the 2001 Festival.

Well played? Captains or junior officials of all interested countries: Bas was his own critic: ''Of course I should have cashed }A please give your email - address to Kees Tammens (of before crossing to {10. On the two trumps from North, West course he has already had email contact with many of you) will be squeezed in clubs and diamonds because of North's }9. Kees Tammens: you might use [email protected] or So I should have made twelve tricks!'' [email protected] For academic interest only,West can break up the squeeze by playing back a diamond when he wins the ace.

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SCHOOLS trick. But South knew what was going on, and with eight top winners, and five losers, now played off his long suit, diamonds. GIVE A East could not withstand the pressure of the last diamond. He had to keep three spades and the top heart, so had room for LESSON only one club. Declarer could now safely set up a heart but, knowing the by Patrick Jourdain (Wales) ending, chose the more spectacular line of cashing his king of spades and exiting with a heart to leave poor East to lead up to dummy's ace-jack of spades at the end. Very well played all VuGraph on Saturday afternoon featured the Schools Round round! 10 match between Poland and Norway, the two leaders at the Norway won the match 16-14 to take the lead but had a time. The match in general and this deal in particular showed a tougher last round to play, leaving Poland as favourites for gold. very high standard of play all round.

Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. The Polish [ A J 9 3 Junior Team ] { A 7 4 3 } Q 8 6 5 2 Andrzej Aleksandrzak (52), npc: He has a science de- [ 10 8 7 6N [ Q 5 2 gree in chemistry. Some players call him "White Bear" (imagine ] 8 7 6 5 4 3 ] A K 9 him wearing a white coat and guess why). He has been a coach W E of the Junior National team for two years. Unfortunately, his {K 9 {Q 2 expectations from this present team probably won't come } 7 S } A J 10 9 4 true. [K 4 Anna Grunt (24) and Anna Sarniak (24) are the lethal ] Q J 10 2 weapon of the Polish team.They have a common first name so to { J 10 8 6 5 distinguish them they are called "Dluga" (Long, in English, because }K 3 at 184 cms it is too much for the Tall nickname) and "Mala" (Small, in English).They both study mathematics so can easily use Closed Room their analytical skills in the field of bridge. They are always very cheerful and with a smile on their faces can kill you on another West North East South difficult - for you, of course - board. P. Eide J. Kotorowicz Aal K. Kotorowicz Piotr Lutostanski (22) is a student of economics at the 2} 2NT Pass University of Warsaw. He is the most skilled player on our team 3{ Pass 3] All Pass and should be a leader (but see the Disaster Corner). He is crazy about beautiful girls and likes good alcoholic drinks.You can find him and his partner easily - just look around. If you find two boys Open Room both walking around complaining about their partners it means that you have found them. West North East South Kapala E. Eide Buras Lindqvist Piotr Kucharski (24) is studying Physical Education in 1} 1NT Dble Radam, his family town. He is the partner of the above men- tioned player (so you know how to find him). Together with 2] 2[ Pass 3NT "Lutek" he achieved fourth place in the World Junior Champi- All Pass onships in Nymburk. He loves playing basketball but, unfortunately, he can't say the same about playing bridge with Lutek. In the Closed Room Aal, East for Norway, reached Three One thing more: everybody calls him "Champion", but nobody Hearts against the Kotorowicz brothers. The bad trump break knows why. meant the contract went one off for 50 to Poland. Jacek Baranowski (22) is studying Environmental Protec- In the Open Room there was excellent defence by Szymon tion. He has played with Marek Rozkrut (23) for eight years, Kapala and Krzysztof Buras of Poland and excellent declarer play except for one year when Marek was too old to take part in the by Espen Lindqvist of Norway. Schools category in Vienna. Then Jacek played with Lutek and South, Lindqvist, was in Three No Trumps.Declarer has four they gained the bronze medal. Jacek loves women (especially his diamonds and three obvious black tricks, and if West leads a wife and would-be daughter - she will arrive in September), good heart or a spade declarer can easily set up his extra tricks in wine and playing bridge. the majors. So West did well to start with the king of diamonds. Declarer won and cleared the suit, giving East a very difficult Marek is studying Economics in Cracow.Together with Jacek problem. He took his best shot by exiting with the jack of clubs. Baranowski, he plays in the Polish First Division, which should Declarer correctly won this in hand with the king and led the bring benefits in the near future. Marek loves everything that re- queen of hearts. East was again in trouble and found the best lates to the Spanish culture (especially women and the beautiful shot once more by exiting with the ten of clubs. He now had language). Moreover, he is keen on different sporting activities two winning clubs to cash if declarer tried to set up a heart and indulges himself in drinking good beer.

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Dutch SCHOOL TEAMS FINAL BUTLER Schools Team PLAYER AVG IMPS BOARDS

1 Kotorowicz J POL 1.30 160 2 Kotorowicz K POL 1.30 160 Claudia van der Salm, 18. econometrics student in 3 Bessis O FRA 1.14 160 Groningen. Learned bridge through minibridge, and enjoys the 4 Tessieres G FRA 1.14 160 game but also sailing and surfing. In regular bridge she likes the 5 Lindqvist E NOR 1.13 220 competition of matches and tournaments and especially at the 6 Eide P NOR 1.05 120 level of a European Championship. She likes the looks of boys 7 Ringseth J NOR 0.97 180 8 Burgess O ENG 0.87 180 from the Scandinavian countries - guys, don't take advantage of 9 Woodcock A ENG 0.87 180 this fact! 10 Eide E NOR 0.83 220 Her partner is Albert Nijholt, 19 from Aldeboarn in Fries- 11 Araszkiewicz POL 0.81 100 land.This small village is the origin of minibridge, invented by Ids 12 Madry P POL 0.81 100 13 Buras K POL 0.63 180 Hemminga in 1988. Albert studies history in Groningen and plays 14 Kapala S POL 0.63 180 football, tennis, checkers (like all people from Friesland), darts 15 Molenaar D NLD 0.59 140 and billiards - wonder how he finds time for his studies. Albert 16 Verbeek T NLD 0.59 140 certainly likes the girls from Belgium and loved to come to this 17 Marjai P HUN 0.44 200 championship because of the free trip to Turkey. 18 Bessis T FRA 0.40 160 19 Gaviard J FRA 0.40 160 Erwin Barendregt, 19. Studies Informatica and in fact has 20 Minarik G HUN 0.39 220 already taken a swim one time. The fact that he was 'jonassed' 21 Eglseer W AUT 0.18 200 (chucked involuntarily) is only of small importance. Erwin is a 22 Delmas T FRA 0.18 120 quiet one, to be understood better if you know that he is the last 23 Grenthe J FRA 0.18 120 of three bridge-playing brothers who already have left the age of 24 Marjai G HUN 0.17 200 juniorhood. 25 Berg M SWE 0.17 200 26 Karlsson J SWE 0.17 200 Erwin partners Richard Ritmeijer, 19, and has started his 27 Minarik A HUN 0.15 60 studies in social sciences. He likes to play tennis but is very fond 28 Aal S NOR 0.15 140 of bridge. Richard plays for the new bridge club in Onstein, the 29 Szabo C HUN 0.12 180 castle of bridgemecenas Hans Melchers, who also sponsors a 30 Gruber C AUT 0.11 140 31 Magnusson S SWE 0.11 140 semi-professional bridge team. Richard is interested in the psy- 32 Olofsson T SWE 0.11 140 chological aspects of the game at the table itself. 33 Stoszek M GER 0.05 180 The youngest pair consists of two players from Leidschen- 34 Ginossar E ISR 0.01 140 dam, the biggest bridge club in the Netherlands, owning its 35 Reshef O ISR 0.01 140 36 Hedh S SWE 0.01 100 own premises, with five afternoons and six evenings open for 37 Thalen B SWE 0.01 100 bridge. 38 Borla C ITA -0.02 100 Tim Verbeek, 15, is sure to play a strong match when his 39 Maggi G ITA -0.07 40 hair is combed well. He likes the Tour de France and thinks he 40 Gogoman Ad AUT -0.09 220 41 Gogoman An AUT -0.09 220 has the nicest smile of the tournament. Especially keen on 42 Keil B HUN -0.09 20 throw-ins and squeezes and convinced you can win any hand 43 Anzengruber AUT -0.13 100 that way. 44 Hydes A ENG -0.15 160 Tim's partner is Danny Molenaar, also 15, specialised in a 45 Barendregt E NLD -0.15 200 46 Ritmeijer R NLD -0.15 200 very Dutch sport called Korfbal (a sort of basketball with teams 47 H.Pritchard ENG -0.24 140 formed by boys and girls together). He enjoys the challenge of 48 Sbarigia M ITA -0.25 220 beating opponents and sees bridge as an easy way of making 49 Tal D ISR -0.29 140 trips abroad. The Israeli girls have the greatest attraction to 50 Tal N ISR -0.29 140 him. 51 Lo Presti F ITA -0.29 200 52 Ewald J GER -0.33 160 Bas Tammens, 16, has many functions in Antalya; coach and 53 Piasini S ITA -0.36 200 scorer of the Schools team, scorer and mascot for the Junior 54 Katerbau J GER -0.46 140 team. He plays football, chess and takes part in the friday night 55 Katerbau T GER -0.46 140 skate. He feels that the championship is too exciting for himself 56 Hoffman R ISR -0.46 160 as a spectator and seeks his place as player in the Schools Team 57 Lellouche D ISR -0.46 160 of 2002. 58 Happer D ENG -0.55 120 59 Stockdale S ENG -0.75 100 Captain Dejan Markovic, 32, married to Yasmina with two 60 Nijholt A NLD -0.84 100 sons, Dylan (6) and Daniël (4), has in fact travelled to Turkey be- 61 Salm C NLD -0.84 100 cause 'U'-20 trainer Frans Borm has the Bergkamp-disease and 62 Mortarotti A ITA -1.03 120 will not travel in a plane. Dejan was himself a junior in Palaiseau 63 Buss A LAT -1.26 220 64 Ilzins A LAT -1.26 220 (1992) and won the Dutch Pairs Championship in 1998 (with Vin- 65 Smirnov A GER -1.50 140 cent Ramondt, a former junior who qualified for the Olympiad 66 Neimanis J LAT -1.55 220 2000!). Dejan works for Bridge Better, the Dutch magazine with 67 Rubenis K LAT -1.55 220 a circulation of about 20,000. 68 Morton S GER -2.28 120

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JUNIOR TEAMS BUTLER AFTER SESSION 22

PLAYER AVG IMPS BOARDS 74 Gunnarsson G ICE 0.03 260 75 Kucharski P POL 0.02 339 1 Roll Y ISR 0.98 300 76 Lutostanski POL 0.02 339 2 Schneider R ISR 0.98 300 77 Ahonen H FIN 0.01 220 3 Hakkebo S NOR 0.92 260 78 Nurmi P FIN 0.01 220 4 Jorstad R NOR 0.92 260 79 Biondo B ITA 0.01 358 5 Amit A ISR 0.91 300 80 Brguljan K CRO 0.00 340 6 Vax Y ISR 0.91 300 81 Zoric V CRO 0.00 340 7 Harr G NOR 0.86 320 82 Luks L EST 0.00 420 8 Kvangraven N NOR 0.86 320 83 Naber L EST 0.00 420 9 Kelina M RUS 0.86 340 84 Labruyere P FRA 0.00 220 10 Krasnosselsk RUS 0.86 340 85 Grenthe G FRA 0.00 220 11 Balschun R GER 0.79 380 86 Grunt A POL 0.00 220 12 Schueller M GER 0.79 380 87 Malinovski N RUS -0.05 280 13 Schifko M AUT 0.75 400 88 Solntsev E RUS -0.05 280 14 Gloyer A AUT 0.73 420 89 Sasek T CRO -0.06 320 15 Hegedus G HUN 0.72 380 90 Medusei A ITA -0.06 100 16 Brink S NLD 0.72 380 91 Pilipovic M CRO -0.13 360 17 Drijver B NLD 0.72 380 92 Stefansson F ICE -0.15 280 18 Lagas M NLD 0.66 320 93 Thorsson P ICE -0.15 280 19 Schollaardt NLD 0.66 320 94 Airaksinen J FIN -0.16 260 20 Balasy Z HUN 0.63 440 95 Jafs F FIN -0.16 260 21 Baranowski J POL 0.63 280 96 Mazzadi F ITA -0.16 199 22 Bazin G FRA 0.60 300 97 Roos T BEL -0.20 180 23 Charletoux T FRA 0.60 300 98 Toutenel E BEL -0.20 180 24 Di Bello F ITA 0.59 379 99 Andreev V RUS -0.20 220 25 Di Bello S ITA 0.59 379 100 Semisochenko RUS -0.20 220 26 Rozkrut M POL 0.54 300 101 Grahek V CRO -0.22 320 27 Askgaard M DEN 0.50 380 102 Roos D BEL -0.25 340 28 Bjarnarson G DEN 0.50 380 103 Roos S BEL -0.25 340 29 Frey N FRA 0.48 320 104 Erdemil P TUR -0.36 140 30 Geitner J FRA 0.48 320 105 Erdogan I TUR -0.36 140 31 Noberius H SWE 0.47 240 106 Cleaton M WAL -0.43 380 32 Thornqvist T SWE 0.47 240 107 Roderick M WAL -0.43 380 33 Marquardsen DEN 0.44 320 108 Jerolitsch M AUT -0.45 280 34 Schaltz M DEN 0.44 320 109 Grumm I AUT -0.47 160 35 Wade R ENG 0.43 260 110 Kriftner S AUT -0.47 160 36 Zivan L ENG 0.43 260 111 Sousa J POR -0.47 280 37 Rosta E HUN 0.41 100 112 Teixeira N POR -0.47 280 38 Brink N NLD 0.40 180 113 Veverka A AUT -0.52 260 39 Groosman B NLD 0.40 180 114 Cockburn D SCO -0.56 220 40 Charlsen T NOR 0.40 260 115 Tihane A EST -0.60 420 41 Ellestad O NOR 0.40 260 116 Targla T EST -0.60 420 42 Cornelis T BEL 0.39 320 117 Masia S SPA -0.61 260 43 Donder S BEL 0.39 320 118 Perez J SPA -0.61 260 44 Mraz M HUN 0.35 80 119 Bergson H SCO -0.62 340 45 Eliazohn N SWE 0.35 260 120 McCrossan D SCO -0.62 340 46 Melander M SWE 0.35 260 121 Goded G SPA -0.62 300 47 Uz T TUR 0.34 359 122 De Tejada L SPA -0.62 300 48 Halldorsson ICE 0.34 340 123 Bokholt N GER -0.71 100 49 Haraldsson S ICE 0.34 340 124 Kornek A GER -0.71 100 50 Alper T TUR 0.34 359 125 Kotanyi B HUN -0.73 400 51 Braga Rf POR 0.31 280 126 Szikszai J HUN -0.79 360 52 Braga RcPOR 0.31 280 127 Myles A SCO -0.79 240 53 Nystrom F SWE 0.27 340 128 Heche G SWI -0.79 400 54 Stromberg P SWE 0.27 340 129 Mac Cormac T IRE -0.90 320 55 Heikkinen T FIN 0.24 360 130 Mac Kenzie B IRE -0.90 320 56 Tamminen J FIN 0.24 360 131 Dunn J WAL -0.92 339 57 Green J ENG 0.20 280 132 Jones D WAL -0.96 359 58 Hazel G ENG 0.20 280 133 Evans C WAL -0.97 100 59 Sunamak G TUR 0.19 338 134 Weisweiler J SWI -1.01 380 60 Tatlicioglu TUR 0.19 338 135 La Spada O SWI -1.03 380 61 Krupp S GER 0.14 360 136 Barton A IRE -1.06 279 62 Moeller M GER 0.14 360 137 Davies D WAL -1.10 120 63 Liran I ISR 0.12 240 138 Nolan D IRE -1.10 299 64 Varshavski A ISR 0.12 240 139 Justitz N SWI -1.13 340 65 Bennett K ENG 0.11 300 140 Anglada C SPA -1.15 280 66 Hillman R ENG 0.11 300 141 Villalonga T SPA -1.15 280 67 Guariglia R ITA 0.11 259 142 Carr R SCO -1.24 260 68 Sarniak A POL 0.07 200 143 Marshall D SCO -1.39 280 69 Canelas T POR 0.06 279 144 Martin J IRE -1.46 220 70 Sarmento P POR 0.06 279 145 Bavalia S IRE -1.48 240 71 Henriksen B DEN 0.03 140 146 Gencer B SWI -1.49 180 72 Tomsen T DEN 0.03 140 73 Einarsson B ICE 0.03 260 Subject to confirmation

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SCHOOL

TEAMS POLAND HUNGARY GERMANY SWEDEN ISRAEL NORWAY AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS FRANCE ENGLAND LATVIA ITALY PENALTY TOTAL RANK 1 POLAND n 19 25 14 16 16 17 15 25 23 25 23 218 1 2 HUNGARY 11 n 169 251621179 9 2518 1764 3 GERMANY 0 14 n 14 12 0 3 14 13 13 25 8 116 11 4 SWEDEN 16 21 16 n 1802223442517-11656 5 ISRAEL 14 4 18 12 n 11 14 17 11 18 17 14 -0.5 149.5 9 6NORWAY 1414252519n 22 24 10 20 21 22 216 2 7 AUSTRIA 13 9 25 8 16 8 n 16 22 6 20 17 -0.5 159.5 7 8 NETHERLANDS 15 13 16 7 13 6 14 n 10 19 25 14 152 8 9 FRANCE 5 21 17 25 19 20 8 20 n 15 25 25 -0.5 199.5 3 10 ENGLAND 7 21 17 25 12 10 24 11 15 n 17 17 176 5 11LATVIA 2121139100213n 9-16112 12 ITALY 7 12 22 13 16 8 13 16 3 13 21 n 144 10

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