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GAMZ T1MK this afternoon is 15;30 t3;30 p1D!. GAME TIME tonight is 21:15 9:15 pm!. See special not1ce QDpage 7.
MIXED P '»IHS EKADKBS Ci,GSKLY BUNCHED '!F~i~~p',n A 319-pointlead wasn't i ' enough Qfg 928 cushionfoxi, Canaaxansi Sheila Foxbes and Alex s i e a <. th tg~ . d ""yii nl That wa ot fhej r lead after trte first Qf the two sessions played vesterday but donft forget, the scoxing is across the field, Sincetop on a boar ra< 142 the lead actuaoy worked ottt a little xlixorethan two xull beards, Nevertheless a 66% game is nothing to be sneezed at, But the Canadiatls slipped in the evening, dxopping I;Qthird place. Out front going 1Dto today's tldrd session BTAIITING TIME 8 O Ftn! were Fran Heard and Jaolt.Blair of Dallas and Tulsa. They had a five-point lead over Jixn Becker and Judy Tucker of New Yoxk. Only 8 I/2 Oint e se rated first trom third That's Bn insi'~~icant Dumpierb ' c consideri..tne 3 ng size
The top Europeans wex'6Toxly Bnd Sal!y Sowtera whose b1g jMKQ61Dtne evenxngs Q th p to fourth p&~ceahead Qi Maurair6 Au/Bleu and Genevi8ve Moxenas Qf,France. T 6 ,<~~~~F.SowtersSo ex's areB,x'8from x'QXD Gxeat r68,. Britain, ' 1" ',, Only 95 points behind " '" theleaders ' -' in "',. sixth palace1 were6 BarryBB1'r Crane and K6xTi ShuTrtan O1 1., Bix's 'hnthe world CraDGhas xnore 1IDasterpo1nts tl1¹ Bny QtiMr p]aqI61'in the ACBLF and Kerri6 Once dwon the MCKenneyTropl1y f»most 1D1asterpoints o in a yeax! V Xer:;6,6 .» 11e C~, 8 10 pa1x's xn tlM top 20s and Canada had four,
MIXKL1 PAIHS Standings Biter 2nd sess'ion, USA Fxan Beard - Jack Blair 4559. 55 USA J1m Beckex' Judv Tucker 4554. 45 3 Canada %GUS Forbr-"- Alex Kisin 4550. 95 Gr Bx'ltain Tony ':e31vter Sal jy SQ'iver 4541. 86 France Maurice Au/816u Genevieve Morcnas 4498. 55 USA Barry C rane Kerrl Shutnan 4464, 67 S Africa Dennis Horwit"- Marcia Hop-;vit i 4357. 46 USA June Deutschi A mold LGB vxtt 4312, 55 a Canada Eric Kokish Rmryn Kokish 4294. 05 10 USA Jacqu83in . Gross Steve Gross 4288. 55 11 USA Bee Scnenken HowBXQ Schenken, 4283. 49 12 Sw],[harlan dGan Besse Mx's > Giox'doxl 4243. 45 13 ' USA, Mary Jaae Farell ~ohn Scnwencke 4238. 61 USA John Gnstott - Judith Kchardson 4235, 74 7IB F rance Herve Pacauit Colette BiiL~erol 4232. 00 Canada Cecille Yiisher Sammy Kehela 4212. 96 17 Canada Stephen Aarons Irene Hodgson 4211. 95 18 USA Jason Fiovd Garner MCDaniel 4205. 01 19 T~618nd ADTDf;-/uinn D I Sengxnan 4184. 96 20 USA riadys Cojjler ~ Alan Sontag 4177, 22
MIXED I A HS 'andxngs after 1st $8$$1on 1 Can:Ida Sheila Fo~'b n~> - A/ex Kisin 2691, 00 U'~Y» +~AX'ryC1ane I'nerri Shuinan 2371. 92 Ufi JasoP "to"d Garner McD lni81 2336. 04 26 3F x"Bnc8 Herv8 Pacault, Colette Piberol 2335. 50 USA Dr..PAchard Greene Toby Basset 2317. 96 USA T~ou B' lhn1 Carol Sanders 2307, 50 USA Gerald Michaudt Doris Orlett 2282. 00 7 9 USA Robert Price - Jo'yce VII'illiams 2274, 47 USA xan Beard ~jail j~ia1r 2265. 00 10 France Bernard Caniac Henriette HoudU, 2255. 00 11 F xanc6 2251, 50 12 foehnFt'Tot'Bn Kr'lv Sr'huI.G-TRohatn 2230. 00 13 S Afx'ica, PGQD1$ horPfi";i» Marcxa 1IQXW»tK 2215. 07 14 Ca DB la G.lies Bolvin Anne Mcaae 2211,30 15 Franc8 »faut"8 Auia'ieu G~ ne>~eve Morenas 2205. 50 sponsored by the Hyatt RegencyHotel d Bridge Federation, hosted by the New Orleans La., U.S.A. Contract Bridge League June 17-30, 1978 LOST Don ampbeHof Vancouverhq'-' 1ost a gx'eenjacket size 4ior 44!8omewhere AND in theBaHroomcomplexon Saturdaynight. If found.,please turn in to FOUND Hospitality Desk.,ox bring to Press BoonT,Burgundy C, 4th Floor, Lost- a goldDMT1Hcigarette lighter left in BaHroomdurIlng Saturday afternoonsession, lf found,,please turn in to P~ospitRHtyDesk. Found... Dr. JohnFisher" s briefcase. Canbe claiTYYedat Inforxna»tion desk after 12;00 NoonSunday, with presentationof official badge,
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By JOE AMSBUHZ., Brazil
No~ the heRdingsis not R misprint. Let YneexpL13n. In 1974 I attended my first Bermuda Bowl midst the wonder of Venice and found when I arrived at my hotel that it was also occupiedby some SouthAmerican team. Whenthey found that I was R,bricIge player or at lc»astR bridgex'epoxtex' "- Ihey invited n'leto»ohTtIYemfox' meals. AH the famous wex'6 staying Rt more 8alubrious sites. This wRS how I met the Bxazilians, I found them very cITarming then who doesn't'P Rnd I en,"'oyedtheir exuberant, animated discussions. To finish third to two great teams from Italy Rnd U. S, was 8 fine achievement and "our" team was highly delighted. I see Cha-Cha and P, P. Gabriel .hagas ard Pedro Paulo Assumpcao! every year at the 8LuxdayTimes International but it was not until Monte Ca,rlo 3.976that the whole team reassemble. It was a personalpleasure to find the teaYn unchanged, either in personnelor friendship Busy with handrecordin~ iin the CIQ~edBooms I ~aw litt'le of my old friends albeit they won the match I recoxded when they were fn the Closed PQQYYT. After the BexmudaBowl endecithere was stiH the TeanTOlympiac1 tG conTe As I told my Brazilian friends they hadto navea great cITance, Chagaswould completelybewilder the w6akex teaYns,RncI. t1xe Sout11AnYeFican champxons had pxoved they could hold their own with the better contenders.
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The day I was YYTissiingfroxn the event Brazil played Italv, h'd a boTTYbof a score in both rooms, then found to their hox'ror that both pairs had p'ia",ed the same cards. The match was ruled a draw. As you aH know, after a cliff-hanging finish in which italy last the last match to a Greekteam playing inspired bridge, Brazil took the team title. I erasalxeady established as non-playing mascct, but I figure tITRtthe daxiyrub- adownwxth The Brxd~eA?Grigthat I gavethem also helped. And so to 1978, NewOrleans, Abscilutelygreat to meet again so manyfxiends of past eventsand get together vritITso nTRnyn w f8c~,".that ITaveonly b«ennames up until now, HavLng80 unjUistiymissed the cut for tITeOpen final., I decidedto skip the consoL»tioxlevent there is no consolation when you miss by 1, 7 matchpoi»28!and catch up on some work, NaturaHy~even in the px'688x'oonT we keepup with events~Rnd v«ith one Sessionto go I wasgiaG to see Eric KokisiT-Peter Nagy in fix*st place with my other buddies, Gabino Cintra and : MarceloBranco handilyp'Laced ixT second, '~Viththe Canadiansa boi,rd.cleax they lookedgood. Aftex a whi1e the pressure builds up for me I mean SoI quit work to watch the rux for home. It'8 impossible to root for two pairs Rt the sametime. Bo beaxing in nTindmy position as official BraziHRn mascot, <.went in fox' the last hour to watch Cintra-Branco,
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SmaH wonder t1«at~ got a bea~~' g srAle from. Gabino. ZverytiTixxgwent lilce sine Just to showyou what I Ynean,the 1astthree boards wex6 againstMike axxdKathie CappeHetti putting up a txemendousperforYTTance and stiH very nxuchin the Ixuntfor the top placings. They seated EIRrcelio Branco north, Mike CappeHetti egest,CbTtrasouth, and Kathie CappeHetti.west. Board 13 Dlr: North 41' J75 M~Jce reached 44 in ax' uncontested Ruction. Vul Both 0 8542 The 410 divasled to the queen and Marcelo ruffed 9 K@10542 with the 47. He returned the ruff with the five, Now 0 A 93i J 8 Nor"h took the OQ RY1dplaye anothex. declarer 4 Q2 4AKJ4 took the wrong viev' and r1&~'edwith the ei.ghtfor 4A10 South'8 ten to score, Dotvn two 200, U 97 9 76 0 10987653 --continuecf, Qn TT64 page", Do You Believe in Luck By Joe Amsbuxy, continued fxom pxevious page
Board 14 4 K 10 9 7 6 3 SOUTH WEST NORTH Dlr: East '0 Q 7 6 4 Pass 2 Dbl. Vul: None @jr 3 C 3 '0 4A63 PR88 Pass Pass 4 Q4 0 A85 753 'V A K 8 The orig."',nal raise to 20 was inverted strong!. 0AQ J63 0 109842 NGH;h'8 double BeNislJ388guent fx ee bid suggests 4 K1097 4J8 that Marcelo added seven points fox' the VGM. South got off to the best lead of the 4 J, won by the 0 J1092 ace. A trump to the jack won, then back to the 'VK ! KV5 to play anothex txump, Gabino hopefully stuck in 4 Q542 the king well, you, never know. ! The third trump was drawn and now declarer mistimed ihe play by cashing and r~g a heart, He got out with a spade won by North who tapped dummy with a third spade. Now m the wrong hand Mike had to concede two clubs. Result 40 nmde ten tricks» +130 fGx' 2 matchpoxnts Gut Gf 19~ ox' lV io the Brazllians,
Boaxd 15 SOUTH WEST NORTH EA ST Dlr: South 1 0 Pass 2 'V Pass Vul; N-S 3 4 Pass 3 ! Pass 3 0 Pass All Pass 4 A43 4 J82 'V J52 '7 3 Eleven pairs bid the slam, Kokish being one of ! J1097 0 Q 653 the eight who failed on the club lead, So the 4 Q42 4 K8653 Bra,zilians got it right again, for Mike had a club 0 KQ109 76 ready to lead when Kathie chose just this UA64 moment to lea,d the !J out of turn t Declarer ! 8 accepted the lead and had no problem wrapping up @A J9 12 tricks for +680. This one was worth 15 out of 19 to North-South. Two boards over average on the nine I watched. So.you see, I have been awarded honorary Brazilian nationality, There is no txuth to the rumor that I vill be center forward in the next World Cup t
When a pair failed to show for the final session of the Open Paix's, Len Jefferson and Jim Becker were asked to fili in. They soon found out just how tough competition is at the top level in fact, I.en found a play made against him! that he is submitting as an entry in the BOLS contest for the best bridge action of the Glympiad, 33II;[II'isailla sI,8 I It's ~ kirg By LFGNARD JEFFERSON
Jim Becker, in ihe Open Pair final as a substitute~opened with a thirdMnd preempt, and Peter Weichsel and Alan Sontag extracted the Iwst ounce of blood from that contxact. Dlr: West Vul Both 0 K7654 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 'VAQ652 Pass Pa ss 3 4 Pa 88 0 102 Pass Dbl AH Pass J 4 Q J1093 4 A2 Alan led ihe VK Peter beginning an echo K 87 'V 93 with the 10, So Alan continued with the 0A and 0 JV53 0 Q 9 8 another diamond, Peter coHecting his singleton 4 2 4 K 10 9 8 5 3 trump. Then he made the key play Ãeichsel 4 8 returned the 4K i He wanted to keep declarer 'V J104 from getting to dummy fox a discard on the QJ. 0 AK64 Becker took the 4A and returned the deuce, bui 4 AQ 764 Alan trumped and shet back the UJ, covexed by the king and won. by the ace. After taking the UQ, Peter led another heart. Jim had to trump low, so Alan overrxxffed, and he still had to take his 4A and K. Down 1100. jc Hy DGRTHY FRANCIS %Mletrying to gathermaterial for the DailyHulletin at my fixst GlympiadI discovered kibitzing is an ax.. Myfirst obstaclewas deciding whom to watch,There I vmswith the finest bridge playersin thevrorlds andI eouiidmatch onlyonepaixi Youhave to choosecarefully, and I considered some very esoteric methods: 1. Eenie-meenie-miney-moe. 2. Closingmy eyes andstabbing a peneLtat an entry sheet, 3. Asking the Jehovah VFitnesses, I won'tdivulge the xnethodI finally decidedupon because it woxkediEvexy pau I kibitzedduring the Open Pairs had a goodset, even though a fewof themthought theydidn' t. Gnepaix even vtyent so far as to comment "Ourgame picked up after you came." Bridge godsforbid that I should evex'be labeleda jinx klbitzex, Thenext step is to find a chair[ Soundseasy butwhen piayers in evexydirection are using chairs fox their personalbelon~gs weU,, a goodchair is hard to find. Finally I'm a,ll set I have chosena paxr aud I.havefound a chair I also have a purse, a legalpad that keepsfailing apaxtand a pencil hopeit doesn'tbreak you're not supposedto wander!.Gh yes, anda cigarette.There I am, sittinglike a dummy with a cigarettebutt in my fingersand the ashtxayon the wrongside of the table. Hut I kQGWthe first rule of kibitzing--Don t Hothex' the ~~laBx's f
There are othex strict rules for kibitzexs; Don't breathe. jf you must, do it quietly.! Don"ttalk. pÃlat a rule for a woxnani! Don"t follow moving pairs. Luckily, we reporters for the Daily Hulletin had special dispensationfxom this rule.! Don t ryetin the playex'8 way. In Other words watc11 where you"re goingwhen you drag that chair aroundi! Don'tmake facial expressions. Hui xeally, I hadto sneeze!! Keepyoux noteshidden. I wrote So small that nobody could read my notes--not even my editor ! KKKP YOUR MOUTII SHILJTIF YG3JSKK GR HEAR AN IRRKGULARITYl I sawrevokes--and I'm sabinhavUlg trouble gettingthe tape marks off my mouth.! The playexsuse all kmdsGf system8,and I haveonly a limited knowledgeof most of them. However,this didn'tprove to bea problema,s long as I dMQ'task mypair any questions. That way they eouldn't confuse me too much. I feared that languagewould be a problem, since there are some 47 countries representedhere. Hut I had no troublein this regard... unlessthe playersspoke French,German, Spanishs Italian, Po'.ish,Portuguese,Swedish, Dutchs japanese, Chinese,Danish, Icelandicor somesuch. I -peak Englishfluently. It'8 time to movefox the secondround, andI gathex'my gear includinga heel that brokeoff my sheetfor my first eayeditton.,and t MOVE. i eit downat the netdtaMe, andboy! do the headsturn. The menwonder bow can anyone who doesn't know any betterthan to followa movingpair possiblymake an accuratereportGna bridgeband. Not only that, they look at my namebadge and decide that I ean't evenspell Dorothy my name really is Dorth»--onlyone G!. AUI.I ean do is sxnile sweetlyand reassure themthat ai least I knowhow to sn&ei 'Whatabout the ladies'? $1611,they give me that kind of look that translatedfreely means,"Uh-huh, another bridge groupiei
W4Bt Happened9 Pleaset, VAlRt Happened? Evenwatching the players play pxesentsproblen18. It'8 difficult whenthe player you're watchingwon't disclosehis handexcept through his biddingand play, Heholds his cards so close to his chest--how does he know what he has if he can't see his hand? Sometimesthey play a few eardss mm~MBsomething fold their cards and start another board. %hat happened'?Pleases what happened'?Hut you're not supposedto disturb the players 1 Fortunately this isn't always the case, Sometimes I eouM see the cards--and here I always thoughteverybody sorted their cards into suits. I had manya near hea,rt attack whenit seemed"xny pair" wa,sabout to xevokebecause they were pulling a card from an unlikely section of theix hand, I don't expect anybodyto move my chair fox me, Players fighting for a world title certainly have moxeimpoxtant things to oeeupytheix mindsthan their personalkibitzer.. Special thanks to yous Roger Hates and Ted Horningi Finally the sessionis over and I have managedto pick up a few goodhands and com- ments, If I am exhausted,brothexi how the players nlust feel[ Now I want to get some more hands from other player.".--I' ve got a taskmastex for an editor. Hut 1 know the rules aboutwanderings so I sit in my ehaixfor five minutesbefore gettingup to seek out some of the other stars. NOWI realiZB I have louud VP...'16VBI ",2'k yhe ntridgeWGX'ld, IVlcveGVBr, Al FiSheX's At the first general meeting of the Internat'onal Bxidge Press Association, Richard Frey was reelectedpxesident andall other officers were reelected. These included Hexman Filarski executive vice-president. 1'leleon Hi ,'e treasurer and businessmanager; Kloene Griggs, genexalsecretary; Albert Dormex, membexsbip secretaxy;Alee Txaub awards secretary;and Harold Franklin and Nile Palmer, executive committee. In addition 'two Deiiv membex'8wex'6 added to tb6 executive committee: Guido Barbone»pxesident of tbe It":,lian Bridge Federation, and Tannab H11's «b»wl'io 18 connecte i with Goren F»nterprlsea» Six !ournallsta won awards for clips they SUbmittedin connectionwith the BGI»S Brilliancy competition: John %ig»all» New Z>ealand;Svend Novrup, Denlliark",Joe Amsbury» Gx'GRtBritain Tex'BDce36686» Gx'eatBritaint Eric Jannereten»Sweden; and Ron Kjinger, Austra]ia, A total of 24 journalists fx'om11 nations subInltted cnps. It wa,s rea8'irmed that there Rx'6two BOILS»contests taking place at tb18 GlyInpiad» Gne Rwax'dvol be gxvenfox' 'ib ".beat; story of. tbe Glympiad--Strictly a writing Rwaxd. The other wiD be for R -»layexbrilliancy This will be a double award becauseboth the phyer Rndtbe writer who reports the briLiancy will ibe honored. However» 1 will be tbe pjay» nox tbe wrBing ski]3.» that we'll dete»'Mi'nf«»thie winller, Among those px'esentwas Jainle Grtiz-Patino» presidelilt of the %orld Bridge Federation and Rn IM'4 Qlembel NV'AGDqi»G~+1one »»bout i a menloxandum having to do with the Italian situation» Patino categorically denied tbe existence of such a lnemo. Members of tire Italiar pr~s' in 'udin~ Pr»»s'uen>Barbon»» of the F13 wexe present and they said nothingabout the existenceof sucha memo, Ln fact, BaxboneSaid in a letter published in the IBPA Bulletin that there was no '.bst of ItaL»anp1ayera ever in evidence at bis nleeting with PatiQO in GenevR.
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P»oger Bates Rnd Joi'ln MobaD America 8 top duo in the Gpen Pai,rs,exposed. a weakness in tbe 2C opeILIDgbid ae used by Sam Stayman and Vic Mitchell on Board 4 of tbe first final session, NGATH EAST . SGUTH Dlr: %'est 4 K 10 6 4 2 Pass 2 4 39 Vul: Both 7 J 10 8 Pa ss Pass Dbl Pass 0 762 3 NT Pass Pass Pass 0 J2 753 A J 9 Tbe .~«'0 openex' can show either a 9 Q V A»« 2NL opening or an Acol-type two-bid, 0 KJ984 A @10 53 Vixen Sonieone interferes as Bates did 4 8783 k*' K@4 with his K jump, tbe double shows tbe Q 8 notrump type lend, Trouble was that 0 K9 87654 this bro»lght about a situation where the notrunip contract was played fx'om the 4A1095 wx'ong side Mohan natuxally led the 'VJ, and when drayman ducked, Bates won with tbe king and returned the suit, drMDg out Stayman'8 only stopper, Mohan unblocked tbe 10 under the ace. Pates pitched three clubs and a heart ae Stayx ian ran tbe diamonds, ibut be had to getin with bis 4A to take his hearts and set the contract two vulnerable tricks. If the big band had played the notxump game, RD opening heart lead would merely px'Gsent tbe declarer»vth another trlcz--ul»less of course DQutb wa bufflcxently clair- voyant to ]Gad the QK--Rnd North was sutf'Jciently on the bali to uQblock the suit»
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RGGM CONGE FGB IBPA MEETD2iG,... The second general meeting of the Inter- national Bxid «6 Press Assocxation is scheduled for M*30 Monday XXornin~ and wil]l, be held in, the Z4unhin~ room 4th floor rat11~r than 'niche location pxeviously a~Gun ed This 18 a business meet'inngand is Open only to IBPA members,
THE MLQ.,D PAIRS drew the largest f"'eld evex' fox this competition a total of 316 paixs. Of course D2 of these are from the U. S. but even oiscounting these 122, it is still the largest field evex in the IVIixed Pairs. Altogether 33 countries Rre in tne competition. France has 37 paxrs, Canada 32, Rnd Mexico Rnd the Netherlands I7 each. The only other nation. in double figuxes ax'e I.aiy with I2 and Australia with 10.
Maria jenturini Qf Italy dQBS nQt consi fer herse+i' a h rQinc ln Rnv In hex' mind» she did exactly wha't i 1y other bridge piayex would do underthe same clrcun'.stances. It all happened on Boaxd 26 Qf the third final session of the I adies' Pairs. No, Maria did not execute any ex otic squeeze or endplay, She did not find a diabolical opening lead. All she did was bid her hand perfectly--under the cir- cumstances, Her result on the dea1 a big fat zero, Intrxgued ~ %611 here" 8 the aeal Dlr: East 4 7 53 EAST SOUTH SVEST NORTH Vul: Both 9 K&85 2la 88 I 0 Pass 0 J' 7543 2 Pass 3 4 ! Pass 6 4 NT Pa~ ii Pass 0 K@6 4 AJ98 6 4 Pass Pa,ss Pass ! Aq 742 0 K986 9 Agio Le~m four1 So what"'8 so wonder- 4 K108732 4 fu' ~ Pxu v~hat'8 that 3 0 bxd by %est~ 4 1042 But that'8 the story U,3' 10 63 Ventud~d, a many-time champiQn 0 2 Rnd Gne of "he top woman playex'8 in the 4 AQJ94 world, was East and Elvira Mondolfo was AVest, olaying against E .ther Sasson and Klisa Solar of Venezue~>s. Vi~lxenElvira nulled hex bid from the bidding box she noted with horror that she had put M on the table instead of 34. Txouble is she displayed hex dismay to the whole table, including her partnex, Of course, this was unauthorized information. Kvexyone knew She had made a mistake Rnd wished to bid something 6186--like maybe M. The Venezuelan ladies would have been.perfectly within their rightS to call a director to the taMe, but theirs was the first example of sportsm"nship. They !ust colTlmiserated with Elvira Rlxd suggeste that the Ruction continue. Now it was Maria'8 turn both to b d and to be sportsmanlike, She could have be 3NY a perfectly noxmai contract--bu. her ettncs wouldn't let, her. She know she was not entitled to t<&e advantage Gf hex' partnex" 8 tempox'Rry' loss of. con1posux'B.As fax' as Max'ia wRSconcerned~ 34 "ivasa real bid. IX so» this hand was surely in the slam zone. So Maxia Venturixxi, knowing the hand would xnake no more than R game, pushed a,ll the way to ; even.though she vi'as virtuRDy cextain th18 would turn Gut to be a zero fox her. The Venezuelan ladies were SG impressed by MRHR'8 sportsmanship that they told the story to anyone who would listen. "%"6've played against some very rude playexs at this tournament sonxe don"t want you tc talk some don't even want to say heDO. It'8 a plea,sure to know there are people playing this game like Maria Venturini, " The International Bridge Press Association gives an awaxd annually to the sportsman of the vear. Ave'll see to it that aria is a pxime candi hte nmc year. MEETINGOFTHE VENICE CUP CAPTAliiTS w'tH take place toTnorrow Monday!ai 10 a. m. in the Burgondy C room on the fourth floox". THEDRAWFOB THE VENICE CUP... Thefive teams in theVenice Cup competition wiD playa completxouxld-robin » to qualifyiwo teams xor the final Hereare the pairings FIRST.SESSION,U.S.A.vs. Ita1yand Argentina vs. Australia Philippinesbye!. SECONDSESSION,Axgentinavs. Philippinesand Australia vs. Italy U.S. A. bye!. THIRDSESSION Australiavs. U.S.A. andItaly vs. Philippines Axgentina bye!, FOURTHSESSIONS Italv V8.Argentina and Pjubppines vs. U,S.A. Australiabye!', FIFTHSESSION Philippinesvs, Australia and U. S,A. vs. Argentina Italy bye!. NOTE."Starting times for OpenTeams and Venice Cup Womien'8 Teams on Monday, June 26 are 12:30 and 20;00 8 pm!. jr
The following article has been submitted in the BOLS competitionfor the best article on bridge duxingthe course Qf thesewoxld championships. The author is Mjtle Cappelletti of AlexandriaVA,, formex president of the WaslungtonBridge League. He andhis VN'6Kathie reached the final of the Open Pairs.
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By IVIIKK CAPPELLA,ETT> Perhapsthe mostesthetic hand of this 1878Olympiad-was from the second semifinalsession of the OpenPaixs, At thetable, Kaihie and I arrivedat the cold 6 NTcontract, after an invertedminor auction,, making seven v~rith a spadelead into declarex'sAKQ10. Wethen began to speculatewhat could be dovewith other openingleadsand best .defen86. Lo andbehold the gGdof bridgehas presented us with a vex'y fb'ie '.doubleduxnmy problem. Dlr: North 4 AKQ10 With any non-club passive lead from Vul: N-S U 910 either side of the table!, the ixand cari be 0 rI 3.0 9 '3 made by transferring the heart control to @1098 ihe iiiZ then !Qub16spud-6/inp 8 < ~GHows' 0 J852 Cash diamonds after having, at some U KGB*4 point led t1le '7Q cover '-d by the Ylnrr and v'Q2 ace, ihu» m"kixlg the gJ high. Continue 4 963 caishlngaU. Sjtxdiamoxlds,, pitching xwo clubs 4 9e from tve North hanc Cash three =pades QA3 arriving at ihe following three-card end C AK8654 positioxi with the lead m the North hand: 4 North: 010, 710, %~0, South: 4A., K», 45. lf eitherxva!or 10 is high,cash it. Ii not Eastand Wesf:. ~=.ach Ixavekept their major suit jacks", hence, ihe third clui» is a -vinner. Witha club lead, we havean interestin~variatiov Gf a CQP'ipound8 iueeFe Win the openingclub, cash5ve diamonds,pitching a club. '«Vestxnust come down to sevencards whxch must lnc1udefoux spadesto the jack ard two hea4~8to the king elseyou. have a 13th.trick!. Therefore,West must discard his clubguard. Nowyou can discard your 810 on the sixthdialnond, goto youxhand with a spade, transferthe heaxkcontrol by playing'the QQ, covered by theking and ace as lmfore; getback to yourhand with the secondspade, and cash the last spade,squeezing East in hearts and clubs. This would be th end position: Q Q 'V 10 0 If 0 Quhad tx Qubjeanalyzing thi8 hand 8 you. axe nn alone Most of the "Out-by-the- pool mornxng expert " nad dlffx &ty with this one,. also. It is probably one of the best double dummy problems ever deai.i in intel national championships.
IIAHDOF HEAMXG~. Nell Cahnpui her STOPcaxd on the table Mlowe j by 84 GeorgeBapee then took out his N cax"dand put it down-- andthe dixector came running. Georgecorrected his call to 3 NTand «vent downtwo, thenapologized to partner Gail Moss; "Pm sorry. I dldn't hear her bxd. " /'