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8th World Youth Bridge Team Championship RIO DE JANEIRO MANGARATIBA, 6-15 August 2001 Tuesday, 7 August 2001 Bulletin 1 DAILY BULLETIN Editor: Mark Horton – Co-editors: Stefan Back – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis Thailand Show The Power Of Zone 6 VU-GRAPH Round 3 - 10.30 h CANADA v NEW ZEALAND Round 4 - 16.30 h AUSTRALIA v ISRAEL Round 5 - 21.00 h CHINA v CHINESE TAIPEI Revised Playing Times 10.30 - 13.20 / 16.30 - 19.20 / 21.00 - 23.50 In order to bring you and the watching world the best cov- erage of this important event we need material and we can only be at one table at a time. So,if you perform some brilliancy,or as we readily accept is less likely,some blunder,or if one of your opponents does the same,don't be shy - bring,nay rush the de- tails to the Daily Bulletin office,Room 103,just down the cor- ridor from the Press Room. Ernesto dOrsi, President of the Brazilian Bridge Federation The surrounding hills and the beckoning waters of the Atlantic Ocean formed the backdrop for yester- day's opening ceremony as play got under way in the eighth World Youth Team Championships. After a speech of welcome by the President of the Brazilian Bridge Federation, Ernesto d'Orsi,the Championships were formally opened by Panos Gerentopoulos, Chairman of the World Bridge Federation Youth Committee. The growing strength of Zone 6 has been confirmed by the performance of Thailand who recorded two maximums yesterday to race to the top of the table.They are pursued by two of the favourites,Israel and The Netherlands,and the leaders will have a chance to show the seriousness of their challenge today,as they face both those teams,along with fourth placed USA I. If they are still at the top of the tree after what promises to be a tough day,we will know that the leaders are real contenders for the title. 8th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil RESULTS OF ROUND 1 RESULTS OF ROUND 2 IMPs VPs IMPs VPs 1 CANADA bye 18 - 0 1 DENMARK CANADA 42 - 47 14 - 16 2 CHINA DENMARK 25 - 57 7 - 20.5 2 NEW ZEALAND CHINA 17 - 61 6 - 24 3 NORWAY NEW ZEALAND 68 - 36 19 - 8 3 FRANCE NORWAY 20 - 35 12 - 18 4 EGYPT FRANCE 55 - 48 16 - 12 4 USA II EGYPT 45 - 28 19 - 11 5 USA I USA II 29 - 17 17 - 13 5 CHINESE TAIPEI USA I 19 - 98 2 - 25 6 NETHERLANDS CHINESE TAIPEI 90 - 31 24 - 4 6 ARGENTINA NETHERLANDS 44 - 61 11 - 19 7 ISRAEL ARGENTINA 61 - 30 21 - 9 7 CAC ISRAEL 12 -100 0 - 25 8 BRAZIL CAC 59 - 55 15.5- 14 8 THAILAND BRAZIL 66 - 9 25 - 4 9 AUSTRALIA THAILAND 40 - 92 5 - 25 9 bye AUSTRALIA 18 - 0 TOMORROWS PROGRAM ROUND 3 ROUND 4 1 CANADA NEW ZEALAND 1 FRANCE CANADA 2 CHINA FRANCE 2 USA II CHINA 3 NORWAY USA II 3 CHINESE TAIPEI NORWAY 4 EGYPT CHINESE TAIPEI 4 ARGENTINA EGYPT 5 USA I ARGENTINA 5 CAC USA I 6 NETHERLANDS CAC 6 THAILAND NETHERLANDS 7 ISRAEL THAILAND 7 AUSTRALIA ISRAEL 8 BRAZIL AUSTRALIA 8 bye BRAZIL 9 DENMARK bye 9 DENMARK NEW ZEALAND ROUND 5 RANKING 1 CANADA USA II AFTER 2 ROUNDS 2 CHINA CHINESE TAIPEI 1 THAILAND . 50 3 NORWAY ARGENTINA 4 EGYPT CAC 2 ISRAEL . 46 5 USA I THAILAND 3 NETHERLANDS . 43 6 NETHERLANDS AUSTRALIA 4 USA 1 . 42 7 ISRAEL BRAZIL 5 NORWAY . 37 8 FRANCE DENMARK 6 DENMARK . 34.5 9 NEW ZEALAND bye 7 CANADA . 34 8 USA 2 . 32 Convention Card 9 CHINA . 31 Penalties 10 EGYPT . 27 11 FRANCE . 24 The following penalties have been imposed for late de- livery of convention cards: 12 AUSTRALIA . 23 Brazil 0.5 13 ARGENTINA . 20 Norway 3.0 14 BRAZIL . 19.5 The Netherlands 1.0 15 CAC . 14 France 2.0 Denmark 1.5 NEW ZEALAND . 14 China 1.0 17 CHINESE TAIPEI . 6 2 6-15 August 2001 8th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Warming Up Postcard to Brazil n many major sports the competitors engage in a warm up. For ex- f course,we will all be sending postcards from Brazil,but Iample motor racing has a preliminary lap, tennis has a knock-up and Onewly crowned European Women's Champion Heather so on. In Bridge, one way to prepare for an important contest is to test Dhondy had a good reason to send one in the opposite direction yourself on a few problem deals.Try and find the solution to this one: on this deal from Tenerife: Dealer North E/W Vul Dealer East.All Vul [Q 4 [ A J 2 ]6 3 ] J 7 2 { A K J 10 9 { K 8 2 } A K J 10 } 9 8 7 2 [ A K 10 9 5 3 N [ 10 9 4N [ Q 7 ]A 10 ] 10 4 ] K Q 5 W E W E {8 4 { A 5 3 { Q J 10 9 7 4 } 8 7 2 S } K Q 10 5 3S } 6 4 [ K 8 6 5 3 West North East South ] A 9 8 6 2 1{ Pass 1] {6 1[ 3} Pass 3] }A J Pass 3[ Pass 4] West North East South All Pass Smith Dhondy You lead your top spades and East follows with the two and Pass 1[ eight promising an odd number.Can you see any hope for the de- Pass 1NT Pass 2] fence? Pass 3[ Pass 4[ This was the full deal: All Pass [Q 4 ]6 3 West led the king of clubs,and with plenty to do,declarer started off with a heart to the seven,East winning with the { A K J 10 9 queen. Declarer was now in a position to pick up the heart suit } A K J 10 by pinning the ten and would doubtless have sent Mr. Chagas a postcard thanking him for his Bols Bridge Tip.There was still the [ A K 10 9 5 3N [ J 8 2 ] A 10 ] J 4 small matter of the trump suit to be negotiated,but when East W E played back a club,declarer was spared a guess because West { 8 4 { 7 5 3 2 won and underled her ace of diamonds. S } 8 7 2 } 9 6 4 3 You can listen to the Brazilian legend as he is a guest commenta- [7 6 tor at the Championships. ] K Q 9 8 7 5 2 {Q 6 }Q 5 SuperBridge Tour As you can see,West must continue with a third spade,and The indefatigable Larry King,the man credited with when in with the ace of hearts play a fourth round,East ruffing the development of Women's tennis into a multi million with the jack of hearts in order to promote West's ten into the dollar sport has turned his attention to bridge. He was in setting trick. Toronto during the 2001 Summer NABC to promote the Of course your partner would also have realised that the only idea of a professional tour. hope for the defence was a trump promotion and petered to All the early signs are encouraging and King believes show a doubleton spade. by 2005 the tour will be able to boast of US$10,000,000 in prizes annually. The events,of which thirty are already being planned Learn The Language! for 2002,will be two-day,four session games played in in- What phrases do you use after misplaying a hand? dividual movements and run as part of existing Regionals and Nationals. Entry fees of US$200 per player would a) O sol esta muito forte! (The sun is too hot!) produce a prize fund of US$100,000 if the entry reaches b) Estou passando mal! (I don´t feel well!) 125 tables. That's a lot of players,but King believes the time is right. As he rightly points out,the sight of some- c) Preciso de um medico com urgencia! one collecting US$1,000,000 in prize money will act as a (I urgently need a doctor!) magnet to people of all ages. 3 8th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil v CAC ur featured match from the opening round saw the teams Board 2. Dealer East. North/South Vul. Oconfronted by a number of challenging deals,so,as you would expect there were several swings. [ 10 8 5 ] K Q 7 6 Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. {Q [ Q 10 4 } K 10 9 8 7 ] 9 6 3 2 [ 6 4 2N [ A J 7 3 {J ] A J 3 2 ] 10 9 W E } Q J 8 5 2 { A K 7 5 { 10 8 4 3 2 [ K J 3N [ A 9 6 2 }Q 6S }5 4 ] K J 8 4 ] A [ K Q 9 W E { Q 8 6 5 3 { A K 10 9 7 4 ] 8 5 4 }9S }A 6 { J 9 6 [ 8 7 5 } A J 3 2 ] Q 10 7 5 Open Room {2 } K 10 7 4 3 West North East South Open Room Yhap Brum Tessieres Machado Pass Pass West North East South 1{ 1[ 1NT Pass Yhap Brum Tessieres Machado 2{ All Pass Pass 1{ Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass Two Diamonds was a reasonable spot,but declarer could not 3{ Pass 4} Pass find a way to escape the loss of two spades,one heart,one dia- 4{ Pass 6{ All Pass mond and two clubs,so finished one down,-50.