Issue No.13 The DayFriday, 27 June 2008 Will Dawn

The future of Bridge Two European Champions will be crowned today, but only after what promises to be a dramatic conclusion to both events. France now lead the Women’s series, but they are hotly pursued by Germany, Italy, Sweden, Spain & Denmark. The six teams holding sway in the Seniors are Belgium, Turkey, Sweden, Netherlands, England & Italy. In the Open Norway has built up a commanding lead from Russia, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Sweden.

Friday 27th - 10.30 Press Conference 2 Russia - Denmark (Open) RAMA The EBL is holding a Press Conference 1 Poland - France (Open) BBO 1 today at 11.00 in Auditorium La Martin 3 Portugal - Italy (Open) BBO 2 which is located in the lower ground 6 Germany - Estonia (Open) BBO 3 floor of the Palais Beaumont. EBL Pres- 23 Norway - Italy (Women) BBO 4 ident Gianarrigo Rona will speak about 24 Germany - Netherlands (Women) BBO 5 present and future plans and then ac- 31 France - Israel (Women) BBO 6 cept questions form the floor. All journalists present in Pau are invited to attend. Re- 29 Denmark - Wales (Women) SWAN freshments will be served afterwards. 14.15 and 17.35 to be decided 49th EUROPEAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Pau, France

WOMEN TEAMS PROGRAM SENIOR TEAMS PROGRAM

ROUND 23 10.30 ROUND 17 10.30 Table Home Team Visiting Team Table Home Team Visiting Team 21 ENGLAND FINLAND 11 WALES FRANCE 22 AUSTRIA GREECE 12 SPAIN SWITZERLAND 23 NORWAY ITALY 13 FINLAND DENMARK 24 GERMANY NETHERLANDS 14 SCOTLAND TURKEY 25 CROATIA PORTUGAL 15 AUSTRIA ENGLAND 26 IRELAND LEBANON 16 GERMANY NORWAY 27 SWEDEN RUSSIA 17 ISRAEL SWEDEN 28 HUNGARY BYE 18 BELGIUM ITALY 29 DENMARK WALES 19 ESTONIA NETHERLANDS 30 TURKEY CZECH REP. 20 IRELAND POLAND 31 FRANCE ISRAEL 32 POLAND SCOTLAND ROUND 18 14.15 33 SPAIN ICELAND Table Home Team Visiting Team 11 SWITZERLAND WALES 12 POLAND SPAIN ROUND 24 14.15 13 DENMARK FRANCE Table Home Team Visiting Team 14 TURKEY FINLAND 21 DENMARK FRANCE 15 ENGLAND SCOTLAND 22 ISRAEL TURKEY 16 NORWAY AUSTRIA 23 CZECH REP. POLAND 17 SWEDEN GERMANY 24 SCOTLAND SPAIN 18 ITALY ISRAEL 25 SWEDEN ICELAND 19 NETHERLANDS BELGIUM 26 RUSSIA IRELAND 20 IRELAND ESTONIA 27 LEBANON CROATIA 28 PORTUGAL BYE 29 NETHERLANDS NORWAY ROUND 19 17.35 30 WALES FINLAND Table Home Team Visiting Team 31 GREECE ENGLAND 32 ITALY AUSTRIA 11 WALES SPAIN 33 HUNGARY GERMANY 12 SWITZERLAND DENMARK 13 FRANCE TURKEY 14 FINLAND ENGLAND 15 SCOTLAND NORWAY ROUND 25 17.35 16 AUSTRIA SWEDEN Table Home Team Visiting Team 17 GERMANY ITALY 18 ISRAEL NETHERLANDS 21 FINLAND GREECE 19 BELGIUM IRELAND 22 ENGLAND ITALY 20 ESTONIA POLAND 23 AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS 24 NORWAY HUNGARY 25 GERMANY PORTUGAL Today’s Schedule 26 CROATIA RUSSIA 27 IRELAND ICELAND 10.30 Open Teams F.R., Round 14 28 LEBANON BYE Women Teams, Round 23 - Senior Teams, Round 17 29 SPAIN CZECH REP. 30 POLAND ISRAEL 14.15 Open Teams F.R., Round 15 31 FRANCE WALES Women Teams, Round 24 - Senior Teams, Round 18 32 TURKEY DENMARK 17.35 Open Teams F.R., Round 16 33 SWEDEN SCOTLAND Women Teams, Round 25 - Senior Teams, Round 19

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WOMEN TEAMS RESULTS SENIOR TEAMS RESULTS

ROUND 20 - subject to official confirmation ROUND 14 - subject to official confirmation Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 21 CZECH REP. ISRAEL 8 - 29 11 - 19 11 AUSTRIA WALES 57 - 22 23 - 7 22 SCOTLAND DENMARK 45 - 44 15 - 15 12 SCOTLAND SPAIN 23 - 31 13 - 17 23 FRANCE ICELAND 51 - 22 21 - 9 13 FINLAND SWITZERLAND 39 - 43 14 - 16 24 RUSSIA TURKEY 41 - 53 13 - 17 14 POLAND FRANCE 22 - 21 15 - 15 25 LEBANON POLAND 35 - 44 13 - 17 15 DENMARK GERMANY 11 - 30 11 - 19 26 PORTUGAL SPAIN 24 - 59 8 - 22 16 TURKEY ISRAEL 23 - 33 13 - 17 27 WALES AUSTRIA 67 - 55 17 - 13 17 ENGLAND BELGIUM 41 - 48 14 - 16 28 GREECE BYE 18 - 0 18 NORWAY ESTONIA 31 - 34 14 - 16 29 ITALY CROATIA 52 - 22 21 - 9 19 SWEDEN IRELAND 51 - 3 25 - 4 30 FINLAND GERMANY 28 - 46 11 - 19 20 ITALY NETHERLANDS 13 - 45 7 - 23 31 ENGLAND NORWAY 50 - 26 20 - 10 32 HUNGARY SWEDEN 53 - 46 16 - 14 33 NETHERLANDS IRELAND 47 - 14 22 - 8 ROUND 15 - subject to official confirmation Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 11 WALES SCOTLAND 33 - 71 6 - 24 ROUND 21 - subject to official confirmation 12 SPAIN FINLAND 67 - 21 25 - 5 13 SWITZERLAND FRANCE 18 - 40 10 - 20 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 14 AUSTRIA DENMARK 15 - 55 6 - 24 21 AUSTRIA ENGLAND 18 - 61 6 - 24 15 GERMANY TURKEY 40 - 53 12 - 18 22 NORWAY FINLAND 58 - 54 16 - 14 16 ISRAEL ENGLAND 29 - 54 9 - 21 23 GERMANY GREECE 41 - 34 16 - 14 17 BELGIUM NORWAY 65 - 12 25 - 3 24 CROATIA NETHERLANDS 29 - 57 9 - 21 18 ESTONIA SWEDEN 52 - 33 19 - 11 25 IRELAND HUNGARY 53 - 45 16 - 14 19 IRELAND ITALY 54 - 31 20 - 10 26 SWEDEN PORTUGAL 83 - 40 24 - 6 20 NETHERLANDS POLAND 23 - 14 17 - 13 27 ISRAEL WALES 32 - 51 11 - 19 28 ITALY BYE 18 - 0 29 TURKEY ICELAND 74 - 6 25 - 2 ROUND 16 - subject to official confirmation 30 FRANCE SCOTLAND 56 - 27 21 - 9 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 31 DENMARK CZECH REP. 55 - 18 23 - 7 11 FINLAND WALES 41 - 30 17 - 13 32 SPAIN LEBANON 59 - 52 16 - 14 12 FRANCE SPAIN 47 - 1 25 - 5 33 POLAND RUSSIA 68 - 33 22 - 8 13 POLAND SWITZERLAND 79 - 5 25 - 0 14 DENMARK SCOTLAND 35 - 40 14 - 16 15 TURKEY AUSTRIA 49 - 15 23 - 7 16 ENGLAND GERMANY 34 - 23 17 - 13 ROUND 22 - subject to official confirmation 17 NORWAY ISRAEL 13 - 16 14 - 16 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 18 SWEDEN BELGIUM 45 - 6 24 - 6 21 ISRAEL DENMARK 17 - 85 2 - 25 19 ITALY ESTONIA 27 - 33 14 - 16 22 CZECH REP. FRANCE 19 - 63 6 - 24 20 NETHERLANDS IRELAND 28 - 28 15 - 15 23 SCOTLAND TURKEY 5 - 65 3 - 25 24 POLAND ICELAND 54 - 15 23 - 7 25 RUSSIA SPAIN 38 - 40 15 - 15 Sitout exercise 12 26 LEBANON SWEDEN 6 - 70 3 - 25 There is only one lead that defeats Six Spades by West. The 27 PORTUGAL IRELAND 31 - 31 15 - 15 others result in twelve tricks. South has the diamond six. 28 NETHERLANDS BYE 18 - 0 What are the North-South hands? 29 WALES ENGLAND 27 - 55 9 - 21 [ A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 2 N [- 30 ITALY GERMANY 43 - 24 19 - 11 ] - ] A K 6 5 4 3 2 W E 31 GREECE NORWAY 2 - 68 2 - 25 { - { A K 5 4 3 2 32 FINLAND AUSTRIA 53 - 30 20 - 10 }3 2S }- 33 HUNGARY CROATIA 18 - 47 9 - 21

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OPEN TEAMS PROGRAM OPEN TEAMS RESULTS

ROUND 14 10.30 ROUND 11 - subject to official confirmation Table Home Team Visiting Team Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 FRANCE POLAND 1 PORTUGAL FRANCE 30 - 33 14 - 16 2 RUSSIA DENMARK 2 ENGLAND RUSSIA 16 - 60 6 - 24 3 PORTUGAL ITALY 3 NORWAY POLAND 24 - 29 14 - 16 4 ENGLAND LATVIA 4 GERMANY DENMARK 44 - 26 19 - 11 5 NORWAY BULGARIA 5 CZECH REP. ITALY 23 - 61 7 - 23 6 GERMANY ESTONIA 6 TURKEY LATVIA 35 - 25 17 - 13 7 CZECH REP. NETHERLANDS 7 SWEDEN BULGARIA 20 - 41 11 - 19 8 TURKEY ICELAND 8 ISRAEL ESTONIA 47 - 44 16 - 14 9 ISRAEL SWEDEN 9 ICELAND NETHERLANDS 63 - 28 22 - 8

ROUND 15 14.15 ROUND 12 - subject to official confirmation Table Home Team Visiting Team Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 FRANCE LATVIA 1 SWEDEN FRANCE 59 - 18 23 - 7 2 BULGARIA ITALY 2 ISRAEL TURKEY 57 - 32 20 - 10 3 ESTONIA DENMARK 3 ICELAND CZECH REP. 30 - 57 9 - 21 4 NETHERLANDS POLAND 4 NETHERLANDS GERMANY 35 - 44 13 - 17 5 ICELAND RUSSIA 5 ESTONIA NORWAY 22 - 88 2 - 25 6 ISRAEL PORTUGAL 6 BULGARIA ENGLAND 74 - 70 16 - 14 7 SWEDEN ENGLAND 7 LATVIA PORTUGAL 30 - 42 13 - 17 8 TURKEY NORWAY 8 ITALY RUSSIA 55 - 38 19 - 11 9 CZECH REP. GERMANY 9 DENMARK POLAND 62 - 30 22 - 8

ROUND 16 17.35 ROUND 13 - subject to official confirmation Table Home Team Visiting Team Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 ITALY FRANCE 1 BULGARIA FRANCE 31 - 17 18 - 12 2 DENMARK LATVIA 2 LATVIA ESTONIA 41 - 57 12 - 18 3 BULGARIA POLAND 3 ITALY NETHERLANDS 30 - 61 9 - 21 4 RUSSIA ESTONIA 4 DENMARK ICELAND 48 - 32 18 - 12 5 PORTUGAL NETHERLANDS 5 ISRAEL POLAND 33 - 50 11 - 19 6 ENGLAND ICELAND 6 RUSSIA SWEDEN 49 - 25 20 - 10 7 NORWAY ISRAEL 7 PORTUGAL TURKEY 19 - 67 5 - 25 8 GERMANY SWEDEN 8 ENGLAND CZECH REP. 61 - 23 23 - 7 9 TURKEY CZECH REP. 9 GERMANY NORWAY 16 - 45 9 - 21

OPEN TEAMS RANKING after 16 rounds subject to official confirmation

1 NORWAY 239.00 10 DENMARK 197.00 2 RUSSIA 225.00 11 POLAND 189.00 3 GERMANY 222.00 TURKEY 189.00 4 ITALY 219.00 13 CZECH REP. 183.00 5 BULGARIA 210.00 14 ENGLAND 177.00 6 SWEDEN 209.00 15 LATVIA 175.00 7 ICELAND 204.00 16 ISRAEL 162.00 8 FRANCE 198.00 17 ESTONIA 148.00 NETHERLANDS 198.00 18 PORTUGAL 147.00

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WOMEN TEAMS RANKING SENIOR TEAMS RANKING after 22 rounds after 16 rounds subject to official confirmation subject to official confirmation

1 FRANCE 396.00 1 BELGIUM 289.00

2 GERMANY 393.00 2 TURKEY 287.00 3 ITALY 390.00 3 SWEDEN 275.00 4 SWEDEN 383.00 5 SPAIN 382.00 4 NETHERLANDS 272.00 6 DENMARK 376.00 5 ENGLAND 267.00 7 ENGLAND 373.00 6 ITALY 266.00 8 NORWAY 370.00 7 FRANCE 262.00 9 POLAND 366.00 10 TURKEY 359.00 8 DENMARK 260.00 11 NETHERLANDS 358.00 SCOTLAND 260.00 12 RUSSIA 349.00 10 POLAND 254.00 13 CROATIA 343.00 11 ISRAEL 251.00 14 FINLAND 330.00 15 ISRAEL 329.00 12 AUSTRIA 249.00

16 CZECH REP. 324.50 13 GERMANY 226.00 17 HUNGARY 306.00 14 NORWAY 213.00 18 ICELAND 302.00 15 IRELAND 210.00 19 SCOTLAND 295.00 20 WALES 274.00 16 ESTONIA 202.00

21 PORTUGAL 271.00 17 FINLAND 196.00 22 IRELAND 268.50 18 SPAIN 192.00 23 GREECE 260.00 24 AUSTRIA 237.00 19 WALES 168.00 25 LEBANON 211.00 20 SWITZERLAND 157.00

INTERNATIONAL MIND SPORTS GAMES BEIJING VISAS This year, due to the Olympic Games, the procedure to obtain the visas (even « Touristic » visas) are more complicated than for Shanghai last year. To obtain the visa you will definitely need an invitation letter from the Chinese organisers and some coun- tries even require it in Chinese. Each NBO has then to fill a form listing all the players and accompanying people and send it to Lilian Sun - [email protected] - before July 31st. She will then send you via mail the invitations to be pro- duced to the local embassies to obtain the visas.

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Appeal No. 9 - Estonia v Turkey

Appeals Committee: The Players: Jens Auken (Chairman, Denmark), Grattan Endicott (Eng- East explained that he had not alerted 3] the first time, land), Jan Kamras (Sweden), Jean-Paul Meyer (France), PO thinking it was natural. On the next round, he had realised Sundelin (Sweden) that partner was trying to say something, and so he alerted Herman De Wael sat in on the meeting to act as Scribe. both 3] and 4}, explaining them as cues. West explained it was not a convention, but he had found no Open Teams Qualifying Round 5 other good bid. He would have bid the same with hearts and Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. clubs inverted. He had alerted and written about the last train because that was what he had. When asked, he admitted he [8 would not have alerted 3] if he had held AKxx. East/West had ] Q 9 7 2 been playing together for 1 year. 3[ would have shown spade { 10 3 support. } Q 10 8 5 3 2 South explained he was surprised to see his partner lead spades. When he asked his partner why, the misexplanation [ 5 2N [ A K Q 10 6 came to light. ] 10 6 ] K 5 W E North/South explained why they appealed. With the correct { K Q 9 6 4 { A 8 5 2 explanation (with 4} being a cue but 3] not showing any- } A K 9 6S } J 4 thing), a heart lead is more than 50% certain. They thought it [ J 9 7 4 3 was quite an obvious lead and wanted the weight to go to 75%. ] A J 8 4 3 West told the Committee that around the room, 21 pairs {J 7 had bid 6{. 15 players had led the [8, and only 5 a small heart. }7 Both pairs pointed out that this was with differing auctions, of West North East South course. Senguler Karpov Sen Laanemae The Committee: Found that East/West should have been more specific in Pass 1[ Pass their agreements. They knew precisely what 3[ would have 2{ Pass 3{ Pass meant, so why not 3]. After all, it was only the second round 3] Pass 3[ Pass of a quite common, uncontested auction. 4} Pass 4NT Pass There was no doubt North had been misinformed. 5[ Pass 6{ All Pass Nor was there any doubt that North/South had been dam- aged by this misinformation. Comments: 4NT RKCB The only question that then remained was as to the Contract: Six Diamonds, played by West amount of redress to be given. The Committee noted that Lead: [8 both frequencies cited (2/5 of players consulted by the Di- Result: 12 tricks, NS -920 rector; 5/21 of players in the room) were lower than the The Facts: 50% the Director had apparently given and saw no reason to The bid of 3] was explained differently on both sides of the change the ruling. screen. West wrote to South: "I may not have hearts, I think The Committee noted however, that with a weight of last train for 3NT". East did not alert it at first, but after 4} 50%, the result should be 1 IMP in favour of North/South. he alerted both 3] and 4}, explaining "cue" for both. North The Committee decided to change the final result to this complained that he would have led a heart with the correct value. information. The Committee found that East/West should not have ap- The Director: pealed. Ruled that North had been misinformed and damaged by The Committee’s decision: that misinformation. With the correct information, North Director’s ruling upheld, just changing the formulation: might have led a heart. The Director consulted five players, Both sides North/South receive: three of whom would still have led a spade, the other two a 50% of 6{-1 by West (NS +50) heart. Consequently, the Director wanted to give a weighted plus 50% of 6{= by West (NS —920) score based on 50% of a heart lead, but he turned this imme- Deposit: Forfeited for East/West; Returned to North/South diately into a result for the match (the other table having Note: the result at the other table was 4NT+1, NS -460 so made game). the final result on the board was: Ruling: Score adjusted to a flat board 50% of (50+460 = 11 IMPs) Relevant Laws: Law 40B4, 12B1, 12C1(c) plus 50% of (-920+460 = -10 IMPs) equating to 0.5 IMPs to the team of North/South, rounded both North/South and East/West appealed. to 1 IMP in favour of the non-offending team. Note: West's statistics about the leads were correct, the Present: All players and both Captains 21st lead was a small club.

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OPEN TEAMS Russia v Poland Sweden v Iceland Round 9 by Jos Jacobs In Wednesday’s morning match, Russia had just beaten played ]A and another, ruffed in dummy (North). A spade Bulgaria 16-14 to stay in 6th place when their afternoon went on the }A and a club was ruffed. The ]J was then match against Poland was scheduled. Sweden had lost 14- cashed, dummy throwing a spade and East ruffing. East then 16 to the Czech Republic but were still in 2nd place as returned a trump. Had declarer ducked this, he would have Norway were beaten by Iceland 12-18. For Iceland, it been home but he went up with the ace and returned a would thus be a wonderful effort if they could beat Swe- trump to West’s king. With a club still to lose, he now was den as well in their second match of the day. Poland had one down. Sweden +50 and 11 IMPs for a flying start. lost their morning match v. Latvia 10-20 so if they were to qualify, they really had better start winning now. Board: 4. Dealer West/All vul. [ J 7 3 2 Some of the boards of this set were rather spectacular: ] 7 4 { Q J 4 3 Board: 1. Dealer North/None vul. } Q J 7 [ 10 4 [ A K Q [ 10 3 N ] K Q 10 2 ] J 8 6 5 3 ] 9 W E { 10 6 2 { A K 8 { Q 10 8 6 4 } 9 8 6 3 S } 10 4 } A J 9 8 3 [ 9 8 6 5 [ K 9 8 7 4 [ Q J 6 2 N ] A 9 ] 10 8 7 ] K Q W E { 9 7 5 { K J { 7 3 2 } A K 5 2 } 7 5 4 S } Q 10 6 2 Open Room [ A 5 West North East South ] A J 6 5 4 3 2 Pazur Khiouppenen Zawislak Kholomeev { A 9 5 Pass Pass 1} Dble } K 2] Dble Redble 2[ 3] Pass 4] All Pass This looks like a routine 4] at first glance and so it proved at most tables.

Open Room West North East South Baldursson Upmark Jonsson Cullin Pass Pass 1] 1[ Dble 2] 4] All Pass

The Swedish NS were no exception. After the spectacu- lar lead of the {K declarer made 12 tricks. Sweden +480.

Closed Room West North East South Wrang Jonsson Nilsson Einarsson 2NT Pass 5{ All Pass

In accordance with their partnership agreements, Jonsson had to open 2NT, showing minors. South converted this to 5{, a playable contract. Selecting the winning line was the problem, as there are so many good chances.

Einarsson won the spade lead, unblocked the }K and Slawek Zawislak, Poland

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A fully normal auction and result here; +620 to Poland. Sweden recouped these 12 IMPs when they guessed well in clubs on board 10, and then came another big board: Closed Room West North East South Board: 13. Dealer North/All vul. Matushko Gierulski Khokhlov Skrzypczak Pass Pass 1NT All Pass [ 4 ] A K J 9 8 6 With his bad five-card major, Khoklov elected to open { Q 8 7 3 2 1NT and…played there. Russia +150 and a 10-IMP swing } 7 to Poland. [ Q 10 9 2 N [ A K J 6 3 Board: 7. Dealer South/All vul. ] 2 ] 4 3 W E [ – { J 10 4 { A K 6 S ] 9 8 4 3 2 } Q 10 9 6 2 } A 5 3 { K 2 [ 8 7 5 } A Q 10 7 6 2 ] Q 10 7 5 { 9 5 [ J 8 7 6 5 N [ Q 10 9 4 2 ] 10 7 5 ] A J } K J 8 4 W E { J 10 9 5 { 8 7 4 3 Open Room S } J } K 4 West North East South [ A K 3 Baldursson Upmark Jonsson Cullin ] K Q 6 2] Dble 3] { A Q 6 Pass 4] 4[ All Pass } 9 8 5 3 The NS bidding made it easy for EW to reach the par In the Russia v. Poland match, we saw a sensible auction in contract. Iceland +620. the Open Room. Closed Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Wrang Jonsson Nilsson Einarsson Pazur Khiouppenen Zawislak Kholomeev 4] 4[ 5] 1NT 5[ Pass 6[ All Pass Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3[ Dble Redble When Jonsson opened 4] it was easier for EW to get tempted and they duly fell for it. Pass 4] All Pass One down, Iceland another +100 and 13 IMPs.

Russia +650 when 11 tricks were made easily. The scores now stood at: Russia-Poland 38-12 and Swe- den-Iceland 28-34. Closed Room West North East South Matushko Gierulski Khokhlov Skrzypczak Board: 14. Dealer East/None vul. 1} [ 9 2 Pass 1] 1[ 2NT ] 10 8 5 3[ 4} Pass 4] { A Q J 7 Pass 4[ Pass 6} } A K 7 2 All Pass [ K J 6 5 4 N [ Q 10 8 ] 7 4 2 ] K Q J 9 3 W E Some Polish overbidding led to a too ambitious slam { 9 3 2 { 8 6 5 which duly failed when the }K misbehaved. Russia +100 } J 10 S } Q 4 and 13 IMPs back. [ A 7 3 Iceland also got a 12-IMP swing in their favour when the ] A 6 respective relay systems of the two EW pairs saw them { K 10 4 stop in 5} whereas the Swedes stopped in 6}. } 9 8 6 5 3

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Open Room 2] showed a weak spade raise , so Gierulski was not too West North East South interested. Matushko showed his minors with 2NT and Pazur Khiouppenen Zawislak Kholomeev when Khokhlov bid 4{, he soon found out he could not 2{ Pass make this. 3] All Pass Poland another +100 and 9 IMPs. They were 11 IMPs down now and eventually lost 31-41, 17-13 V.P. to Russia A well-timed Multi completely wrongfooted the Russians. Down three, Russia +150. In the other match, Iceland were leading 44-32 with two boards to play… Closed Room West North East South This was the first of them: Matushko Gierulski Khokhlov Skrzypczak Board: 19. Dealer South/EW vul. 1NT Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass [ Q 6 3 Pass Dble Pass 3NT ] K 2 All Pass { A K 4 } 6 5 4 3 2 The Poles were not impressed by the mini-NT and easily [ 10 9 7 N [ 2 reached game once the opponents’ bidding had come to an ] 10 7 6 4 3 ] 9 8 5 W E end. Poland +460 when the 2-2 club break meant there { Q 10 8 6 5 { J 9 3 2 were 11 top tricks. Poland gained 7 IMPs here. } –S } A K Q 10 7 [ A K J 8 5 4 They got even more on this one: ] A Q J Board: 16. Dealer West/EW { 7 [ A K J 4 2 } J 9 8 ] K J 6 5 3 In the Open Room, the Swedes reached their spade game { 4 and made 11 tricks for a score of +450 to them. In the } A 2 other room, a wheel came off: [ 7 5 N [ 10 8 3 ] 9 ] A Q 10 W E { 10 9 8 6 5 { A K J 3 } Q J 10 4 3 S } K 9 5 [ Q 9 6 ] 8 7 4 2 { Q 7 2 } 8 7 6

Open Room West North East South Pazur Khiouppenen Zawislak Kholomeev Pass 1[ Dble 2[ Pass 4[ Dble All Pass

Zawislak did not believe his opponents could make a game here, so he doubled again. Right he was: Poland +300 when eight tricks were the maximum.

Closed Room West North East South Matushko Gierulski Khokhlov Skrzypczak Pass 1[ Dble 2] Pass 2[ Pass Pass 2NT 3[ 4{ All Pass Boguslaw Pazur, Iceland

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Closed Room West North East South Shouda stood in bed! Wrang Jonsson Nilsson Einarsson 1} The provenance of this article’s title is from Joe Jacobs, Pass 1NT Pass 2[ a famous boxing promoter of New York. Pass 3[ Pass 4NT As Paul Hackett would tell you, in the match against Pass 5{ Pass 5] Portugal if it weren’t for bad luck he would have had no Pass 6{ Pass 6[ luck at all. All Pass On the exhibited deal cover up the North and South cards. Where would you like to play? The club losers did not all disappear, even though West did not find a club (to) lead. Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. Down two, Sweden +100 and 11 IMPs back to trail by the [ J 10 7 6 2 odd IMP now. ]– Then came the last board: { 8 7 6 3 2 } 6 3 2 Board: 20. Dealer West/All [QN [K [ 10 5 3 ] A K 10 4 2 ] J 9 8 7 W E ] K 9 7 { 9 4 { A K Q J 5 { 8 2 } K Q J 9 8S } A 10 7 } A Q J 10 7 [ A 9 8 5 4 3 [ K 7 N [ A Q J 8 6 4 ] Q 6 5 3 ] A 5 ] J 6 {10 W E { A K Q 10 6 4 { 9 3 }5 4 } K 9 2 S } 5 4 3 [9 2 West North East South ] Q 10 8 4 3 2 Waterlow Barbosa P. Hackett Pinto { J 7 5 Pass 1] Pass 2{ Pass } 8 6 3} Pass 3] Pass A long relay auction saw the Iceland pair end up in 6[ by 4} Pass 4NT Pass East. Not that this was really something special, as a lot 5] Pass 6} All Pass more pairs were playing 6[ on this board. The proper contract is of course 6NT by West, with 6{ Let’s look at the various slams; 6] needs the trump by West as an almost equally good second choice — queen to behave. Since you can cope with 4-0 breaks reached by for example the irregular partnership of Ver- onside let’s call it 55%. 6}, the contract reached by Wa- sace and Sementa. terlow, needs only no heart or diamond ruff to be a What really surprised me in their relay sequence was, that spread (though if diamonds are 5-1 you may need to they managed to place both the NT and the diamond con- find the heart queen). Call it approximately 85%. tract in the East hand too… Consider that the Portuguese reached 6], the English Anyway, Iceland +1460 when South led a diamond. 6} from the West seat. The ONLY lie of the cards that In the other room, the Swedes did not do too well: will allow you to make 6] but not 6} is 4-0 hearts with South long, AND the spade ace with South. Now look Closed Room at the lie of the cards — and Barbosa duly led a spade for West North East South the heart ruff!! Wrang Jonsson Nilsson Einarsson Yes the English did win anyway, but this was an expen- 1} Pass 1{ 1] sive battle in the war. 2{ Pass 4[ All Pass

After the Strong Club, they managed to avoid the spade slam played by East. That was OK. Less OK was, however, that they managed to avoid all other slam possibilities as well… Sweden +710 when the Icelandic South did not lead a club either, but 13 IMPs back to Iceland who thus won the match 57-43 or 18-12 V.P. after all.

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The Belgian Seniors by Herman De Wael The Belgian senior team have surprised every one, not the least themselves, by their continued good run. This is a real Belgian team, consisting of one Fleming, one Walloon, and one "Brusseleir". Since we only have three regions, the other three players had to come from abroad, with one each coming from Iran, Poland, and England. All three have lived in Belgium since the sixties though.

They attribute their success to a combination of old-fash- ioned card talents, and modern bidding methods which they have taken up from the many players in the Belgian top division of youthful age. In fact, all six have played on di- verse teams in the top division together with, and often even partnering, youngsters.

Another factor to their success must be the luck factor, or call it flair if you will. Hubert Janssens of Antwerp de- scribes this deal from their 25-3 win over Norway:

Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ A J 9 6 Bogdan, Hubert, David, Jacques, Alain, Fara ]2 { J 10 7 6 5 4 2 In the closed room, the Flemish-Iranian combination used a 2] opening which shows 10-12 (they play Multi for the }J even weaker variant). This meant the Norwegians stayed [5N [Q 4 3 out of the bidding in the closed room. ] K 6 5 ] A 10 8 7 4 3 W E { A 9 8 3 { K Hubert then had to try and make the contract. The [2 } A 10 8 4 3 S } Q 6 2 went to the ace, and North played a trump, taken on the [ K 10 8 7 2 table. Hubert played diamond to hand and ruffed a spade. Next he decided to throw a club on the {A, and ] Q J 9 was very surprised to see that being ruffed. South played {Q his last trump. Hubert now had to play clubs for one } K 9 7 5 loser, which meant North had to be singleton. Was it Open room flair or card counting (would North have opened on 7 West North East South diamonds to the jack if he held a stiff King next to it?), Farstad Johnson Lowe Stas but Hubert ran the }Q. 450 and the first four IMPs in Pass 1] 1[ the bag. 2} 4[ Pass Pass Dble All Pass The Belgian federation's treasurer is already having night- mares about airfares to Brazil! Closed room West North East South Bigdeli Rynning Janssens Sveindal Pass 2] Pass 4] All Pass

The Norwegian East in the open room opened 1], which allowed the Walloon-English part of our seniors to find their spade fit. Jacques Stas could have kept the loss to 1, but he chose to rely on trumps being 2-2, which would have meant he made his contract; 2 down, 300 to Norway.

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OPEN TEAMS Netherlands v Russia Sweden v Norway Round 10 by Peter Ventura and Jos Jacobs The Wednesday evening Vugraph match between Nether- Open Room lands and Russia may very well turn out to be the match West North East South between the two last contenders for a Bermuda Bowl Brogeland Nilsson Lindqvist Wrang berth, one might think after a glance at the standings when 2{ 2[ Pass this match got underway. Both teams were level on 148 V.P., 3[ Pass 4[ Dble sharing 6th place so the winner of this match was bound to rise in the table to a safer spot. All Pass

On the other hand, the Sweden v. Norway match looked On a club lead declarer was down two; Sweden +300. a match between two pretty certain qualifiers, maybe even Closed Room title contenders. West North East South In the Sweden-Norway match, there was action right on Bertheau Helgemo Nystrom Lund the first board: 1] Dble 1NT Pass 4] Dble All Pass Board: 1. Dealer North/None vul. [ 8 Declarer had nine tricks on a spade lead, but that was one ] A Q J 10 9 4 3 too few, so Sweden +100 and 9 IMPs to them. { J 10 The Netherlands-Russia match started off quietly. One } A 6 3 might even say that we had to wait till board 5 before any- [ 9 7 6 5 N [ A Q J 10 4 thing happened at all: ] 8 6 2 ] K 5 W E Board: 5. Dealer North/NS vul. { 9 4 { A Q 8 2 } K Q 10 7 S } J 5 [ A K Q 8 [ K 3 2 ] J 9 3 ] 7 { A 5 { K 7 6 5 3 } K 6 5 2 } 9 8 4 2 [ 6 N [ J 10 9 4 ] Q 5 ] A 7 6 2 W E { K J 9 7 { Q 10 3 2 } Q J 10 8 7 3 S } 4 [ 7 5 3 2 ] K 10 8 4 { 8 6 4 } A 9 Open Room West North East South Matushko Bertens Khokhlov Bakkeren 1NT Pass Pass 3} Pass Pass Dble Pass 4[ Dble All Pass

Holding four trumps, Khokhlov made a fine diagnosis dou- ble that turned out to be absolutely right. He had no doubt realised that Bakkeren passed 1NT… Russia +200. Closed Room West North East South Ramondt Khiouppenen Westra Kholomeev 1NT Pass Pass Vincent Ramondt, Netherlands 3} All Pass

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The Russians spurned their chance to score +140, being Open Room content with just +50 when 4} went one down. They had West North East South gained 6 IMPs on this one to lead 13-0 now. Brogeland Nilsson Lindqvist Wrang Pass Pass Pass 1} A few boards later, Westra had to be very alert: 1{* Pass 3[ Dble Pass 4{ Pass 5{ Board: 8. Dealer West/None vul. All Pass [ 7 3 ] 6 1} was 16+ and 1{ showed spades. The Norwegians did not make any mistake, leading the ]A and then switching { Q J 10 6 4 3 to a spade. That was one down and Norway +50. } 9 8 5 2 [ K Q J 5 4 N [ 10 8 6 2 ] 10 7 3 2 ] A K 9 5 Closed Room W E { – { 8 5 West North East South } K 6 4 3 S } J 10 7 Bertheau Helgemo Nystrom Lund [ A 9 1[ 3{ 3[ 5{ ] Q J 8 4 Pass Pass Dble All Pass { A K 9 7 2 } A Q Here too a top heart was led, but at trick two Nystrom erred by playing a club. Helgemo hopped up with the ace, Open Room ruffed a heart, drew trumps and exited with the club West North East South queen. West won the king but now, the spade switch came Matushko Bertens Khokhlov Bakkeren too late. Declarer crossed to hand by ruffing a heart and Pass Pass Pass 2} then ruffed a club in dummy. When the }10 came down, Dble Redble Pass 2NT dummy’s last spade could be pitched on the fourth club. NS +550 and that was 12 IMPs to Norway who thus went into Pass 3} Pass 3{ the lead: 26-15. All Pass Two boards later, we saw another big swing to Norway; 2NT confirmed the strong NT and 3} was puppet. When Bertens finally passed 3{, the Dutch had safely landed in a good contract. Ten tricks, Netherlands +130. Board: 10. Dealer East/All vul. [ J Closed Room ] A K J 7 6 5 West North East South { A Q J Ramondt Khiouppenen Westra Kholomeev } K 10 2 Pass 3{ Pass 3NT [ Q 10 5 4 2 [ A 9 8 7 6 3 Dble Pass 4{ 5{ N ] 10 3 2 ] Q All Pass W E { K 8 4 2 { 5 3 S When Khiouppenen openend 3{, Kholomeev was quick } J } 9 8 6 3 to bid game but Ramondt, having a good lead and a possi- [ K ble entry, found a diagnosis double too. He too proved ] 9 8 4 right as 3NT would have gone off. After Westra’s 4{ EW { 10 9 7 6 would probably have reached (and made) 4[ so } A Q 7 5 4 Kholomeev was justified in taking the advanced save. Open Room East led the ]A and shifted to the [8, won by declarer’s West North East South ace. Next, trumps were drawn and all hearts ruffed before Brogeland Nilsson Lindqvist Wrang declarer led a spade off dummy to his nine. Westra was 2{ Pass wide awake and hopped up with his ten to prevent his partner from being endplayed. That was one down, 3] Dble 3[ Pass Netherlands another +50 and 5 IMPs to them. 4[ Dble All Pass

In the Sweden v. Norway match, there was an even bigger Lindqvist opened a Multi and Brogeland pre-empted effi- swing: ciently. Nilsson should have bid 4] over 3] and South

13 49th EUROPEAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Pau, France might have done better, bidding 4} over 3[. Brogeland’s 4[ West North East South was very well judged and made it difficult for North/South. Ramondt Khiouppenen Westra Kholomeev Declarer had only nine tricks, so NS scored +200, but a 2{ Pass poor reward when a vulnerable small slam can be made. 3] 4] All Pass Closed Room Twelve tricks indeed proved easy, Russia +680 for a gain West North East South of 12 IMPs after all. Bertheau Helgemo Nystrom Lund Pass Pass Strangely enough, two more boards later a big swing did Pass 1] 1[ 2] again occur in both matches, but this time on a board that 4[ 5] All Pass should have been flat:

The excellent slam was also missed in the Closed Room. Board: 12. Dealer West/NS vul. Nonetheless, NS +710 and that was 11 IMPs more to Nor- [ K J 10 8 way. ] 10 7 5 { Q J 9 In the Netherlands-Russia match, we saw exactly the same swing: } 10 9 5 [ 7 4 N [ Q 6 5 Open Room ] 8 6 4 ] A K J W E West North East South { K 10 7 3 2 { A 8 6 Matushko Bertens Khokhlov Bakkeren } A K 7 S } Q 8 6 2 2{ Pass [ A 9 3 2 3] 4] Pass Pass ] Q 9 3 2 4[ Dble All Pass { 5 4 } J 4 3 Apparently, the situation was unclear for Bakkeren, so he passed the double. One off, only +200 to the Netherlands Open Room on a hand where they could make a slam or two. West North East South Matushko Bertens Khokhlov Bakkeren In a sense, Ramondt judged well to let 4] go: 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass Closed Room When North led the [10, the contract was doomed. Netherlands +50.

Closed Room West North East South Ramondt Khiouppenen Westra Kholomeev Pass Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Kholomeev led the [A (!?) and switched to a heart. This resulted in the contract being made even with an overtrick, Netherlands +430 and 10 IMPs back., just 15-23 down at this point.

In the Sweden-Norway match, this is what happened:

Open Room West North East South Brogeland Nilsson Lindqvist Wrang Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Lindqvist received a heart lead and had nine easy tricks; Fredrik Nystrom, Sweden Norway +400.

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[ K J 6 Closed Room ] A 10 4 3 West North East South { A Bertheau Helgemo Nystrom Lund } A K 9 6 5 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass [ A 9 8 5 N [ 10 7 ] 8 5 ] K J 9 7 6 W E Helgemo led the jack of spades, which was a good start { K J 10 5 4 { 8 6 3 2 for the defence as they took the first four tricks. Even } J 3 S } 4 2 though the club suit split 3-3, as it indeed did here, declar- er is one trick short. When neither red suit produced the [ Q 4 3 2 ninth trick, declarer had to face his fate; one down, Norway ] Q 2 +50 and that was another 9 IMPs to them. { Q 9 7 } Q 10 8 7 Two more boards later, Sweden struck back: Open Room West North East South Board: 14. Dealer East/None vul. Matushko Bertens Khokhlov Bakkeren Pass 1} Pass 1[ [ A 9 7 6 4 Pass 2] Pass 3} ] A 7 6 Pass 3[ Pass 5} { 8 7 Pass 6} All Pass } A K 7 [ Q J 8 5 N [ 10 3 To Bertens, Bakkeren’s 3} rebid suggested a stronger ] J 10 8 5 3 ] Q 4 hand than he actually had, so the Dutch fell overboard. Rus- W E { 9 6 { K J 10 5 4 3 2 sia +50 when the slam went one down. } 9 2 S } 8 5 [ K 2 Closed Room ] K 9 2 West North East South { A Q Ramondt Khiouppenen Westra Kholomeev } Q J 10 6 4 3 Pass 1} Pass 1] Pass 2] Pass 3} Open Room Pass 3[ Pass 3NT West North East South All Pass Brogeland Nilsson Lindqvist Wrang 3{ 3NT No problems here, Russia another +400 and 10 IMPs. Pass 6NT All Pass In the Sweden v. Norway match, the Swedes dealt their Closed Room opponents another blow: West North East South Open Room Bertheau Helgemo Nystrom Lund West North East South 3{ 3NT Brogeland Nilsson Lindquist Wrang Pass 5NT All Pass Pass 1}* Pass 1{ Dble 2] Pass 2NT 3NT is a brave bid, although a very sound approach. What Pass 3NT All Pass on earth to do with the South hand? 4}, anyone? Blahh… 5NT by Helgemo was surely ‘pick a slam’, but Lund judged differently! After Wrangs limited 0-7 HCP’s bid over the strong club There was not much to the play. With the {K was onside opening, it was not likely for the Swedes to reach the slam and West being squeezed automatically, both declarers level, and they indeed stopped in time. Five Clubs would be took 13 tricks. the perfect spot to be at, since a diamond lead could be dangerous in no-trumps. However, as the cards lie, with the Sweden +11 IMPs, still 35-47 behind. [A in West’s hand, the diamond suit is protected.

In the later stages of the other match, the Russians took West led a spade and declarer played a spade back to the full control. ace. Now Brogeland switched to a diamond, so declarer claimed nine tricks; N/S +400. Board: 16. Dealer West/EW vul. Closed Room

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West North East South Bertheau Helgemo Nystrom Lund The second Buffett Cup Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 2NT Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 5} Pass 6} All Pass

Instead of 4}, Three No Trumps might have been a more The second Buffett Cup will take place in Louisville, describing bid by South — or even better — a jump to 5}. Kentucky from the 15th to the 18th of September. The defence had to take a trick in each major suit, thus N/S The Americans, under Bob Hamman, have yet to an- -50 and that was 10 IMPs to Sweden. nounce their team. We understand that there will be of- The final score in this match became 62-46 or 18-12 V.P. ficial confirmation of their players during the forthcom- to Norway. ing American Nationals in Las Vegas. In the Netherlands-Russia match, the Russians gained Originally the European team was scheduled to con- heavily on board 18 as well, when Bertens’ little gamble did tain two Italian pairs but due to a change of date of the not come off: Italian Teams Championship the two pairs had to with- draw. Board: 18. Dealer East/NS vul. Meanwhile five of the European Pairs have accepted [ K Q J 9 4 the invitation to compete and we expect the 6th to be ] 10 7 5 announced shortly. { K 7 The team is: Sabine Auken and Marion Michielsen } Q J 7 (Germany and the Netherlands), Thomas and Michel Bessis (France), Tom Hanlon and Hugh McGann (Ire- [ A 10 8 5 3 2 N [ 7 land), Tor Helness and Jan Peter Svendsen (Norway) and ] Q 8 4 ] A 9 2 W E Michal Kwiecien and Jacek Pszczoła, affectionately { 8 4 { 10 9 6 known as "Pepsi" (Poland). The team captain is Paul } 8 4 S } A K 6 5 3 2 Hackett. [ 6 The event consists of teams, pairs and individual and is ] K J 6 3 point-a-board scoring throughout. Thanks to BBO all tables will be shown on line and the { A Q J 5 3 2 winners will be awarded the Warren Buffett Trophy, a } 10 9 beautiful piece of Waterford Crystal. Open Room We would like as many of you as possible to log on to West North East South www.buffettcup.com and register. It is free and you will Matushko Bertens Khokhlov Bakkeren get regular updates on the news. We are inches away 2} 2{ from getting television coverage and your support 2[ 3NT All Pass would be most appreciated. The Buffett Cup preceeds the Ryder Cup of Golf and A low club lead sets this contract out of hand but is a biennial event with close links to the Golf tourna- Khokhlov’s choice of the }A followed by a low heart to his ment. partner’s queen also was good enough. Russia +200.

Closed Room Young People West North East South by Hans Olof Hallen Ramondt Khiouppenen Westra Kholomeev 1} 1{ The other day the Bulletin referred to two players 2[ Pass Pass Dble aged 15. However in the Youth Teams tournament the All Pass Swedish team has a combined age of 54! One player is 15, the other three are 13. Two of them are twins (the A fairly normal auction led to another very good result Rimstedts) and the others brother and sister (the for Russia. Down two, +300 to them. Please note once Gronkvists). The twins have two sisters in the Swedish again the preemptive effect of opening at the two-level. ladies team, at the mature age of 19 and 21. The younger These 11 IMPs more increased the Russian lead to 29. Medi- one of them (Cecilia) is currently the world junior pairs um size swings either way brought the final score in the champion. match up to 56-24 or 22-8 V.P. to Russia. Their chances to fin- The combined age of these six players roughly corre- ish in the top six had improved quite a lot, whereas the Dutch sponds to the age of the oldest member of the Swedish would have very, very much work to do Friday. senior team.

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OPEN TEAMS Iceland v Netherlands Round 11 by Jos Jacobs On Wednesday night, it became clear that the Nether- problems were over. Ten tricks, Netherlands a delicate lands would have a tremendous job ahead of them on +420 and 8 IMPs. Thursday to keep their chances of qualification intact. The first stage of their job started at 10.30 hrs. with their Vu- A few boards later, the Dutch missed a great chance: graph match against Iceland.

They immediately took the lead on board 1: Board: 5. Dealer North/NS vul. [ 8 3 ] 9 5 Board: 1. Dealer North/None vul. { 8 7 6 2 [ 10 5 } Q J 7 6 2 ] 10 9 8 7 [ 6 4 2 N [ K Q J 10 9 7 5 { A 9 8 4 2 ] A 10 6 3 ] K 8 W E } 4 2 { J 10 5 4 { A [ 7 6 4 N [ A 9 8 2 } 8 3 S } 9 5 4 ] Q ] A J 5 4 W E [ A { 3 { Q 10 7 5 ] Q J 7 4 2 } K J 10 9 7 6 5 3 S } 8 { K Q 9 3 [ K Q J 3 } A K 10 ] K 6 3 2 { K J 6 Open Room } A Q West North East South Brink Baldursson Drijver Jonsson Open Room Pass 1[ Dble West North East South 2[ Pass 4[ Dble Brink Baldursson Drijver Jonsson Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 1{ Dble All Pass 4} Pass Pass Dble All Pass

With East’s opening bid having stolen the best fit NS had, Baldursson sat the double as he was not prepared to com- mit himself by bidding 4]. This looked a wise decision as 4} was one off for +100 to Iceland and a NS game seemed not to be on.

Closed Room West North East South Armannsson Westra Jorgensen Ramondt Pass 1{ Dble 4} Pass Pass Dble Pass 4] All Pass

Westra had other ideas, however. After the same start of the auction, he not only bid 4] but went on to make it as well.

He won East’s opening lead of the }8 with the ace and played the [K which held. A spade then went to the ten and ace and East returned a spade to dummy, declarer shedding his club. Stuck in dummy, declarer could do no better than lead the ]K but when the queen appeared, his Sverrir Armannsson, Iceland

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Kibitzers were wondering why Brink did not axe the final West led a club, East winning his king. To beat the con- contract. Down three it went but the Dutchies now scored tract, East has to return a diamond now, into declarer’s just +300. Maybe the double would have cost a trick but known longest suit. West will win his [A at some point to even 500 is more than 300, certainly in view of what hap- lead a killing second round of the suit. pened at the other table. When this brilliant defence was not found, the Dutch reg- Closed Room istered +400, a swing of 7 IMPs to them. They led 15-10 West North East South now. Armannsson Westra Jorgensen Ramondt Pass 1[ Dble On what should have been a routine game, Iceland gained 2[ Pass 4[ Dble heavily: All Pass Board: 10. Dealer East/All vul. By passing, Westra limited his side’s losses to —590 only. This amounted to a swing of 7 IMPs to Iceland now, where [ K 7 6 5 it might have been just 3 IMPs to them or even 5 IMPs to ] 9 8 the Netherlands. { 9 8 3 2 } A J 9 Iceland led 10-8 now but on the next board the Nether- [ A 3 2 N [ 9 lands regained the lead: ] 5 4 ] J 10 7 6 3 2 W E Board: 6. Dealer East/EW vul. { A 5 { J 10 7 6 S [ J 3 } K Q 8 5 3 2 } 10 6 ] A 3 [ Q J 10 8 4 { A K 10 7 4 ] A K Q } A Q J 6 { K Q 4 } 7 4 [ A 8 7 2 N [ K Q 6 ] 9 5 2 ] Q 7 6 4 W E Open Room { Q 6 { J 9 8 3 West North East South S } 5 4 3 2 } K 9 Brink Baldursson Drijver Jonsson [ 10 9 5 4 Pass 1} ] K J 10 8 2} 2NT Pass 3[ { 5 2 Pass 4[ All Pass } 10 8 7 Open Room West North East South No story. Iceland +620 on the normal lead of the }K. Brink Baldursson Drijver Jonsson Pass Pass Closed Room Pass 1} Pass 1{ West North East South Pass 1] Pass 1[ Armannsson Westra Jorgensen Ramondt Pass 1NT All Pass 2{ 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass The NS relay auction led to a good contract, easily made with an overtrick for +120 to Iceland. Once again, the pre-empt (a real one, this time) unsettled the opposition bidding. 3NT is not a bad contract at all, but The Dutch again showed more enterprise: it duly failed when declarer put in the }9 from dummy when West led a normal low club. Closed Room West North East South Down three, Iceland +300 and 14 IMPs. Armannsson Westra Jorgensen Ramondt Pass Pass With the score at 29-16 to them, Iceland added another Pass 1{ Pass 1] 12 IMPs when the Dutch declarer had a blind spot and Pass 3} Pass 3[ went down in what looked very much a routine 5}. Two Dble Pass Pass 3NT boards later, with the score at 48-16 to Iceland, we saw an- All Pass other Dutch 3NT disaster:

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Board: 17. Dealer North/None vul. Open Room [ 9 5 2 West North East South ] A J 10 9 5 2 Brink Baldursson Drijver Jonsson { A J 7 2 1] } – Pass 2{ 4} 4] Dble All Pass [ Q 10 8 N [ A 6 4 3 ] K 8 7 6 ] 4 3 W E { 8 4 { 10 9 6 This time, Brink did not hesitate to throw the axe, an ac- tion that netted the Dutch +500. } 10 8 7 3 S } K Q J 5 [ K J 7 Closed Room ] Q West North East South { K Q 5 3 Armannsson Westra Jorgensen Ramondt } 9 6 4 2 3] Open Room Pass 4] 5} Dble West North East South All Pass Brink Baldursson Drijver Jonsson 1] Pass 2} At this vulnerability, one can only feel sympathy for East’s Pass 2{ Pass 2] 5} bid but as it happened, it cost heavily. Netherlands +100 Pass 3} Dble Pass at this table for a gain of 12 IMPs. What should have been Pass 3NT Pass 4} a much-needed rally, had come to late however, as the last board was flat. Dble Pass Pass 4] All Pass Iceland thus had won 63-28 or 22-8 V.P. Their hunt would continue but the Netherlands now looked very far away Drijver’s low spade lead induced declarer to misguess the from qualification. suit at trick one but as it happened, this only prevented the overtrick. Iceland +420. Sitout 11 - Solution Closed Room West North East South How many points do you need to make a major game? Armannsson Westra Jorgensen Ramondt The answer is: Very few. In fact, with a friendly lie of the 1] Dble Redble cards zero is enough. 1[ 2] Pass 3NT Try the following 4[ by East/West: All Pass [A K When West found the lead of a low club, any chance of ]A K making the contract was gone. Iceland +50 and 10 more {A K IMPs to lead 58-16. } A Q 10 8 6 4 2 They added 5 more IMPs to their lead on the next board [ 10 9 8 3 2N [ 7 6 5 4 but then, one board from the end, the Dutch finally scored ] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 ]2 W E again: { – { 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 S Board: 19. Dealer South/EW vul. }– }– [Q J [ 9 7 5 3 2 ]Q J ] A 7 4 { Q J 10 { A 5 4 2 } K J 9 7 5 3 } 7 [ K Q 8 4 N [ A 10 6 If North leads two rounds of trumps and exits with a ] K Q 9 6 ] – diamond, just ruff, give up a heart, ruff any minor con- W E { K J 9 { 8 6 tinuation, ruff a heart and claim. } 9 3 S } K J 10 8 6 5 4 2 If the lead is a diamond, ruff, give up a heart, trump any minor, ruff a heart and play trumps. North has no third [ J diamond to continue with. A club is ruffed in the East ] J 10 8 5 3 2 hand and after another trump West claims. { Q 10 7 3 On a club lead declarer even makes eleven tricks. } A Q

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UNDER 18 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS OPEN TOURNAMENT — Pau, 24/26 june 2008

nr teams 12345678 penvp rank 1 France 1 x 22252522251623 158 1 2 France 2 8 x 25 19 25 23 7 12 119 4 3 France 3 0 2 x1632313 487 4 France 4 31114x420214 686 5 Italy Boys 8 3 25 25 x 25 5 13 104 5 6 Italy Girls 077101x00 258 7 Sweden 14 23 25 25 25 25 x 17 154 2 8 Germany 7 182516172513x 121 3

ROUND 1 ROUND 4 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Table Home Team Visiting Team 1 FRANCE 1 FRANCE 4 76 - 19 25 - 3 1 ITALY BOYS FRANCE 1 12 - 41 8 - 22 2 FRANCE 2 FRANCE 3 89 - 28 25 - 2 2 FRANCE 2 ITALY GIRLS 53 - 18 23 - 7 3 ITALY BOYS ITALY GIRLS 87 - 22 25 - 1 3 FRANCE 3 SWEDEN 24 - 89 1 - 25 4 SWEDEN GERMANY 37 - 29 17 - 13 4 FRANCE 4 GERMANY 33 - 39 14 - 16

ROUND 5 Table Home Team Visiting Team 1 FRANCE 1 GERMANY 59 - 25 23 - 7 ROUND 2 2 FRANCE 2 ITALY BOYS 72 - 22 25 - 3 3 ITALY GIRLS FRANCE 3 33 - 67 7 - 23 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 4 SWEDEN FRANCE 4 65 - 4 25 - 2 1 FRANCE 3 FRANCE 1 14 -114 0 - 25 2 FRANCE 4 FRANCE 2 40 - 59 11 - 19 ROUND 6 3 GERMANY ITALY BOYS 46 - 35 17 - 13 4 ITALY GIRLS SWEDEN 14 -104 0 - 25 Table Home Team Visiting Team 1 SWEDEN FRANCE 1 19 - 23 14 - 16 2 GERMANY FRANCE 2 33 - 19 18 - 12 3 FRANCE 3 ITALY BOYS 23 - 81 3 - 25 4 FRANCE 4 ITALY GIRLS 50 - 28 20 - 10

ROUND 3 ROUND 7 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Table Home Team Visiting Team 1 FRANCE 1 FRANCE 2 55 - 25 22 - 8 1 ITALY GIRLS FRANCE 1 15 -144 0 - 25 2 FRANCE 3 FRANCE 4 42 - 39 16 - 14 2 SWEDEN FRANCE 2 48 - 15 23 - 7 3 ITALY BOYS SWEDEN 19 - 62 5 - 25 3 GERMANY FRANCE 3 69 - 14 25 - 3 4 GERMANY ITALY GIRLS 93 - 0 25 - 0 4 FRANCE 4 ITALY BOYS 19 - 67 4 - 25

France1 Charignon Fabrice, Lafont Gregoire; du Corail Edouard, Cotreau Pierre Sweden Gronkvist Mikael, Rimstedt Mikael; Rimstedt Ola, Gronkvist Ida Germany Ertel Niko, Kaeppel Katharina; Heim Anne, Eggeling Marie, Rudoplh Alona, Kaeppel Dominique France2 Loislard François., Boekhorst Maxime; Thibault Wiplier, Dieuleveut Anouk Italy Boys Palermo Francesco, Maruzzella Gianluca; Sau Roberto, Calmanovici Alessandro; Balestra Simon,Zanasi Gabriele France4 Bernard Julien, Beugin François; Leleu Anais, Beron Kevin France3 Collard Adrien, Darrius Alexis, Benoit Lévy; Landeau Alexandre,Berard Raphael Italy Girls Colombo Lara, Loreto Martina; Francese Corinne, Baldini Cecilia, Lanzuisi Flavia

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7th EUROPEAN Odds and Ends CHAMPIONS CUP by David Burn Amsterdam 6th — 9th November 2008 Thursday’s Bulletin contained an excellent analysis of this play problem: The 7th edition of the EBL Champions Cup will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 6th to 9th November 2008 at the White House. [ A K Q 6 2N [ 10 8 7 4 ] J 7 2 ] A 5 4 W E Following the results of the European Open Team { A 9 { K Q 4 3 Championship held in Warsaw, and in accordance with } K J 10S } 8 4 the Rules and Regulations, the National Team Champi- ons (the teams which won their main national Open West plays in Four Spades after South has shown a Team Championship in 2007) of the first ten ranked weak two in hearts. North leads the three of hearts, NBOs in the 49th European Bridge Teams Champi- won by the ace, and South shows out on the first round onship held in Pau, plus the defending Champion “Ten- of spades. nis Club Parioli Angelini”, and the Host Team will be in- vited to participate. Erdal Sidor (actually the Editor) asks whether there is any reason to place South with 0634 rather than Detailed information will be sent to all the interested 0643, and concludes that the case for doing so is “very NBOs immediately after the end of the Championships. tiny”. Assuming that nothing is known about the loca- tion of specific cards, there are 2,450 ways in which South can hold three diamonds and four clubs, while Championship Diary there are 1,960 ways for him to hold four diamonds When Norberto Bocchi discov- and three clubs. This is not a “tiny” difference at all — ered Geir Helgemo was not play- South is a 11/9 favourite to hold three diamonds ing in the match against Italy he rather than four. remarked, ‘So, Helgemo is only playing against the good teams!’ However, if we assume that South would not open with a weak two bid holding KQ10986 in hearts, a side Our Polish friends tell us that ace, and a void, North is marked with the ace of clubs. many of their names have some In that case six of South’s cards are known (his heart unusual connotations. Pazur suit) and six of North’s (four spades, his heart, and }A). means mole, Sarniak is a doe and South is in these circumstances just as likely to hold Jagniewski is lamb (minus the wski — but then lamb with four diamonds as three, and the case for placing him whisky would be an acquired taste!). with three is not “very tiny” — it is non-existent.

The photograph reproduced on page 2 of Tuesday’s These conclusions are not very interesting, but some- bulletin is available in colour at the IBPA website, thing still worried me about this diamond combination. www.ipba.com Then a memory stirred, and I remembered a BOLS Bridge Tip from long ago. Assuming everyone follows to three rounds of diamonds, which defender is more like- How to be a ly to have the thirteenth card in the suit? The answer is: the defender who has played the deuce, because that is non-playing captain the one card an opponent is compelled to reveal that he Tommy Gulberg, non-playing captain of the Swedish holds. I had not seen an application of this Tip in twen- ladies has a squad where the majority are barely out of ty years, so I turned swiftly to the hand records to see their teens. So careful handling is required on occasions, whether it would work. Sure enough, North’s diamond and never more so than when Sweden played Germany. holding was J762. Things had advanced, not necessarily to his country’s advantage (to quote the letter encouraging Japan to sur- Sitting out exercise: your trump suit is render) After 20 boards the score stood at 6-106, four of those six having come on board three. West East Neither pair was very happy when it came to scoring Q J 9 2 A 6 5 3 up, so Tommy devised a new scheme. ‘We start with board three,’ he said. +90 and +50 were Assume that the defenders both know that you have a recorded and a small cheer went up. ‘We don’t score 4-4 fit, and that they will defend optimally. What is your the rest!’ he said. And everyone was happy. best play to avoid losing a trick?

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FAIR-PLAY, QUAND TU NOUS TIENS MEDAILLE DE BRONZE Il nous est agréable que le Prix Orange soit mérité par Voilà très exactement 88 ans, le plus célèbre bridgeur l’équipe de France féminine. Lors de leur match contre le français de l’histoire enlevait une médaille. Il s’agissait d’un Liban, deux erreurs de marque sur deux donnes dif- tournoi par paires, puisque Pierre Albarran — c’est de lui férentes, ont privé leurs adversaires de 4 IMP. Les gentilles que l’on parle - remportait en tennis le bronze olympique Libanaises n’auraient certainement pas réclamé, mais nos aux Jeux d’Anvers de 1920. joueuses sont intervenues pour qu’un point de victoire bascule au profit de leurs adversaires. Chapeau !

LORSQUE DIEU LE VEUT Trois des enfants Dieuleveut pratiquent notre sport. Nous voulons parler de Daphné (19 ans), d’Aymeric (17 ans) et d’Anouk (15 ans). Celle-ci, championne de France cadets en face de Thibaut Wiplier, fait partie d’une de nos quatre équipes de moins de 17 ans, présentes à Pau. Pré- cisons, pour faire taire les réticents, que chacun d’entre eux possède deux ans d’avance en études, à la différence de Floriane (11 ans), la petite dernière, en avance quant à elle, de trois ans, et qui se montre déjà curieuse de voir jouer les trois autres.

LE NEUF DE LA POISSE

Contrairement à l’opinion générale, il s’agit du 9 de Trèfle et non du 9 de Pique. C’est, tout au moins ce qu’a dû penser Monsieur Sud, sur la donne 10 d’hier matin lors d’un match islando-néerlandais

[ R 7 6 5 ]9 8 { 9 8 3 2 } A V 9 L’ARROSEUR ARROSE C’est un vieux de la Fédération Française de Bridge qu’il a in- [ A 3 2N [ 9 tégrée voilà 20 ans. Responsable des moyens généraux, il est ] 5 4 ] V 10 7 6 3 2 W E ici le chef des caddies, ces jeunes gens (6 chaque jour) dont { A 5 { V 10 7 6 certains, en guise de plaisanterie, ont regretté de ne pas re- } R D 8 5 3 2S } 10 6 cevoir de pourboire lors de leurs multiples accompagnements [ D V 10 8 4 de joueurs en pauses toilettes. De plus, chaque soir, sur le ] A R D coup de 21h30, François Evrard commence à s’occuper du tirage du présent bulletin. Cela va lui prendre quelque cinq { R D 4 heures, car, photocopieuses aidant, il va lui falloir, aidé de ses }7 4 complices, Omar, Stéphane ou Mathieu, en éditer environ 800. C’est au milieu de la nuit, donc, que François va, Père Précisons, tout d’abord, que le camp Nord-Sud a joué et Noël de service, « arroser » les principaux hôtels d’exem- gagné 4 Piques, sans coup férir en salle fermée. Alors qu’en plaires d’un bulletin que, si nous n’étions modestes, on salle ouverte, Est ouvrait de 2 Carreaux, ce qui surprend pourrait qualifier de best seller. De nouveaux tirages sont dans nos pays peu civilisés. Sud a exprimé sa force en in- d’ailleurs nécessaires chaque matin pour ceux qui n’au- tervenant à 2 SA. Les Piques étant ainsi occultés, le joueur raient pas trouvé, au petit déjeuner, le numéro du jour. Sud a subi, au contrat de 3 SA, l’entame d’un petit Trèfle par Terminons-en avec notre arroseur arrosé en ajoutant Ouest et, appelant normalement ce fichu 9, a chuté de 3 que, spectateur occasionnel du rama, il lui arrive de dé- levées. Et voilà comment 14 IMP s’envolent. couvrir des enchères quelque peu différentes de celles que lui enseigna autrefois Vincent Combeau. On s’en TIRAGE AU SORT serait douté. Un contrôle antidopage inopiné a été effectué à l’issue du dernier match de mardi. Il s’agissait de contrôler, après tirage au sort, un représentant de quatre des huit pre- ENCHERE ECONOMIQUE mières équipes classées. Le tirage a désigné Allemagne, Qui a prétendu que les enchères écossaises étaient France, Pays-Bas et Islande en Open ; Danemark, Italie, économiques ? Sur la donne 8 d’hier matin, en tout cas, nos Norvège et Russie en Dames. Résultats dans quelques se- amis écossais furent les seuls à appeler 3 SA en Est-Ouest maines. avec 22 points dans la ligne.

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World University Bridge First ‘European University Bridge Championships 2nd till 9th Championships’ organized by September 2008, Lodz (Poland) EUSA in Opatija (Croatia), 4th till 10th October 2009 The 4th World University Bridge Championship organ- ised by FISU (International University Sports Federation) From 4th till 10th of October, the first EUSA champi- will be held in Lodz, Poland from 2nd till the 9th of Sep- onships will be organised in tember 2008. After a wonderful Opatija, Croatia. Bridge has been championship in 2006 in Tianjin recognized as a sport in 2007 by with 27 University teams, this EUSA, European University event must be a bigger success. 2 Sports Association. It is a compe- University or High School teams tition between universities and per country are allowed. Official any country and university can entries pass via the National Uni- send any number of teams. At the versity Sport Federation of the last European University Bridge country. The costs are limited to Championships in Brugge, 32 uni- less then 1000 Euro per team of versity teams have participated. 4 players full board. Please con- In Croatia, we would like to do tact the National University better with at least 35 university Sports Federation of the country teams. or the University of the students to see if there can be support More information about this event from there side to cover some will be published as soon as it is costs. Flying to Lodz is cheap via available on www.unibridge.org. Ryan Air and Wizz Air. Geert Magerman The championships will be Chairman Technical Committee played at the University Campus FISU and EUSA at Lodz. The highest technical [email protected] bridge standards will be applied and the matches will be broad- cast on the internet at www.unibridge.org. The local or- ganization committee will organ- ‘University Bridge ise every evening special student Pairs’ on BBO activities like sports competitions at the campus and a visit to the After the European University music festival in town during that Bridge Championships in Brugge, period. we organised till now 5 times the ‘University Bridge Pairs’ competi- Till now, about 20 teams have entered for this champi- tion, allowing the students to meet each other after the onship with a lot of Asian teams, USA and Canada, but still event and play bridge. a lot of European countries are missing. It is not too late to enter teams for this event with a big university spirit!!! This competition on the internet was a big success, and was contested by 70 to 220 pairs. Twice this was won by All information about this championship regarding entry students who were in Brugge. We will continue this tradi- conditions, costs, schedule, visa, can be found on this web- tion in September, every first Sunday of the month on BBO, site www.unibridge.org or www.bridge2008.net. For any starting at 7 PM (Paris time) playing 20 boards. other information about this Championships, please con- tact [email protected] or Radek Kielbasinski — More information will be published on President of the Polish Bridge Union or Slawek Latala (TD www.unibridge.org. in Pau). Please inform all the students of your federation about See you in Lodz!! this possibility!!

Geert Magerman Geert Magerman Chairman Technical Committee FISU and EUSA Chairman Technical Committee FISU and EUSA [email protected] [email protected]

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BUTLER OPEN TEAMS - after 13 Rounds

LINDQVIST Espen BROGELAND Boye 1.13 220 Norway CULLIN Per-Ola UPMARK Johan 0.04 160 Sweden NYSTROM Fredrik BERTHEAU Peter 0.77 180 Sweden LEVY Alain MOUIEL Herve 0.01 200 France KHOKHLOV Jouri MATUSHKO Georgi 0.48 180 Russia NEIMANIS Janis RUBINS Karlis -0.02 180 Latvia GROMOV Andrei DUBININ Alexander 0.47 180 Russia KHOLOMEEV Vadim KHIOUPPENEN J. -0.04 160 Russia GROMOELLER M. KIRMSE Andreas 0.46 120 Germany PAZUR Boguslaw ZAWISLAK Slawek -0.08 180 Poland JORGENSEN A. ARMANNSSON S. 0.38 160 Iceland BILDE Morten HANSEN Jorgen -0.16 180 Denmark KARAKOLEV Georgi DANAILOV Dyan 0.38 160 Bulgaria KOKSOY Enver KAHRAMAN Ahmet -0.19 160 Turkey WLADOW Entscho ELINESCU Michael 0.38 200 Germany KWIECIEN Michal JAGNIEWSKI Rafal -0.20 140 Poland KURKA Josef MRAZ Tomas 0.28 180 Czech Rep. EINARSSON Bjarni JONSSON Steinar -0.21 160 Iceland ARMSTRONG John HOLLAND John 0.28 200 England NILSSON Ulf WRANG Frederic -0.22 180 Sweden VERSACE Alfredo LAURIA Lorenzo 0.25 200 Italy GINOSSAR Eldad PACHTMAN Ron -0.25 220 Israel BRINK Sjoert DRIJVER Bas 0.24 220 Netherlands PESSOA Sofia CASTANHEIRA J. -0.29 180 Portugal ATABEY Yalcin ASSAEL Salvador 0.24 180 Turkey SENGULER Zafer SEN Tezcan -0.31 179 Turkey BERTENS Huub BAKKEREN Ton 0.21 160 Netherlands MULTON Franck ZIMMERMANN P. 0.34 80 France ASKGAARD Michael BJARNARSON G. 0.21 180 Denmark LIMOR Doron MINTZ Yaacov -0.35 120 Israel BOMPIS Marc QUANTIN J. 0.20 240 France ISPORSKI Vladis N. KOVACHEV Valentin 0.19 180 Bulgaria LAANEMAE Tiit KARPOV Maksim -0.37 179 Estonia KROEJGAARD Niels CASPERSEN Henrik 0.19 160 Denmark BARBOSA Juliano PINTO Rui -0.42 160 Portugal GIERULSKI Boguslaw SKRZYPCZAK Jerzy 0.18 200 Poland HACKETT Jason HACKETT Justin -0.43 160 England VOLHEJN Vit KOPECKY Michal 0.18 180 Czech Rep. WESTRA Berry RAMONDT Vincent -0.49 140 Netherlands BALDURSSON Jon JONSSON Thorlakur 0.14 200 Iceland RUBENIS Ivars JANSONS Ugis -0.49 180 Latvia SMIRNOV Alexander PIEKAREK Josef 0.10 200 Germany LUKS Leo NABER Lauri -0.50 180 Estonia HELGEMO Geir LUND Boerre 0.08 140 Norway ROLL Yossi BAREKET Ilan -0.56 179 Israel AA Terje MOLBERG Jorgen 0.08 160 Norway VOZABAL David SLEMR Jakub -0.71 160 Czech Rep. BOCCHI Norberto DUBOIN Giorgio 0.07 260 Italy HACKETT Paul D WATERLOW Tony -0.74 160 England HRISTOV Hristo STOYANOV A. 0.06 179 Bulgaria LEVENKO Vassili SESTER Sven -0.76 160 Estonia BETHERS Janis LORENCS Martins 0.04 160 Latvia SANTOS Jorge M. CRUZEIRO Jorge -0.81 180 Portugal

BUTLER SENIOR TEAMS - after 16 Rounds

FRANCO Arturo CAMBIAGHI R. 0.89 160 Italy BARONI Franco RICCIARELLI Marco 0.05 176 Italy JANSSENS Hubert BIGDELI Faramarz 0.80 176 Belgium PY Jean Marie PIGANEAU Patrice 0.01 176 France MATHESON John COYLE Willie 0.74 192 Scotland EICHHOLZER Jorg OBERMAIR Hubert -0.01 160 Austria KAPLAN Alain BOLLACK Bogdan 0.71 176 Belgium LOWE Per FARSTAD Arve -0.02 175 Norway DAHL Flemming NORRIS Georg 0.70 158 Denmark SVEINDAL Jon RYNNING Erik -0.05 176 Norway MILAVEC Alexander KUBAK Fritz 0.67 192 Austria MATTSSON Goran HUMBURG Hans -0.05 176 Germany KIERZNOWSKI R. KOWALCZYK I. 0.66 176 Poland MARIMON Francisco FRUTOS Juan Jose -0.10 96 Spain GOTHE Hans GOTHE Eva-Liss 0.65 144 Sweden FORNACIARI Ezio MARIANI Carlo -0.11 176 Italy FALAY Faik BASARAN Emin 0.62 256 Turkey CABOT Antonio TATXE Ramon -0.15 112 Spain KORKUT Ergun EKINCI Orhan 0.55 256 Turkey KOWALSKI Apolinary ROMANSKI Jacek -0.21 192 Poland ROMIK Pinhas ZELIGMAN Shalom 0.49 208 Israel LINNAMAGI Jaan SIMM Jaak -0.25 256 Estonia HARPER Ross THOMPSON A. 0.45 128 England MORAN Joe COMYN John -0.26 160 Ireland GRENTHE Patrick VANHOUTTE P. 0.40 160 France ARO Kalervo SIRKIA Mauri -0.41 256 Finland JANSSENS Onno BOEGEM Willem 0.37 240 Netherlands SCHNEIDER Werner UHLMANN H. -0.44 176 Germany KOWALCZYK Stefan SUCHARKIEWICZ J. 0.37 144 Poland LEVIT Yeshayahu KAMINSKI Amos -0.47 144 Israel HALLEN Hans-Olof DAHLBERG Borje 0.28 160 Sweden SMITH Harry MARSHALL Finlay -0.49 144 Scotland SCHWARTZ Adrian SHEINMAN Rami 0.26 160 Israel NIEMI Seppo KANERVA Markku -0.49 256 Finland TROUWBORST Jaap DOREMANS Nico 0.24 256 Netherlands SPENGLER Walter BOESIGER H. -0.50 208 Switzerland BERG Thomas JORGENSEN Geert 0.23 176 Denmark FELDERER Christian BAMBERGER J. -0.57 160 Austria SIMPSON Colin PRICE David 0.23 192 England PEDAK Kalle LEIS Paul -0.58 256 Estonia FLODQVIST S. MORATH Anders 0.23 208 Sweden BOLVIKEN Erik SORVOLL Jostein -0.63 142 Norway DIXON Christopher SILVERSTONE Victor 0.17 191 England DOWLING Seamus GODDEN John -0.67 176 Ireland LESSELLS Gordon HOULIHAN Des 0.15 176 Ireland HARRIS Diana SCREEN Alan -0.67 144 Wales LIGGAT David BENNETT Roy 0.13 176 Scotland SHERIDAN Liam GAGNE Paul -0.71 192 Wales STRATER Bernhard KRATZ Ulrich 0.13 160 Germany HAND Peter HAND Jean Lilian -0.88 176 Wales LUND Peter MOLLER Steen 0.12 175 Denmark GEISMANN Roger TERRAPON F. -0.97 144 Switzerland JOHNSON David STAS Jacques 0.09 160 Belgium ESTERUELAS Juan GRACIA Aurelio -0.99 175 Spain MEYER Jean-Paul STRETZ Francois 0.09 176 France FREI Joseph MONTEL Pierre -1.19 144 Switzerland

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BUTLER WOMEN TEAMS - after 22 Rounds

AUKEN Sabine ARNIM Daniela von 0.71 400 Germany KATER Ewa KOZYRA Ewa -0.01 200 Poland DRAPER Catherine ROSEN Anne 0.64 279 England WORTEL Meike MICHIELSEN Marion -0.05 259 Netherlands ALMIRALL Nuria ALMIRALL Marta 0.63 320 Spain NYARADI Gabriella NYARADI Ibolya -0.06 300 Hungary SJOBERG Emma RIMSTEDT Sandra 0.58 280 Sweden LAMBRINOU Sophie TSIRIKOU Eleni -0.06 320 Greece NEHMERT Pony Beate GROMANN Ingrid 0.55 220 Germany JOYCE Emer KENNY Joan -0.07 280 Ireland GROMOVA Victoria PONOMAREVA Tatiana 0.54 300 Russia LAZAR Naomi ARAMI Ruth -0.10 260 Israel KLEMMENSEN C. KIRSTAN Marlene 0.53 260 Denmark ERDEOVA Jana TOMCIKOVA Zdena -0.11 280 Czech Rep. D'OVIDIO Catherine ALLOUCHE - GAVIARD 0.49 300 France LEVY Hila ASULIN Adi -0.12 277 Israel ARRIGONI Gianna OLIVIERI Gabriella 0.46 279 Italy ADUT Vera GUMRUKCUOGLU L. -0.12 260 Turkey ANDERSSON Pia RIMSTEDT Cecilia 0.44 320 Sweden TESHOME Sarah JAGGER Catherine -0.13 260 England PAOLUZI Simonetta SACCAVINI Ilaria 0.43 280 Italy KHONICHEVA Elena NIKITINA Alexandra -0.17 260 Russia NEVE Joanna BESSIS Veronique 0.42 260 France CHUBAROVA S. VOROBEICHIKOVA O. -0.18 280 Russia HODEROVA Pavla JANKOVA Jana 0.39 280 Czech Rep. MIDSKOG Catharina BERTHEAU Kathrine -0.19 240 Sweden SARNIAK Anna BREWIAK Grazyna 0.39 380 Poland TADEU Ana LIMA Paula -0.21 320 Portugal ATALAY Belis ZAIM Mey 0.38 320 Turkey NURMI Pia AHONEN Hulda -0.22 420 Finland VRIEND Bep ARNOLDS Carla 0.37 260 Netherlands MULLER Renata PETROVIC Izvorka -0.25 200 Croatia HARDING Marianne FUGLESTAD Ann Karin 0.32 280 Norway CLENCH Gilly WOODRUFF Laura -0.27 360 Wales PASMAN Jet SIMONS Anneke 0.30 318 Netherlands MARTIN Anne ADAMSON Sheila -0.27 260 Scotland MANARA Gabriella FERLAZZO Caterina 0.30 280 Italy HAMORI Zsuzsa ZALAI Agnes -0.33 300 Hungary CRONIER Benedicte WILLARD Sylvie 0.28 280 France FERREIRA Isabel ROSADO Alexandra -0.34 279 Portugal FARHOLT Stense RAHELT Maria Marit 0.26 280 Denmark SIGURJONSDOTTIR NIELSEN Ragnheidur -0.35 300 Iceland DHONDY Heather SENIOR Nevena 0.25 299 England CARROLL Helen KULCHYCKY Jill -0.37 279 Ireland BACKSTROM Sue TUOMI Raija 0.25 420 Finland OLIVEIRA Anabella KAY Teresa -0.41 280 Portugal THORESEN Siv VIST Gunn Tove 0.24 340 Norway JAKOBSDOTTIR E. KRISTJONSDOTTIR -0.48 200 Iceland BRKLJACIC Tihana MARTINOVIC Slavica 0.23 240 Croatia ABOUSLEIMAN Leila KOTEIT Eva -0.48 160 Lebanon BEKKOUCHE Nadia BINDERKRANTZ Trine 0.21 300 Denmark THOMASBERGER H. STIGLEITNER Helga -0.50 300 Austria TOKCAN Merih MERZE Sukriye 0.20 260 Turkey LANCOVA Milena MEDLINOVA Blanka -0.52 280 Czech Rep. BROGELAND T. SVENDSEN Tone T. 0.19 220 Norway VELAITOU Polina MITSI Georgia -0.53 320 Greece ALBERTI Anja SCHRAVERUS-MEUER 0.19 220 Germany LINDENLAUF Diana MULIAR Andrea -0.54 280 Austria MEZEI Katalin CSIPKA Szilvia 0.18 280 Hungary RAGI Daad KOTEIT Eva -0.55 100 Lebanon PILIPOVIC Marina SVER Nikica 0.17 400 Croatia ALEXANDER Michele BENSON Joyce -0.61 260 Scotland PASTERNAK M. HARASIMOWICZ Ewa 0.16 260 Poland WUFKA Michaela SCHOBER Maria -0.73 259 Austria McGOWAN Elizabeth McQUAKER Fiona 0.11 320 Scotland CLEARY Ena FITZGERALD Jeannie -0.77 280 Ireland BORDALLO CORTINA MATUT M. 0.11 260 Spain ABOUSLEIMAN Leila CHAMMAA Iman -0.77 160 Lebanon LEVIT-PORAT Ruth PORAT Liri 0.10 300 Israel NAMOUR Marella RAMADAN Youmna -0.81 296 Lebanon IVARSDOTTIR Anna OSKARSDOTTIR G. 0.09 340 Iceland VENETAKI Athina GEORGIOU Anna -0.92 200 Greece BABOT Mari Carmen PANADERO Maria 0.08 260 Spain PATRICK Daphne GARDNER Betty -1.00 200 Wales COMMINS Elizabeth SHEA Sheila Ann 0.04 280 Wales CHAMMAA Iman RAGI Daad -1.17 140 Lebanon