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3rd World University Bridge Championship

Bulletin No.6

October 26, 2006 Tianjin P.R.China

Organizing Committee of 3rd WUBC

Letter to Welcome Mr. Damiani

When the 3rd World University Bridge Championship enters into pivotal stage, one of our familiar and amiable friends, Mr. Jose Damiani, venerable President of WBF, comes to enjoy the championship with us. Led by Mr. Damiani, the WBF zealously concerns and supports the development of University Bridge Project all the time. They not only pay attention to the continued development of bridge project, but acknowledge the further meaning this mental sport gives to human education and intellectual quality. At the same time, Mr. Damiani is concerned about the youth, attaching importance to communication and friendship brought by bridge. In this sense, I extend warm welcome and heartfelt gratitude to WBF and Mr. Damiani on behalf of committee of the 3rd WUBC, as well as concerned officials, coaches and athletes! I wish more chances appear to make WUF and WBF work together to popularize and improve the project of University Bridge in the world.

Waltz on the forth day

Following the tangle time on the third day, team won , consolidating its 1st elegant waltz came to performance. Every position. B has jumped to 2nd position team played their best standards, which can from yesterday’s 3rd position, with 18.83VPs be compared with the Bowl, the averagely. Following are USA and Sweden. World Cup of Bridge. You could sense not Because of its lost in this afternoon’s critical only the severe competition, but also graceful round, Sweden fell into 4th position with behave. Every match today was dialogues 18.35VPs averagely. There will be 3 rounds between strong teams. Although suffering tomorrow, and we hope wonderful two big defeats, China A still on the top, with performances would be put on. 19.61VPs averagely. In the afternoon, the

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Ranking after Round 24

Rank Team T. VP Ave. Rank Team T. VP Ave.

1 China A 469 19.61 14 A 361 14.91 2 Poland B 451 18.83 16 France B 358 14.78

3 USA 444 18.57 17 China B 351 14.48 4 Sweden 440 18.35 18 Belgium A 350 14.43 5 423 17.61 19 Serbia 332 13.65 6 Italy 414 17.25 20 Chinese B 331 13.61 7 413 17.17 21 Japan 321 13.17 8 Poland A 410 17.04 22 Turkey 313 13.04 9 Hong Kong 391 16.22

23 Indonesia 313 12.83 10 Denmark 388 16.09 11 Canada 372 15.39 24 Chinese Taipei A 298 12.17

12 Czech Republic 370 15.30 25 Thailand 250 10.09

13 Germany 365 15.09 26 Belgium B 216 9.00 14 Great Britain 361 14.91 27 Botswana 184 7.22

Today’s Vu-Graph Matches

Vu-Graph Table 1 (VG1) Vu-Graph Table 2 (VG2) Rd. Time (Open Room ONLY) (Open Room ONLY)

25 09:30-10:35 Sweden vs. France A Poland A vs. Germany

26 10:55-12:00 China A vs. Germany Poland B vs. Denmark

27 12:20-13:25 Sweden vs. Italy USA vs. Poland B

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Match of the day: Norway vs USA

On day 4, the day before the last day of the tournament, many strong teams are playing N E S W Lindqvist Wooldridge Lunna Barth each other. It was not easy to pick up a match 1ª P 2© P to analyze, as all the teams showed us junior 2ª P 3§ P bridge can also be very tough. At a certain 3© P 4© P time, I thought I was live broadcasting a 4NT P 5¨ P match of the , and was sure 6© X All pass. that the quality of those boards were better than half of the field in the Bermuda Bowl. I think in the future, there will be more and more good players joining this event. At the end, we decided to choose the match Norway-USA. Both teams played extremely well, especially the Americans. Although their opponents didn’t make many mistakes, they were even faultless. Let’s have a look at some of the hands:

On hand one, the American EW in the open room managed to beat an overbid 2NT, but their teammates in the open room made 3NT Wooldridge, USA for a 10 imps gain! Then, after 2 pushes and one extra down trick to the American side, After the biddings shown above, the came this hand: American E, Wooldridge, thought he had heard enough and could not resist to giving a 5 ♠ KJT96 double on the final contract. He should be NS / N ♥ K8765 right on most occasions, as not only did he ♦ AJ8 have the first suit of dummy well controlled, ♣ ------♠ 32 N ♠ AQ875 but he had an extra A. Only after he saw the ♥ J ♥ 43 dummy, he knew how wrong he was: the one E W ♦ Q7432 ♦ K65 who asked for key cards had a ! That ♣ 97542 S ♣ AJ6 was rather unfortunate for him; we can see a ♠ 4 ♥ AQT92 ¨ lead would beat the contract. However, ♦ T9 partner led a ªin respect to his “lead ♣ KQT83 directing” X. After he won the ªQ, he tried a

3 small one back, but the Norwegian declarer game going auction with 3ª. Now the 3NT discarded his losing ¨ anyway. It looked like bid from Wooldridge was meant as “serious the end of the defense, however, the declarer 3NT”, but it was un-discussed in their managed to mess up the play. Actually, he partnership. In fact, many experts treat this had several ways home: ruffing down the § bid in this situation as either serious 3NT or a rd A 3 or cross-ruffing the rest after cashing cue-bid (of ª) showing method. I can hardly one round of trumps. But, his started say which way is better, however, you have cross-ruffng without cashing one round to just discuss with your partner and decide . At certain stage, he was in danger of a on one of them. Anyway, they reached this possible and he duly 6© which can be beaten on a “normal” ¨J managed to lose a trick to the bare J of lead. No! The poor S decided to respect his trumps! Down one and 17 imps out of partners and led ª7. That was that, nowhere for the USA team. declarer soon claimed 12 tricks and 1430 in Board 6. ♠ QJ9654 their column. In the closed room, the EW / E ♥ KT5 American N was more aggressive. Without ♦ ------♣ JT43 knowing his ©K was in the right position, he ♠ K32 N ♠ A still Xed the final contract in attempt to a¨ ♥ AJ82 ♥ Q7643 E W lead- that is the so called the Lightner X. The ♦ KQ76 ♦ A82 good news was that his partner got the ♣ K7 S ♣ AQ96 ♠ T87 message; the bad news was that so did the ♥ 9 opponents! They quickly ran to 6NT which ♦ JT9543 was lay- down on any lead. There was even ♣ 852 worse news: his partner had a natural ¨ lead! N E S W Anyway, the board was a push and we Lindqvist Wooldridge Lunna Barth moved on to the next with the feeling that 1© P 2NT one might have missed something on this 3ª 3NT* P 4§ P 4¨ P 4© board….. P 4ª P 4NT P 5¨ P 6© The next two boards were two cold games All pass. and the Americans won 26 imps on these 8

I can understand that the junior players will boards while they conceded only 1 imp to never give opponents a free run whenever their opponents. Or it was 23:7 VPs for the they have a chance. However, aggressiveness USA. I was quite impressed by their standard can backfire from time to time. This was one of play and am seriously considering these of the occasions. N decided to enter their guys as some tough opponents in the future.

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Round up of the day

I was not worried about choosing some time happen and retreated to 4©. When this was technical hands for the day. As I mentioned passed out un-doubled, the Swedish was earlier, there were a lot of hands that were going to win 11 imps on the board anyway. played high quality of skill. However, I do With the §Q onside, 4ª by EW can make an not have time to go through all of them. The overtrick and 4© should go down two. E led following 4 hands could be more interesting, her 3rd best ª8 and to the A and W found the and in some ways, more educational. correct trump switch. It seemed that nothing In round of 21, we saw two European teams would go wrong as declarer had 5 facing each other in the viewgraph. My inescapable 5 losers. N tried a small ¨ from international experience tells me that the dummy, trying to get back to his hand. W European teams are always tough to play rose in with the A and….without much against. After watching some of our juniors thought, tried to give her partner a ¨ ! on play, I realized that the European juniors The ruff fell in, declarer ruffing this, setting are not easier! up the ¨ suit. Declarer could draw trumps, enter dummy with §A to cash all the¨ for Board 3 ♠ 932 +1! Rather fortunate for the Dutch, in the EW / S ♥ AKJ8654 closed room they also had a disaster. The ♦ 4 boys tried to double the opponents in 4ª and ♣ 75 that made no less than one overtrick! They ♠ AQT74 N ♠ KJ85 both thought they won 8 or 14 imps on the ♥ 9 ♥ T732 board. But when this meets together, it was E W ♦ AJ2 ♦ K8 only 16 imps instead of the expected 22! Still ♣ KT42 S ♣ J83 it was a big board for the Swedish team. ♠ 6 ♥ Q ♦ QT97653 ♣ AQ96

N E S W Cullin Michielsen Johansson Wortel P 1ª 1NT! 2ª 3NT P 4© All pass.

The Sweidish N, Cullin, made a rather imaginative 1NT overcall on W’s 1ª opening. That worked out like a dream. The Dutch W decided to trust him and only give a Johansson, Sweden simple raise of 2ª. S, on the other hand, had no reason to realize the joke and made a However, the Dutch immediately struck normal raise to 3NT. N couldn’t let this back:

5 The last match of the day we saw the battle Board 5 ♠ KJT82 between the 1st and 2nd placed teams, China NS / N ♥ 5 A and Sweden playing each other. At the ♦ 975 time, China A had just suffered a big defeat ♣ KJ63 against the Belgiums and Sweden, USA all ♠ AQ3 N ♠ 4 had just won their matches heavily to close ♥ AJT98 ♥ 732 the gap to 13 and 15 VPs. The match E W ♦ Q6 ♦ AT83 attracted most of the attention. ♣ A92 S ♣ QT754 ♠ 9765 ♥ KQ64 Board 1 ♠ A75 ♦ KJ42 None / N ♥ T932 ♣ 8 ♦ AQ932 ♣ 2 N E S W ♠ 9 N ♠ KQ63 Cullin Michielsen Johansson Wortel ♥ QJ87 ♥ AK4 E W P P P 1© ♦ KT4 ♦ 875 1ª 2© 2ª 4© ♣ QJ986 S ♣ KT5 All pass. ♠ JT842 ♥ 65 N led a rather unfortunate ªJ and went ♦ J6 around to the Q. the young and pretty Dutch ♣ A743 girl, Wortel, ruffed a ª in dummy. After a small © to the 8 held, she cashed ªA, which N E S W did not seem right to me. We were all Jin Cullin Liu Johansson predicting a possible down one in the P 1NT P 2§ viewgraph room, but she soon proved us P 2ª P 2NT wrong! She played a small § from hand and P 3NT All pass. we found out this was the winning play! The defenders had no answer to this. N had to After having opened a 15-17 NT and an win his K, ducking was useless to him. Now invitational auction, the Swedish E decided he had two ways of conceding the contract. If that his 15 count looked like a “maximum” he gives partner a § ruff, the losing ¨ would 15 and accepted the invite. It was all up to be discarded on the 4th § of dummy, and if the Chinese girls to beat it. The Chinese S he plays a ¨ to set up their ¨ trick, the § led ªJ, I don’t know if it was coded or not. ruff was gone. In any case, she had her But it seemed to me that N read the position contract for 420. the Sweidish W in the well. If it was coded, it was much simpler. closed went down 2 and that was 11 back to She realized that she needed S to have an the Netherlands. The match ended up a 6 in § and 2 small ¨ to beat this. After imps loss for the Dutch and 13:17 in VPs. some thought, she switched to a small ¨ to However, they had a reason to be realized the J and the contract had to go two down. since they were heading a big defeat after the However, the Chinese boys sold out to 3ª in first half and did get some thing back at the the closed and allowed it to make. So her end. brilliant defense had cost her side 1 imp!

6 Board 2 ♠ K9854 On board two, the Chinese girls bid a sharp NS / E ♥ J4 Vul. 3NT. It looked that, on © lead, she ♦ AJ2 needed to find ¨ Q to land her contract. ♣ QJ4 Would she find it? No, she didn’t need it at ♠ A63 N ♠ J72 all! The W led a small ¨! Liu soon had 9 ♥ A95 ♥ QT832 tricks. At the end, in a desperate situation, W E W ♦ Q43 ♦ 97 tried to play ©A and ©9, but not only that set ♣ 9532 S ♣ K87 up ©K for the declarer but also isolated the ♠ QT © menace. Liu squeezed E for 11 tricks and a ♥ K76 marvelous 660! The Swedish NS were only ♦ KT865 in 2ª, making 10 tricks and first big swing ♣ AT6 went to china. Before the end of the match, the Chinese boys in the closed also stole an N E S W impossible 3NT with 5 top losers for NS. Jin Cullin Liu Johansson However, they failed to cash them and it was P 1¨ P another impossible 630. The open room EW 1ª P 1NT P stopped in 2© peacefully, made plus one for 2§ P 2¨ P 10 imps loss. With these two big boards, 2ª P 3NT All pass. China A won 23:7 VPs, going away in a very comfortable position for the title.

University Bridge Community: “I need your help” Dear friends, I hope you are all enjoying I’m happy to announce that the your championship! I’m sure you will never following team of students (or former forget this experience and that makes me students) will start to make clubs at the happy! universities in their country: This champiomship is the result of a lot - France: Yannick; of years building up to make bridge more - Serbia: Nicolas popular at universities. We started small - Belgium: Nina several years ago, and we want to become - The Netherlands: Bob; more and more important within the bridge - Norway: Ivar and the university environment. - Italy: Adrea (not at this Championships) Thats why, to further develop bridge at - Czech Rep.: Milan universities in the future, I need your help! - Poland: Bobo Indeed, we need to create bridge clubs at - Germany: Felix the universities all over the World! You can I will propose these students to their hereby count on any support from the WBF federation, and of course FISU and WBL are and FISU to help you realise. willing to support them as much as they can. To do so, we create the University Do you want to join us? Please inform Bridge Community, and a lot of people me, we make our future togheter! joined yet this environmet. The aim is to Thank you in advance for your help! work togheter to develop bridge at universities and to create new university Geert Magerman bridgeclubs. Chairman TC FISU

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Quiz of the tournament Kess Tammens (NED)

What can you do when a tournament gets in East-west are green, north-south are red. the decisive stages and your team is out of Partner shows 22-23 with a : contention? Of course we all enjoy our stay what is your reaction with ♠ J54 ♦ 8752 ♦ in Tianjin. Interesting worthwile experiences J108 ♣ J108? and a lot of new. Friends. Frontiers in a for the most of us unknown country were 4:WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH opened. Bridge is our game and passion, not pass pass only a pastime but a competitive (top)sport 2 ♣ pass 2 ♦ pass and our main goal of our visit was to perform 2 NT pass 3 ♣ pass well in the University World Championship, 3 ♦ pass ?? winning the title or gaining a medal. The Dutch team, practically eliminated for a You decided to go to game with the three place in the top-three had only the game to Jacks and launch Puppet Stayman to find a play for in the fourth day of this tournament. possible 5-4 fit in ♥ or 5-3 fit in ♠. 3♦ by They will have to await a future event to get west shows one or two fourcards in the a new chance for glory. So the eye was on majors. Which game you bid? developing more and better skills in this difficult sport of the mind. 5:You pick up first in hand, green versus red, ♠ 6 ♥ Q ♦ Q1097653 ♦ AQ96. Listening to the arguments of the juniors and What is your opening bid: 1♦, 2♦ (if weak) discussing certain actions can help everyone 3♦, 4♦ or pass? to a better understanding of the bidding. 6:WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH So a small quiz about fourth day boards. pass 1: First in hand. None vulnerable 1 ♠ 1 NT 2 ♠ 3 NT Do you open ♠ KJ965 ♥ AQ62 ♦ 2 ♣ 876? Pass 4 ♥ ?? And if you do ：1♠ or some form of weak with both majors? Dou you agree with 2♠ or do you have something else in mind. What is your bid 2: Suppose you open 1♠ on the first question; after this awkward sequence? the bidding develops quickly. WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 7:WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 1 ♠ 2 ♦ 4♦(splinter) 1 ♥ 5 ♦ ?? pass 1 ♠ 2 ♣ dbl(3-♠) What do you do after 5♦? 3 ♣ 3 NT pass ??

3:WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH All vulnerable: do you pass 3NT or do you pass pass have any bid in mind with 2 ♣ pass 2 ♦ pass ♠ J64 ♥ KQ10987 ♦AQ72 ♣ -？ 2 NT pass ??

8 8: Two constructive problems: Board 1 ♠ KJ985 none ♥ AQ62 Usually bridge is a competitive game. Weak ♦ 2 openings and/or preemptive interventions ♣ 876 cause a lot of noise and create many ♠32 N ♠ 107 decisions. Sometimes you get a free run and ♥9 ♥ K843 W E you can profit from goos systematic ♦Q109764 ♦ AKJ85 agreements. ♣J1042 S ♣ Q5 ♠ AQ84 a) ♥ J1075 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♦ 3 pass ♣ AK94 1NT pass ?? 1: Not the values for a opening of 1♠. Too Do you have a system for bidding after strong for a weak two-suited opening bid. 1NT-opening with strong two-suited hands Probably an initial pass is a good move to like: ♠ AJ852 ♥ 7 ♦ 2 ♣ KQJ962. inhibit north-south from getting too high. Do you have any tools in this situation? 2: After you have opened 1♠ and partner has b) shown a GF hand with singleton ♦ you better WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH hurry to double 5♦ so partner will not feel the 1 ♠ pass 2 ♥ urge to bid 5♠.The duplication in diamonds pass 4 ♥ pass ?? and the lack of honors in the north hand oblige you to double. Does 4♥ show a weak hand with at least 5♠+4♥ and some distributional values. Does East ♠ KQ832 south (♠ 4 ♥ AQ1092 ♦ 10 9 ♣ KQ1083) has north-south ♥ A 6 4 3 enough to continue and if so with which bid? ♦ 7 6 4 ANSWERS ON TODAY ’S BIDDING ♣ Q QUIZ(of course you may have a different ♠ A 7 6 N ♠ J 5 4 opinion) ♥ K Q J 9 ♥ 8 7 5 2 W E ♦ A K Q ♦ J 10 8 9: ♣ K 9 2 S ♣ J 10 8 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♠ 10 9 Pass 1 ♣ 1 ♥ ♥ 10 3 ♣ pass pass ?? ♦ 9 5 3 2 ♣ A76543 Would you have overcalled 1♥ or do you double for take out after 1? 3: three points opposite 22-23, together enough power for game. There however With nobody vulnerable: do you consider some buts. In the first place the jacks in east action against 3♣ which is explained as may not work(for instance opposite AKQ, invitational? not uncommon in such powerhouse hands. South: ♠ AK8 ♥ K10972 ♦ K 1073 ♣ K The second weak point of the east hand is the total lack of entries. The third argument you

9 may think of is that partner with a 23 count South ♠ 9 3 2 and a good fivecard suit often elects to open east-west ♥AKJ8654 a 24-25 range NT. And after all you are not ♦ 4 vulnerable and to score now and then +150 ♣ 7 5 instead of +400 is not too harmfull. With all ♠ AQ1074 N ♠ KJ85 this in mind the writer of this quiz would ♥ 9 ♥ 1073 2 W E have passed 2NT. ♦ A J 2 ♦ K 8 ♣ K 10 4 2 S ♣ J 8 3 4: If you decided to go on you find out that ♠6 there is no 5card ♥ or ♠ in the west hand. ♥Q What do you bid: 3♠ to show your fourcard ♦Q1097653 hearts or 3NT with the terrible 4-3-3-3. The ♣AQ96 choice clearly is in favour of 3NT. The J108 in ♣ and ♦ are very usefull as second stopper 5: Not by far a 1♦ opening; with this if west has Asmall doubleton in that suit. vulnerability a preemptive action is And nine tricks in NT must me easier than recommended. After 3♦ west will probably ten in hearts. overcall and east-west will reach 4♠. But a courageous 4♦ will likely be the beginning West ♠ KQ832 and end of the bidding. none ♥ A 6 4 3 ♦ 7 6 4 6: ♣ Q The 2♠-bid is too little. 3♠ or an invitational ♠ A 7 6 N ♠ J 5 4 2NT would describe the hand better. After ♥ K Q J 9 ♥ 8 7 5 2 the unexpected 4♥ east may consider to W E ♦ A K Q ♦ J 10 8 double 4♥. But if this will induce a 4♠-bid by ♣ K 9 2 S ♣ J 10 8 west in uncertain. ♠ 10 9 ♥ 10 South ♠ A1052 ♦ 9 5 3 2 all ♥ A 2 ♣ A76543 ♦ K 9 4 ♣ Q 8 6 3 Some reflections about the play: ♠ K Q 9 8 N ♠ 7 3 ♥ 5 ♥ J 6 4 3 W E In 3NT are after ♠K lead two tricks in spades, ♦ J 10 8 3 ♦ 6 5 three in hearts and three in diamonds. The ♣ 9 7 5 4 S ♣ AKJ102 ninth trick depends on the winning decision ♠ J 6 4 in clubs after declarer gets to dummy with ♠J. ♥KQ10987 A lucky ♣K wins the jackpot. I wonder if any ♦ AQ72 of the students succeeded in bidding and ♣ -- making 3NT. Certainly a nominee for best played hand of the championship. 7: If you trust partner and pass 3NT north In 4♥ north leads ♣Q to the ace and gets a will have to in hearts to make nine ruff. Now he does well to play ♠K to develop tricks. But a ♥-contract is much better. It the setting trick, just in case west is could even be slam! So 4♥ or 4♣ to point out 2♠-4♥-5♦-2♣ a void are recommended actions.

10 8a) In the match south reached 6♥ South ♠ 10 4 3 which was doubled by east. Maybe not the east-west ♥ KQ1054 best move because a lead would ♦ K 8 please east as well as the spade he asked for: ♣ A 10 4 ♠3, ♠J, ♠Q and ♠4. East retuned a small ♠ K Q 6 N ♠ AJ852 spade so south could get rid of his diamond. ♥ A 8 6 3 ♥ 7 Declarer now played ♦A and ruffed a W E ♦ A Q J ♦ 2 diamond. Small club ruffed and en diamond ♣ 8 7 5 S ♣ KQJ962 ruff to get back to south. A second small club ♠9 7 ruffed in dummy followed by ♠K. East ♥J 9 2 ducked and south was at the crossroads. The ♦10976543 commentators thought he could no longer ♣3 make his contract which was besides the A suggestion truth. In fact simple: south ruffs with ♥A, WEST EAST ruffs ♣10 small in dummy and sees ♣A come 1 NT 2♠* down. ♥K and ♥A to draw the trumps and 3♣ 3♠* ♣K and ♣Q as tricks eleven and twelve. 3 NT 4♦* 4♥* 4 NT 9: 5♥ 6♣* North ♠ 9 7 6 2 2♠ = transfer to clubs none ♥ J 3 3♠ = 4+♠ in slam interested; with 6-5 and not ♦ Q 9 8 5 2 slam interested transfer first to ♠ ♣ 5 4 4♦ = cuebid garantees 6♣+5♠-1-1, ♠ Q 4 3 N ♠ J 10 5 4♥ shows 6-5-0-2 or 2-0; ♥ Q 5 ♥ A 8 6 4 W E with 6♣+4♠ bid 4♣ ♦ A 6 4 ♦ J 4♥ = cuebid ♣ Q9632 S ♣ AJ1087 6♣ = west can correct to ♠ with two small ♣ ♠ A K 8 ♥ K10972 North ♠ KJ1096 ♦ K 107 3 north-sout ♥ K8765 ♣ K h ♦ A J 8 Teammatches usually consist of matches of ♣ -- 16 or more boards. In the format of this ♠ 3 2 N ♠ AQ875 championship the big number of participants ♥ J ♥ 4 3 plus the fact that all the teams would meet W E ♦ Q7432 ♦ K 6 5 another was the cause that a match only was ♣ 97542 S ♣ A J 8 about eight boards. This had the effect that a ♠ 4 small difference of 6 imps already was a ♥ AQ1083 17-13 victory. It payed to be very aggressive, ♦ 10 9 also on partscores. It was clear that east-west ♣ KQ1083 had between them 23 or more points. Any 8b) North has to have almost a perfect hand action by south is not without danger. If you for 6♥. ♠A, ♥K-fifth or ♥KQxx, diamond pass 3♣ east-west score 110. If you double enough aces. I don’t think north’s 4♥ can north bids 3♦ and it becomes 110 for yourself. contain all those features. Were you courageous or a little coward?

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On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 4th World University Bridge Championship, I am honored to send our sincere congratulations to the organizing committee of Tianjin Championship.

Thank you for everything, you did an excellent job! We are taking over the FISU flag, and know we will have to work hard to meet the high standards you have set.

We are pleased to invite all sports enthusiasts to the 4th World University Bridge Championship which will take place in Lodz, Poland, in September 2008. Because of the event's excellent atmosphere, we expect it to provide unforgettable experience for both competitors and spectators. We wish all the competitors of this year's Championship good luck and we hope to see you in our city in two years time.

Meet your friends at the ‘University Bridge Room’!!! At this Championships, during the Champion of Verona . I’m sure I will be accreditation, you all registered on Bridgebase able to convince Zia Mamhood and other stars to Online. play with you in the university club. Indeed, we want it to make possible for you to After the start, we will although try to organize meet your friends of this Championships after the special tournaments. What do you think about the tournament and play bridge together at a special ‘Beat Jack Zhao’ tournament , or the ‘Beat Zia public internet club reserved for you!! Mamhood’ tournament? Please inform me about all To be able to recognize easily how many your suggestions!! students that are on-line, it is recommended and You will find all information and these please use your ‘uni_name’ account, so you will tournaments on the university bridge platform: make it very easy for your friends to find you! www.unibridge.org. We will start to play at fixed hours, every You find the list of all usernames of this Wednesday 20.00h (Paris time) and every Sunday Championships on last two pages. at 15.00h (Paris time). I’m happy to announce that some top players Geert Magerman have joined the club yet, as for example the World Chairman Technical Committee Bridge FISU

12 T. VP Ave. Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324252628byePen. 1 GER 365 15.09 13 2516 5 7 25142513 8 22 7 2125 3 7 111715 8 11 251423 18 2 BEL A 350 14.43 18 4 16 4 1725 5 8 14162516 5 15232214 1 12 25 11191223 18 3 JPN 321 13.17 21 1414 112014 9 5 9 1616141216 0 1614 4 8 14 2 252525 18 4 SWE 440 18.35 4 252519 25251517172216242017 7 16 17 14 1618 9 251716 18 5 TPE A 298 12.17 24 231310 4 25 2 11 5 1720 8 1812 2 11 10 9 1820 7 17 3 15 18 6 BOT 184 7.22 27 0 1 16 5 5 9 14 0 1420 7 1 7 7 3 0 8 9 6 0 18 8 8 18 7 POL B 451 18.83 2 162521152521 15 9 16252516 22 23 12 6 17242014231825 18 8 GBR 361 14.91 14 5 222513191615 3 7 1314 17 20 9 192011111413162120 18 9 NED 413 17.17 7 1716211325252125 2125 15 9 1918 8 20181912101714 7 18 10FRA B 358 14.78 16 221414 8 13161423 9 17 19 161013 9 5 1119252025 5 13 18 11THA 250 10.09 25 8 5 14141010 0 17 0 6 14 9 16 7 1215 4 8 8 7 221115 18 12CHN B 351 14.48 17 231416 6 2223 2 16 13 181117 8 1011161616161614 4 25 18 13CAN 372 15.39 11 9 251810122514 15 24 21131213 7 14 7 161915112324 7 18 14INA 313 12.83 23 5 1514131823 13 11 12 9 0 2512162114 9 1020 4 14 9 8 18 15CHN A 469 19.61 1 25 7 252325 8 21 16191725 1624252517 9 211720251625 18 16DEN 388 16.09 10 23 8 1414 23 10 14211318 5 14 102120 6 24182123161618 18 17FRA A 361 14.91 14 191616 19 7 112014221718 6 20 7 4 17181512122420 9 18 18USA 444 18.57 3 1325 13 25 21121723202314 5 9 23 201619241723252515 18 -1 19CZE 370 15.30 12 15 25 20 18112221181916 9 1 102510 11 5 21222118 7 7 18 20POL A 410 17.04 8 18 16 2524101025151423161324131419 2013151420 7 24 18 21ITA 414 17.25 6 22 22 2122131912192514142121 6 12112510 191719201515 22TPE B 331 13.61 20 5 141221 6 19111122141120 9 1215 6 9 1711 23 7 25 13 18 23TUR 313 13.04 22 19 16121024101618 5 2214151013 9 1813 8 1513 7 1 8 17 24NOR 423 17.61 5 1925212325161720102314192510 7 18 7 9 16112325 22 18 25BEL B 216 9.00 26 2 11 4 5 1312 7 1413 3 8 16 7 16 5 14 6 3 121010 5 7 13 26HKG 391 16.22 9 1618 5 13252212 9 16251925 6 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