Daily Bulletin

Editor: / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,b, Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francescacesc Canali Photographer : Arianna Testa

FRIDAY, JUNE 23 2017 THE WINNERS' CIRCLE

ISSUE No 14 CLICK TO NAVIGATE

Roll of Honour p. 3 A view of the Bridge p. 3 China vs Greece p. 4 Vide Cor Meum p. 7 Baker vs Denmark Red p. 8

High Level Bidding p. 11 Women Pairs Winners Senior Pairs Winners Magdalena Ticha & Wietzke Van Zwol Herbert Klumpp & Reiner Marsal Greece vs Highlanders p. 16 Putting on a Show p. 19 After yet another heart stopping finish it was The Netherlands Wietske Van Zwol & Magdalena Ticha who took the Women's Pairs Championship by Puppet, Muppet or Scrubbit? p. 21 just 0.15%. It was Wiestke's second win, the first coming in 2009 and the Filling in the Blanks p. 22 fourth time the title has been won by a pair from The Netherlands. Poland's Justyna Zmuda & Katarzyna Dufrat finished second, adding another medal La Pagina Italiana p. 23 to Justyna's already extraordinary collection. Third place went to Jennifer Masterpoint Race p. 24 Mourgues & Anne-Laure Huberschwiller from France. Results p. 27 In the Senior Pairs Germany's Reiner Marsal & Herbert Klumpp were dominant, taking the lead during the second session and maintaining it to the end. Second place went to France's Philippe Toffier & Pascal Gombert TODAY'S SCHEDULE while Poland's Jerzy Michalek & Wlodzimierz Wala finished third. Open Pairs Final In the Open Pairs England's Artur Malinowski & David Bakhshi topped the 10.30 - 13.20 Session 1 table en route to the final. 10 minutes hospitality break after 7th round 14.30 - 19.00 Session 2 PRESS CONFERENCE 10 minutes hospitality break after 7th round Today a press A. M. Torlontano Open Pairs conference will be held at 11:00 10.30 - 12.50 Session 1 12.50 - 14.00 Lunch break (see the map for the location). 14.00 - 16:20 Session 2 Attendants: VENUE 16.40 - 19:00 Session 3 Yves Aubry Jan Kamras Josef Harsanyi Barry Rigal Press Conference FIGB President F. Ferlazzo Natoli 11.00 Journalists and players are welcome. RESTAURANT CAFETERIA See the map ------> Cocktail to follow 1st FLOOR PRESS CONFERENCE

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Women Pairs 2nd Senior Pairs 2nd Katarzyna Dufrat & Justyna Zmuda Philippe Toffier & Pascal Gombert

Women Pairs 3rd Senior Pairs 3rd Jennifer Mourgues & Anne-Laure Huberschwiller Jerzy Michalek & Wlodzimierz Wala

SAD NEWS... The French pair Thomas Bessis (one of the holders) and Cedric Lorenzini were in quite a good position in the Open Pairs Semi-final A when the sad news arrived that Cedric's father had died. They have retired from the event. We sympathise deeply.

DEALING MACHINES AND CARDS

The Duplimates used for the duplication during the championship are sold old but the special price of EUR 1999 will be kept today and tomorrow (Friday) for a new unit. Shipment will be from Sweden afterwards. The cards that has been played in Montecatini are now available. Contact Jannerstens in the Bridge Plaza (tent next to playing area), or drop a line to [email protected] if you are interested in these offers.

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ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 - 2017

Update after the open/senior/women teams: Of the medalists in the Open teams, only Krzystof Jassem and Marcin Mazurkiewicz had won medals in an Open European previously. The silver medal was Greece's first in a European Open. There are now 34 countries that have won medals at this set of championships. Of the Women winners, Helle Rasmussen and Stense Farholt are previous medalists, having won bronze in the 2007 Women teams. The silver medalists of team Baker had won the title in 2015, and this medal is 's fifth, and 's eighth. The bronze medal is Carla Arnold's ninth, Wietske van Zwol's eighth and Martine Verbeek's sixth. Of the six women on the Chinese team, four had previously won a medal (Wang Wen Fei gold in the 2013 Women teams, Wang Nan bronze in the 2015 Women teams, and Lu Yan and Liu Yan bronze in the 2015 Women pairs). All the Israeli winners of the Senior teams had previously won medals. Leonid Podgur and Avi Kalish were among the winners in the very first Open teams in Menton 2003. Amos Kaminski, Adrian Schwartz and Yeshayahu Levit won the Senior teams in 2007, when Shalom Zeligman won the bronze. Schwartz and Kaminski also won bronze in 2009. Benito Garrozzo has won his second silver medal, after the Open teams of 2013. Jaap Trouborst and Nico Doremans had already won bronze in the Senior Pairs in 2015. Tony Rusev is the only one from the Vito team to have won previously, after being a member of the bronze-winning team of the same name in 2009. These medals put Carla in second place in the all-time medal table, Marion in fourth place, Wietske in fifth, while Meike enters the top 10. The Netherlands have now won 105 medals in the eight championships combined.

1) Sylvie Willard 3+3+4= 10 2) Carla Arnolds 3+5+1= 9 3) Catherine D'Ovidio 4+0+4= 8 4) Marion Michielsen 3+5+0= 8 5) Wietske van Zwol 1+4+3= 8 6) Bep Vriend 4+3+0= 7 7) Philippe Cronier 3+1+3= 7 8) Anneke Simons & Jet Pasman 1+4+1= 6 10) Meike Wortel 3+2+0= 5 11) Martine Verbeek 2+3+0= 5 12) Bénédicte Cronier 2+1+2= 5 A VIEW OF THE BRIDGE The EBL have appointed David Bird, Bill Jacobs, Larry Cohen, Graham Osborne, Mark Horton and Roland Wald to act as BBO commentators. They may be joined from time to time by Jon Cooke and Stephen Kennedy. These are the assignments for today (Women / Seniors Pairs Finals): F-1-1 BBO1 Roland Wald - Bill Jacobs F-1-1 BBO2 David Bird - Mark Horton F-1-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Bill Jacobs F-2-1 BBO1 Mark Horton - David Bird F-2-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Larry Cohen

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CHINA vs GREECE Barry Rigal

Open Teams Semifinal - Segment 3 [ A K ] Q 10 9 8 7 4 3 Set three started with China leading by 12 IMPs and { 4 with a question of judgment for the top West players } A 4 3 when both Chen and Kontomitros heard their partner 1[ over 1{. Holding: A strong(ish) no- to your right; how many hearts do you wish to bid? Say you bid 2] and hear [ K Q 6 2[ to your left, passed back to you; what now? If you ] A K 4 bid 3] you hear RHO balance with 3[ and you get { 8 4 one more chance. } Q 10 9 7 2 Koukoselis didn’t have that problem; he doubled to show a one-suiter. Over a call showing spades to his Both cuebid 2{ and heard 3{ to their left, passed left his partner (optimistically) bid 2NT asking for his back to them. If 2{ promised spades, you would think suit, so he naturally leapt to 4]. By contrast, Zhao bid the choice was between 3[ and a last-train 3] call. 2] then 3] and sold out to 3[. +100 was a poor Double as suggested by at least one editor seems way return against the 420 from hearts, (partner has } too dangerous to me, with a spade suit that rates to KQxx plus the {K and two small hearts with trumps be worthless on defence. However as the cards lie you 2-2). Greece now led by 10 IMPs, but then it was time collect 100 against 3{x, (so long as partner finds the for China to go on a tear. best lead to allow you to prevent a club in dummy It started when Zhao opened in first seat vulnerable – or -470 if he does not). If you bid, you have +140 with a 3-3-5-2 11-count and was raised in due in 3[ as Kontomitros discovered, and -50 in 4[, as course to 3NT by Chen with a balanced 15-count, Chen found, the hard way. Put me down for 3]. That making 600. No drama there; but when Koukoselis made it 56-49 for China. passed the 11-count, his LHO opened a 13-16 no- Two boards the two Norths Li and Filios held this trump and stole the pot, after Li’s 0-count Stayman hand of power and quality: response, in 2[. The +50 for Greece against 2[ was an unsatisfactory return, and China had 11 IMPs to [ K J 8 3 lead by 1 IMP. ] A K Q J 9 5 3 { --- } 3 2

Their unopposed auction started 1{-1]-2}-2[- 3}. What next? Filios bid 4] – solid hearts and not much outside, a reasonable if slightly pessimistic shot. Li bid 3] and was reassured to hear partner bid 3NT. Now he probed delicately for slam with 6], and he was a little unlucky that the man on lead had five hearts to the ten AND the club ace. The defenders cashed the first two clubs and still had a heart trick to come. To be fair, on a non-club lead the slam does come home; but even so… Those 11 IMPs gave the Greeks a 3 IMP lead. After an overtrick went the other way, the spotlight shifted round the table one more place: this time it was Zhao and Koukoselis as East in the hot seat.

Jie Zhao TEAM CHINA OPEN

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Both N/S pairs successfully led the unbid suit to Zhao may not have been enthused about his opening defeat a game, then came this strange affair: lead of the ]Q when dummy hit the deck, but the defenders cashed their four winners with the minimum 8. Dealer West. None Vul. of discomfort after this start. In the other room, where [ Q J 10 9 7 South’s hand was largely unknown, West led the ] 7 3 {8. Those unbiased readers who share this writer’s { J 7 4 aversion to MUD will be delighted that East could not } J 6 3 read the lead. Even if ducking the trick looks wrong, [ 6 4 [ 5 3 that was what Koukoselis did, and declarer was now ] A 6 4 ] Q J 5 2 safe for his game and actually emerged with 11 tricks. { 10 8 6 2 { A Q 9 5 3 Note that after the diamond lead East might well have } A 7 5 2 } 8 4 shifted to clubs, after winning his {A and that still lets [ A K 8 2 the game through. ] K 10 9 8 The next deal saw the possibility for a big swing in { K either direction. } K Q 10 9 Board 9. Dealer North. E-W Vul. Open Room [ A 8 6 5 4 West North East South ] 10 7 Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ { A Q 10 4 Pass Pass 1{ Dble } A 8 2{ 2[ Pass 4[ [ 9 2 [ K Dble All Pass ] K J 9 8 6 ] A Q 5 3 2 { K J 9 5 { 8 Closed Room } J 6 } K 9 7 4 3 2 West North East South [ Q J 10 7 3 Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang ] 4 Pass Pass Pass 1}(16+) { 7 6 3 2 Pass 1{ Pass 1] (18+) } Q 10 5 Pass 2] Pass 4[ All Pass Open Room West North East South Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ 1[ 2[ 4[ 5] Pass Pass 5[ All Pass

Closed Room West North East South Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang 1[ 2[ 4[ 5] Dble All Pass

I would not have been able to resist duplicating Li’s action from the closed room, and collecting 200. But when Filios passed 5] his partner saved in 5[. The ]A lead saw West for a diamond shift. Back came the {8, to West’s king (might East have underled {Q8 – I suppose so). Declarer ruffed a heart to dummy and played a trump to West’s nine and …a low one from hand. That was -200, and 6 IMPs for Bangxiang Zhang China, leading by 18 IMPs now. TEAM CHINA OPEN

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Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ J 7 5 4 3 [ 10 7 5 ] A 5 4 ] A Q 10 9 6 5 { K 10 7 6 4 { — } — } A K 7 4 [ Q 6 [ A K 10 9 8 [ K 9 3 [ Q 8 4 2 ] K 7 6 ] J 2 ] K J 3 ] 7 { Q 9 8 5 { A 3 { A 5 2 { K Q J 9 8 6 4 } Q 10 9 2 } J 8 7 4 } Q J 9 2 } 5 [ 2 [ A J 6 ] Q 10 9 8 3 ] 8 4 2 { J 2 { 10 7 3 } A K 6 5 3 } 10 8 6 3

Open Room West North East South Open Room Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ West North East South 1] Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ Pass 1[ Pass 2} 1] 3{ Pass Pass 3] All Pass Pass Dble Pass 3] All Pass Closed Room West North East South Closed Room Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang West North East South 1] Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang Pass 1[ 2[ Pass 1] 2{ Pass Pass 4] All Pass 3NT All Pass

In the closed room the defence started with the [Q, Which of the two Easts’ actions do you prefer? Put ducked all round, and a shift to a low trump. That me with the closed room – a sure sign of obstinacy, I doesn’t look especially incisive, but when declarer suppose when even after you see the consequences of captured the jack with his queen and advanced the your actions, you cannot be persuaded that they are {J, covered all round, for a trump back to his ten, he wrong. Having said that, maybe Chen might have bid had no tricks at all. He tried to ruff out the clubs, but 3NT over 3{ anyway? emerged with just eight tricks. There is no easy way to make 3] after a top Against 3], Chen’s low diamond lead did not diamond lead. Declarer ruffed the diamond and tried paralyze declarer. When East ducked, South won in a spade to the jack, later losing a trump, two clubs and hand and returned a diamond to the ten. Back came a second spade for down one. a low heart, and declarer’s eight forced the king. Now But equally, the defence to 3NT was not so easy to declarer cross-ruffed to 11 tricks and had 7 IMPs. spot. Li led a top club – so far so good. The discouraging The next board saw a quiet 4[ in both rooms, eight persuaded him to shift to spades; seven, two, making ten tricks before Greece tied up the match on jack, king. Declarer returned a low spade at once: ten the penultimate deal. queen ace. Now Zhang knew declarer surely had the spade nine, so would have nine tricks ready to run. Was the [10 suit preference for hearts or did partner have }AKJ and ]A so that a club was necessary? Zhang went with a club and was wrong. I think the suit preference argument coupled with the fact that partner just might have led the club king from }AKJx on this auction was enough reason to go right. Regardless that was 11 IMPs to Greece instead of 5 IMPs the other way and we were tied up again with one set to go.

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VIDE COR MEUM* Mark Horton

*See My Heart Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. [ K J 2 The soft tones of an Italian opera permeate the air ] J 9 2 as the camera scans a panoramic view of Florence { 9 8 7 4 and the Ponte Vecchio. Later transitioning displays } 8 7 4 an outdoor stage, lit up in the night. People painted [ 6 [ A Q 3 in white walk across the stage in Grecian costumes, ] A 10 8 5 ] Q 7 4 3 in front of flowing sheer cloths that reveal the façade { Q J 10 5 { A 6 3 2 of a building beyond. The audience and orchestra are } A K 9 3 } Q 2 in an open courtyard which lit with flickering torches [ 10 9 8 7 5 4 displaying the atmospheric green grass and stone brick ] K 6 building. As the camera enters the audience it rests first { K on a couple, man and wife, and a lone man across the } J 10 6 5 aisle. The two men share a challenging look, but soon Open Room return their attention to the opera. The camera returns West North East South to the actors as they softly finish their duet. Dima Dobroiu This beautiful sequence is in fact a scene from the 1{ Pass 1] 1[ 2001 film Hannibal, starring Anthony Hopkins, 2[* Dble* 3{ Pass Julianne Moore and Giancarlo Giannini. The opera, 4}* Pass 4[* Pass “Vide Cor Meum”, was composed specifically for 5}* Pass 6] All Pass the film by Patrick Cassidy and was performed by Danielle de Niese, Bruno Lazzaretti, and the 2[ Heart fit Lyndhurst Orchestra. The libretto was based on a Dble A high spade honour sonnet from Dante’s “La Vita Nuova” which follows 4} the Florentine poet and his beloved Beatrice. 4[ Cue bid The opera scene was filmed on the grounds of 5} Cue bid Santa Croce in the courtyard in front the Pazzi Chapel. It demonstrates the dedication of the film Following a refreshingly stylish bidding sequence writers and director in composing a somewhat (not a hint of Blackwood in sight) EW reached a historically insightful scene. The scene connects contract that defeated so many declarers at the table. character background stories with both history and South led the ten of spades and declarer took contemporary use of Santa Croce facilities. North's king with the ace and played a heart to the On this deal from Round 22 of BAM II 19 declarers ace and a second heart ducking to South's king. attempted to make 6], but only one, Romania's He won ruffed the spade exit in dummy, drew the Constantin Dobroiu was successful... outstanding trump, cashed three rounds of clubs and relying on the inference that South's overcall must include the {K, played a diamond to the ace to land his contract in spectacular style.

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BAKER vs DENMARK RED David Bird

Women's Teams Final - Session 1 to pick up that suit and +130 was scored for an early 7-IMP swing to Baker. Denmark Red had beaten two very powerful teams to reach the final. Even so, they must have started Board 2 Dealer East N/S Vul. as underdogs against an all-star Baker team (USA/ [ Q 7 5 2 Netherlands). If so, nobody told them. They played a ] J 10 4 blinder in the first of four 14-board sessions. Roland { 8 4 3 2 Wald and I were watching in the Closed Room. } 7 5 [ A K 8 [ J Board 1 Dealer North None Vul ] 7 6 5 3 ] A K Q 8 2 [ 10 { 9 { 6 ] A K 6 5 } Q 9 8 4 2 } A K J 10 6 3 { A J 9 6 4 2 [ 10 9 6 4 3 } K 6 ] 9 [ K Q 8 6 3 [ J 7 5 { A K Q J 10 7 5 ] Q J 4 3 2 ] 7 } — { — { K Q 8 3 } Q 10 3 } J 7 5 4 2 Closed Room [ A 9 4 2 West North East South ] 10 9 8 Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege { 10 7 5 1}* 1{ } A 9 8 Dble* Pass 4{ 4[ 6} All Pass Closed Room West North East South West’s double was a transfer, showing 4+ hearts. Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege I was expecting an immediate 4NT from East now. 1{ Pass 1[ Why not? Over the chosen 4{ splinter-bid, some Pass 2] Pass 2NT continuations might prevent you from asking for aces Pass 3{ Pass 4} later. Pass 4NT Pass 5] West leapt to 6} over South’s 4[ and that ended Pass 6{ All Pass the auction. The {A was followed by a spade switch and declarer soon claimed her +920. Against a The diamond game was a good contract, albeit one contract of 6], South might perhaps have ventured a that would meet a hostile trump break. Six Diamonds lead of the {5, seeking a club ruff. was too much. Declarer had a very likely heart loser and at least one trump loser, in fact more than that. Open Room The club lead was won in dummy and the {10 drew West North East South a depressing discard from West. The slam eventually L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker drifted three down and North/South had to hope that 1} 1{ 5{ would fail at the other table. Dble* Pass 3[ Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass Open Room 5} Pass 6] All Pass West North East South L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker West’s double again showed hearts, East choosing 1{ Pass 1[ a spade on this occasion. 2] 3{ All Pass compromised with a lead of the {10 against 6], continuing with the {A. The resultant +980 was The 2] overcall worked in North/South’s favour worth 2 IMPs to Denmark Red. and they stopped in 3{. A heart lead allowed declarer

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Board 7 Dealer South Both Vul. That was 11 IMPs to Denmark instead of 6 IMPs the [ J 10 4 3 other way. ] A 5 2 { K Board 12 Dealer West N/S Vul. } A 9 8 7 4 [ 7 [ Q 8 [ A K 7 2 ] Q ] J 9 4 ] K Q 7 { A K J 5 { J 10 7 6 5 3 2 { Q 4 } A K 10 8 7 3 2 } 5 } K Q J 10 [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3 [ 9 6 5 ] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2 ] 10 8 6 3 { 10 6 { 9 8 3 { A 9 8 } 9 5 } Q J 6 } 6 3 2 [ A K Q 8 6 ] A 10 6 Closed Room { Q 7 4 2 West North East South } 4 Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege Pass Closed Room Pass 1} Dble Pass West North East South 1{ Pass 1NT Pass Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege 2{ All Pass Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Meike Wortel had the chance to express her strength Pass 3] Pass 3[ at the one-level and Marion Michielsen ended in a Pass 4} Pass 4] comfortable 2{. She won the [J lead and ditched Pass 4NT Pass 5[ her club loser on a third round of the suit. Only two Pass 7{ All Pass trumps and a heart had to be lost and that was +130. Perhaps they would reach 3NT at the other table. North might have stretched to a RKCB bid on the Let’s see. third round. She sought reassurance and bid it two rounds later. Two key-cards and the {Q would do Open Room nicely, thank you, and 7{ was duly reached. The {3 West North East South was led to the 4, 6 and ace. What was the best line L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker of play to survive against a 4-1 break in one of the Pass minors? Pass 1} Dble 1] It seemed to me that survival was unlikely (although 2{ Dble 3NT All Pass not impossible) against a 4-1 club break. On that basis declarer should perhaps play the }A and ruff a club I assume that Karen McCallum’s double showed low. If clubs broke 3-2, she could then draw trumps 3-card support for hearts. A heart lead would beat and land the slam against a 4-1 trump break. the contract, since North would win the first round Farholt continued with a trump to the queen and a of diamonds and clear the suit. The defenders would third trump to the ace. Ace of clubs and a club ruff score two hearts, two diamonds and the }A. then allowed her to claim the slam. On this line of Lynn Baker led a club to partner’s ace and this play, she would have gone down against a 4-1 break was not necessarily fatal. If McCallum could read the in either minor. lead, she could switch to hearts in time or indeed to a spade, to remove dummy’s side . Can you sense Open Room a ‘but’ coming? The problem was that Baker had led West North East South the }2, low from three small, and it seemed quite L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker possible to North that the lead might be from }Q-6- 2] 2[ Pass 3NT 3-2 (declarer had played the }10 on the first trick. Pass 4} Pass 4{ McCallum persevered with clubs, returning the }4, Pass 4NT Pass 5[ and the game was home. Declarer had time to set up Pass 6[ Pass 7{ the diamond suit and reach the winners with the [Q. All Pass

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Lone Bilde opened with a modified Ekren 2], showing both majors. The Americans then did wonderfully well to reach 7{. McCallum’s 6[ asked South to select a minor for the grand slam. Baker won the spade lead and played the {A-K. She then played the }A and ruffed a club with the {Q. Once again, this line of play would have failed against a 4-1 minor- suit break. The favourable divisions in both minors meant that it was a push in +2140. Michielsen had a bidding problem on our last deal. Look only at the West cards and decide what action you would have taken? (East’s double is for take-out).

Board 14 Dealer East Neither Vul. [ J 9 8 2 ] 7 { 8 7 } A K J 9 5 2 Lone Bilde [ A K Q [ 10 7 6 4 TEAM DENMARK RED ] 10 9 8 4 ] A K 6 3 West’s options are Pass, 3] and 3NT. Bidding { K Q 6 { J 10 5 3 2 3] has much to commend it. If partner then says } Q 10 8 } — 3[, you can bid 3NT. Michielsen opted to pass for [ 5 3 penalties and must have wilted somewhat when the ] Q J 5 2 dummy appeared. { A 9 4 The contract could not be beaten and the Danes } 7 6 4 3 capped their excellent session with a further +470. Closed Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker Pass Pass Pass Pass 1NT 3} Dble Pass 1NT 3} Dble 4} ? 4] All Pass

Lone Bilde reached 4]. Would she be able to survive the 4-1 break? She ruffed the }A lead and saw that she would have to set up the diamond suit while there were still trumps out. She played a diamond to the queen, winning the trick. One successful line now was to cross to the ]A before playing another diamond. In that way she would avoid losing three trump tricks (one to North and two to South). Declarer chose to ruff the }10 with the ]6 instead. She played the ]A and it was still possible to land ten tricks by reverting to diamonds. No, She played the ]K and was then two down. It was still a handsome 9 IMPs to Denmark Red, who took the first set by 38 IMPs to 10.

Marion Michielsen []{} TEAM BAKER

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HIGH LEVEL BIDDING Micke Melander

Halfway through the match between Greece and the in clubs. When that lost to the stiff queen, another Highlanders the Greeks were up by 14 IMPs, leading trump came back. Declarer now had the nine tricks 54-40. he needed, and claimed. So the Highlander’s won 6 IMPs on the first board, Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. Greece still in the lead by 54-46. [ 9 8 3 South was then faced with a real problem. What’s ] J 5 your ; with [KQ5 ]J964 {92 }10852 { K 6 when the opponents has bid 1NT to the right and } A K J 10 8 7 3NT to the left? [ 7 5 2 [ 10 6 4 ] 9 6 4 2 ] A K 10 8 3 Board 2. Dealer East. N-S Vul. { 10 7 4 { A Q 8 3 [ 10 6 4 3 2 } 4 3 2 } Q ] Q 10 3 [ A K Q J { 6 5 4 ] Q 7 } A 4 { J 9 5 2 [ J 8 [ A 9 7 } 9 6 5 ] 8 7 2 ] A K 5 { A K Q 7 { J 10 8 3 Open Room } Q J 9 6 } K 7 3 West North East South [ K Q 5 L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros ] J 9 6 4 1} 1] Dble { 9 2 Pass 1[ 2{ 2]* } 10 8 5 2 Pass 3NT All Pass Open Room & Closed Room In the Open Room Koukouseli thought jack-second West North East South in hearts was enough as a stopper in hearts, only to L Eide Koukouseli H Eide Kontomitro realize that he was two down off the top, when East Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland started by cashing the first six tricks, leading out hearts 1NT Pass from the top. 3NT All Pass

Closed Room Identical bidding in both rooms. Somewhat to my West North East South surprise both South players found the killing lead of Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland the king of spades, to defeat declarer by a trick. 1} 1] Dble Pass 1[ Dble Rdbl On a question to Sam-Inge Høyland why he had 2] 3} Pass 3] led like that, he confessed that he thought for a Pass 3[ All Pass good while at the table, but concluded that if West had made an invitational call and East had raised to When the Highlanders realized that they didn’t game he would have led a heart, looking for a more have a stopper in hearts, they stopped in the brilliant passive approach. When West raised to game, it could Three Spades part score. Actually, Four Spades was be urgent to set up tricks for the defense – and he unbeatable since West didn’t have any entry and the couldn’t have been more spot on with his analysis. club queen behaved in friendly fashion. In four spades Declarer stood no chance when spades did not break I’m sure declarer would have finessed on the second since he needed to set up the clubs to be able to make round if the queen had not dropped. his contract and North had the entry. Against three spades East cashed the ace and king Another push followed when both teams bid slam of hearts and exited with a trump. Declarer won on the third board and the required worked. in dummy with the jack and immediately finessed Then the Highlanders won another IMP on the fourth

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board of the set when declarer managed to an extra and with those values you simply have to bid on. To overtrick in a club part score compared to the other make things far worse Three Spades was a “good table; 54-47. Board five was a push when both went ” for the Greeks and a misfortune seldom one off in Four Spades -- which didn’t stand any comes alone, it proved not to be a sacrifice at all when chance when trump broke 3-1. the defense led a heart to the ace. They followed it The first real swing of the set then arrived and it up with three rounds of clubs, ruffed by North and went to Greece. overruffed by declarer. He could now pull trumps and discard a diamond loser on the king of hearts actually Board 6. Dealer East. E-W Vul. to make Three Spades. [ 7 ] A Q J 5 4 3 11 IMPs to Greece, and a 65-47 lead. { A 9 7 4 } A 10 Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. [ K 9 5 4 3 2 [ A J 10 6 [ Q 4 ] 6 ] K 9 7 2 ] 9 6 3 { Q 8 { J 10 3 { J 10 8 6 } Q 9 6 5 } 8 7 } A K 10 3 [ Q 8 [ 6 5 2 [ A K 10 8 ] 10 8 ] K J 2 ] Q 10 8 4 { K 6 5 2 { 5 { 7 4 3 2 } K J 4 3 2 } Q J 9 5 4 2 } 7 [ J 9 7 3 Open Room ] A 7 5 West North East South { A K Q 9 L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros } 8 6 Pass Pass Pass 1] Pass 1NT Open Room Pass 2}* Pass 2{* West North East South Pass 3] Pass 4] L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros All Pass 1{ Pass 2{ Pass 2NT 2} Gazzilli Pass 3} Pass 3{ All Pass A great bidding sequence to a very good contract, not even king-fourth against in trumps helped the Lars Eide led the queen of clubs; declarer put up defense. The jack of diamonds was led; declarer won the ace and immediately fired a spade towards his in hand with the ace, cashed the ace of hearts and hand. East won with the king and shifted to the eight played a low heart towards the ten. East went up with of hearts. At this point Kontomitro could have made the king and played a shifted to the jack of spades, his contract since the defense slipped. To defeat the which held. When the ace of spades followed declarer contract the defense needed to make sure that West ruffed, pulled trumps and cashed the ace of clubs to would be able to win the third round of hearts, to stay finish it all off with the club finesse. 10 tricks were in control. then in the bag and 420 to N-S. What happened was that declarer played low from hand and West won the second trick. When he exited Closed Room with a club, declarer called for the king, East ruffed West North East South and continued the attack on hearts before declarer Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland could set spades for a discard. As a matter of fact, Pass Pass declarer wouldn’t have needed to set up the spades 2{* 3] 3[ All Pass since he was still in control at this point if he had simply finessed in clubs, Then he could have pitched South was extremely passive when not bidding on the losing heart on the king of clubs and pulled East over Three Spades. In standard bidding, his partner’s remaining trumps while remaining in total control. Three Hearts ought to be a serious not weak, One down was 100 to Norway.

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perhaps he feared a runout to 6[? The sacrifice is after all relatively cheap. 1210 was of course a decent score, but with South declaring, N-S were cold for a grand slam in either of the red suits or in NT so would it be enough?

Closed Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland 4[ Dble Pass 4NT 1{ Pass 5} Pass 7{ Pass 2{ Pass 2] All Pass Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass Here East never raised to Five Spades, leaving some space for the Norwegians. A very optimistic contract by the Norwegian brothers Seven Diamonds wasn’t the dream contract to one that was certainly not favourite to succeed. declare when trumps split 5-0 and again it’s a mystery Declarer’s hopes were raised, however when West – why on earth didn’t North bid Seven Hearts when led the five of clubs and declarer decided to run it to South ought to have shown a red two-suiter when his eight. Declarer could view eight cashing tricks and jumping to Seven Diamonds? His response – that the tried to set a trick in spades by playing a low one to grand slam could be defeated on the ruff – might not dummy’s queen. East captured it with the king and be convincing, but it is a powerful defence! immediately attacked hearts. there was no way for Filios led the queen of spades, declarer pitched a club declarer to get a ninth trick before the defense had and played a diamond to dummy’s ace, discovering five tricks in their bag. So no swing! the bad break in trumps. Declarer unblocked dummy’s Then came the serious high level bidding. diamonds, played a heart to the queen and pulled the remaining trumps, five rounds of hearts followed Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. leaving declarer in hand. When declarer’s club finesse [ — worked he had the thirteen needed tricks in his bag ] K 10 5 3 2 for 1440 and 6 IMPs to the Highlanders who were { A J 10 nonetheless still down 65-53. } A Q 8 4 3 [ Q J 10 8 7 5 3 [ K 9 6 4 ] 6 4 ] 8 { — { 9 8 6 4 3 } K J 9 5 } 10 6 2 [ A 2 ] A Q J 9 7 { K Q 7 5 2 } 7

Open Room West North East South L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros 4[ 4NT* 5[ 5NT Pass 6} Pass 6{ Pass 6] Pass Pass Dble All Pass

West doubled for a diamond lead, which he also got, to keep declarer to twelve tricks. Why South didn’t Tassos Koukouselis redouble for blood when he knew that every IMP TEAM GREECE might count will have to remain a mystery – though

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Board 9. Dealer North. E-W Vul. Board 10. Dealer North. E-W Vul. [ 9 5 [ 6 4 ] Q J ] 7 5 { 10 3 2 { K 10 9 8 7 6 3 } A K J 8 4 2 } 8 6 [ 8 6 [ J 10 4 3 [ K J 10 7 2 [ A 9 8 ] 9 8 7 6 5 2 ] A K 10 ] A 10 3 ] J 8 4 2 { A 5 4 { K 9 7 { Q J { A 2 } 10 5 } Q 7 3 } Q 10 9 } J 4 3 2 [ A K Q 7 2 [ Q 5 3 ] 4 3 ] K Q 9 6 { Q J 8 6 { 5 4 } 9 6 } A K 7 5

Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros 1} Dble 1[ Pass 1} 2] Pass Pass 3] 1[ Pass 2}* Pass Pass 3NT All Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Koukouselis – Kontomitros had already tried for With two balanced hands it was right this time to game in no-trumps on the very first board of this set. avoid playing game in spades on the 5-3 fit. North They then held queen – second facing jack – second in led a diamond and declarer didn’t have much chance hearts. That was not a stopper then and on this hand unless the finesse was working. When the jack scored they tried the very same contract with the stiff queen the first trick, declarer played a spade to the ace and – jack opposite two small, still no stopper…unless the correctly finessed South for the queen of spades. opponents lead something else. Declarer cashed the remaining spades and exited with But 3NT wasn’t a success this time either, when a club to South’s king who tried a switch to the king of East started with three rounds of hearts and shifted hearts. Declarer won with the ace and fired back the to a diamond to West’s ace. that player cashed the ten of hearts. There was nothing the defense could remaining hearts and exited with a diamond to East’s do to prevent declarer from making nine tricks and king. Four down and 200 to E-W. +600.

Closed Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland 3} Pass 3[ Pass 1} Pass 4[ All Pass 1[ Pass 2}* Pass 2NT Pass 3[ All Pass Four Spades wasn’t a much better contract, West led a club, and declarer won in dummy and tried to Four Spades would have been mission impossible, pull trumps. When they broke 4-2 he had not only since the defense could have kicked off with ace – king four red losers but also a trick in trumps. When the of clubs and a club ruff... and at some point would smoke cleared declarer had lost another trick, for have had to get a heart trick. So what about Three three down. Spades? Three rounds of clubs were played – the third That brought another 2 IMPs to the Highlanders ruffed by North. So far so good. North shifted to the who were catching up in the scores slowly but surely. seven of hearts which went to the queen and West’s 65-55. ace. Declarer then played a spade to the ace and called for the eight of spades. The moment of truth arrived – Filios then played to drop the queen by putting the king on the table. When no queen was seen he was down. There was no way of escaping a trump and a

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heart loser. That was 12 IMPs to the Highlanders who Neither of the tables had any higher visions than were suddenly in the lead by 67-65. game in hearts. And yes, you might have to turn into They got another IMP on board 11 when N-S in the a small Picasso to construct the hand South needed to Open Room managed to score an extra trick in 3NT. hold for slam to be making. I suppose if South had held An IMP that the Greek team immediately won back jack-ten fourth in spades instead of jack-nine fourth on board 12 from an extra trick in a partscore. That slam might have been made on a finesse. Another brought the score to 68-66 with two boards to play push when eleven tricks were scored on both tables. in the set. One board to go and the score remained 68-66 to the Highlanders. Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ A Q 3 Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. ] A Q 10 8 3 2 [ 10 9 7 6 { A 6 2 ] 8 4 3 } J { Q 9 8 2 [ K 10 8 4 [ 5 2 } A Q ] 7 4 ] J 6 [ K Q J 2 [ A 5 4 3 { 7 { J 10 9 8 5 ] J 9 2 ] A Q 6 } A Q 9 7 6 4 } K 8 3 2 { K J 7 6 { 5 [ J 9 7 6 } 8 7 } J 10 9 5 2 ] K 9 5 [ 8 { K Q 4 3 ] K 10 7 5 } 10 5 { A 10 4 3 } K 6 4 3 Open Room West North East South Open & Closed Room L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros West North East South 1] Pass 2] L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros Pass 4] All Pass Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland 1} Pass Closed Room 1[ Pass 2[ Pass West North East South 2NT Pass 4{ Pass Filios S-O. Høyland Papak. S-I. Høyland 4[ All Pass 1] Pass 2] Pass 4] All Pass With trumps 4-1 and not much else behaving kindly, declarer stood no chance even to come close to making the spade game. Filios got a trump lead. he won in dummy and tried to establish the clubs. North went up with the queen and fired a heart through dummy. Declarer finessed, losing to South’s king, who returned a second heart. Declarer won in dummy and played a trump, discovering the bad break. A second club followed, and North won and returned his last heart. Declarer now made a ruffing finesse in clubs and finally settled for two down. The play went the same in the Open Room up to the point when the ruffing finesse was made. There Lars Eide played a diamond, South went up with the ace and shifted to a club, whereupon North could overruff declarer and exit with his last trump. There was no way for declarer to escape for less than three down. 150 was 2 IMPs to Greece. Yankos Papakyriakopoulos 68 all – with one set to go and an amazing match TEAM GREECE for those following.

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GREECE vs HIGHLANDERS Jos Jacobs

After the first 42 boards of the Open Teams final, On the next board, a very high pre-empt led to a both sides were once again perfectly balanced with the short auction in the Open Room: scores tied at 68-68. So one might say that the Greeks and the Norwegians were contesting a 14-board final Board: 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. at the moment the last segment got underway. [ 10 7 6 2 On the opening board of the set, after the N/S Multi ] -- neither E/W pair came anywhere near the excellent { K slam: } A J 10 9 6 5 4 2 [ A K J 3 [ 5 ] 10 7 6 2 ] A K Q 4 Board: 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. { J 6 5 2 { A 9 8 4 3 [ K J 10 9 8 3 } 3 } Q 8 7 ] 7 4 2 [ Q 9 8 4 { 5 2 ] J 9 8 5 3 } J 3 { Q 10 7 [ A 7 6 5 [ 4 } K ] 10 ] K 6 5 { K Q 10 4 3 { A 8 6 West North East South } 9 8 2 } A K Q 6 5 4 L Eide Papakyriak. H Eide Filios [ Q 2 Pass 5} Dble All Pass ] A Q J 9 8 3 { J 9 7 Three down doubled proved to be a good sacrifice } 10 7 against the vulnerable game for E/W. Highlanders +500. West North East South L Eide Papakyriak. H Eide Filios West North East South — — — 2{ Kontomitros Sv Hoyland Koukouselis Sa Hoyland Pass 3] 3NT All Pass Pass 1} 1{ Dble 2NT 3} 3] Pass 3NT does not look like a scientific approach to me 3[ Pass 3NT Dble but the policy of bidding what you think you can make 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass has often paid off in the past and will continue to do so in the present and in the future. Highlanders +490 South’s double explicitly showed hearts and 2NT when both minor suits broke. promised diamond support. When East rebid 3NT, Sam Inge Høyland offered him a Greek gift West North East South by doubling the only game contract that was cold for Kontomitros Sv Hoyland Koukouselis Sa Hoyland E/W. West accepted the gift by running to 4{. When — — — 2{ East, after a long huddle, raised to 5{, it was up to Pass 3] Dble Pass N/S to find the killing defence of a heart by South 4[ Pass 5} All Pass before declarer could draw trumps. Had North doubled, South might have found the Should West have realised East might well hold quite “perfect defence” of leading a low heart, ruffed by a strong hand when he rebid 5} (though of course North, a club back to South’s king and another heart East might well bid 6} with a real powerhouse)? How on which North would have had no trumps left. So the strong would a direct 4} overcall have been and how actual defence of the }K lead on which North played valuable was that heart control? So many questions, the two, followed by the heart shift for a ruff by North, so few answers. On the ]A lead, declarer made 12 was more than adequate. Highlanders another +100 tricks at this table as well to score +420 and lose 2 and 12 IMPs to them, instead of 3 IMPs away – a IMPs. swing of 15 IMPs.

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The Norwegian lead had gone up to 12 when there West North East South was a slam in the cards: Kontomitros Sv Hoyland Koukouselis Sa Hoyland — Pass 2[ Pass Board: 21. Dealer North NS 3NT All Pass [ 7 4 ] A Q 4 3 Over the 2[ opening bid (minors and less than { J 9 4 an opening bid), West bid what he thought he could } 10 7 4 2 make so the slightly odds-in favour slam stayed out of [ A K J 10 9 8 [ 5 3 2 sight. (you can negotiate 4-0 trumps onside as well as ] K J 2 ] 10 the 2-2 breaks and singleton queens.) On a low heart { A Q { K 10 8 2 lead, Kontomitros also made all 13 tricks but lost 10 } K 8 } A Q J 6 5 IMPs in the process. [ Q 6 So the Norwegian lead had gone up to 22 when the ] 9 8 7 6 5 Greeks hit back immediately: { 7 6 5 3 } 9 3 Board: 22. Dealer East EW [ 10 8 6 4 West North East South ] 9 6 L Eide Papakyriak. H Eide Filios { 5 3 — Pass Pass Pass } K Q 9 6 3 2} Pass 2NT Pass [ K Q 5 [ A J 3 3[ Pass 4] Pass ] A J 7 5 3 ] 8 4 2 4NT Pass 5} Pass { K 6 { J 10 9 4 5{ Pass 5[ Pass } A 10 2 } J 8 5 6[ All Pass [ 9 7 2 ] K Q 10 As East’s 2NT had already promised a fair hand, { A Q 8 7 2 West opted for the spade slam although he knew that } 7 4 the trump queen was missing. As it happened, 12 tricks were there without a guess in the trump suit. West North East South On a club lead, West made all the tricks for a score of L Eide Papakyriak. H Eide Filios +1010 to Highlanders. — — Pass Pass 1NT All Pass

When South did not open his hand, West chose 1NT (15-17) as his opening bid, and there it rested. Even when holding J109x in a suit, 7 HCP are not quite enough for a raise. North led a spade to dummy’s jack, heart to the king and ace and a heart back to South’s ten. When South returned the {2 rather than a club, declarer could win the {6 and clear the hearts. South won his ]Q, and when he cashed his {AQ, declarer had nine tricks. Highlanders +150.

West North East South Kontomitros Sv Hoyland Koukouselis Sa Hoyland — — Pass 1{ Dble 2} Pass Pass 2] Pass 3{ Dble 3NT All Pass

Sven-Olai Hoyland When South opened the bidding, West showed his TEAM HIGHLANDERS strong hand by doubling first and then rebidding his

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hearts. East did well to enquire with 3{ and then pass Now what should North do over this 4] opening the alternative game contract of 3NT. bid, first in hand? Rumours are that the tension was On this auction, North led the {5 to the nine and too high for North, playing the last hand of a European South’s ace. South returned a club which went to final. If these rumours are correct, his pass instead of North’s queen and back came another diamond to a double, is understandable. declarer’s king. From here, declarer could cross to Had he doubled, South would no doubt have tried dummy twice to lead hearts, restricting his losses in 4NT which would have led to North rebidding 6{ and the suit to just one. Four hearts, three spade tricks a reasonable chance of picking up a slam swing on the and a trick in each minor gave him a comfortable nine board with the European title as a consequence of it. tricks and 10 IMPs, to reduce the Greeks’ deficit to When he passed and collected 300 at a rate of 50 12 again. per trick, Greece could do little else than wait for the Greece picked up 3 IMPs on overtricks so when we other room to finish play, as they were well ahead arrived at the last board of the final, the score stood at of them at this point. Any reasonable plus score to 93-84 to Highlanders. This was the last board: Greece at the other table, might give them either the match or the shoot-out extra board(s). Board: 28. Dealer West. N/S Vul. As 6{ would be an easy enough make, declarer [ A Q J being able to ruff away West’s }K for no losers in the ] A J 9 4 3 suit, it was quite unlikely that N/S would go minus in { A K 10 3 the replay. } A It became even more unlikely when West opened [ 7 [ K 10 9 5 4 3 just 3]. Now the Highlanders could stick once again ] K Q 10 8 7 6 2 ] -- to their effective rule of bidding what you think you { 8 4 { 7 5 2 can make. } K 7 2 } 9 8 4 3 [ 8 6 2 West North East South ] 5 Kontomitros Sv Hoyland Koukouselis Sa Hoyland { Q J 9 6 3] 3NT All Pass } Q J 10 6 5 When Sven-Olai Høyland simply bid 3NT over 3], it West North East South was all over. East led a spade, so declarer won the jack, L Eide Papakyriak. H Eide Filios cashed the }A and crossed in diamonds to establish 4] All Pass the clubs. Eleven tricks and +660 to Highlanders for an 8-IMP swing to make the final score 101-84 to them – the worthy new Open European Team Champions. Congratulations to them!

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PUTTING ON A SHOW Brent Manley

After the first four rounds of qualifying in the East started with the }3: 7, 8, 9. The ]A was Open Pairs, Jeff Meckstroth and were next, followed by the ]10, which collected the jack running away with the event. Their cumulative score from East and the queen from West as declarer played was 65.61%. In round five, they came back down to the king. With six heart tricks, three clubs and three earth, scoring just 36% and dropping to fourth. spades assured, Meckstroth ran the hearts, forcing There was no danger that they would miss the cut, each opponent to find four discards (he discarded but they wanted to regain momentum in the sixth and diamonds). East-West did not discard accurately and in final qualifying round. They succeeded, scoring 62% the end Meckstroth produced the }2 for trick number to go into the semifinal as the leaders. 13. Plus 520 was good for 95.41%. This board was one of their early successes. This board was even better: Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ A K Q Board 21. Dealer North. N/S Vul. ] A 10 3 [ 4 { 10 7 6 ] A 10 8 7 3 2 } J 9 6 2 { K 5 3 [ J 8 6 5 4 2 [ 10 7 } A J 7 ] Q 7 ] J 9 [ 7 3 [ K Q 10 2 { A Q 4 3 { K J 9 2 ] 9 ] Q J 5 4 } 8 } Q 10 5 4 3 { A Q 10 9 4 { J 6 2 [ 9 3 } K Q 9 8 2 } 6 4 ] K 8 6 5 4 2 [ A J 9 8 6 5 { 8 5 ] K 6 } A K 7 { 8 7 } 10 5 3 West North East South Maluish Meckstroth Mill Zia West North East South — — — 2]* Suicmez Meckstroth Kopuz Zia 2[ 3NT All Pass — 1] Pass 1[ Dble 2] Pass Pass 2] Explained as a “good weak two-bid.” Dble All Pass

East no doubt thought West was showing extra values, so he took a chance that his heart holding was sufficient to produce a plus score. The opening lead was the {2. West won the ace and shifted to the }K. Meckstroth played low and took the club continuation with the jack. He played a spade to dummy’s ace and ruffed a spade, then played the }A. East ruffed and exited with the [10. Meckstroth put up the jack, which was ruffed by West. Meckstroth overruffed, cashed the {K and ruffed a diamond in dummy. After cashing the trump king, Meckstroth claimed nine tricks, conceding a heart to East. Plus 870 was worth 99.16%. On board 26, the opponents got too high and paid a steep price. Jeff Meckstroth

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Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. and played another heart. Declarer discarded a spade, [ K 10 5 3 Zia ruffed and got out with the {9. Declarer won and ] A K 6 2 tried a spade finesse. When that lost, it was minus 500 { 10 for East-West and a 90.83% score for Meckstroth and } A Q 9 4 Zia. North-South can make 4[ for plus 620, but only [ A 4 [ Q J 6 nine pairs got to the game. ] J 10 7 4 ] 9 8 3 Near the end of the session, Meckstroth and Zia { K 7 3 { A Q J 6 4 suffered one of their poor scores at the hands of } J 7 5 3 } 10 8 Alberto Grillo, playing with Riccardo Vitale. [ 9 8 7 2 ] Q 5 Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. { 9 8 5 2 [ 10 } K 6 2 ] J 10 8 6 5 { K 10 West North East South } K Q 10 6 2 Milman Meckstroth Stelmashenko Zia [ A J 9 4 2 [ Q 8 5 — — Pass Pass ] A 2 ] K 9 7 3 Pass 1} 1{ Pass { A 9 7 6 3 { J 8 2 1] Dble Pass 1[ } 5 } A 7 3 2{ Dble All Pass [ K 7 6 3 ] Q 4 Zia described Meckstroth’s first double as showing { Q 5 4 extras, so West was warned that bidding on was risky. } J 9 8 4 He bid on anyway, perhaps on the theory that it was just the two level. How bad could it be? He soon found West North East South out. Grillo Meckstroth Vitale Zia Zia started with a low diamond, which went to the — Pass Pass Pass 10 and East’s jack. At trick two, East led a low heart 1[ 2} Dbl 3} from hand. Zia won with the ]Q, cashed the }K and 3{ Pass 4[ All Pass continued with a heart to his partner’s ace. The } Q won the next trick and Meckstroth cashed the ]K Meckstroth led the }K, taken by Grillo in dummy. At trick two, Grillo played the [5: 3, jack, 10. After considering his next play for some time, Grillo played a low diamond from hand. Meckstroth won the {K and played the }Q. Grillo ruffed, played a heart to dummy’s king and called for the [Q, which held the trick. Grillo then continued with the {J. Zia covered with the queen and the ace took the trick as Meckstroth again followed with a 10. The {8 was now an entry to dummy, and Grillo used it to take another spade finesse and record plus 680 for a 86% board. Note that it wouldn’t have helped for Meckstroth to play the {10 instead of the king when Grillo played the low diamond from hand. Grillo would play the jack, losing to the queen, but Meckstroth’s king would drop under the ace and Grillow would still have the extra entry to dummy for the second spade finesse. Zia could only congratulate his opponent on a well- played deal, with an additional comment: “You will be in the Daily Bulletin.” Zia Mahmood

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We asked Liz McGowan, World & European Similarly over 3[ opener bids 3NT with 4 spades, Champion (oh yes she has won a few other things as something at the 4-level with four hearts. well) to write a piece on a relatively new convention 2NT 3} that is gaining in popularity. 3] Opener has no majors, but responder may still be 5-4, or 5-3 Who could not love a convention called Muppet? in the majors. Take Puppet Stayman (though some, such as David Responder bids 3[, puppet to 3NT, Burn, prefer to leave it) and exchange the 3]and 3NT without 5 spades, and 3NT responses to 3}. And you have Muppet. to show five spades allowing opener Why? There is a perceived problem over a 2NT to choose, and declare, the final opener when responder has a weak hand with five contract. spades and four hearts. Opener may be 2-2 (even 1-3) in the Majors, so if you transfer to 3[, then bid 2NT 3} 4] over 3NT, you may reach a silly spot. And when 3[ Most play that 4] is the only slam try opener has four hearts you have made sure the strong for spades and 4minor is natural hand is dummy. Some Puppeteers get round this by using a 3[ 2NT 3} response to show the weak 5-4. Opener will choose 3NT To play in 4] responder transfers the best contract, but if that happens to be 4[ the with 4{. 4} could be a mild wrong hand is declarer. slam try…. Others use 3NT. This ensures that opener will declare. But, as Muppeteers point out, it is forgettable. Muppeteers plead their cause further. When only one member of the partnership remembers With five hearts and four spades you transfer to a conventional response, the result is generally poor. hearts, and if partner bids 3] you bid 3NT, showing Muppet ensures that the strong hand will always four spades. Without four spades you relay with 3[. declare. Furthermore, it solves the 5-3 conundrum After 2NT-3{ if opener has five spades and only (responder has five spades and three hearts and two hearts he can bid 3[, thus finding a 5-3 fit. transfers into spades only to find that opener has two With 5-5 in the Majors responder bids 3}, and over spades and five hearts.) the expected 3] he bids 4]. (You are NOT worried about what happens when This is how it works: opener shows a 4-card major! See 4}/4{ above…) 2NT 3} An enquiry showing interest So Muppet uncovers every possible 5-3 fit and in opener’s holdings ensures that the strong hand is always declarer. 3{ ‘I have at least one 4card major’ “Coupled with the use of 2NT – 3[ for a minor 3] ‘Sorry, no 4+card Major’ slam try, Muppet always brings home good results.” 3[ ‘I have five spades’ Ron Koshoshek 3NT ‘I have five hearts’ WeWell,ll, it ddoesoes if yyouou rrememberemember it aall….ll…. IIss it wworthorth iit?t? Further bidding is averagely complicated. 22NTNT auauctionsctions aarere qquiteuite iinfrequent,nfrequent, 2NT 3} perhapserhaps ononee a sesessionssion if yyouou aalsolso ususee 3{ With one 4-card Major responder yourour mmethodsethods aafterfter a nnaturalatural 22NTNT bids the one he does not have. overcallvercall ooff a WeWeakak TTwowo oopener.pener. With 4-4 in the Majors he bids 4} TThehe 55-3-3 fifitt iiss ooverratedverrated wwhenhen (slam interest) or 4{ (no slam interest) bothoth hhandsands aarere bbalanced.alanced. TToo Over 4{ opener bids his major and all is well. quoteuote HuHughgh KKelsey:elsey: ‘‘3NT3NT Over 4} he can do the same, expecting partner to is tthehe ccontractontract mmostost cue – or, if you like artificiality, you can bid the suit oftenften lelett ththroughrough below your real suit, since it may not matter who is whenhen iitt cocoulduld be declarer and responder can still cue, though we have defeated’.efeated’. not saved any space. So ssomeome Over responder's rebid of 3] opener bids 3[ with expertsxperts hahaveve four hearts and three spades, 3NT with four hearts and givenven up oonn two spades, something at the 4-level with four spades. thee wwholehole Over opener's 4 minor responder retransfers with 4], Pup-Mupup-Mup tthing,hing, anandd sisimplymply then passes or investigates slam. playay SStaymantayman aandnd TTransfers.ransfers.

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FILLING IN THE BLANKS

John Carruthers ran this deal from the senior final Podgur/Kalish made life difficult, if not impossible, yesterday, without having access to the Israeli auction for Garozzo/Masoero. Plus 1370. to the grand slam. Amos Kaminski kindly supplied the In the other room life was still not exactly easy but details. the Israelis had decent methods to find the fit.

Board 12. Dealer West. Both Vul. Closed Room [ 7 West North East South ] Q Wolfson Levit Silverman Kaminski { A K J 5 Pass 1} Pass 1[ } A K 10 8 7 3 2 Pass 3{ Pass 4{ [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3 Pass 4NT Pass 5[ ] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2 Pass 6{ Pass 7{ { 10 6 { 9 8 3 All Pass } 9 5 } Q J 6 [ A K Q 8 6 3{ showed a reverse with extra club length. After ] A 10 6 Levit used keycard he decided to sign off rather than { Q 7 4 2 bid 5NT. This is normally the end of the auction but } 4 Kaminski decided that if his partner had enough to ask for aces he surely had three key-cards (since a Open Room two ace response without the trump queen would get West North East South them to slam). So his own second round club control Podgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero and solid spades must give the grand slam play; right 2]1 Dble 3] 4] he was! Pass 6} All Pass As an aside: have you noticed that the two oldest 1. Hearts and any other suit, weak players in the senior teams event met each other in the finals? Benito Garozzo is 90 and Amos Kaminski 87.

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"NON CONTATE I PUNTI"

"Non contate i punti" è un libro di Marty Bergen in cui viene spiegato come valutare una mano di Bridge al di là del suo valore assoluto in Milton Points.

Board 32. Dichiarante Ovest. E/O in zona. [ A 8 ] K Q 10 9 7 4 { 10 6 3 } A 7 [ J 9 7 2 [ K Q 10 5 4 3 ] A 8 ] J 2 { Q J 8 { A 4 } J 10 5 4 } Q 9 6 Alfredo Versace e Mustafa Tokay [ 6 ] 6 5 3 { K 9 7 5 2 hanno detto 3], ma Alfredo, non limitandosi a } K 8 3 2 calcolare il mero punteggio della mano, ha valutato che due assi e la sesta di cuori di KQ10 valessero un In Nord, Alfredo Versace ha aperto di 1], Est è tentativo di manche. intervenuto di 1[ e Mustafa Tokay ha appoggiato a Ha quindi optato per il contro. Est ha dichiarato 3[. 2]. Ovest ha dichiarato 2[. Mustafa, pur avendo solo due re, ha a sua volta rivalutato la mano grazie anche al singolo di picche e Ovest Nord Est Sud ha dichiarato 4]. Versace Tokay "Anche se fossimo andati un down a 4], la mano 1] 1[ 2] sarebbe stata buona comunque, perché Est/Ovest 2[ ? possono fare 3[." ha dichiarato Alfredo, che anche grazie a questa mano ha conquistato serenamente In questa stessa sequenza, molti giocatori, in Nord, l'accesso alla Semifinale A del Campionato a Coppie.

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HUBERSCHWILLER 10 25 Andrew ROSENTHAL 80 88 Agustin MADALA 30 148 Antoni IVANOV 15 213 Alexei STERKIN 10 25 Magdalena TICHA 80 88 Alejandro BIANCHEDI 30 148 Assaf LENGY 15 213 Alison WILSON 10 27 ZHAO Jie 75 88 Alexander DUBININ 30 148 Bas DRIJVER 15 213 Ayako MIYAKUNI 10 28 CHEN Yunlong 72 88 Andrei ARLOVICH 30 148 Christian BAKKE 15 213 Bauke MULLER 10 29 DAI Jianming 70 88 Andrzej PAWLAK 30 148 David GOLD 15 213 Berk BASARAN 10 29 Krzysztof JASSEM 70 88 Antonio SEMENTA 30 148 David SHERMAN 15 213 Can BERKTAS 10 29 LI Jianwei 70 88 Erikas VAINIKONIS 30 148 Francesco Saverio VINCI 15 213 Carole PUILLET 10 29 Marcin MAZURKIEWICZ 70 88 Francois COMBESCURE 30 148 Georgi RALEV 15 213 Christina Lund MADSEN 10 29 S GOLEBIOWSKI 70 88 Georges IONTZEFF 30 148 Giovanni DONATI 15 213 Daniele GAVIARD 10 29 W STARKOWSKI 70 88 Jerome ROMBAUT 30 148 Glenn GROETHEIM 15 213 Elly S-BOSKLOPPER 10 29 YANG Lixin 70 88 Lech OHRYSKO 30 148 Grazyna BREWIAK 15 213 Jacco HOP 10 29 ZHANG Bangxiang 70 88 Maciej DABROWSKI 30 148 HUANG Yan 15 213 Janice S-MOLSON 10 37 Richard RITMEIJER 67 88 Marek JELENIEWSKI 30 148 Igor CURLIN 15 213 Jean Le PODER 10 38 May SAKR 66 88 Nicholas DECHELETTE 30 148 Ilan BAREKET 15 213 Jerzy ROMANOWSKI 10 39 HU Junjie 63 88 Norberto BOCCHI 30 148 Ismail KANDEMIR 15 213 Jouri KHOKLOV 10 39 WANG Jian 63 88 Pawel SZYMASZCZYK 30 148 Ivan IVANOV 15 213 Kazuo FURUTA 10 41 Michal NOWOSADZKI 60 88 Piotr ZATORSKI 30 148 Jacek KALITA 15 213 Kenji MIYAKUNI 10 42 Andrey GROMOV 59 88 Rafal MARKS 30 148 John CARROLL 15 213 Manuel d' O CAPUCHO 10 43 Atanas IVANOV 56 88 Ron PACHTMAN 30 148 Jovanka SMEDEREVAC 15 213 Maria Joao LARA 10 43 HU Linlin 56 107 Alain LABAERE 29 148 Lars A JOHANSEN 15 213 Martine ROSSARD 10 43 Steliana IVANOVA 56 107 Valerie C.-LABAERE 29 148 Maksim ZHMAK 15 213 Netsy SAYER 10 43 SUN Yanhui 56 107 Victoria GROMOVA 29 148 Marius IONITA 15 213 Nicole CURETTI 10 47 Pierre ZIMMERMANN 55 110 Geir HELGEMO 28 148 Mark MORAN 15 213 Rafal JAGNIEWSKI 10 48 Franck MULTON 53 110 Tor HELNESS 28 148 Mustafa Cem TOKAY 15 213 Rene STIENEN 10 48 Krzysztof MARTENS 53 112 Alfredo VERSACE 26 148 Nikola BARANTIEV 15 213 Simon DE WIJS 10 50 Lone BILDE 52 113 Christal HENNER 25 148 Petter TONDEL 15 213 Sukriye MERZE 10 50 Tatiana DIKHNOVA 52 113 Steve GARNER 25 148 Rory BOLAND 15 213 Teruko NISHIMURA 10 52 Adrian SCHWARTZ 50 115 Ayse OZGUNES 23 148 SHEN Qi 15 213 Thibault D-SIRVEN 10 52 Amos KAMINSKI 50 115 Dogan UZUM 23 148 Steffen F SIMONSEN 15 213 Umran SEMERCI 10 52 Avi KALISH 50 115 Ricco VAN PROOIJEN 23 148 Suleyman KOLATA 15 243 Barbara GOTARD 9 52 Helle RASMUSSEN 50 118 Emmanuelle MONOD 22 148 Susanna GROSS 15 243 Emanuela CALANDRA 9 52 Katarzyna DUFRAT 50 118 Eric MAUBERQUEZ 22 148 Terje AA 15 243 Ivona CZAJKA 9 52 Leonid PODGUR 50 120 Aida JANSMA 20 148 Tom HANLON 15 243 Leszek SZTYRAK 9 52 Namik KOKTEN 50 120 Benedicte CRONIER 20 148 Tommy GARVEY 15 243 Monica CUZZI 9 52 Shalom ZELIGMAN 50 120 Cedric LORENZINI 20 148 Tor Eivind GRUDE 15 243 Tomasz GOTARD 9 52 Stense FARHOLT 50 120 Dana BERKOWITZ 20 148 Tracy CAPAL 15 249 Dan BYLUND 8 52 Tina EGE 50 120 David BERKOWITZ 20 148 Yossi ROLL 15 249 Helena STROMBERG 8 52 Tuna ALUF 50 120 Dmitri PROKHOROV 20 148 Zahari ZAHARIEV 15 249 Mikael RIMSTEDT 8 52 Yeshayahu LEVIT 50 120 Ed HOOGENKAMP 20 189 Martine VERBEEK 14 249 Ola RIMSTEDT 8

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1 MALINOWSKIA OS AArtur BAKHSHIA S Davidd ENGG - ENGG 62 62.766 53 MICHAUD-LC A Xavier DE MENDEZ Thierryh MONO - SSUI 50 50.4343 2 HELGEMO Geir HELNESS Tor MON - MON 60.39 54 NAB Bart DRIJVER Bob NED - NED 50.42 3 FREDIN Peter BERTHEAU Peter SWE - SWE 57.98 55 VERBEEK Tim BILDE Dennis NED - DEN 50.29 4 HOYLAND Sam Inge HOYLAND Sven Olai NOR - NOR 57.53 56 FELMY Matthias EGGELING Marie GER - GER 50.22 5 ALLERTON Jeffrey JAGGER Chris ENG - ENG 57.28 57 VAN MIDDELEM Guy DEBUS Eric BEL - BEL 49.81 6 VAN LANKVELD Joris VAN DEN BOS Berend NED - NED 56.85 58 GROMOV Andrey ORLOV Sergey RUS - RUS 48.99 7 MAHMOOD Zia MECKSTROTH Jeff USA - USA 56.51 59 HANLON Tom CARROLL John IRL - IRL 48.91 8 HOFTANISKA Thor Erik HELNESS Fredrik NOR - NOR 56.45 60 TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav RON Jacob NZL - DEN 48.81 9 VERSACE Alfredo TOKAY Mustafa Cem ITA - TUR 56.43 61 ZHMAK Maksim CURLIN Igor CZE - SER 48.65 10 NANEV Ivan STEFANOV Julian BUL - BUL 56.36 62 MULTON Franck ZIMMERMANN Pierre MON - MON 48.61 11 STRZEMECKI Wojciech ZAWADA Przemyslaw POL - POL 56.29 63 KVANGRAVEN N Kare TUNDAL Ulf Haakon NOR - NOR 48.60 12 KOLATA Suleyman KANDEMIR Ismail TUR - TUR 55.79 64 VANCHEV Angel ZAHARIEV Zahari BUL - BUL 48.48 13 ROBSON Andrew ALLFREY Alexander ENG - ENG 55.55 65 LI Jianwei ZHANG Bangxiang CHN - CHN 48.37 14 HOMONNAY Geza WINKLER Gabor HUN - HUN 55.52 66 RUBINS Karlis LORENCS Martins LAT - LAT 48.36 15 STAMATOV Jerry DANAILOV Diyan BUL - BUL 55.51 67 FILIOS Aris PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS GRE - GRE 48.03 16 ROMBAUT Jerome COMBESCURE Francois FRA - FRA 55.48 68 SHUSTER Michael DINKIN Sam USA - USA 47.86 17 HAMPSON Geoff TCHAMITCH Haig USA - LIB 55.15 69 LUIS Carlos TEIXEIRA Miguel POR - POR 47.77 18 VANDERVORST Mike BAHBOUT Sam BEL - BEL 54.73 70 TOWNSEND Tom PADON Dror ENG - ISR 47.75 19 MIHAI Geta MIHAI Radu ROM - ROM 54.66 71 HONYEK Andras SZENTANDRASI G HUN - HUN 47.65 20 GRIGORIU Mihai PIROI Andrei ROM - ROM 54.39 72 VULCAN Bogdan TEODORESCU Cornel ROM - ROM 47.48 21 JOHNSEN Sverre STOKKELAND Lsmund NOR - NOR 54.39 73 JANSMA Jan BERKOWITZ David NED - USA 47.47 22 STOKKVIK Dag-Jorgen SIVERTSEN Are NOR - NOR 54.26 74 VOLHEJN Vit MACURA Milan CZE - CZE 47.40 23 BERSET Ole LIE Terje NOR - NOR 54.23 75 DINC Sedat UNAL Serkan TUR - TUR 47.36 24 BOMPIS Marc VINCIGUERRA Herve FRA - FRA 54.20 76 CORNELL Michael BACH Ashley NZL - NZL 47.32 25 NORGAARD Tom PEDERSEN Jan DEN - DEN 54.13 77 KONTOMITROS K KOUKOUSELIS Tassos GRE - GRE 47.20 26 IMAMOGLU Levent GUNDOGDU M Guney TUR - TUR 54.00 78 KHAZANOV Igor LEBEDEVA Maria RUS - RUS 47.04 27 SZABO Csaba HODOSI Peter HUN - HUN 53.66 79 CHEN Yunlong ZHAO Jie CHN - CHN 46.75 28 EZION Amir ZAMIR Ami ISR - ISR 53.63 80 BIZON Piotr KOWALSKI Dariusz POL - POL 46.25 29 SILVERSTEIN Aaron ROSENTHAL Andrew USA - USA 53.46 81 JELENIEWSKI Marek MARKS Rafal POL - POL 46.16 30 NAWROCKI Piotr WIANKOWSKI Piotr POL - POL 53.09 82 SARMENTO Paulo BARBOSA Joao POR - POR 45.91 31 VOLL Roar KINDSBEKKEN Asbjorn NOR - NOR 53.02 83 RYSKIN Alexander RYSKINA Natalia RUS - RUS 45.90 32 ROHOWSKY Roland GRUENKE Paul GER - GER 53.00 84 PROKHOROV Dmitri VOROBEI Pavel RUS - RUS 45.73 33 BOWLES Andy MOHANDES Shireen ENG - ENG 52.82 85 FASTING Espen C. DRANGSHOLT Stig NOR - NOR 45.36 34 HYDES Alexander MOSSOP David ENG - ENG 52.77 86 JASSEM Krzysztof MAZURKIEWICZ Marcin POL - POL 45.12 35 KOVALCHUK Rodion KOLYADENKO Sergey UKR - UKR 52.76 87 BOREVKOVIC Goran MARINOVSKI Kiril CRO - CRO 44.67 36 SANDQVIST Nicklas GROSSET Christophe ENG - FRA 52.70 88 ROMANOVSKA Maija JANSONS Ugis LAT - LAT 44.55 37 CHUMAK Yuliy ROVYSHYN Oleg UKR - UKR 52.66 89 ELLINGSEN Kristian SYRRIST Andre NOR - NOR 44.33 38 DAI Jianming YANG Lixin CHN - CHN 52.37 90 SERPOI Gheorghe STIRBU Calin ROM - ROM 44.06 39 CONTI Fabrizio VILLANI Claudio ITA - ITA 52.24 91 KHANDELWAL Himani KHANDELWAL Rajeev IND - IND 43.89 40 SUZER Ugurcan USLUPEHLIVAN Sarper TUR - TUR 52.07 92 RASMUSSEN Arild FYRUN Kjell Gaute NOR - NOR 43.69 41 IONITA Marius STEGAROIU Marina ROM - ROM 51.79 93 BAREKET Ilan LENGY Assaf ISR - ISR 43.68 42 LEWIS Marshall WILDAVSKY Adam CRO - USA 51.72 94 DONCIU Sabin-Horia COTESCU Darrian B ROM - ROM 43.64 43 TEMBOURET Romain LHUISSIER Nicolas FRA - FRA 51.47 95 PIGEAUD Fabienne RENOUARD J-Claude FRA - FRA 43.61 44 KOLESNIK Alex SCARAMUZZI Roberto USA - USA 51.44 96 DOXIADIS Konstantinos ROUSSOS Petros GRE - GRE 43.48 45 LOUCHART Pierre-Jean CRESTEY Gilles FRA - FRA 51.19 97 GOLEBIOWSKI S TUSZYNSKI Piotr POL - POL 42.96 46 DRAGANOV Zhivko DONEV Grozio BUL - BUL 51.19 98 LUCCHESI Giovanni FERRO Giuseppe ITA - ITA 41.77 47 PEREIRA P Goncalves PALMA Antonio POR - POR 51.18 99 BALDI Matteo MURGIA Francesco ITA - ITA 41.16 48 MAAT Roeland DE MEER Mark NED - NED 51.11 100 COLDEA Ionut MARINA Bogdan ROM - ROM 40.09 49 JOHANSEN Lars Arthur GRUDE Tor Eivind NOR - NOR 51.08 101 WADEMARK Olle ORNERDAL Niclas SWE - SWE 39.36 50 MARTENS Krzysztof FILIPOWICZ Dominik MON - POL 50.97 102 BARANTIEV Nikola RALEV Georgi BUL - BUL 39.12 51 IVANOV Ivan IVANOV Antoni BUL - BUL 50.93 103 EIDE Harald EIDE Lars NOR - NOR 38.74 52 BYRNE Michael DYKE Kieran ENG - AUS 50.57 104 MIHOV Vladimir KARAKOLEV Georgi BUL - BUL 38.28

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1 JONES Edward PASKE Thomas ENG - ENG 62.79 65 ZUR-CAMPANILE Migry McALLISTER J Grayson USA - USA 49.91 2 KUBAC Nezih ZORLU Nafiz TUR - TUR 62.15 66 BARRETT Geoffrey S J LOMBARDINI Donna USA - USA 49.77 3 ROLL Yossi LEVIN Amir ISR - ISR 61.77 67 MIRME Mikk PARKER Valev EST - EST 49.71 4 ROBERT Quentin FRANCESCHETTI P FRA - FRA 61.73 68 EFRAIMSSON B-Erik ZACK EFRAIMSSON A SWE - SWE 49.47 5 DRAGAN Volodymyr PORKHUN Volodymyr UKR - UKR 59.36 69 MILMAN Victor STELMASHENKO N ENG - ENG 49.41 6 BRUNET Frederic ANCESSY Arnaud FRA - FRA 59.05 70 GERARDI Angelo GRANA Marco Antonio ITA - ITA 49.05 7 GADDI Camillo ROSSI Carlo SMR - ITA 58.93 71 ILLINGWORTH Richard TRECARICHI Salvatore ENG - ITA 49.03 8 ARONOV Victor DAMIANOVA Diana BUL - BUL 58.73 72 HANSEN Reidun M MOE Haavard NOR - NOR 48.94 9 COKGOR Tamer KAYA Erdogan TUR - TUR 58.58 73 JOHANSSON Anders HAUGE Tor Anders SWE - NOR 48.86 10 SALMAN Yusuf SALMAN Yalcin TUR - TUR 58.38 74 SENK Matija RUS Gregor SLO - SLO 48.72 11 KONIG Siegfried MILL Justin AUS - AUS 57.98 75 LUCENO Salvatore PACI Vincenzo ITA - ITA 48.61 12 PUGLIA Alessandro ZAMPINI Fabio ITA - ITA 57.23 76 FRANCHI Arrigo PERCARIO Giacomo ITA - ITA 48.49 13 GOLD David CASTNER Kevin ENG - GER 57.13 77 CHORNY Mikhail MEDVEDEV Oleg ISR - ISR 48.23 14 NYMOEN Arnstein PALAGI Marcello NOR - NOR 57.01 78 VITALE Riccardo GRILLO Alberto ITA - ITA 48.15 15 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 56.93 79 MARRO Christophe AUDIBERT William FRA - FRA 47.86 16 IAVICOLI Federico DELLE CAVE Giuseppe ITA - ITA 56.81 80 CREZZINI Luciano AVARELLO Giulio ITA - ITA 47.63 17 KNOB Markus WANHA Clemens AUT - AUT 56.66 81 ZUBOV Vsevolod FILIPPOV Vasiliy RUS - RUS 47.47 18 WINKEL Marcel VAN HOOIJDONK M NED - NED 56.28 82 FAILLA Giuseppe DE MICHELIS Luca ITA - ITA 47.38 19 SCHOLLAARDT M VAN OVERBEEKE Tom NED - NED 55.91 83 STEPHENS Robert VAN VUGHT Lex RSA - RSA 47.35 20 ROSENTHAL Lee GREEN Marcia ISR - ENG 55.38 84 DELESTRE Blandine DELESTRE Daniel FRA - FRA 47.25 21 SIMONSEN Steffen F BAKKE Christian NOR - NOR 55.37 85 GERASIMOV Alexej RAPOPORT Vadim RUS - RUS 47.19 22 EKINCI Orhan KAHYAOGLOU Yusuf TUR - TUR 55.20 86 VESTERLUND Andreas BRAENDVANG Morten NOR - NOR 47.18 23 STRETZ Francois MORAWSKI Dariusz FRA - FRA 55.15 87 WILLENKEN Chris BERKOWITZ Dana USA - USA 47.15 24 LEVINGER Asa HETZ Nathan ISR - ISR 55.11 88 DESSAIN Tom KABAN Tugrul ENG - ENG 47.10 25 POPOV Borislav SKORCHEV Stefan BUL - BUL 55.04 89 NILSSON Ulf STREET Paul SWE - USA 47.01 26 ZORIC Vedran STANICIC Ognjen CRO - CRO 55.03 90 LAKATOS Peter BIRMAN Alon HUN - ISR 46.99 27 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 54.97 91 MARINCHEV Rumen ALEKSIEV Slavi BUL - BUL 46.95 28 VELICHKOV Veselin VELICHKOV Ivan BUL - BUL 54.96 92 OTVOSI Ervin STEPINSKI Jerem POL - POL 46.47 29 VAINIKONIS Vytautas OLANSKI Wojtek LTU - LTU 54.91 93 OLSEN Jan Arild PEDERSEN Per Elvin NOR - NOR 46.38 30 DABROWSKI Maciej PAWLAK Andrzej POL - POL 54.49 94 TER LAARE Marco MOLLE Linda NED - NED 46.16 31 ZUBAN Vitaly LUKKE YURY UKR - UKR 54.38 95 ROSCIANO Maurizio BERNABEI Giusy ITA - ITA 46.12 32 PRESTI Matteo ZANASI Gabriele ITA - ITA 54.21 96 GIANNESSI Sergio BARTOLINI Tiziano ITA - ITA 46.10 33 MORITSCH Massimo BORTOLETTI Carlo ITA - ITA 53.98 97 LUPSAN Octavian LUPSAN Corina ROM - ROM 46.06 34 CAPPELLINI Paolo PAONE Alessandro ITA - ITA 53.61 98 ISTVAN Vidami ZOLTAN Magyari ROM - ROM 45.97 35 KUCHARSKI Piotr KLIS Maciej POL - POL 53.38 99 KISELEV Andrey IVANOV Anatoly RUS - RUS 45.81 36 DESMOULINS Jean P COUNIL Jean-Louis FRA - FRA 53.36 100 DELLA SETA Umberto DELLA SETA Livio ITA - ITA 45.73 37 NARKIEWICZ Grzegorz INGIELEWICZ Zdzislaw POL - POL 53.32 101 GOZUBUYUKOGLU P VALTISIARIS Dennis TUR - ENG 45.65 38 HAUGE Rune MCINTOSH Daniel NOR - ENG 53.23 102 TEN OEVER Erik PARRA Gabriella NED - NED 45.32 39 SIELICKI Tomasz TUCZYNSKI Piotr POL - POL 53.18 103 BORISOV Borislav BOSEV STOYCHO BUL - BUL 45.28 40 COLOTTO Giuseppe POCHINI Claudio ITA - ITA 53.13 104 SOLBERG Erik SAKSGARD Cato NOR - NOR 45.14 41 PESSOA Sofia PAZ Nuno POR - POR 52.86 105 MIOZZI Cristiano FELLUS Robin ITA - ITA 45.09 42 SADAR Joze RASULA Bogdan SLO - SLO 52.70 106 HARDEMAN Annemie HRISTOV Yulian BEL - BEL 45.02 43 ADAD Pierre MATEOS-RUIZ Franck FRA - FRA 52.51 107 BENNETT Roy SMITH Harry SCO - SCO 45.01 44 TACIUC Lucian STANCESCU C ROM - SUI 52.30 108 BUDINSZKY Andras TALYIGAS Andras HUN - HUN 44.88 45 DOBRIN Florin BACALU Iancu ROM - ROM 52.18 109 CHMURSKI Bartosz CHALUPEC Igor POL - POL 44.82 46 LANZAROTTI Massimo ZALESKI Romain ITA - ITA 52.16 110 STERKIN Alexei MATUSHKO Georgi RUS - RUS 44.58 47 URMAN Lior TOLEDANO Oren ISR - ISR 52.14 111 CHADHA Gad RIMBOIU Corneliu ENG - ENG 44.02 48 ELIASSEN Erik ANFINSEN Espen NOR - NOR 52.09 112 HARRIS Jonathan ROOT STEVEN ENG - ENG 43.89 49 DOBROIU Constantin DIMA Ionut Claudiu ROM - ROM 51.90 113 GOTARD Barbara GOTARD Tomasz GER - GER 43.89 50 ZACK Yaniv COHEN Ilan ISR - ISR 51.88 114 CHIPAIL Gheorghe CONSTANTINESCU R ROM - ROM 43.30 51 GOTZOV Svetomir TAKOV TIHOMIR BUL - BUL 51.85 115 BACH Peer LICHTNECKER Setsuko NZL - NZL 43.23 52 CARIC Jurica BLAZENCIC Davor CRO - CRO 51.73 116 CAPAL Steve HARRIS Jeniffer ENG - ENG 43.05 53 SPANU Carlo DOLIA Mauro ITA - ITA 51.66 117 SHAMI Anisia CAMP Owen NZL - NZL 42.94 54 MARTINUSSEN Stig PAULSEN Dag Heldal NOR - NOR 51.50 118 MARMONTI Dario MASSA Gaetano ITA - ITA 42.54 55 STOLINSKI Robert KRASNICKI Mariusz POL - POL 51.43 119 GIACOMINI Gabriele AGOSTINELLI Orietta ITA - ITA 42.00 56 NIKOLCHEV Klimentin SIMEONOV Krasimir BUL - BUL 51.32 120 ENGEBRETSEN Geir HILDREMYR Terje NOR - NOR 41.92 57 PRATESI Andrea BONINSEGNA Paolo ITA - ITA 51.15 121 ZHU Jianyu JIANG Yong Kang NZL - NZL 41.65 58 BRANDSNES Finn RYNNING Erik NOR - NOR 51.01 122 ZADIK Erez SHEFFY Ron ISR - ISR 41.11 59 DUMITRASCU Florin MARCU Codrin ROM - ROM 50.98 123 MALUISH Annette E MILL Andrew John AUS - AUS 40.66 60 GRINBERG Nir COVALIU Sergiu ISR - ISR 50.51 124 CARACCI Marcelo CUEVAS Loreto CHI - CHI 40.31 61 PIEDRA Fernando IGLA Bartlomiej SUI - SUI 50.41 125 BAR Gili ARBEL David ISR - ISR 38.50 62 MEDUSEI Andrea BOBBIO Giovanni ITA - ITA 50.40 126 KRISTJANSSON Bjarni AUDUNSSON G ISL - ENG 38.00 63 IONESCU Sorin S SIRB Marius Titus ROM - ROM 50.03 127 KLOET Jos ARENDSE Wim NED - NED 37.28 64 BROCCOLI Franco GIANNINI Silvia ITA - ITA 49.94 128 JANSSEN Loes HALKES Ronald NED - NED 33.55

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1 VAN ZWOL Wietske TICHA Magdalena NED - NED 57.82 2 ZMUDA Justyna DUFRAT Katarzyna POL - POL 57.67 3 MOURGUES Jennifer HUBERSCHWILLER AL FRA - FRA 53.77 4 WANG Wen Fei SHEN (1) Qi CHN - CHN 53.21 5 BROCK Sally SANDFORD Debbie ENG - ENG 53.09 6 BESSIS Veronique PUILLET Carole FRA - FRA 51.52 7 GODFREY Lizzie COHEN Pauline ENG - ENG 51.32 8 HOUMOLLER Bjorg BUUS THOMSEN Signe DEN - DEN 51.32 9 HUANG Yan WANG Nan CHN - CHN 51.05 10 PILIPOVIC Marina SVER Nikica CRO - CRO 48.80 11 NOSACKI Michal SAADA Nathalie ISR - ISR 48.24 12 CUZZI Monica BRAMBILLA Federica ITA - ITA 47.15 13 CHEDIAK Virginia SIVERTSVIK Ranja NOR - NOR 46.97 14 COLONNA Ornella CARNICELLI Francesca ITA - ITA 46.91 15 ADUT Vera YAVAS Dilek TUR - TUR 46.20 16 LU Yan LIU Yan CHN - CHN 46.00 17 GROSS Susanna BROWN Fiona ENG - ENG 45.40 18 VLIEGENTHART M HENGEVELD Rosalind NED - NED 40.59

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1 MARSAL Reiner KLUMPP Herbert GER - GER 57.89 2 TOFFIER Philippe GOMBERT Pascal FRA - FRA 56.72 3 MICHALEK Jerzy WALA Wlodzimierz POL - POL 54.05 4 KOWALSKI Apolinary ROMANSKI Jacek POL - POL 53.34 5 GOLDBERG Lars GOLDBERG Ulla-Britt SWE - SWE 52.73 6 VAN EIJCK Willem GOSSCHALK Willem NED - NED 52.42 7 SCHWARTZ Adrian ZELIGMAN Shalom ISR - ISR 51.96 8 CRONIER Philippe MARILL Philippe FRA - FRA 51.91 9 BETTINETTI Giampiero MARINO Leonardo ITA - ITA 51.03 10 HOLMBAKKEN Johnny LINDQVIST Petter H. NOR - NOR 50.27 11 SABBATINI Stefano COMELLA Amedeo ITA - ITA 49.23 12 FILIP Anatol VELECKY Eduard CZE - SVK 48.94 13 ILNICKI Wlodzimierz CABAJ Stephan POL - POL 46.90 14 DHONDY Jeremy KENDRICK David ENG - ENG 46.28 15 LALL Hemant MILNER Reese USA - USA 44.89 16 LESNICZAK Jacek KOZYCZKOWSKI Jerzy POL - GER 44.36 17 MASOERO Franco VASSALLO Massimo ITA - ITA 43.68 18 GORDON Irving DUNCAN Sandy SCO - SCO 41.00

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