Daily Bulletin

Editor: Mark Horton / 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

SUNDAY, JUNE 18 2017 A DAY OF SUN AND SLAMS

ISSUE No 9 CLICK TO NAVIGATE Roll of Honour p. 2

A view of the Bridge p. 2

The Last p. 3

How to Win the EBL Cup p. 4

The Magic 500 p. 5

It was twenty years ago today p. 9 Searching for Slam scorings Under the Gun p. 10 On the day that saw the start of the Open, Women and Senior teams the Great Shuffler made sure that the players had to be on their mettle right from the start as Zimmermann vs Beijing Trinergy p. 11 he delivered a set of deals for the opening match which was awash with slams. As Big Swing p. 15 you would expect those boards led to some astonishing results, none more so then in the Open, where Shokolata won their opening match 80-0. In the Women's Mixed Pairs Final p. 17 teams Denmark Red romped home 58-0, while in the Senior teams two squads managed to inflict a 'bagel' on their unfortunate opponents, Vito to the tune of By Jove, it's Jovi! p. 19 39-0 and Van Eijck, 44-0.

Seedings p. 21 ImportantI changeh of f playing l i scheduleh d l 23-24 2323 24 June J Results p. 22 The two-day Open Pairs event Friday June 23 and Saturday June 24 will be Masterpoint Race p. 24 replaced by two separate one-day events: [ A match-pointed Open Pairs on Friday June 23. Rosters p. 25 [ An IMP Open Pairs in memory of A-M Torlontano on Saturday June 24. TODAY'S SCHEDULE Both events are free of charge for players from the Open, Women and Senior Pairs Medal events. New players are welcome and pay an fee of O/W/S Teams Qualifying (2/2) EUR 35 per player and event. 10.30 - 12.00 Round 6 Registration for each event separately is compulsory and must be made on- 12.15 - 13.45 Round 7 line at the EBL Website, eurobridge.org, under "Microsite" ==> "Registration" 13.45 - 14.45 Lunch break latest 22:00 the night prior to the start of the respective event. 14.45 - 16.15 Round 8 16.30 - 18.00 Round 9 Pairs entering an event must complete it. Drop-outs prior to the finish will be 18.15 - 19.45 Round 10 sanctioned.

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9 TH EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

The EBL and the Croatian Bridge Federation are delighted to confirm that the 9th European Open Bridge Championships will be held between 15 and 29 June 2019 in Opatija. The playing venues will be the Marino Cvetkovic sport hall and the brand new Gervais Culture and Tourist Centre.

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ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 - 2017

Update after the mixed pairs:

Justyna Zmuda and Michał Nowosadzki won their second medal already this week, a gold in the mixed pairs to add to the bronze in the mixed teams. That is Zmuda's third medal in total. She now has one of each colour. Sabine Auken has won her fourth medal, Roy Welland his third (he was among the first European Open winners – the Mixed teams in 2003). Meanwhile, Toine Van Hoof pointed out a mistake in our statistics: Wietske Van Zwol has only seven medals, but Carla Arnolds has eight.

So the top of the individual medal table is: 1) Sylvie Willard 3+3+4= 10 2) Catherine D'Ovidio 4+0+4= 8 3) Carla Arnolds 3+5+0= 8 4) Bep Vriend 4+3+0= 7 5) Marion Michielsen 3+4+0= 7 6) Philippe Cronier 3+1+3= 7 7) Wietske van Zwol 1+4+2= 7 8) Anneke Simons & Jet Pasman 1+4+1= 6 10) Martine Verbeek 2+3+0= 5 11) 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 the second day of the Championships: Open Teams Qualifying - Sunday 18 June Swiss 6 BBO1 Roland Wald - David Bird Swiss 6 BBO2 Bill Jacobs - Mark Horton Swiss 7 BBO1 Roland Wald - Bill Jacobs Swiss 8 BBO2 Mark Horton - David Bird Swiss 9 BBO1 Larry Cohen - Roland Wald Swiss 10 BBO1 Larry Cohen - Roland Wald

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THE LAST BOARD Mark Horton

The final deal of the European Mixed Pairs Championship can be added to the pantheon of deals that have decided the outcome of major events down the ages. The final had been dominated by Justyna Zmuda & Michal Klukowski and Roy Welland & Sabine Auken who had matched each other blow for blow, the lead repeatedly changing hands. When the final board settled on the table they were separated by just 0.70 of a match point. Both pairs faced tough opposition:

Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. [ 5 ] K J 10 9 7 5 4 { K 10 4 2 } J [ A 8 7 3 [ K J 4 Jovanka Smederevac ] 8 6 ] Q 2 { A Q 9 6 { J 7 5 3 } 10 8 2 } A K 9 4 West North East South [ Q 10 9 6 2 Klukowski Ivanova Zmuda Ivanov ] A 3 Pass 3] Pass Pass { 8 Dble Pass 4} All Pass } Q 7 6 5 3 South led the six of spades, but this apparently helpful start changed nothing, 4} having to go three down,-150. That was worth only 5/45 and the door appeared to be wide open.

West North East South Welland Smederevac Auken Ionita 1} 4] Dble Pass 4[ Pass Pass Dble Pass Pass 4NT Dble 5{ Dble All Pass

North led the five of spades and declarer could not escape for less than three down, -500 and only 2/48 - the title and the medals were on their way to Poland.

Sabine Auken

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HOW TO WIN THE EBL CUP Jos Jacobs

The EBL Cup produced a sensationally close finish. trumps early enough, 4[ cannot be made as declarer No less than four pairs exchanged the lead in the event cannot cash his second top heart in time to get rid between them during the second part (12 boards) of of a loser. the final session. So it looked as if the Dutch, who were in third position with just this board to play, had found a phantom This was the very last board: and would be out of contention for good. Board: 26. Dealer East. All Vul. However, there is always the chance, remote or [ 9 not, of a little help from our friend and this board ] Q 9 8 6 3 proved no exception. A lead, in this type of { Q 9 2 situations more often than not the best lead anyway, } K 1100 7 3 would immediately have ended declarer’s hopes but [ A K 10 8 6 5 2 [ Q J West, understandably, tried a top spade first. Rather ] 2 ] A K 10 7 5 4 than shifting to a trump, she tried the effect of next { 7 { 8 4 3 leading her singleton heart. } Q J 6 4 } 9 8 East won the king and returned a trump which [ 7 4 3 declarer ran to dummy’s nine. Rob Helle’s next move ] J was to call for dummy’s ]Q. When East did not cover, { A K J 10 6 5 Rob simply discarded a club. } A 5 2 When the ]Q held the trick, he had collected all the matchpoints on this board and, as it turned out, also West North East South made sure the EBL Cup would stay in the Netherlands, Nishimura Hoogenkamp Furuta Helle Ter Laare – Molle having been the 2015 winners, up — — 2] 3{ north in Tromsø. 3[ 4{ 4[ 5{ Incidentally, it would not have helped East to cover Pass Pass Dble All Pass the ]Q. Declarer ruffs, ruffs a spade, leads the ]9, covered and ruffed, then ruffs his last spade. The club On correct defence, i.e. when the defenders lead loser now disappears on the established ]8.

Ed Hoogenkamp & Rob Helle

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THE MAGIC 500 David Bird

Mixed Pairs Final Day 2 - Second Session

The second day of the Mixed Pairs final dawned and I found myself looking forward to it rather more than I would have done in the past. This is partly because of the significant improvement in the BBO match- point coverage (with the ever-changing players’ names available both live and in the eventual archive). The web-site that backs this tournament is equally wonderful. That’s enough chat and you’d rather like to see a deal or two? OK.

Board 1 Dealer North Neither Vul. [ J 5 3 Yunlong Chen ] 9 6 5 { A J 6 } Q 10 4 3 3NT by East would go down on the lead of a heart [ A 10 8 4 2 [ Q 6 honour or a club. Evgeni Rudakov did well to prefer ] K 10 ] A 8 2 a contract of 5{, and the ]9 was led to the jack and { K 8 7 3 2 { Q 10 9 5 4 king. South held longer hearts than North, so declarer } A } J 9 8 played North for a possible three-card trump holding. [ K 9 7 He led the {K to North’s ace and subsequently picked ] Q J 7 4 3 up the remaining trumps to make +400 for an 86% { — score. } K 7 6 5 2 The overnight leaders, Sabine Auken and Roy Welland did even better: West North East South Rudakov Zhu Rudakova Jin West North East South Pass Pass 1] Welland Shen Auken Chen 1[ 2] Dble Pass Pass Pass 2] 3] Dble 3NT Pass 2[ 3] 3[ Pass 5{ All Pass 4[ All Pass

If Auken might have made a competitive double, but this might have been taken as a game-try in spades. Her actual 3[ was not invitational but Welland assessed the game prospects as worthwhile. A heart lead to the jack and king was followed by a trump to the queen and king. Welland won the club return and noted that crossing to the ]A for a of the [10 would expose him to the risk of a diamond (even if diamonds were 2-1). He continued with ace and another trump, finding a 3-3 break, won the heart return and played the {10 to his king. Ten tricks were soon landed and Qi Shen +420 was worth a mouth-watering 98%. Three of the five pairs in 4[ went down.

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Auken and Welland had a chance to repeat this ‘4[ on a 5-2 fit’ result on the very next board:

Board 2 Dealer East N/S Vul. [ J 9 3 ] A J 10 2 { 9 7 } 8 7 5 4 [ A K 7 4 2 [ Q 10 ] 6 ] 7 5 3 { Q 8 6 5 { A J 10 4 3 } Q J 6 } K 9 3 [ 8 6 5 Roy Welland ] K Q 9 8 4 { K 2 It’s time to admire some great slam bidding: } A 10 2 Board 4 Dealer West Both Vul. West North East South [ K J 8 5 3 Welland Shen Auken Chen ] 2 1} 1] { Q 6 Dble* 2] Pass Pass } K Q 10 5 4 Dble Pass 3{ Pass [ 10 6 [ 4 3] Dble Rdble Pass ] K Q 6 ] 10 8 7 5 4 3 5{ All Pass { A K 10 7 5 3 { 9 8 4 2 } 7 2 } 8 3 Dble 4/5 spades [ A Q 9 7 2 ] A J 9 Welland could not bid 2[ on the second round { J because (I assume) it would have been non-forcing. } A J 9 6 Bidding 3[ at his third turn was an option, since it would surely be forcing after his previous double. He West North East South chose to bid 3] instead and when no spade bid came Shen Isoard Chen Romieu from his partner he leapt to 5{. The spade game 1{ 1[ Pass 2{ would have been a make but 5{ had to go one down Dble 3} Pass 6[ when the {K was offside. All Pass Bidding and making 4[ would have picked up 82%. One down in the diamond game was worth only 2%. Most What would you have bid on the South cards, facing of the field stopped in a spade or diamond part-score. a 1[ ? Some would choose a 4{ splinter bid, but if partner signs off in 4[ you would not have described the full value of your hand. By indicating a sound raise at a low level, either with 2{ or 2NT, partner will get a better chance to describe her hand. When Michelle Isoard showed her clubs, Michel Romieu leapt splendidly to 6[. All was well and the resultant +1430 was worth 78%. At two tables East led a heart against the spade slam. Away went the diamond loser on the fifth club and +1460 then produced a 98% score. When describing match-point events it is almost impossible to avoid using the well-worn term ‘Magic 200’. In this session I saw a couple of ‘Magic 500’ Sabine Auken deals.

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This was the first: Yanhui Sun sprung the trap and the outcome was to prove costly for East/West. The {10 lead ran Board 6 Dealer West E/W Vul. to the queen and declarer won the low club switch [ 7 5 with the king. After a trump to the jack and queen, ] K Q 8 4 3 South switched to the ]J, won with the ]A. Declarer { 10 2 cashed the {A and ruffed a diamond low, overruffed } J 7 6 2 with the [7. North scored the ]K and the ]Q was [ 10 6 4 3 [ K J 8 2 ruffed with the [K and overruffed with the [A. The ] A 10 9 7 ] 6 5 }A gave North/South +500 and an 88% score. It { J 4 { A 9 8 3 was exceeded only by three pairs who recorded +530 } K Q 10 } 9 5 3 from making 3] doubled. [ A Q 9 Let’s see the other example of the ‘Magic 500 at red ] J 2 when no game was on for the opponents’: { K Q 7 6 5 } A 8 4 Board 9 Dealer North E/W Vul. [ A Q 10 7 6 West North East South ] A 10 9 7 S.-Kluz Hu Winciorek Sun { K 3 Pass Pass Pass 1} } 110 5 1{ * 1] 2NT Pass [ K J 8 5 4 [ 9 3[ Pass Pass Dble ] J 3 ] K Q 8 6 All Pass { Q 6 5 { 8 4 2 } J 7 4 } A K 8 6 2 South opened with a strong club and Justyna [ 3 2 Stachowiak-Kluz entered, red against white, with a ] 5 4 2 conventional bid that indicated spade length. My co- { A J 10 9 7 commentator, Mark Horton, was prepared to condemn } Q 9 3 this effort quite strongly, and I was persuaded by his argument. West’s hand is primarily a defensive one West North East South and unsuitable for competition, particularly at this Palma Bertheau Hayman Hoftaniska form of scoring. 1[ Dble Pass 1NT Pass Pass 2{ Pass Pass 3} Dble All Pass

We will see the play first and then look back at the bidding. Kathrine Bertheau won the spade lead with the 10 and switched to the }5, Jessica Hayman Piafsky rising with the ace. After a heart to the jack and ace, she won the trump continuation with the king. The king and queen of hearts were then followed by a heart ruff with the }J, South ditching a spade. The {Q was covered by the king, South overtaking with the ace to cash two more diamonds and the } Q. That was +500 for N/S and a score of 92%. Two North players did better by making 2[ doubled with an overtrick, yielding +570 and 98%. You cannot say that East was especially unlucky here. Dummy had two hearts opposite her four and three-card trump support for the five-card clubs. Also the trumps broke 3-2. Bidding 3} was just too much Antonio Palma when West’s main values were likely to be in spades, under North’s honour cards.

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Board 13 Dealer North Both Vul. [ A 10 9 5 ] K Q 10 4 2 { 8 7 4 } 6 [ Q 7 3 [ K J 8 6 4 2 ] — ] J 9 7 { A 10 6 5 { 3 } A K J 8 4 3 } Q 7 2 [ — ] A 8 6 5 3 { K Q J 9 2 } 10 9 5

West North East South Ionita Brock Smederevac B.Myers Marius Ionita Pass 2{* 2] 3} 4} Dble 4] 4[ All Pass 4[ bid runs back to him? North is surely marked with a singleton club after 2{ Multi East’s double of 4}. If the trumps are solid, 5] might be a make with just two losers in the minors. I was expecting When I watch top-class bridge on BBO, I always Barry Myers to bid 5] but 4[ was passed out. look forward to deals that feature a high-level battle Ionita ruffed the ]K lead and crossed to dummy between the major suits. In fact I devoted a whole twice with diamond ruffs to ruff the other two hearts chapter to such deals in my recent book ‘Famous in his hand. Three trump tricks had to be lost and Bridge Swings’. Here, both 6[ and 6} are troubled that was +620 for East/West, giving them a score by the 4-0 spade break. If you swap the [5 for of 60%. the }5, 6[ would still be defeated by a heart lead. What happened at the other tables? Only three Meanwhile, North/South can do fairly well in hearts. N/S pairs were allowed to play the contract, making What would happen? 4] (87%), 3{ doubled with an overtrick (100%), Marius Ionita was fairly confident that partner’s and going one down in 4] doubled (46%). The top multi would be based on a spade suit, but a forcing 3} E/W score was for 5[ doubled and made, netting seemed the best bid to launch his hand. Sally Brock 850 and a 96% result. then showed her strong support for hearts with a club It was good to see some match-point pairs but I cue-bid. Facing a passed hand, it was clear for South admit I am rather looking forward to the Open to bbidid 44].]]. WWhathat shshouldould hhee do wwhenhen WeWest’sst s ccautiousautious Teams,Teamss,, sstartingtarting on SSaturday.aturdayy.

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IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY... Herman De Wael

Part two West North East South — Pass Pass Pass Continuing my stroll down memory lane about the 1} Pass 1] Pass the 43rd European (Team) Championships back in 2] Pass 2NT Pass 1997 in Montecatini Terme. 3] Pass 6] All Pass

I reported the following deal in an artice called "a This was the very first deal of the longest day of the Belgian Slam". championship, which at that time meant 72 boards. This pair had also played 72 deals on the previous day, In a match against France, Claude Delforge, East so concentration was not up to full level. When East for Belgium, made an unintended call, with surprising finally noticed the three extra aces he was prepared for consequences: the worst, but to his great relief his partner opened. At that time I wrote that not a single system in the world Board 1 (North – none vul) included a bid to show 19 HCP in a passed hand, and [ 9 7 5 2 I doubt if anyone has included such a bid since then. ] 10 3 He started with a forcing 1] and a general trial 2NT, { A 4 2 but at the third turn he simply bid the slam. } J 9 7 3 South led a heart, and Claude knew he should take [ 8 4 [ A K 10 advantage of the smokescreen he inadvertently had ] K Q 7 6 ] A J 9 2 created, so he immediately played a diamond off the { Q 9 5 { K 8 6 3 table. Christian Mari thought about it for five minutes, } K Q 6 5 } A 8 and decided to play the ace. Slam made. [ Q J 6 3 I do have to admit that the article, back then, ] 8 5 4 concluded with an analysis about how you could still { J 10 7 make the slam if the second trick was ducked. That } 10 4 2 analysis was not mine (and I don't remember who to thank for it), so I won't repeat it but will leave it as an exercise for our present-day readers.

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UNDER THE GUN Micke Melander

As I was running through the playing area, GeO South (not surprisingly) found the best lead, of his Tislevoll, stopped me and asked if I was writing for the singleton heart. At this point declarer was on the way Daily Bulletin. "Yes, of course” was my reply, “Well, I to -200 and the kiss of death. have a board for you!" he told me. Tislevoll won with the ace of hearts and played a Those knowing Geir know that this is the time spade to the nine. When that held he simply exited to listen and take notes. The hand is from the first with a heart. North cashed the king and queen of session of the Mixed pairs semifinal. hearts, South discarding clubs, and exited with her last trump. Declarer won with the jack in dummy, cashed Board 5. Dealer North. N-S Vul. the ace of spades and called for a low diamond. North [ 7 3 went up with the queen which left: ] K Q 10 8 5 4 { A Q 7 [ — } J 3 ] 8 5 [ A J 9 [ Q 10 8 6 5 { A 7 ] J 9 3 ] A 7 2 } J 3 { K 5 3 2 { J 4 [ — [ Q 10 } A 8 6 } Q 4 2 ] — ] — [ K 4 2 { K 5 3 { J ] 6 } A 8 6 } Q 4 2 { 10 9 8 6 [ — } K 10 9 7 5 ] — { 10 9 8 West North East South } K 10 9 Mayer Salonen Tislevoll Stretz 1] 1[ Pass At this point Tislevoll had lost three tricks and things 2]* Dbl 2[ Pass didn’t look too good, in fact the contract was still two Pass 3] 3[ All Pass down if North would simply have exited with the jack of clubs, following his partner’s signals. North had Not wanting to sell out to Three Hearts, GeO other plans for the defence, though and probably competed with Three Spades which was as optimistic wanted to tap declarer in trumps. So he played a contract as Three Hearts would have been. another heart, putting her partner under the gun, by Both were bound for two down. forcing a discard from his minors. South discarded a diamond, so declarer continued with the jack of diamonds. North won with the ace and played her last heart! When declarer ruffed, South was squeezed for real and pitched a diamond. Tislevoll had no problem reading the situation right and set up the five of diamonds in dummy for his ninth trick. (One of the editors in reading this piece was reminded of Oscar Wilde’s famous comment about bridge: “To squeeze partner once may be regarded as a misfortune, to do it twice looks very much like carelessness.”)

Geir-Olav Tislevoll

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ZIMMERMANN vs BEIJING TRINERGY David Bird

Open Teams Swiss I

The Great Dealer does not have an unblemished record so far in this tournament, but he came up trumps (no pun intended) in the first match of the Open Teams Swiss qualifier. He gave us three slams and seven games in a 10-board match. Bountiful, indeed! Bill Jacobs and I were watching on BBO1, where Zimmerman faced Beijing Trinergy. I would normally feature Board 1 here, since it was a slam, but it was easily bid at both tables and there were 12 top tricks. On, then, to the next board:

Board 2 Dealer East N/S Vul. [ K 7 3 Geir Helgemo applied maximum pressure with his ] A K Q J 9 6 2 game raise and North’s 5] could have been taken for { 6 5 500. Tor Helness had the playing strength to expect } K 11 tricks in spades and looked no further than that. [ 10 8 6 2 [ A Q 9 5 4 Declarer ruffed the second round of hearts and laid ] 10 5 ] 8 down the trump ace. { K J 8 7 4 3 { A 10 When the jack fell, he played a trump to the 8 and } 7 } A J 10 3 2 king, winning the }K switch. After drawing the last [ J trump, he played the ace and king of diamonds and ] 7 4 3 followed with a diamond ruff. { Q 9 2 With that suit established, he could claim the } Q 9 8 6 5 4 contract.

Open Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Helgemo Li Helness Wang Gao Filipowicz Lu Martens 1[ Pass 1[ Pass 4[ 5] 5[ All Pass 3[ 4] 4[ Pass Pass Dble Pass 5] 5[ All Pass

Here there was seemingly more chance that 5] would be doubled. Maybe West should have left the final decision to his partner? Declarer ruffed the second heart and tried to reach dummy with a club ruff to take the trump finesse. Filipowicz overruffed the [2 with the [3 and switched to a diamond, South’s queen drawing dummy’s king. Declarer finessed the [Q successfully and drew the remaining trump with the [A. He then cashed the {A and crossed to dummy to enjoy the rest of the diamond suit for a flat board. Dong Lu

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Board 3 Dealer South E/W Vul. "superman's bid" East ended in 5}. South cashed the [ 10 7 two top spades and continued with the [J. Filipowicz ] J 10 8 5 4 2 with the }10, overruffed with the }J. The { K J 10 ace and king of trumps brought declarer bad news and } 1100 7 a heart to the king did nothing to cheer him up when [ Q 8 5 [ 4 2 South ruffed. He still had to lose a diamond and that ] A Q 9 7 3 ] K 6 was two down for 13 IMPs away. { Q 6 4 { A 9 8 2 I really could not believe South’s bidding on the next } A K } Q J 6 5 4 deal: [ A K J 9 6 3 ] — Board 5 Dealer North E/W Vul. { 7 5 3 [ K J } 9 8 3 2 ] 8 6 5 3 { Q 9 5 3 Open Room } A Q 5 West North East South [ 4 2 [ 10 Helgemo Li Helness Wang ] K 10 ] 7 4 2 3[{ A J 7 6 { K 10 8 4 2 3NT 4[ 4NT All Pass } K 10 8 4 2 } J 9 6 3 [ A Q 9 8 7 6 5 3 Xiaoli Li judged well to sacrifice in 4[ and Helness ] A Q J 9 took the push to 4NT. Yanhong Wang overtook the { — [10 lead with the jack, Helgemo winning with the } 7 queen. He unblocked the clubs and took the first 10 tricks. Open Room West North East South Closed Room Helgemo Li Helness Wang West North East South 1{ Pass 1[ Gao Filipowicz Lu Martens Pass 1NT Pass 2{ * 4[ Pass 2] Pass 4} Dble Pass 5} All Pass Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6] In the Open Room, Bill Jacobs had described South’s All Pass 3[ (rather than 2[) as the “man’s bid”. Krzysztof Martens held other views on this matter and after a One of many valuable dictums propagated by the great Terence Reese was that you should make the long suit trumps when you hold 7-4 shape. The play is likely to prove unwieldy if you prefer a 4-4 fit in your second suit. Doubtless Terence deemed it unnecessary to add that the same sound reasoning would apply when you held 8-4 shape. Wang uncovered the 4-4 heart fit and I expected him to then bid 3[ (or at least a forcing 2[). No, he leapt to 4}, presumably a splinter bid that agreed hearts. When North bid 4] next, denying a diamond control, Bill Jacobs (my co-commentator) could see some merit in South’s approach. He could now bid a RKCB 4NT, knowing that partner did not hold the {A. Bill’s assumption was that South would eventually revert to spades. Wang chose to play the slam in hearts. The trumps Geir Helgemo & Tor Helness broke 3-2 but a lead of the singleton [10 resulted in a ruff for East when the trump finesse lost.

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Closed Room West North East South Gao Filipowicz Wu Martens 1} * Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ * Pass 2NT Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4[ Pass 6[ All Pass

Martens heard that the ]K was missing and settled for 6[. I expect he was pleasantly surprised to gain 17 IMPs for his efforts. The magnificent web-site backing this championship reveals that 16 pairs out of 120 chose to play in hearts (in contracts varying from 2] to 6]). There were a couple of incursions by renegade East/West pairs. The remaining North/South pairs paid homage to TR and recognised some merit in their spade holding, nearly all of them playing at the six-level. The next board launched a fight-back by the Beijing team: Krzysztof Martens

Board 6 Dealer East N/S Vul. Open Room [ A 10 8 4 3 West North East South ] 6 5 Helgemo Li Helness Wang { Q 10 Pass 1} * } Q J 9 4 Pass 1[ Pass 2] [ 7 5 [ J 6 Pass 3} Pass 3[ ] Q 9 4 ] 8 7 3 Pass 4[ Pass 6[ { 7 4 3 2 { K J 6 All Pass } A 8 3 2 } K 10 7 6 5 [ K Q 9 2 Wang opened with a strong 1}, receiving a positive ] A K J 10 2 response that showed 5+ spades. When his partner { A 9 8 5 was unable to raise the hearts, suggesting no losers } — there, he headed for a small slam. Expecting good hearts in the dummy, Helness chose an aggressive {6 lead. He was unimpressed by partner’s {4 on this trick and declarer was soon inscribing +1010 for an overtrick.

Closed Room West North East South Gao Filipowicz Wu Martens Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 4} Pass 4[ All Pass

South’s splinter bid was not ideal because North would be unable to cooperate unless he held the {K. It is difficult to think of an alternative course of action, Fei Gao I admit, though North maybe has enough to consider tempeorising with 4{?

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Three boards later Wang and Li struck again in similar fashion:

Board 9 Dealer North. E/W Vul. [ J 10 3 2 ] — { Q 9 8 3 } A Q 9 3 2 [ Q 7 6 4 [ K 9 8 ] 8 4 3 ] K Q 10 9 7 { 7 5 { 10 4 } K 7 6 5 } J 10 4 [ A 5 ] A J 6 5 2 { A K J 6 2 } 8 Diagnosing a possible cross-ruff after North had Open Room revealed his 4-0-4-5 shape, Helness led the {10. West North East South Declarer paused to plan the play. Three side-suit aces, Helgemo Li Helness Wang one round of trumps and the remaining seven trumps Pass Pass 1} * made separately on a cross-ruff would bring the total Pass 2} Pass 2] to only 11. He won with the {A and finessed the }Q Pass 2[ Pass 2NT successfully. The impending total was then up to 12. Pass 3{ Pass 6{ Wang cashed the }A and ruffed a club with the {2. All Pass He continued with the major-suit aces, followed by a heart ruff with the {8. West still held the }K so it was By bidding 2NT at his second turn, Wang discovered safe to ruff a club with his last low trump, the {6. The that his partner held four-card support for the unbid next four tricks succumbed to a high cross-ruff and the diamond suit. This was cause for celebration and he slam was made. duly reached for the 6{ card. Closed Room West North East South Gao Filipowicz Lu Martens Pass Pass 1} * Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 3} Pass 3NT All Pass

Gao found the passive lead of a diamond and it turned out that 3NT largely depended on the club finesse too! Martens took it at trick two and then ducked a club, won by East. A spade return would have restricted declarer to nine tricks. When a diamond was played back, declarer was able to save an IMP by scoring an overtrick for +430. Zimmermann won the first-round Swiss match by 35 IMPs to 23 (14-6 in VPs).

Dominic Filipowicz

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BIG SWING Micke Melander

When following a match between the France Open Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. Senior team and Morawski in the Open Teams in [ 9 Montecatini, it seemed that not a lot was going on. ] 10 8 5 3 However, one large swing for the seniors led to a win { 7 6 5 4 for them by 29-10. Here comes the 17 IMP swing } J 10 8 4 that created a large number of IMPs for one team or [ Q 10 6 5 [ A J 8 3 another in basically half of our matches. As declarer ] A K 7 6 ] J 2 you had to be very careful here, even though it looked { A Q J 9 2 { K 10 8 very easy at first glance. As usual, premature euphoria } — } A Q 7 5 is a killer! [ K 7 4 2 ] Q 9 4 [ Q 10 6 5 [ A J 8 3 { 3 ] A K 7 6 ] J 2 } K 9 6 3 2 { A Q J 9 2 { K 10 8 Open Room } — } A Q 7 5 West North East South Salonen Rombaut Stretz Combescure This is your holding when without disturbance from Pass 1NT Pass the opponents, you have arrived at Six Spades and 2} Pass 2[ Pass had South led the three of diamonds. It looks like at 3} Pass 3NT Pass not too difficult job with five diamonds, two hearts, 4{ Pass 4[ Pass one club and three or four spades. Besides we may 4NT Pass 5] Pass easily ruff a club for another trick to make it, twelve 6[ All Pass or thirteen. So, are there any dangers lurking around the corner? East received the three of diamonds lead, and Well spades 5-0 is for sure something we can´t deal immediately turned his attention to the trump suit by with – especially if the diamond is a singleton. But winning in dummy and calling for the ten of spades. When what about spades 4-1? the nine arrived from North declarer maybe should have Let´s have a look at the consequences on this hand paid more attention and thought about what was going when a lot of players weren’t careful enough! on and simply overtake it with the jack “to be in the right hand”. No such play was forthcoming, however; declarer played low and South ducked smoothly. Of course East called for another spade and again finessed, South won with the king and played back another trump. Declarer won the trump return in hand and ruffed a club to set up his 12th trick, leaving:

[ — ] 10 8 5 3 { 7 } J 10 8 [ — [ A ] A K 7 6 ] J 2 { Q J 9 2 { K 10 } — } A Q 7 [ 7 ] Q 9 4 { — Francois Combescure } K 9 6 3

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At this point declarer stood no chance to get back to his hand to pull that last trump! One down. Let’s have a look at the other table.

Closed Room West North East South Dechelette Rees Iontzeff Zochowska Pass 1NT Pass 2} Pass 2[ Pass 3]* Pass 3[ Pass 5}* Pass 5] Pass 6[ All Pass

3] Slam try with spade fit Georges Iontzeff 5} Exclusion Blackwood

A diamond was led. Declarer won with the nine in North discards on the second round of trumps you dummy and immediately ran the queen of spades, have to go up with the ace, ruff a club and play a which held the trick when South again smoothly spade to your eight or jack. It doesn’t matter when ducked once more. Declarer called for another spade South wins with the king of spades - he is endplayed and took a second “finesse” when North had discarded since he has the queen of hearts and has to help a diamond. declarer to get back to his hand. The moment of truth, would South find the killing This is vastly inferior to the correct line, though. It defence by returning a third spade? No, Zochowska is embarrassingly easy – but apparently few declarers returned a club, which went to declarer’s queen. Claim found it. Run the opening diamond lead to your hand twelve tricks. and ruff a club, then finesse in trumps that is the easy So how should you play the hand, since the contract way: nothing can go wrong – unless the cards are so should always make on best play? If you want to start hostile that you are booked for defeat whatever you with trumps you simply take your finesse and when do.

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MIXED PAIRS FINAL Ram Soffer

Day 2 - Fourth Session up the chance for 12 tricks is hardly acceptable at matchpoints. During the first half of the final session I was The actual }9 lead was covered by J-Q-A. following Michal Klukowski-Justyna Zmuda. After Klukowski drew trumps in four rounds and led a small the smoke had cleared they had become the new club towards the 7. When this lost he claimed 11 European champions, albeit by a very slim margin. tricks as his spade loser would be discarded on the Extra overtricks and undertricks are always important }8. Sometimes bridge is a simple game. Making the at matchpoints, and with a tight race for gold going on overtricks was worth 34 matchpoints out of 50. they were doubly important. Four boards later: In the following two deals the Poles made good use of their opponents’ friendly club leads: Board 7. Dealer South. Vul All [ A 9 5 Board 3. Dealer South. Vul E/W. ] A K Q J [ 9 7 6 5 { K 10 8 3 ] 10 5 3 2 } A 7 { 7 4 2 [ Q 10 8 4 [ K 7 } 9 4 ] 10 8 6 ] 5 4 3 2 [ 10 3 [ A Q 4 2 { 9 7 5 4 { J 6 2 ] A K J 7 4 ] Q 9 8 } 6 3 } K 10 9 4 { K Q J { 5 3 [ J 6 3 2 } A 3 2 } K J 8 7 ] 9 7 [ K J 8 { A Q ] 6 } Q J 8 5 2

{ A 10 9 8 6 West North East South } Q 10 6 5 Zheng Klukowski Wang Zmuda

— — — Pass West North East South Pass 2NT Pass 3} Klukowski Garbosi Zmuda Colombo Pass 3{ Pass 3] — — — Pass Pass 3NT All Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 3] Pass Once again East has to pick a lead, this time against 4] All Pass a Puppet Stayman auction where North indicated four hearts and South showed four spades. The A simple auction led to the normal contract. main candidates are clubs and hearts. A passive lead Most of the field evaluated correctly that balanced 18 against a 2NT opener has obvious merits, especailly opposite balanced 12 can’t produce a good slam, although at matchpoints. In this case a heart lead could have 8 out of 26 E/W pairs could not resist the temptation taken for declarer any finesse that he might need in and went minus. In our case 1[ was a positive response, this suit, while dummy’s entries might well be scarce. so 2] was already game forcing and 3] was a slam As a matter of fact, no heart were necessary, invitation, which was declined as West had a minimum so hearts (as well as spades and diamonds) would have for the strong variety of the 1} opening. done the job of restricting declarer to 11 tricks, but the North had to pick a lead from his near-yarborough. Chinese East preferred the }9 showing 0/2 higher Generally, among suits lacking honours, the longest honours. Declarer took his ace and immediately ran one is the safest, but our North was quite reasonably the }7, guaranteeing four club tricks. So he could deterred by Zmuda’s 1[ bid and led a club. claim 12 tricks even without knowing that the {J After a spade lead, declarer is not going to make would fall in the third round. 11 tricks unless he is utterly convinced that the leader Now let us watch the champions on defence. In the does not possess the [K, in which case he should following hand they didn’t have to do anything special, as and then ruff out the king. However, giving their opponents slightly overbid to an unmakeable contract.

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Board 8. Dealer West. Vul None. I am going to present this apparently peaceful deal [ K 10 7 2 as a quiz. One may easily spot seven tricks for E/W in ] A the defence against 1NT: two spades, three diamonds { Q 10 7 2 a heart and a club. However, let me inform you that } J 8 7 3 (after normal play) the Poles beat this contract by two [ J 4 [ A 6 5 tricks. Which East/West card took the eighth trick for ] 9 8 7 ] K Q 10 6 2 the defence, and how did this come about? { A 9 6 5 3 { K 8 Well, they started with the only lead that gives away } 9 6 2 } A Q 10 the contract according to Deep Finesse – a small club. [ Q 9 8 3 When East’s club jack was captured with South’s king, ] J 5 4 3 things were looking bright for declarer. He continued { J 4 with a heart finesse and the ]Q won the second trick, } K 5 4 Zmuda playing ]5 (well, against world-class defenders

such finesses always win, at least in the first round...). West North East South At this point he could make his contract by the double Zheng Klukowski Wang Zmuda dummy play of leading ]10 (or ]J) from dummy. Pass Pass 1] Pass Not being forced to make any discards from his own 2] Dble 4] All Pass hand, declarer is going to re-enter dummy in spades. On this deal, strong clubbers would perform better However, at trick three declarer led a very normal than standard bidders who always continue to game }9 from dummy – ducked as well. The }3 followed after 1]-2] with 18 HCP. Using a forcing 1NT and the defenders at last won their first trick. Zmuda response can help, but in this case responder is a discarded [2, so Klukowski played a small diamond passed hand so 1NT may no longer be forcing. and dummy’s queen was covered by the king and South led [3. North’s [10 was ducked, and he ace. Declarer cashed his }Q and repeated the heart switched to a club. Declarer’s }10 was taken by finesse (had he played ]A, it would have been a banal South’s king, and the later loss of two trump tricks one down and we would not have had any story, but could not be prevented. bridge players are always optimistic). After the ]K It is a testimony to the high standard of the field that won, there followed a small diamond, taken by West’s at exactly half the tables East-West stayed low (usually six, the {J and a spade to the king. Those were the 3] but sometimes 2] and even 1NT) and got a plus last three cards: score. Our heroes sitting North-South received almost effortlessly 36 out of 50 matchpoints. [ Q 6 In our final deal they improved their MP score to 44 ] A out of 50, a well-earned shared top. { — } — Board 11. Dealer South. Vul None. [ A J [ 9 [ Q 10 6 ] 9 ] 2 ] A Q J 10 4 { — { 10 { Q 7 } — } — } 9 3 2 [ 8 7 [ A J 3 [ K 9 5 2 ] — ] 9 8 6 ] K 5 2 { 8 { J 6 2 { K 10 9 5 } — } A 8 7 5 } J 6 [ 8 7 4 When Zmuda played the {10, Klukowski discarded ] 7 3 ]9 and dummy was squeezed. After some thought, { A 8 4 3 declarer decided to keep the [Q guarded, so the } K Q 10 4 answer to our quiz is that East’s deuce of hearts West North East South became the eighth trick for the defence. Klukowski Oigarden Zmuda Simonsen — — — Pass Pass 1] Pass 1NT All Pass

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BY JOVE, IT'S JOVI! Barry Rigal

We saw Alfredo Versace bring home 3NT here. Let’s Versace had played [Q here, but Smederevac then see Jovana Smederevac at work in the same spot, also exited with a heart to West, who cashed three winners on a heart lead covered by the jack and taken by the in that suit. king. [ A 10 7 Board 10. Dealer East. All Vul. ] — [ A 10 7 5 { — ] K 5 2 } K 7 { Q [ K 9 4 3 [ J 6 } K 7 5 3 2 ] 6 ] — [ K 9 4 3 [ J 6 2 { — { J ] A Q J 9 6 ] 10 } — } Q 10 { 4 { J 9 6 5 3 [ Q 8 } J 9 6 } Q 10 8 4 ] — [ Q 8 { 10 8 7 ] 8 7 4 3 } — { A K 10 8 7 2 } A West can still survive by cashing his last heart (but he was worried about squeezing his partner -- North gets She too cashed {Q and crossed to the }A but she squeezed first, though. A dramatic [K did not get the played both top diamonds, (West pitching clubs as she job done. Smederevac won and cashed her second discarded hearts). spade, then played a diamond and forced East to give her the last two tricks.

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OPEN TEAMS WOMEN TEAMS ZIMMERMANN 1 BEIJING TRINERGY 62 SAKR 1 PSZCZOLA 2 ISRAEL GREEN 63 DUTCH WOMEN 2 KHIUPPENEN 3 BRIDGEBERTHEAU 64 CHINA LADIES 3 RAMS 4 BRIDGE24 B 65 BAKER 4 LAVAZZA 5 ORG REIGNWOOD 66 DESAPALI 5 MAHAFFEY 6 ATLANTIC 67 ORANGE WOMEN 6 VINCI 7 GAGGS 68 FRENCH LADIES 7 NETHERLANDS RED 8 HAUGE 69 HAYMAN 8 VYTAS 9 COLDEA 70 CAVIAR 9 ERA 10 TEAM IRG 71 CIAU BELLA 10 MAZURKIEWICZ 11 1ST OF JULY 72 GERMAN WOMEN 11 LORENZINI 12 CONTRA 73 TOP ONE 12 HEIMDAL 13 SWEDEN MIXED TEAM 74 NORDEN 13 MOSSOP 14 META 75 DENMARK RED 14 CHINA OPEN 15 VIKINGS 76 KRA 15 ROSENTHAL 16 GREECE 77 ISRAEL WOMEN 16 CREMIN 17 CHATEAU ROSSENOVO 78 DENMARK 17 HARRIS 18 HENNEBERG 79 SERANGELI 18 TEAM BLACK 19 BARRACUDA 80 WWWGUTSCOM 19 ALLFREY 20 ZADIKIM 81 CBC MILANO 20 TEAM VENTIN 21 KINDSBEKKEN 82 CANNAVALE 21 K 1 22 JENNY 83 JHBCT 22 MORAWSKI 23 MUNICH M3I 84 HIBERNIA 23 MORAN 24 PORTUGAL 85 SAGE 24 DE BOTTON 25 NONAME 86 PORTUGAL 25 TEXAN ACES 26 PLACKETT 87 MERIT ROYAL 26 ZAWADA 27 MADEIRA 88 BRASILEIRAS 27 GILLIS 28 ROBERTSON 89 CASADOMA 28 DELLE CAVE 29 NEVER CLAIM 90 CAVE PROPERI 29 MARILL 30 BRIDGE PLUS 91 RIMINI BRIDGE 30 BRENO 31 LASJ 92 AUSTRIA 32 DINKIN 93 SWITZERLAND OPEN 33 CESS 94 SENIOR TEAMS FRANCE OPEN SENIOR 34 E105M7 95 MILNER 1 ADAD 35 BARRETT 96 MARKOWICZ 2 BALKAN STARS 36 ISRAPOL 97 GERMANY 3 VILLA FABBRICHE 37 RED LIONS 98 WARD PLATT 4 MCALLISTER 38 POLAND 99 KAMINSKI 5 GAMAX 39 OSS117 100 WOLFSON TEAM 6 FAILLA 40 ISRAEL JUNIORS 101 VITO 7 OTVOSI 41 GUERMANI 102 RUMMEL 8 ZIGGY 42 FEDERIGHI 103 SCOTLAND 9 NETHERLANDS BLUE 43 OBJECTIVITY 104 SENATOR 10 200 44 JIANG 105 GORACO 11 CONNECTOR 45 MOSTYN 106 DHONDY 12 RICH 46 ACDC 107 VAN EIJCK 13 GRY FOREVER 47 NPC DAISY 108 SAVELLI 14 REDROBOT 48 DACIANS 109 PORTO BRIDGE CLUB 15 CROATIA 49 UP NORTH DOWN UNDER 110 WHITE WINNER 16 NETHERLANDS WHITE 50 BREMNES 111 SHORT 17 PRUSA 51 LEONARDO 112 BARDIN 18 BADGER C 52 1 OVER 2 113 GRAIZER NURIT 19 SHOKOLATA 53 SERDIKA 114 BANZAI 20 JASS 54 SPAIMA 115 SLOVAKIA 21 RENOUARD 55 SEOUL 116 YOUNG BOYS 22 TEAM PHARMASERVICE 56 INTER 117 CALDARELLI 23 SETTON 57 CHARIS 118 VALACCHIA 24 HIGHLANDERS 58 CEGLIA 119 ADLISWIL PLUS 2 25 LUXY GERMANS 59 KVARAN 120 SPELMANS 26 DUMBOVICH 60 FERRO 121 DUBEL 27 COVFEFE 4 61 ROMANIA 28

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OPEN TEAMS WOMEN TEAMS 1 VINCI 79.42 62 MADEIRA 49.14 1 DUTCH WOMEN 74.32 2 SHOKOLATA 74.81 63 TEAM IRG 49.07 2 NORDEN 70.69 3 LAVAZZA 74.03 64 K 1 48.00 3 CHINA LADIES 64.02 4 HIGHLANDERS 72.75 65 MORAWSKI 47.77 4 KRA 63.60 5 NETHERLANDS RED 72.29 66 DELLE CAVE 47.43 5 FRENCH LADIES 62.91 6 GRY FOREVER 72.11 67 RED LIONS 47.32 6 SAKR 61.01 7 FRANCE OPEN SENIOR 71.73 68 DE BOTTON 47.19 7 CBC MILANO 60.96 8 GAMAX 71.34 69 TEAM PHARMASERVICE 46.92 8 DENMARK RED 59.86 9 BRIDGE PLUS 70.43 70 BADGER C 46.33 9 ISRAEL WOMEN 59.31 10 COLDEA 69.13 71 BRIDGE24 B 45.44 10 BAKER 57.65 11 ROSENTHAL 68.51 72 PLACKETT 45.42 11 GERMAN WOMEN 57.29 12 BRIDGEBERTHEAU 68.10 73 DACIANS 45.26 12 CAVIAR 56.32 13 ERA 66.99 74 OSS117 45.19 13 ORANGE WOMEN 55.40 14 POLAND 66.30 75 COVFEFE 4 45.13 14 CIAU BELLA 54.67 15 MARILL 65.87 76 CHINA OPEN 45.07 15 CANNAVALE 54.04 16 CONNECTOR 65.58 77 FEDERIGHI 44.88 16 MERIT ROYAL 50.99 17 SWITZERLAND OPEN 65.24 78 CROATIA 44.86 17 HIBERNIA 48.99 18 ZIGGY 63.79 79 E105M7 44.74 18 HAYMAN 48.15 19 ALLFREY 63.59 80 ACDC 44.28 19 CASADOMA 44.79 20 DUMBOVICH 63.58 81 1ST OF JULY 44.25 20 TOP ONE 44.67 21 BARRACUDA 62.43 82 NETHERLANDS BLUE 43.91 21 RIMINI BRIDGE 42.82 22 REDROBOT 62.07 83 PRUSA 43.40 22 JHBCT 42.62 23 LASJ 60.95 84 ISRAPOL 43.11 23 PORTUGAL 40.29 24 GREECE 59.95 85 RICH 42.92 24 BRASILEIRAS 38.46 25 PSZCZOLA 59.67 86 LUXY GERMANS 42.83 25 DENMARK 37.19 26 DINKIN 59.64 87 MORAN 42.80 26 DESAPALI 36.13 27 KHIUPPENEN 59.16 88 1 OVER 2 42.65 27 WWWGUTSCOM 32.09 28 MOSSOP 58.76 89 ZAWADA 42.49 28 CAVE PROPERI 29.13 29 NPC DAISY 58.75 90 CONTRA 41.52 29 SAGE 28.62 30 FAILLA 58.67 91 TEXAN ACES 41.29 30 SERANGELI 23.01 31 MAZURKIEWICZ 58.64 92 ORG REIGNWOOD 40.88 32 MOSTYN 58.40 93 ADAD 40.53 33 BRENO 58.00 94 OBJECTIVITY 40.42 SENIOR TEAMS 34 CHATEAU ROSSENOVO 57.84 95 TEAM BLACK 39.34 1 GERMANY 72.89 35 GILLIS 57.79 96 FILIPPO5 38.94 2 DHONDY 69.02 36 INTER 57.08 97 RENOUARD 38.24 3 WOLFSON TEAM 67.88 37 MUNICH M3I 56.91 98 HAUGE 38.06 4 RUMMEL 66.53 38 NONAME 56.55 99 NEVER CLAIM 37.84 5 VITO 64.80 39 TEAM VENTIN 56.34 100 LEONARDO 37.64 6 SLOVAKIA 57.23 40 LORENZINI 55.95 101 VIKINGS 37.57 7 SAVELLI 56.01 41 ZIMMERMANN 55.94 102 SWEDEN MIXED TEAM 36.10 8 MARKOWICZ 55.14 42 HENNEBERG 55.86 103 CHARIS 35.98 9 MILNER 54.81 43 HEIMDAL 55.65 104 GHOSN 35.91 10 BARDIN 54.18 44 VILLA FABBRICHE 55.48 105 PORTUGAL 35.76 11 VALACCHIA 54.03 45 RAMS 55.38 106 UP NORTH DOWN U 35.68 12 VAN EIJCK 52.68 46 VYTAS 54.84 107 CESS 35.47 13 KAMINSKI 52.52 47 JASS 54.38 108 CEGLIA 35.12 14 CALDARELLI 52.51 48 ATLANTIC 53.71 109 BARRETT 34.80 15 SENATOR 51.94 49 200 52.93 110 JENNY 34.64 16 WARD PLATT 49.60 50 HARRIS 52.84 111 ROBERTSON 34.12 17 PORTO BRIDGE CLUB 49.36 51 OTVOSI 52.26 112 MCALLISTER 33.25 18 BANZAI 47.31 52 NETHERLANDS WHITE 52.13 113 BALKAN STARS 33.21 19 GRAIZER NURIT 47.03 53 GUERMANI 51.78 114 ZADIKIM 32.70 20 GORACO 42.76 54 META 51.48 115 GAGGS 31.60 21 DUBEL 42.37 55 BEIJING TRINERGY 51.05 116 MAHAFFEY 30.88 22 SPELMANS 41.86 56 SERDIKA 50.91 117 SEOUL 28.79 23 YOUNG BOYS 40.83 57 ISRAEL JUNIORS 50.65 118 ISRAEL GREEN 28.25 24 ADLISWIL PLUS 2 39.77 58 AUSTRIA 50.57 119 SPAIMA 27.69 25 ROMANIA 38.58 59 KVARAN 50.02 120 BREMNES 25.97 26 SCOTLAND 35.34 60 KINDSBEKKEN 49.85 121 JIANG 21.54 27 WHITE WINNER 24.65 61 CREMIN 49.61 28 SHORT 18.37

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1 Chris WILLENKEN 121 58 Geir HELGEMO 20 93 Nicole CURETTI 10 181 Doris FISCHER 2 1 Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE 121 58 Gunn HELNESS 20 128 Eleonora DUBOIN 9 181 Ewa MISZEWSKA 2 3 Justyna ZMUDA 120 58 Ida GRONKVIST 20 128 Emanuela CALANDRA 9 181 Ezio FORNACIARI 2 3 Michal KLUKOWSKI 120 58 Jan JANSMA 20 128 Giorgio DUBOIN 9 181 Fabrizio HUGONY 2 5 Anna GULEVICH 112 58 Jessica LARSSON 20 128 Monica CUZZI 9 181 Francesco Saverio VINCI 2 5 Georgi MATUSHKO 112 58 Joanna ZOCHOWSKA 20 128 Barbara GOTARD 9 181 GAO Fei 2 7 Elena RUDAKOVA 111 58 Kiki WARD-PLATT 20 128 Tomasz GOTARD 9 181 HUANG Yan 2 7 Evgeni RUDAKOV 111 58 Lisa BERKOWITZ 20 128 Ivona CZAJKA 9 181 Irene BARONI 2 9 Olga PAVLUSHKO 100 58 Ricco VAN PROOIJEN 20 128 Leszek SZTYRAK 9 181 Karen McCALLUM 2 9 Sergei ORLOV 100 58 Tor HELNESS 20 136 Dan BYLUND 8 181 LI Xiaoyi 2 11 Andrew ROSENTHAL 80 58 Ed HOOGENKAMP 20 136 Helena STROMBERG 8 181 Lorenzo LAURIA 2 11 Johan UPMARK 80 58 Rob HELLE 20 138 Irina LEVITINA 7 181 LU Dong 2 11 Marion MICHIELSEN 80 76 Veronique BESSIS 19 138 Jim MAHAFFEY 7 181 Monica AGHEMO 2 14 Roy WELLAND 76 77 Barry MYERS 17 138 Judi RADIN 7 181 Monica BURATTI 2 14 Sabine AUKEN 76 77 Sally BROCK 17 138 Piotr GAWRYS 7 181 Sascha WERNLE 2 16 Magdalena TICHA 67 79 Jovanka SMEDEREVAC 15 138 Sam LEV 7 181 Tatiana PONOMAREVA 2 16 Richard RITMEIJER 67 79 Marius IONITA 15 138 Sylvia SHI 7 181 Valentin KOVACHEV 2 18 May SAKR 66 79 David GOLD 15 138 Jo-Arne OVESEN 7 181 Vera TAGLIAFERRI 2 19 HU Junjie 63 79 Susanna GROSS 15 138 Torild HESKJE 7 181 Vladislav N ISPORSKI 2 19 WANG Jian 63 79 David SHERMAN 15 138 Floriana MARZI 7 181 Vytautas VAINIKONIS 2 21 HU Linlin 56 79 Tracy CAPAL 15 138 Riccardo VITALE 7 181 WANG Yanhong 2 21 SUN Yanhui 56 85 WANG Weimin 14 148 Antonio PALMA 6 181 Wojtek OLANSKI 2 21 Atanas IVANOV 56 85 ZHENG Yili 14 148 Jessica HAYMAN 6 181 WU Shaohong 2 21 Steliana IVANOVA 56 87 Michel ROMIEU 12 150 Dmitri PROKHOROV 5 181 Agneta OPPENSTAM 2 25 Namik KOKTEN 50 87 Michelle ISOARD 12 150 Igor KHAZANOV 5 181 Antti ELSINEN 2 25 Tuna ALUF 50 89 Linda MOLLE 11 150 Maria LEBEDEVA 5 181 Bo Loenberg BILDE 2 27 Pierre ZIMMERMANN 47 89 Marco TER LAARE 11 150 O VOROBEYCHIKOVA 5 181 Bodil N OIGARDEN 2 27 Tatiana DIKHNOVA 47 89 Alfredo VERSACE 11 150 Pavel VOROBEI 5 181 Burke SNOWDEN 2 29 Catherine D'OVIDIO 45 89 Emanuela PRAMOTTON 11 150 Svetlana CHUBAROVA 5 181 Carmela FRANCO 2 29 Franck MULTON 45 93 A.-L. HUBERSCHWILLER 10 150 LIU Shu 5 181 CHEN Yunlong 2 29 Katarzyna DUFRAT 45 93 Anna SARNIAK 10 150 ZHAO Jie 5 181 Fiona BROWN 2 29 Krzysztof MARTENS 45 93 Ayako MIYAKUNI 10 150 Jean-Baptiste FANTUN 5 181 Hakan NILSSON 2 29 Michal NOWOSADZKI 45 93 Barbara FERM 10 150 Nicolas LHUISSIER 5 181 Hugh McGANN 2 29 Philippe CRONIER 45 93 Berk BASARAN 10 150 Sabine ROLLAND 5 181 J STACHOWIAK-KLUZ 2 29 Sylvie WILLARD 45 93 Can BERKTAS 10 150 Veronique VENTOS 5 181 Lone BILDE 2 36 Arno LINDERMANN 44 93 Carole PUILLET 10 150 Natalia SAKOWSKA 5 181 Lorenzo STOPPINI 2 36 Susanne GRUMM 44 93 Christina Lund MADSEN 10 150 Piotr BUTRYN 5 181 Luigi LIGAMBI 2 38 Thomas BESSIS 39 93 Daniele GAVIARD 10 150 Dessislava MALAKOVA 5 181 Manuela GEMIGNANI 2 39 Adi ASULIN 38 93 Dennis BILDE 10 150 Stefan SKORCHEV 5 181 Marcel DADON 2 39 Gilad OFIR 38 93 Elly S-BOSKLOPPER 10 166 Frances HINDEN 4 181 Marianne HARDING 2 41 Kathrine BERTHEAU 35 93 Grazyna BREWIAK 10 166 Graham OSBORNE 4 181 Maya ALELA 2 41 Thor Erik HOFTANISKA 35 93 J. SEAMON-MOLSON 10 166 Jeffrey ALLERTON 4 181 Michele CAMMARATA 2 43 Andrzej JASZCZAK 33 93 Jacco HOP 10 166 Paula LESLIE 4 181 Ornella COLONNA 2 43 Cathy BALDYSZ 33 93 Jerzy ROMANOWSKI 10 166 Bogdan MARINA 4 181 Paula NATAF 2 45 Jacek PSZCZOLA 31 93 Josef BLASS 10 166 Isabella MARCEDDU 4 181 SHEN (1) Qi 2 45 JIN Ke 31 93 Kazuo FURUTA 10 166 Isabella PERSIANI 4 181 Simon GILLIS 2 45 ZHU Ping 31 93 Kenji MIYAKUNI 10 166 Marina STEGAROIU 4 181 Siv THORESEN 2 48 Andrey GROMOV 29 93 Manuel d' O. CAPUCHO 10 166 Maurizio PATTACINI 4 181 Sona HAJKOVA 2 48 Victoria GROMOVA 29 93 Maria Joao LARA 10 166 Andrea REIM 4 181 Steffen F SIMONSEN 2 48 Alain LABAERE 29 93 Martine ROSSARD 10 166 Felix ZIMMERMANN 4 181 Thomas CHARLSEN 2 48 Valerie C-LABAERE 29 93 Meike WORTEL 10 177 Franco GARBOSI 3 181 Tiina ELSINEN 2 52 Christal HENNER 25 93 Pierre FRANCESCHETTI 10 177 Gloria C BRUGNONI 3 181 Tomasz WINCIOREK 2 52 Steve GARNER 25 93 Quentin ROBERT 10 177 Alexandra NIKITINA 3 181 Vit VOLHEJN 2 54 Ayse OZGUNES 23 93 Rafal JAGNIEWSKI 10 177 Viacheslav GUSEV 3 181 Himan KHANDELWAL 2 54 Dogan UZUM 23 93 Rene STIENEN 10 181 Ahu ZOBU 2 181 Rajeev KHANDELWAL 2 56 Emmanuelle MONOD 22 93 Sjoert BRINK 10 181 Andrea BURATTI 2 245 Geoff HAMPSON 1 56 Eric MAUBERQUEZ 22 93 Sukriye MERZE 10 181 Andrew McINTOSH 2 245 Haig TCHAMITCH 1 58 Aida JANSMA 20 93 Teruko NISHIMURA 10 181 Apolinary KOWALSKI 2 245 Huub BERTENS 1 58 Alison WILSON 20 93 TDELMAS-SIRVEN 10 181 Benito GAROZZO 2 245 Joan CREMIN 1 58 Benedicte CRONIER 20 93 Umran SEMERCI 10 181 Bernd SAURER 2 245 Martine VERBEEK 1 58 Cedric LORENZINI 20 93 Netsy SAYER 10 181 Carlo MARIANI 2 245 Sandra RIMSTEDT 1 58 Dana BERKOWITZ 20 93 Zahari ZAHARIEV 10 181 Cristiana MORGANTINI 2 58 David BERKOWITZ 20 93 Jean Le PODER 10 181 Diana MARQUARDT 2

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1 OVER 2 1ST OF JULY 200 ACDC ADAD Gheorghe CHIPAIL Gheorghe SERPOI Ole BERSET Brigitte AUBONNET Pierre ADAD R CONSTANTINESCU Calin STIRBU Bjorn Olav EKREN Christophe CARDE Patrick BOGACKI Ti DAVIS Cornel TEODORESCU Nils Kare KVANGRAVEN Anne-Marie Franck MATEOS-RUIZ Brian McGUIRE Bogdan VULCAN Ulf Haakon TUNDAL COLOMBARO Valerie SAUVAGE Anna NK KVANGRAVEN cpt Jean-Yves DANIC BALDYSZ Cathy

ALLFREY ATLANTIC AUSTRIA BADGER C BALKAN STARS Alexander ALLFREY Finn BRANDSNES Andreas BABSCH Jeffrey ALLERTON Svetomir GOTZOV Kevin CASTNER Kjell Gaute FYRUN Arno LINDERMANN Frances HINDEN Georgi KARAKOLEV David GOLD Arild RASMUSSEN Josef SIMON Chris JAGGER Vladimir MIHOV Andrew ROBSON Erik RYNNING Christian TERRANEO Graham OSBORNE Tihomir TAKOV Andreas BABSCH cpt S GOTZOV cpt S GOTZOV coach

BARRACUDA BARRETT BEIJING TRINERGY BREMNES BRENO Sam BAHBOUT Geoffrey BARRETT Fei GAO Helge BREMNES Enrico CASTELLANI Steven DE DONDER Ugo BOSCARDIN Xiaoyi LI Inge DYRKORN Arrigo FRANCHI Steve DE ROOS Paolo CLAIR Dong LU Ingeborg GRIMSMO M LANZAROTTI Mike VANDERVORST Donna LOMBARDINI Yanhong WANG Cecilie SANDVIK Giacomo PERCARIO Michael RANIS Shaohong WU Helge BREMNES cpt Romain ZALESKI G BARRETT cpt Dong LU cpt M LANZAROTTI cpt Yanhong WANG coach

BRIDGE PLUS BRIDGE24 B BRIDGEBERTHEAU CEGLIA CESS Grozio DONEV Igor CHALUPEC Peter CARLSSON Marzio CEGLIA Ebru ATES Zhivko DRAGANOV Bartosz CHMURSKI Per LEANDERSSON Cris Pino CHERUBINI Serap KURANOGLU Todor TIHOLOV Tomasz SIELICKI Mikael RIMSTEDT Gaetano DE SIMONE Sevil NUHOGLU Angel VANCHEV Piotr TUCZYNSKI Ola RIMSTEDT Leonardo GUETTI Cenk TUNCOK Zahari ZAHARIEV B CHMURSKI cpt P LEANDERSSON cpt Marzio CEGLIA cpt Zahari ZAHARIEV cpt

CHARIS CHATEAU ROSSENOVO CHINA OPEN COLDEA CONNECTOR Gad CHADHA Nikola BARANTIEV Yunlong CHEN Ionut COLDEA K ARASZKIEWICZ Adrian ORLOWSKI Antoni IVANOV Jianming DAI Marius IONITA Piotr BIZON Laura Cecilia PORRO Ivan IVANOV Jianwei LI Bogdan MARINA Dariusz KOWALSKI Corneliu RIMBOIU Georgi RALEV Lixin YANG Marina STEGAROIU Mariusz PUCZYNSKI N BARANTIEV cpt Bangxiang ZHANG Cezary SEREK Jie ZHAO D KAZMUCHA cpt Gang CHEN cpt

CONTRA COVFEFE 4 CREMIN CROATIA DACIANS Marius BRICIU Marshall LEWIS David BAKHSHI Goran BOREVKOVIC Iancu BACALU Filip FLORIN Milan MACURA Huub BERTENS Kiril MARINOVSKI Florin DOBRIN Ovidiu GHIGHECI Jean-Michel VOLDOIRE Joan CREMIN Marina PILIPOVIC Sorin Septimiu IONESCU Anton NEGOESCU Vit VOLHEJN Geoff HAMPSON Ognjen STANICIC Marius Titus SIRB Haig TCHAMITCH Nikica SVER Florin DOBRIN cpt Vedran ZORIC

DE BOTTON DELLE CAVE DINKIN DUMBOVICH E105M7 Thomas CHARLSEN Giuseppe DELLE CAVE Sam DINKIN Miklos DUMBOVICH Alexej GERASIMOV Janet DE BOTTON Matteo MONTANARI Alex KOLESNIK Daniel GULYAS Viacheslav GUSEV Thor E HOFTANISKA Howard WEINSTEIN Roberto SCARAMUZZI Balazs KOTANYI Alexandra NIKITINA Artur MALINOWSKI Adam WILDAVSKY Michael SHUSTER Peter TALYIGAS Vadim RAPOPORT Dror PADON G DELLE CAVE cpt Balazs KOTANYI cpt Tom TOWNSEND

ERA FAILLA FEDERIGHI FERRO FILIPPO5 Andrei ARLOVICH Luca DE MICHELIS Antonio FEDERIGHI Giuseppe FERRO P FRANCESCHETTI Alexander DUBININ Max DI FRANCO Francesco MASINI Giovanni LUCCHESI Nicolas LHUISSIER Andrey GROMOV Giuseppe FAILLA Mauri MICHELINI Piero NARDI Quentin ROBERT Ron PACHTMAN Andrea MANNO Francesco NICOLODI Gino SALMONI Hilda SETTON Erikas VAINIKONIS Luciano PAPINI Giuseppe FERRO cpt Romain TEMBOURET Piotr ZATORSKI Filippo VIGGIANO G De TESSIERES Piotr ZATORSKI cpt A FEDERIGHI cpt

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FRANCE OP SENIOR GAGGS GAMAX GHOSN GILLIS Francois COMBESCURE Gunnar ANDERSSON Alon BIRMAN Espen ANFINSEN Espen ERICHSEN Nicholas DECHELETTE Simon EKENBERG Geza HOMONNAY Lisbeth Aulid EIDE Simon GILLIS Georges IONTZEFF David WRANG Peter LAKATOS Erik ELIASSEN Glyn LIGGINS Jerome ROMBAUT Thomas WRANG Gabor WINKLER Rita GHOSN Erik SAELENSMINDE G ANDERSSON cpt Noomi HERBERT coach Cathy

GREECE GRY FOREVER GUERMANI HARRIS HAUGE K DOXIADIS Christian BAKKE Virgilio GAGLIARDI Diyan DANAILOV Erik BERG Aris FILIOS Tor Eivind GRUDE Paolo GUERMANI Jonathan HARRIS Rune HAUGE K KONTOMITROS Lars A JOHANSEN Piercarlo MUSSO Borislav POPOV C KRISTOFFERSEN T KOUKOUSELIS Steffen F SIMONSEN Piero REVIGLIO Steven ROOT Daniel MCINTOSH Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS Stefan SKORCHEV Petros ROUSSOS Jerry STAMATOV Jonathan HARRIS cpt

HEIMDAL HENNEBERG HIGHLANDERS INTER ISRAEL GREEN Terje AA J Ove HENNEBERG Harald EIDE Sergey KOLYADENKO Eliran ARGELAZI Per E AUSTBERG Marlene HENNEBERG Lars EIDE Rodion KOVALCHUK Gal GERSTNER Jan Tore BERG Tom NORGAARD Sam Inge HOYLAND YURY LUKKE Marcia GREEN Glenn GROETHEIM Jan PEDERSEN Sven Olai HOYLAND Vitaly ZUBAN Lee ROSENTHAL Allan LIVGARD M HENNEBERG cpt Petter TONDEL I HJELLEMARKEN cpt

ISRAEL JUNIORS ISRAPOL JASS JENNY JIANG Amir EZION Nathan HETZ Allan COHEN Steve CAPAL Peer BACH Oren TOLEDANO Asa LEVINGER Sigurd L PEDERSEN Jeniffer HARRIS Yong Kang JIANG Lior URMAN Piotr MARCINOWSKI John NORRIS Edward JONES SLICHTNECKER Ami ZAMIR Mateusz SOBCZAK Stig WERDELIN Thomas PASKE Jianyu ZHU Asa LEVINGER cpt Stig WERDELIN cpt Jeniffer HARRIS cpt Yong Kang JIANG cpt

K 1 KHIUPPENEN KINDSBEKKEN KVARAN LASJ Victor ARONOV Simon DE WIJS A KINDSBEKKEN Bjorn KVARAN Lasse AASENG Diana DAMIANOVA Yury KHIUPPENEN Terje LIE Rune KVARAN Fredrik HELNESS Ivan NANEV Jouri KHOKHLOV Ole M MYRVOLD Arnstein NYMOEN Sverre JOHNSEN Julian STEFANOV Georgi MATUSHKO Roar VOLL Marcello PALAGI L STOKKELAND Victor ARONOV cpt Bauke MULLER A KINDSBEKKEN cpt Rune KVARAN cpt Jan P SVENDSEN Alexei STERKIN Sverre JOHNSEN cpt

LAVAZZA LEONARDO LORENZINI LUXY GERMANS MADEIRA Alejandro BIANCHEDI David ARBEL Thomas BESSIS Paul GRUENKE Jorge CRUZEIRO Dennis BILDE Gili BAR Cedric LORENZINI Peter JOKISCH JP DE CARVALHO Norberto BOCCHI L FRUSCOLONI Ulf NILSSON Udo KASIMIR Carlos LUIS Giorgio DUBOIN Gianluca VIGNAGA JC QUANTIN Roland ROHOWSKY P Goncalves PEREIRA Agustin MADALA Paul STREET Peter JOKISCH cpt M TEIXEIRA Antonio SEMENTA Frederic VOLCKER Reinaldo TIMOTEO M T LAVAZZA cpt Miguel TEIXEIRA cpt M ORTENSI coach MAHAFFEY MARILL MAZURKIEWICZ MCALLISTER META Boye BROGELAND Philippe CRONIER Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI Michael BAREL Marius AGICA Piotr GAWRYS Philippe MARILL Krzysztof JASSEM John Grayson Adrian G FILIMON Michal KLUKOWSKI Dominique PILON Marcin MAZURKIEWICZ McALLISTER Mihai GRIGORIU Sam LEV Philippe TOFFIER W STARKOWSKI Yaniv ZACK Andrei PIROI Espen LINDQVIST M MAZURKIEWICZ cpt Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE Jim MAHAFFEY Jim MAHAFFEY cpt

MORAN MORAWSKI MOSSOP MOSTYN MUNICH M3I Rory BOLAND Dariusz MORAWSKI Jason HACKETT Andy BOWLES Marie EGGELING John CARROLL Vanessa REESS Justin HACKETT Shireen MOHANDES Max ELLERBECK Tommy GARVEY Irmeli SALONEN Paul D HACKETT Simon MOSTYN Ingo LUESSMANN Tom HANLON Francois STRETZ Alexander HYDES Jonathan OSGOOD Michael SCHNEIDER Hugh McGANN Joanna ZOCHOWSKA David MOSSOP M SCHNEIDER cpt Mark MORAN David PRICE M ELLERBECK coach Grainne BARTON cpt Paul D HACKETT cpt

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NETHERLANDS BLUE NETHERLANDS RED NETHERLANDS WHITE NEVER CLAIM NONAME Danny MOLENAAR Bob DRIJVER Guy MENDES DE LEON Yuliy CHUMAK Sedat DINC Berend VAN DEN BOS Bart NAB Maarten SCHOLLAARDT Volodymyr DRAGAN Mehmet Guney Joris VAN LANKVELD Ricco VAN PROOIJEN Thibo SPRINKHUIZEN Volodymyr PORKHUN GUNDOGDU Tim VERBEEK Louk VERHEES Jr Tom VAN OVERBEEKE Oleg ROVYSHYN Levent IMAMOGLU Agnes SNELLERS cpt Ton BAKKEREN cpt Wubbo DE BOER cpt Yuliy CHUMAK cpt Ugurcan SUZER Serkan UNAL Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN Sedat DINC cpt NPC DAISY OBJECTIVITY ORG REIGNWOOD OSS117 OTVOSI Markus KNOB Roger BRYANT Junjie HU Arnaud ANCESSY Zdzislaw INGIELEWICZ Gerhard POLLAK Stephen GREEN Linlin HU Frederic BRUNET Grzegorz NARKIEWICZ Stefan PROPST Rob HELLE Shu LIU Jean-Louis COUNIL Ervin OTVOSI Clemens WANHA Ed HOOGENKAMP Yanhui SUN Jean Pierre DESMOULINS Jerem STEPINSKI Clemens WANHA cpt Jian WANG G NARKIEWICZ cpt Yuewu WANG Yanhui SUN cpt Jie ZHAO coach PLACKETT POLAND PORTUGAL PRUSA PSZCZOLA Paul DENNING Maciej DABROWSKI Joao BARBOSA Vera ADUT Josef BLASS Richard Mark PLACKETT Marek JELENIEWSKI Nuno PAZ Orhan EKINCI Sjoert BRINK Mike POWNALL Rafal MARKS Sofia PESSOA Yusuf KAHYAOGLOU Bas DRIJVER Adrian THOMAS Lech OHRYSKO Paulo SARMENTO Dilek YAVAS Jacek KALITA Andrzej PAWLAK Sofia PESSOA cpt Nafiz ZORLU Michal NOWOSADZKI Pawel SZYMASZCZYK Dilek YAVAS cpt Jacek PSZCZOLA Maciej DABROWSKI cpt Jacek PSZCZOLA cpt RAMS RED LIONS REDROBOT RENOUARD RICH Sabine AUKEN Philippe BANCHEREAU Igor CURLIN Jacques DELORME Maximo CRUSIZIO Ashley BACH Blandine DELESTRE Igor KHAZANOV Fabienne PIGEAUD R GARCIA DA ROSA Michael CORNELL Daniel DELESTRE Maria LEBEDEVA Jean-Claude RENOUARD Sergei KUSTAROV Roy WELLAND Denis PALAZO Dmitri PROKHOROV Woyciech USZYNSKI Carlos PELLEGRINI Michael CORNELL cpt P BANCHEREAU cpt Joseph RICH Pavel VOROBEI Stefano TOMMASINI Maksim ZHMAK Virginia CHEDIAK cpt Pavel VOROBEI cpt ROBERTSON ROSENTHAL SEOUL SERDIKA SHOKOLATA Richard BOWLEY David BERKOWITZ Ingu HWANG Slavi ALEKSIEV Ilan BAREKET Michael BYRNE Eldad GINOSSAR Seongseok KANG Rumen MARINCHEV Ismail KANDEMIR Simon COPE Jan JANSMA Daehong KIM Klimentin NIKOLCHEV Suleyman KOLATA Kieran DYKE Andrew ROSENTHAL Hye Young KIM Krasimir SIMEONOV Assaf LENGY Marion ROBERTSON Aaron SILVERSTEIN Hye Min OH Rumen MARINCHEV cpt Amir LEVIN Chris WILLENKEN Hye Min OH cpt Yossi ROLL Ilan BAREKET cpt SPAIMA SWEDEN MIXED SWITZERLAND TEAM BLACK TEAM IRG Costache DARIE Dan BYLUND Bartlomiej IGLA Peter BERTHEAU M Krogh ANDERSEN Simona Felicia DARIE Bengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON Stephan MAGNUSSON Andrew BLACK Dorte Cilleborg BILDE Florin DUMITRASCU Helena STROMBERG Dmitrij NIKOLENKOV Peter FREDIN Morten BILDE Codrin MARCU A Z EFRAIMSSON Fernando PIEDRA Philip KING Soren Cilleborg BILDE Florin DUMITRASCU cpt Bengt-Erik Andrew McINTOSH Bas VAN ENGELEN EFRAIMSSON cpt Willie WHITTAKER Dorte Cilleborg BILDE cpt PHARMASERVICE TEAM VENTIN TEXAN ACES UP NORTH DOWN VIKINGS Freddi BRONDUM Per-Ola CULLIN Keyzad ANKLESARIA Simon HINGE Morten BRAENDVANG Poul CLEMMENSEN Antonio PALMA Debabrata MAJUMDER Stig MARTINUSSEN Kristian ELLINGSEN Hans Christian Juan Carlos VENTIN Sumit MUKHERJEE Andrew John MILL Niclas ORNERDAL GRAVERSEN Frederic WRANG P SRIDHARAN Dag Heldal PAULSEN Andre SYRRIST Kasper KONOW Juan Carlos VENTIN cpt S SRINIVASAN Are SIVERTSEN Andreas VESTERLUND Hans Christian Gopal VENKATESH Dag-Jorgen STOKKVIK Olle WADEMARK GRAVERSEN cpt Gopal VENKATESH cpt C WADEMARK cpt

VILLA FABBRICHE VINCI VYTAS ZADIKIM ZAWADA Mario D AVOSSA Giovanni DONATI Boguslaw GIERULSKI Meir BERKMAN Kamil NOWAK Stelio DI BELLO Fabrizio HUGONY Fredrik NYSTROM Ron SHEFFY Wojciech STRZEMECKI Fabio LO PRESTI Lorenzo LAURIA Wojtek OLANSKI Noah TYMIANKER Radoslaw SZCZEPANSKI Francesco MAZZADI Mustafa Cem TOKAY Jerzy SKRZYPCZAK Erez ZADIK Leszek SZTYRAK Ruggero PULGA Alfredo VERSACE Johan UPMARK Erez ZADIK cpt Piotr TUSZYNSKI Gianpaolo RINALDI Francesco S VINCI Vytautas VAINIKONIS ZIGGY ZIMMERMANNPrzemyslaw ZAWADA Filippo PALMA cpt Francesco S VINCI cpt Wojtek OLANSKI cpt Siegfried KONIG Dominik FILIPOWICZ Justin MILL Geir HELGEMO Jacob RON Tor HELNESS Geir-Olav TISLEVOLL Krzysztof MARTENS Siegfried KONIG cpt Franck MULTON Pierre ZIMMERMANN

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BAKER BRASILEIRAS CANNAVALE CASADOMA CAVE PROPERI Lynn BAKER Lucia MENEZES Paola CANNAVALE Carol Anne CUMMINS Annamaria CADARIO Karen McCALLUM Margarida SOUZA Donatella GIGLIOTTI Dolores GILLILAND Elisabetta MACCIONI Marion MICHIELSEN Claudia VARGAS Y De M Claudia POMARES Sandra NEWELL Antonia PECCI Meike WORTEL Ana C VIDIGAL Michela SALVATO Maria WHELAN Daniela PRIARONE Lynn BAKER cpt Ana C VIDIGAL cpt Giulia SCRIATTOLI Maurizia RITIANI Daniela TONTI Paola VENTURA Paola CANNAVALE cpt Antonia PECCI cpt

CAVIAR CBC MILANO CHINA LADIES CIAU BELLA DENMARK Tatiana DIKHNOVA Gloria COLOMBO Yan HUANG Fiona BROWN Signe BUUS THOMSEN Tatiana PONOMAREVA BRUGNONI Yan LIU Susanna GROSS Anne-Sofie HOULBERG Diana RAKHMANI Cristina GOLIN Yan LU Renata MULLER Bjorg HOUMOLLER Maria YAKOVLEVA Chiara MARTELLINI Qi SHEN Sue PICUS Christina Lund MADSEN Silvia MARTELLINI Nan WANG Matilda POPLILOV Mietta PREVE Wen Fei WANG Jovanka SMEDEREVAC Marilina VANUZZI Xiaojing WANG cpt

DENMARK RED DESAPALI DUTCH WOMEN FRENCH LADIES GERMAN WOMEN Lone BILDE Sally BROCK Carla ARNOLDS Veronique BESSIS Anne GLADIATOR Tina EGE Pauline COHEN Magdalena TICHA AL HUBERSCHWILLER Ingrid GROMANN Stense FARHOLT Lizzie GODFREY Wietske VAN ZWOL Elisabeth HUGON Claudia LUESSMANN Helle RASMUSSEN Debbie SANDFORD Martine VERBEEK Jennifer MOURGUES Gisela SMYKALLA Bo Loenberg BILDE cpt Alex VAN REENEN cpt Carole PUILLET Elke WEBER Hans KELDER coach Karin WENNING Karin WENNING cpt Fried WEBER coach HAYMAN HIBERNIA ISRAEL WOMEN JHBCT KRA Grazyna BREWIAK Jeannie FITZGERALD Adi ASULIN Christine CHILD Claudia CASTIGNANI Katarzyna DUFRAT Emer JOYCE Hila LEVI Brenda FOSTER Eleonora DUBOIN Jessica HAYMAN Joan KENNY Michal NOSACKI Diana ROSSLEE Caterina FERLAZZO PIAFSKY Teresa RIGNEY Nathalie SAADA Avril WHELAN Maria LEVONI Danuta KAZMUCHA Dana TAL Gabriella MANARA Anna SARNIAK Noga TAL Giovanna PICCIONI Justyna ZMUDA Dana TAL cpt Maria LEVONI cpt Michal BAREL coach MERIT ROYAL NORDEN ORANGE WOMEN PORTUGAL RIMINI BRIDGE Nilgun KOTAN Nadia BEKKOUCHE Merel BRUIJNSTEEN Mariana LEITAO Simona BERARDI Sirma SANUS Tonje A BROGELAND Laura DEKKERS Anabella OLIVEIRA Paola DELVECCHIO Guler UYANIK Virginia CHEDIAK Jet PASMAN Alexandra ROSADO Maria Beatrice GORRA Zeynep YILMAZ Stine HOLMOY Anneke SIMONS Rita RUSSO Daniela MALDINI Mey ZAIM Maria Marit RAHELT Alex VAN REENEN cpt Anabella OLIVEIRA cpt Silvia MORRI Ferda ZORLU Ranja SIVERTSVIK Hans KELDER coach Lea M STACCHINI Virginia CHEDIAK cpt Silvia MORRI cpt

SAGE SAKR SERANGELI TOP ONE WWWGUTSCOM Agnethe H KJENSLI Benedicte CRONIER Margherita CHAVARRIA Monica AGHEMO Lise BLAAGESTAD Grethe KJENSLI Catherine D'OVIDIO Rita GIBERTONI Gianna ARRIGONI Liv Marit GRUDE Elisabeth Grasholt May SAKR Monica MAINOLDI Monica BURATTI Gunn HELNESS SJODAL Janice SEAMON- Alessandra MONETA Antonella NOVO Astrid Steen LYBAEK Sofie G SJODAL MOLSON Simonetta PAOLUZI Gabriella OLIVIERI Bodil Nyheim OIGARDEN E Grasholt SJODAL cpt Sylvie WILLARD Franca SERANGELI Giuliana PEDERZOLI Franca SERANGELI cpt Ennio NARDULLO cpt N´ T MISS IT! DON´T MISS IT! DON´T MISS IT! D

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ADLISWIL PLUS 2 BANZAI BARDIN CALDARELLI DHONDY G HASHIMOTO Enda GLYNN Antonio BARDIN Verino CALDARELLI Richard CHAMBERLAIN John MAIER David A JACKSON Antonio COSSU ROCCA Marcello DI EUSANIO Jeremy DHONDY Gay KEAVENEY Franco GARBOSI Tiziano DI FEBO David KENDRICK Heinrich NAEGELI Pat QUINN Pierfrancesco PAROLARO Sergio FREDDIO Patrick SHIELDS Irene NAEGELI Paolo UGGERI Berardino MANCINI G HASHIMOTO cpt Antonio BARDIN cpt Lanfranco VECCHI Lanfranco VECCHI cpt

DUBEL GERMANY GORACO GRAIZER NURIT KAMINSKI Martin CARROLL Hans FRERICHS Zbigniew MACIOR Nurit GRAIZER Avi KALISH Harold CURRAN Herbert KLUMPP Jerzy MICHALEK Shimshon HORVITZ Amos KAMINSKI John G KENNEDY Ulrich KRATZ Miroslaw MILASZEWSKI Micha MARK Yeshayahu LEVIT Howard KENT-WEBSTER Reiner MARSAL Stefan SZENBERG Sonia MARK Leonid PODGUR MARTIN CARROLL cpt Bernhard STRATER Wlodzimierz WALA Gabi MERMELSTEIN Adrian SCHWARTZ Ulrich WENNING Stefan SZENBERG cpt Nurit NAVEH Shalom ZELIGMAN Gerda HEINRICHS cpt

MARKOWICZ MILNER PORTO BRIDGE CLUB ROMANIA RUMMEL Michal KWIECIEN Apolinary KOWALSKI Bernardo FERREIRA Peter - Lorand FEY Toivo JULLIS Victor MARKOWICZ Hemant LALL Jose Carlos HENRIQUES Radu GRADINARIU Tiit LAANEMAE Victor MELMAN Zia MAHMOOD Paolo PESSANHA Mihai MINCU Tonis PLEKSEPP Krzysztof MOSZCZYNSKI Jeff MECKSTROTH Rui PINTO Alexandru TOMA Aarne RUMMEL Jerzy RUSSYAN Reese MILNER Artur Santos SILVA Radu GRADINARIU cpt Jerzy ZAREMBA Jacek ROMANSKI Sobral TORRES Victor MARKOWICZ cpt Hemant LALL cpt Rui PINTO cpt J PSZCZOLA coach SPELMANS VALACCHIA VAN EIJCK VITO WARD PLATT Seppo CASTREN Mihail BALUNA Nico DOREMANS Hristo HRISTOV Andrea BURATTI Joakim FABRITIUS Cristian FULGA Willem GOSSCHALK Zlatko NEDELTCHEV Steve HAMAOUI Seppo RASANEN Victor MARCULETIU Jaap TROUWBORST Radi RADEV Carlo MARIANI Matti SIHVOLA Catalin POPESCU Willem VAN EIJCK Tony RUSEV Jean-Jacques PALAU Matti SIHVOLA cpt Constantin STANCESCU Jaap TROUWBORST cpt Tony RUSEV cpt Kiki WARD-PLATT Lucian TACIUC Cristian FULGA cpt

WHITE WINNER WOLFSON TEAM YOUNG BOYS Hans-Herman GWINNER Benito GAROZZO Jorund AARDAL Darina LANGER Franco MASOERO Bjorn BUER Goran MATTSSON Neil SILVERMAN Johnny HOLMBAKKEN Georg WEISZ Jeff WOLFSON Petter H. LINDQVIST H-Herman GWINNER cpt Jeff WOLFSON cpt Svein Arne MUNKVOLD Jeff WOLFSON coach Oddbjorn VINJEVOLL

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