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Daily Bulletin 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 Board 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 entry 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. Tortona (AL) - 0131.813636 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy 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. Please take a look at the clip to see what you can look forward to in Opatija 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 2 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 11 122 13 1144 15 1166 17 18 19 2020 21 RREESUULTTS MMPP-RRAACCE RROOSSTTEERRS 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy 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 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 11 122 13 1144 15 3 1166 17 18 19 2020 21 RREESUULTTS MMPP-RRAACCE RROOSSTTEERRS 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy 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: sacrifice 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 trump 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 4 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 11 122 13 1144 15 1166 17 18 19 2020 21 RREESUULTTS MMPP-RRAACCE RROOSSTTEERRS 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy 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).
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