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Co-ordinator: Jean Paul Meyer – Editor: Mark Horton – Assistant Editors: Brent Manley & Brian Senior French Editor: Guy Dupont – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis – Photographer: Ron Tacchi Issue No. 4 PDF version, courtesy of EBL Thursday, 25 October 2001 Half Way Round the Robin VUGRAPH MATCHES Bermuda Bowl – ROUND 10 – 10.00 Indonesia v Poland Bermuda Bowl – ROUND 11 – 14.00 Norway v USA I Bermuda Bowl – ROUND 12 – 17.20 France v Italy Contents Marc Hodler follows the action on VuGraph Bermuda Bowl Program & Results . 2 Venice Cup Program & Results . 2-3 As we move into the second half of the Round Robin Bermuda Bowl & Venice Cup Ranking . 3 the Bermuda Bowl race is headed by USA II and Poland. Seniors Bowl Program . 3 In the Venice Cup France are setting the pace from Eng- Bermuda Bowl (Poland v Norway) . 4 land. In the Seniors Bowl France are now the only unbeat- Echos du Stade . 9 en team in all three competitions but they are only just Venice Cup (Israel v Australia) . 10 Duck Or No Dinner . 12 ahead of Italy. Seniors Bowl Results, Ranking & Butler . 13 Championship Diary . 13 Distinguished Visitors Bermuda Bowl (USA I v Argentina) . 14 It is with great pleasure that we extend a very warm wel- Bermuda Bowl & Venice Cup Butler . 16 come to two distinguished guests to these 2001 World Bridge Championships who are honouring us with their presence. Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, President Emeritus of the WBF, needs Press Conference no introduction. There will be a Press Conference today at 11.00 in the Marc Hodler, Vice President of the International Olympic Chorum - access via entrance E - given by Marc Hodler, Committee and a member of the new IOC Executive Com- IOC Vice President, Jimmy Ortiz Patiño, President Emeri- mission, has been a very good friend to the WBF. tus of the WBF and José Damiani, President of the WBF. To both of them we would like to say "Bienvenue à Paris". WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Paris, France RESULTS RESULTS Bermuda Bowl Venice Cup ROUND 7 ROUND 7 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 EGYPT USA II 36 - 72 8 - 22 10 JAPAN USA II 22 - 39 11 - 19 2 NORWAY AUSTRALIA 48 - 17 21 - 9 11 CANADA ISRAEL 63 - 18 24 - 6 3 INDIA JAPAN 64 - 37 21 - 9 12 AUSTRALIA INDONESIA 45 - 31 18 - 12 4 ISRAEL ITALY 35 - 38 14 - 16 13 GERMANY CHINA 38 - 48 13 - 17 5 RUSSIA BRAZIL 55 - 33 20 - 10 14 BRAZIL VENEZUELA 33 - 28 16 - 14 6 NEW ZEALAND USA I 33 - 60 9 - 21 15 NETHERLANDS USA I 47 - 46 15 - 15 7 POLAND HONG KONG 69 - 11 25 - 4 16 SOUTH AFRICA ENGLAND 30 - 54 10 - 20 8 INDONESIA FRANCE 74 - 22 25 - 5 17 FRANCE AUSTRIA 36 - 51 12 - 18 9 GUADELOUPE ARGENTINA 24 - 55 9 - 21 18 INDIA ITALY 10 - 97 0 - 25 ROUND 8 ROUND 8 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 AUSTRALIA EGYPT 51 - 33 19 - 11 10 ISRAEL JAPAN 30 - 39 13 - 17 2 JAPAN NORWAY 30 - 54 10 - 20 11 INDONESIA CANADA 52 - 41 19 - 13 3 ITALY INDIA 55 - 31 20 - 10 12 CHINA AUSTRALIA 52 - 41 17 - 13 4 BRAZIL ISRAEL 56 - 35 19 - 11 13 VENEZUELA GERMANY 30 - 71 7 - 23 5 USA I RUSSIA 48 - 33 18 - 12 14 USA I BRAZIL 35 - 22 18 - 12 6 ARGENTINA NEW ZEALAND 59 - 59 15 - 15 15 ITALY NETHERLANDS 33 - 30 16 - 14 7 HONG KONG USA II 42 - 36 16 - 14 16 ENGLAND USA II 59 - 17 24 - 6 8 FRANCE POLAND 21 - 36 12 - 18 17 AUSTRIA SOUTH AFRICA 47 - 61 12 - 18 9 GUADELOUPE INDONESIA 33 - 41 14 - 16 18 INDIA FRANCE 26 - 81 4 - 25 ROUND 9 ROUND 9 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 EGYPT JAPAN 52 - 34 19 - 11 10 JAPAN INDONESIA 34 - 10 20 - 10 2 NORWAY ITALY 51 - 16 22 - 8 11 CANADA CHINA 27 - 35 14 - 16 3 INDIA BRAZIL 52 - 33 19 - 11 12 AUSTRALIA VENEZUELA 33 - 34 15 - 15 4 ISRAEL USA I 26 - 42 12 - 18 13 GERMANY USA I 18 - 20 15 - 15 5 RUSSIA NEW ZEALAND 43 - 21 20 - 10 14 BRAZIL NETHERLANDS 28 - 53 10 - 20 6 AUSTRALIA HONG KONG 89 - 21 25 - 2 15 ISRAEL ENGLAND 21 - 37 12 - 18 7 USA II FRANCE 60 - 30 21 - 9 16 USA II AUSTRIA 20 - 31 13 - 17 8 POLAND GUADELOUPE 39 - 20 19 - 11 17 SOUTH AFRICA INDIA 37 - 16 19 - 11 9 INDONESIA ARGENTINA 40 - 54 12 - 18 18 FRANCE ITALY 61 - 22 23 - 7 PROGRAM Bermuda Bowl ROUND 10 10.00 ROUND 11 14.00 ROUND 12 17.20 Table Home Team Visiting Team Table Home Team Visiting Team Table Home Team Visiting Team 1 Italy Egypt 1 Egypt Brazil 1 USA I Egypt 2 Brazil Norway 2 Norway USA I 2 New Zealand Norway 3 USA I India 3 India New Zealand 3 Russia India 4 New Zealand Israel 4 Israel Russia 4 Argentina Israel 5 Argentina Russia 5 Italy Hong Kong 5 Hong Kong Brazil 6 Hong Kong Japan 6 Japan France 6 France Italy 7 France Australia 7 Australia Guadeloupe 7 Guadeloupe Japan 8 Guadeloupe USA II 8 USA II Indonesia 8 Indonesia Australia 9 Indonesia Poland 9 Poland Argentina 9 Poland USA II 2 22nd October - 3rd November WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM Bermuda Bowl Seniors Bowl Ranking after 9 rounds ROUND 8 14.00 1 USA II 176 Table Home Team Visiting Team 2 POLAND 176 19 Bahrain France 3 EGYPT 157 20 Italy Egypt / S. Africa 4 ITALY 156 21 Poland Guadeloupe 22 USA II USA I 5 NORWAY 155 6 USA I 155 ROUND 9 17.20 7 INDONESIA 140 Table Home Team Visiting Team 8 BRAZIL 137 19 France Egypt / S. Africa 9 INDIA 136 20 Italy Bahrain 21 Poland USA I 10 ARGENTINA 135 22 USA II Guadeloupe 11 FRANCE 131 12 ISRAEL 127 PROGRAM 13 JAPAN 126 14 RUSSIA 123.1 Venice Cup 15 AUSTRALIA 115.9 ROUND 10 10.00 16 GUADELOUPE 98 Table Home Team Visiting Team 17 NEW ZEALAND 95 10 China Japan 18 HONG KONG 79 11 Venezuela Canada 12 USA I Australia 13 Netherlands Germany 14 Italy Brazil 15 England Indonesia Venice Cup 16 Austria Israel 17 India USA II Ranking after 9 rounds 18 France South Africa 1 FRANCE 183 ROUND 11 14.00 2 ENGLAND 173 Table Home Team Visiting Team 3 CHINA 166 10 Japan Venezuela 4 SOUTH AFRICA 158 11 Canada USA I 5 AUSTRIA 156 12 Australia Netherlands 13 Germany Brazil 6 USA I 156 14 China England 7 GERMANY 144 15 Indonesia Austria 16 Israel India 8 ISRAEL 135 17 USA II France 9 USA II 130 18 South Africa Italy 10 ITALY 129 ROUND 12 17.20 11 CANADA 125.6 Table Home Team Visiting Team 12 JAPAN 121 10 USA I Japan 13 AUSTRALIA 121 11 Netherlands Canada 12 Brazil Australia 14 NETHERLANDS 120 13 Italy Germany 15 BRAZIL 114.5 14 England Venezuela 15 Austria China 16 INDONESIA 101 16 India Indonesia 17 VENEZUELA 90.5 17 France Israel 18 South Africa USA II 18 INDIA 77.4 3 WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Paris, France ROUND 5 Bermuda Bowl Poland v Norway Magicians at Work The Editor, together with the President of the Polish Bridge Federation, Radoslaw Kielbasinski, recently penned a book featuring the Polish stars entitled 'The Bridge Magicians'.When Poland faced Norway on VuGraph in Round 5 of the Bermuda Bowl Round Robin it was therefore logical that he should go in search of some material for the sequel. Marcin Lesniewski was the first to display his skills. the queen and king. North returned the five of clubs and declar- er won with dummy's nine.The contract was in the bag, but de- Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. clarer was not averse to some sleight of hand and he cunningly [K Q 7 played a spade to the jack and South's ace. His deception worked like a charm as South now switched to the king of hearts. ] J 4 3 2 Declarer scooped that in and not being certain of the diamond { K 9 7 3 position settled for eight tricks. +120 and 6 IMPs for Poland. } 10 5 Board 4. Dealer West.All Vul. [ 10 4 3N [ J 5 2 ] 9 8 7 6 ] A Q [Q 8 4 W E { A Q 6 { J 8 5 2 ]J 3 } K 9 2S } A J 8 7 { A 9 6 5 4 [ A 9 8 6 } A Q 7 ] K 10 5 [ A K 9 5 2N [ 10 6 ] K 10 5 4 ] A 9 8 7 6 { 10 4 W E } Q 6 4 3 {7 {Q 2 Closed Room } K 5 2S } 10 9 8 4 West North East South [J 7 3 Brogeland Balicki Saelensminde Zmudzinski ]Q 2 1} Pass { K J 10 8 3 1] Pass 1NT Pass }J 6 3 2NT All Pass Closed Room South led the six of spades and North took the queen and West North East South found the heart switch. Declarer was in deep trouble now and Brogeland Balicki Saelensminde Zmudzinski could not avoid two down, -100. 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2] Pass 3] All Pass Open Room West North East South A perfectly reasonable auction to a perfectly reasonable con- tract.The cards were lying well, and ten tricks were made, +170.