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Bermuda Bowl – Semi-Final – 14.00 USA1 V USA2 Bermuda Bowl – Semi-Final – 17.00 to Be Decided Co-ordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer — Editor: Brent Manley — Assistant Editors: Mark Horton & Brian Senior Proof-Reader: Phillip Alder — Layout Editor: George Georgopoulos — Photographer: Ron Tacchi Issue No. 10 Tuesday, 1 November 2005 THEY’RE ALL FOURS VUGRAPH MATCHES Venice Cup – Semi-Final – 11.00 France v USA1 Bermuda Bowl – Semi-Final – 14.00 USA1 v USA2 Bermuda Bowl – Semi-Final – 17.00 To Be Decided Contents Bermuda Bowl,Venice Cup, Seniors Bowl Results . 2 Venice Cup — Quarter-Final 1, USA1 v USA2 . 3 A group of caddies receive last-minute instructions from Tournament Playing From Hunger . 5 Director Rui Marques (not pictured) in preparation for the start of the Messsage To All Women Players . 6 Transnational Open Teams. Bermuda Bowl — Quarter-Final 2, Brazil v USA1 . 7 Case Closed . 9 Each of the three main events is now down to four com- Seniors Bowl — Quarter-Final 4, Indonesia v Portugal 10 petitors — the semi-final stage — as the Bermuda Bowl, First, Second or Third Trick . 14 Venice Cup and Seniors Bowl move steadily toward conclu- The Ecstasy,The Agony — And The Sigh Of Relief . 15 sion. Curse Of Destiny? . 15 There was not much drama as the quarter-finals wrapped up on Monday. In the Venice Cup there were only two teams playing in the sixth and final set, as Canada, England and USA2 USA2 in the Seniors Bowl was only 13 IMPs behind the withdrew, trailing by a cumulative 344.8 IMPs. Netherlands with 16 boards to play, but they could not gen- With 16 deals to play, China trailed the Dutch women by erate much action in a low-scoring set (18-13 for the Dutch) only 10 IMPs, but the final set went to the Netherlands 47-27 and lost by 18 IMPs. to end China's run in the Venice Cup. These are the match-ups for the semi-final rounds: No one withdrew in the other two events but, going into Bermuda Bowl, USA1-USA2 and Italy-Sweden; Venice Cup, the final set of the Bermuda Bowl, the four matches were Germany-Netherlands and France-USA1; Seniors Bowl, effectively over. Denmark-Indonesia and USA1-Netherlands. With two sets to play on Monday, Egypt still had a chance Play in the Transnational Open Teams got underway Monday against Sweden, but the Swedes drubbed their opponents night. See the Wednesday Daily Bulletin for results and team 53-6 in the penultimate stanza.That was it for Egypt. rosters. 2005 WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Estoril, Portugal PROGRAMME Bermuda Bowl Quarter-finals Teams Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Total 1 ITALY INDIA 0 - 2.3 53 - 49 53 - 8 31 - 43 67 - 22 35 - 31 33 - 37 272 -192.3 2 USA2 ARGENTINA 0 - 4 33 - 20 40 - 46 50 - 28 40 - 24 44 - 32 43 - 44 250 - 198 3 USA1 BRAZIL 9 - 0 40 - 9 24 - 38 16 - 30 55 - 2 57 - 32 42 - 30 243 - 141 4 EGYPT SWEDEN 0 - 16 30 - 27 18 - 64 54 - 36 28 - 27 6 - 53 21 - 45 157 -268 Venice Cup Quarter-finals Teams Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Total 5 FRANCE CANADA 15.5 - 0 28 - 36 62 - 7 55 - 9 69 - 20 0 - 0 0 - 0 229.5 -72 6 CHINA NETHERLANDS16 - 0 28 - 10 23 - 28 20 - 71 40 - 33 61 - 61 27 - 47 219 -250 7 GERMANY ENGLAND 0 - 3.7 57 - 23 27 - 40 47 - 25 29 - 16 50 - 16 0 - 0 210 -123.7 8 USA1 USA2 9 - 0 33 - 25 28 - 39 64 - 12 35 - 23 68 - 36 0 - 0 237 - 135 Seniors Bowl Quarter-finals Teams Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Total 9 USA1 FRANCE 11 - 0 45 - 14 46 *- 48 19 - 9 46 - 31 30 - 15 20 - 14 217 - 131 10 PORTUGAL INDONESIA 0 - 16 35 - 31 36 - 24 25 - 56 34 - 61 35 - 52 36 - 80 201 -320 11 USA2 NETHERLANDS16 - 0 24 - 21 28 - 45 26 - 53 31 - 41 49 - 27 13 - 18 187 -205 12 DENMARK ISRAEL 16 - 0 21 - 17 37 - 61 58 - 12 52 - 19 54 - 47 65 - 35 303 - 191 Bermuda Bowl Venice Cup Semi-finals Semi-finals Teams Carry-over Teams Carry-over 1 ITALY SWEDEN 3 - 0 3 FRANCE USA1 16 - 0 2 USA2 USA1 0 - 5 4 GERMANY NETHERLANDS 0 - 16 Swan Games Seniors Bowl Internet broadcast Semi-finals Bermuda Bowl Italy v Sweden 11.00 Teams Carry-over Seniors Bowl Indonesia v Denmark 14.00 5 INDONESIA DENMARK 10.5 - 0 6 USA1 NETHERLANDS 11 - 0 To Be Decided 17.00 2 22 October - 5 November 2005 2005 WORLD BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS QUARTER-FINAL 1 Venice Cup USA1 v USA2 Two For The Road Jill Levin and Sue Picus, two members of the winning Venice Levitina was soon claiming for minus 500. She would be Cup team from 2003, are in Estoril with new team mates try- pleased later to learn that it was a 3-IMP gain. ing for another world championship.They were in the line-up, along with Hansa Narasimhan and Irina Levitina, for their West North East South quarter-final match against USA2. Levin Mancuso Picus Wittes There were fireworks on the opening board. 1♥ Pass 3♣ ♥ ♠ Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. Dble 4 4 Dble All Pass ♠ 3 ♣ ♥ A K J 9 6 5 2 Pam Wittes’ 3 bid was a constructive heart raise. Against the doubled spade game,Wittes led a heart to Renee Mancu- ♦ 7 2 ♣ so’s king.The club return went to the ten, and Sue Picus fol- K J 5 lowed with the ♠Q, ducked.The ♠J was covered by the king ♠ ♠ A 8 7 6 N Q J 9 2 and ace. In hand with the ♣A, Picus played a diamond to the ♥ Q ♥ 4 king and ace, followed by the ♠7 to South’s ten.Wittes played W E ♦ A Q 10 8 ♦ 9 6 5 4 3 a club to her partner’s king, and Mancuso did the best she ♣ Q 9 8 7 S ♣ A 10 4 could with a second round of hearts, but Picus ruffed with the ♠ ♠ K 10 5 4 9, played a diamond to the jack and queen, pulled the last ♥ trump and claimed for Plus 590. 10 8 7 3 USA2 got 3 IMPs back on the next deal. ♦ K J Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. ♣ 6 3 2 ♠ J 4 2 West North East South ♥ K Q J 8 4 Sutherlin Levitina Allison Narasimhan ♦ 9 8 7 1♥ Pass 2♥ ♣ ♣ ♠ K 6 Dble 3 3 Pass ♠ ♠ 4♠ 5♥ Pass Pass A 7 5 N K Q 9 8 ♥ A 9 6 ♥ 10 5 2 Dble All Pass W E ♦ Q 3 ♦ A 6 2 Irina Levitina guessed correctly that there was no way to ♣ S ♣ defeat the spade game, so she took the five-level save. Karen A Q 8 5 2 10 9 4 Allison started with the ♠Q, ducked all around. East then ♠ 10 6 3 played a diamond to the jack and queen. Peggy Sutherlin ♥ 7 3 cashed the ♦A before exiting with a club to the jack and ace. ♦ K J 10 5 4 ♣ J 7 3 West North East South Sutherlin Levitina Allison Narasimhan Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass Levitina started with the ♥Q and continued with the king when Sutherlin ducked. Levitina cleared the suit with a low heart. Sutherlin went to dummy and took a club finesse. After Levitina cashed her winners and exited with a diamond, Sutherlin went up with the ♦A and took another club finesse for one down. West North East South Levin Mancuso Picus Wittes Pass Pass 1♣ 1♥ 2♥ Pass 2NT Pass 3♠ Pass Pam Wittes, USA2 3NT All Pass 3 2005 WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Estoril, Portugal Levin’s 1♣ was strong, and Picus’ 2♥ was game forcing with- West North East South out a long suit. Mancuso led hearts, continuing until the suit Levin Mancuso Picus Wittes ♣ was cleared. Levin cashed the A, guarding against the single- Pass 1♦ 2♣ ton king with North, then entered dummy with a spade to Pass Pass Dble All Pass play a club toward the queen. Levin misguessed by putting up the ♣Q, and things got worse from there, Levin finishing three There was nothing Wittes could do against the bad club down for Minus 150. split, and she finished three down for Minus 800. USA1 had There was some discussion among the vugraph panellists upped their lead to 25-3. about East’s view on the next deal. USA2 had to settle for a 2-IMP swing on the following deal, but they had a chance for more. Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. Board 9. Dealer North. E/W Vul. ♠ 10 8 ♠ K 8 3 ♥ A K Q 3 ♥ 8 5 3 2 ♦ J 8 5 3 ♦ K 9 ♣ Q 6 5 ♣ A Q 4 2 ♠ 9 6 ♠ A K 4 2 N ♠ A Q J 2 ♠ 9 7 5 ♥ J 10 8 ♥ 9 7 5 4 N W E ♥ K 10 9 ♥ 7 6 ♦ A K 10 9 7 4 ♦ 6 W E ♦ 8 5 3 ♦ A J 7 4 2 ♣ A 4 S ♣ K 10 7 3 ♣ K 9 8 S ♣ 10 5 3 ♠ Q J 7 5 3 ♠ 10 6 4 ♥ 6 2 ♥ A Q J 4 ♦ Q 2 ♦ Q 10 6 ♣ J 9 8 2 ♣ J 7 6 The auction was identical at both tables: 1♦ by West, 1♥ by East, 2♦ by West, all pass — and a cold 3NT was missed.
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