Bulletin 2 DAILY BULLETIN Tuesday, 20 March 2001

Editor: Jean Paul Meyer – Co-editors: , Franco Broccoli, Jos Jacobs, Micke Melander, Alberto Benetti, Gianluca Frola – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis – Photo Services: Ron Tacchi – Printing: Franco Crosta The Long and Winding Road

Yesterday the con- testants embarked on the serious business of trying to win a Euro- pean title as the Cham- pionships got away to a smooth start with pow- erful fields competing in both the Open and Se- nior events. After two sessions in the Open Champi- onship it is the young pair from the Nether- lands, Simon De Wijs and Bas Drijver who head the field, ahead of England's David Burn and Nick Sandqvist. Third place is occupied by a pair from Denmark, Stig Today’s Programme Werdelin and Allan Cohen. They escaped our gaze, but we have ten pairs in the top twenty-five and are 10:00 Open Qualifying 3rd Session confident all our runners will survive the first hurdle. 16:00 Open Qualifying 4th Session In the Senior event the lead is held by England's Mau- Senior Qualifying 2nd Session reen Dennison and Morris Leighton. They are fol- 21:30 Bridge for All Tournament lowed by Sweden's Bengt Bergsten and Yngve Nils- son and Ivan Bonev and Christo Drumev of Bulgaria. 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy

A Message to Players of the By

Another legendary member of the is now winning Championships on the other side of the Atlantic. Back in 1971 he contributed this amusing story to . uring my stay in would like to congratulate DLondon in January I the readers of my books have been asked by sev- who spotted these omis- eral students of the Blue sions. Club to explain the dif- In general I would like to ferences between the say that before a Blue Club two books about the player may expect to system, which were pub- achieve good results, he lished in Britain. must be prepared to go I would like to ex- through some disasters. I plain that the book I am reminded particularly wrote in conjunction about the time when play- with Yallouze, who intro- ing with Mike Ledeen in duced into the book the Fall Nationals at Pitts- certain gadgets which he burgh, we used for the first used in play with his for- time our version of the mer partner, Claude Blue Club Two Diamond Delmouly. For example, opening. Playing in front of there are the Texas Benito Garozzo and Antonio Sementa a large assembly of specta- against the tors against opponents opening bid of one no- by opponents, the two-suited over- who were somewhat bemused we proudly produced this bidding calls invented by Pierre , etc. which will blend very nice- triumph: ly with Blue Club bidding methods, but are not used by me. Another criticism that was made is that both books appear to 2{ Q.What is this? be incomplete in that certain explanations are missing. For example A. Partner has 17-24 points, 4-4-4-1 distribution. in the book written in conjunction with in the chap- R. Oh, very interesting? ter on slam bidding. 2] Q.What is this? North South A. asking for more information. 1} 2[ Q.What is this? A. Partner's hand is in the 17-20 points region and the sin- 1{ 3{ gleton is in a . etc. R.Why, this is great fun! The book states that this Three Diamond bid shows a club- 2NT Q.What is this? diamond two-suiter with 3½-4½ losers. A. Further relay, asking exact range and which singleton. I must admit that when this book came to be written there were R. Oh, really? over 50 pages of additional material written by me that were not 3] Q.What is this? included in the book.The reason is that it was thought to be too A. Partner has a singleton spade and 19-20 points. complicated and involved for the average reader, and this partic- R.This is excellent! ular sequence is one that was explained in these 50 pages. I 3[ Q.What is this? A. Further relay, asking how many controls. R. Oh brother, this is incredible. 4} Q.What is this? A. Partner has five controls. 4[ Q.What is this? A. Relay asking how many queens I have got. R.This is sensational! 5{ Q.What is this? A. Partner has two queens. R.This is absolutely fantastic! 6{ Q.What is this? A. Final contract. R.Tremendous!

We played in Six Diamonds, holding {Kxxx in dummy oppo- site {Qxxx in declarer's hand and the opponent on declarer's right held {AJ109x in trumps but did not double us. In spite of this the convention proved to be very successful subsequently.

2 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Agreeing for Youth

EBL President Gianarrigo Rona and his counterpart of the Polish Bridge Union (PBU) Radoslaw Kielbasinski spare no effort to support the young players.Yesterday, they signed the agreement that makes Poland the host country of the 4th World Junior Pairs Championship and 4th World Junior Camp.The WBF has delegated the organization of these events to the EBL. The 4th World Junior Pairs Championship will be held, on 6-8 July 2001, in Stargard, a Polish town near the German border,some 170km North-East of Berlin. It comprises four sessions, played over a weekend, and it is open to Junior players (born in 1976 or later) from all over the world.Transnational combinations are allowed. The 4th World Junior Camp will follow immediately afterwards, 9-16 July, in Insko, a picturesque holiday resort on the shores of a lake, some 40km east of Stargard.The Camp is a unique event in that it addresses players of all levels. Bridge here is not a qual- ification, but an umbrella under which young people unite in international friendship. Detailed information on the 2001 World Junior events can be found on the Internet at: http://www.bridge.gr/tourn/Stargard.01/Pairs.htm and http://www.bridge.gr/tourn/Stargard.01/Camp.htm.

Bridge is not the only Answer reports on some hot news from the game show that has taken the world by storm.

Mike Pomfrey, the former England international bridge-player won £500,000 (U.S. $750,000) on the British television show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Pomfrey, a bridge teacher, was in the bridge team that reached the quarterfinals of the last year in Britain. Partnering Dave Huggett he represented England in Camrose matches of 1976, 1981 and 1982, and was non-playing captain four times. The £250,000 question was: "What is the symbol on the national flag of India: (a) bird; (b) wheel; (c) star; (d) mountain?" Pomfrey thought he knew the answer, but first used up his 50-50 option to reduce the answers to two, then used up his "phone a friend" option, ringing his ex-wife, Georgie. She gave immediate confirmation of the answer Pomfrey had suspected, which he played successfully. The £500,000 question was: "The capybara is the largest member of which animal species: (a) rodents; (b) marsupials; (c) car- nivores; (d) primates?" Pomfrey knew the answer at once. The £1,000,000 question was: "Tomas Masaryk was the first President of which country: (a) Czechoslovakia; (b) Poland; (c) Hungary; (d) Yugoslavia?" Pomfrey was not prepared to lose £468,000 on his feeling it was Poland, so took the £500,000. Answers:The 50-50 option about the symbol on the flag of India reduced the possibilities to wheel or star. Both Pomfrey and his ex-wife correctly decided "wheel". The capybara is a giant rodent. Masaryk was the first President of Czechoslovakia, so Pomfrey was right not to gamble on Poland. In subsequent interviews, Pomfrey revealed that he had earned only £2000 in the previous year and had made more than 100 phone calls in an attempt to get onto the show.

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More bits & pieces from the first qualifying session n interesting guess was on for the East players on 7. When West opens 1] and East responds 2}, South has the AWhat would you bid after: 1{-Double-3{? chance to venture an . If he shows his distribution, de- clarer will probably take the club and chalk up a useful Board 7. Dealer South.All Vul. overtrick. [ 10 7 What do you think of 4[ on a club lead on board 10? ]8 Board 10. Dealer East.All Vul. { Q 9 6 4 2 } J 9 6 5 2 [7 5 ] Q 10 9 7 [ Q 9 8 6 5N [ A K 4 3 ] K J 9 6 ] Q 10 5 4 2 { 10 7 2 W E {– {J 7 5 } A K J 6 } K Q 7 4S } 10 [ 4 3N [ A K 10 9 8 2 ] A 8 6 3 2 ] K J 5 [J 2 W E ] A 7 3 { 5 4 { A Q J S { A K 10 8 3 } 10 7 4 3 } 9 } A 8 3 [ Q J 6 ]4 If you opt for the normal enough 4{, you might end up in 4[ { K 9 8 6 3 if partner does not bid his suits up the line but prefers the five- card suit. If he does so, he will be punished severely, because 4] } Q 8 5 2 makes with an easy overtrick but 4[ goes down. Heart lead to You the second round and start drawing trumps. If hearts the ace, heart ruff, club to the ace, heart ruff.There were not too are 3-2 you can concede the last trump, cash the ]K and run the many accidents here. ]J to establish the suit, thus avoiding the diamond finesse.The al- On the next board, listening to the bidding was worth an extra trick. Slam is easy, but South's overcall should guide declar- ternative is to use the only to dummy for a simple heart fi- er to the right line of play. nesse. If it wins, you are home. It is pretty obvious that the chance of the hearts being 3-2 is Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. greater than the finesse being right, so by adopting this line you go down in practice. One down, good bridge. [ 10 9 8 On board 12, we could imagine all sorts of funny contracts, ] J 10 2 and we were not to be disappointed.As usual, some pairs ended { K 8 6 3 up in 3NT, even making, but this was not quite a legitimate re- } Q 7 3 sult... A better show we saw when this was the bidding: [ JN [ A K 6 4 ] A Q 9 7 5 4 ] K 8 3 W E Board 12. Dealer West. None Vul. {A 2 {4 [ A 9 3 } A J 6 2S } K 10 9 5 4 ] A 10 2 [ Q 7 5 3 2 ]6 { A 8 6 4 3 { Q J 10 9 7 5 }8 7 }8 [ Q J 8 7 6N [ 10 5 ] K Q ] 6 5 4 3 W E Up to date { K Q 5 { J 10 9 2 } Q 4 3S } 10 9 5 in Kansas City [ K 4 2 At the same time as the European Cham- ] J 9 8 7 pionships are taking place here in Sorrento, {7 play is going on in the latest US National event in Salt Lake City. There are 97 teams competing "over there" in the main event for } A K J 6 2 the famous and the Nick Nickell team (Nick Nick- West North East South ell, Dick Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell) winners of the 2000 contest, are the top seeds. 1[ Pass Pass 2} Several Italian players are taking part, notably Alfredo Versace, Pass 2{ Pass 2] Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin,Andrea Buratti, All Pass Massimo Lanzarotti, Benito Garozzo and Antonio Sementa. Five top tricks, two diamond ruffs and a club ruff are easy

4 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS enough, and the lucky trump position enables you to make two and squeeze plays.This was board 16: more trump tricks in the end to bring your tally to ten. +170 does not look at all bad for North-South. Board 16. Dealer West. East-West Vul. On board 14, Jassem and Tuszynski landed in a strange-look- [K ing contract. ] Q 10 9 8 Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. { A 10 7 6 3 [ A K Q 6 2 } A Q 9 ] K 9 4 [ 9 7 5 4 2N [ Q { A K J ] A J 4 3 2 ] K 7 6 5 W E }8 3 {K 5 {J 9 8 S [ 9 3N [ J 10 8 5 } 6 } J 10 8 7 ] Q 8 2 ] A 10 7 [ A J 10 8 6 3 W E { 10 9 8 5 { 4 ]– } A Q 6 2S } K J 9 5 4 { Q 4 2 [7 4 } K 4 3 2 ] J 6 5 3 West doubled the transfer bid of 2], after which South be- { Q 7 6 3 2 came declarer in 4[.This is what happened: } 10 7 West North East South West North East South Van der Neut Van Cleeff Jassem Tuszynski Pass 1NT Pass 2] Pass Pass Dbl Rdbl Pass 3] Pass 2} Dbl Pass Pass 3NT Pass 4[ 2] Dbl All Pass All Pass Well, with 3{ on for North-South Jassem would have to West led his singleton club and declarere won the king. A scramble to seven tricks one way or another.When the defend- trump to the king felled the queen, and a low heart was ruffed. ers led two top spades and the {A, all was set. South ruffed a On the [A, the bad news was confirmed, and a low club from third round of spades low, so Jassem could overruff, cash two hand was ruffed by West. Next came a heart to the queen and clubs and ruff two diamonds with the ]A and one more spade ruff with the ]Q still to come. One down for a reasonable score. king, on which South discarded a diamond. Another heart was A few boards later, Jassem got his revenge when he had to ruffed by declarer and trumps were all drawn. On the last top bring home a more normal contract. club West came down to the { Kx and one top heart, so he was thrown in with that heart to lead away from his {K to concede Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. the contract.Well done. Who is afraid of a singleton club? This might be the explana- [J 4 tion for a lot of 620's appearing on the frequency sheet for board ] A K Q 10 7 23. { J 3 2 Board 23. Dealer South.All Vul. } 9 8 4 [ 10 7 [ K Q 7 5N [ A 9 2 ] 3 2 ] 9 6 5 4 ]9 2 W E { 7 { A K 6 4 { J 9 7 4 3 } A K J 10 7 3S } Q 2 } A K 9 2 [ 10 8 6 3 [ K 9 5 4 3 2N [ A 8 6 ]6 5 ]Q 4 3 ]J 8 W E { Q 10 9 8 5 { 10 8 6 { A K Q 5 2 }6 5 } 8 4S } 10 6 [Q J This time, Jassem was in 4[ and got three rounds of hearts. ] A K J 10 8 7 He ruffed the third and what now? It's so easy once you think of it: just play three rounds of clubs and hope. {– What can South do? If he ruffs, he can only return a diamond } Q J 7 5 3 or a trump, so trumps are drawn and declarer has the rest. But if he does not ruff, ten tricks are there as well: one heart already How can you make less thans 11 tricks in 4] with the trump ruffed, three clubs, {AK and a diamond ruffed low as well as the queen nicely onside? [ KQ and the [A. Elegantly played. A simple Vienna and squeeze produced the tenth trick Jan van Cleeff from the Netherlands had a few nice throw-in on this one, also from the Van Cleeff Collection.

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Bridge for All

he first pair to win a tournament in Sorrento this time was TTiit Laanemae and Priit Haller from Estonia. They reached 66.67% and were far ahead of Ullrich Jahr - Jens Vortmann, Ger- many, who "only" had 64.24% and came second. In third place we found a transnational pair, the only other pair to reach the 60% mark, Paul Magerman and Yaniu Vax (Belgium - Israel). 28 pairs en- tered this warm-up in Sorrento under the control of Mr Selvag- gi, who was director of the show.About ten countries and a lot of transnationals were seen in the hall playing in a very friendly atmosphere. Some famous pairs took their chances too, having a couple of minutes left over from their meetings, Mr Pencharz tried his luck with Mr Oliveira, also officials like Mr Rand were seen in the playing area. There were of course a couple of and some leads out of turn, but overall it was very friendly tournament, said Mr Selvaggi when it was over. The winners of the “Bridge for All” Tournament, We are scheduled to have three "Bridge for All" tournaments, Laanemae and Haller from Estonia the first was on Sunday another one on Tuesday and the last on Friday, but the organizing committee are looking for a space in the schedule to put in a fourth one. It will most probably be on the grand slam level (going down), about half making and half not Wednesday or Thursday, said the director, the bulletin will keep making. you updated. We wonder how good that hand will be as a pre-empt when There were some nasty deals as usual with wild distributions. this championship week is over. Imagine holding:

[ Q 4 ] Q 10 { J 9 } Q J 10 8 5 4 3 Bridge for All, Sunday 18th Pair % You are first and all are vulnerable, do you pre-empt or not? If you would read some championship books the hand would 1. Laanemae - Haller 66.67 certainly classify for a very good hand in that regard 2. Jagr U - J Voestnann 64.24 The full layout of the deal on Sunday night was: 3.Yaniu Vax - Magerman 61.25 4. Bahniil - Grosman 59.38 Board 18. Dealer East.All vulnerable 5. B Gotard - T Gotard 58.38 6. Nissan Rand - Pinhas R 58.29 [A K 7. Pettersson - Lysebring 57.38 ] A 7 5 3 2 8. Seppo Castren - Vuhani Jalowosk 56.25 { A K Q 7 6 5 9. Gachet - Servais 55.90 }– 10. Korkwt E - Sarimakci S 52.47 [ J 8 7 6N [ Q 4 – Pignatale S - Omernik K 52.47 ] 9 8 4 ] Q 10 W E 12. Garstka - Kluf 51.74 { 10 8 4 2 { J 9 13. Leong P - Leong S 50.26 } 7 2S } Q J 10 8 5 4 3 14. Kielbasinski - De Pauw M 48.96 [ 10 9 5 3 2 15.Araszkiewicz K - Pastermak M 48.57 ] K J 6 16. Maganan - De Pauw 47.66 {3 17.Volhejn - Mraz 47.52 } A K 9 6 18. Bruno A - Peluso F 46.79 19. Darin E - Ortensi M 45.53 Isn't it typical that you very often seem to be in last position 20. Donkersloot R - Luzi J 43.71 to bid when you finally have got a decent hand? All pairs except – Pimenta P - Franco Diaz P 43.71 two reached slam level on this one.At the first table they got to play Four Spades making six tricks, at the other table they tried 22. La Torraca - Paolino 43.44 to play defence against Three Clubs doubled instead. Declarer 23. Baldassin - Principe 42.57 went four down in the end (-1100), which should be a good one 24. Juuri-Oja E - Juuri-Oja P 42.01 since N-S make their slam in three suits or in no-trump or de- 25. Jelmoni - Bettinetti 40.28 clarer could have gone five down if the defence played correctly. – Oliviera - Pencharz 40.28 The score was close to average in the end. The scores overall was very funny, N-S tried to play slam in 27.Tradsborg U - Kristensen H 39.98 diamonds, hearts, spades and No-trump and sometimes also at 28. Beneventano - D´Amerio 37.11

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Double Squeeze

he competitors in the European Open Pairs Championship in it was time to ruff a spade. TSorrento got to test their skills very early in the tournament Now declarer had reached the following position: yesterday.At board three in the first session you face the follow- [– ing deal, and after some beautiful bidding you end up in Six Clubs. What's your plan? ] 10 6 3 {J Board 11. Dealer South. No vulnerable }– [9 [– [ A 9 8 5 [ 3 N N ] A 9 ] K 8 2 ] A 9 4 ] K 8 2 W E W E {7 {– { A K 7 3 { Q 9 8 }–S }5 } 6 2S } A K J 7 5 4 [K West North East South ] Q J 7 Leif Gunnar {– Trapp Elmroth }– Pass 1NT Pass 2[(1) Pass The five of clubs now squeezed South in the majors and when 3}(2) Pass 3[(3) Dbl he didn't discard the king of spades dummy's nine went away, but 4}(4) Pass 5}(5) Pass that was only the first squeeze because in the same moment as that spade nine was discarded it was North's turn to feel the 6} All Pass pressure. It didn't matter what he decided to discard. Declarer (1) 2[ was a transfer to clubs made 13 tricks on a beautifully controlled . The complete board was: (2) 3} showed nothing extra (3) 3[ a light slam try with a singleton spade with 5-6 clubs. (4) 4} accepting a slam try [ Q 10 4 (5) 5} denied 2 aces. Since Trapp knew his partner has good ] 10 6 3 cards he could bid his slam confident and of course he had { J 10 6 5 2 missed the three no-trump train already so being only in 5 }Q 8 couldn't be that good. [ A 9 8 5N [ 3 Leif Trapp played it brilliantly,the play went a spade to the king ] A 9 4 ] K 8 2 and ace and a spade ruff. Next came the club ace - when every- { A K 7 3W E { Q 9 8 one followed. Declarer continued with a diamond to the ace and S a club towards the dummy. When North played the queen he } 6 2 } A K J 7 5 4 saved declarer from solving that suit and the contract was made [ K J 7 6 2 - but now how to get them all? ] Q J 7 5 Trapp had an answer to that too and he continued by draw- ing South's last trump so nothing nasty could happen, cashed the {4 queen of diamonds and played another diamond to the king.Then } 10 9 3

YOUR ROUTE TO THE PODIUM

The A final will be played as a barometer over four sessions, Open Pairs every pair playing two boards against the 53 others. 309 pairs are fighting in the four qualifying sessions. The B final will be contested by 156 pairs, over four sessions 126 of them will go through to group A of the semi-finals, of 26 boards. joining the Grand Master pairs directly qualified:Auken - Von The C final will be played by the rest of the field. Arnim, Martens - Lesniewski, Kowalski - Romanski and Chemla - Levy. In the semi-final, over three sessions, 48 pairs from group A Senior Pairs will qualify for final A together with 6 from group B. 83 pairs are playing three qualifying sessions. 82 pairs from semi-final A will qualify for final B. The first 40 pairs will qualify for the three session final. 74 pairs from semi-final B will be allowed in final B. The rest of the field will compete in a two session consola- The rest of the field will play in final C. tion.

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"COSE DI CASA NOSTRA" DONNE IN CERCA DI TOP 5 sono le coppie signore inviate dalla Federazione a difendere dopo aver incassato 5 giri di cuori. i colori italiani in questo Campionato Europeo a Coppie Open: Un controgioco perfetto avrebbe penalizzato il contratto di 3 Arrigoni - Olivieri, Manara - Ferlazzo, Rosetta - De Lucchi, Capri- prese, uno piu' normale di una. ata - Golin,Vanuzzi - Torielli. A seguire, altro regalo. I risultati ottenuti nella prima sessione dalle nostre non sono stati esaltanti ma il Campionato è appena all'inizio e di per BOARD 3. DICH. SUD. E/O IN ZONA rientrare in lizza ce n'e' in abbondanza. [ Q 10 4 Non si sono certamente espresse con una prestazione all'al- ] 10 6 3 tezza della loro fama Golin e Capriata, in parte per loro demer- iti ed in parte perche' la fortuna non e' stata dalla loro. { J 10 6 5 2 Di top, purtroppo, ne hanno rimediati pochini. E dire che ben due }Q 8 erano arrivati nelle prime 4 smazzate. [ A 9 8 5N [ 3 ] A 9 4 ] K 8 2 O E BOARD 2. DICH. EST. N/S IN ZONA { A K 7 3 { Q 9 8 [ K 6 53 } 6 2S } A K J 7 5 4 ]8 7 [ K J 7 6 2 { 10 7 5 4 ] Q J 7 5 } 6 4 2 {4 [ 8 2N [ J 9 4 } 10 9 3 ] A 9 6 3 2 ] K Q 10 O E ONE S {J 8 {Q 9 2 Gal Vikor } A Q 8 7S } J 10 5 3 P [ A Q 10 7 1SA P 2[(1) X ] J 5 4 3} p 3[ p { A K 6 3 3SA Fine }K 9 (1) Transfer per le fiori ONES Non solo E/O si guardano bene dal chiamare slam ma Ovest, Stoppa Peyronne dichiarante, fila 2 volte l'attacco a picche realizzando così soltan- P1} to 11 prese. P 1{ P 1SA Certamente piu' meritato e premiante una giustificata ag- Fine gressività in licita, il top ottenuto alla mano 11. La Golin, impegnata nel contratto di 1SA in Sud, riceve l'at- BOARD 11. DICH. SUD.TUTTI IN PRIMA tacco di 3]. Est entra di Dama, tira il Re e, malgrado il 2 del com- pagno, continua nel colore. Ovest completa l'opera tirando l'A} [ Q J 5 4 3 2 ]10 {K 2 IL BRIDGE IN DIRETTA SU } 10 8 7 2 [ A 10 8N [ K ] Q 9 5 4 O E ] K J 7 6 { A 10 8 3 { J 9 7 5 } 6 3S } K Q 9 4 [ 9 7 6 ] A 8 3 2 { Q 6 4 } A J 5 ONE S Conuralp Grant P P2[x3[ 4] 4[ 5] x 103.00 / 99.25 L'apertura di Manuela ed il rialzo di Cristina complicano la vita alle avversarie forse addirittura oltre le piu' rosee speranze TUTTI I GIORNI ALLE 14.50 delle nostre. Il 2 down ed il +300 per le azzurre rappresentano un risultato eccezionalmente buono.

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Un "toppino" arriva anche al board 21 dove Manuela Capria- ta riesce a mettere insieme 10 prese con atout cuori (ma ne gioca solo 3). Following the Favourites BOARD 21. DICH. NORD. N/S IN ZONA

[K 10 At the start of each flat racing ] K Q J 6 4 season the newspaper tipsters { Q 7 6 5 can be relied upon to select a }A 3 number of horses to follow.To [ 6 5 4 [ Q 8 3 2 add to your interest we offer N our selections for both the ] A 2 ] 9 7 5 3 O E Open and Senior contests. { A J 10 4 3 { K 2 As we naturally assume that } Q 9 6S } 10 4 2 all the pairs representing our [ A J 9 7 hosts will qualify with ease, we mention here only players from other ] 10 8 countries. {9 8 } K J 8 7 5 Open Pairs ONE S Smederevac Wernle Austria Skillern Fountain Gloyer Schifko Austria 1SA P 2} Karaivanov Stamatov Bulgaria 2{ 2SA(1) P3}(2) Karaivanov Trendafilov Bulgaria P 3] Fine Mihov Nanev Bulgaria (1) 5 carte in un maggiore Auken Schaffer Denmark Madsen Madsen Denmark (2) in quale? Burn Sandqvist England Che si tratti solo di un "toppino" dipende dal fatto che Clark Thompson England qualche N/S ha chiamato e realizzato 3SA. Adad Guillaumin France La Capriata, in Nord, riceve l'attacco di K{ ed il ritorno di pic- Chemla Levy France cola fiori. Fante del morto, Dama di Ovest e Asso. Ora la Faigenbaum Mari France dichiarante entra al morto con l'A[ e muove piccola quadri.Asso Auken Von Arnim Germany di Ovest che continua A] e cuori togliendo la possibilita' di Birman Zeligman Israel tagliare l'ultima quadri perdente. La Capriata entra di Dama, tira De Wijs Drijver The Netherlands tutte le atout, il K[ e mette in atto una doppia compressione pic- Van Cleef Van Der Nuit The Netherlands che - fiori su Est e fiori - quadri su Ovest. Ben fatto. Brede Szymanowski Poland La mano in questione e' anche valsa l'OSCAR DELLA SFOR- Jassem Tuszynski Poland TUNA a Giuseppe Failla il quale, nel silenzio avversario, ha chiam- Kowalski Romanski Poland ato 3SA con questa licita: Kwiecien Olanski Poland ONE S As dark horses we nominate Bulgaria's Popova-Gunev Szymanowsky Failla Brede Jerzy Attanasio and England's Courtney-Courtney. We should point out 1SA P 2} that a pair from Poland or France has won every edition P2](1) P 3SA of the Championship so you can guess where our Lira are Fine going. (1) 5 carte L'attacco e' stato K{. Giuseppe e Dario sono evidentemente Senior Pairs ancora troppo inesperti e non hanno tenuto conto del fatto che Bonev Drumev Bulgaria chiamare un contratto basandosi sulla possibilità d'errore avver- Jorgensen Norris Denmark sario è cosa buona e giusta solo contro giocatori piu' deboli dei Rue Stanley England due campioni polacchi. Damiani Szwarc France Gromoller Wladlow Germany Humburg Mattsson Germany Jesus Christ Superstar Rand Romik Israel Rebattu Van Oppen The Netherlands We would like to remind you that on Wednesday Jezioro Klukowski Poland March 21st at 9.30 p.m., this show will be held in the Polec Sycz Poland Sirene theatre on floor C. All players, companions, officers and staff are kindly As dark horses we nominate Garthwaite-Hobson of invited to attend.The show is free of charge. England and Hirst-Jourdain of Wales (No suggestion of bias Please come and enjoy this special evening! will be entertained!)

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WORLD CHAMPIONS FIGHT FOR EUROPEAN TITLE

n their own national ground, current world champions Guido had: [ A K 10 5 ] 4 3 { A Q 10 5 } A 10 2 OFerraro and Danno de Falco are the only Italian title holders On next board declarer did not fare well but things could attempting to win another medal in the European Open Pairs have been even worse Bridge Championship, as their team mates currently have some other business at the Vanderbilt Cup in Kansas City, United States. Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul Here are their very first two boards they played. [ A K Q 6 2 Board 13. Dealer North.All Vul ] K 9 4 { A K J [ 9 8 3 }8 3 ] A K Q 8 2 [ 9 3 ] J 10 8 5 {K 3 N ] Q 8 2 ] A 10 7 } J 8 3 W E { 10 9 8 5 { 4 [ A K 5 2 [ J 10 7 6 N } A Q 6 2S } K J 9 5 4 ] 4 3 ] 10 9 6 W E [7 4 { A Q 10 5 { 8 7 6 ] J 6 5 3 } A 10 2S } 9 6 5 { Q 7 6 3 2 [Q 4 } 10 7 ] J 7 5 { J 9 4 2 West North East South } K Q 7 4 Lysebring De Falco Pettersson Ferraro Pass Pass West North East South Pass 2} Pass 2{ Lysebring De Falco Pertersson Ferraro Pass 2NT(1) Pass 3} 1] Pass 2] Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Dbl Pass 2[ Dbl(1) Pass 3] All Pass (1) 20/21 balanced East leads his fourth best club and partner shows up with (1) negative }AQxx and does not forget to unblock the queen so you take the first 5 tricks, partner discards a high spade while declarer discards North, De Falco, alerted the 2] response as promising 5 to 7 two spades and a heart. It is very human to take the ace of hearts points and groaned when the dummy came down. But the first for two down and a good result against the world champions. trick was jack of spades covered by the queen and king, Guido You could have taken him for three down by playing a spade could not refrain from commentating "See I have only 7 HCP", at trick six, making the assmption that partner must have some- the defence returned a trump to the jack and declarer played a thing in diamonds and will not discard one. second round of spades.The defence persisted in playing trumps and declarer now ruffed his spade loser and the situation was [– Multi-lingual Guided Tour ] A K 8 POMPEII EXCAVATIONS {K 3 } J 8 3 Thursday 24th March Reserved to All Participants and Accompanying Guests

[– A special CIRCUMVESUVIANA train -the "Ar- ]– chaeological Train"- will leave at either 8.15 a.m. or { J 9 4 2 9.30 a.m. (exact time to be confirmed in Wednesday's Daily Bulletin) from Sorrento railway station in Viale } K Q 7 4 Degli Aranci, approximately 800 meters (ten minutes' walk) from the Sorrento Palace Hotel. Maximum punctu- What do you play? ality required! Due to technical reasons the reservations Well, the bidding shows it is odds on that both have to be made not later than Wed. 21st March at 10 aces are in West's hand, but you never know. De Falco was right a.m. at the Pompeii Desk near the Hospitality Desk.After to play a diamond to his king, do you see why? Suppose East has this deadline no other reservations will be accepted. All the }A doubleton and that you play a club to the jack, now you cannot prevent East from getting a ruff when your he takes his participants over 65 and under 24 must give a photocopy ace and continues the suit. In other words playing a club at trick of an I.D. document to the Desk. 6 has no advantage. However, nothing really mattered as West

10 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Seniors on Parade

ur first visit to the Senior Championship followed the for- West North East South Otunes of one of the favourites for the title, Poland's Julian Wala Jezioro Jauniaux Klukowski Klukowski and Aleksander Jezioro. Pass 1NT Dbl* This was the first board to arrive at the table: 2} Pass 2[ Pass 3} All Pass Board 27. Dealer South. None Vul [8 5 South's double promised either clubs or a exclud- ing clubs, and it looks as if East thought that his partner's bid ] A J 6 5 4 might have had some conventional overtones. No damage done { A 10 8 and declarer soon claimed the obvious ten tricks. With a heart } J 5 2 lead holding declarer to eight tricks in notrumps, +130 looked to be a fair result for the Belgium/Polish alliance. [ 9 4 2N [ A Q 10 7 6 ] K 9 8 ] Q 10 3 W E Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul { J 9 4 3 { Q 2 [K 10 } 9 8 7S } Q 10 3 ] A 5 4 [ K J 3 { K J 5 4 ]7 2 } A 9 3 2 { K 7 6 5 [ 8 5 4 [ Q 9 7 3 } A K 6 4 N ] K 10 9 6 ] Q J 3 W E West North East South { Q 8 6 { A 9 2 Wala Jezioro Jauniaux Klukowski } Q J 10S } 7 5 4 1}* [ A J 6 2 Pass 1] 1[ 1NT ]8 7 2 Pass 2}* Pass 3} { 10 7 3 Pass 3NT All Pass } K 8 6 The Polish pair reached a thin game and West led the four of West North East South spades. East put in the queen and declarer won with the king and Jelmoni Jezioro Bettinetti Klukowski played a diamond to the eight and queen. East played back the seven of spades and declarer put up the jack and played a dia- 1NT All Pass mond to the ten.When that held he cashed the ace of diamonds With an awkward lead, East tried the three of spades, which and East pitched a spade. Declarer returned to hand with a club ran around to declarer's ten. A diamond to the ten lost to the to the ace and cashed the king of diamonds, discarding a heart queen and West switched to queen of clubs. Declarer won in hand from dummy. East decided to part with a club, so declarer was in with the ace and after unblocking the king of spades played the a position to make his game via six tricks in the minors plus three jack of diamonds. When that held he played a low diamond to in the majors. However, he preferred to try for an , play- East's ace. He took the club return with the king, cashed the ace ing the ace of hearts and another.That was not a success and he of spades and played a club. That gave him nine tricks when the was one down. suit divided 3-3, the ace of heart being the entry for the long club.

Board 28. Dealer West. North/South Vul Board 2. Dealer East. North/South Vul [ J 5 3 [ K 6 5 3 ] J 8 6 4 2 ]8 7 { J 9 8 4 { 10 7 5 4 }4 }6 4 2 [ 10 4N [ A 9 8 2 [8 2N [J 9 4 ]7 3 ]A 5 ] A 9 6 3 2 ] K Q 10 W E W E { A 6 2 { K Q 5 {J 8 {Q 9 2 } Q 9 6 5 3 2S } K 10 8 7 } A Q 8 7S } J 10 5 3 [ K Q 7 6 [ A Q 10 7 ] K Q 10 9 ] J 5 4 { 10 7 3 { A K 6 3 }A J }K 9

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West North East South Jelmoni Jezioro Bettinetti Klukowski Pass 1NT All Pass

Some intrepid souls would probably get into the action with the West cards, but here West wisely held his peace and led the two of hearts. East took the trick with the queen and cashed the king,West following with the six.After giving the matter due con- sideration East switched to the jack of clubs. That cooked de- clarer's goose and he was three down, -300. Board 3. Dealer South. East/West Vul [ Q 10 4 ] 10 6 3 { J 10 6 5 2 }Q 8 [ A 9 8 5N [ 3 ] A 9 4 ] K 8 2 W E { A K 7 3 { Q 9 8 Julian Klukowski, Poland } 6 2S } A K J 7 5 4 [ K J 7 6 2 okay we admit everyone spoke in English -One Diamond could have been short and Two Diamonds was Michaels, promising the ] Q J 7 5 majors. South did not see it that way and passed.West doubled to {4 confirm she really had the suit and North, seeing the possibility of } 10 9 3 a misunderstanding, decided to run. With everyone totally con- fused West doubled the final contract.The of the ace West North East South of spades did declarer no harm at all and after winning the sec- Fleischmann Jezioro Seka-Leimer Klukowski ond trick with the king of spades declarer played the king of Pass hearts.West won and tried the queen of diamonds. Declarer put 1NT Pass 2[* Pass up the king, crossed to dummy with the ace of clubs and took the 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass trump finesse.That was eleven tricks and a rather good score. There was an interesting piece of play and defence on this Two Spades was a one round force but it did not get deal at another table: East/West anywhere near the good slam in clubs. Declarer won West North East South the opening heart lead in hand and played a club to the jack. She Pochron Hirst Omernik Jourdain then ran the clubs, but North/South made no mistake and col- lected one trick in the wash. 1NT 2}* Dbl* 2] Pass Pass 2NT All Pass Board 4. Dealer West.All Vul Two Clubs promised both majors but it was not obvious that [ K 10 8 6 4 either North or South should bid again. North led the king of ] K Q 10 6 5 hearts and when declarer ducked switched to the queen of clubs. {K 10 Declarer ducked this but South put up the ace and played back a }Q heart.Well done, although as the cards lie it was not necessary as careful defence will hold declarer to seven tricks. [ Q JN [ A 7 3 2 ] A J 7 ] 3 Board 5. Dealer North. North/South Vul W E { A Q J 8 3 { 7 6 5 4 [ 10 2 } 7 6 5S } K 10 9 3 ]K 10 [9 5 { A J 10 9 7 3 2 ] 9 8 4 2 }9 6 {9 2 [ A Q 9 6N [ K J 7 4 3 } A J 8 4 2 ] A J 8 7 6 5 ] Q 4 3 2 W E West North East South {K {4 Fleischmann Jezioro Seka-Leimer Klukowski }5 4S }7 3 2 1{* 2{* Pass Pass! [8 5 Dbl2]2[3] ]9 Dbl All Pass { Q 8 6 5 If our reporter's command of German and Polish is correct - } A K Q J 10 8

12 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

West North East South Seniors Pairs Championships Mundula Jezioro Tessitore Klukowski 3{ Pass 5{ Results after first Qualifying Session Dbl Pass 5[ All Pass 1 LEIGHTON M DENNISON M 63.76 2 BERGSTEN B NILSSON Y 61.64 South's direct jump to game pushed East/West beyond the 3 TANEV I DRUMEV C 61.53 4 HIERKINN O PEDERSEN T 61.45 limit of their cards. On this kind of deal a plus score is usually 5 RAND N ROMIK P 60.43 worth a reasonable percentage of the matchpoints. 6 AWAD G AWAD M 59.90 7 GIGLI GIUSEPPE LATESSA ANTONIO 59.62 8 JURCZAK W WILKOSZ A 59.51 Board 6. Dealer East. East/West Vul 9 JAZIORO A KLUKOWSKI J 59.20 10 PERI S SHCHAR L 57.88 [ Q 9 8 6 4 11 OMERNIK K POCHRON J 57.63 ]7 12 SPENGLER U SCHNEIDER W 57.63 13 SWARC H DAMIANI J 56.90 {9 4 14 AUDENAERT A HENDRICKX J 56.11 15 HUMBURGH HANS MATTSSON GOERAN 55.77 } A Q 10 9 2 16 JAUNIAUX G WYODRIMIERZ W 55.12 17 TRAMONTO DARIO CANESI MARINELL 55.02 [5N [K 7 3 18 DALLACASAPICCOL CIOPPETTINI VIN 54.83 ] K Q J 9 8 ] A 6 2 19 KALDERONBARR 54.15 W E 20 MOSZYNSKI J SZYDKOWSKI S 54.04 { K 10 5 2 { A Q J 8 7 6 21 HOGLUND L WESTMAN R 53.41 22 SCHWARTZ A SAGIV I 53.07 } K J 4S } 6 23 ANDERSON P ANDERSON K 52.92 24 BAHNIL GROSMAN 52.84 [ A J 10 2 25 ACHTERBERG W BIGAT H 52.69 ] 10 5 4 3 26 JELMONI GIAMPAO BETTINETTI GIAN 52.58 27 HONKAVUORI R HONKAVUORI T 52.58 {3 28 ROUSSETSKI GOUDROV 52.13 29 LASOCKI K RUSSYAN J 51.97 } 8 7 5 3 30 MYKIETYN K MARKOWICZ V 51.76 31 HIRST M JOURDAIN P 51.69 West North East South 32 BARONI FRANCO RICCIARELLI MAR 51.54 33 SYCZ W POLEC J 51.27 Mundula Jezioro Tessitore Klukowski 34 KORKIJI E SARINSAKCH S 51.05 35 MUNDULA GIULIO TESSITORE NICLA 50.96 2{* Pass 36 CHMELIK GYORFFY 50.88 2NT* 3} Dbl* 4} 37 HARDUF M GREENSTEIN M 50.76 38 VAN OPPEN C REBATTU M 50.74 5{ All Pass 39 STANLEY K RUE D 50.52 40 GARTHZSAITE R HOBSON H 50.28 There was nothing to the play, declarer losing only to the two 41 JENSEN N TROBERG J 50.23 42 BRANDONISIO VIT ONESTI MAURIZIO 49.75 black aces.You can understand why North bid Three Clubs, but 43 IANNETTI MASSIM METE EUGENIO 49.45 perhaps South should have tried Three Spades over the double 44 WACKAW J JACEK L 49.41 as a sort of fit non-jump. 45 CERIANI LUIGI VOLPE TINA 49.41 46 FULCH GERO 49.31 North/South can make a lot of tricks in spades as was 47 PRINCEN SEDUINECK 49.19 demonstrated at another table: 48 MAGLIETTA STEFA ARCIERI PIO 49.11 49 CAPODANNO LUCIA D'ANDREA MARISA 48.83 50 SAXON NETA DAN ORA 48.71 West North East South 51 JORGENSEN S NORRIS G 48.45 La Guardia Hirst Giuffredi Jourdain 52 KALDERON A SHEZIFI H 48.45 53 FORNACIARI EZIO VIVALDI ANTONIO 48.45 1{ Pass 54 FORQUET GIULIANCERIANI MARGHER 48.24 55 CHARLES CHARLES 48.24 1] Dbl 2{ 2[ 56 COLADONATO GIUS COLADONATO ANNA 48.00 3[* 4[ Pass Pass 57 RAMER BOMBAT 47.99 58 DANDO H MALAM T 47.95 5{ Pass Pass 5[ 59 AAGREN A BOBERG E 47.93 Dbl All Pass 60 COUPERE MARKOVITCH 47.49 61 NACCA TOMMASO CONDORELLI EMAN 47.18 62 CASTREN S SALOKOSKI J 46.94 West led a top heart and switched to a diamond. East won 63 DOWLING S OLUBAIGH S 46.56 and returned the suit, forcing declarer to ruff. He ruffed a heart 64 LOND P LINNAMAGI J 45.56 65 DARIN EVA PIGNATALE SANTO 45.54 and advanced the queen of spades. When that held he played a 66 ZILBERBUSH S BRAV B 45.15 spade to the ten followed by a club.When West played low de- 67 OLSSON G FRANZEN E 45.06 clarer put in the ten. Now he could return to hand with the ace 68 TAGLIALATELA CE ABBATE ALFREDO 44.81 69 DAS ML BLOUQUIT C 44.48 of spades collecting East's king and repeat the club finesse. 70 COLETTA PASQUAL TORELLI GIORGIO 43.87 A steady session saw our featured pair finish the day in ninth 71 JUURI-OJA PIRJO JUURI-OJA ERKKI 43.82 72 BOSHI J FOLDES M 43.77 place. 73 WLADOW D GUARNIOLLER W 42.85 74 MACI GIOVANNI RESTA GUIDO 42.64 75 FLEISCHMANN M SEKALHIMER H 42.23 76 VAN STHIJVENBER NORDEREW K 42.22 EBL Seniors Committee 77 LA GUARDIA GERA GIUFFREDI PINUC 41.04 78 ZUREK Z SZYMANSKI M 41.02 A meeting of the EBL Seniors Committee will be held on 79 VELUT J DROCHOT C 40.69 Wednesday March 21st at 10.30 a.m. in the Ulisse Theatre on 80 FLEISCHMANN U FLEISCHNANN A 40.57 floor A. All members of the EBL Executive and members of 81 ANDERSSON B PRAQUIN N 40.27 82 BUISSON AUJON CORNU GUY 39.50 the EBL Seniors Committee are invited to attend. 83 PIERRO TONIO FIACCAVENTO GES 36.52

13 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy

Open Pairs Championships Results after 2 Qualifying Sessions

1 DRIJVER BAS DE WIJS 76 GAGLIETTOSIMON64.71 RODOL PARRELLA MARCO 53.51 2 BURN D SANDQVIST N 62.31 77 VANUZZI MARILIN TORIELLI VANESS 53.46 3 WERDELIN STIG COHEN ALLAN 62.26 78 KIERZNOWSKI R LUCKO A 53.37 4 MADSEN L MADSEN M 61.47 79 KRZEMINSKI ZDZI LINIEWSKI MIROS 53.33 5 CZUL KRZYSZTOF JANOWSKI JACEK 61.40 80 BAUSBACK NIKOLA GWINNER HANS-HE 53.28 6 KRYSZTOFIAK WTO KRYSZTOFIAK TOM 61.36 81 CIESLAK J MOSZYNSKI J 53.09 7 BIRMAN D ZELIGMAN S 61.25 82 GILBOA URI WAX YALOV 53.04 8 POPOVA D GUNEV R 60.67 83 VALLUNK JANNE SIMONSEN KENNET 53.04 9 KARAIVANOV KALI TRENDAFILOV RUM 60.65 84 SABBATINI STEFA CICCARELLI ALBE 52.98 10 GRENTHE P DUGUET M 59.49 85 UCCELLO STEFANO DI BELLO FURIO 52.97 11 MIHOV V NANEV I 59.29 86 MAGRINI LEONARD LO PRESTI FABIO 52.94 12 CRAWFORD NEIL JACQUI TOBIAS 58.82 87 CICHOCKI ZURAKOWSKI 52.94 13 ELMRITH G TRAPP L 58.50 88 CHAKARON BARUH STOIANOV ALEXAN 52.90 14 BRINK N GROOSMAN B 58.38 89 NOWICKI ROBEVT STOLINSKI ROBEV 52.82 15 KWIECIEN MICHAL OLANSKI WOJTEK 57.85 90 POKORSKI KAROL PAWLOWSKI ADAM 52.78 16 FRIEDLANDER EHU SOFFER RAM 57.50 91 POLETYLO J GARDYNIK G 52.75 17 BALDASSIN DANIE PRINCIPE GIOVAN 57.49 92 IZISEL GERARD MOUIEL HERVE 52.74 18 BORIN KENNETH EFRAIMSSON BENG 57.47 93 ZADRAZIL MICHAL POKORNA JANA 52.69 19 BURAS KRZYSZTOF KAPALA SZYMON57.3894 ROGOWSKI ZBIGNI PIKUS KRYSZTOF 52.69 20 TURANT W MICHALOWSKI J 57.31 95 MEYNCZYK JACEK KLIMACKI PIOTR 52.65 21 DEL GAUDIO LUIG MEO VINCENZO 57.28 96 MISZEWSKA EWA ZAWISLAK SLAWOM 52.64 22 SMEDEREVAC JOVA WERNLE SASDA 57.27 97 LUTOSTANSKI PIO NARKIEWICZ GRZE 52.62 23 PULGA RUGGERO RINALDI GIAMPAO 57.03 98 BOWLES ANDY MOHANDES SHIREE 52.61 24 ANCESSY ARNAUD BRUNET FREDERIC 56.96 99 BACK MICHAEL PEDERSEN SIGURD 52.60 25 GUILLAUMIN PIER ADAD PIERRE 56.92 100 IVANCHEV HRISTO ISPORSKI VLADIS 52.49 26 FRANCES A TORRES J 56.87 101 NOONAN J CUMMINS C 52.48 27 VIKOR DANIEL GAL PETER 56.83 102 SHARKANAS GIEDR VAINIKONIS VYTA 52.47 28 BEAUMIER D MAHMIAS A 56.77 103 OZDYL MAHMUT YAMUT ERHAN52.43 29 HOOGWEG F VAN ZWOL W 56.60 104 LIZZIE GODFREY IAN PAGAN 52.30 30 CIMA LEONARDO STOPPINI LORENZ 56.46 105 MCGOHAN L BAXTER K 52.28 31 BALDI MATTEO MAGNANI MARCO 56.41 106 MAJEWSKI MACIEJ ARCZEWSKI WOJCI 52.28 32 NORDEN P EK B 56.34 107 HALLER PRIIT LAANEMAE TIIT 52.13 33 LEBOVITS G ZWILLINGER Y 56.29 108 ROCCHI GIUSEPPE TRETA LIVIO 52.11 34 KOWALCZYK IREK WITEK MAREK 56.22 109 KIRILENKO SERGE PORTNOI PAVEL 52.11 35 PIETRASZEK MARE CYRKIEL MAREK 56.16 110 JAGNIEWSKI R PAZUR B 52.05 36 JUREK PIOTR CIECHOWSKI JACE 56.16 111 ARASZKIEWICZ KO PASTERNAK MALGO 52.02 37 ANDREEV JURI VOROBEY PAVEL 56.11 112 GERGATI PAOLA TERENZI ROBERTO 51.97 38 TUTKA MAREK GAWECKI JANUSZ 55.85 113 SALLUSTO FABIO RIPESI ANTONIO 51.93 39 CHURLIN I PROKHOROV D 55.68 114 MCFARLANE D BRODIE A 51.92 40 NELSON KATH EGINTON STEVE 55.53 115 SCHAFFER LAUGE AUKEN JANS 51.86 41 BIONDO BERNARDO INTONTI RICCARD 55.50 116 MANARA GABRIELL FERLAZZO CATERI 51.85 42 FOUNTAIN PETER SKILLERN JO 55.47 117 RAFFA FILIPPO TARANTINO MARCO 51.80 43 FRANZEL ROBERT BURG THOMAS 55.44 118 LAFOURCADE JEANHENRI JACQUES 51.76 44 GAMBIGLIANI EUG GADDI CAMILLO 55.42 119 MULLER DAVID PRYOR MALCOLM 51.76 45 GASPARINI ELISA VERMIGLIO FABIA 55.35 120 ANTAS KRZYSTZTO BARYLEWSKI MARE 51.65 46 LEON PILAR WASIK ANTUN 55.25 121 ROTH M TOFFIER P 51.62 47 CARROLL JOHNGARVEY TOMMY 55.16122 GANTAR M SENK M 51.56 48 GROMOELLER MICH KIRMSE ANDREAS 55.16 123 COURTNEY MARGAR COURTNEY MICHAE 51.52 49 DIAMANT JAN SVOBODA OTAKAR 55.09 124 JANSSEN HUBERT WENS PAUL 51.39 50 VAN PROOIJEN RO VIS JEAN PAUL 55.06 125 POZZI AMILCARE MASSAROLI GIUSE 51.38 51 BURGAY LEANDRO MARIANI CARLO 55.01 126 SHEATHER D SHEATHER P 51.32 52 SMITH R SMITH A 55.01 127 SIN DEUT HAGEN 51.31 53 KRZEMINSKI CESA SZTYRAK LESZEK 54.88 128 ALFEJEVA JELENA GONCA VLADIMIR 51.19 54 CHIZZOLI PAOLO DE GIACOMI FRAN54.82129 ROSETTA ANNALIS DE LUCCHI FRANC 51.17 55 GARSTKA ANDREJ KLUF KRZYSZTOF 54.74 130 CUCUIU MIHAI POPESCU CRISTIA 51.16 56 DE GRAVE J DE GRAVE G 54.70 131 HARINGS J KROES V 51.10 57 ALLIX JEAN-FRAN MAUBERQUEZ ERIK 54.68 132 GRZEJDZIAK IGOR MODRZEJEWSKI TO 51.03 58 FAIGENBAUM ALBE MARI CHRISTIAN 54.54 133 BREDE JERZY SZYMANOWSKI MAR 51.00 59 LUKASZEWICZ KRZ SKRZYPCZAK JERZ 54.54 134 HOFTANISKA THOR NISING BERGE 50.97 60 SBARIGIA MATTEO NICOLODI FRANCE 54.46 135 DE FALCO DANO FERRARO GUIDO 50.95 61 SAULIS ALVYDAS ZIBAITIS BRONIU 54.42 136 BREKKE VEGARD DAHL BAARD 50.95 62 LUCENO' SALVATO MARIONI EMILIO 54.38 137 DOBROIU C POPESCU C 50.93 63 VAN CLEEF JANUS VAN DER NEUT JA 54.26 138 LENA GIUSEPPE ROSATI PAOLO 50.92 64 CIAMPA PIO VALENTE GIULIO 54.20 139 POTIER JACQUES STRETZ FRANCOIS 50.92 65 BAKKEREN TON BERTENS HUUD 54.14 140 BRIOLINI G.CARL FIORINI FIORENZ 50.82 66 GOLEBIOWSKI S STARKOWSKI W 54.13 141 BRAVIN GIANLUCA CECERE AMEDEO 50.74 67 ROSANVAL FRANCO SIMON GILLES 54.09 142 LONGUEVILLE J DE SCHRIJVER H 50.72 68 KOISTINEN KAUKO LAINE SEPPO 54.09 143 TROMBETTA CARLO FRAZZETTO LUIGI 50.72 69 THOMPSON A CLARK A 54.06 144 COURTEL NROCAFORT J 50.63 70 HARDEMAN A SERRAS J 54.02 145 CZECH ANDRSEJ SZYMCZAK ANDRSE 50.63 71 GERO I JAKAB S 54.00 146 ZAKRZEWSKI ANDR ZAREMBA JERZY 50.59 72 TUSZYNKI P JASSEM K 53.93 147 SERENELLA ARSEN PIASINI ANTONIO 50.52 73 ATTANASIO DARIO FAILLA GIUSEPPE 53.61 148 ZUCCHINI G.CARL TURLETTI TOLA G 50.50 74 DOMBI G HEGEDUS L 53.60 149 DEBUS E VANDEREET P 50.47 75 BURGHONT FRANK SELDENRIJK BAS 53.58 150 KOVATS ZERNA NYARADI GABOR 50.46

14 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

151 HAROUNI JERRY VAIL MIKE 50.44 230 SCALABRINO MATT CANDURA MICHELE 46.99 152 LUNGU V FABER A 50.27 231 AMICO GIUSEPPE SEMINATORE LIBO 46.81 153 VANDERVORST MIK MEYER JEAN 50.10 232 KAPLAN LEWIS ROMANOWSKI GEOR 46.80 154 KUJAWA K OLECH S 50.08 233 MARINO LEONARDO PALMIERI RENATO 46.80 155 VOLPI LORENZO MILO LUIGI 50.00 234 FELMAN PHILIP HAMILTON DAVID 46.75 156 DE VINCENZO MAS MARTELLINI CHIA 49.98 235 KOEPPEL PHILIPP SARGOS FRANCOIS 46.69 157 ROSEMBLUM MICHA PANINA LARISSA 49.93 236 LINDEPUU A PLEKSEPP T 46.68 158 SABELLI MARCO VENTRIGLIA LUIG 49.84 237 DE CESARE EMILI MENGARELLI FRAN 46.66 159 KARAIVANOV IVAI STAMATOV JERRY 49.73 238 SZUTOWICZ J MSCISZ J 46.65 160 VAN GLABBEEK HE CHORUS MARJO 49.62 239 VOLHEJNMRAZ 46.53 161 BOSCARO BOZZOLA PIAZZA RUGGERO 49.62 240 BAKHSHI DAVID ERICHSEN ESPEN 46.42 162 JEPHCOTT RICHAR THEELKE MIKE 49.59 241 JOERSTAD KAI JOERSTAD RONNY 46.41 163 BIEGAJLO WOJCIE PAWSZAK 49.56 242 SCRIATTOLI FRANMAGGIO MARIO 46.41 164 TISLEVOLL GEO KRISTOFFERSEN C 49.56 243 FRANCO DIAS PED PIMENTA PEDRO 46.15 165 DAUNOIS MICHEL MARILL PHILIPPE 49.50 244 MAGNANI CARLO FIORETTI FRANCE 46.12 166 BIRMAN DANIELA SAGIU STELLA 49.46 245 PEDERZOLI GIULI PASQUARE' RITA 45.99 167 PINGUET LILIAN FERIE GUY 49.39 246 OKAY G ZOBU A 45.99 168 SEVERGNINI MADD GENTILI LUIGINA 49.37 247 HAMAOUI STEVE SLIMACK SULTAN45.95 169 BRUNEL P GOLDSCHMIDT A 49.34 248 KEFELI NIHAL PISAK MEHVES 45.87 170 SEN TEZECAN KONDAKCI E 49.32 249 BOWDERY RICHARD MC INTOSH ANDRE 45.87 171 STOPPA JEN-LOUI PEYRONNIE CLAUD 49.31 250 MAINE MAURIZIO BALESTRA GLAUCO 45.82 172 RIEHM FRANCK JESUA JEAN-JACQ 49.24 251 PIANA ALESSANDR DITANO ENZO 45.78 173 KIRCHHOFF E PAULISSEN G 49.24 252 MIHAI GETA MIHAI RADU 45.76 174 ODELLO GIORGIO MOFAHKAMI SHALH 49.18 253 PAOLUZI SIMONET PISCITELLI FRAN 45.64 175 KALIDA JANUSZ STEPINSKI JEREM 49.15 254 PAJO AINRAAGEL PEETER 45.61 176 BERTHOLD ENGEL BUCHLEV NEDJU 49.12 255 ACCURSO VINCENZ ACCURSO VINCENZ 45.52 177 GUARINO MARIO CARPENTIERI CAR 49.08 256 DOMBROWE JORG EHRNROOTTH JOHA 45.49 178 LIPTON A SIMON S 49.07 257 MATWIJOW A PRZEOROWKA J 45.41 179 BOEDDEKER R ZARKESCH F 49.00 258 GRASIA YALMANNETSY SAYER 45.40 180 OSSAUOLENKO O SHUDNEV A 49.00 259 WEIR GRAHAME ROBSON SHARLEEN 45.36 181 D'ANGELO ARTURO GIULIANI GERARD 48.99 260 ROUX J PALMIERI J 45.33 182 VANDONI RICCARD D'ALICANDRO GAE 48.96 261 BENDIKS J JANSONS H 45.25 183 BARONCELLI MAUR RAINIERI FERRUC 48.92 262 KIELICHOWSKI U OWCZAREK S 45.22 184 GOTARD TOMASZ PIEKAREK JOSEF 48.88 263 GIANNINI SILVIA MAGGIORA STEFAN 45.16 185 LO CASCIO CARLO TURCHETTI ALBER 48.85 264 MARMONTI DARIO MASSA GAETANO 45.14 186 BAUCH JEAN-FRAN BUBU ANDRE 48.82 265 BOVE CARLO DI STEFANO MICH 45.03 187 ASKGAARD MICHAE MATHIESEN JACOB 48.80 266 DAEHR C GROSSMAN H 44.94 188 RYNNING E AABYE J 48.70 267 ZANONI PIERO PINGUELLO GIGI 44.73 189 CASTELLI ROSSANDE PAULA FEDERI268 SENIOR 48.69 BRIAN MARTIN DAVID 44.72 269 SAMY BRIGITTE SAMY ALAIN44.66 190 KURKA JOSEF VOZABAL DAVID 48.66 270 FANTONI FULVIO RUSSO BIANCASTE 44.56 191 COOKE J SMALL C 48.61 271 AZZIMONTI ANNAR SORESINI ANTONE 44.40 192 BONAVOGLIA GUID GRILLO ALBERTO 48.59 272 SAVELLI LORENZO CATUCCI CLAUDIO 44.38 193 DIGRE ARNOLD ERLANDSEN BJARN 48.57 273 FILIPPINI RUGGE DEL VIGO ITALO 44.31 194 MALINOWSKI A ROREN T 48.56 274 VALEN S FEBY E 44.21 195 ZWIECINSKI MARI WINCIOREK TOMAS 48.51 275 CAPAYANNIDES A TRIANTAFILLIS P 44.20 196 MANDRUTA C DIMCICA L 48.49 276 BETTAZZI MARIO COLZI STEFANO 44.16 197 D'ANNA RAFFAELE GRECO ANNA 48.42 277 ARRIGONI GIANNA OLIVIERI GABRIE 43.99 198 LEWACIAK GREGOR RONKE JERZY 48.41 278 OSTAPENKO A RUUBEL U 43.99 199 KOWALCZYK STEFA WARWOCKI LECH 48.30 279 GACHET JEAN PAU SERVAIA LAURENT 43.87 200 BLAKSET K HECHT-JOHANSEN 48.27 280 MORRIS T NUTT J 43.87 201 TACIUC LUCIANVOINESCU DAN 48.26 281 BRUCE I MCEWING H 43.76 202 CAPUCHO MANUEL LARA MARIA JOAO 48.23 282 TOMASSINI SIMON ALTIERI PIETRO 43.66 203 MARINO PAOLO PAGANI DANIELE 48.18 283 LOWE PER THOREN VIGDIS 43.65 204 BOREWICZ MAREK OTVOSI ERWIN48.11284 BEVAN ESMOND MORRIS JOHN 43.27 205 BOVE FRANCESCO PALERMITI ERNES 48.04 285 GENTILE GIUSEPP DI LEMBO FRANCE 42.95 206 SERGENT DENIS ZUCKER PIERRE 48.02 286 FRANCESCONI AND SPURVI ERICA GI 42.61 207 TOKAREV ALEXEI STERKIN ALEXEI 47.96 287 CAPRIATA EMANUE GOLIN CRISTINA 42.42 208 IEONG PEDRO LEO IEONG SAMUEL 47.92 288 CASSONE UGO FRESIA SERGIO 42.40 209 KELINA MARINA LITVAK SERGEI 47.87 289 GABOS GABOR HARSANYI JOSEF 42.36 210 MORITSCH MASSIM GUERRA ENRICO S 47.85 290 BIANCHERI ERALD CRIVELLI ROBERT 42.27 211 JAHR U VORTMANN J 47.81 291 ROODHUJZEN TON VERDONK RONALD 41.98 212 CORCHIA ROSA MATRICARDI GIUS 47.79 292 KONURALP OYA GRANT SUE 41.72 213 BAKAN OZGUR KINA SAHMETTIN 47.79 293 BARBIER LUC TEMAM DANIEL 41.52 214 COHEN SAMI ERDAL OLCAY-ERC 47.72 294 ANGRISANO PAOLO CACCIATORE DOME 41.29 215 CHELU EUGENROMETI FLORIN47.63 295 ATAY SEVINC GUMRUKCUOGLU LA 41.28 216 DE MIGUEL JOAQU KNAP ANDRZEJ 47.60 296 MORELLI FABRIZI CIOCCA MARCO 41.12 217 PETTERSSON JOHN PYSBRING LEIF 47.56 297 CZEREPAK M MARKOWSKI M 41.02 218 ARGANINI PIERO PAUNCZ PETER 47.50 298 OSOJNIK TITAN SRAKA STANISLAV 40.85 219 DRAPKIN E KAPLUN L 47.44 299 MAZZADI FRANCES MEDUSEI ANDREA 40.69 220 GOLDBERG L GOLDBERG U 47.37 300 MERCURI FRANCA FARCOMENI MAURI 40.16 221 WASAK WITOLD KNIGA-LEOSZ JER 47.31 301 ANGELINI FRANCE LUZI GIAN ROBER 40.03 222 PROCUREUR M CAUMEL J 47.19 302 BUONOCORE ANNAM GUARIGLIA RUGGI 39.94 223 SAPORTA P ZIMMERMANN P 47.19 303 ESTEFANELL CARI PANELLA ANA 39.76 224 DIX MARIO PARNIS ENGLAND 47.18 304 EKENEDS PER CHRISTENSEN FIN 39.60 225 CHODOROWSKA IRE CHODOROWSKI JAN47.17305 GIORDANO FRANCE FIORANI TITO 38.67 226 BUSSEK BERNHARD PAULY MICHAEL 47.11 306 BARBIERI FRANCO BARUCHELLO AMOS 38.67 227 RADULESCU MARIA MARINA BOGDAN 47.10 307 BRAIA ALEXANDRU SAMUNGI UMBERTO 38.39 228 MORICI MARCO PEDANI PERLA 47.01 308 RAMELLA GIULIANGERMANETTI PAOL 35.19 229 FAROLFI FEDERIC DE PRATI 309STEFAN47.00 DELFINE GIAMPIE LEVANTESI INES 32.80

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Pictures from the Press Conference Naples, Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace), March 13, 2001 From right: the Delegate for Sport and Tourism for the Province of Naples, Mr.Al- fonso Ascione, the Delegate for Sport and Tourism for the Region of Campania, Mr. Antonio Valiante, the President of the EBL and the FIGB, Mr. Giannarrigo Rona, the Chairman of the regional committee for Campania of CONI (the Italian Olympic Committee), Mr. Giovanni Ugatti and the Chairman of the regional committee of the FIGB for Campania, Mr. Roberto Pennisi who is also the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of these European Champi- onships. Standing Mabel Bocchi, Public Re- lations and Press Attaché of the FIGB.

Mark Horton inspects one of the prizes for the best articles submitted to the Daily Bulletin.

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