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Issue No. 9 Monday, 1 November 2004 FIRST GOLD TO USA The Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists in the 2nd International Senior Cup Trailing by 1 Victory Point with a round to go, USA Netherlands also lost, but by a smaller margin and the 8 rallied for a big win to edge the Netherlands for first place VPs they earned put them into first with 519 VPs to USA’s in the 2nd International Senior Cup. 518. The winners, earning the first gold medals of the In the last round, the Netherlands tied with Italy while tournament, are John Onstott, Jim Robison, John USA defeated Denmark 48-19. Schermer, Neil Chambers, Marshall Miles and Leo Bell. Knockout play continues today in the Open and Gene Freed was non-playing captain. Women’s series of the World Bridge Olympiad. Competi- USA led going into the final two rounds Sunday,but they tors in the Open series will play their second quarterfinal lost 52-14 (5-25) to Turkey in the next-to-last round.The match today, while the Women begin quarterfinal matches. VUGRAPH MATCHES Contents USA v Italy (Round of 16-1)............................................. Page 4 OPEN China v Japan 11:00 Championship Diary........................................................... Page 7 TO BE DECIDED 14:00 Round of 16 Teams Rosters..............................................Page 8 Irish Grand..........................................................................Page 10 TO BE DECIDED 17:00 WBF Masterpoints.............................................................Page 11 TO BE DECIDED 21:20 USA v Italy (Round of 16-3)............................................Page 14 USA v Italy (Round of 16-2)............................................Page 18 2 12th WORLD BRIDGE TEAM OLYMPIAD OPEN ROUND OF 16 RESULTS Match Boards 1-16 Boards 17-32 Boards 33-48 Boards 49-60 Boards 61-72 Total Netherlands Germany 31 - 29 50 - 13 31 - 18 29 - 49 34 - 33 175 -142 Ireland Sweden 33 - 28 36 - 54 68 - 39 31 - 17 25 - 22 193 -160 France Hungary 34 - 36 31 - 20 20 - 60 66 - 14 17 - 52 168 -182 Turkey Russia 32 - 52 44 - 24 26 - 52 45 - 27 16 - 15 163 -170 China Iceland 57 - 24 43 - 15 40 - 6 22 - 46 56 - 13 218 -104 Japan Egypt 47 - 36 28 - 63 40 - 20 47 - 40 61 - 40 223 -199 England Pakistan 32 - 46 6 - 33 41 - 47 23 - 52 62 - 23 164 -201 Italy USA 18 - 11 27 - 54 27 - 4 32 - 60 54 - 17 158 -146 WOMEN’S ROUND OF 16 RESULTS Match Boards 1-16 Boards 17-32 Boards 33-48 Boards 49-60 Total China South Africa 53 - 32 72 - 4 39 - 30 53 - 20 217 - 86 Croatia Sweden 28 - 29 39 - 35 16 - 42 44 - 50 127 -156 USA Turkey 12.5 - 50.5 93 - 5 11 - 38 50 - 11 166.5 -104.5 Austria Poland 35 - 39 28 - 37 48 - 23 26 - 41 137 -140 Netherlands Finland 28 - 41 14 - 21 31 - 16 50 - 26 123 -104 Russia Germany 0 - 40 26 - 18 32 - 28 75 - 14 133 -100 France Greece 40 - 37 55 - 31 60 - 1 31 - 27 186 - 96 England Italy 42 - 27 37 - 21 41 - 20 42 - 30 162 - 98 SENIOR TEAMS RESULTS ROUND 28 ROUND 29 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs Sweden Bye 0 0 18 0 Pakistan Bye 0 0 18 0 61 England Chinese Taipei 52 31 21 9 61 Italy Netherlands 21 21 15 15 62 Portugal Israel 24 14 18 12 62 Costa Rica Venezuela 40 33 17 13 63 Wales Denmark 33 13 20 10 63 New Zealand Turkey 1 56 2 25 64 China Costa Rica 44 18 22 8 64 Spain Portugal 17 9 17 13 65 Japan Italy 36 47 12 18 65 France Poland 31 11 20 10 66 Australia Poland 26 28 14 16 66 Guadeloupe Canada 27 40 11 19 67 Netherlands Scotland 18 43 8 22 67 Israel England 53 15 25 5 68 Venezuela France 15 22 13 17 68 Scotland Switzerland 43 10 24 6 69 Canada Pakistan 33 17 19 11 69 Chinese Taipei Austria 24 54 7 23 70 USA Turkey 14 52 5 25 70 Germany Sweden 48 31 20 10 71 Guadeloupe Germany 10 46 6 24 71 China Australia 24 47 9 21 72 Belgium Switzerland 8 16 13 17 72 Denmark USA 19 48 7 23 73 Austria Spain 13 13 15 15 73 Ireland Wales 33 52 10 20 74 Ireland New Zealand 29 30 15 15 74 Japan Belgium 21 31 12 18 Istanbul,Turkey 12th WORLD BRIDGE TEAM OLYMPIAD 3 SENIOR SERIES RANKING RESULTS OPEN AFTER 29 ROUNDS QUARTERFINALS 1 U.S.A. 541 2 NETHERLANDS 534 Netherlands Ireland 49 -37 3 GERMANY 513 4 FRANCE 510 5 DENMARK 486 China Japan 10 -23 6 ISRAEL 485 7 WALES 479 Pakistan Italy 42 -22 8 TURKEY 473 9 CHINA 467 10 CANADA 466 Hungary Russia 16 -42 JAPAN 466 PAKISTAN 466 13 AUSTRIA 462.5 14 SCOTLAND 462 15 ITALY 461.5 PROGRAM 16 ENGLAND 458.5 17 POLAND 458 WOMEN QUARTERFINALS 18 SWEDEN 438.5 19 PORTUGAL 437 20 CHINESE TAIPEI 417 China v Sweden 21 AUSTRALIA 409 22 SPAIN 395 23 SWITZERLAND 380 USA v Poland 24 NEW ZEALAND 374.5 25 BELGIUM 373 26 IRELAND 344 Netherlands v Russia 27 GUADELOUPE 314 28 VENEZUELA 305.5 29 COSTA RICA 172 Frence v England Victory Banquet invitations Smile for The Victory Banquet is Saturday night, Nov. 6. Invita- tions can be collected from the Hospitality Desk on the cameras Wednesday and Thursday. Filming will begin today and continue through the Invitations will be given to players on the Open and end of the tournament for a special broadcast of Women’s series in the World Bridge Olympiad, the In- ternational Senior Cup and the World University Teams, the World Bridge Olympiad on Sky Sports 2 start- plus non-playing captains and coaches, all staff and the ing Nov. 25. Be aware that New Bridge Assets, the first four teams in the World Transnational Mixed Teams. company doing the filming, has a large crew at the For anyone else wishing to attend the banquet, the Grand Cevahir. Sky Sports 2 is a UK-based satellite cost is $50 US, £28, 40 Euros or 750,000,000 Turkish Lira. broadcaster. 23 October - 6 November 20044 4 12th WORLD BRIDGE TEAM OLYMPIAD ROUND OPEN USA v Italy OF 16-1 by Mark Horton East’s opening bid left South with no real alternative to Bridge history is littered with historic matches be- 3NT.He did not need all the points he possessed to make tween these two giants.The draw had pitted the holders that bid and one can sympathise with North’s probably against a team bent on securing Zia Mahmood his first reluctant pass. No swing. world title. It promised to be an exciting struggle. Board 4. Dealer West.All Vul. Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ K J 10 9 8 3 [ A 5 3 2 ] A K J 7 2 ] 10 6 {K 8 }— {J [2 [A 6 }A 10 9 8 6 2 N ] Q 8 6 5 4 ] 10 [ Q 10 8 7 4 [ J 9 W E N { 9 7 6 { A Q J 5 4 ] A 9 8 2 ] 7 5 4 }K 9 3 2S }A Q 8 6 5 { 7 6W E { Q 10 9 8 5 4 2 [ Q 7 5 4 }Q 7S }J ]9 3 [K 6 { 10 3 2 ] K Q J 3 }J 10 7 4 { A K 3 }K 5 4 3 Open Room West North East South Open Room Versace Levin Lauria Weinstein West North East South Pass 1[ 2NT* Pass Versace Levin Lauria Weinstein 5} 5] 6} Dble Pass 1} All Pass 1[ 2[* Pass 2NT Lauria could be reasonably sure that Five Hearts would Pass 3} 3{ 3NT not make, but facing the jump to Five Clubs it was surely All Pass possible his side could make a slam. Unluckily the bad club Of course you would like to play in a slam on the break meant the contract had to fail, -200. North/South cards, but West’s overcall made life more dif- Closed Room ficult. +690. West North East South Closed Room Welland Bocchi Fallenius Duboin West North East South Pass 1[ 2NT Pass Welland Bocchi Fallenius Duboin 4} 4] 6} Dble 3{ 3NT All Pass All Pass Pretty much the same scenario, and the same result. Giorgio Duboin, Italy Roy Welland, USA Istanbul,Turkey 12th WORLD BRIDGE TEAM OLYMPIAD 5 Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. Open Room [7 5 West North East South ]7 3 Versace Levin Lauria Weinstein {A 4 1[ Pass 3] }A Q 9 7 6 5 4 Pass 4} Pass 4] All Pass [ A Q 10 2N [ J 9 6 4 3 ] K Q 10 ] J 8 Three Hearts was invitational but when North accept- W E { K J 10 8 6 { 7 5 3 2 ed with a cue bid South could do no more.The diamond }KS }3 2 position meant twelve easy tricks, +480. [K 8 Closed Room ] A 9 6 5 4 2 West North East South {Q 9 Welland Bocchi Fallenius Duboin }J 10 8 1[ Pass 1NT* Open Room Pass 3} Pass 4] West North East South All Pass Versace Levin Lauria Weinstein Yet another flat board in what was clearly going to be 1{ 2} Pass 2{* a hard fought encounter 2[ 3} 4[ 5} All Pass Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. South did well to bid Five Clubs as declarer would have [ A J 10 7 3 been a heavy favourite to make Four Spades thanks to the ] J 8 7 5 2 friendly distribution and favourable honour card positions {9 in the pointed suits.