Daily Bulletin

Editor: / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: , John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,b, Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, , Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francescacesc Canali Photographer : Arianna Testa

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 2017 THE FAR PAVILIONS

ISSUESS No 6 CLICK TO NAVIGATE University Bridge p. 2

Roll of Honour p. 3

A view of the Bridge p. 3

Mixed Teams QF p. 4

Mixed Teams Final p. 8

The Story that Disappeared p. 12

An Unsuccessful Escape p. 14

Optimum Est - Fantasy Bridge p. 15 The magnificent pavilions that house the bookstall and the playing room. Pairs? What Pairs? p. 16 After two days of qualifying we know the identity of the 52 pairs that will contest the Mixed Pairs SF A p. 17 final of the European Mixed Pairs Championship. Russia's domination continued as Victoria Gromova & Andrei Gromov topped the semi final table. They were Combinations p. 20 followed by Véronique & and & . If you want to know how tough this event is just ask the three world champions who La Pagina Italiana p. 21 had to fight their way into the final by finishing in the top six in semi final B. Race p. 22 Another event starts today, a two day pairs event for the EBL Cup.

Results p. 23 Important Information for the Participants National Railway Strike 15th and 16th June 2017. From 21:00 on Thursday 15 June until 21:00 on Friday 16 June 2017, a national strike of the staff of the Italian Railway Group (Trenitalia) will take place. TODAY'S SCHEDULE The ARROWS (FrecciaRossa, FrecciaBianca and FrecciaArgento) will circulate regularly. Bus services will be available from both Florence (Firenze) Airport and Pisa Airport: MIXED PAIRS FINAL (1/2) please check www.caronnatour.com/skybusen OPEN PAIRS EBL CUP (1/2) The cost of the ticket is 15 Euro (1 hand luggage - 1 luggage; 5 euro for each extra 10.30 - 14.30 Session 1 luggage); you can purchase the ticket via website. 10 minutes hospitality break after round 7 BUS Time Schedule: 14.30 - 15.30 Lunch break From Florence - departures at :11.00 - 16.20 From Pisa - departures at : 8.40 - 14.10 15.30 - 19.30 Session 2 Other options to reach Montecatini: rent a taxi or rent a car at the airports. 10 minutes hospitality break after round 7 The situation will be regularly updated at www.fsnews.it o www.trenitalia.com

Tortona (AL) - 0131.813636 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy 46 Pairs from Semifinal A and 6 from Semifinal B will qualify to the Final to be played today and on Friday. There will be a linear carry-over from the Semifinals to the Final.

Semifinal A : the top ranked pair will get 90 mp (roughly two tops), the 46th will get 0 mp

Semifinal B : the top ranked pair will get the same amount of mp as the 26th ranked pair from Semifinal A. The 6th will get 0 mp.

UNIVERSITY BRIDGE European University Championships in Malaga September 2017 Dear Bridge Friends, From 19 to 24 September 2017, EUSA (European University Sports Association) with the support of the EBL () will organize the:

5th EEurroppeeann Univveersiitty BBrriddggee Chhaamppioonsshiip

All information can be found at: www.fuengirola2017.eusa.eu

The participants will be accommodated in the 4-star Hotel Las Palmeras, situated near the beach, where the tournaments will also take place. Registration is possible via the National University Sports Federation of your country. Today, 10 teams have already registered for this event, but it is still not too late! It is a competition between European Universities. Teams can be mixed up from students from different universities, but at least 2 students must come from the university they represent. The nationality of the students is not of importance, but they must hold a eligible student card. Each country and university can send an unlimited number of teams.

Initial schedule: 19 September: arrival 20 September: general technical meeting 21-23 September: competition 24 September: final competition and closing ceremony 25 September: departure

Students must at least hold a student card and comply with the EUSA eligibility rules. The costs for 4 days competition are very democratic and turn around Euros 65 per person a day for full ! So sending a university team of 4 students will cost just Euros 1200 for the whole event! For financial support please contact the sport department of your university or your bridge federation. For any questions: [email protected] or [email protected] All information is available at: www.fuengirola2017.eusa.eu. More information will be available at: www.unibridge.eu

You can contact me here in Montecatini, and you can reach me on +32477861213 with any questions!

Thank you Geert Magerman

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ROLL OF HONOUR OF TTHEHE EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 - 2015

Update after the mixed teams:

The Zimmermann team was stacked with previous medalists, most importantlyntly including , who extends her lead in the medal table by winning her tenth medal (three golds, three silvers and four bronzes).

Catherine D'Ovidio won her eighth medal at a European Open Championship,hip, moving her into second place, jointly with Wietske Van Zwol.

Philippe Cronier won his seventh medal, as did . They move up to fourth on the all-time list, alongside .

Of the six Russians on the Mnepo team, only Georgi Matushko had previouslyly won a medal (bronze in the Open teams in 2015). , Johan Upmark, Katarzyna Dufrat and Krzysztof Martens also recorded a second medal.

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:

Mixed Pairs - Thursday 15 June F1-1 BBO1 David Bird - Roland Wald F1-1 BBO1 Mark Horton - Roland Wald F2-1 BBO1 Stephen Kennedy - David Bird F2-2 BBO1 Larry Cohen - Roland Wald

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MIXED TEAMS QUARTERFINAL - SET 2 Ram Soffer

28 boards are not a huge distance for a knockout match, fit, and that she had just put her contract at risk by and when the first 14 were almost tied (Sakr 13-Berksma allowing a possible heart (South should not have 12) things were getting extremely tense, since the first been worried about ruffing diamonds, since after the big swing might well become the decisive one. defence plays three rounds of trumps, she can park all The first two boards of the second session presented her losers on the heart suit). interesting opportunities: Klukowski rose to the occasion by switching (after some thought) to the ]2, but Zmuda (who won the Board 15. Dealer South. Vul N/S. next trick when the [Q was led from dummy) did not [ Q 10 3 believe this card to be a singleton. She switched to the ] A K 10 8 5 4 }5. However, that suit would not yield more than one { 9 7 defensive trick, so this board became a push at +620. } J 2 [ 8 7 6 [ A J Board 16. Dealer West. Vul E/W. ] 2 ] Q 6 [ 5 { K Q 8 6 5 { J 10 4 ] A J 8 7 } A 9 8 7 } Q 10 6 5 4 3 { K Q J 7 5 3 [ K 9 5 4 2 } J 7 ] J 9 7 3 [ K J 10 6 4 2 [ Q 7 3 { A 3 2 ] 5 4 ] K Q 9 6 2 } K { A 9 { 10 } K 5 3 } A Q 6 4 West North East South [ A 9 8 Dav. Berkowitz Nowosadzki L. Berkowitz Dufrat ] 10 3 1[ { 8 6 4 2 Pass 2] Pass 4] } 10 9 8 2 All Pass West North East South Standard 2/1 bidding, North’s hand being upgraded Dav. Berkowitz Nowosadzki L. Berkowitz Dufrat to game-forcing due to the spade fit and good heart 1[ 2{ 2] 3{ suit, with South’s second-round jump to game Pass Pass 4[ All Pass indicating a minimum. West North East South Lisa Berkowitz led her {J. Michal Nowosadzki took Klukowski J. Jansma Zmuda A. Jansma the lead with dummy’s ace, drew trumps, eliminated 1[ 2{ Dbl Pass the minor suits and endplayed East with the [K. 2[ 3{ 4[ All Pass West North East South South has a 4-card diamond fit, three spades Klukowski J. Jansma Zmuda A. Jansma (indicating shortness in her partner’s hand) and most 1[importantly, favourable vulnerability. Saving in five Pass 4[ All Pass diamonds surely merits serious consideration at the very least, and it actually happened at five (out of eight) Jan Jansma trusted his partner’s declarer play and quarterfinal tables, North/South being doubled in three didn’t bother to mention hearts. Michal Klukowski instances, whilst only two East/West pairs made the led the {K, ducked. To be a successful defender, it right (and courageous) decision to bid on to five spades. is sometimes necessary to exercise one’s imagination Nevertheless, in our match this opportunity for an and envision that the opponents have just done easy swing of 8 IMPs was squandered at both tables. We something strange or even stupid. In order to beat had to wait another board for the ice to be broken. To the contract after this start, both defenders should be honest, it was quite a random swing due to differing have realized that South was playing in an 8-card 1NT ranges. Both North-South pairs bid confidently to spade fit rather than the much better 10-card heart 3NT despite a glaring weakness in diamonds.

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Board 17. Dealer North. Vul None. [ K Q 5 4 ] A J 9 3 { 10 4 } A 8 2 [ 6 3 [ A 10 7 2 ] 8 7 ] 10 6 5 2 { A K J 8 5 3 { Q 9 7 } 10 7 3 } J 4 [ J 9 8 ] K Q 4 { 6 2 } K Q 9 6 5

West North East South Dav. Berkowitz Nowosadzki L. Berkowitz Dufrat Philippe Cronier 1NT Pass 3} TEAM ZIMMERMANN Pass 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass Here North opened his longer minor and South’s 2NT response was pretty standard. However, a pair The Polish pair used Puppet-Stayman. North’s bid using might have spotted the diamond indicated some four-card major, while South denied weakness and ended up in a club contract or even in one. Any lead (except clubs) could be right from East’s four hearts. The latter contract is cold, while five clubs hand, and the heart deuce was not a winning guess. requires an inferior lead to make. Nowosadzki thankfully cashed his nine obvious tricks, 3NT played by South was hardly a success after plus 400. Klukowski led the {K and his partner made it easy for him by (systematically) dropping her {Q at trick West North East South 1. The defence cashed the first seven tricks, 11 IMPs Klukowski J. Jansma Zmuda A. Jansma to Sakr. 1} Pass 2NT The perfect contract was reached at exactly one Pass 3NT All Pass quarterfinal table, accounting for 9 out of the 13 total IMPs scored at the second half of the Zimmerman- Helgeness match:

West North East South Helgemo Cronier Larsson D’Ovidio 1} Pass 2} 2{ Pass 3{ Pass Pass 3] Pass 4] All Pass

Simple and natural bidding by the French pair, taking advantage of their opponents’ intervention. A similar start occurred also in the Rosenthal-Wilson match, but Migry Zur-Campanile (North) preferred to settle for a small plus by passing out 3{. As mentioned above, the first swing in the Berksma-Sakr match was quite random, with neither team excelling up to that point, but once they got a substantial lead, the Polish team played almost faultlessly, taking advantage of further errors by their Geir Helgemo opponent to make it the most lopsided out of the four TEAM HELGENESS quarterfinal matches.

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Board 20. Dealer West. Vul All. [ J 3 ] Q 10 6 { A K J 10 4 } Q J 8 [ K 9 8 7 4 [ A 10 5 2 ] A 2 ] 9 4 3 { 9 7 { 8 6 3 } K 10 9 4 } 6 5 2 [ Q 6 Katarzyna Dufrat ] K J 8 7 5 TEAM SAKR { Q 5 2 Board 21. Dealer North. Vul N/S. } A 7 3 [ A J 7 6 5 3 ] Q 9 7 3 West North East South { — Dav. Berkowitz Nowosadzki L. Berkowitz Dufrat } J 9 2 1NT Pass 2{ [ K Q 10 9 [ 8 4 Pass 2] Pass 3NT ] 6 5 4 2 ] A K J Pass 4] All Pass { A K J 2 { Q 7 4 } 4 } A K 8 6 5 Lisa led the }2. David took the }K and continued [ 2 clubs, as a spade switch seemed risky. Declarer now ] 10 8 led the ]Q, and this was the last chance for a spade { 10 9 8 6 5 3 switch by West. Perhaps East could have pointed out } Q 10 7 3 the right way for her partner by dropping the nine under the queen (instead of the three). At the table Perhaps influenced by the state of the match, the David played a third round of clubs, and dummy’s American pair made a valiant effort to reach a slam two spade losers soon disappeared on declarer’s on a 4-3 fit. At the other table, Zmuda opened 1NT, diamonds. N/S +650. and a banal auction to 3NT ensued. At the other table North opened 1{ and South became declarer in 4]. The defensive problems were West North East South solved at trick one when Klukowski elected to lead a Dav. Berkowitz Nowosadzki L. Berkowitz Dufrat spade. E/W +100 and 13 IMPs to Sakr. Pass 1} Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5] Pass 6] All Pass

In response to the strong 1{ opening, West’s 3[ response indicated a 12+ HCP 4441 hand with club shortage. David Berkowitz refused to settle for 3NT and the eventual 6] contract required a mini-miracle in trumps (Qxx at North). The actual denouement was much more cruel: diamond ten lead ruffed, [A, spade ruff, diamond ruff and a third spade on which David discarded the {Q from dummy to avoid the indignity of down five! Poor guessing – had he ruffed it with ]J it would have been only down three… So halfway through the session team Sakr took an unassailable lead of 50-12. The remaining board were mostly quiet, with no comeback in sight, the eventual score being 57-13, taking Sakr to a semi-final match Michal Nowosadzki versus Rosenthal. TEAM SAKR

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MIXED TEAMS FINAL - SET 2 Ram Soffer

At half time Mnepo led 49-43 after a very exciting the director immediately thereafter, and he verified first set. the breach in with the help of the YouTube The second set was no less exciting, with the lead live streaming. Next, passing out 4[ was deemed a changing hand several times, starting with this: logical alternative to bidding 5} (certainly partner’s hesitation suggested bidding on), and according to the Board 16. Dealer West. Vul E/W. rulebook the 5} bid plus everything which followed [ K 10 7 5 2 it were cancelled. The score was adjusted to 4[-1 by ] A K J 10 4 North, which meant an 11-IMP swing the other way. { 10 2 Thus Rosenthal took a short-lived lead of 54-49. } 1100 [ A 8 4 [ 9 Board 17. Dealer North. Vul None. ] 7 2 ] 8 5 [ A 9 { 8 3 { A K Q 7 6 ] K 10 7 4 2 } A 9 7 5 3 2 } K Q 8 6 4 { Q J 8 4 [ Q J 6 3 } K J ] Q 9 6 3 [ 6 [ K 8 4 3 { J 9 5 4 ] A Q 9 ] J 8 6 5 } J { K 10 { 9 3 2 } A 10 9 7 6 5 3 } 8 4 West North East South [ Q J 10 7 5 2 Michielsen Matushko Upmark Gulevich ] 3 Pass 1[ 2NT 4[ { A 7 6 5 5} All Pass } Q 2

Nothing special about this bidding. East-West West North East South reached their best contract and North-South failed to Michielsen Matushko Upmark Gulevich find a profitable save in 5[. North led ]K and took 1] Pass 1[ the first two tricks, E/W +600. 2} 2{ Pass 3{ All Pass West North East South Rudakov Campanile Rudakova Willenken A perfectly natural auction led to a good contract. Pass 1[ 2{ 4[ As expected, Matushko lost one trick in each suit. Pass Pass 5} Pass North-South +110. Pass 5[ Pass Pass 6} Pass Pass Pass West North East South Rudakov Campanile Rudakova Willenken Rudakova didn’t use the unusual 2NT (some pairs 1] Pass 2[ play this and other two-suited only with weak 3} All Pass or very strong hands). As a result she had to fight at the five-level without partner’s help. Zur-Campanile Once upon a time a 2[ response to 1] showed competed to 5[ and Rudakov went on to 6{ with a a big hand, but now many pairs play it as a weak huge fit in partner’s second suit. Willenken led a spade jump shift with less than 6 HCP. There are also and declarer took all 13 tricks for a massive 13-IMP those who suggest to play it as an artificial heart swing to Mnepo. raise. Zur-Campanile – Willenken’s idea to play it as This result was partly due to the fact that North didn’t an intermediate spade hand didn’t work out here, as avail herself of the opportunity to bid 5], competing N/S had insufficient bidding space to describe their to the five-level while asking partner to lead a heart hands further, while west had an easy 3} . against a club contract. However, it turned out that West South didn’t wish to compete further with a singleton spent too much time passing over 4[. North called in partner’s suit, and Rudakov became declarer, losing

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one trick in each suit exactly like his teammate in the [ — North seat. Thus an innocent-looking hand became a ] Q middle size swing for Mnepo. { — The Russian team regained the lead 55-54, but lost } Q 10 8 it on the very next board due to an extra undertrick in [ 8 [ — four hearts. After a quiet board 19, Mnepo produced ] — ] 9 another 6-IMP swing when their North-South pair { — { 6 evaded a dangerous . } A K 4 } 7 3 [ Q Board 20. Dealer West. Vul All. ] — [ 7 6 5 { — ] Q J 10 } J 9 5 { A K } Q 1100 8 6 2 Now the lead of {6 forces South to discard a club, West [ A K 8 2 [ 4 3 discards a spade and North is squeezed in clubs and hearts. ] A K 7 6 ] 9 5 3 However, the Vienna must be executed after { 5 4 { Q 9 8 6 3 2 two rounds of trumps have been played and before the } A K 4 } 7 3 last to the East hand (the spade ruff) is used up. [ Q J 10 9 Matushko’s defence disrupted the timing for the double ] 8 4 2 squeeze, and the only thing Upmark could try was a { J 10 7 heart-spade squeeze against South, which failed. } J 9 5 At the other table the play was far more relaxed, as East/West’s system enabled them to stop West North East South at the one-level. Michielsen Matushko Upmark Gulevich 2} Pass 3{ Pass West North East South 4{ Pass 4NT Pass Rudakov Campanile Rudakova Willenken 5{ All Pass 1} Pass 1{ Pass 1] All Pass Once again a jump-shift response caused uncertainty, as Michielsen pondered for a long time what to do in Declarer took one ruff of each black suit in dummy, her second turn. Apparently partner showed a very then drew trumps. When everything split well, he weak hand and she was allowed to pass, but she claimed nine tricks. elected a forward-going 4{ due to the abundance On Board 21 Rosenthal had two extra overtricks in of controls, and soon Upmark was assigned the task two diamonds, and their opponents’ slender lead was of making 11 tricks when only 10 were visible, even cut to 61-57 with a quarter of the match to go. taking into account the favourable situation. On the next board, a popular competitive convention In such cases declarer would usually look for some didn’t help Rudakov-Rudakova make the right decision. type of squeeze, while the defence should aim to foresee his plan and forestall it in time. Here the danger was a double-squeeze, as each defender is the sole guardian of one . The double-threat suit is clubs, therefore the simplest method to thwart the squeeze is for the defence to play two early rounds of clubs. However, Matushko-Gulevich found an alternative solution: South led [J, and North continued spades twice after winning his top trumps. The third round of spades was essential. If, for example, North hac switched to hearts, declarer would have executed a by cashing ]AK. Then he would have come back to his hand with a spade ruff and played Elena Rudakova out his trumps, reaching the following position... TEAM MNEPO

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four-card overcalls for years, but South’s hand is far from his model four-card overcall. Nevertheless, one cannot argue with success. West used the popular idea of a Fit Jump in order to show good clubs while supporting hearts to the four-level, but it turned out extremely unfavourably when East decided to compete to the five-level because of the double fit. In my opinion, using somewhat old-fashioned splinter bids would have worked better today. West could have bid 4{ and now East would have realized that his {K was not a working card on offence, and he would not even dream of bidding at the five-level. Five hearts drifted down by three tricks after declarer Anna Gulevich expected South to have a better hand and misguessed TEAM MNEPO clubs. Rosenthal +300 and 9 IMPs. The only good news for Mnepo here was that North failed to apply Board 22. Dealer East. Vul E/W. the axe to 5]. In retrospect, a penalty double could [ A 4 3 2 have produced a different winner! ] K 5 2 Board 23 was a rather complex part-score deal, { A J 9 8 but as no swing was registered, I am going to spare } Q 8 the readers the analysis. This also applies for Board [ Q 10 9 [ J 8 24 where North-South were “cold” for 6] due to ] A 10 9 6 4 ] Q J 8 7 3 two successful . In reality, both teams were { 3 { K 5 satisfied with bidding a game, and an over-creative } K J 5 2 } A 10 6 3 lead by Upmark resulted in 1 IMP for his opponents. [ K 7 6 5 Due to the state of the match, even such small swings ] — were significant. { Q 10 7 6 4 2 Board 25 was a victory for Matusko/Gulevich’s } 9 7 4 10-12 HCP non vulnerable NT range. North’s 1NT opening was doubled for penalty, but opening leader West North East South had no information about his partner’s five-card suit Michielsen Matushko Upmark Gulevich in diamonds, so the defence didn’t utilize its 22 HCP Pass Pass very well and declarer made seven tricks (+180). 1] Dble 2NT 3} At the replay, North didn’t open and West became 3] Pass 4] 4[ declarer in 1NT. This time, seeing each other’s hand, Pass Pass Dble All Pass East-West produced eight tricks (+120). Thus Mnepo led 69-66 with three to go, but they suffered a severe Upmark didn’t open, but when partner opened blow in board 26... in her best suit and North doubled for takeout, he first showed a game invitation with 4+ trumps, then actually bid the game over partner’s signoff. Excited by her heart , Gulevich saved in four spades. Four tricks had to be lost, Mnepo -100.

West North East South Rudakov Campanile Rudakova Willenken 1] 1[ 4} 4] 5} Pass 5] All Pass

In the replay there was a lot of frenzied action. First of all, East opened 1]; then South overcalled, and Evgeni Rudakov not in his six-card suit. has advocated MNEPO

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Board 26. Dealer East. Vul All. 12 precious IMPs to Rosenthal. Mnepo had just two [ Q J 10 7 6 3 boards to seek redemption. Board 27 was a laydown ] K 9 6 3 4[ for E/W. Campanile’s lead blew an insignificant { — overtrick, and her team still led 78-70 with one board } A 1100 8 to go. [ K 2 [ A 8 5 ] A ] J 10 7 2 Board 28. Dealer West. Vul N/S. { J 10 7 4 3 { Q 5 2 [ Q 10 9 } Q 6 4 3 2 } K 7 5 ] K 9 7 6 4 [ 9 4 { 3 ] Q 8 5 4 } A 7 5 2 { A K 9 8 6 [ 7 6 [ A K J 8 5 } J 9 ] A Q 8 ] 3 2 { Q 10 7 2 { A J 4 West North East South } J 10 8 3 } Q 6 4 Michielsen Matushko Upmark Gulevich [ 4 3 2 Pass Pass ] J 10 5 Pass 1] Pass 2{ { K 9 8 6 5 Pass 2] Pass 3] } K 9 All Pass West North East South Michielsen’s decision not to open a flawed 5-5 Michielsen Matushko Upmark Gulevich hand was a big winner. Her opponents bid Pass Pass 1NT Pass carefully to 3], but misguessed trumps and had to go 3} Pass 3[ Pass two down. Even worse news for Russia came from the 3NT All Pass other table. Some good conventions may backfire against good West North East South opponents because they give an alert opening leader Rudakov Campanile Rudakova Willenken too much information. Michielsen-Upmark used Pass Pass Puppet Stayman, so Gulevich knew that declarer 1{ 2[ Dble Pass had five spades and dummy two. Why did West use 3} Pass 3{ Dble Puppet then? With 4-2 in the majors she might have All Pass used Stayman (2}) instead. Only with three hearts does Puppet make sense. Thus hearts were marked Once again the jump to 2[ was intermediate. as partner’s long suit, and the ]10 () Rudakova had to double for takeout and the correction hit the table quickly! It immediately became clear that of 3} to 3{ was pretty obvious, as was South's Upmark was fighting a losing cause, and he went penalty double. Declarer had to pay dearly for lack of three down (-150). suit quality. Playing double-dummy it was possible to escape for one down, but at the table it was -500 and West North East South Rudakov Campanile Rudakova Willenken Pass Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

No conventions for the Rudakovs here! Now put yourself in Willenken’s shoes. The ]J lead does have some merit, but it’s impossible to ignore a good five- card suit. The fateful {6 was led. Rudakova won with dummy’s {10, finessed spades, cashed five tricks in her long suit and continued diamonds to guarantee nine tricks (+400) and complete an incredible Migry Campanile comeback. Final score: Mnepo 81, Rosenthal 78. A TEAM ROSENTHAL great final!

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THE STORY THAT DISAPPEARED Micke Melander

When working on the Bulletin, there are times when [ K Q 10 6 you think you are working on something - but suddenly ] — - it just vanishes. The reasons for this are because you { J 9 are not thinking at all, or you are misinformed, or } — simply because something else was going on... [ 9 [ J 8 Here is a story from real life where I was thinking of ] 7 ] — how to report something unusual in the quarterfinals { A K { 8 of the Mixed teams. } J 6 } Q 10 9 First let’s have a look at the board and what was [ — going on in the auction: ] — { Q 10 5 4 3 Board 12. Dealer North. All Vul. } 5 [ K Q 10 7 6 4 2 ] J 2 The story I got was that declarer who wanted to save { J 9 6 time (there were still two boards to play in the set and } 4 they were running a little late) simply gave up at this point [ 9 5 [ J 8 3 when South started to think and conceded one down, ] A Q 7 5 4 ] K 9 since the defense would surely cash out their spades. { A K { 8 7 2 What declarer didn’t know was that North had } J 8 6 2 } A Q 10 9 7 a seven-card suit and there was no possible way to [ A defeat the contract. According to BBO the claim was ] 10 8 6 3 accepted, one down. That would have been somewhat { Q 10 5 4 3 unethical behavior by South who knew that his side } K 5 3 couldn’t cash out and assuming declarer had the {AK, she would have ten tricks in the bag… West North East South It appeared that E-W weren't aware of this until long Grönkvist Campanile V. Prooijen Willenken after the match had finished… 2[ Pass Pass If the TD had been asked to give a ruling, the 3] Pass 3[ Dble decision would have been clear; a score correction 4] All pass to just made, but that would have to be within 30 minutes of the finish of the match. According to the BBO file, the play went as follows. Snapping out of my dream (for all you Dallas fans) I North led her singleton club. searched for Grönkvist and Van Prooijen. I found the Declarer went up with dummy's ace and tried to pull latter who confirmed the play up to the sixth trick. trumps in three rounds, but when trumps were 4-2 a South didn’t cash the ten of hearts – he actually shifted loser was certain. to a diamond! And when clubs were played he ruffed From declarer's point of view you now had a trump the fourth round so declarer had no possible way of loser and a club loser and two spades. making the contract since she was left with a second In two words, no chance. spade loser for one down. However, back to That’s how a story can disappear to nothing, but BBO. A club was then reappear, South being the hero who took the played in trick five chance to clutch the last straw to be able to defeat to dummy’s seven the contract. Of course, declarer could have made her and South's king. contract by exiting with a trump, denying South the Willenken now opportunity to take the club suit out of the equation. cashed the ace of Team Rosenthal gained 6 IMPs on the deal in a spades and the ten match they won by seven. Had the board been played of hearts which as 'described' on BBO what a story that could have left... been!

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AN UNSUCCESSFUL ESCAPE Ana Roth

The Monastery of Santa Maria a Ripa was probably Closed Room established around 1533, when a tiny group of young West North East South ladies living in the castle of Montecatini Alto, and S.-Molson Migry Pszczola Willenken particularly devoted to the Catholic Church, decided 1] 2[ 3} 4[ to leave, to escape from the world, and to retire in Pass Pass 4NT Pass prayer. Many events throughout the centuries led to a 5{ Pass 6} Pass disruption of the monastery, until 1881, when it was Pass Dble 6NT Dble reacquired, so that the nuns from the nearby convent All Pass of Borgo a Buggiano could live in it. The monastery is still a profound and spiritual place to stay and retire This sequence left South on lead and North made a for prayers or for a simple search for peace. . East very quickly visualized North's Escaping is something that is also common in some heart void, and escaped to 6NT. It now was South's boards in bridge, sometimes not successfully, as on turn to double. Not good this time … two down and this deal played in the second round of the R16 Play- -500. Offs. (Exchange South's ]2 with North's }4 and the bidding would almost certainly go the same way at Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. both tables. Except in the Closed Room they wouldn't [ K J 8 7 5 4 be able to double for a heart lead. Then they would ] — probably not lead the ]A against 6}, whereas North { J 10 8 5 2 would lead her singleton heart. Rosenthal would win } 8 4 16 IMPs instead of losing 18 IMPs to win the match [ 9 [ A 2 by 9. Crazy!) ] K Q 10 9 8 4 ] J 3 So if after the championships someone needs to { K Q 6 3 { A 9 4 escape for some rest, an alternative way to experience } 10 6 } A K Q J 5 3 Tuscany could be to sleep at The Monastery of [ Q 10 6 3 Santa Maria a Ripa, where the escape is low cost. ] A 7 6 5 2 Monasteries are cheap or sometimes even free; this { 7 is because several monastic orders take hospitality as } 9 7 2 one of their rules, along with their vows of poverty and charity. Open Room West North East South Michielsen Auken Upmark Welland 2] 2[ 2NT 4[ Pass Pass 4NT Pass 5} 5[ 6} All Pass

When North overcalled, East showed his power via 2NT and then tried 4NT on the next round. It's not clear how West interpreted 4NT but 6} was the end result, with the vital point that West was the declarer. Auken had the lead and chose a spade. Declarer won with his ace and ruffed his other spade. He continued with a diamond to the ace, played three rounds of trumps and claimed 12 tricks. At the other table things were a little different. Marion Michielsen

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OPTIMUM EST - FANTASY BRIDGE Micke Melander

Time for a serious quiz. This will involve some thinking and maybe even employing paper and pencil to solve it. Just assume your partner went to sleep in the bidding and passed out your artificial response and you are left to play 1[. How many tricks do you think you can win as a maximum declaring the contract when your trump holding is [K2 opposite a void?

One might wonder what has this to do with Montecatini and the European Mixed Pairs Championships that is now being played. That answer is not taken out of the blue, since the following board was played in the first session of the semifinals: Lewis was in the tank for a long while thinking over Board 12. Dealer North. All Vul. Three Spades, suddenly he alerted the bid. Lewis was [ K 7 most probably considering the cards in his own hand ] A 7 and could not believe that it was a splinter when the { K J 9 8 5 opponents had neither opened with a weak two (that } K Q 8 7 might had come in handy) or bid anything over 1NT. [ A J 9 8 5 [ Q 10 6 4 3 2 ] K 9 5 ] 4 2 Romanovska led the two of hearts, and dummy´s { 6 3 { Q 2 queen was allowed to win. The club to the king and } 5 3 2 } A 10 4 ace followed. When East decided to lead back the [ — four of clubs declarer's eight held the trick. Declarer ] Q J 10 8 6 3 simply cashed the ace of hearts, no king to be seen, { A 10 7 4 crossed to dummy´s jack of clubs and played a trump } J 9 6 putting West on lead. Lorencz now played a diamond and Lewis could claim for 11 tricks, which gave N/S N/S may, as you can see, get two clubs, two 107.32 of the available 162 match points, or 66.25%. diamonds, two hearts and a spade for seven tricks if declaring 1[. Here is what happened in the B-final of With a 6-5 fit in spades between E/W one might the Mixed pairs first session. think that 4[ would be a great save because of the vulnerability. Still N/S should be able to achieve four West North East South down for +800. Lorencz Lewis Romanovska Muller Pass 1NT Pass 2{* So, let’s get back to the serious question I asked at Pass 2] Pass 3[* the beginning, with any lie of the cards and a proper Pass 3NT Pass 4] defence what’s the maximum number of tricks you All Pass can get with [K2 opposite a void? Are you able to draw up a hand that gives you eight or even nine 2{ Transfer tricks? See page 25 for an answer.

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PAIRS? WHAT PAIRS? Herman De Wael

Alain and Valerie Labaere have had a good day in the Mixed Pairs Qualifying, finishing in fifth place. Alain tells us this had contributed to that result:

Board 10. Dealer East. All Vul. [ 3 2 ] J 9 6 { K 2 } K Q J 9 3 2 [ Q 7 4 [ J 10 9 6 5 ] A Q 5 2 ] K 10 4 { A 10 9 6 3 { Q J } A }10 8 6 [ A K 8 ] 8 7 3 { 8 7 5 4 } 7 5 4 AlainSergei Labaere Orlov

West North East South South led the five ofclubs and Alain played a diamond Valerie Alain off the table at trick two,creating two entries to hand Pass Pass in order to ruff two clubs. If North/South now attack 1{ Pass 1[ Pass trumps, the diamonds are good. This type of safety 2] Pass 2[ Pass play is normally reserved for team play, but it works 4[ All Pass equally well at pairs, if the contract is excellent. Alain was awarded with an 86% score.

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MIXED PAIRS SEMIFINAL A Jos Jacobs

An impression of the morning session

For the first round of the day, I chose to sit behind Tuesday’s runners-up, Poland’s Bałdysz and Jaszczak. They were facing Slovenia’s Orac and Jesenicnik and this was their first board:.

Board: 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ A Q 3 ] K J 8 6 3 2 { Q 6 3 } 5 [ J 5 2 [ K 10 9 8 4 ] 9 4 ] Q { A K J 10 8 { 4 Cathy Baldysz } K 3 2 } A Q 10 8 7 6 [ 7 6 ] A 10 7 5 Either you ruff the second round of hearts and have { 9 7 5 2 two entries for trump finesses or, after the singleton } J 9 4 club lead by North, you discard the ]Q on the {K and lose two trump tricks. Scoring +650 brought the West North East South Slovenians 97 m.p. out of the maximum of 102. Jesenicnik Jaszczak Orac Bałdysz On the next board, the Poles hit back immediately. 1] 2] 3{ 3[ 4] 4[ Pass Board: 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. Pass 5] 5[ Pass [ K J 9 Pass Dble All Pass ] K 9 5 4 2 { 9 3 2 Bidding 5] might already have resulted in down } 5 2 three for -500 and a 10% score so the double of [ Q 5 [ 10 8 7 4 3 2 5[ did not make things that much worse for N/S. ] 10 7 6 3 ] 8 No matter whether the defence leads hearts or not, { 7 6 4 { A Q J 8 declarer cannot possibly lose more than two tricks. } K J 8 6 } 10 7 [ A 6 ] A Q J { K 10 5 } A Q 9 4 3

West North East South Jesenicnik Jaszczak Orac Bałdysz 2{ Dble 2[ 3] Pass 3NT All Pass

The Poles managed to cope with the Multi very well. They reached the superior game in NT, which was cold for ten tricks as the more normal 4] would have Andrzej Jaszczak been. +630 was worth 92,8 m.p. whereas +620 would have brought only 66.3 m.p.

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On the next board, Cathy Bałdysz found a clever opening bid:

Board: 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ 10 9 8 2 ] Q 8 4 { 10 8 6 3 } A 6 [ A J 4 3 [ K 7 5 ] 9 5 3 2 ] A K 10 { 9 5 { 2 } 10 3 2 } K J 9 7 5 4 [ Q 6 ] J 7 6 { A K Q J 7 4 } Q 8 Alexander Matyushin West North East South Nilsson Jaszczak Oppenstam Bałdysz 1NT All Pass On board 6, a phantom by N/S proved a not at all unreasonable insurance against a possible Due to the various conventions used against an misdefence: opponents’1NT opening, it has become more and more difficult to bid clubs as a natural suit. This board Board: 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. was no exception. Had West hit upon a club lead, he [ A 10 7 5 4 would easily have prevented the overtrick but when ] 7 6 he led the ]5, declarer soon had eight tricks as East { A J 10 2 played the ten over dummy’s ]4. East can win a top } 7 2 heart and play a spade but this only postpones the [ K 9 2 [ J 3 necessity of a club play by West.. For +120, N/S ] A Q 10 8 5 4 ] K J 3 were rewarded with 93 m.p. whereas +90 would have { K 8 3 { Q 6 5 netted only 72. } 6 } K Q 8 4 3 [ Q 8 6 ] 9 2 { 9 7 4 } A J 10 9 5

West North East South Matyushin Jaszczak Akademova Bałdysz 1} Pass 2] 2[ 4] 4[ Dble All Pass

An initial diamond lead will set the heart game easily as it will enable the defence to establish two tricks in the suit in time. A passive trump lead also is good enough as it compels declarer to play spades himself, which will lead to two losers in the suit.. As 4] was let through at 15 tables, it is understandable that going for only -300 in 4[ still was worth 38 m.p. Valentina Akademova On board 7, a nice little was possible. Israel’s Orif was one of 16 declarers to find it.

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Board: 12. Dealer West. All Vul. [ K 7 ] A 7 { K J 9 8 5 } K Q 8 7 [ A J 9 8 5 [ Q 10 6 4 3 2 ] K 9 5 ] 4 2 { 6 3 { Q 2 } 5 3 2 } A 10 4 [ - ] Q J 10 8 6 3 { A 10 7 4 } J 9 6

Sebastian Reim West North East South Von Arnim Jaszczak Reim Bałdysz Pass 1NT 2{ 4{ 4[ Dble All Pass Board: 7. Dealer South. All Vul. [ 6 3 2{ was Multilandy, likely to be showing spades over ] J 10 9 5 4 South’s transfer to hearts. North led the }K on which { A K 10 5 South played the }6. Next came a low club, declarer } A 5 calling for dummy’s ace. A spade came next on [ Q J 10 5 [ A K 9 8 which South discarded the ]8, a discouraging card ] K 8 7 4 ] A Q 3 2 in the suit. Declarer played the ace and led a spade { Q 4 3 { 9 2 to North’s king. North next led another low club to } J 8 } K 6 3 partner’s jack, much more elegang than playing two [ 7 4 2 rounds of diamonds to put partner on lead… ] - Back came the ]Q to give the defenders four more { J 8 7 6 red-suit tricks. Down four, good for 87 m.p. } Q 10 9 7 4 2

West North East South Asulin Jaszczak Orif Bałdysz Pass Pass 1] 1NT Pass 3 NT All Pass

The only lead to beat the contract is a diamond from South to North’s ten. When South led the }10, North could win the ace and return the suit but he then would be left with red cards only on the run of the spades, having to make two discards from them. If he throws a heart, he will be thrown in with the 4th heart to lead away from his {AK, (this is what actually happened at the table) but if he keeps all his hearts and thus blanks his {AK, declarer can simply play cash the ]A and continue a low diamond, ducking in dummy and thus eventually establishing the {Q as the game- going trick.. E/W +630 and 83 m.p. to them. On board 12, the Poles found a scientific way to extract the maximum penalty.

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COMBINATIONS

Toin van Hoof (by email) takes issue with a calculation specifically assumes that North does not falsecard with concerning a : the jack from }J9.

On pages 13 and 14 of Tuesday's bulletin Jos Jacobs In practice declarer did not need four club tricks, describes a 6[ contract from round 8 in the mixed because there was the additional chance of the heart teams. He (repeatedly) states that the correct line of succeeding. In that case two ‘quick’ tricks in handling the club suit (}Q72 opposite }A10854) is clubs would suffice. The chances of Jos’ line compared playing a small to the queen followed by small to the to Roudi’s line improve by 5.22% (including the ten. I tend to disagree. If declarer needs four tricks from highly unlikely situation where South is void in clubs). the suit, according to Roudi’s dictionary the best line is However, if South with }K-J-x-x goes up with the cashing the ace first and then leading up to the queen. king in the first round and plays a heart you will not finesse, diminishing your chances again by 4.24% If the clubs break 3-2 both lines offer a chance of compared to Roudi’s line. 47.5%. Jos wins with both king and jack of clubs in North (three cases) and Roudi wins with jack-small in Very interesting; The computer programme 'Suit South (also three cases). Play' is a freeware program that determines optimal If the clubs break 4-1 Jos wins if South drops the play of suit combinations in bridge. The results are 9 on the first round by running the 7 in the second comparable with those found in Roudinesco or (one case). Roudi wins with a singleton king or jack the Encyclopedia of Bridge. However, SuitPlay is in North, playing a small club to the 7 in the second flawless and does analyse (almost) any chosen suit (two cases). combination. Moreover, with SuitPlay you can do a If the clubs break 5-0 both lines will fail to produce special analysis for matchpoints or imp-scoring. It four tricks. confirms that the best chance is to play low to the Roudi 58.78% - Jos 55.96%. Please note that Roudi ace followed by low towards the queen.

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LA PAGINA ITALIANA Francesca Canali

Le prime 46 coppie della Semi-Finale A hanno I romani hanno così segnato un bell'85% in questa conquistato l'accesso alla Finale A; a queste si smazzata. aggiungono le 6 coppie in cima alla classifica della Semi-Finale B. Board 17. Dichiarante Nord. Tutti in prima. Cinque coppie italiane hanno superato il secondo [ Q 3 2 e ultimo taglio e oggi e domani si contenderanno il ] K 9 8 2 titolo Europeo: { 2 6. Alfredo Versace - Emanuela Pramotton 55,72% } 6 5 4 3 2 29. Ornella Colonna - Luigi Ligambi 52,85% [ A 9 8 7 5 4 [ 6 30. Lorenzo Stoppini - Manuela Gemignani 52,60% ] 10 4 3 ] A Q J 7 6 5 40. Carmela Franco - Michele Cammarata 51,25% { 10 8 { A J 7 6 4 45. Franco Garbosi - Gloria Colombo B. 50,63% } 10 7 } 9 [ K 10 L'affiatamento di Emanuela Pramotton & Alfredo ] Versace si è palesato dall'inizio della giornata, col { K Q 9 5 3 controgioco che segue: } A K Q J 8

Ovest Nord East Sud Due coppie francesi nelle prime smazzate del Versace Pramotton Campionato a Coppie Miste hanno riportato alcune Passo 1] 2SA* penalità dovute a ritardo. Incredibile la situazione di Passo 4} 4] 5} cui si sono resi protagonisti: avendo paura di mancare 5] Contro l'inizio del Campionato, hanno ben pensato di varcare un passaggio a livello mentre la sbarra si stava Board 17. Dichiarante Nord. Tutti in prima. abbassando. Nel frattempo, però, la seconda barriera era calata. Si sono così trovati intrappolati con la loro [ A 9 8 7 5 4 automobile fra le due sbarre, quindi sui binari. Ed ] 10 4 3 è arrivato il treno, che per fortuna il macchinista è { 10 8 stato in grado di fermare. E' stata chiamata la polizia. } 10 7 Quanto costa violare i binari, procurare l'arresto del EmanuelaE l treno e l'intervento delle forze dell'ordine? Solo 59.90 [ K 10 Euro, meno di una penalità di Bridge! ] { K Q 9 5 3 } A K Q J 8

Emanuela ha attaccato di }A e ha proseguito con il }K. Il dichiarante ha tagliato in mano, si è trasferito al morto con l'[A e ha mosso cuori, facendo presa di dama. A questo punto, ha giocato {A e piccola quadri, su cui Emanuela ha inserito la dama e Alfredo ha scartato il }4. Con che carta sareste tornati ora, nei panni di Emanuela?

Emanuela è tornata, correttamente di piccola quadri, per far surtagliare il morto ad Alfredo e mantenere la forchetta di {K9 che le ha permesso di realizzare le ultime due prese, per un totale di tre down. Emanuela Pramotton

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Mixed Teams Open Bam Tot Mixed Teams Open Bam Tot 1 Anna Gulevich 100 100 43 Thibault Delmas-Sirven 10 10 1 Elena Rudakova 100 100 43 Umran Semerci 10 10 1 Evgeni Rudakov 100 100 85 Alfredo Versace 2 7 9 1 Georgi Matushko 100 100 85 Eleonora Duboin 2 7 9 1 Olga Pavlushko 100 100 85 Emanuela Calandra 2 7 9 1 Sergei Orlov 100 100 85 Emanuela Pramotton 2 7 9 7 Andrew Rosenthal 80 80 85 Giorgio Duboin 2 7 9 7 Chris Willenken 80 80 85 Massimo Ortensi 2 7 9 7 Johan Upmark 80 80 85 Monica Cuzzi 2 7 9 7 Marion Michielsen 80 80 92 Irina Levitina 2 5 7 7 Migry Zur-Campanile 80 80 92 Jim Mahaffey 2 5 7 12 Catherine D'ovidio 45 45 92 Judi Radin 2 5 7 12 Franck Multon 45 45 92 Piotr Gawrys 2 5 7 12 Justyna Zmuda 45 45 92 2 5 7 12 Katarzyna Dufrat 45 45 92 2 5 7 12 Krzysztof Martens 45 45 98 Dmitri Prokhorov 5 5 12 May Sakr 45 45 98 Igor Khazanov 5 5 12 Michal Klukowski 45 45 98 Jean-Baptiste Fantun 2 3 5 12 Michal Nowosadzki 45 45 98 Maria Lebedeva 5 5 12 Philippe Cronier 45 45 98 Nicolas Lhuissier 2 3 5 12 Pierre Zimmermann 45 45 98 Olga Vorobeychikova 5 5 12 Sylvie Willard 45 45 98 Pavel Vorobei 5 5 12 Tatiana Dikhnova 45 45 98 Sabine Rolland 2 3 5 24 Aida Jansma 20 20 98 Svetlana Chubarova 5 5 24 Alison Wilson 20 20 98 Veronique Ventos 2 3 5 24 Benedicte Cronier 20 20 108 Bogdan Marina 2 2 4 24 Cedric Lorenzini 20 20 108 Frances Hinden 4 4 24 Dana Berkowitz 20 20 108 Graham Osborne 4 4 24 David Berkowitz 20 20 108 Isabella Marceddu 2 2 4 24 Geir Helgemo 20 20 108 Isabella Persiani 2 2 4 24 Gunn Helness 20 20 108 Jeffrey Allerton 4 4 24 Ida Gronkvist 20 20 108 Marina Stegaroiu 2 2 4 24 Jan Jansma 20 20 108 Maurizio Pattacini 2 2 4 24 Jessica Larsson 20 20 108 Paula Leslie 4 4 24 Joanna Zochowska 20 20 117 Jian Wang 3 3 24 Kiki Ward-Platt 20 20 117 Jie Zhao 3 3 24 Lisa Berkowitz 20 20 117 Junjie Hu 3 3 24 Magdalena Ticha 20 20 117 Linlin Hu 3 3 24 Ricco Van Prooijen 20 20 117 Shu Liu 3 3 24 Richard Ritmeijer 20 20 117 Yanhui Sun 3 3 24 Thomas Bessis 20 20 123 Ahu Zobu 2 2 24 Tor Helness 20 20 123 Andrea Buratti 2 2 43 A.-L. Huberschwiller 10 10 123 Andrew Mcintosh 2 2 43 Anna Sarniak 10 10 123 Andrey Gromov 2 2 43 Ayako Miyakuni 10 10 123 Apolinary Kowalski 2 2 43 Barbara Ferm 10 10 123 Benito Garozzo 2 2 43 Berk Basaran 10 10 123 Bernd Saurer 2 2 43 Can Berktas 10 10 123 Carlo Mariani 2 2 43 Carole Puillet 10 10 123 Christiana Morgantini 2 2 43 10 10 123 Diana Marquardt 2 2 43 Daniele Gaviard 10 10 123 Dong Lu 2 2 43 10 10 123 Doris Fischer 2 2 43 Elly Schippers-Bosklopper 10 10 123 Ewa Miszewska 2 2 43 Emmanuelle Monod 10 10 123 Ezio Fornaciari 2 2 43 Eric Mauberquez 10 10 123 Fabrizio Hugony 2 2 43 Grazyna Brewiak 10 10 123 Fei Gao 2 2 43 J. Seamon-Molson 10 10 123 Francesco Saverio Vinci 2 2 43 Jacco Hop 10 10 123 Irene Baroni 2 2 43 Jacek Pszczola 10 10 123 Jovanka Smederevac 2 2 43 Jean Le Poder 10 10 123 Karen Mccallum 2 2 43 Jerzy Romanowski 10 10 123 Lorenzo Lauria 2 2 43 Josef Blass 10 10 123 Marius Ionita 2 2 43 Kazuo Furuta 10 10 123 Monica Aghemo 2 2 43 Kenji Miyakuni 10 10 123 Monica Buratti 2 2 43 Linda Molle 10 10 123 Sascha Wernle 2 2 43 Manuel D' Orey Capucho 10 10 123 Shaohong Wu 2 2 43 Marco Ter Laare 10 10 123 Tatiana Ponomareva 2 2 43 Maria Joao Lara 10 10 123 2 2 43 Martine Rossard 10 10 123 Vera Tagliaferri 2 2 43 10 10 123 Victoria Gromova 2 2 43 Michel Romieu 10 10 123 Vladislav Nikolov Isporski 2 2 43 Michelle Isoard 10 10 123 Vytautas Vainikonis 2 2 43 Nicole Curetti 10 10 123 Wojtek Olanski 2 2 43 Pierre Franceschetti 10 10 123 Xiaoyi Li 2 2 43 Quentin Robert 10 10 123 Yan Huang 2 2 43 Rafal Jagniewski 10 10 123 Yanhong Wang 2 2 43 Rene Stienen 10 10 159 1 1 43 Roy Welland 10 10 159 1 1 43 Sabine Auken 10 10 159 Huub Bertens 1 1 43 Sjoert Brink 10 10 159 Joan Cremin 1 1 43 Sukriye Merze 10 10 159 Martine Verbeek 1 1 43 Teruko Nishimura 10 10 159 Sandra Rimstedt 1 1 22 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1122 13 1144 15 166 17 1188 19 220 21 2222 REESSUULLTTSS 8TH EUROPEANMIXED OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS RANKING - SEMIFINALMontecatini, A , Italy 1 GROMOVA Victoria GROMOV Andrey RUS - RUS 59.39 2 BESSIS Thomas BESSIS Veronique FRA - FRA 58.81 3 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 58.80 4 WANG Jian HU Junjie CHN - CHN 57.66 5 KOKTEN Namik ALUF Tuna TUR - TUR 55.76 6 VERSACE Alfredo PRAMOTTON Emanuela ITA - ITA 55.72 7 ZHU Ping JIN Ke CHN - CHN 55.72 8 OFIR Gilad ASULIN Adi ISR - ISR 55.63 9 ISOARD Michelle ROMIEU Michel FRA - FRA 55.53 10 BILDE Lone BILDE Bo Loenberg DEN - DEN 55.28 11 BYLUND Dan STROMBERG Helena SWE - SWE 55.25 12 ZMUDA Justyna KLUKOWSKI Michal POL - POL 55.22 13 VOLHEJN Vit HAJKOVA Sona CZE - CZE 54.96 14 JASZCZAK Andrzej BALDYSZ Cathy POL - POL 54.83 15 CHARLSEN Thomas THORESEN Siv NOR - NOR 54.82 16 CARCASSONNE-LABAERE Valerie LABAERE Alain BEL - BEL 54.60 17 HU Linlin SUN Yanhui CHN - CHN 54.18 18 GOLD David GROSS Susanna ENG - ENG 54.14 19 PSZCZOLA Jacek SAKR May USA - USA 54.09 20 BROCK Sally MYERS Barry ENG - ENG 53.88 21 RITMEIJER Richard TICHA Magdalena NED - NED 53.77 22 GOTARD Barbara GOTARD Tomasz GER - GER 53.37 23 HARDING Marianne GILLIS Simon NOR - ENG 53.34 24 RUDAKOVA Elena RUDAKOV Evgeni RUS - RUS 53.24 25 REIM Andrea ZIMMERMANN Felix GER - GER 53.20 26 SHEN (1) Qi CHEN Yunlong CHN - CHN 53.20 27 DADON Marcel NATAF Paula FRA - USA 52.94 28 IVANOV Atanas IVANOVA Steliana BUL - BUL 52.92 29 COLONNA Ornella LIGAMBI Luigi ITA - ITA 52.85 30 STOPPINI Lorenzo GEMIGNANI Manuela ITA - ITA 52.60 31 GARNER Steve HENNER Christal USA - USA 52.50 32 LINDERMANN Arno GRUMM Susanne AUT - AUT 52.36 33 SIMONSEN Steffen Fredrik OIGARDEN Bodil Nyheim NOR - NOR 51.94 34 ZUR-CAMPANILE Migry WILLENKEN Chris USA - USA 51.92 35 ZHENG Yili WANG Weimin CHN - CHN 51.83 36 SAKOWSKA Natalia BUTRYN Piotr POL - POL 51.80 37 WINCIOREK Tomasz STACHOWIAK-KLUZ Justyna POL - POL 51.55 38 GROMOELLER Michael GLADIATOR Anne GER - GER 51.36 39 UZUM Dogan OZGUNES Ayse TUR - TUR 51.26 40 FRANCO Carmela CAMMARATA Michele ITA - ITA 51.25 41 PALMA Antonio HAYMAN PIAFSKY Jessica POR - USA 51.04 42 HOFTANISKA Thor Erik BERTHEAU Kathrine NOR - SWE 51.03 43 OPPENSTAM Agneta NILSSON Hakan SWE - SWE 50.84 44 MAUBERQUEZ Eric MONOD Emmanuelle FRA - FRA 50.82 45 GARBOSI Franco COLOMBO BRUGNONI Gloria ITA - ITA 50.63 466 SSNOWDENNOWDENN BurkeBBuurkeke AALELALELAMA MayaMayay US USAAA- - USUSAA5A 5 50.52050.52 47 ZZIMMERMANNIMMERMANN PPiPierreerre DIKDIKHNOVAHNOVA TTtTatTatianaiianaMa M MONON -R- RRUSUS 5050. 50.4444 48 RASULA Bogdan BARAGA Barbara SLO - SLO 50.43 49 BERKOWITZ Lisa BERKOWITZ David USA - USA 50.42 50 DELESTRE Blandine DELESTRE Daniel FRA - FRA 50.36 51 BAREKET Ilan SAADA Nathalie ISR - ISR 50.29 52 JANSMA Jan JANSMA Aida NED - NED 50.29 53 SAGIV Stella ORENSTEIN Etan ISR - ISR 50.15 54 FRANCO Arturo TIDONE Laura ITA - ITA 50.03 55 DOBROWOLSKI Marcin MADUZIA Anna POL - POL 49.90 56 BEKKOUCHE Nadia HANLON Tom DEN - IRL 49.89 57 VOROBEI Pavel VOROBEYCHIKOVA Olga RUS - RUS 49.84 58 NOSACKI Michal SAADA Patrick ISR - ISR 49.79 59 MARTENS Krzysztof GHOSN Rita MON - LIB 49.68 60 REIM Sebastian VON ARNIM Daniela GER - GER 49.66 61 ISPORSKI Vladislav Nikolov ZOBU Ahu BUL - TUR 49.61 62 ROSENTHAL Andrew MICHIELSEN Marion USA - NED 49.48 63 GILLILAND Dolores STEWART Peter IRL - IRL 49.30 64 MATYUSHIN Alexander AKADEMOVA Valentina RUS - RUS 49.02 65 JESENICNIK Aleksandra ORAC Tolja SLO - SLO 49.00 66 DENIZCI Volkan DENIZCI Aylin TUR - TUR 48.72 67 MERZE Sukriye BERKTAS Can TUR - TUR 48.61 68 MIYAKUNI Ayako MIYAKUNI Kenji JPN - JPN 48.61 69 LYBAEK Astrid Steen ELLINGSEN Kristian NOR - NOR 48.59 70 MALINOWSKI Artur NATHAN Marilyn ENG - ENG 48.57 71 GULEVICH Anna MATUSHKO Georgi RUS - RUS 48.52 72 EGGELING Marie GOTARD Thomas GER - GER 48.16 73 KAZMUCHA Danuta SEREK Cezary POL - POL 47.98 74 NIKITINA Alexandra GUSEV Viacheslav RUS - RUS 47.89 75 KOVACHEV Valentin MARQUARDT Diana BUL - USA 47.78 76 EFRAIMSSON Bengt-Erik ZACK EFRAIMSSON Anna SWE - SWE 47.76 77 SVENDSEN Jan Petter BLAAGESTAD Lise NOR - NOR 47.67 78 OZTURK Bircan GOKCE Gul TUR - TUR 47.39 79 ELBRO Helle Simon PAASKESEN Frank DEN - DEN 47.22 80 VANDERVORST Mike MOMMAERTS Laure BEL - BEL 47.12 81 SANDQVIST Nicklas SHASHOU Nathalie ENG - ENG 46.89 82 NEHMERT Pony Beate FROEHNER Christian GER - GER 46.55 83 GINOSSAR Eldad BARR Ronnie USA - ISR 46.19 84 SYRAKOPOULOU Christina LIOSSIS Georgios GRE - GRE 46.19 85 VAN EIJCK Inez VAN EIJCK Willem NED - NED 45.97 86 McGOWAN Elizabeth (Liz) DUNCAN Sandy SCO - SCO 45.90 87 GRAIZER Nurit HORVITZ Shimshon ISR - ISR 45.40 88 RYSKIN Alexander RYSKINA Natalia RUS - RUS 45.32 89 THEELKE Mike SKELTON Joyce ENG - ENG 45.23 90 DE DONDER Steven DOBBELS Tine BEL - BEL 45.10 91 LHUISSIER Nicolas ROLLAND Sabine FRA - FRA 44.99 92 PAVLUSHKO Olga ORLOV Sergei RUS - RUS 44.73 93 SCIANDRA Roberta LUCENO Salvatore ITA - ITA 44.56 94 BRAGADIR Sybil DE MENDEZ Thierry USA - SUI 44.40 95 QUANTIN Jean-Christophe THEPAUT-VENTOS Solene FRA - FRA 43.92 96 BREKKA Geir LINDSTROEM Mona NOR - NOR 43.90 97 MILL Justin DARLING Marina AUS - AUS 43.33 98 JOHANSSON Henrik BOLANOS Elena SWE - SWE 43.05 99 PIEDRA Fernando SAESSELI Irene SUI - SUI 42.90 100 MULTON Franck WARD-PLATT Kiki MON - USA 42.43 101 PHELAN John PHELAN Lucy IRL - IRL 42.40 102 GOMEROV Pavel NOKHAEVA Tatiana RUS - RUS 42.34 103 CEGLIA Marzio OSSELLA Geraldine ITA - ITA 39.34 104 BAHNIKOVA Eva BAHNIK Petr CZE - CZE 39.08 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1122 13 23 1144 15 166 17 1188 19 220 21 2222 REESSUULLTTSS 8TH EUROPEANMIXED OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS RANKING - SEMIFINALMontecatini, B , Italy 1 SAYER Netsy ZAHARIEV Zahari TUR - BUL 60.45 2 ZHAO Jie LIU Shu CHN - CHN 60.42 3 OVESEN Jo-Arne HESKJE Torild NOR - NOR 58.88 4 ELSINEN Antti ELSINEN Tiina FIN - FIN 58.66 5 McGANN Hughg BROWN Fiona IRL - ENG 58.47 6 SMSMEDEREVACEDEREVAC JovankaJovJ ankka IONITAIONITA MaMMariusriui ssF F FRARA -R- RROMOM 58.58 58.4040 7 GUGUPTAPTA SSuSubhashbhbhashh DODOMICHIMICHI NNorNorikoikiko IN INDDD- - JPJPNN5N 5 58.39838.39 8 HOMME Marianne HOMME Egil NOR - NOR 58.37 9 KIZILOK Omer KUTUK Basak TUR - TUR 58.27 10 ANFINSEN Ivar M. SOLHEIM Eli NOR - NOR 58.13 11 HUBERSCHWILLER Matthias HUBERSCHWILLER Anne-Laure FRA - FRA 57.56 12 SKORCHEV Stefan MALAKOVA Desislava BUL - BUL 57.49 13 NOWOSADZKI Michal DUFRAT Katarzyna POL - POL 57.41 14 KARPOV Maksim TAUBE Aire EST - EST 56.91 15 HACHEM Tony HITTI Marielle LIB - LIB 56.81 16 SAELENSMINDE Erik FUGLESTAD Ann Karin NOR - NOR 56.80 17 BASA Marusa CASTNER Kevin ENG - GER 56.59 18 PROKHOROV Dmitri CHUBAROVA Svetlana RUS - RUS 56.47 19 HELGEMO Geir LARSSON Jessica MON - SWE 56.37 20 SAUVAGE Valerie BOGACKI Patrick FRA - FRA 56.21 21 ANDREASSON Pernilla CARLSSON Kjell SWE - SWE 55.54 22 OZTURK Erdem CAKICI Ferda TUR - TUR 55.06 23 KHAZANOV Igor LEBEDEVA Maria RUS - RUS 54.83 24 ADAMIC Tomaz DRINOVEC DRNOVSEK Barbara SLO - SLO 54.77 25 PODER Jean Le CURETTI Nicole FRA - FRA 54.71 26 LESKELA Vesa VIRTANEN Kirsi FIN - FIN 54.61 27 TAL Dana HETZ Nathan ISR - ISR 54.56 28 TITOW Joanne TITOW Kenneth USA - USA 54.53 29 OZBEY Funda OZBEY Tayfun TUR - TUR 54.44 30 FELMY Matthias VECHIATTO Claudia GER - GER 54.17 31 HARFOUCHE Gabriel FAYAD Mireille LIB - LIB 54.13 32 ALBERTAZZI Marzia PRATESI Andrea ITA - ITA 54.12 33 KONDAKCI SEN Emine SEN Tezcan TUR - TUR 54.02 34 BROGELAND Boye BROGELAND Tonje Aasand NOR - NOR 53.94 35 FURUTA Kazuo NISHIMURA Teruko JPN - JPN 53.89 36 SENIOR Nevena DELEV Kiril ENG - ENG 53.81 37 ROBERT Quentin PUILLET Carole FRA - FRA 53.74 38 McINTOSH Andrew McCALLUM Karen ENG - USA 53.66 39 HANSEN Reidun Margrethe MOE Haavard NOR - NOR 53.66 40 REESS Vanessa MORAWSKI Dariusz FRA - FRA 53.39 41 LUESSMANN Claudia LUESSMANN Ingo GER - GER 53.27 42 ROMANOVSKA Maija LORENCS Martins LAT - LAT 53.15 43 ZACK Yaniv WASSERMAN Gilda ISR - BEL 53.06 44 BUCHMAYR Maximilian BUCHMAYR Susanne AUT - AUT 53.03 45 ERICHSEN Espen ERICHSEN Helen ENG - ENG 52.91 46 BRINK Sjoert FERM Barbara NED - USA 52.84 47 KAMGOZEN Nuray KAMGOZEN Emin TUR - TUR 52.74 48 KARLSEN Sverre FERRER Maria NOR - ESP 52.66 49 VOLDOIRE Jean-Michel AVON Danielle FRA - FRA 52.62 50 MIHAI Geta MIHAI Radu ROM - ROM 52.58 51 SAUTAUX Monika SZCZEPANSKI Radoslaw POL - POL 52.31 52 CURTIS Catherine FEGARTY Paul ENG - ENG 52.30 53 LARA Maria Joao OREY CAPUCHO Antonio d' POR - POR 52.26 54 FIASCHI Andrea ROMANO Annalisa ITA - ITA 52.25 55 NELL Cristal SAVCHENKO Igor USA - USA 52.13 56 RESTA Guido ARRIGONI Gianna ITA - ITA 52.06 57 MACURA Milan MACUROVA Michaela CZE - CZE 52.03 58 DEWASME Isabelle DEHAYE Bernard BEL - BEL 51.77 59 POPLILOV Lilo POPLILOV Matilda BUL - ISR 51.77 60 KOWALSKI Apolinary MISZEWSKA Ewa POL - POL 51.73 61 SENIOR Brian PENFOLD Sandra ENG - ENG 51.55 62 ROSENTHAL Lee GREEN Marcia ISR - ENG 51.52 63 PILIPOVIC Marina SAGIV Yehuda CRO - ISR 51.45 64 HORNISCHER Gerhard KERBL Astrid AUT - AUT 51.43 65 HOLMOY Stine FYRUN Kjell Gaute NOR - NOR 51.40 66 TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav MAYER Faith NZL - PHI 51.40 67 WENNING Ulrich WENNING Karin GER - GER 51.36 68 SHERMAN David CAPAL Tracy ENG - ENG 51.35 69 KHANDELWAL Rajeev KHANDELWAL Himani IND - IND 51.32 70 RANIS Michael WEINGER Lindsey USA - USA 51.29 71 LIU Yi Qian HU Mao Yuan CHN - CHN 51.26 72 OLIVIERI Gabriella ZALESKI Romain ITA - ITA 51.23 73 LILLIS Heidi McGLOUGHLIN Michael IRL - IRL 51.18 74 SMYKALLA Gisela SCHNEIDER Michael GER - GER 51.04 75 TESHOME Sarah THROWER James ENG - ENG 51.04 76 CLAIR Paolo PAGNINI-ARSLAN Carla ITA - ITA 50.95 77 MARZI Floriana VITALE Riccardo ITA - ITA 50.94 78 FAILLA Giuseppe CARNICELLI Francesca ITA - ITA 50.77 79 BANKOGLU Ergun BANKOGLU Lelia TUR - TUR 50.61 80 FERLIC Judith POLASCHEGG Helmut AUT - AUT 50.49 81 MARK Micha MARK Sonia ISR - ISR 50.46 82 UTNER Bernard ANGEBRANDT Dietlind AUT - AUT 50.38 83 HELNESS Gunn HELNESS Fredrik NOR - NOR 50.37 84 ATES Ebru TUNCOK Cenk TUR - USA 50.37 85 VIANELLO Francesca BALBI Gianni ITA - ITA 50.35 86 COPE Simon ROBERTSON Marion ENG - ENG 50.05 87 ARAMI Ruth LENGY Assaf ISR - ISR 49.67 88 ZHU Jianyu JIANG Yong Kang NZL - NZL 49.38 89 SERANGELI Franca MAZZA Andrea ITA - ITA 49.29 90 ROLL Yossi HETZ Clara ISR - ISR 49.20 91 TER LAARE Marco MOLLE Linda NED - NED 49.19 92 HAVAS Elizabeth DANTA Gytis AUS - AUS 49.18 93 ROSSARD Martine ROMANOWSKI Jerzy FRA - FRA 49.18 94 BAUSBACK Nikolas ALBERTI Anja GER - GER 49.12 95 SZTYRAK Leszek CZAJKA Iwona POL - POL 48.99 96 ZOCHOWSKA Joanna VAINIKONIS Vytautas FRA - LTU 48.95 97 MULLER Renata LEWIS Marshall CRO - CRO 48.94 98 HEJJAJ Karim HOWARD Lise SUI - SUI 48.80 99 VERDEGAAL Renee THIELE Mark NED - NED 48.77 100 ALP Zeynep EKINCI Orhan TUR - TUR 48.55 101 WALSH Terry KEMPLE Brid IRL - IRL 48.54 102 LUND Erik REITER Kate DEN - DEN 48.51 103 SARNIAK Anna BLASS Josef POL - USA 48.49 104 YALMAN Ali YALMAN Gracia TUR - TUR 48.46 24 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1122 13 1144 15 166 17 1188 19 220 21 2222 REESSUULLTTSS 8TH EUROPEANMIXED OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS RANKING - SEMIFINALMontecatini, B , Italy 105 SCHETTINO Giulia PORCIANI Roberto ITA - ITA 48.33 106 GUERRA Enrico PISCITELLI Francesca ITA - ITA 48.14 107 BERNAL Francisco ALPERT Claire COL - USA 48.06 108 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 48.03 109 SHARKANAS Giedrius JANKUNAITE Giedre LTU - LTU 47.88 110 LOTTI Antonio COLOSIMO Daniela ITA - ITA 47.72 111 RISOM Karin Strande RYBNER-PETERSEN Henrik DEN - DEN 47.57 112 STUYCK Dominique BAHBOUT Sam BEL - BEL 47.44 113 LANGER Darina GWINNER Hans-Herman SUI - GER 47.43 114 BERTHOLD Alfred DELLA MONTA Annaig GER - GER 47.38 115 HALFON Nesim Mihail HALFON Tola TUR - TUR 47.38 116 BERNABEI Giusy DELLA SETA Livio ITA - ITA 47.26 117 SOLDATI Carla SOLDATI Fabrizio ITA - ITA 47.03 118 KANDEMIR Ismail NUHOGLU Sevil TUR - TUR 46.89 119 STEPHENS Robert ROSSLEE Diana RSA - RSA 46.80 120 LESSELLS Gordon KELLY-ROGERS Mary IRL - IRL 46.74 121 FERRAMI Marzia GRAGNOLI Paolo ITA - ITA 46.71 122 POLLINI Alba CALBUCCI Davide ITA - ITA 46.71 123 PASSARINHO Joao PANADERO Maria ESP - ESP 46.51 124 THEOTOKIS Nikos PSILOU Molly GRE - GRE 46.44 125 RICCI Sergio GIUFFREDI Giuseppina ITA - ITA 46.42 126 HALLER Priit PIIBELEHT Ines EST - EST 46.24 127 YUEN Michael FENTON Angela CAN - CAN 46.19 128 MANNO Andrea BERTOGLIO Manuela ITA - ITA 46.12 129 RUGGIERO Antonio MAC NEIL Katharine ITA - ITA 45.85 130 POON Hua KWON Haeryung SIN - KOR 45.78 131 TRAYER Blathnaid OLEARY Maurice IRL - IRL 45.58 132 FOSSI Niccolo TACCETTI Carla ITA - ITA 45.52 133 LAMFORD Paul ROHAN Stefanie ENG - ENG 45.43 134 NAVEH Nurit MERMELSTEIN Gabi ISR - ISR 45.20 135 PIANA Alessandro MARTELLO Beatrice ITA - ITA 45.09 136 CAPPELLER Joachim CAPPELLER Gabriele GER - GER 45.06 137 STRETZ Francois SALONEN Irmeli FRA - FRA 44.88 138 CEDOLIN Franco ZAGO Serenina ITA - ITA 44.86 139 FIASCHI Sabrina RICCI Nerio ITA - ITA 44.86 140 LANE Sue NEWTON Matthew ENG - ENG 44.83 141 WALSH Joe WHELAN Maria IRL - IRL 44.71 142 MELTZER Rose DEMIREV Nikolay USA - USA 44.50 143 MALUISH Annette Elizabeth MILL Andrew John AUS - AUS 44.38 144 MAGNUSSON Stephan DUC Laurence SUI - SUI 44.31 145 PASKE Thomas SEALE Catherine ENG - ENG 44.25 146 LEDGER Jimmy HANNAH Maureen ENG - ENG 44.02 147 CHEDIAK Virginia ENGEBRETSEN Geir NOR - NOR 43.84 148 SIMPSON Jo SIMPSON Robert NZL - NZL 43.67 149 SHAMI Anisia CAMP Owen NZL - NZL 43.31 150 MIROLLI Maura SMORTO Domenico SMR - ITA 42.98 151 MADSEN Christina Lund McALLISTER John Grayson DEN - USA 42.73 152 NIELSEN Hanne SVAERKE Torben DEN - DEN 42.59 153 ENGSTROM Eva CHAUDHURI Amit ESP - ESP 42.39 154 PARNIS-ENGLAND Margaret CLARE Oliver MLT - MLT 42.37 155 GIANNOTTI Francesco PAGLIANTI Francesca ITA - ITA 41.56 156 BACH Peer LICHTNECKER Setsuko NZL - NZL 40.67 157 FITZPATRICK Anne CURRAN Harold IRL - IRL 40.56 158 PAROLARO Pierfrancesco DELLE COSTE Beatrice ITA - ITA 40.42 159 McGUIRE Brian DAVIS Ti ENG - USA 40.11 160 NIKITINE Ruth SCHOELLKOPF Andrea SUI - SUI 39.49 161 FUGLESTAD Ole SIVERTSVIK Ranja NOR - NOR 38.60 162 CMIEL Thorsten DE MEDICI Raffaella GER - GER 38.12

Answer to Optimus Est Bus transfers Montecatini - Mondolandia: According to PO Sundelin, who drew up a Tickets at 30 Euros for the full week will be sold table in approximately three minutes, you at the registration desk next to the Tourist Office may get even eight tricks by an “en passant”. in Montecatini (on Friday June 16 only) and at the But no more. hospitality desk in Mondolandia at all times. Buses in the morning will load starting 9:45 and depart latest 10:00 from the three pick-up locations marked on the map available at the registration and VIDEO CORNER hospitality desks. Buses will return from Mondolandia at the end of play and drop-off at location no. 1 only. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday June 17, 18 and 19 there will also be a bus making a return trip Mondolandia-Montecatini-Mondolandia during the lunch break, for those teams with players only playing either the morning or the afternoon session. CONGRATULATION MNEPO

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