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Saturday, November 12th 2011 Today’s Schdule, November 12th 2011 Men’s Teams Rd Time Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 RR1-1 09:00–11:10 1 Bye x 6 Malaysia 2 Philippines x 3 Singapore 4 Thailand x 5 Indonesia RR1-2 11:40–13:50 5 Indonesia x 1 Bye 4 Thailand x 2 Philippines 6 Malaysia x 3 Singapore RR1-3 15:00–17:10 1 Bye x 4 Thailand 2 Philippines x 6 Malaysia 3 Singapore x 5 Indonesia RR1-4 17:40–19:50 3 Singapore x 1 Bye 5 Indonesia x 2 Philippines 6 Malaysia x 4 Thailand Women’s Teams Rd Time Match 1 Match 2 RR1-1 09:00–11:10 1 Thailand x 4 Indonesia 2 Philippines x 3 Singapore RR1-2 11:40–13:50 3 Singapore x 1 Thailand 4 Indonesia x 2 Philippines RR1-3 15:00–17:10 1 Thailand x 2 Philippines 3 Singapore x 4 Indonesia RR2-1 17:40–19:50 1 Thailand x 4 Indonesia 2 Philippines x 3 Singapore Vugraph Schedule Round 1 Philippines vs Singapore Men’s Teams Thailand vs Indonesia Women’s Teams Round II Malaysia vs Singapore Men’s Teams Singapore vs Thailand Women’s Teams Round III Singapore vs Indonesia Men’s Teams Singapore vs Indonesia Women’s Teams Round IV Indonesia vs Philippines Men’s Teams Philippines vs Singapore Women’s Teams Appeals Committee 1. Jos Jacobs Netherlands 2. Arifin Halim Indonesia 3. Apisai Makmitree Thailand 4. Gemma Mariano Tan Philippines 5. Poon Hua Singapore 6. David Law Malaysia 1 Saturday, November 12th 2011 Message from the President of the Indonesian Contract Bridge Association Sports greetings and best wishes to all With utter gratitude to God, for the first time in the world Bridge will be contested in a International Multi Event Championship namely the 26th SEA Games in Palembang in 2011. This has been an on-going effort by the Board of the GABSI to have Bridge included in a multi-event championship, long before our tenure as board members. In Indonesia Bridge has already been contested for a long time in National Multi-Event Championships, namely in the PON, our National Games. Therefore we would like the APBF and the WBF to follow up our efforts and do their utmost to have bridge included in a higher level multi-event championship such as the Asian Games and the Olympics. This way, a dream would come true for all the bridge players in the world. Therefore as the current President of the GABSI I would like to express my highest appreciation to the KONI and KOI for including Bridge as an event to be contested in this 26th SEA Games. I also would like to express my gratitude to the Presidents who have preceded me such as Wimpy S Tjetjep, Miranda S Goeltom, the late Amran Zamzami, Wiranto and my other predecessors for their efforts in popularising bridge in Indonesia and achieving recognition in the bridge world. A historical milestone has been achieved by our Women’s team by reaching the finals of the 2011Venice Cup in Veldhoven, the Netherlands and finally winning the silver medals. I hope that this achievement will increase the ambition of all athletes participating 26th SEA Games’to obtain the highest possible result in the world. I also would like to express my gratitude to Mrs. Esther Chodchoy Soponpanich as President of the APBF, who will be present at these Championships, for endorsing Indonesia so that the WBF has appointed us to host the 41st World Team Championships at Nusa Dua, Bali, 16 - 29 September 2013. A dream of 11 years at last has come true and we do hope that we can achieve what we targeted then : to be an excellent host and to become world champions. We also have to be grateful that our Government has taken an interest in bridge as a sport, one proof is the inclusion of bridge in the Program Gold for Indonesia (Prima) and also the State Minister of Youth and Sport has endorsed International Bridge Events in Batam and Bali and has assisted in the sending of our national team to the world championships and has promised to assist in the organisation of the 41st World Team Championships 2013. Finally I would like to express my gratitude to all parties who have supported the Indonesian national teams which will compete in the 2011 SEA Games 2011 and especially their ‘foster father’ PT Timah Tbk and all sponsors of GABSI. To all participants : Welcome to Palembang, have a nice competition. Play seriously and in the highest sport ethics. Wass, Dahlan Iskan President Wish you all the best ! 2 Saturday, November 12th 2011 Message from the WBF President WORLD BRIDGE FEDERATION Dear Bridge Friends, I am very pleased and honoured to offer my best greetings to all of you, the participants at the SEA Games in Palembang, Indonesia. Both personally and on behalf of the World Bridge Federation I would like to congratulate the Organizing Committee, the Indonesian Bridge Association, my personal friends the President Iskan Dahlan, the Executive Vice President Widi Pancono and the entire APBF, led by my colleague and dear friend Esther Sophonpanich; I am sure that the event will be a great success rewarding the work done by them with passion and dedication. Competing against each other in a spirit of sportsmanship and with a high standard of ethics will be your contribution to the success of this event, showing once again the true value of bridge, friendship, fair play and rejection of any discrimination. As you know, the 41st World Teams Championships and the 9th Transnational Open Teams Championship will be held in Bali in September 2013 and we are working very closely with Iskan, Widi, Esther and their colleagues of the Organising Committee, aiming to ensure the success of the Championships. I am very pleased to invite all of you to attend the event and I will be pleased to welcome you in Nusa Dua. Enjoy your stay and your play in Palembang and good luck to all of you. Un abbraccio, Gianarrigo Rona 3 Saturday, November 12th 2011 Message from the APBF President Asia Pacific Bridge Federation ASIA PACIFIC BRIDGE FEDERATION Bridge history is being made in this "City of Water Tour", Palembang, one of the oldest cities in Indonesia ....Rich in history, Palembang was a centre for trade between East and West as well as an important centre of learning for Sanskrit and Hindu, resulting today, in a cosmopolitan city merging cultural, religious and ethnic diversities. It is appropriate that Bridge is included in the 26th South East Asian Games for the first time in an international Sports Event, recognised by the International Olympic Council (IOC) in this city where many of our cultures have merged. I would like to thank all the Executives of the Indonesian Bridge Association (GABSI) for successfully pushing for the inclusion of Bridge in these SEA Games and for their hard work in co-ordinating the schedule, matches and technical details. GABSI has also taken this golden opportunity to promote the sport of Bridge in Indonesia, and adopted a completely professional system of training and coaching for their teams which has proven fruitful when, just a few weeks ago, the "dark horse" Indonesian Ladies beat all the best players in the world, to enter the Finals of the Venice Cup in the World Bridge Championships in Veldhoven, Netherlands in October, 2011. It is an amazing achievement, and has brought not only fame to the players, to Indonesia, but also to our Asia Pacific zone. Congratulations !!! On behalf of all participants, I would like to thank the organisers of SEA Games, the City of Palembang, and all our friends at GABSI who are always such genial hosts and efficient organisers. Good luck to all !! Khunying Chodchoy (Esther) Sophonpanich President 4 Saturday, November 12th 2011 The Smiling Assassin by Mark Horton As no boards have been played yet here in (1) Almost game forcing Palembang, we present a hand on which one of (2) 3 controls the Venice Cup runners-up showed her skill in declarer play, just about two weeks ago. The The Kaplan & Rubens Hand Evaluator suggests board already appeared in the Veldhoven Daily that the South hand is worth around 23 and a Bulletin half points, and South’s upgrade meant North was happy to let her partner try for the slam Everyone has been impressed by the bonus. performance of the Indonesian women. On this deal from their semifinal against England, Joice West led the four of spades covered by the Tueje played brilliantly: seven, nine and ace. Declarer went after the clubs and things did not look good when East Dealer South ] 10 7 3 discarded the five of spades on the third round. NS Vul [ Q 7 5 3 A fourth round saw declarer pitch a diamond (a } A K J 4 heart had gone on the third club) and East let { 9 7 go the six of spades. West switched to the six of ] 4 ] Q J 9 6 5 diamonds and declarer put up dummy’s ace [ 10 8 6 4 2 N [ K 9 and played a heart to the jack. When that held } 10 8 6 W E } Q 9 5 2 she cashed the last club, West discarding the six { 10 8 4 2 S { J 3 of hearts, dummy the three of spades and East ] A K 8 2 the five of diamonds. [ A J } 7 3 These cards remained: { A K Q 6 5 ] 10 Open Room [ Q 7 West North East South } K J Dewi Senior Murniati Dhondy {— 2NT ] — ] Q J Pass 3{(1) Pass 3}(2) [ 10 8 4 N [ K Pass 3](3) Pass 3NT } 10 8 W E } Q 9 All Pass {— S {— ] K 8 2 (1) Puppet Stayman [ A (2) 1 or 2 four-card majors } 7 (3) 4 hearts {— West led the four of spades and under no pressure declarer took ten tricks, + 630 to Reading the position perfectly, declarer cashed England.