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Bulletin 6 Wednesday, 18 July 2007 ITALY TAKES LEAD TEAM PHOTOGRAPHS Today it is the turn of the fol- lowing teams to have their photographs taken for the EBL database. Would the cap- tains please ensure that all players of the team plus the npc are present outside the front door of the Palace as follows: Italy 13.00 Juniors Bulgaria 13.00 Schools Czech Rep. 13.00 Schools Denmark 13.00 Schools England 13.00 Schools France 13.30 Schools Germany 13.30 Schools Hungary 13.30 Schools Israel 13.30 Schools Italy 17.00 Schools The Playing Area Latvia 17.00 Schools Italy had a solid day in the Junior Championship to move into the lead as Netherlands 17.00 Schools Norway 17.00 Schools previous leaders Norway struggled. The leaders are now Italy with 235, Poland 17.00 Schools ahead of Norway 224, Netherlands 220.5, Poland 215, Sweden 205.5, and Germany 205. Maria Ploumbi - EBL Photographer I would like to welcome Bulgaria to these championships. Their Schools team lost narrowly in the first round but in Round 2 had Bulgaria’s first win VUGRAPH at a Youth Championship since 1988 — the last time any Bulgarian team took part. Not only that, but the win was 24.5-0 over Netherlands, and they fol- MATCHES lowed it up by demolishing Hungary 25-0 in Round 3 then beat Czech Re- public 18-12 to lie fourth on 81.5 behind Poland and England, tied on 89, 1 VP England - Poland (Juniors) 10.00 ahead of Sweden on 88. Meanwhile, spare a thought for Wales, who have Netherlands - Sweden (Juniors) 14.00 Bulgaria - Denmark (Schools) 17.30 started 1, 1, 0, 0. Ouch! Let’s all wish them a change of fortune today. 21st EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Jesolo, Italy JUNIOR TEAMS TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND 11 ROUND 13 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 GREECE AUSTRIA 1 GREECE SWEDEN 39 - 28 17 - 13 2 SCOTLAND NORWAY 2 ROMANIA SLOVAKIA 68 - 20 25 - 5 3 LATVIA FRANCE 3 CZECH REPUBLIC CROATIA 37 - 54 11 - 19 4 TURKEY NETHERLANDS 4 BELGIUM TURKEY 68 - 41 21 - 9 5 CROATIA PORTUGAL 5 ENGLAND LATVIA 57 - 38 19 - 11 6 SLOVAKIA ITALY 6 POLAND SCOTLAND 45 - 18 21 - 9 7 SWEDEN GERMANY 7 HUNGARY AUSTRIA 64 - 39 20 - 10 8 DENMARK NORWAY 48 - 30 19 - 11 8 ROMANIA RUSSIA 9 RUSSIA FRANCE 20 - 34 12 - 18 9 CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK 10 GERMANY NETHERLANDS 14 - 33 11 - 19 10 BELGIUM HUNGARY 11 ITALY PORTUGAL 56 - 19 23 - 7 11 ENGLAND POLAND ROUND 12 ROUND 14 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 HUNGARY GREECE 1 POLAND GREECE 28 - 23 16 - 14 2 DENMARK POLAND 2 HUNGARY ENGLAND 16 - 49 8 - 22 3 RUSSIA ENGLAND 3 DENMARK BELGIUM 45 - 34 17 - 13 4 GERMANY BELGIUM 4 RUSSIA CZECH REPUBLIC 32 - 48 12 - 18 5 ITALY CZECH REPUBLIC 5 GERMANY ROMANIA 51 - 29 20 - 10 6 PORTUGAL ROMANIA 6 ITALY SWEDEN 53 - 30 20 - 10 7 NETHERLANDS SWEDEN 7 PORTUGAL SLOVAKIA 62 - 38 20 - 10 8 NETHERLANDS CROATIA 27 - 23 16 - 14 8 FRANCE SLOVAKIA 9 FRANCE TURKEY 43 - 55 13 - 17 9 NORWAY CROATIA 10 NORWAY LATVIA 40 - 60 11 - 19 10 AUSTRIA TURKEY 11 AUSTRIA SCOTLAND 42 - 37 16 - 14 11 SCOTLAND LATVIA Entry into the Playing Area ROUND 15 Please note that entry to the playing area 1 GREECE SCOTLAND after play has started is at the discretion of 2 LATVIA AUSTRIA the tournament director. 3 TURKEY NORWAY 4 CROATIA FRANCE Today’s Schedule 5 SLOVAKIA NETHERLANDS 10.00 Schools Teams, Round 5 6 SWEDEN PORTUGAL 10.00 Junior Teams, Round 13 7 ROMANIA ITALY 14.00 Schools Teams, Round 6 8 CZECH REPUBLIC GERMANY 14.00 Junior Teams, Round 14 9 BELGIUM RUSSIA 17.30 Schools Teams, Round 7 10 ENGLAND DENMARK 17.30 Junior Teams, Round 15 11 POLAND HUNGARY 2 11-21 July 2007 21st EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHOOLS TEAMS TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND 2 ROUND 5 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 LATVIA SWEDEN 1 CZECH REPUBLIC LATVIA 37 - 56 11 - 18 2 DENMARK HUNGARY 2 HUNGARY FRANCE 12 - 98 0 - 25 3 NETHERLANDS CZECH REPUBLIC 3 SWEDEN ISRAEL 65 - 28 23 - 7 4 TURKEY FRANCE 4 DENMARK NORWAY 47 - 37 17 - 13 5 ENGLAND ISRAEL 5 NETHERLANDS BULGARIA 9 - 96 0 - 25 6 TURKEY GERMANY 57 - 63 14 - 16 6 ITALY NORWAY 7 ENGLAND WALES 101 - 26 25 - 1 7 POLAND BULGARIA 8 ITALY POLAND 13 - 91 1 - 23 8 WALES GERMANY ROUND 3 ROUND 6 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 WALES LATVIA 1 LATVIA ENGLAND 35 - 57 10 - 20 2 GERMANY POLAND 2 ITALY TURKEY 69 - 45 20 - 10 3 BULGARIA ITALY 3 POLAND NETHERLANDS 112 - 18 25 - 0 4 NORWAY ENGLAND 4 WALES DENMARK 11 -123 0 - 25 5 ISRAEL TURKEY 5 GERMANY SWEDEN 24 - 26 15 - 15 6 FRANCE NETHERLANDS 6 BULGARIA HUNGARY 85 - 5 25 - 0 7 NORWAY CZECH REPUBLIC 41 - 37 16 - 14 7 CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK 8 ISRAEL FRANCE 41 - 45 14 - 16 8 HUNGARY SWEDEN ROUND 4 ROUND 7 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 LATVIA ITALY 1 ISRAEL LATVIA 69 - 46 20 - 10 2 POLAND ENGLAND 2 FRANCE NORWAY 25 - 38 12 - 18 3 WALES TURKEY 3 CZECH REPUBLIC BULGARIA 32 - 47 12 - 18 4 GERMANY NETHERLANDS 4 HUNGARY GERMANY 23 - 35 13 - 17 5 BULGARIA DENMARK 5 SWEDEN WALES 114 - 29 25 - 0 6 DENMARK POLAND 11 - 34 10 - 20 6 NORWAY SWEDEN 7 NETHERLANDS ITALY 44 - 54 13 - 17 7 ISRAEL HUNGARY 8 TURKEY ENGLAND 17 - 69 5 - 25 8 FRANCE CZECH REPUBLIC Today in History On July 18, 64 A.D., a fire broke out in Rome, spreading rapidly throughout the market area in the centre of the city. When the flames finally died out more than a week later, nearly two-thirds of Rome had been destroyed. Emperor Nero used the fire as an opportunity to rebuild Rome in a more orderly Greek style and began construction on a massive palace called the Domus Aureus. Some speculated that the emperor had ordered the burning of Rome to indulge his architectural tastes, but he was away in Antium when the conflagration began. According to later Roman histo- rians, Nero blamed members of the mysterious Christian cult for the fire and launched the first Roman persecutions of Christians in response. 3 21st EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Jesolo, Italy JUNIOR TEAMS Pessimism Can Pay ROUND 12 The French and English Junior teams played out a RANKING AFTER hard-fought draw in Round 10. We are all used to bid- ding the thinnest of games at IMPs, particularly when 1 ITALY 235 vulnerable, but sometimes that can prove to be an expensive approach and a touch of pessimism can be 2 NORWAY 224 highly profitable. 3 NETHERLANDS 220,5 4 POLAND 215 Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. 5 SWEDEN 205,5 [ K 7 3 6 GERMANY 205 ] A 5 3 7 RUSSIA 198,5 { K 6 5 2 8 ENGLAND 191 } K 7 2 9 DENMARK 186 [ 6 5N [ Q J 10 9 8 ] K J 7 ] 9 6 2 10 FRANCE 185 W E { J 9 { A 8 7 3 11 LATVIA 180 } J 10 8 6 5 3S } Q 12 CROATIA 179 [ A 4 2 13 CZECH REPUBLIC 174,5 ] Q 10 8 4 14 HUNGARY 174 { Q 10 4 15 TURKEY 162,5 } A 9 4 16 BELGIUM 156 17 SCOTLAND 154 In the other room, the French N/S pair bid their combined 25-count to 3NT. The hands fit together 18 GREECE 147 only moderately well while the opposing cards lie very 19 ROMANIA 143 badly — unless declarer plays double dummy. The 20 SLOVAKIA 138 French declarer got nothing right and was down three 21 PORTUGAL 137 for —300. For England, Duncan Happer opened 1} with the 22 AUSTRIA 119,5 South cards, either natural or, more likely, 11-13 bal- anced. Many would look at the North hand and drive to game but Ben Green didn’t like the 4-3-3-3 shape SCHOOLS TEAMS with no intermediates and no honour combinations — plus, they open all flat 11s — so contented himself with RANKING AFTER ROUND 4 an invitational 2NT response, which ended the auc- tion. It is true that 3NT can be made, as the hearts can be 1 ENGLAND 89 played for three winners and the diamonds for two, but POLAND 89 you might start to hold your cards very close to your 3 SWEDEN 88 chest in future against anyone who managed that. Making 4 BULGARIA 81,5 2NT would ensure a sizable gain for England but eight 5 DENMARK 63 tricks were quite a way off on the automatic spade lead ITALY 63 from East. Green ducked the first spade but won the continuation 7 NORWAY 61 in hand and led a low heart to the ten and jack. West 8 ISRAEL 60 switched to a low club and Green won the ace then 9 GERMANY 58,5 played ace and another heart. He ducked West’s club 10 FRANCE 54 continuation but, of course, won the next club. Now it all 11 CZECH REPUBLIC 51 came down to the diamonds. Leading low to the ten 12 LATVIA 47 could result in making no further tricks if West held the jack, plus, the distribution was known and jack-doubleton 13 TURKEY 44,5 was a realistic possibility. Accordingly, Green led to the 14 HUNGARY 29 {Q, cashed the long heart and played the low diamond NETHERLANDS 29 for the jack, king and ace.