Co-ordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer - Chief Editor: - Editors: Jos Jacobs, , Jordi Sabaté, Issue: 9 Peter Ventura, - Layout Editor: George Georgopoulos - Photographer: Ron Tacchi 26 JUNE 2005 SHOCKS GALORE IN THE OPEN

It was a day of surprises in the European Lesniewski, Pszczola, Chemla, & Mari. Add to Open Teams Championship as an exceptional them such stars as Helness, Forrester, Lind- Contents number of fancied teams were eliminated and kvist, Fredin, Sadek, Ahmadi, Cronier and so Message from the Appeals Committee 2 will have to seek a place in the knock out on and you will readily understand our head- Message to All Women Players 3 Open Teams: Özdil v Pont 4 stages via the Swiss repechage.The big names line. Clasificatorio Equipos 5 to fall include a host of World Champions, in- The Women's and Senior events still have Open Team Rosters 6 cluding the likes of Meckstroth & Rodwell, two days to go before the qualification Women/Senior Team Rosters 7 Perron & Lebel, Fischer, Schifko, Townsend, process is complete. Open/Women/Senior Team Results 8

Schedule of Play

10.30 Open Teams (2nd Qualifying

Rounds in Swiss)

10.30 Women & Senior Teams

Qualifying Round Robin

Francis Wolf,Yves Aubry, Maurice Panis & Jean-Claude Thuiller, proud to present France's bid to host Press Room the 2008 European Championships. Opening Hours today: 11.00 until 20.00 The Team Events Normal Hours OPEN TEAMS 09.30 until 20.00 Today we will play the Swiss A with 44 teams of which 27 qualify for the K.O. 32. The other 39 teams play the Swiss B of which the five highest teams qualify for the K.O. 32 and get the ranks 28 to 32. For the pairing in the first round we use the ranking based on the carry-overs given and choose randomly within the groups with the same VP's. The Case of the In both Swisses there are 6 rounds of 8 boards, with starting times 10.30; 12.00; 14.15; Missing Spades 15.45; 17.15 and 18.45. There will be a captains meeting in Los Espejos to decide the first matches in the K.O Now you see them, now you don't! as soon as possible after finishing play at 20.00. The more observant among you may The matches will be decided by choice.Team 1 in Swiss A chooses a team ranked 9 to have noticed that some of the diagrams 32, then team 2 does the same for the remaining teams etc. If a team ranked 9 to 13 were minus the symbol for spades, in- chooses a team ranked 28 up to 32 it keeps its place in the brackets If a team ranked 28 stead having a double dose of hearts. to 32 is chosen by a team ranked lower than 13 its place in the brackets will be the high- The final proofs we checked were im- est free place among the positions 9 to 13 pushing other teams to a lower place. maculate so what could have gone wrong? After a detailed investigation, we The other teams in the Swiss B play another Swiss of 5 rounds of 8 boards tomorrow. were forced to fall back on the classic Swiss A in Los Espejos, Swiss B in Tenerife. 'When you have eliminated the impossi- WOMEN and SENIORS ble, whatever remains, however improb- These teams continue their respective round robins today and finishing tomorrow. The able, must be the truth.' first four in each group qualify for the quarter finals to be held Tuesday. (Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four.) It Seniors in Royale (10.30; 14.00; 17.00);Women group A in Imperial (starting times 10.00; was a simple fingerfehler. The good news is that the Internet 12.30; 15.30and 18.00) Women group B in Minerva (10.30; 14.00; 17.00). version has now been corrected. Ton Kooijman 2 2nd EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Message from With Open Championship Diary the Appeal Cards In a major Championship fatigue can Many thanks to Olivier Beauvillain for strike at any moment, to players and staff alike. Committee supplying us with this little problem. Ron Tacchi, having spent several days The players are reminded of regula- [ A J 2 taking pictures in the Mixed Teams went ] tion 10.2.4 of the Conditions of Con- to take some of the Mixed Pairs. He { 4 3 2 asked the director 'Which is the Open test (amending Law 73D): } room - which is the Closed?' If attention is first drawn to a player's [Q 9 8N [ When they were making the draw for breach of by his screenmate, the Di- ]A K Q ] the knock out stages of the Mixed W E rector may rule that up to that time the { { A K Q Teams and they read out the names of }S } A K Q players on the other side of the the Erichsen team Alfredo Versace said, [ K 10 4 3 ' Three married couples - they won't were not conscious of such breach. ] last a day.' Players should not call the Director { This is an old story,but one worth re- to draw attention to hesitations on }3 2 peating. Some years ago six British play- their own side of the screen. Only South to play, needing five tricks with ers were going to Ostend for the Euro- when a hesitation is noticed on the spades as trumps. pean Championships and five of them, Alan and Maureen Hiron, Boris and other side of the screen, can it be con- See the solution on page 7 Helen Schapiro and Rixi Markus were sidered Unauthorized Information. The already sitting in the carriage of the Directors consider that the word boat train.There were only a few min- "may" in the Conditions of Contest be utes to go before the train was due to interpreted as "will". depart and Rixi was getting increasingly Third FISU agitated at the absence of her partner, . Championships Spotting a porter she asked him, 'Have you seen my partner?' Tianjin 2006 The bemused official asked what she looked like. From 21th till 27th of October 'She's a vivacious blonde.' Rixi replied. 2006, FISU (International University He looked up and down the platform Sport Federation) will organise the and shook his head. third World University Bridge Champi- Boris Schapiro put his head out of the onships in Tianjin,.Tianjin is a city of 10 carriage and said 'Don't be ridiculous million habitants and 120 km away she's got a face like the back end of a from Beijing, the capital of China.These horse.' (Or, as our regular readers will Championships are a competition be- realise, words to that effect.) tween national countries: any country 'Ah' said the Porter, 'Here she comes may enter maximum 2 national teams. now.' Countries have to register via their The American Film Institute has an- nounced the results of the contest to National University Sport Federation find the top 100 film quotes.The winner (NUSF). Several FISU-forms have to be could easily appear in a bridge context, signed and entered by the NUSF.Most especially in a Mixed event. 'What hap- of the NUSF will only send a team if a pens if I lead a heart instead?' 'Frankly National University Bridge Champi- my dear I don't give a damn.' (Gone onship has been organized. Please con- with the Wind) tact your NUSF to enter for these Our favourite at 53 was 'One morn- Championships. ing I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. You can ask for the patronage of How he got in my pyjamas I don't FISU of your National University know.' (Animal Crackers) Bridge Championship by sending an When I asked to guess email to Mister L. Briel, Director FISU the winner she said 'Beam me up, Scot- World Championships at ty' but like Humphrey Bogart's 'Play it [email protected] . This will surely help again, Sam' in Casablanca, it was never actually said. your NUSF to send a team to these On Friday's IBPA outing Tacchi no- nice FISU Championships. ticed Maureen Hiron looking pensive. To obtain the cheapest flight tickets, 'Lost anything?' he enquired. 'The will to Contact Information the best is to book them at least 6 Festival chairman live' she replied. months in advance. David Birman While looking for news about the The hosting is in very nice rooms 50 Pinkas St. Iberia strike at www.skynews.com I no- each with internet connection! Tel-Aviv 62261, Israel ticed a headline on the main page - 10 Pictures of the hosting and all latest Tips for Cunning Card Players. Wow! Tel:972- 3- 6058355 However, when I followed the link it Fax: 972- 3- 5223566 information about this event will be turned out to about credit cards. E mail: [email protected] made available at www.unibridge.org! TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN • 18 JUNE - 2 JULY 2005 3 Under Starter's Message to all the Women Players Orders The first of any major championship Anna Maria Torlontano is always an exciting moment and I'm sure Chairman of the EBL Women's Commit- most players are hoping not to be put on the tee spot.This was what fate had in store for the players in the Open series when play got Dear Friends, under way on Friday evening: I have some very good news for you! Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. As you know the European Bridge [ K 9 6 4 League has its own web site at www.euro- ]4 bridge.org. What you may not realise is { A Q 5 2 that, within the site, we have built a special } 8 6 5 2 section about Women's Bridge. [ A J 10 3 2N [ 5 ] J 9 5 3 ] A K 8 W E There are various sections: { 8 4 { J 9 7 6 - Message from the EBL President, Gia- }J 9 S }A Q 10 7 4 narrigo Rona [ Q 8 7 -Composition of the EBL Women's ] Q 10 7 6 2 Committee (clicking on each name will { K 10 3 tell you more about each of them) }K 3 -Contact addresses Well, it does not look too testing, does it? -Chairman's communications When Wolfarth - recent winners of the -European Championships and Events, English Spring Foursomes - met the number specifically for the Women Players. one team from the Netherlands, Team Or- -Calendar ange, the Anglo/Bulgarian side scored an ef- -Women Administrators in Europe fortless +120 in one room, making 1NT with -Women Directors in Europe, credited an overtrick when South led a heart. by EBL Let's move to the other room: -Women Teachers: in a short while the official register of the Teachers credited by West North East South EBL, will be published. Bakkeren Isporski Bertens Al-Shati - EBL WOMEN STARS.This is a special area in which you can find biographies, infor- Pass 1}* 1] mation and pictures of distinguished Women Players, great personalities, both of today Dble* Pass* 1NT All Pass and yesterday. Their lives and positions in Bridge, their If you are familiar with the Rosenkrantz successes, their love and devotion to this double you will know that North denied a marvellous sport, serve to show and teach heart honour or length in the suit with his us what it means to have been a GREAT second pass. That was enough for South to CHAMPION in Bridge History. reject a heart lead in favour of the eight of spades. Declarer, taking a simple view, put up the ace of spades and tried the club . When that lost the defence was deadly, North/South rapidly collecting one club, two spades and four diamonds for +50 and 5 IMPs. South had passed his first test, but one could not say the same for declarer. Suppose Information is also provided on today's 10 he tries the jack of spades at trick one? Top Women Players, according to the EBL North wins and switches to a diamond Master Points Scale; these are players who (nothing else is better.) The defenders can have achieved and continue to achieve im- cash four tricks but what does North do portant results in the Tournament World. next? A spade is out of the question, and if he plays a heart declarer wins, and simply plays a All the Sections will be continuously up- low club. If he plays a club instead declarer dated. simply plays low.After South's are we being unkind to suggest that this should not PLEASE VISIT OUR SITE: www.Euro- have been impossible for declarer to find - bridge.org and in the section "Cate- especially such a redoubtable one! gories", please click on "WOMEN"

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OPEN TEAMS ROUND 4 - OZDIL v PONT by Jos Jacobs In Round 4 of the qualification, the stand- Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. singleton somewhere, but North was not in- ings in a number of groups already began to [ 10 8 6 terested in showing his blank {K. As 4[ show some indications about who might ]J 7 would have been an easy make, the save for qualify or not. In group D, the two teams of { Q 6 5 3 just one down after a defensive slip turned Özdil and Pont were both on 50 V.P.so a good } K J 8 7 out to be a profitable one. win would bring either team very much near- [ AN [ J 7 5 2 Closed Room: ] K 5 ] 10 9 6 4 3 er to qualification.Apart from that, this match W E West North East South { A J 9 8 2 { - also was an interesting transnational con- Ventin Holland Lambardi Bakhshi } A 10 5 4 2 S } Q 9 6 3 frontation as the eight players represented at 2] Pass 2NT least five different nationalities. [ K Q 9 4 3 ] A Q 8 2 3{ Pass 5{ 5] The first board of the set was a push, but 6{ Pass Pass 6] { K 10 7 4 not quite one made of everyday stuff: Dble All Pass }- Much more action in the Closed Room. On Board 11. Dealer North. None Vul. Open Room: [ A 10 5 3 any lead but a club, 6{ would have been West North East South ]8 made, but maybe South was hoping he might Özdil Wasik Ginossar Knap { K 9 7 2 even make 6] himself. Not this time; the de- } Q 5 4 2 1{ Pass 1] 1[ fenders duly collected their four tricks in the [ J 8 6 [ K Q 7 4 2} 2[ Pass 3{ black suits for 500 and 10 IMPs back to Pont. N Dble 3[ Pass Pass ] A K 10 2 ] 5 4 On the last board of the set, much depend- 4} Dble All Pass { J 10 5W E { A Q 8 4 3 ed on the first response over partner's 1[ }K 9 3 S }A 8 Wasik must have felt disappointed when opening bid: [9 2 seeing the dummy, but Özdil no doubt was Board 20. Dealer West.All Vul. quite happy. He won the spade lead and start- ] Q J 9 7 6 3 [- ed crossruffing diamonds and spades, playing {6 ] Q J 7 4 3 2 a heart through South in the process. [A, { } J 10 7 6 { Q 8 4 3 , ]A, ] to king, {A, { ruff, [ ruff, { ruff, [ } Q 9 5 Open Room: ruff and the 13th diamond ensured a ninth [ K Q 8 4 3 [ A 10 9 6 5 2 trick for the }Q en passant.The }A was still N West North East South ] K 8 6 ] A 10 9 W E Özdil Wasik Ginossar Knap there to make the game-going trick for a { 9 { A 7 5 2 score of +710 to the Özdil team. S Closed Room: } A 10 8 7 } - Closed Room: [J 7 West North East South West North East South ]5 Ventin Holland Lambardi Bakhshi { K J 10 6 Ventin Holland Lambardi Bakhshi 2] } K J 6 4 3 2 Pass Pass Dble All Pass 1{ Pass 1] 1[ 2} 2[ Pass Pass Closed Room: The same simple auction in both rooms.As 3} Pass Pass 3[ West North East South the defence was easy enough (spade lead and All Pass Ventin Holland Lambardi Bakhshi a club ruff sooner or later) both declarers Ventin bid his hand a lot less enterprising 1[ Pass 2NT Pass went four off for -800. Neither of them must than his Turkish counterpart. He sold out to 4[ Pass 6[ All Pass have felt too happy with the match starting 3[ which duly went two down, for a loss of 2NT showed support, but after that like this. 12 IMPs. neither West nor East showed any signs of in- Nothing very much happened on the next On the next board, Ventin got his revenge spiration, so the grand was missed. four boards, but then the match livened up: when his enterprising bidding drove his op- Open Room: ponents well overboard: West North East South Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. Özdil Wasik Ginossar Knap [ 8 5 2 1[ Pass 4} Pass ] K J 9 7 6 3 4NT Pass 5} Pass {K 6] Pass 7[ All Pass } 7 6 4 In the Open Room, both East and West did [ A K Q J 7N [ 4 much better. First of all, East splintered which ]- ]4 W E made it easy for West to launch Blackwood { Q 10 7 5 4 { A J 9 8 6 3 2 immediately. Next, Özdil found the neat bid S } Q 10 8 } J 9 5 3 of 6], checking third-round control of the [ 10 9 6 3 suit. Ginossar realised that his partner's heart ] A Q 10 8 5 2 loser could go on the }A as well, so after just {- a little thought he jumped to the grand.Well } A K 2 done and 13 IMPs to them to make it 30-10, Open Room: a 21-9 V.P.victory for Özdil.They had taken a West North East South big step forward towards qualification. Özdil Wasik Ginossar Knap 2] Pass 2[ Dble Pass 3{ 4{ 4[ Pass Pass 5] Pass Pass Dble All Pass Juan Carlos Ventin, Spain With 2[ South was asking specifically for a TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN • 18 JUNE - 2 JULY 2005 5

CLASIFICATORIO EQUIPOS

Ha empezado la prueba reina del campeona- llegó a la siguiente posición: Dador Oeste. N-S vulnerables. to: la competición por equipos. Hay un total [ Q 7 5 [ J 9 8 7 4 de 81 equipos partcipando en la categoría ]- ] K J 10 9 3 2 Open, 21 en la categoría Damas y 18 en Se- {- {2 niors, jugando todos las mismas manos. En cat- }- }7 egoría Open se ha dividido el torneo en 11 [ K 2 [ A 10 6 5 N N grupos de entre 7 y 8 equipos, de los cuales se ] Q 8 7 6 ] - W E clasificarán para la siguiente fase los 4 W E { 10 5 3 { Q J 8 7 primeros de cada grupo, con un ligero arras- S } Q J 8 2 S } K 10 9 6 4 tre en función de su clasificación. [10 [Q 3 Una mano muy interesante ocurrió en la se- ]- ] A 5 4 gunda ronda. {9 { A K 9 6 4 Dador Oeste. Este-Oeste vulnerables. }3 } A 5 3 [ A Q 7 5 El {9 era la carta que debería haber En la sala abierta, la subasta fue: ] K 4 3 squeezado a Este, pero eso tal vez ocurra en G.Goded Starkowski Sabaté Olanski { A Q J 10 otra ocasión. El slam podía haberse cumplido 2] (1) Doblo (2) 4] }8 7 si la contra no hubiera disfrazado sus cartas Todos pasan [ K JN [ 9 8 3 2 como hicieron. +50 y 11 IMPS para el equipo (1) Bicolor 5-5 corazón y otro. ] 9 7 2 ] J 10 8 6 5 Goded. W E (2) Negativo a corazón. { 5 4 3 2 { 7 Más tarde en el partido, otra mano que su- En la sala cerrada, en cambio: } K 10 6 2 S } J 9 4 poso un gran swing. Kwiecinski F.Goded Golebiowski Jiménez [ 10 6 4 Dador Oeste.Todos vulnerables. 2] (1) Doblo 4] ]A Q Doblo Todos pasan { K 9 8 6 Este Jansma Oeste Verhees } A Q 5 3 Paso 1[ (1) Débil a ] En la sala abierta la salida fue de la {Q, gana- En la mayoría de las mesas se jugó 3ST,pero Paso 1ST Paso 3[ da en el muerto. [Q para el [K y trébol para la pareja holandesa Jansma-Verhees apostó Paso 4[ Todos pasan el }A, pic del muerto para el [9 y el [10, y el más fuerte: ¿De qué sale usted con las siguientes cartas }K fallado fueron las primeras bazas. El de- en Este después de esta subasta? Dador Oeste. Nadie vulnerable. clarante siguió con ] hacia el A, impasse de ] Este Jansma Oeste Verhees [ 10 3 y el J[, induciendo a Este a montar.Al jugar pe- ] Q J 7 5 3 queña, el muerto descartó pero Este falló y ar- Paso 1ST { Q 9 2 Paso 2} Paso 2[ rastró, multando la mano. Paso 2ST Paso 3{ } J 10 7 Sin embargo, en la sala cerrada el declarante Paso 3] Paso 3ST En la mayor parte de las mesas, después de tiene la información del doblo final, por lo que Paso 4{ Paso 4] parecidas subastas, Este escogió entre la ]Q y se protegió contra el triunfo 4-0 (única razón Paso 4ST Paso 5[ la }J, no pudiendo evitar que el declarante ga- que explica dicho doblo). La salida fue de Paso 6{ Todos pasan nara el contrato, ya que la mano completa era: trébol, para el }A. [ para el [10, trébol falla- do, [ al [K y trébol fallado dejaron al declar- Después de preguntar por la distribución [ A K Q J 6 2 ante con los mismos triunfos que Oeste, pero completa de Norte (por tanto conocida por ] A 9 6 no hay problema. Fede Goded jugó { hacia el ambos defensores antes de cartear) y pregun- {6 5 muerto y ] al 10 (sin avanzar el As). [J no cu- tar por los Ases y la {Q, Jansma remató a 6{. }9 4 bierto fallado por Oeste deja la siguiente posi- A cartas vistas el slam se cumple, pero al de- [ 9 5 4N [ 10 3 ] K 10 4 ] Q J 7 5 3 ción: clarante se le presentó una posición ambigua. W E Después de la salida del J], ganado con el ]A, { K 10 8 4 { Q 9 2 [9 8 }K 8 3 S }J 10 7 vino {Q, impasse a trébol perdido, triunfo que ] K J 9 [8 7 Este descarta un pic, ]Q y pic desde el muer- {- ]8 2 to. Gonzalo Goded, en Oeste, sirvió el [K am- }- { A J 7 3 agando un semifallo y el declarante tiene un [-N [A } A Q 6 5 2 ]Q 8 ]- problema. W E Si el [K es efectivamente un semifallo, la Sólo la salida de triunfo, como ocurrió en la { 10 5 { Q J 8 S única opción de cumplir es que Este tenga ex- mesa, impide al declarante cobrar un fallo a ] }Q } actamente un 5-3-1-4 y esté squuezado a [-}. en la mesa.Al no poder optar por esa línea, el [- Verhees adelantó el ]K sobre el que Este declarante arrastró 3 veces (Este descartando ]A 4 rindió el ]10 (su carta conocida) para seguir el ]3, negativo al palo) y jugó el impasse de { K 9 6 }- induciéndole hacia la línea equivocada. Con el trébol. Si la defensa hubiera abierto el ], el de- }A y } fallado con el {A y { hacia el Rey se clarante habría afirmado el trébol de la mesa. No hay vuelta que impida a Norte hacer el Sin embargo, Goded Jr, ayudado por el resto de las bazas. Por ejemplo, si arrastra se descarte del compañero, volvió del {4, para la gana en la mano, se falla un pic con el ]A y se {Q de Este, cedida por el declarante. El {9 vuelve a la mano, ya firme, fallando un dia- rubricó la multa. +100 y 12 IMPS más para el mante. equipo Goded, que contribuyeron a su victo- Al acabar las 4 primeras rondas, tanto el ria por 24-6. equipo Goded (F.Goded, F.Jiménez, G. Goded, Veamos una mano correspondiente a la L. Lantarón, J. Sabaté) como el equipo Pont (J. cuarta ronda, que enfrentaba al equipo es- Pont,A.Wasik,A.Knap, JC.Ventín, P.Lambardi, J. pañol contra el ComputerLand polaco. Dicha De Miguel) y el equipo Puig-Doria (A. Llopart, mano pone en evidencia la ventaja de no D. Brenner, F. Marimón, J. Creuheras, E. Puig- doblar un contrato para no dar pistas sobre la Doria) tienen opciones serias para clasificarse colocación de los honores. para la siguiente ronda. 6 2nd EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

OPEN TEAMS ROSTERS

A Denmark Junior 1 HOUMOLLER NIELSEN JEPSEN BILDE KIRSTAN NORGAARD A Dumbovich DUMBOVICH WINKLER LAKATOS SZALAY A Izisel IZISEL PILON PERRON LEBEL A O'Rourke O'ROURKE JACOBUS LINDKVIST FREDIN MECKSTROTH RODWELL A Piekarek GROMOELLER KIRMSE GOTARD ENTSCHO PIEKAREK ELINESCU A Poland 2 BIZON KWIECIEN JAGNIEWSKI PAZUR A Rekunov REKUNOV SOLNTSEV KHOLOMEEV ZLOTOV A Terraneo TERRANEO TERRANEO TERRANEO WEIGKRICHT WERNLE BRAININ B Barel BAREL ZUR-CAMPANILE ZACK BAREKET ROLL B Belgium Henri HENRI LAFOURCADE DEBUS DE MESMAECKER COLINET B Bessis BESSIS BESSIS LEVY MOUIEL B Dolphins KRISTIANSEN MELBY OLAFSEN PAULSEN B Hirst HIRST HASSETT BYRNE MORRIS B Jens Auken AUKEN KAMPMANN CHRISTIANSEN SCHALTZ B Onstott ONSTOTT ROBISON PASSELL WOLD KREKORIAN CASEN B Passarinho PASSARINHO PANADERO MOLERO MANGLANO NEHMERT MITKO C Alizee FISCHER SAURER LINDERMANN SCHIFKO BABSCH BIEDER C Buras NARKIEWICZ KUJAWA OLECH BURAS C Hirchenaut HIRCHENAUT HIRCHENAUT CUENCA MASSE MARILL C Jacobs JACOBS KATZ WEINSTEIN GARNER VERSACE LAURIA C McGowan MCGOWAN BAXTER SIME WALD C Palma RINALDI PULGA CAITI PATTACINI DI BELLO DI BELLO C Popova POPOVA GUNEV ZOBU ARONOV C Zimmermann ZIMMERMANN QUANTIN MULTON SAPORTA FANTONI NUNES D Belgium Cooreman COOREMAN CARCASSONNE-LABAERE LABAERE COENRAETS VAN MIDDELEM D Bodis BODIS HONTI MRAZ SZEGEDI DORNYEI BALASY D Denmark MADSEN MADSEN GRAVERSEN CLEMMENSEN D Egypt NADIM HESHMAT DAGHER AHMADI SADEK NADIM D Kalish KALISH PODGUR YADLIN YADLIN D Ozdil OZDIL GINOSSAR BAKHSHI HOLLAND D Petersson PETERSON ANDERSSON LARSSON TORNQVIST ANDERSSON D Pont PONT KNAP WASIK LAMBARDI VENTIN MIGUEL E Allix ALLIX MAUBERQUEZ BESSIS FREY E Berset SKOV SUNDE KINDSBEKKEN BERSET E Denmark Junior 2 SCHALTZ MORTENSEN KRISTENSEN SORENSEN E Kirilenko KIRILENKO SHUDNEV ZHMAK KRASNOSSELSKI E Lavazza BOCCHI DUBOIN BURATTI LANZAROTTI AVOSSA FERRARO E Mossop MOSSOP ZIVKOVIC PRICE SIMPSON E Panahpour PANAHPOUR PANAHPOUR ROBSON MAHMOOD MCINTOSH KING F Fazzardi FAZZARDI PAOLUCCI ZUCCHINI LEONI F Gillis GILLIS BROGELAND ERICHSEN SAELENSMINDE BROGELAND F Khazanov KHAZANOV LEBEDEVA GONCA ALFEJEVA F Queran QUERAN MARINA HIRCHWALD RIGAUD F Rubin HAMPSON RUBIN EKEBLAD GRECO GITELMAN MOSS F Steen Moeller MOLLER NORRIS NORMAN HANSEN VANG-LARSEN F Team Orange 2 BRINK PROOIJEN DRIJVER SCHOLLAARDT G Computerland AZS PWR GOLEBIOWSKI OLANSKI STARKOWSKI KWIECINSKI PSZCZOLA VAINIKONIS G Goded GODED JIMENEZ GARRIDO GODED MERINO SABATE LANTARON G Latvia ROMANOVSKA RUBINS RUBENIS NEIMANIS BIRIN G Lesniewski LESNIEWSKI VOLDOIRE BITRAN ROCAFORT G Nordby NORDBY KNUTSEN NORDBY FODSTAD G Team Orange 1 JANSMA VERHEES JR BAKKEREN BERTENS MULLER WIJS G Wolfarth WOLFARTH SENIOR ISPORSKI AL-SHATI H Akilles RYNNING BREKKA AUSTBERG AA H Bremark BREMARK AHLESVED NILSSON UPMARK NYSTROM WRANG H Chemla CHEMLA CRONIER BOMPIS SAINTE MARIE H Fiorini FIORINI MIETI SOROLDONI ZACCARIA H Hecht HECHT-JOHANSEN BLAKSET MARQUARDSEN BLAKSET BILDE HANSEN H Liechtenstein ARNABOLDI TURLETTI TOLA CABIATI GUGLIELMONE H Miroglio KOWALSKI TUSZYNSKI ROMANSKI STEPINSKI BONGIOVANNI JANKAUSKAS K Blumental BLUMENTAL STOPPA MARI FAIGENBAUM K Ireland HANLON MCGANN FITZGIBBON MESBUR CARROLL GARVEY K Jurek GOTTHARD KOZYCZKOWSKI RODZIEWICZ-BIELEWICZ NOWOSADZKI K Mizel MIZEL FORRESTER TOWNSEND GOLD K Poland 1 MARTENS JASSEM LUTOSTANSKI KRUPOWICZ K Portugal LARA CAPUCHO PAZ LUIS PALMA SARMENTO K Puig-Doria CREUHERAS MARIMON LLOPART BRENNER PUIG DORIA K Viego HOYLAND HOYLAND HOILAND KVANGRAVEN SVENDSEN ROREN L Agressor PROKHOROV CURLIN VOROBEI ROSENBLUM PANINA ANDREEV L De Botton DE BOTTON SANDQVIST MALINOWSKI HALLBERG HACKETT HACKETT L Harangozo HARANGOZO SZOTS VARGA BARTIS L Nanev STEFANOV MIHOV VASILEV NANEV L Panis PANIS BALIAN BEAUMIER NAHMIAS L MOLSON HOBART MITTELMAN SIMPSON WINESTOCK L Smith SMITH LIGGAT BENNETT ADAMSON L Welland WELLAND FALLENIUS WEINSTEIN LEVIN ROSENBERG M Armstrong ARMSTRONG WATERLOW HACKETT HARPER M Castellani CASTELLANI MAGNANI STOPPINI CIMA FRAZZETTO M Grenthe GRENTHE DUGUET DUGUET BEAUVILLAIN LOUCHART TOFFIER M Hauge HAUGE SVENDSEN ERGA MOEN FURUNES HELNESS M Sazonov GROMOV DUBININ BALICKI ZMUDZINSKI M To r LEVIT TOR LEIBOVITZ ZWILLINGER M Uysal UYSAL BABAC DEMIRBAS TOKCAN TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN • 18 JUNE - 2 JULY 2005 7

WOMEN TEAMS ROSTERS

A Baker ARNIM AUKEN BAKER MCCALLUM A Barr BARR BIRMAN KROGULSKA MISZEWSKA A Dhondy BRUNNER DHONDY GOLDENFIELD SMITH A D'Ovidio CRONIER GAVIARD OVIDIO WILLARD A Euro Chicks JACQUEMARD MALCHUS NELSON OOSTEROP A Helness FUGLESTAD HARDING HELNESS HOMME LANGELAND SVENDSEN A Italia - Pennisi BURATTI CAPRIATA FERLAZZO FORTI GOLIN MANARA A Oslo ANJER HJELLEMARKEN HOLMOY LINDAAS A Penfold ILIEVA KOVACHEVA PENFOLD SENIOR WOLFARTH A Poland BREWIAK HARASIMOWICZ PASTERNAK SARNIAK SOBOLEWSKA SZCZEPANSKA A Verbeek MICHIELSEN VAN DE SANDE VAN GELDER VERBEEK B Almirall ALMIRALL ALMIRALL GONZALEZ LEON B Cave CAVE HENNER-WELLAND RADIN SPRUNG SULGROVE B Chantal ERHART HAMMERLI KRIFTNER SMEDEREVAC B Denmark BEKKOUCHE BILDE BINDERKRANTZ RASMUSSEN B Italia - Resta ARRIGONI BIASIO GIGLIOTTI OLIVIERI PAOLUZI SACCAVINI B Jacobus CASEN JACOBUS KATZ PIACUS B Pasman HOOGWEG PASMAN SIMONS ZWOL B Tananbaum HUGON LEENHARDT LUSTIN PIGEAUD TANANBAUM B USA GROMOVA LETIZIA PONOMAREVA SEAMON-MOLSON SOKOLOW STEINER B Weber BROCK GROMANN JAMES - COURTNEYWEBER SENIOR TEAMS ROSTERS

A Gorzynski CZUBALA GORZYNSKI MALACZYNSKI OMERNIK POCHRON A Kaplan AVON DAS KAPLAN OVIDIO A Klukowski JEZIORO KLUKOWSKI MARKOWICZ MELMAN ZAREMBA ZELIGMAN A Priday GORDON HIRON PRIDAY PRIDAY A Rand ARVATZ CARRUTHERS MATTSSON PENCHARZ RAND RAVID A Resta BETTONI FALCO LONGINOTTI MACI RESTA VANDONI A Serf DELCOURT DELMOULY FOUASSIER RENOUX SERF A Spengler BOESIGER FREI IMHOF SPENGLER A Team Schippers JONGH PEPPEL SCHIPPERS-BOSKLOPPER VRIEZE B Aubry ADAD BEINEIX DECHELETTE LASSERRE LEENHARDT SALLIERE B Euro-Agro BUZE KANDYBOWICZ KOSIANKO KOWALEWSKI LASZCZAK PUCZYNSKI B Fornaciari ABATE BARONI FORNACIARI MARIANI MORELLI RICCIARELLI B Hollman BAZE FERGUSON HAYDEN HOLLMAN SONTAG B Ireland S. JACKSON MACKENZIE MACKENZIE MCDONAGH O'LUBAIGH B Jourdain GOLDENFIELD HIRST HIRST JOURDAIN LUCK B Praha HEBAK JANSA KRIZEK NOSEK POKORNA SUBRT B Szenberg ANTAS KACZANOWSKI MILASZEWSKI SZENBERG B Team Trouwborst BOEGEM DOREMANS JANSSENS TROUWBORST

The solution: EBL Seniors THE SIDE GAMES South leads a low spade to the ace, fol- lowed by a diamond ruffed with the ten. Committee Meeting The interest in playing an evening ses- West overrffs (best) and plays a trump. sion for 'fun' in the side games is too low This is the position when the nine of Monday 27 June 2005 at 13.30 spades is led: Monaco Salon on the ground floor of to continue. So we have decided to stop [J 2 Mare Nostrum (offices floor) that event not only practically but also in ] Open to Members of the Commit- the programme. {4 3 tee, Captains of Senior Teams in Tener- } Ton Kooijman ife, Presidents and Senior officers of [9N [ ]A K Q ] NBO's and EBL Executive officers. W E { { A K Agenda }S } A K [K 4 1. Welcome by the Chairman ] 2. Discussion on the number of { teams (18) competing in Tenerife }3 2 3. Format of the European Se- North plays the jack of spades and East is nior Team caught in an overtaking trump squeeze. If he discards a diamond declarer leaves he 4. Any other business lead in dummy and ruffs a diamond. If he Göran Mattsson discards a club South wins with the king of Seniors Committee Chairman spades and ruffs a club. 8 2nd EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

OPEN TEAMS - 1st QUALIFYING (Final Standings) GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C 1 DUMBOVICH 124 1 JENS AUKEN 137 1 JACOBS 134 2 TERRANEO 120 2 BAREL 132 2 BURAS 124 3 POLAND 2 112 3 BESSIS 121 3 ZIMMERMANN 122 4 REKUNOV 103 4 HIRST 102 4 POPOVA 113 5 PIEKAREK 99 5 BELGIUM HENRI 93 5 ALIZEE 94 6 O'ROURKE 96 6 PASSARINHO 89 6 MCGOWAN 88 7 IZISEL 93 7 ONSTOTT 80 7 PALMA 82 8 DENMARK JUNIOR 90 8 DOLPHINS 78 8 HIRCHENAUT 79 GROUP D GROUP E GROUP F 1 KALISH 123 1 KIRILENKO 130 1 GILLIS 134

2 OZDIL 117 2 LAVAZZA 127 2 STEEN MOELLER 130 3 DENMARK 116 3 PANAHPOUR 113 3 RUBIN 128 4 PONT 112 4 MOSSOP 106 4 TEAM ORANGE 2 113 5 EGYPT 98 5 BERSET 106 6 BELGIUM 94 5 QUERAN 91 7 PETERSSON 94 6 ALLIX 90 6 KHAZANOV 89 8 BODIS 85 7 DENMARK JUNIOR 73 7 FAZZARDI 67 GROUP G GROUP H GROUP K 1 TEAM ORANGE 1 121 1 MIROGLIO 136 1 POLAND 1 133 2 LESNIEWSKI 117 2 FIORINI 122 2 VIEGO 120 3 PORTUGAL 117 3 GODED 117 3 HECHT 111 4 BLUMENTAL 103 4 WOLFARTH 112 4 CHEMLA 110 5 PUIG-DORIA 96 5 NORDBY 101 5 LIECHTENSTEIN 108 6 IRELAND 95 6 COMPUTERLAND 96 6 BREMARK 98 7 MIZEL 88 7 LATVIA 90 7 AKILLES 69 8 JUREK 85 GROUP L GROUP M 1 WELLAND 123 1 ARMSTRONG 119

2 AGRESSOR 119 2 GRENTHE 117 3 NANEV 115 3 SAZONOV 113 4 DE BOTTON 115 4 TOR 112 5 REESE 101 UYSAL 103 6 SMITH 95 5 7 HARANGOZO 90 6 HAUGE 100 8 PANIS 81 7 CASTELLANI 90 WOMEN TEAMS SENIOR TEAMS (after 4 rounds) (after 4 rounds) GROUP A GROUP B GROUP A GROUP B

1 D'OVIDIO 84 1 USA 75 1 KLUKOWSKI 79 1 SZENBERG 75 2 BAKER 78 2 DENMARK 67 2 PRIDAY 70 2 AUBRY 72 3 VERBEEK 78 3 WEBER 67 3 RESTA 66 3 HOLLMAN 72 4 DHONDY 70 4 TANANBAUM 65 4 5 ITALIA - PENNISI 66 SPENGLER 65 4 JOURDAIN 70 5 CHANTAL 64 5 6 POLAND 61 KAPLAN 62 5 PRAHA 63 6 ITALIA - RESTA 60 6 7 HELNESS 58 SERF 56 6 TEAM TROUWBORST 63 7 PASMAN 59 7 8 PENFOLD 55 GORZYNSKI 55 7 IRELAND S. 60 9 BARR 49 8 CAVE 53 8 10 EURO CHICKS 36 9 ALMIRALL 48 9 TEAM SCHIPPERS 55 8 FORNACIARI 50 11 OSLO 28 10 JACOBUS 41 10 RAND 41 9 EURO-AGRO 15