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7Th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Tromsø, Norway [O,<967,(567,5 )90+.,*/(47065:/07: Daily Bulletin Tromsø 27th June-11th July Editor: Mark Horton Co-Editor: Jos Jacobs Lay-out Editor & Photographer: Francesca Canali Journalists: Snorre Aalberg, David Bird, John Carruthers, Patrick Jourdain, Fernando Lema, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT MONDAY, 8 °C JUNE 29 2015 Issue No. 2 CONTENTS CLICK TO NAVIGATE Stabell vs Fuglestad Ram Soffer, p. 2 Zimmermann vs Takk Ron Tacchi, p. 6 A little visited slam A. Roth & F. Lema, p. 9 Jackpot Great minds meeting Micke Melander p. 10 At the end of the second day of qualification matches in the Mixed Themes and variations Teams Championship sixteen squads could congratulate themselves Jos Jacobs, p. 12 on having secured a spot in the first of the knockout rounds. Weighed in the balance and... Kudos to team Breno, who dominated the first two days play, losing Barry Rigal, p. 15 only one of their ten matches and finishing well clear of the pack. The real excitement was to see who would avoid the unfortunate Breno vs www.Guts.com experience of missing the cut at the last moment, and as the event David Bird, p. 16 drew to a close only decimal points separated the teams in contention. When the music stopped the unlucky squad was team Badger - by a Valio vs Gunsmoke mere 0.01. Jos Jacobs, p. 18 Let’s be careful out there Mark Horton, p. 21 TODAY’S SCHEDULE Mixed teams original seeding MIXED TEAMS KO: OPEN BAM TEAMS: p. 22 10.00 - 12.00: Round of 16 10.00 - 11.30: Round 1 Results 12.15 - 14.15: Round of 16 11.45 - 13.15: Round 2 p. 23 15.30 - 17.30: Quarter Finals 14.30 - 16.00: Round 3 Mixed Teams KO - Bracket 17.45 - 19.45: Quarter Finals 16.15 - 17.45: Round 4 p. 24 18.00 - 19.30: Round 5 7th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Tromsø, Norway STABELL VS FUGLESTAD by Ram Soffer The most illustrious player in our featured match (East dropping {Q) and switched to his singleton was undoubtedly Geir Helgemo, currently repre- club. Voss imagined declarer with a stiff }2 and senting Monaco, who played with his (former) switched to the {3 (why not {J, letting partner country-mates Aase Langeland, Ann Karin Fugl- decide who wins the trick?). That cost the defense stad and Geir Brekka. The opposing team was another trick besides the club ruff. Later when a captained by Leif-Erik Stabell, who played for the spade was played through West, Stabell had to Norwegian Open team long ago, in the 1980s, give up either his [A or his partner’s }A. Decla- together with Tolle Stabell and two female play- rer escaped for -50. ers from Zimbabwe: Gail Cameron and Vanessa Voss. Fugelstad were the obvious favourites, but West North East South anything’s possible in a short match of 10 boards. Brekka Stabell Fuglestad Cameron Fuglstad did well in the first board, as both Sta- 3] bell pairs misdefended. Dble Pass 5} All Pass Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. Cameron’s three-level opening gave the oppo- [ K Q 9 8 6 nents enough rope to hang themselves, which ] J 8 5 they did. Of course, West’s decision to leave his { 9 6 partner in 5} instead of trying 5{ was deba- } K 7 5 teable, but those are the kind of problems one [ A 10 4 3 [ J 7 2 normally faces over opponents’ preempts. ] 10 3 ] 4 { A K 10 7 5 4 { Q J 3 However, due to the favourable trump break, } 8 } A Q 10 6 4 3 the defenders had to be [ 5 very alert. Importan- ] A K Q 9 7 6 2 tly, North didn’t raise { 8 2 3] to 4] over the } J 9 2 double when he could have done so with West North East South three-card sup- Stabell Helgemo Voss Langeland port. Thinking 4] along that All Pass line, Gail Cameron Good choice of opening bid by Langeland. Tho- hoped se who opened 4] silenced the opposition, while that a those who chose 1] allowed E/W to reach their second normal contract of 5{ (which happens to make high he- six due to very favourable breaks in the minors). art was Looking at the four hands, it is quite obvious going to that the defenders can take the first six tricks, but cash, and at the table it was not that simple. she failed In the four matches featured on BBO, the opti- to make mal defense was found only in one out of five ta- the ne- bles in which South played a heart contract. In se- cessa- veral tables the defenders took the first five tricks ry spade in the minors and then gave away a ruff-and-sluff switch at trick instead of cashing the [A. 2 for down At our table it was even worse: Stabell led {A two. Geir Helgemo GO TO 2 PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Tromsø, Norway Fuglestad ruffed the 2nd heart, crossed to dum- supporting partner’s suit when he doesn’t have my in diamonds, finessed the }Q successfully, the Q?) and decided to switch to spades! drew trumps in three rounds and claimed. A lucky The first switch was not critical, but then after +400 and 8 IMPs to Fuglestad. two rounds of clubs she led another spade with Board 12 was even worse for Stabell. In what disastrous consequences. For the second time in should have been a flat 3NT making, Voss misti- the match a 5} contract destined to fail was al- med the play and left her ninth trick in dummy lowed to succeed, and once again we had a tight without an entry. 18:0 after two boards looked match – 18:16 to Fuglestad. ominous, but then the tide turned. On board 13, Voss/Stabell modestly stopped in 3[ with very promising cards, and were rewar- [ ] { } ded when the 4[ bid at the other table turned out to be unmakeable against reasonable defence, Soon Fuglestad/Brekka’s ultra-light 1NT ope- cutting the lead to 18:6, and there was more to ning got them into trouble: follow: Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ 8 5 [ Q 9 8 5 3 2 ] J 10 9 7 ] J { Q 10 4 { A 10 8 6 3 2 } A 7 5 3 } — [ Q 10 7 6 [ K J 9 [ K J 10 4 [ 7 6 ] 4 3 2 ] Q 6 5 ] Q 7 4 ] A K 10 9 6 2 { K 6 2 { A 9 8 7 5 { Q J { 7 5 4 } 10 8 4 } J 9 } 7 5 4 2 } K J [ A 4 3 2 [ A ] A K 8 ] 8 5 3 { J 3 { K 9 } A Q 10 9 8 6 3 } K Q 6 2 West North East South West North East South Stabell Helgemo Voss Langeland Brekka Stabell Fugelstad Cameron 1} Pass 1NT Dble Pass 1[ 2] 3} 2] All Pass 3] 3[ All Pass At the other table it was South who opened a A competitive auction led to a normal 3[ con- normal 1NT and Helgemo scored a quiet +140 tract by Helgemo, just made as declarer had to in 2]. Little did he imagine that his teammates give up one heart and three trump tricks. were going to play the same contract with the E/W cards! West North East South Brekka knew he was in trouble after his part- Brekka Stabell Fuglestad Cameron ner’s 9-11 NT opening. He decided to transfer to 1} spades, but was passed out in 2] either due to Pass 1[ 2] Pass a misunderstanding or as a result of a deliberate 3] 3[ Pass 5} attempt to escape a penalty double. All Pass West was happy to play undoubled, but the de- fence was accurate. Stabell led the ]J. N/S drew Here N/S were more optimistic, climbing to 5} trumps, cashed clubs and took care to develop which could have been defeated straight away by their diamond trick in time. three rounds of hearts. However, after Brekka’s E/W scored -250 as Stabell took the lead for the ]4 lead Fuglestad imagined the ]Q at declarer’s first time, and they struck again in the very next hand (Shouldn’t West lead top of 3 small after board. GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 7th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Tromsø, Norway Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. 20:25 down with two to go, Fuglestad pulled back 2 [ A K 5 IMPs in another partscore deal. This was the final deal: ] A 10 7 5 4 3 2 { 4 2 Board 20. Dealer West, Vul All } 8 [ K 4 3 2 [ J 10 [ Q 7 2 ] A J 8 ] Q J ] K 8 { J 7 { K Q 8 7 6 3 { J 10 5 } K 9 8 5 } K 10 3 } A Q 6 5 4 [ 9 8 [ Q J 7 5 [ 9 8 6 4 3 ] 9 6 ] Q 10 3 ] 9 6 { A Q 10 5 2 { 8 6 3 { A 9 } A J 10 7 } Q 3 2 } J 9 7 2 [ A 10 6 ] K 7 5 4 2 West North East South { K 9 4 Stabell Helgemo Voss Langeland } 6 4 1} Pass 1{ 1] Pass Pass Apparently, the bidding should be quite 3{ All Pass straightforward.
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