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The Fantastic Four Goldberg, Lavazza, Bianchi and Gupta Are the Four Survivors After Yesterday's Cut Followed by the Quarterfinals MAJOR ALT • BULLETIN 4 • Friday June 26 • editor: Christina Lund Madsen [email protected] The Fantastic Four Goldberg, Lavazza, Bianchi and Gupta are the four survivors after yesterday's cut followed by the Quarterfinals. Sadly this mean we have taken our goodbyes with 32 teams. It has been good, bad and funny, but always entertaining. July is rapidly approaching, and some are off to holiday soon. We hope to see many of you again on the other side of summer. Thank you for participating, we hope you enjoyedPRE-BULLETIN it. If you have feedback, you are more than welcomeTHE to ALTwrite [email protected] Monday, May 11, or2020 the editor (see above). editor: Christina Lund Madsen [email protected] We alwaysINVITATIONAL like to know how we can improve.logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld MAY 11-15, 2020 big data: Joyce Tito online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online All players should enter BBO 10 Today’s Schedule minutes before the beginning of a THE ALT INVITATIONAL Friday June 26 match. TD Denis Dobrin will instruct you where to sit. AllMAY players 11-15, must 2020 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET – Semifinal have theironline name bridge in events their organized BBO-profile. by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online(28 boards, 2 x 14) Private isn't allowed for the sake of 14:30 EDT / 20:30 CET – Final opponents and kibitzers. (32 boards, 2 x 16) sign up for the newsletter - 1 - Status Report by Christina Lund Madsen The last match of the Swiss did not go as Bilde: "And when it is steak time, it is wine planned for Swiss Team. Theu could afford time." a small loss to Seligman, but 3.97 VP's was not sufficient, landing them in 11th place. Street: "I also read recently that Argentinian women spend more on fancy De Botton pulverized Lebowitz, but they lingerie than any other women...?" initiated the sprint too late, finishing 10th. Madala: "I don't believe it." The Netherlands did their part by bea- ting Soulet 14.42-5.58, but it was 1.04 VP Street: "Well, I'm prepared to come down too little, as Ireland barely survived their and do some research...I am sure Nic and encounter with Nickell, as you can read Dennis will be happy to assist in this about elsewhere in this bulletin. important scientific project." The two top matches did not add to the Bilde: "I think I'm available that day." excitement; Goldberg suffered a small loss to Bianchi, but not enough to know them off the top spot. Goldberg chose Seligman in the quarterfinals, and despite first choo- sers often suffering defeat, they managed more than comfortably to advance to the Semifinals, where they will face Lavazza, who defeated Street by less than 9 VPs in the closest of our quarterfinals. Bianchi were not threatened by Ireland, neither were Gupta, who defeated Nickell comfortably. Speaking of Street vs. Lavazza, there was a heated debate about when it is wine time, which appears to be a cultural issue. Bilde: "In Denmark it is wine time now ☺" Madala: "In Argentina wine time is always." Street: "In Corona world wine time is all the time. Argentina is steak time 24/7." - 2 - Knock Outs Quarterfinals C/O Seg 1 Seg 2 Total GOLDBERG 10.1 39 56 105.1 SELIGMAN 26 15 41 STREET 1.1 9 47 57.1 LAVAZZA 36 30 66 GUPTA 3.1 50 43 96.1 NICKELL 14 32 46 BIANCHI 6.1 22 63 91.1 IRELAND 21 38 59 Semifinals GOLDBERG 0.1 LAVAZZA BIANCHI 0.1 GUPTA There is a carry-over of 0.1 IMPs for the higher placed team in the swiss in case of a tie-break. Results at bridgeresults.org - 3 - The Title to be Named Later By Mark Horton Many know I like baseball. I prefer cricket, Board 2. Dealer East. NS Vul. but a test match can last five days, which is a lot of champagne if you go to Lords ♠ A 8 7 6 2 to watch every day. Baseball aficionados ♥ K 6 4 (especially those who have watched Bull ♦ 5 4 Durham) will be familiar with the phrase, ♣ 9 7 3 'the player to be named later'. ♠ K ♠ Q 10 ♥ J 3 ♥ A Q 9 7 2 That gave me the idea of deferring my ♦ A J 9 7 6 3 2 ♦ Q choice of title until the result was more or ♣ Q J 10 ♣ A K 5 4 2 less certain. A decent win for either team ♠ J 9 5 4 3 in Ireland vs. Nickell would secure them a ♥ 10 8 5 spot in the quarter finals, while something ♦ K 10 8 close to a draw would be good enough for ♣ 8 6 Ireland but less certain for Nickell. Open Room I told you yesterday clubs were back - look at this: WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Fitzgibbon Meckstroth Mesbur — — 1♣* Pass 2♣* Pass 2♦* Pass 2♥* Pass 3♦* Pass 4♣ Pass 4♦* Pass 4♠* Pass 4NT* Pass 5♥* Pass 6♣ All Pass 1♣ RM Precision,16+ 2♣ 5+♦, 8+,GF 2♦ 5+♥ 2♥ 0-2 ♥, 4+ controls, 11-13 or 13+ 3♦ 5+♣ 4♦ RKCB for clubs 4♠ 1 or 4 Fitzgibbon and Mesbur - a part- 4NT ♣Q? nership that has lasted longer 5♥ ♣Q + 1King than most people's marriage. - 4 - Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rod- wellSteve Weinstein and Bobby Levin South led the ♦8 -on another day that South led the ♣8 and declarer won in might have been a killer. Declarer took dummy and played the ♠K, North taking dummy's ace, ruffed a diamond, cashed the ace and retuning a club. Declarer won the ♣A, crossed to dummy with a club and in dummy and advanced the ♥J, covered in claimed, +920. turn by the king and ace. After queen and another heart declarer claimed 11 tricks, Closed Room +450, but lost 10 IMPs. WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Board 5. Dealer North. NS Vul. McGann Levin Hanlon Weinstein — — 1♣* Pass ♠ Q 10 7 2♠* Pass 2NT* Pass ♥ A J 8 7 2 ♦ A 3♦ Pass 3♥* Pass ♣ A J 10 4 4♥ All Pass ♠ A 9 8 6 ♠ 5 4 3 2 ♥ K 9 5 ♥ 10 6 3 ♦ 10 3 2 ♦ J 9 8 1♣ 11-13 balanced or any 17+ ♣ K 9 6 ♣ Q 8 7 2♠ One minor, GF ♠ K J 2NT Mostly forced ♥ Q 4 3♥ Hearts,17+ ♦ K Q 7 6 5 4 ♣ 5 3 2 - 5 - Open Room Here West led the ♠6 and East followed with the four, declarer winning with the WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH jack, unblocking the diamond ace and Rodwell Fitzgibbon Meckstroth Mesbur trying a heart to the queen and king, so — 1♥ Pass 1NT* there was no swing. Pass 2♣ Pass 2NT The au pair asked a question: 'If you think Pass 3NT All Pass spades are 4-4, why not play a club at trick two?' 1NT Non-forcing, up to 12 I checked the records to see if anyone had West led the ♠9 and when East followed done that - only Mike Passell, playing with with the two declarer won with the king, Mark Lair against Klukowski/Gawrys. played a diamond to the ace and a heart for the queen and king. West won and East won and decided to return a club, so played two rounds of spades and with no declarer won with the ten, unblocked the way back to hand declarer could muster diamond ace and played a low heart. He only eight tricks. finished with ten tricks. Closed Room The more testing defence is for East to return a spade. If West wins and plays WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH a third spade declarer wins in dummy, McGann Levin Hanlon Weinstein unblocks the ♦A and must now find the key play of the ♥J! West has to duck that — 1♥ Pass 1NT* but now declarer plays two rounds of Pass 2♣* Pass 2♥* hearts and finishes with nine tricks wha- Pass 2♠ Pass 3NT tever West does. All Pass Ireland came back to lead - Meckwell missed a tough defence to 3NT on Board 1NT Semi-forcing 7 - but then had a couple of bad results 2♣ Could be 2♣ which left them in deep trouble. 2♥ 9-11, 2♥ When they missed a great slam on the last board things looked bleak, but Levin/ North's final pass suggested he was short Weinstein had also failed to bid it so in diamonds. Ireland lost 5.36-14.64 but survived 8th place by just 1.04 VP. Oh yes, that title. How about, 'Rub of the Green'. - 6 - Ranking after Qualifying Swiss See all results on Bridgeresults.org - 7 - Alt sorts By Martin Cantor Going into the final round of the Swiss, WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Lavazza and Roll were in 9th and 10th DiFranco Zagorin Manno Bertheau places, fighting hard to get into a quarter — — — 1♦ final place. This board saw all sorts of contracts and all sorts of scores around the Pass 1♠ 2♥ Dbl* tournament; and we saw murder com- Pass 3♠ 3NT* 4♠ mitted at one table. Dbl All Pass Board 3. S / EW Dbl 3 spades 3NT 6+♥ 4+♣ ♠ K9852 ♥ KJT2 Despite his club length in partner’s second ♦ K6 suit DiFranco produced a double, and golly did it pay off. ♣ 52 ♠ QJT N ♠ 73 The defense was merciless. ♥A, ♣A, ♣4 ♥ 8 W E ♥ AQ97653 to the king were the first three tricks for ♦ JT43 S ♦ — the defense, and DiFranco looking at QJT ♣ KJ973 ♣ AQT4 of trumps must have been feeling good.
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