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A Hard Day's Fight World Bridge Series Championship Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA 1st to 16th October D B 2010 aily ulletin O FFICIAL S PONSOR Co-ordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer • Chief Editor: Brent Manley • Editors: Mark Horton, Brian Senior, Phillip Alder, Barry Rigal, Jan Van Cleef • Lay Out Editor: Akis Kanaris • Photographer: Ron Tacchi Issue No. 8 Saturday, 9 October 2010 A HARD DAY’S FIGHT WBF President José Damiani, standing, officiates at the WBF Meeting of Congress, his last as president. Damiani retires from the presidency at the end of this championship While the women in the McConnell enjoyed their day off, 64 teams in the Rosenblum were hard at work, battling Important Notice to get to the next round in the open championship. The Rosenblum round of 32 and the Mc- The favored teams were in good form, most of them win- Connell round of 16 will be played in the ning with ease to advance to the round of 32 today. Convention Center, Room 103. OurGame and BBO matches, however, The McConnell begins play today in the round of 16. will be played in the Marriott on the fourth floor. In the Rand Cup Senior Teams, the Indonesia squad, BBO matches — Zimmermann/Camberos, Gabrial UI, was in the lead after five rounds of Swiss teams Allfrey/Nickell and Cayne/Team Pharma. on Friday. Five more rounds will be played today to qualify OurGame match — China Ladies/Sombra. teams for the quarterfinal round starting Sunday. 13th WORLD BRIDGE SERIES Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. Important Notices Change in Conditions of Contest Alerts The following change has been made The WBF Alerting Policy applies. No announcements are to the supplementary Conditions of made. Copies of the Policy are available from Hospitality. Contest in reference to items 14.2 and 15.2. Boards 1. In the first segment, the lower- When the Boards come to the table DO NOT deal numbered team will sit N/S in the them. They are pre-dealt boards. Open Room and E/W in the Closed Room. The teams will remain in those positions through- Restrictions: out the match. No smoking is permitted in any part of the building 2. The lower-numbered team has the seating rights in No mobile phones / electronic equipment may be the 2nd and 4th segments from the round of 64 up to and taken into the playing area including the designated rest- including the round of 16. rooms Any player or team official bringing such an item into Systems Information these areas will result in his team being fined 2 VP (or 6 The regulations permit the use of the Multi 2 Diamond IMPs in a knockout match), or in the case of pairs events, convention. This shows a weak two in either major. It may will result in his partnership being fined 25% of the match have additional meanings all of which must be strong and points available on a board during the session. The penalty players are permitted to bring their written defences to is mandatory. Constant violation of this regulation will re- the table sult in the player being prohibited from playing and in the Players must ensure that both members of the partner- team official not being admitted into the playing area. ship have a fully completed convention card detailing all The Chief Tournament Director may, at his discretion, their agreements. This must be the WBF Card; blank WBF prohibit a player from bringing other equipment into the Cards can be obtained from hospitality or alternatively playing area. the completed WBF Generali card may be used, and mod- Hospitality may consent to keep these devices during ified by the partnership as necessary. play, but it must be clearly understood that no responsi- Players are reminded that Brown Sticker Conventions bility can be taken for any loss or damage. and Highly Unusual Methods (HUM) are not permitted at No alcohol is permitted in the playing area any time in any Championship events. Dress Code Screen Regulations Players are reminded that the WBF is recognised by the Copies of the latest Screen regulations are available IOC as a sports federation and are asked to respect this from hospitality, so please familiarise yourself with them by dressing appropriately. Rulings and Appeals Systems Committee meeting All players and captains are reminded that the tourna- The committee will meet at 9.30 am on Saturday 9th ment directors consult among themselves and solicit the October in the Appeals room - room 303 on the 3rd opinions of expert players before giving a judgemental floor. ruling. For this reason, the Appeals Committee, in accor- dance with the Code of Practice, presumes initially that Junior Teams Opening the director’s ruling is correct. The ruling will be over- Welcome to the Junior Teams in the Ortiz-Patino Cup turned only if the evidence presented is strong enough to and Damiani Trophy and Rona Cup. The opening celebra- persuade the committee to the contrary. Copies of the tion will be held on Saturday, 8th October at 7 p.m. at the Code of Practice may be obtained from the Hospitality Hampton Inn Ballroom. Come and meet your friends and Desk. have a bite to eat. 2 1 - 16 October 2010 13th WORLD BRIDGE SERIES Contents Calling All Journalists Important Notices . .2 José Damiani is to host a Press Con- Rosenblum Cup / Teams Plate / Rand Cup Results . .4-5 ference (addressed by Colonel Gregory H. British Bulldogs . .6 Johnson, bridge playing Astronaut) followed Slugfest . .10 by the Annual General Meeting of the IBPA No Letup . .14 on Monday 11th October starting at 08:30 in the Lib- Deception Pays a Dividend . .17 erty C (2nd floor DeLuxe Tower Marriott Hotel). Two Phillies in a Row . .18 Light refreshments will be available from 08:00. The Annual Awards will be presented at 09:00 on Tuesday 12th October at the same venue. Rand Cup for Senior Teams The qualification consists of a Swiss Teams consist- ing of 10 rounds of 10 boards, 5 rounds on Friday Playing Cards 8th and 5 rounds on Saturday 9th. The first match will be at 10.30 and the detailed schedule will be in Decks of playing cards from WBF Friday’s bulletin. Championships are available from The qualification will be followed by a knockout the Jannersten Stand on the 4th stage, with the Quarter and Semi Final on Sunday floor. New deck 1US$ per deck. 10th October, each of 24 boards. The Final and play- Used deck 0.70 US$ per deck. off will be played on Monday 11th over 3 rounds of 16 boards each. The non-qualified teams will have the opportunity to play free of charge in the Seniors Plate, the format of which will be decided when final SCHEDULE OF EVENTS numbers are known. (Today) Rosenblum Cup Round of 32 sesssions at Registration for the Open 10.30, 13.30, 16.00, 18.30 and Women’s Pairs McConnell Cup Round of 16 sesssions at All players not yet registered for the Open and 10.30, 13.30, 16.00, 18.30 Women’s Pairs are requested to do so as soon as Rand Cup Senior Teams possible. Round Robin begins at 10.30 This also applies to players qualifying for the knock- GENERALI Open & Women’s Pairs out stages of the teams and wishing to drop into the Sessions at 11.00, 16.00 pairs. NOTE that failure to register in advance will (Tomorrow) forfeit the right of players qualifying for the Rosenblum Cup knockout stages to drop into the pairs. Round of 16 sesssions at 10.00, 13.00, 15.30, 18.00 You are reminded that players from the Rosenblum may only drop into the Open Pairs and players from McConnell Cup Quarter Final sesssions at the McConnell may only drop into the Women’s Pairs. 10.00, 13.00, 15.30, 18.00 Rand Cup Senior Teams Quarter Final sesssions at 10.00, 13.00, 15.30, 18.00 OurGame Broadcasts Ortiz-Patiño Trophy / Damiani Cup There will be one OurGame match per round. You Round Robin Sessions at 10.00, 12.00, 14.30, 16.30, 18.30 can connect at http://worldbridge.ourgame.com 3 13th WORLD BRIDGE SERIES Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. ROSENBLUM CUP Round of 64 (results subject to confirmation) Tbl Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Total Zimmermann 24 39 40 23 126 1 Gwadteam 6 6 8 18 38 Italian Stallions 20 30 15 30 95 2 Camberos 41 35 33 18 127 O'Rourke 38 16 53 41 148 3 Rumelhart 13 33 2 18 66 Chateau Rossenovo 49 38 10 15 112 4 Meltzer 18 28 39 61 146 Berg 18 46 7 39 110 5 Schwartz 12 37 16 17 82 Consus Red Poland 53 17 11 28 109 6 Bilal 19 40 16 32 107 British Lions 57 13 0 13 83 7 Green Machine 36 32 20 40 128 Carmichael 10 34 19 23 86 8 Strul 33 19 31 28 111 Mahaffey 0 14 42 44 100 9 Rossard 30 22 23 22 97 China Open 38 22 15 27 102 10 Gordon 17 29 27 3 76 Deutsch 29 18 14 17 78 11 Vito 40 38 13 36 127 Dhampur Sugar Mills 14 26 11 33 84 12 Josef and cards 12 12 50 18 92 Diamond 20 30 25 30 105 13 JapCan 19 7 1 21 48 Klinger 41 43 10 66 160 14 Auken 25 29 22 17 93 Coldea 69 51 27 37 184 15 Moss 4 58 19 27 108 Bramley 28 11 29 11 79 16 Lavazza 24 30 19 61 134 Cayne 55 28 35 36 154 17 Belgium Cooreman 2 31 22 19 74 Team Pharmaservice 38 18 23 36 115 18 Hampton 5 32 30 18 85 Rosen 39 27 26 21 113 19 Apteker 9 59 31 58 157 Begijnt JE 14 13 7 35 69 20 Wolfson 30 17 39 26 112 Pinot Noir 24 21 22 28 95 21 Alizee 18 20 40 38 116 Kamras 13 22 11 4 50 22 Zaleski 39 42 45 30 156 Budimex Poland 15 22 29 8 74 23 Koneru 37 15 3 28 83 De Botton 20 37 16 5 78 24 Fleisher 21 55 29 60 165 Parimatch 32 28 12 30 102 25 Dipak Poddar 12 36 21 25 94 Hengyuanxian Heji 5 29 26 12 72 26 Robinson 10 31 14 42 97 Rayner 22 41 12 52 127 27 Beijing Trinergy 17 21 37 31 106 Canada 21 23 40 25 109 28 Fredin 24 36 20 56 136 Zambonini 14 29 26 28 97 29 Martens 6 62 33 32 133 Zen 15 13 11 10 49 30 Beijing Shouchuang 26 57 40 25 148 Nadar 33 16 9 18 76 31 Allfrey 26 60 32 46 164 Hughes 18 34 1 13 66 32 Nickell 44 46 56 62
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