s'~;f2!ti,"g' P7yggg Nr R% .;." Dai y BU etink~ W1NHENitv~RANcts~T W Editor ORLD PAIR OLYMPIADAssociate Editor
June 23, 1978 OPEN PAIRS ndings after 3rd final session Names Points nacla Eric Kokish Peter Nagy 958. 50 razil Marcelo Branco Gabino Cintra 937. 60 SA Roger Bates John Mohan 902. 00, Bon Andersen Hugh MacLean 894. 00 SA Steve Robinson Kit Woolsey 892. 00 SA Steve Lapides Walt Waivlck 882. 00 oland Lukasz Lebioda Andrezej Wilkosz 877. 80 Robert Hamman -' Robert Wolff 870. 50 rance Jean-Mare Roudinesc'o Jean Louis Stoppa 858. 60 nada Ted Horning John Stevens 858. 00 rmany Helmut Hausler Peter Splettslosser 856, 50 the rlands Andre MuMer Carol Van Oppen 854. 50 ance Claude Delmouly Edmond Vial 853. 00 SA Robert Goldman Paul Soloway 851. 50 rael Eliakim Shaufel Samuel Lev 848. 00 Kathy Cappelletti Mike Cappelletti 846. 50 Frank Hoadley Jack LaNoue 843. 10 rance Felix Covo'- Joseph Paladino 842. 50 ance Pierre Jais Dominique Pilon 841, 50 Africa Hymie Butkow Neville Eber 84a..50
For ranking of remaining 20 pairs, see page 2 LADIES' 'PAIRS Stan dings after 3rd final session Bank ~Countr Names Points 1 USA Betty Ann Kennedy - Carol Sanders 959. 00 USA Judi Badin Katherine Wei 942. 50 Italy ' Marisa D'Andrea Luciana Capodanno 923. 00 3 5USA Jacqui Mitchell Gail Moss 919. 00 France Claude Blouquit Elizabeth Delor 910. 50 Ireland Eileen O' Doherty Ann Quinn 891. 00 68 7France Eliane Derore Odile Meuriot 880. 50 USA Edith Kemp Barbara Bappaport 873. 10 9 France Genevieve Morenas Mariane Serf 873. 00 Poland Jadwiga Frenkiel Diana Dolowa 870. 00 0 1 USA Nancy Gruver Nancy Alpaugh 861. 50 2/13 Brazil Maria Elizabeth Murtinho Lia Pena- Cintra 858. 50 12/13 Gr Britain Bita Oldroyd Sally Sowter 858. 50 14 Netherland s Bia Gerards Wil Van Heusden 854. 50 15 USA Mary Jane Farell Marilyn Johnson 850. 00 16 USA Emma Jean Hawes Dorothy Truscott 848. 00 17 Canada Francine Cimon Barbara Hania 841. 00 a8 Brazil A gota Madelot Heloisa Nogueira 839. 50 19 USA Hermine Baron Beverly Rosenberg 838. 00 20 Canada Diana Gol don Sha ryn Kokish 829. 90
For ranking of remaining 20 pairss see page 2
PROGRAM Friday 1:30 Open Pairs, fourth final une 28 Ladies' Pairs, fourth final 8:30 No play scheduled tonight aturday 1;80 Mixed Pairs, first session une 24 8:30 Mixed Pairs, second session
unday 1:30 Mixed Pairs, third session une 25 8;80 Mixed Pairs, fourth session NOT E: Starting times for Open Teams and Venice Cup Women's Teams beginning Monday, June.26 are 12:30 and 20:00 8 pm!. sponsored by the Hyatt Regency Hotel d Bridge Federation, hosted by the New Orleans La., U.S.A. Contract Bridge League June 12-30, 1978 NOHTB AMEHICANS LEAD 1VITH ONE SESSION TG GO
Thx"eeconsistently good sessions have kept Eric KokiSh and Petex' Nagy<,young stax's fx'oxn Montreal~ CalLBda~in the lead throughout the fGNI of the Open Pairs. With this afternoon s 30 deals to go, they havea 23.-pointlead on the field of 40 experts from ail over the world. Top on a board in the final is 19. The contestis an excenentone every paix'wQl haveplayed a three-board set against every other pair by the end of today's session. In the Ladies Pairs, the top two paiirs exchangedpositions from the second to the third session. Betty Ann Kennedy and Carol Sanders, who were Venice Cup winners in both 19N and 1976, moved to the front, tak ng a 16 I/2-poilnt lead over Axnex'kcansJudi Hadin and Kathie Wei The conditions of contest ior the ladies event are the same as fox the Open Pairs Throughout the quahog rounds the Brazilian pair of Gabriel Chagas and Pedro Paulo Assumpcao was up there with the leadexs all the way, ending the six sessions in first place. They had a bad first session.in the fiLnal, and although they have fought their way back to the 'middle of the standings, they are effectively out of the race for the title. But Brazil isn't out of the race not by a long shot I The other Brazilian pair, Marcelo Branco and Gabino Cintra, also had their.third straight good session, and as. a result they are the only pair within less than 50 poi@s of the front-running Canadians. Branco and Cintra, who were members of Brazil's world champion Team Glyxnpiad squad at Monte Carlo in 1976, have a 35 l/2-point lead on the third-place pair of Hoger Bates and John Mohan, the top U. S. pair. In the Ladies Paixs, three other twosomes have a reasonable chance of overtaking the leaders. Mari.sa O'Andrea and Luciana Capodannoof Italy were one board behind Hadin-Wei, and right on their heels were Americans Jacqui Mitchell and Gail Moss as well as France' s Claude Blououit and Elizabeth Delox, The defending champions in the Open Pairs, Bob Hamman and Bobby Wolff, were standing ;., eighth, but they were more than four boaxds behind the leaders an almost impossible margin to overcome in one session.. Hixi Markus, defending Women's Pairs champion and two-time winner of the event, apparently will not win this time she and partner ¹kki Gardener of Great Britain are almost 200 points off the leaders' pace. 0 4' OPEN PAIHS Standings aftex 3rd final session pairs ranked 21-40.. Top 20 on page 1! 838.50 FRA CHRISTIAN NARI ll KICHEL F'ERRON 801.50 USA ALAN SONTA6 <1PETE'R WEICHSEL 830.00 USA ROY.FOX 4 EUGENE O''NEILL 772.60 NOR JAQUIS TAZI ll HA14I9 SEST 828.60 9R2 PE9ROP ASSUNPCAO4 GASRIEL P CHAGAS 764.00 SPA NAHUELESCU9E 11 EVELIO PUIG DORIA 824.50 FRA JOSE 9ANIAHI 8 6ERAR9 LE RQYER 750.00 SAF HUNIE OSIE il ALAS 5IllNDN99 823.50 SUI HALIT 8I6AT 5 6EOR6ES CATZEl=LIS 747.00 FRA JEAN NO!JR6UES 0 HERSE F'ACAULT 823,00 USA FRE9 HANILTON, ll JOHN BOANSON 746.50 6ER 9IRK SCHROE9ER !| 9ETLEF 00N SYN2 82l.60 USA ROSERT LIPSIT2 <1 NEIL SILUERNAN 723.00 IH9 9R 9 N 9AYAL . 4 RANESH GOKHALE 821.50 USA LOll 9LUHH , . ll TQll SAll9ERS '08.50 USA PIC HITCHELL ll SAN STAYHAN 819.50 USA STEUE ALTNAH l TON SNITH 700.50 ISR 9R HUSO SCHtlART2 5 SHALON SELIGHAN 809.'l0 SUE ANOERS NORATH 1l F'ER-GLOP' SUKDELIN 678.00 USA 9ILLY EISEN9ER6 8 E9UIN KANTAR
LADIES' PAIHS - Randiiigs after 3rd Qxjal session nairs ranked 21-40. Top 20 on page 1! 822.00 FRA O9ILF. LE9ERNA<4 8 JACQUELINE VELUT 780.50 HL9 EU6EHIE AKKERNAN 4 Li'TA 9E KATER 821.50 FRA 9ANIELE LESLAHCHE 8 CHRISTIANE LONS 778.50 AUS ELI2ASETH HABEAS t, SARSARA NC90NAL9 816.00 FRA 9ANIELE AUOH ll AHHE H KITA961' 772.00 SUI UERA FIER2 8 6IHETTE FLORHOY 812.50 FRA N. 6AILHAR9 ll HELEHE 2UCCARELLI 770.00 69R NIKKI 6AR9ENER 8 RIXI NARKUS 809.00 UEN ESTHERSASSON ll ELISA SOLAR 766.00 SUE 9199I JEHSEH ll OLLA LUH9HAH 805. 10 ITA NARISA BIANCHI 8, ANNAHARIAVALENTI 741.50 SAF 9ERTHA COHEN il RITA JACO&SON 804,50 SPA 9ESONA9E RESUSTA8 CAPEZA 9E ABACA 739.60 ITA,NARIA UENTliRINI, . 4 ELVIRA NOH90LFO 797.50 USA 9OROTHY HOORE 8 NARIAN LtEEIj 736,00 6ER KARIN SCHROEOER ll UALTRAUT POST 784,00 ISR UER~ SHAUFEL ll CORA9RECHNER 705.00 CAN PAT SHOLENSKY ll NRS FERNEuROTH 783,00 HL9 PETRA KAAS 8 9EP PRIEN9 694.00 COL AHA CA9ALLERO. 11 90RA DE HAIHE
IBPA TO PRESENT TIIHEE< ARAHDS TONIGHT Three major annual awards to bridge figo~es will be announ'cedtonight when more than 50 bridge journalists from all over the globe attend a dinner meeting at Antoine's Hestaurant, Hichard I,. Frey, president of the International Bridge Press Association, will present the Charles II, Goren "Man of the Year" awaxd. John Simon of St. Louis chairman emeritus of the ACBL Goodwill Committee, will present the "Sportsman of the Year" award. Film star Omar Sharitf wiQ present C. C. Wei's "PreciLsion"" award to the authox of the best article written during the year on the Precision. system. The other annual IBPA awards wiD be made at the luncheon Monday exact site to be announcedlater!. Meanwhile .IBPA members, be sure to attendthis morning's annualgeneral meetingat 10;30in the Versailles Hoom fourth floor!. President Fx'ey px'omises that there will be many interesting Items on the agenda. 4 0 4m<
A MATTER OF SEMANTICS; .. The penalties for violating the wandering rules are extremely stiff in the OpenPairs final; so whenTom Sandersleft the playing room to get a cup of coffee, he was a bit rattled when a top official asked him if he was wandexWg. "No, " he said quickly, "Pm just walking. " OPEN PAIBS Standings after 2nd final session Rank Cou~ntr Nsmes Points 1 Canada Eric Kokiah Peter Nagy 635, 50 Poland Lukaaz Lebioda Andrezej Wilkosz 616. 60 25 3USA Roger Bates John Mohan 614. 50 USA Ron Anderaen Hugh ÃacLean 604. 50 USA Robert Hamman Robert WolLf 585. 50 France Jean-Maxc Boudinesco Jean Louii.a Stoppa 583. 06 68 7USA Kathy Cappelletti Miike Cappelletti 582. 69 USA Steve Altman - Tom Smith 575, 00 9 Nethexlands Andre Muldex - Carol Van Oppen ' 574. 60 10 S Africa Hymie Butkow Nevtlle Eber 672. 00 11 Brazil Marcelo Branco Gabino Cintra. 569. 10 12 France Pierre Jais - Dominique Pilon 666. 50 13 Canada Ted Horning John Stevens 566. 56 USA Steve Lapides ÃRlt Walvick 558. 50 15 France Jose Damilani Gerard Le Boyer 666. 59 16 USA Steve Bobinaon Kit V~'oolaey 554, 00 17 USA Robert Goldman Paul Solovay 551. 60 18 F rance Jean Moux'guea Herve PacauI t 550. 00 19 Prance Claude Delmouly Zdmond Vial 549. 50 20 Germany Helmut Hausler Peter Splettalosser 648. 66 The re maining 20 pairs ranked. as follows: 546.50 FRA FELIX COt!O 8 JOSEl"H PALAIIIHG 508.00 ISR ELIAHIN SHAUFEL SANi!EI LE ! 543.00 USA LOlJ BLtlHN 5 TON SAHBERS 507.00 USA FRFB HANILTOtt JOHN StJAtiSOH 539.10 USA FRAHl HOAOLEY g, JACl LAtv'OUE 506 50 St!I HALIT BIOAT 7 ~10 BRI PEIIRO P ASSUNPCAO ,' GABRIEL F' CHAGAS 502.50 SPA NAHUEL ESCLIBE Fl!ELIO PLII6 IIORIA .!.00 SilE At IIFRS NORATH 4 "ER-OLOII SUHBl:.t.IH 494.10 USA ROBERT LIPSIT2 HEIL SIL "EPNAH 526.50 FRA CHRISTIAH NARI tt NICHEI PERROH 493,50 liSR IIR HUGO SCHt/ART2 SHALON 'SELIGNAH 521.00 USA ALAN SOHTA6 Il PFTER. iUEICHSEi 482.00 IHII BR Il N IIAYAL PANESH 6OHiHALE 5l3.50 USA ROY FOE EUGiEtlE 6 ' HE ILL 4! 3 50 6ER III Rl SCHROFIf ER IiETLEF I!OH GYHZ 513.10 NOR JAOUIB TA21 lt HANIB SEBT 460,50 USA iv'IC NITCHEt.L SAN STAYNAH ' HUNIE OSIE 5 ALAH SINHOHIIS <25.00 USA BILLY EISEHBERG Eifi!Itf, llAH TAR
I ADZES' PA~ -- Rtandings after 2nd final session Bank ~Constr Names 1 UiSA Judi Badin Katherine Wei 631, 00 2 USA Betty Ann Kennedy Ca l ol Sanders 621. 00 3 France Genevii;."ve Morenaa Ma,riane Serf 609. 50 lx eland Eileen O' Doherty Ann Quinn 606. 59 6 Fxance Claude Biouquitt Flizabeth Delor 606. 00 6 Netherlands Bla Gerards Kf til Van Heusden 601. 50 7 Gx Britain Bita Oldroyd Sally Sorter 600, 50 8 USA Jacqui Mitchell Gail Moss 596. 00 9 Prance Ellane Derore - Odiie Meuxiot 686. 69 10 Italy MRrisRD Andi'ea Lucia,na Capodanno 582. 60 11 Canada Francine Cimon Barbara Hania 581. 50 12 Poland tsadwig««,Prenkiel Diana Dolo%«1, 575. 50 13 USA Hermine Ba,ron Bevel iy Bosenberg 661. 50 14 Brazil Agota Madeiot Heloisa Nogueira 660. 50 16 F x'Rnce Odoe Lederman Jacqueline Velut 555. 50 16 USA Nancy Gruver Nancy 4 lpaugh 650. 00 17 Pxaxlce Margllerite Gailhaxd Helene Zuccarelli 543. 50 18 CanadR DIRnR A!rdon %Rryn Koklsh. 640. 50 19 USA Emma Jean Havees Dorothy Truscott 640. 66 20 Prance Danieie LBBlanche Christiane Long The re maixdng 20 pairs ranked as folios: 537.00 BRZ tIAPYA tIUR'fHHO 8 LIA B PENA-r IH'PA BEF' VRIENII 531.50 ITA NARISA BIAHI HI 5 AHHAt!Af"IA i!ALEHTI 502 ~ 00 GER HAR!H SCHROEIIER 1 t!ALTRAUT I!OGT 531.00 USA NARY JANE FAPELL: NARILYH JOHHSOH 496 50 AUS El.I7ABETH HAI!AS IIARBARA tlCIIONALD 529.00 SfstE BIBBI JEHSEH lt ULLA LLIliIINAH «t93.50 GBR HIHRI GARIIEHER RIXI NAR"if< 529.00 Sl!I 'ERA FIERZ GIHETTE Fl Rt;OY 492 r USA IIOROTHY NOORE NAP.IAH itEEII LIGEHIE ANt ERNAt~ 8 CITA OE RATER 484 ~ 50 SPA BEGOHA iiE RESUSTA ? CAIIEZti BE I!rICA 'i19.50 ISR i!ERA SHALIFEL t IfrIRA BRECHHER 481.00 COL AHA CABALLERO IiOf?A BE HAINE 5il3,00 USA .IIITH HENP BARBARA RAPPAF'Or'T <61,0rf PAH PA! SNOLEHSHY NRS FERHE 4ROTH 00 '! EH SASSr.IN E SOLAR 456.50 'AF BERTHA rLiHFH F,'ITA JACOBSOH 5'l3.50 FRA .IAHIFLE AI!OH '; AHHi- N t ITATIOI 444,50 rTA NARRA !IEHTLIRiHI ELI!IRA NOHBOLFO 'I: ii<
AN D~'ATIfON TO PLAY BRIDGE The Louisiana Bridge Association ex';endsan. invitation to all players who have Px'iday night free to 3oin in the club g«1meof the Louisiana Bridge Association. GRIM tixne la 7:36 and the club la located at 721 Veter~«nsBlvd. xn the 'A~llainre Shoppin~Center at Metalrle Any questions, speak to Ber, ÃcKowen or Dottie Toledano at the hospitality center. U, S. STAB TELLS GNE ON HIMSELF Mike Cappelletti had an unusual stGry fox' the Daily Bulletin it was Rll Rbout bow be went downin a 3 NT contract on which he couMhave madetwo overtricks, And he gavefuH. credit to the French Pair, Guy O'Hana and PhOippe Soulet. It was on Board 26 of the second semifiml, Dlr: East 4 9 84 EAST SOUTH WEST NGPTH Vul: Both 0 K 104 ' NT Pass 3 NT 0 J42 Pass Pass Pass 4 AQ93 K J62 Q 3 West got os to a lead that gave Rway nothing 0 975 7 832 a low heart that Mike won i.n chsmmywith t'he 10, C 1086 0 K 9 7 5 The beet source of tricks outside the solid hearts 4 752 4 K J 10 8 looked like spades, so Mike led the @ 9 covered by O'A 1075 the c~ueenand won by the ace, A secondspade went 'VAQJ6 to the aback and West,attacked ct Had this hand.come up in the Open Paix"8you night attribute the result to woman.'8 intuition, Since it arose in the Ladies series however, good bridge juclgxnent must be the x'ea soQ. Dlr: North 4 A 9 4 2 NGHTH EA ST SOUTH Vul: Both 'V Q 10 843 Pass Pass 1 4 2 NT 3 NT 0 9107 4 J865 QKJ962 > The bidding was natural, South'8 2 NT rebid 0 K10 86 54 0 73 showing 18-19 points, alld North'8 34 rebid promising 4 J1053 4A9 4-5 in tbe majors. South, Vera Shaufel of Israel, 0 K3 decided correctly that her minor-suit holding would A 75 make the notrump game a better proposition, 0AQJ9 Her juclgment was amply rewarded when, after KQ 62 winning the openbig 06 lead with the 9, 'sbe laid down tile VA and West showed out. Vera continued with the OQ, giving %'est her trick, but retaining control of the suit. At this point the defense slipped, as West switched to clubs, East winning the ace and continuing the suit, Two diamonds and the other high club were cashed, catching East in a strip-endplay in the following five-card ending East to discard!: 4A9 Declarer bad a perfect count GQ 7@108 ERst 8 hand~ Rnd when East ciiscRrdecl 0 a spade declarer cashed the 4PA-K and then put East in with a heart. That player was then forced to yieM the game-fulfilling trick to dumxny'8'VQ, ' Makixlg 600 was worth RU.36 matchpoints, but tbe Ruction wR8 the r6al VIQDler -- minus 100 wou!.d have been a whopping 25 1/2. H G I S BB,I L I IA'NC 7 PB,IZ E S There ~ be two BGLS HrGliancy Prizes awaxded at this Glympiad. Gne to be awarded at the final banquet! vtCQbe for the beet story on the Olympiad, preferably containing a bridge hand, that has a~ared in the Daily Bulletin or that the writer intends publishing in hie own news- papex or magazine. The othex", for the beet played hand of the Olympiad, will be announcedin the next International Hridge Prese Association Bulletin. Entxiee may be submitted to Nelson Rice or to Tannah Eirech in Burgundy A/H, fourth floor. The playex who wine the Brilliancy Prize win receive a beaut%8 award from BGLS and the writer wQI xeceive a cash award. The follo~g hand will be submitted as an entxy in the HGLS contest. The author ie Z A 1 F, Kit ft' Hdk' h "p i, ~|' h 8 'I ~Mthl. IN THIS AI L-BRAZILIAN BATTI E, the biddi~g took on a carnival epixit with both sides having 20 points and pxeesmg on to the game level. Dlr; North 4 9 10 5 2 a~h T M A~ Bhto Vu,l: None 0 A 43 NORTH EAST SOUTIEN WEST ! JV6 10 1V 14 3 'V $ A@2 3% 4U 44 Dbl 4 K83 O' J 6 Pass Pace Pass 0 10865 0A Pedro Paulo Aesumpca,o couM not have been 4 J6543 enthusiastic at the first eight of dummy after a heart lead. Apart from three top diamond losers,' the trump suit wae less than solid. The world is used to seeing Gabxiel Chagas ~ng x'abbits out of the hat ard this wae yet another Chagas special, except that, for a change, he was watching proceedings fx'om dummy. Pedro Paulo won the VA and quickly played the OJfrom dummy. East epht his honors and the defendex e won the trick in great style, West exited with a club to the ace. Declarer realized he couM not hope to negotiate the hand euccessfuQy should the spades be 4-1, so the 0 Q wae run to keep East from wi~g a trick to recover the lost ground by' getting a diamond ruff. West won the king and got out with another club, South won and drew the remaining trumps, ending in dummy to play diamonds and bring home hie unlikely contract. For North-South, V6 out of VV matchpointe for East-West, the carnival was over. 'V 4 0 0 Q 4 0 4' '0 4 0 4 'V 4 0 Amebury also brought ue, a story which he headlined '"A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel P" and which we decoded to mean something like using an anchovy as bait to catch a whale -- or at least a ~, Anyway hereie hie story: Alan Sontag stopped. by fox" a talk yeste~y said a few kind words about Po ulzr Bxzd e Monthl wreaththe minor reservation that I donPt review enough books. I expjained that we only x"eview books that we like and we only get sent books that are published m England. American books that appear are normally handled by dietrxbutore and we don t get review copiee. Today I found a package left for me at Haxclay Book Desk. Inside was a copy of 'The Bridge Bum' by Alan Sontag Inscrxbed in the fxont cover "Joe I don't often go around buying my own books. Alan. " I sincerely hope that when I get axound to reading it, Alan doeen't find that he hae caught a, crab. 'V 4 9 0 'V 4 6 4 0 4 ! 4 A I ITTLE CONSOLATIGN By GEORGE BAVAS, Australia I succeeded in putting 0'he cat among the pigeons on Hoard 15 of the second Consolation session. Dlr", South SOUTH WEST NOHTB EAST Vul N-S 098542 1 0 1 NT ! 4 0 ! 9 K J]0 863 Pace Pass 5V Dbl. $ J4 Pass ! Pace Pass 4 K 1043 0 J6 7 103 ! At the vuRerability, I wanted to slow OQV20 95 down the spade preempt. 1 NT "showed" V to 9 4 V6 4 AKQ83 points, balanced, with a spade stopper. 4 986 ! Bad East been able to restrain himself, 6! AKQV the defense would have been able to cash the first 9A4 nine tricks m. the black suits. 4 10952 ! A]i,an Waleh thought I had gone bananas. If I had the ba!anced hand promised, this was going to be a top floor telephone numbex. West did not find the club lead which beats the contract one trick. Be led a spade and Alan played safe for 12 tricks plus 1050 and probably several matchpoints, CONSOI ATION PAIHS Standlnr 8 Q,fter «De 3rd ~x'Gal Dession Hank Mount V NR nrle 8 Points '.1 ~o" n f A. MaciesKczak PG16~cr RDU8F» G,~A ''2 Uandda Karen Aln.son Irene Hodgson 2955. 23 .3 India CQI. VSM Fnarxna Brig, J . Sin' D 2941, 23 S"A"eden LBIXDRrt~cRSIU ld - BG Linr3nerg 2892, 04 6 I SA Hugn HG88 El'lk Paulsen 2891, 69. 6 CanadR J oseph Silver George Mitte,I.D»r'a:,D 2856. 73 .7 lviiox Gcco Elalanxi Abbes Bob Slavenburg 2813, 16 :8 France Nadlne CGDBD r.eon Zxntnex 2800, 64 ': 9 ITQP Dx', Hicha x'dGreene Reve Greenberg '"97 54 1'0 irvMde~n Han~-Oiof HRII~D AD~a" Stenberg 2794, 17 11 Italy Benito Garozzo Lea DUPGDt 2793. 19 12 N Zealand PRUI Marston . P&y Kel 1' 2792. 77 . 13 Canada rJlm I«onaldson. Mlt'6 .rtreblnger 2784. 96 Me%i,co Cerxnan. CRstaneda Prussel Pischex' 2766, 04 15 Kenya B,H~Bobson N, A rrcxnia Standings after»DB 2nd Session Poland A ~V~r"BSZCZ" k "~ole "anus' 2111.. 50 CRDRda Karen Allison Ix'Bne Hodgson 'O88. 00 Sweden Lennart Nraslund P»o Lindberg 203O. 50 Hugh HG88 Erik Plea:Ulsen 2OO8. 50 &Veden Hc'cns-Olof HRDBD Alvcr.r Stennerg 1948. 90 Inr-'Iia Cox, $*'S'>'i ~'":rma Bxlg~ J~ ]940 60 Mexico Gerx«QRD Castacneda Hussel F'iscnex' 1935, 60 Aust x'alla George Havas Alan 'A'Qlsh 1934. 50 Morocco Driss Kabbaj Ra,phael Guenclun 1914, 50 Kenya B. H. Hobson N, Ajania 1884, 50 Morocco ZIRIR'rxxi Abbesi c ob Slavenburc', 1878. 50 Cana, Qa Lex de Gx'oot Bx'ian Pauls 1873, 50 Carats aug. Fraser - Hobert Lebi 1873, 50 I>etnerland8 0, Hoogenka sip A. Kornalyxlslyper 1872. 00 Canada Br'Uce Gowdy PRUI Hektner 1869, 00 ».,r,,i ... ,. g y 4,r. y»r, k. » « , «»» + y, 4, p» y v, THE H~>AD TCr T '"PS IS PAVED And whfiie we x'6 orl the subject of s&3me, here 8 Gne where Canada 8 Paul Heitner wox'ked his way through a tangled hand to score 1370 on Board 28 of the third xourld. of the Open Pairs qualifying. Dlr: %'est 4 A@76 WEST NORTH EAST SOUT Vul: N-S 'V 72 PR88 Qbl 1 'V 0 A KJ65 24 8 Pass 0 J109 4 K8.~42 'V J.109 V K Q 8 5 Once again ihe opening bid was B, Forcing 0 942 0 3 Club. The 17 response showed 5-8 points. 4 7632 4954 Heitner won ihe opening V K lead with the ace, then 4 after taking the trump ace, he played on clubs, He VA643 cashed ihe A-iK, ibm. pitched a heart on the jack as j 10987 Ea.at won the queen, Heiinex ruffed ihe VQ, cashed 4 KJ109 the 4 A~ I'uffed B spRde Bnd cRshed ihe last club, pitching a spade, Vfhen East failed to ruff, the trump finesse waa maxked, so Paul led io the j J and ~ed the last spade. He got back to his hand with a heaxt ruff, cashed the top t~ump arid claimed That waa worth 72 out Gf 77 matchpoints, since only 10 pairs bid Bnd made the slam, NOTE l"ROM THE HOOK STAN'D Barclay Bridge Supplies hae received B shipment of plastic duplicate boards Bnd will have aluminum ones for sale by Monday. Incidentany a pRcket from Barclay" 8 bas been F OU N D Bnd turned in io the Dan Bulletin, 7he owner may recover by identifying contents. ~uire at Hospitality Desk or in Burgundy C fourth floor. A MUBTi.E, EQUAL." TOO, A%3 TBQV~M,E 3y MCMRD'OWING A pair do88JJ'tgst to thetop Gf,R o'Grid chaxnpionsMpMak Liyplaying tiM@3 point scoring. %'atchaudi BRAESand Ka«thsmweVfei "*wa-c.ion on this dsa1froxn the They played B m~ Fran«'8«8Oox>e ~ ed~rman ~ed cacoueUn~V61 c* Dlr: Auth 4t A V, RRM V81ut '~,Vei Vnl:N-8 0 09 R!UTB V/KSY NORTH EAST 0 f854 3. '0 Pass 3. NT Pass 4 K9664 Pc PB,88 37 Pass 4 3O964 4 i 83 2 Pass OM. ReW~. 24 V K642 8 6 Pass Pass 0 K33 v A Q '0 V 6 DM. Pass PR88 Pass 4AS 4 8V q The 3,Ã7 recense w'asforce@ Gnsamund, Rnd A $3.0V3 Lc»RA8 @ ~'3c; ck8$91t»«Pity nF'r U"' neaxt 5t rather 6 8 thanher 9-3 4 couMbs a three-card+Gkt!%R8 Q»T103 t~TicaQyag~msssive nlatchyoint tactics. V'hen Vslut oa1ancedat xavorahevQ lszRMMyshe ProhaMv'didnt P~.~ctths QPPonentsto be d,b~,e to donMS exfectxvelyc &CD». «lnd MfeiProved hsx wrong. After the xedouMS,.A~di wasn't aboutto let >heopcponents p~Py it mdouMed, Thed8f8n88 %3,8 SCCA"aztec ccQM16dthe «ccQcc '~VQn 'lViththe RCS,Mile returnedthe 8914~ Bndafter North monthe 4R. .sne ex~ted%' tha txalnp, 'wonin ths close~c", ~nd. declarer 18da h8art to th8 king then tried tci gst so~c cooperationw> th8 sp»cde suNby 16a~g'ths 3,0, 7'.'8 rodeto c3udi8 Qnecsn,Rnd she cGECK>Red by cash~ th87A Rnd16adi'cog another declarerx~g as North sheda cia~. A 19%'~de %88led tovPax'ddL'53~6y;:8' Soclthpa88ed ths test b~"duckpin»~ to North'8 Bce Kathie 18danother,tru~c and c "SC'wer 1edRnotner sp»ade, »cudi VMn~ Rnd Conti&@ed %'th a fourth heart establishinga 1ongtron".p trick for downtwo and"::h~t RB-fnpo88nt 300. Notethat X'SpeateddianlOnd leads ~5811sink c~eolarer Bt 4$« » Y 4:"» +: «" s' 4 HEABS YO" *cd%, TAIL c VOU BREAK E' A sxnaD probiexn fxvm the se«:endsession Qfthe C'm~solation,Board 2. D1r: East EAST .".:OUTS EVESY NOBTH VQ1:N-3 3, 5Y Pass 2 4 Pass WEST Mxnxny! 9 PR88 Pass 4A 864 3 NY PR88 Pass Pass 0 KJ'864 Theopevdxg hid w~*s"5-'3 V, 29 shosvedno «! 82 BiR!or,and 3ÃT $NAQRtsd~or P'pportior heartsc 4A9 ~X>UTx"3 I'You! Vcn1sad he R, andÃQ~ w/nsthe Mugand re- 0 KV turns the 43.0to ihe ace, The U4 goesto declarer'8 '7. 3,09 2 Queen»North p~N~d@tos;"'» and a second heart to 9 3 V3 dvxnmy'8 'act -ees >"orth' c'Qov with the 3 Noir a 4 JV542 1QWVHpade fry c«QXnXRy,3 from lccorth qMSnfroxn East ~«8 !au in &th the king, Fkv'. do yon co~ve 5 is "1earfroxn the 5-«ddir»gRndsar1v p&~y «hat NQWh be~ 0%th6 P -V-3 avdhas unaged to distxact EB.8'fxoxn t% hreaI".ingheart stgit. East from the biddicg, xmmthe 3-2-5-3 or 3-2-4-4, 3naddition; froxn the «RCPrevfNkcsct 89 far» EastP83%nold,a4, t58 rsxna~g Pointsg . 4' 3,09 3 2 except for the rexncotspossibly that Northhasths QA V3 O' Zc The CGXnP18tedea1 V/Rs Rs sho%n'tO the 18tc 954 0 K303 The best play Bt this stageis to 1eada heart 4 A 864 yqcs6 to the ace, ho1Mgdeclarsx to 3.0tx"icks. K you V KZ 864 QQ6 p1aya 81ub,declarer ~88 3.l tricks. E dec1arer C8P, C AK Q3.0 6 had been3-2-4-4, yeux club@~Quid ixnpose a triple 4 Aie O'9 8 6 Sgueess QnpaMcer, iQ,which declarer o'QuidMKM R.V to 3,0Mcus if yom pa~Sr 1etsgo a diamond X3, 3098 tricks otherwise!, Pia~g to ca,shpartner 8 ace can only gain C~ZV548 RM3C»V~Mt os«' 18that glAng cmo+vhyocM' Southern ~GMfort Y cic 0: 4 g «» cg g $ g $ 4~,jc !f: CA QDY' C OM MZ KT 8 One of the score caddies ~8 approached hy R g~cze~r Qftihe rsligLQMi convention jcurrentky sharing the hotel with us! Rnd Bshed if he v'enid 1ike to be a Vc"itness, The caddie'8 xesponse»vas, "NQ, shaven't seen the accident yet.'* ELIGIBILITYGFPLAVEM... TheiVBF eub-committee oneligibility of playexa ree'olved as follows: Thatto beeligible to beinvited to participatein anyWox'M Bridge Federatior; competition ary proposedplayer must satisfythe CredentialsCommittee that 1! Eithex"he waa born in theNCBO countrynon6nating him or hewas a bonafide residentof suchcountxy at thetime he qualified for suchnomination as weQas ai thetime he makes application and plays; and 2! Hehas not, duringthe prior 2 I/Oyears, repxesented an NCBO different fxomthat whi,ch nominates him,in anyWoxld Bridge Federation competition ox anyZonal or intra-Zoll competition for thepurposes hereof, in Zone2 theTrials shallbe considered a Zonalcompetition!, k 4 g + $ 4 4 »: !k »: % »» + THE PHANTOM STBjKES i EricKokiah and Petex Nagy, theCanadian youngsters whoLiveledall the way thxough thefirst thxeefinal sessions ofthe Open Pairs took a eaveagainst a 44contract arrived at bythe Nethexlands' Andre INulder and Carol Van Oppen. But ii waaa phantomsave 44 wouldhavefailedbyone trick. Butthat's what's so tricky about phantoms sometimesthey strike. Look at Board 3 from the third final session. Dlr:South 4'5 4 Kokiah VanO~~~en Na~ Mulder Vul;E-S g K1072 SOUTH REST NORTH 0QB Pass /j Pass EAST 4 AJ972 Pass 2 Pass 2 0 0 A @10862 0 KJ973 4 NT Pa,ss Dbl. VA98 'V43 5 0 Pass .. 5 0 Dbl. 0 85'' 0 A 72 Pass Pass Pass 4 K86 10 6 West's stxange-looking 2Cbid was a weak V Q J66 two-bid in one of the majoxs. East, not interested 0 K J10643 iin garne,bid 2V~in casethat waaVan Gppen's suit, 4 @43 It wasn't, so VanGppen bid 24. That brought whentheCanadians cameinto the bidding. 4 Mulder NTby Kokish to life was he a jumped generalto takeout, garne, and AndNagy that' s naturallybidhia club suit. Thiswas douMed, but Kokish went to diamonds, indicating to Peterthat he had a gooddiamond suitand a goodtolerance forhearts. So Peter bid R, which was promptly doubled, Assoon as dummy went dom Nagysawtwothings fixst,,thesave could easiily pxove to bea phantomsecond, and maybetheK'contract would make.He ruffed the 4K opening lead, thentried the %, whichwas allowed tohold. Nagy couldn't affordany more heart leads for the timebeing, ao he switched to diamonds, leading lowto the 9, whichheld. The OQ went to the ace,and back came a slidethat was ruffed m duxnmy,The momerrt oftruth had arrived Nagy hadio guessthe clubposition correctly. If theking wae withEast, then 4t would makeandà wouldbea good save,But if Van.Oppen hadthe 4K, then it wasimperative tomake the right play. Nagy decided theking was third with West,so he led the queen, covered bythe king and ace, Then came the 4J, dropping the doubleton10, NowPetex" drove out the VA and claimed for 18points out of 19. Thathand carne from Nagy,who visited the Daily Bulletin office with great. excitement afterdiscovering heand Eric still were out in front. And who should wandex byabout 15 minutes later but Carol Van Gppen. "I supposeyou' ve heard about Board 3," hesaid '"butdid anyone tell youabout Board 2"?" Dlr:East 4 9932 Muldex Kokiah VanO~n N~a Vul:N-S 0 J6 EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH 0 K7 14 1'0 Dbl. Pass O'99743 1 0 Pass 4 NT Pass 464 4 AK10875 54 Pass 6 NT All Pass VAQ8 0 K2 C QJ64 0 A102 Theopening clubwas ofthe forcing variety, 0 AJ 102 0 KG andobv.ously Kokiah's ovexcaHwaefrom hunger. J Van Oppen'sdoubxe waaconventional a game V 1097548 force 4NTwa HomanBlackwood and% showed 0 9853 two mxxpdd,cea 85 Theopenir.g heaxt leadwas taken by the king, his'M and passed ihe46 successfully,Nowand it wasthe O'A clear dl'opped the spades the jack. weren't SoVan. goingOppen torunled aoio heshifted hia attention todiamonds. When i;hefinesseofthe10 won Carol gave upa spadeand for 16 points out of 19 !k g»: ~;, 4 4 g 4 2: »: ~ f»: + BREAKFAST Guestsonthe Modified American Plan MAP! are served BUFFET breakfasteach morning from '7 am to 11am in BaQxoorns A , B andC onthe Hyatt 8egency3rd Floor, INTHE EVENING..... GuestsonM AP areserved dinner in BaLlroomsA, B andC bema,"eenthe hours of 6 pm and .".30pm. SEIACKSEBVICEiaavailable inthe Kia.Iiroom Foyex1 pmto 5 pmand 8:15pm io 12 Midnight. »» 4 g: w g 4 g p Q g 4 ~ g 4: »: »: 5 4 + Y 4 4 4 g + % m + BOOK BIDS AREN'T AI WAYS BEST Book bids don't always bring home the matchpoints. Tnat was the good news and the bad news for Canadians Ted Horning and John Stevens of Toronto in the first final session. When they played Eddie Kantar and Billy Kisenberg the Americans bid a slam in notrump when they had a 6-3 heart fit. When the hea,ris broke two-two, Kantax and Eisenberg had a big score because of that extra 10 points for the first trick at notrump, So when Horning and Stevens got to Board 14, they decided to see if the same style would work fox them, Dlr:East 4 KQ J73 EA ST SOUTH WEST NORTH Vul:None VAQ J4 Pass Pass Pa 88 14 OA8 Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT 4QJ Pass Pass Pass ' 4 A1082 4 965 U 97 '0 K102 Not only did they stay out of theilr 4-4 heart O 9752 Q 643 fit they never even bid the suit That paid off 4 965 4 A104 with 18 matchpoints out of 19 against the hapless Seve Robinson and Kit Woolsey. 'V 8653 O KJ10 And of course the book recommends against 4 K8732 saves at unfavorable vulnerability. Horning and Stevens ignored this one,too, when they took a vulnerable save at 54 doubled on Board 12 and went down one. In the second final session, the Canadians found an excellent defense to defeat Eugene O' Neill and Roy Fox in a 44contract on Board 28. Dlr: West 0 5 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Vul:N-S '0 9 J863 Pass 17 Pass 14 O J Pa88 2 4 Pass 2 O 4 AKJ1083 Pass 3 4 Pass 3 4 4 874 . 4 J 10 9 Pass 4 4 Pass 'V K102 7 A 54 Pa,88 Pass Pd,88 OA973 O 910842 k@54 4 62 Stevens led the 'V2, and Horning won the 4 AKQ632 queen wiith the ace. Be found the excellent play 'V 97 of the OQ, which declarer allowed to bold. O K65 However, Horning continued a diamond, ruffed 4 97 in dummy. Now declarer could not get off dummy without losing the "AK and another diamond for down one, With any return othex" than the OQ declarer would have been in control. East would never get the lead to eke another diamond play and everything would go off on the clubs. This was a fine defense, but two pairs of veterans found exactly the same line. Sam Stayman and Vic Mitchell defeated 44, as did Paul Soloway and Bobby Goldman. In each case, the opening lead. was a heart to the ace, and in each case, East switched to the diabolical OQ, HAVE TROUBLF. WITH THE EXPLANATION of the second Gabriel Chagas hand in yesterday' s Daily Bulletin 7 It was on page 6, but the hand is repeated here for your convenience. Dlr:East 4 Q 964 Vul: E-W V A K 643 Hexe is the revised dding e O98 EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH Pass 1 0 Pass 1 'V 4' 108753 Pa 88 3 NT Pa 88 'V@7 Pass A4". Pass O 932 O A 10754 4 932 4 J 10 7 6 3 The ctuestion is still ihe same: what do you 4 AKJ2 Je"d as Fast" As we said yesterday ii doesn't V J108 seem possible for West to have the Q. or the 4A, O KJ6 so the best hope seems to be that he has the OK... 4 A@8 or maybe even the OQ1 Chagas actually led a low dia,mond fxom the ace, and declarer naturaHy played the !ack, losing to the queen, Latex Chagas took his OAy and Pedxo Paulo Assumpcao naturally came to a trump trick to beat the contract. We apologize for the ~p, ONE WA V TG ELIMINATE AN OPPONENT... As a director was giving a long series of announcements prior io the last round, Tom Sandexs asked Rcger Bates "What time does the session start tomorrow'F" With a perfectly straight face, Roger answered, "2;30, " You can't trust anybody these days, Toxnmy. DEADLINE FGR RESERVATIONS for the Mississippi Riverboat Cruise on Wednesday is 8 pm Mo day, J 26. M k y r pl s to tt d th cruis the Mississippi Ri erboat, "Presid nt". There will be DixiLeland and dance music... free refreshments... a cash bar... shuttle bus service to and fxom the hoteL $2 per person. 'Make your reservations today. 4