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Bulletin 4 Friday, 22 August 2003 Europe Take Over France

St.Cloud-Paris at the Top 18-28 August 2003

EBL Youth Committee Vice-Chairman,Stefan Back, flanked by the Bulletin Editors, Brian Senior and Peter Ventura The overnight leaders, China Hong Kong had a poor day, losing 12-18 to Thai- land then 11-19 against Australia to drop to third in the overall rankings. Den- mark, with two 22-8 wins, have moved into the lead. Since their first-round 11-19 loss to Norway, the Danes have never scored less than 20 VPs in a match. Italy are second.They started the day with a 25-0 blitz of poor Uruguay, who once again had a tough time of it. USA2 beat the Italians 17-13 in the second match of the day, repairing some of the damage suffered in their 8-22 loss to high-flying Denmark in the morning match. France had a hard day, losing 11-19 to Norway and drawing 15-15 with Egypt, while Poland have moved up the rankings with 43 VPs from their two matches against England and Norway. Chinese Taipei achieved a first win, 23-7 over Chile. 9th World Youth Team Youth 9th World CHAMPIONSHIP 9th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Cloud-Paris, France

TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM

ROUND ROBIN SESSION 8 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 6 1 USA 1 FRANCE Match IMP’s VP’s 2 ITALY CHILE 1 NORWAY FRANCE 51 30 19 11 3 DENMARK CHINA HONG KONG 2 ENGLAND POLAND 21 53 8 22 37 69 8 22 4 POLAND CANADA 3 USA 2 DENMARK 4 URUGUAY ITALY 7 118 0 25 5 NORWAY EGYPT 5 CHN TAIPEI USA 1 48 90 6 24 6 ENGLAND THAILAND 6 AUSTRALIA CHILE 41 31 17 13 7 USA 2 AUSTRALIA 7 THAILAND CHN HG KG 59 44 18 12 8 URUGUAY CHINESE TAIPEI 8 EGYPT CANADA 54 40 18 12 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 9 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 7 1 FRANCE URUGUAY Match IMP’s VP’s 2 CHINESE TAIPEI USA 2 1 FRANCE EGYPT 41 40 15 15 3 AUSTRALIA ENGLAND 2 CANADA THAILAND 81 24 25 4 19 37 11 19 4 THAILAND NORWAY 3 CHN HG KG AUSTRALIA 4 CHILE CHN TAIPEI 21 60 7 23 5 EGYPT POLAND 5 USA 1 URUGUAY 72 37 22 8 6 CANADA DENMARK 6 ITALY USA 2 28 37 13 17 7 CHINA HONG KONG ITALY 7 DENMARK ENGLAND 52 17 22 8 8 CHILE USA 1 8 POLAND NORWAY 44 14 21 9 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 10 RANKING AFTER SESSION 7 1 CHINA HONG KONG FRANCE 2 CHILE CANADA 1 DENMARK 148 3 USA 1 EGYPT 2 ITALY 146 4 ITALY THAILAND 3 CHINA HONG KONG 139 5 DENMARK AUSTRALIA 4 USA 2 128.5 6 POLAND CHINESE TAIPEI 5 FRANCE 122 7 NORWAY URUGUAY 6 POLAND 111 8 ENGLAND USA 2 7 NORWAY 111 VUGRAPH MATCHES 8 EGYPT 106 Norway - Egypt 10.00 9 CANADA 103 Canada - Denmark 14.00 10 USA 1 100.5 China Hong Kong - France 17.20 11 ENGLAND 93 12 THAILAND 86 SCHEDULE 13 AUSTRALIA 77 10.00-12.50 Round Robin, Round 8 14 CHINESE TAIPEI 74 14.00-16.50 Round Robin, Round 9 15 CHILE 72.5 17.20-20.10 Round Robin, Round 10 16 URUGUAY 28.5

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ROUND ROBIN Round 4

THAILAND v DENMARK

Denmark are one of a number of European teams fancied to turn to think and at the end of a long hard study he came up with give a good account of themselves in this tournament. In Round 4 a bid of 6{, vulnerable against not. He could not have imagined they met Thailand,who surprised many people when they reached that this was about to make and must have been charmed, first the semi-final in Brazil 2001. Today was not a great one for the by the sight of dummy, then by the immediate appearance of the Thais. king of spades on the first round of that suit; +1540 and 16 IMPs Denmark led 2-0 after two boards, then Boje Henriksen to Denmark. made a truly wonderful decision for his side on Board 3. Board 5. N/S Vul. Dealer North. Board 3. E/W Vul. Dealer South. [ A Q 9 6 3 [ 10 7 2 ] 10 4 ]6 4 { J 8 7 5 4 { A 8 6 }9 } K Q 8 4 3 [ 5 4N [ K J 8 7 [ A Q J 8 6 [ 9 5 4 3 ] Q J 9 7 6 3 ] K 8 5 N W E ] A ] J 10 9 5 { Q 2 { A K 6 W E { K J 7 5 4 { Q 10 9 3 2 } A 10 6S } J 4 2 }J 2S }– [ 10 2 [K ]A 2 ] K Q 8 7 3 2 { 10 9 3 {– } K Q 8 7 5 3 } A 10 9 7 6 5 West North East South West North East South Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller Pass 1NT Pass 1] 2{ Pass 2] Pass 1[ 2} 2[ 4{ 4] All Pass Dble Rdbl Pass 4[ Dble 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 6} All Pass West North East South Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha 1] 2] Pass 2[ 3} Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 5} Pass 6} Pass Pass 6{ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

In the Closed Room, the Houmollers bid up to 6} under their own steam and Amornpong Vichayapaibunnag's spade lead permitted Terasak Chitngamkusol to take his two aces for down one; -50. I will use this Thai pair's first names from now on as the family names are both long and difficult for non-Thais. In the other room, Andreas Marquardsen contented himself with only one positive call on the West cards, showing spades and a minor then staying silent for the remainder of the auction. Sasibut/Trimankha got to 5} then Trimankha thought long and hard before going on to slam. He no doubt imagined that his partner's sequence would deliver the [A instead of the {A - and I suspect that he was correct, in theory. Now it was Henriksen's Terasak Chitngamkusol,Thailand

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West North East South ing control, trusting that there would be little diamond wastage Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha on the hand, and asked for key cards. When he found that his partner held one key card he bid the small slam. Pass 1{ 2} A spade lead defeats 6] but, not unreasonably, Marquardsen 2] Pass 3] All Pass chose a diamond.The {J ran to Trimankha's queen and he played a heart. Marquardsen rose with the ]A and exited with the jack Both declarers received the lead of the king of clubs but to dummy's king. If clubs are no worse than four-two, it is a sim- there was an important difference in that Marquardsen had been ple matter of ruffing out the suit to establish a second spade dis- warned of the bad club split by Trimankha's 2} overcall while card and Trimankha seems to have looked no further than that. Amornpong had no such clue. Marquardsen won the ace of clubs When he continued with two rounds of clubs he had to go down and played three rounds of diamonds for a club pitch from hand one; -50 and 10 IMPs to Denmark, extending their lead to 34-0. then played a heart. He could ruff the third club high, draw The successful line is the black-suit squeeze against East.This will trumps and, as it turned out, there was no spade guess; +170. succeed whenever the hand with the king of spades holds four Perhaps Amornpong should have played the same way after or more clubs. In other words, on the assumption that West does the appearance of the }9 at trick one, but this would have left not hold the [K for his weak jump overcall, and he has already him reliant on a winning spade view and the clubs did not have shown up with ]AJ, it works whenever the line chosen at the to be breaking badly. He played trumps without throwing a club table works and also on a five-one split, with the exception of the and ran into a club ruff for down one; -50 and 6 IMPs to case where West holds a 0-2-7-4 shape including the }J. If at Denmark when it might have been 6 IMPs the other way. trick four declarer cashes the [A,Vienna Coup, he will succeed on the actual lie as East cannot survive the run of the red Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. winners, but he will also discover the need to revert to the club establishment line when West shows out, and still has a heart in [ A 7 6 2 dummy to get to the fifth club. So declarer's line was a clear ] K 6 4 error and cost his side 21 IMPs. {7 } A K 10 6 3 Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South. [ J 8 3N [ K 9 4 [ 9 8 6 5 3 ] A J ] 9 8 W E ] A 9 7 3 { K J 10 8 5 3 2 { 9 6 4 { A K 5 } 7S } J 9 8 5 2 }J [ Q 10 5 [ K J 10 7 2N [ A ] Q 10 7 5 3 2 ]5 ]J 8 4 W E {A Q { 10 4 { 9 8 6 2 }Q 4 } Q 10 8 7 4S } A K 6 5 3 West North East South [Q 4 Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller ] K Q 10 6 2 Pass 1] { Q J 7 3 Pass 2} Pass 2] }9 2 Pass 3[ Pass 3NT West North East South Pass 4} Pass 4{ Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller Pass 4] All Pass 1] West North East South 1[ 2NT Pass 3} Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha Dble 4] Dble Pass Pass 1] 4[ Dble All Pass 3{ Dble 4{ Pass West North East South Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha Pass 6] All Pass 1] This was another great chance for Thailand to gain a major Pass 1[ 2} Pass swing and once again the chance was missed. The Houmollers 4} 4] All Pass were permitted a free run when Terasak failed to come in on the West cards - an odd decision to my eyes. They looked at the I am not sure what was going on in the Closed Room.Terasak possibility of slam but then settled in game and made only ten overcalled 1[, which is fine with me, but I am not sure that he tricks after a diamond lead for +420. should have doubled 3}, even if that looked to be a free shot at Marquardsen did come in as West, with a weak jump overcall showing his second suit, when holding only 6 HCP.The message of 3{. Sasibut had to begin with a negative double and Henriksen seems not to have got across to Amornpong, who left 4[ dou- ventured a very sporting, at the prevailing vulnerability, 4{ raise. bled in when he could have converted to 5}, which is only down Now Sasibut was rather heavy for a quiet 4] but had no clear one and therefore a good save despite the vulnerability. Even and descriptive slam try available. He solved his problem by tak- with the fall of the [Q, 4[ doubled cost -800.

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Marquardsen did not come in on the first round but made a Terasak's 4} opening caught a raise from Amornpong who, of pre-emptive jump raise when Henriksen could overcall in clubs. course, just had to guess at whether his values would be well- The vulnerability stopped him from going on to 5}, however, placed.Terasak got the trumps right for a useful +600. particularly as spades had been bid on his left. Four Hearts made Henriksen had a toy for the East hand, 2] showing a weak exactly for +620 to Thailand but 5 IMPs to Denmark. hand with both majors.Trimankha's double was a curious effort This was beginning to look ugly for the Thais and as Denmark as it is normal to play this as either a good hand or perhaps for picked up 6 IMP swings on each of the next two deals the score take-out and he has neither. Probably, the Thais are simply not be was up to 51-0 after nine deals.At last, there was a small ray of used to this particular weak opening and have not practiced light for Thailand: against it. Whether or not it would have been possible for East/West to get to game after the 2] opening even if left to Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. their own devices I rather doubt, but South's double would have discouraged either of his opponents from making an optimistic [ Q J 7 5 choice and they duly stopped in 3}. Note North's silence, sug- ] 8 7 4 gesting that perhaps the double did not promise the earth.Three { K Q J 5 4 Clubs made eleven tricks when Sasibut led the {K and Trimankha overtook to switch to a club and Marquardsen guessed right; }K +150 but 10 IMPs to Thailand. [ –N [ K 10 8 6 4 Thailand picked up an overtrick IMP on Board 11 then ] Q 6 2 ] A J 9 5 another big swing on Board 12. W E {8 6 {2 } A Q J 10 7 6 3 2S } 9 5 4 Board 12. N/S Vul. Dealer West. [ A 9 3 2 [ A 10 8 ] K 10 3 ]A 10 { A 10 9 7 3 {K 6 }8 } A 10 9 6 4 2 West North East South [ J 9 3N [ K Q 7 5 2 ] Q 9 5 3 ] K 8 7 6 Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller W E Pass Pass { Q J 8 2 { 10 9 4} Pass 5} All Pass } K 3S } 7 5 [6 4 West North East South ] J 4 2 Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha 2] Dble { A 7 5 4 3 3} All Pass } Q J 8 West North East South Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller Pass 1} 1[ Pass 2[ 3} All Pass West North East South Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Houmoller's 1} opening saw his opponents bid and raise spades and now he could do no more than compete in his six- card suit, making no less than twelve tricks on a spade lead for +170. South, for whom a negative double would have shown either four hearts or a strong hand, never had a sensible way to show her values. Sasibut's strong no trump opening made everything very straightforward. Trimankha's raise to 3NT was a shade on the aggressive side but the final contract was an excellent one and it was certainly time for the Thais to get stuck in to this match.The opening lead was a low spade and Sasibut held up until the third round. Technically, he should have played ace and another club now, gaining against bare king with East and spades five-three. In practice, Sasibut crossed to the ace of diamonds to take the club finesse and had an overtrick for +630 and 10 IMPs to Thailand. Andreas Marquardsen, Denmark The margin was looking a little more respectable now at

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21-51 but any hopes Thailand had of coming back into the match the lead of the king of clubs,Terasak made ten tricks for +170. were dashed by two quick game swings to Denmark. In the other room the Danes were favoured by their lighter two- over-one style. It was routine for Marquardsen to drive to game Board 13.All Vul. Dealer North. as soon as his partner responded 2}.The lead against 3NT was a diamond to the ten, queen and king. Marquardsen crossed to [8 5 the queen of spades and cashed the jack also before playing the ] 8 5 2 ]J to king and ace. Now he cashed out the spades and North { 9 8 4 2 threw a heart.A diamond to the ace was followed by the ]9, cov- } K Q 4 3 ered and dropping the eight. Now Marquardsen had twelve tricks for +690 and 11 IMPs. Note that picking up the heart suit was [ A K 7 6 4N [ Q J worth an extra IMP despite the Thai East/West pair not having ] A Q 7 3 ] J 9 4 reached game. W E { K J 3 { A 10 } 9S } J 10 7 6 5 2 Board 14. None Vul. Dealer East. [ 10 9 3 2 [9 ] K 10 6 ] A 6 4 { Q 7 6 5 { J 7 6 }A 8 } A Q 7 6 5 3 West North East South [ J 10 7 6 4N [ Q 3 2 ] 9 5 2 ] K Q J 7 3 Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller W E Pass Pass Pass { A 8 3 { K 2 1[ Pass 1NT Pass } J 2S } 10 8 4 2] Pass 2[ All Pass [ A K 8 5 West North East South ] 10 8 Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha { Q 10 9 5 4 Pass Pass Pass }K 9 1[ Pass 2} Pass West North East South 2] Pass 2[ Pass Chitngamkusol J.Houmoller Vichayapaibunnag B.Houmoller 3NT All Pass 1] Dble 2] 3NT All Pass Terasak simply did not bid enough in the Closed Room. Although it is true that East's sequence could have delivered only West North East South a doubleton spade and 6 HCP,it could, as here, have been a good Marquardsen Sasibut Henriksen Trimankha deal stronger. It looks normal to go on with 3{ over 2[, and that 1] Dble would have seen one or other of the good games reached. On 1[ 2[ All Pass Jonas Houmoller took a practical shot when he jumped to 3NT rather than worry about a possible club game.After a heart lead he took his nine tricks for +400. Marquardsen's 1[ response created more of a problem for Sasibut, for whom a jump to 3NT when holding a small singleton spade would have been a big position to take even when allow- ing for the fact that partner had suggested some spade length. Sasibut's choice of a 2[ cuebid was not a success when Tri- mankha passed it. Clearly someone forgot the system - my guess is North but I could be wrong. The lead was the king of hearts to declarer's ace and Sasibut played three rounds of clubs, throwing dummy's heart loser. Marquardsen ruffed and switched to a low spade for the queen and ace and declarer played a diamond to the jack and king. Henriksen led a heart now for dummy to ruff and Sasibut played the {Q. Marquardsen won and played the [J to the king.As both defenders held a heart, declarer had to come to one more heart ruff when he next played the {10 for East to ruff; down one for -100 and another 10 IMPs to Denmark. Thailand outscored their opponents by 5-2 IMPs over the last six deals of the match but that was not quite sufficient to prevent Denmark from achieving a maximum 25 VPs.The final score was 76-27 IMPs, 25-5 VPs.Denmark followed this up with a 25-4 win over Uruguay to give them a perfect 50 VPs out of 50 on day two Taweesith Trimankha,Thailand of the championships.

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ROUND ROBIN Round 5

FRANCE v CANADA

In this match both French pairs played very well, and when West North East South some of the Canadian players didn't have their best day the G. Grenthe Grainger J. Grenthe Lavee result could only be a big win for the home nation. Canada won 7 IMPs on the first board since Grenthe/Gren- 1NT the didn't reach a laydown game while Bessis/Gaviard were dou- Pass 2} Pass 2] bled in 2[, down three. On the next board it was the Canadian Pass 2[ All Pass pair,Wolpert/Demuy missing a game and France had equalized. Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South. In the Closed Room, David Grainger got the mean club lead [ K 8 6 3 and scored +140. ]K 5 In the Open Room, Julien Gaviard opened 1NT (15-17) and later found himself playing game after Thomas Bessis' optimistic { K 9 7 2 transfer to 4[. Gavin Wolpert led a helpful diamond, solving that } 10 9 7 suit for declarer.Gaviard won with {J and continued with a heart to the king. East won the ace and switched to a club. If the [ Q 10 2N [ 5 4 ] Q 9 6 2 ] A 4 3 declarer now takes the trump finesse he will go down but W E Gaviard found the correct way; he took the tops in trump and { Q 5 4 { 10 8 6 ran diamonds pitching a club loser from hand. Now there was } K 8 4S } Q J 6 3 2 only a spade trick and a heart trick for the defence.Very nicely [ A J 9 7 played by Gaviard and 10 well-earned IMPs to France. ] J 10 8 7 Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. { A J 3 }A 5 [ K J 3 West North East South ] K Q J 5 4 Wolpert T. Bessis Demuy Gaviard {Q 10 1NT } Q J 6 Pass 2} Pass 2NT [ 7 6N [ 10 9 8 4 2 Pass 4{ Pass 4[ ] 10 ] A 9 2 W E All Pass { 9 8 4 2 { 7 6 3 } K 7 5 4 3 2 S } 9 8 [ A Q 5 ] 8 7 6 3 { A K J 5 }A 10 West North East South Wolpert T. Bessis Demuy Gaviard Pass 1{ Pass 1] Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass(!) 6] All Pass West North East South G. Grenthe Grainger J. Grenthe Lavee Pass 1{ Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 6] Vincent Demuy, Canada All Pass

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The Blackwood Grainger/Lavee use could have been giving [ J 3 2 them a good result on Board 10. Jerome Grenthe's only clue for ] K Q 6 the lead was that West didn't double 5{.Therefore leading [10 would be a reasonable choice. As on many other boards in this { Q 7 4 2 match, Jerome found the killing lead.This time he produced }9 } Q 8 4 and declarer was doomed to go down.Well done! N [9 5 Very surprisingly West passed 5} (showing three aces) in the ] A 10 9 2 Open Room. My opinion is that it is a clear error not to double W E 5}. No bridge player in the world now can find the successful { J 10 9 club lead after a pass, because if a club lead was right your part- S } A 9 5 3 ner would have doubled 5}. East therefore excluded clubs when Demuy of the Canadian team had to find the right continua- choosing a lead. In practice he played [10 and it was all over. tion. Can you? 17 IMPs lost by West in the Open Room. When he played another club, the declarer made his contract. At half-time France led by 38 IMPs to 9. The full layout was: Board 18. N/S Vul. Dealer East. Board 14. None Vul. Dealer East. [ J 3 2 [ J 10 9 8 7 ] K Q 6 ]– { Q 7 4 2 { J 4 3 } Q 8 4 } A Q 10 7 4 [ 10 [ 9 5 [ A 6 3 [ K 2 N N ] J 8 7 4 ] A 10 9 2 ] 10 8 7 4 3 ] K J 6 5 2 W E W E { K 6 5 3 { J 10 9 { K 5 2 { 10 8 7 6 } K J 7 6S } A 9 5 3 } 9 6S } K 5 [ A K Q 8 7 6 4 [ Q 5 4 ]5 3 ] A Q 9 {A 8 { A Q 9 } 10 2 } J 8 3 2 In practise it's not so easy to defeat 4[. First,West needs to West North East South find a club lead, then East has to find the diamond shift. Declarer Wolpert T. Bessis Demuy Gaviard will of course let the diamond run towards the dummy and West Pass 1} wins the trick with the king. Now it's also necessary for West to cash the second club winner immediately, otherwise it will go up Pass 1[ Dble 1NT in smoke, as declarer later will pitch a club on the queen of dia- 2] 3} 3] 3NT monds. All Pass West North East South G. Grenthe Grainger J. Grenthe Lavee 2] Dble 4] 4[ All Pass In the Closed Room East opened 2], showing five hearts and a minor.Guillaume Grenthe didn't give N/S any space, bidding 4]. North tried 4[, but that contract went one off after another nice lead by Jerome Grenthe, {8.Well done not to lead a heart. Julien Gaviard played his 3NT excellently at the other table, which is why France gained 10 more IMPs.A heart lead would be preferred, but West led a diamond, giving the declarer some hope. Gaviard took the trick with {J, then [J to East's king. East went on with diamonds, but declarer jumped up with his ace, blocking West's king, and now successfully changed foot letting }J run. East won with the king but couldn't prevent declarer tak- ing nine tricks. Note that if declarer had continued with a spade, instead of giving away a club trick,West would have won with the ace and cashed the king of diamonds establishing East's fourth diamond. East would then sooner or later win a club trick and beat the contract with his diamond winner. Now put yourself on East's chair.West leads }7 (first, third or fifth) to your ace, dummy plays }4 and declarer the }2.What do you continue with? South is playing 4[ after the auction 1[ - 2[ - 4[. Jerome Grenthe, France

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Neither defence found the winning line and the board was a West North East South flat one - a chance missed to win 12 IMPs for both teams. G. Grenthe Grainger J. Grenthe Lavee What do you bid with this hand? 1} 1{ 1[ 1NT [ A 7 5 2} 2] Pass Pass ]6 2[ 3{ Pass 4] { 9 8 3 Dble All Pass } A Q 10 8 5 4 First Daniel Lavee passed on the second round of bidding, West North East South then he all of a sudden revalued his cards enough to bid 4].That was a bad judgement since he could expect two club losers and Pass 1{ 1[ Pass a spade loser. North isn't likely to have 17 HCPs, which is what 2} 2] Pass 4] is needed to make game. If North had a strong hand, he proba- ? bly would have doubled the 1} opening.According to N/S's bid- Gavin Wolpert went for the game bonus and bid 4[. No re- ding,West doubled, knowing his partner should have four hearts. ward was forthcoming. After a club lead the declarer only managed to take six tricks; 1100 for France. Board 20.All Vul. Dealer West. Wolpert tried game in the opposite direction in the Open [6 Room. South didn't even need a second to produce a double. ] A J 3 2 North led ace, king and another diamond. South over-ruffed and the defence had taken the first three tricks. Declarer had to lose { A K J 5 4 2 a heart and a trump trick for another good result for the French; }9 7 N/S +500. 17 IMPs danced in for France. [ A 7 5N [ K J 8 4 3 Both French pairs played almost error-free bridge and earned ] 6 ] K Q 7 4 their maximum win by 25 to 4 VPs (78-19 IMPs).This brilliant dis- W E play improves the French team's chance to take a place in the { 9 8 3 { 10 6 semi-finals. } A Q 10 8 5 4S } J 3 [ Q 10 9 2 Saturday Outing/Day Off ] 10 9 8 5 {Q 7 } K 6 2 West North East South Wolpert T. Bessis Demuy Gaviard Pass 1{ 1[ Pass 2} 2] Pass 4] Anyone who does not wish to go on the outing to the Stade 4[ Dble All Pass de France on Saturday is free to do whatever they want. Those teams who would like a packed lunch must ask at the Novotel Reception on Friday, the day before they actually need it.

DEPARTURES ATTENTION ALL CAPTAINS

In order to arrange transport to the airport on Friday August 29th, all captains are kindly requested to provide the Hospi- tality Desk - by Monday August 25th at the latest - with the departure times and all information regarding the flight and terminal of their team members. Please ensure that you give a complete list of the names of the players, the airport from which they will be departing, the time of departure, the airline and flight number. If you intend to leave before the 29th, please tell us today which day you will be leaving. David Grainger, Canada

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Nice Defence The England Team In Round 4, France defeated the champions, USA2, by 20-10 VPs. This nice defence from Olivier Bessis and Godefroy de Tessieres helped them on their way.

Board 2. N/S Vul. Dealer East. [ K J 9 3 ]K 6 { J 9 7 6 } K J 4 [ A 8 6 4N [ Q 10 ] 10 8 ] A Q 7 5 4 W E { K Q { A 10 8 } A 10 9 6 3S } 8 5 2 [ 7 5 2 ] J 9 3 2 As well as their bridge prowess, this is a team { 5 4 3 2 renowned for their eating eccentricities. ]Q 7 Gareth Birdsall. A mathematics eternal student at Cam- Joel Wooldridge declared 3NT as East on the lead of the bridge, his diet is depressingly normal - he goes for quan- seven of spades, ducked to the king. Bessis returned a spade to tity rather than quality. the queen and Wooldridge led a club to the ten and jack. Now Bessis found the only card in his hand to create a problem for Oliver Burgess. A tennis fan who has been known to declaer, the ]6. Of course, had Wooldridge put in his queen, exist on a diet of Haribo star sweets for entire bridge everything would have been easy, but a different layout of the events. clubs and hearts could have turned this into the losing play. At David Gold. A London bridge professional who, with his the table he played low and de Tessieres won the jack. He wast- two-metre frame, is one of the least selective eaters in the ed no time in shooting a third spade through dummy's holding squad. and declarer won the ace and continued with ace and another club. When Bessis held both the long spade and long club the Alex Hydes. A London professional gambler and amateur contract had to fail by a trick for -50. Around the room, 3NT broker who is a living legend in the pudding department. normally succeeded. Most of the stories about his eating are true; he does not eat vegetables or fish but still devours enough calories for two or three normal persons. Edward Levy. A professional bon viveur and connoisseur of fine wines, he never worries about the food but will argue over the quantity of the alcohol. Andrew Woodcock. An accountant and, as accountants go, a particularly laidback one. The more alcohol he con- sumes, the more laidback he becomes, sometimes hori- zontal. Jason Hackett (npc). World bridge professional and leads the team from the front. He knows the best system, the best conventions, and the best restaurants (i.e. those that do not charge for the puddings!) Mel Starkings (coach). Loughborough mathematics teacher. A vegetarian and sometimes teetotaller whose eating oddities nicely balance out the rest of the team.

Metro Tickets Please note that the Metro tickets are only valid for use between the Novotel and FFB in each direction. Everyone using these tickets must wear their badge. Olivier Bessis, France

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World News Sports News Israel raids West Bank cities Soccer Israeli forces have moved into the West Bank cities of Jenin Euro 2004 Qualifier: and Nablus, searching homes in a number of raids, according Serbia-Montenegro1 - 0 Wales; Faeroe to Palestinian security forces. Palestinian witnesses said they Islands 1 - 2 Iceland heard gunfire as tanks and armoured personnel carriers Friendlies: moved into Jenin. Israeli military sources said troops were England 3 - 1 Croatia; Germany 0 - 1 Italy; looking for wanted Palestinian militants.The incursions came Switzerland 0 - 2 France; Belgium 1 - 1 Holland; Norway hours after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved a 0 - 0 Scotland; Rep. of Ireland 2 - 1 Australia; Sweden 1 -2 series of pinpoint military strikes against Hamas and Islamic Greece; Russia 1 - 2 Israel; Slovenia 2-1 Hungary; Ukraine Jihad - the militant groups that both claimed responsibility 0 - 2 Romania;Turkey 2 - 0 Moldavia; Denmark 1 - 1 Finland; for Tuesday's suicide bus bombing in Jerusalem, in which 20 Bulgaria 3 - 0 Lithuania; Estonia 1 - 2 Poland;Argentina 3 - 2 people died. Overnight, Israeli forces demolished the suicide Uruguay; Austria 2 - 0 Costa Rica bomber's house in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the home of another militant near Jenin - a standard retaliation Gymnastics aimed at deterring others. The United States clinched their first Argentina scraps amnesty laws ever gold medal in the women's team The upper house of Argentina's parliament, the Senate, has event at the World Gymnastics Champi- voted to abolish amnesty laws which protect members of the onships on Wednesday. The victory was former military governments from prosecution for human achieved by a makeshift quintet, inspired rights abuses. The vote opens the way for charges to be by late stand-in Chellsie Memmel after the earlier with- brought against hundreds of security officials suspected of drawal of Courtney Kupets, Ashley Postell and Annia murder and torture during the military dictatorship.Last week, Hatch through injury and illness. Memmel, who had not the lower house of Congress also voted to annul the laws. even expected to compete, contributed a mammoth 37.887 points to steer her country to a landmark result. Child porn sites double, say British police Romania, who had been crowned champions for the last Most illegal child pornography sites are US based.The num- five competitions, had to be content with silver,while Aus- ber of websites showing illegal images of child abuse has tralia claimed the bronze, their first ever team medal at a more than doubled, according to police figures. Online child World Championships. China were pushed into fourth sex offenders are becoming much more cunning in their at- after they had 0.2 points deducted from their total when tempts to avoid detection, according to the National Crimi- Fan Ye was penalised for warming up on the podium prior nal Intelligence Service's (NCIS) annual assessment of the to her balance beam routine. threat posed in the UK by serious and organised crime. Chirac demands heatwave facts French President Jacques Chirac has asked ministers to give detailed accounts of effects of the recent heatwave, which is believed to have caused the deaths of thousands of elderly people. Mr Chirac, who returned from his holiday on Wednesday, asked the health, interior, environment, agricul- ture and industry ministers to report on their respective fields at a cabinet meeting on Thursday.The move follows an estimate by France's leading undertakers' organisation of more than 10,000 more deaths during the heatwave than in similar periods in previous years. Find could boost malaria fight Scientists in the UK say they've discovered how one of the most important types of malaria drug works. They believe their discovery will make it easier to monitor drug resistance, and to design new treatments for malaria, a disease which kills at least a million people each year. The drugs are called Baseball artemisinins, and they're derived from a Chinese herb called Talk about turning the tables. One night quingao or sweet wormwood.The herb has been used against after the Cardinals scored 10 runs in an malaria in China for centuries, perhaps millennia. inning to crush the Pirates, Pittsburgh re- Troops maintain calm in Niger Delta turned the favour to St. Louis. Reggie A heavy army presence in the southern Nigerian town of Sanders homered twice in a 10-run fifth Warri appears to be maintaining an uneasy calm following inning as the Pirates clobbered the Cards days of intense fighting between local militia. More than 30 14-0 on Wednesday and kept St. Louis from tying for first people have been killed, scores injured and thousands made place in the NL Central. Reggie Sanders became the first homeless in the political and ethnic clashes.The BBC's Dan player to homer twice in an inning this season.The second Isaacs in Warri says the town is unnaturally quiet - but that homer was a grand slam that capped the fifth inning, as the the grievances that led to the crisis remain unresolved. Pirates hit a team record-tying seven home runs.

11 9th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Cloud-Paris, France

Deal of the Round 6. Day Poland v England

The deal of Thursday was surely Board 6 from the morning match, Round 6, where East/West have to overcome a pre-emp- tive overcall and judge whether to play a small or a grand slam Our main coverage of Round 6 features a different match and whether in no trump or in clubs. and will appear in tomorrow's bulletin. However,there was one Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. nice piece of play on vugraph and we include it here. Poland won the match by 32 IMPs, giving them a 22-8 VP victory. [ 8 5 3 ] 7 5 4 2 Board 12. N/S Vul. Dealer West. {4 3 } J 10 6 5 [K J ] A 10 6 4 [ A Q 6 2N [ K 9 7 ] K 10 9 ] A Q 8 3 { K 6 3 W E { A Q 8 7 { – } K 5 4 2 } A 7S } K Q 9 8 4 3 [ A 8 7 6 4 3N [ Q 9 ] K 8 5 ] J 9 3 [ J 10 4 W E ]J 6 { 10 4 { A 9 8 7 2 S { K J 10 9 6 5 2 } 8 7 } A 6 3 }2 [ 10 5 2 ] Q 7 2 Around the room this was played in 6} and 6[ once, 6NT nine times, 7} once and 7NT four times. Does that mean that { Q J 5 there were five unlucky pairs bemoaning the three-two club } Q J 10 9 break as their grand slams failed? No, three times 7NT succeed- ed after a diamond lead in response to South's pre-empt. Only This deal featured a nice piece of play from Jakub Karim Nabil for Egypt managed to avoid the diamond lead, pre- Kotorowicz for Poland. Both Wests passed as dealer. The ferring a heart after this auction: English North/South pair then bid 1] - 1NT and West over- called 2[, where he played for +110 to Poland.At the other West North East South table Jakub Kotorowicz opened the North hand with a 1} 3{ Polish 1} and East overcalled 1{, South bid 1[ and West 2[, Dble Pass 4] Pass over which Jakub bid 2NT, where he played. 4NT Pass 6{ Pass The lead was a low diamond to dummy's jack and Jakub 7NT All Pass now played on clubs.When East took his ace he led another low diamond and Jakub won on table and led a low spade to Of course, the 6{ response to RKCB pinpointed the void but his ace. Now he cashed the remaining clubs and exited with it was still a good effort not to lead the suit and it gained Egypt the jack of spades. Had West held both the missing spade ho- 17 IMPs when they might have lost 13 on a diamond lead. nours, he would have been forced to win this trick and even- Chinese Taipei gained 13 for 7NT making against USA1, and tually lead away from the king of hearts to present declarer Norway gained 13 for 7NT making against France. It was flat in with his eighth trick. However, it was East who won with the six in the other matches except USA2 v Denmark. [Q and cashed his diamonds. No matter, when he eventual- ly was forced to switch to a heart, the auction made it pret- West North East South ty clear where the king would be and Jakub played low from Gjaeldbaek Hurd Schaltz Wooldridge dummy and once again had the necessary second heart trick; 1} 4{ +120 and 6 IMPs to Poland. Dble Pass 5{ Pass 5NT Pass 7} All Pass West North East South Team Profiles Mignocchi Henriksen Bathurst Marquardsen The Daily Bulletin would like to publish profiles of all 16 1} 4{ teams over the course of the Championship. Could all team Dble Pass 5{ Pass captains or coaches please arrange to produce something 6{ Pass 6] Pass for us. It would be greatly appreciated if you could get on to 7NT All Pass this in the next few days so that we can include two or three every day rather than have to fit them all into the last Mignocchi duly received a diamond lead to chalk up +2220 in couple of days. 7NT,while 7} had to fail (OK, you could make it double dummy, Thanks but...).And that was worth 20 IMPs to USA2.

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