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BULLETIN IBPA Membership Renewal for 2018 THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PRESS ASSOCIATION Editor: John Carruthers This Bulletin is published monthly and circulated to members of the International Bridge Press Association, comprising the world’s leading journalists, authors and editors of news, books and articles about contract bridge, with an estimated readership of some BULLETIN 200 million people who enjoy the most widely-played of all card games. www.ibpa.com Bulletin No. 635 December 8, 2017 President Barry Rigal (USA) (1) 212 366 4799 IBPA Membership Renewal for 2018 [email protected] For those who have not prepaid their 2018 membership, renewal time is here. Chairman The basic membership for 2018 is US$43; to receive the printed bulletin the Per Jannersten (Sweden) additional sum is US$72, for a total of US$115. (46) 18 52 13 00 [email protected] Option 1: PAY BY CREDIT CARD (preferred method) Executive Vice-President (1) Go to https://www.bridge-shop.com/IBPA/paying.php David Stern (Australia) (2) Select the button for the appropriate payment. If you wish to receive the (61) 2 9319 2447 printed bulletin, also select the optional button for that amount. [email protected] (3) Fill in your name and email address where indicated. Organizational (4) Click on the box “Pay by credit card”; on the next screen, check that the Vice-President & amount is correct and click on the box “Pay with card”. Bulletin Production Manager (5) Complete your details and submit – we will be automatically notified Dilip Gidwani (India) regarding your payment. (91) 98214 53817 Option 2: PAY BY $US BANK TRANSFER [email protected] Alternatively, you can send a $US bank transfer. Secretary Note: All transaction costs must be paid by the sender. Elisabeth van Ettinger (Netherlands) $US bank details: (31) 655 680 120 Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden. [email protected] Account no. 6452 51 534 479 Swift HANDSESS Treasurer IBAN SE77 6000 0000 0000 5153 4479 Richard Solomon (NZ) Account name Per Jannersten Esq. (acting as IBPA trustee) (64) 9 232 8494 [email protected] Option 3: PAY BY EURO BANK TRANSFER Awards Secretary You can also transfer to the Euro account below. Brent Manley (USA) Note 1: The amount you pay in Euro must be same as you would have paid in (1) 901 383 8782 USD, e.g., $43 = €43; and [email protected] Note 2: All transaction costs must be paid by the sender. Membership Secretary EURO bank details: Katie Thorpe (Canada) Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden (1) 519 981 9248 Account no. 6452 52 092 739 [email protected] Swift HANDSESS Honorary Auditor IBAN SE81 6000 0000 0000 5209 2739 Richard Fleet (England) Account name Per Jannersten Esq. (acting as IBPA trustee) (44) 1395 516273 If you make either bank transfer, please email a copy of the transfer [email protected] confirmation and details about your payment – in particular the Honorary General Counsel name of the member(s) and the membership choice – to the David Harris (England) Membership Secretary, Katie Thorpe, at [email protected] (44) 1582 821161 [email protected] Address all IBPA Bulletin correspondence to: JOHN CARRUTHERS President Emeritus 1322 Patricia Blvd., Kingsville, Ontario, N9Y 2R4, CANADA Tommy Sandsmark (Norway) Tel: (1) 519-733-9247 email: [email protected] 1 16th European Champions Cup Latvian intervention and East/West uncertainty led to the slam being missed: Allfrey plus 710. If one assumes Nov. 9-11, 2017, Riga, Latvia that a direct five-heart bid over three spades would Jos Jacobs, Maarn, Netherlands have asked partner to raise to slam with a spade control Dániel Gulyás, Budapest (would it?), then the later five hearts showed something like the hand West held. On the other hand, West might Twelve teams, comprising the top ten in the previous have bid four spades over three spades, then five hearts. European Championship, the Cup-holders and the hosts, played a Round Robin to determine semifinalists Closed Room for knockout play. Like last year, we had the luxury of West North East South being offered three matches on BBO in each round. Lorencs Gold Rubins Bell 1 2 That enabled me to report about the highlights of these 2} Pass 2] 3[ three matches simultaneously. I’ll do that for Round 1, 6] Pass Pass Pass where there were lots of crucial high-level decisions. 1. Artificial, 22-23 balanced or game-forcing 2. Double negative These three BBO matches were Rigainvites.lv versus Allfrey, Harplinge BK versus Zaleski and K1 versus On a diamond lead from South, declarer called for Vytas RAL Poznan. dummy’s ace and claimed his 12 tricks. Rigainvites plus 1430 and 12 IMPs to them. Round Robin 1 (Jacobs) In the Harplinge BK vs. Zaleski match, they had After three pushes or near-pushes … entirely different ideas about this Board. Board 4. Dealer West. Both Vul. Open Room [Q 9 5 West North East South ]7 3 Zaleski C.Rimstedt Cronier Eriksson { 10 8 2 2}1 Pass 2{2 3[ } Q 10 9 7 2 Pass 4[ Double3 Pass [A [7 3 5[ Pass 6] Pass ] A K Q 10 8 6 ] J 9 5 4 2 7] Pass Pass Pass { A Q { 9 6 5 4 3 1. Game-forcing } A K J 4 } 3 2. Waiting [ K J 10 8 6 4 2 3. Discouraging ]— When Cronier opted for hearts, Zaleski thought his {K J 7 trump support was worth a polite raise. And when }8 6 5 the diamond finesse worked, the French wrote plus Rigainvites.lv vs. Allfrey 2210 in their scorecards. Open Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Bakhshi Neimanis Forrester Rubenis O.Rimstedt Quantin M.Rimstedt Lorenzini 1 2 2}1 Pass 2{2 3[ 2} Pass 2{ 3[ 3 Pass 4[ Pass Pass Double Pass 4] Pass 4 5 5] Pass Pass Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 6}6 Pass 6{7 Pass 1. Artificial, 22-24 balanced or game-forcing 7] 7[ Double Pass 2. Waiting Pass Pass 2 1. (a.) Weak with diamonds; (b.) 22+ balanced; (c.) Game force 2. Pass or correct 3. Option (b.) or (c.) 4. RKCB 5. 0 or 3 key cards 6. Asks for help in clubs 7. No help in clubs; something in diamonds (?) It looked as if Ola Rimstedt was expecting something useful in diamonds. This may or may not have been the case, but J.-C. Quantin certainly believed it and that was all that mattered. The sacrifice cost only 1100, so the French gained 15 IMPs on the board. In the K1 vs. Vitas RAL Poznan match, there was only a bit less excitement … The joyous winners of the 2017 European Champions Open Room Cup: BC’t Onstein (Netherlands) – Tim Verbeek, West North East South Danny Molenaar, Magdaléna Tichá, Richard Ritmeijer, Kowalski Karakolev Russyan Mihov Geon Steenbakkers, Peter Ijsselmuiden 1}1 Pass 1{2 3[ 6] Pass Pass Pass This turned out not to be the right moment to 1. (a.) 12-14 balanced; (b.) 15+ with clubs; sacrifice. Down two, Allfrey plus 200. (c.) Any 18+ Closed Room 2. 0-7 West North East South Open Room Lorencs Gold Rubins Bell West North East South ———3NT1 Aronov Gierulski Damianova Skrzypczak Pass 4}2 Pass 4{3 2}1 Pass 2{2 3[ Pass 4] Pass Pass Double Pass 4] Pass Pass 4[ Pass 5] Pass 1. Good 4M opening 6] Pass Pass Pass 2. Bid the suit under your major 1. 23-24 balanced or any game-force 3. Hearts 2. Waiting The English had a nice tool available for the South hand, A noble push at plus 1460. which easily led them to the right suit, albeit at a Board 7. Dealer South. Both Vul. dangerous level. However, the Kantar Three Notrump [6 bid had the advantage of completely concealing the ]4 North hand from the defence. {K 8 2 On the seven-of-diamonds lead to declarer’s ace, the } Q J 9 8 7 4 3 2 nine of spades to West’s ace, and a trump return, the [ A Q 10 8 5 3 [ K 7 4 defence had to be very careful on the run of the hearts. ] 3 2 ] 9 8 6 Here was the end position with two trumps left to be { J 9 5 3 { Q 10 7 4 played: }K }A 10 6 [J 9 2 [— ] A K Q J 10 7 5 ]— {A 6 {K 8 }5 } Q J 9 8 [Q 10 [K 7 Rigainvites.lv vs. Allfrey ]— ]— Open Room { J 9 5 { Q 10 West North East South }K }A 10 Bakhshi Neimanis Forrester Rubenis [J 2 ———1] ]7 5 2[ Pass 3] 4] {6 4[ 5} Pass 5] }5 Pass Pass Pass 3 On the penultimate heart, West discarded the five of Closed Room diamonds and East, not yet certain of North’s West North East South distribution, pitched the ten of clubs. That was not yet Aronov Gierulski Damianova Skrzypczak fatal since the defence had two spades to cash if ———4}1 allowed to get in with the ace of clubs. On the last Pass 4] Pass Pass heart, both defenders threw their black kings. The Pass defence was still in command. However, when declarer 1. Good 4] opening next led dummy’s club, West let go the ten of spades. When the defence led a spade to the ace and Thus, the defenders had only the ace of clubs and the continued with another spade, rather than a trump, queen of spades to take before leading a diamond to declarer could ruff and had his ten tricks; Poznan plus declarer’s king; declarer also had the good queen of 620 and 12 IMPs to them.
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