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BULLETIN Happy New Year! THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PRESS ASSOCIATION Editor: John Carruthers This Bulletin is published monthly and circulated to around 400 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 200 million people BULLETIN who enjoy the most widely played of all card games. www.ibpa.com Bulletin No. 612 January 10, 2016 President: PATRICK D JOURDAIN Happy New Year! 8 Felin Wen, Rhiwbina We wish all IBPA members, their families and their loved ones a happy, healthy and Cardiff CF14 6NW, WALES, UK Tel.: (44) 29 2062 8839 prosperous 2016. In the West, the advent of a new year is the traditional time to make [email protected] New Year’s Resolutions: lose weight, quit smoking, exercise, become closer to family and friends, drink better-quality red wine, and so on. 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RIGAL • In the rest of Europe, one can try the bank transfer to Malta, but should Apt 8E, 22 West 26th Street, make certain all extra charges are at their own cost.. New York NY 10010, USA Tel.: (1) 212 366 4799 [email protected] Address all IBPA Bulletin correspondence to: JOHN CARRUTHERS Presidents Emeritii: 1322 Patricia Blvd., Kingsville, Ontario, N9Y 2R4, CANADA TOMMY SANDSMARK (NORWAY) Tel: +1 519-733-9247 HENRY FRANCIS (USA) email: [email protected] 1 LETTER FROM NORWAY Knut Kjærnsrød, Tored, Norway MEMORIES OF TROMSØ On my ultimate spade, South had to discard his queen of clubs. The ace, king and knave of hearts brought For the first time since 1969, Norway hosted a major South in, and she had to lead diamonds into dummy’s international tournament, the European Open ace-queen. Twelve tricks produced an 80 percent Championships. I hope most of the players enjoyed score to secure us a place in the semifinals. our largest polar city, despite the fact that the midnight In the Open Pairs final our superstar Espen Lindqvist sun was reluctant to show itself more frequently. earned a complete top on this board against the My first board shows the kind of chances you feel winners Bessis and Volcker: inclined to take in your hunt for results at matchpoints: Dealer North. Neither Vul. Dealer North. NS Vul. [ J 10 8 2 [J 7 ]A Q ]7 6 4 {8 6 4 {9 6 } 10 7 6 4 } A 7 6 5 4 2 [ 6 4 [ K Q 9 7 5 [ A K Q 6 4 3 2 [ 9 ] K J 9 5 2 ] 8 6 4 ] 8 ] A K J 5 3 2 { A K 10 5 2 { J 7 { J 8 4 { A Q 10 3 }J }5 3 2 }K 3 }J 9 [A 3 [ 10 8 5 ] 10 7 3 ] Q 10 9 {Q 9 3 { K 7 5 2 } A K Q 9 8 } Q 10 8 West North East South In the initial stages of the qualifying for the Senior Bessis Brogeland Volcker Lindqvist Pairs, I felt that we had not done too well and were in — Pass Pass 1NT need of a good board. Consequently, the bidding went: 2] Double Pass 3} Pass 3NT Pass Pass West North East South Pass — Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass West led the ace of diamonds. When East produced 3} Double 3] Pass the knave, West shifted to a heart, won by dummy’s 3NT Pass Pass Pass queen. Lindqvist cashed his clubs and, after the penultimate one, the position was: North led a club to the nine, ten and king, and I rattled off the spades, to reach this end position: [ J 10 8 2 ]A [— {8 6 ]7 }— {9 6 [ 6 4 [ K Q 9 7 }A 7 6 ]K J 9 ]8 6 [2 [— {K 10 {7 ]8 ]A K J }— }— { J 8 4 { A Q 10 [A 3 }3 }— ] 10 7 [— {Q 9 ] Q 10 9 }9 {K 7 }Q On the last club, West discarded a spade and Lindqvist took full advantage by leading to the ace of hearts, 2 coming back to the ace of spades and endplaying West West North East South with a heart. West had to give away the ninth trick to Andersen Marstrander the queen of diamonds. ———1NT Pass 2} Pass 2] Lindqvist and his partner Boye Brogeland produced a Double Redouble 3{ Pass defence that gave them a 90 percent score against a Pass 4NT Pass 5] top Bulgarian pair, Gunev/Nanev: Pass 6] Pass Pass Dealer North. Neither Vul. Pass [ J 9 7 4 On their home ground in Tromsø, Andersen/ ]8 5 3 Marstrander were brilliant in the Open Pairs final and { 9 6 5 4 finished only millimetres out of the medals. }K 9 Marstrander played like a true champion on this board [ K 10 2 [ 8 6 5 from the final: ] A Q 9 ] K J 7 4 2 { 10 { A J 3 West started with the three of spades, and the king } A Q J 6 4 3 } 5 2 of hearts revealed the trump position. Marstrander [A Q 3 proceeded to cash all his trumps and spades to reach ] 10 6 this position: { K Q 8 7 2 [9 } 10 8 7 ]— West North East South {7 Nanev Lindqvist Gunev Brogeland }Q 9 — Pass Pass 1{ [— [— 2} 3{1 Pass Pass ]— ]— Double Pass 4] Pass {A 10 {8 6 Pass Pass }K 10 }7 5 1. Pre-emptive, not invitational opposite 18-19 [— ]— Brogeland thought that East/West might have six club {K 9 tricks along with five heart tricks and thus elected to }A 6 lead the ace of spades. Linqvist encouraged, so Brogeland continued with the three of spades to dummy’s king. Marstrander discarded his nine of diamonds, and West Gunev played the ace of trumps and the nine to the was defenceless. He elected to discard a diamond, was knave. A club to the queen was ducked without a flicker thrown in and had to lead away from his king of clubs. by North! The bidding and play strongly indicated the Finally I present a Devil’s Coup, executed by Geir king of clubs to be in South’s hand, so declarer played Brekka: the queen of hearts to his king and took a second club finesse. Lindqvist took his now-bare king and played a Dealer East. EW Vul. diamond, ducked to Brogeland’s queen, who cashed his [A 8 7 queen of spades for one down. Eighteen of 19 other ]A 9 5 declarers made 11 or 12 tricks! {Q 6 } A 8 6 3 2 Peter Marstrander and Rune Andersen defended our [Q 6 5 [J 3 Norwegian colours in the Senior World ] 8 6 4 ] K 7 2 Championships in Chennai.
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