Daily Bulletin Editor: Mark Horton / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,b, Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francescacesc Canali Photographer : Arianna Testa WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 2017 VENIMVS VIDIMVS VICIMVS ISSUE No 12 CLICK TO NAVIGATE Runners up p. 2 Suddenly Something Happened p. 3 Elimination play Eliminated p. 6 Mazurkiewicz vs Moran p. 9 Women Teams Winners: DENMARK RED Comebacks, Realised and... p. 11 Tina Ege, Stense Farholt, Bo Loenberg Bilde, Helle Rasmussen, Lone Bilde They Think It's all Over p. 14 Poland vs Mazurkiewicz p. 15 The One-Man Show p. 19 Defend Board 19 with Your Life p. 22 Denmark vs China p. 24 Era vs China Open p. 27 La Pagina Italiana p. 29 Senior Teams Winners: KAMINSKI Eitan Levi, Yeshayahu LEVIT, Adrian SCHWARTZ, Leonid PODGUR, Shalom ZELIGMAN, Avi KALISH Results p. 31 All hail the new European Open Team Champions who were crowned last night. Brackets p. 35 The Women's title went to Denmark Red, Lone Bilde, Tina Ege, Stense Farholt Helle Rasmussen, Bo Loenberg Bilde who defeated the holders, Baker, Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Marion Michielsen, Meike Wortel. China Ladies, Yan Huang, Yan Liu, Yan Lu, Qi Shen, Nan Wang, Wen Fei Wang, Xiaojing Wang and Dutch Women, Carla Arnolds, Magdalena Ticha, Wietske Van Zwol, Martine Verbeek, Alex Van Reenen, Hans Kelder, TODAY'S SCHEDULE were the other medallists. O/W/S Pairs Qualifying (2/2) In the Senior final it was Kaminski, Amos Kaminski, Avi Kalish, Yeshayahu Levit, Leonid 10.30 - 12.50 Session 4 Podgur, Adrian Schwartz, Shalom Zeligman who prevailed over Wolfson, Jeff Wolfson, 12.50 - 14.00 Lunch break 14.00 - 16:20 Session 5 Benito Garozzo, Franco Masoero, Neil Silverman. The bronze medals went to Van Eijck, 16.40 - 19:00 Session 6 Willem Van Eijck, Nico Doremans, Willem Gosschalk, Jaap Trouwborst and Vito, Hristo Open Teams Knockout Hristov, Zlatko Nedeltchev, Radi Radev, Tony Rusev. 10.30 - 12.30 Finals Today's Open Teams Final will be between Highlanders & Greece. 12.45 - 14.45 Finals 14.45 - 15.45 Lunch break Open Teams Prize Giving 15.45 - 17.45 Finals Today Wednesday 21st June 18.00 - 20.00 Finals at 20:30 Tortona (AL) - 0131.813636 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy Women Teams 2nd: BAKER Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Meike Wortel, Marion Michielsen Senior Teams 2nd: WOLFSON Neil Silverman, Jeff Wolfson, Franco Masoero, Benito Garozzo Women Teams 3rd: DUTCH WOMEN and CHINA LADIES (not pictured) Magdalena Ticha, Hans Kelder, Martine Verbeek, Alex Van Reenen, Carla Arnolds, Wietske Van Zwol Senior Teams 3rd: VAN EIJCK and VITO (not pictured) Jaap Trouwborst, Willem Gosschalk, Nico Doremans, Willem Van Eijck A VIEW OF THE BRIDGE VIDEO CORNER The EBL have appointed David Bird, Bill Jacobs, Larry Cohen, Graham Osborne, Mark Horton and Roland Wald to act as BBO commentators. They may be joined from time to time by Jon Cooke and Stephen Kennedy. These are the assignments for today: F-1 BBO1 Mark Horton - David Bird F-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Mark Horton F-3 BBO1 Roland Wald - David Bird F-4 BBO1 Roland Wald - Larry Cohen NO SECOND CHANCES 2 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1100 11 122 13 144 15 1166 17 18 19 2200 21 2222 23 2244 25 2266 27 228 29 300 REESSULLTTSS BRRAACCKKEETTS 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy SUDDENLY SOMETHING HAPPENED Brent Manley Open Teams Qualifications - Round 7 spade. Declarer ruffed, cashed the ]A and claimed, Vinci vs Highlanders planning to lead his last club toward dummy’s ]10. He lost two hearts and a spade for plus 170. At the The Daily Bulletin staff have had a few laughs about other table, declarer was one level higher. matches with limited fireworks, so to speak, so it’s appropriate to note when the players do provide Closed Room some interesting action. West North East South That happened in the round-seven Open Teams Versace H. Eide Lauria L Eide qualifying match between Vinci (four Italians and one — Pass Pass 1] Turk) and the all-Norway squad calling themselves 1NT 2] Dble 3] Highlanders, a quiet match that came alive with two All Pass big swings. The Highlanders are Lars Eide and his son, Harald, Versace led a low diamond, taken in dummy with plus the Hoyland brothers, Sven Olai and Sam Inge. the queen. Lars Eide cashed the {A, pitching his low Francesco Severio Vinci is playing with Fabrizio spade, cashed the }A and played the }10 to his Hugony, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, all from king. He ruffed a club in dummy, played a spade to Italy, and Mustafa Cem Tokay from Turkey. his king and Versace’s ace, then took the heart exit The Norwegians started off well, winning three small with dummy’s 9, ruffed a spade, ruffed a club, ruffed swings on the first four boards to lead 3-0. This was dummy’s last spade and cashed the ]A. When an the first of the swings. honor fell on his left, Lars Eide could claim 11 tricks for plus 200 and a 1-IMP gain. Board 1. Dealer North. none Vul. The Highlanders’ big shot came four boards later. [ 8 6 5 4 The score was 3-0 for the Norwegians. ] 10 9 6 { A Q 6 5 } A 1100 [ A 10 3 2 [ Q J 7 ] K Q 8 ] 5 { K J 4 3 { 10 9 8 7 } Q 8 } J 7 5 3 2 [ K 9 ] A J 7 4 3 2 { 2 } K 9 6 4 Open Room West North East South SA Hoyland Tokay SV Hoyland Donati — Pass Pass 1] 1NT Dble Rdbl Pass 2} 2] All Pass Sam Hoyland led the }Q, taken by Donati with the king. He played a diamond to dummy’s queen and pitched the [9 on the {A. He then cashed the }A, ruffed a diamond, ruffed a club and played a spade to his king and West’s ace. Donati ruffed the spade return and played a club from Lars Eide hand. West ruffed with the ]Q and played another TEAM HIGHLANDERS GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1100 11 122 13 144 15 1166 17 18 19 3 2200 21 2222 23 2244 25 2266 27 228 29 300 REESSULLTTSS BRRAACCKKEETTS 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. two hearts, a diamond and two spades for plus 670. [ Q 8 5 4 2 Combined with the plus 400 at the other table, the ] 10 9 8 4 2 Norwegians had a gain of 14 IMPs. They were leading { A K 17-0. } 4 Vinci picked up 6 IMPs on a board where one side [ 3 [ K J 10 7 missed a nine-card spade fit good for 10 tricks and the ] A 5 3 ] K Q 6 other failed to lead the suit against 1NT. { Q J 4 { 8 2 } A K J 8 6 2 } 10 9 5 3 Board 7. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ A 9 6 [ K 9 5 2 ] J 7 ] K 10 6 3 { 10 9 7 6 5 3 { A 8 4 3 2 } Q 7 } — [ J 4 [ 6 3 Open Room ] Q J 4 ] A 8 7 6 West North East South { K 10 7 { 9 5 SA Hoyland Tokay SV Hoyland Donati } A K Q 10 8 } J 7 6 5 4 — Pass Pass Pass [ A Q 10 8 7 1} 2{* Pass 2[ ] 5 2 3} Pass 3NT All Pass { Q J 6 } 9 3 2 2{ Majors Open Room Donati led the ]J to declarer’s king. Hoyland West North East South crossed to dummy with a club to the ace and led the Versace H. Eide Lauria L Eide spade to his king and South’s ace. Donati exited with — — — Pass a heart, taken in dummy. Hoyland could claim at that 1NT All Pass point with six clubs and three hearts: plus 400 to Highlanders. At the other table: Had Harald Eide started with a low spade, North- South could have taken the first seven tricks with five Closed Room spades and two diamonds. Instead, Eide led from his West North East South five-card suit, presenting declarer with his sixth trick. Versace H. Eide Lauria L Eide Versace picked up two more with the heart finesse for — Pass Pass Pass plus 120. At the other table: 1} 2} Pass 2[ Dble All Pass Closed Room West North East South East-West had the preponderance of the high-card SA Hoyland Tokay SV Hoyland Donati points and East had strength in spades, but declarer — — — Pass had what counted most: tricks. 1NT 2}* Pass 2{ Versace led his singleton spade to the 2, 10 and All Pass ace. The ]7 was taken by Lauria with the queen. He switched to a diamond, Eide winning in dummy 2} Majors perforce as Versace followed with the queen. A heart to the jack was won by Versace with the ace and he Donati’s 2{ was not alerted, so Tokay must have played a second diamond to dummy’s king. thought it was natural. Should North-South have Declarer played a heart from dummy and Lauria reached the vulnerable game? Well, the board was played the king. Declarer ruffed and played the {7, played 60 times in the Open Teams. The spade game pitching a club from dummy when West covered with was bid and made 36 times and there were numerous the jack.