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Bulletin 7 Tuesday, 26 August 2003

France French St.Cloud-Paris Polished Off 18-28 August 2003

Congratulations to the team from Uruguay who waited until the last day of the qualifying stage for their first win, against Australia. Denmark topped the standings at the end of the round robin, followed by USA2 and Italy. Poland's maximum win in the final round gave them the last spot in the knock-outs, with France, who were unable to achieve the 19-11 win they needed against Italy on , being the unlucky fifth-placed team. As winners, Denmark had the right to choose who they would face in the semi-final and opted for Poland, against whom they will start with a 16 IMP carry-over.That leaves USA2 to face Italy, with the Americans starting with a 4.5 IMP advantage from their round robin encounter. 9th World Youth Team Youth 9th World CHAMPIONSHIP 9th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Cloud-Paris, France

TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM

SEMI-FINALS ROUND ROBIN SESSION 14 1 DENMARK POLAND Match IMP’s VP’s 2 USA 2 ITALY 1 FRANCE CHN TAIPEI 63 37 20 10 2 AUSTRALIA URUGUAY 46 52 14 16 VUGRAPH MATCHES 3 THAILAND USA 2 14 69 4 25 4 EGYPT ENGLAND 22 104 0 25 USA 2 - Italy 09.00 5 CANADA NORWAY 32 47 12 18 to be announced 11.50 6 CHN HG KG POLAND 20 39 11 19 to be announced 15.20 7 CHILE DENMARK 33 125 0 25 to be announced 18.10 8 USA 1 ITALY 45 66 11 19 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 15 SCHEDULE Match IMP’s VP’s 09.00-11.20 Semi-finals, Segment 1 1 ITALY FRANCE 41 31 17 13 10.30-11.30 Swiss Pairs, Round 1 2 DENMARK USA 1 81 7 25 1 11.45-12.45 Swiss Pairs, Round 2 3 POLAND CHILE 101 14 25 0 11.50-14.10 Semi-finals, Segment 2 4 NORWAY CHN HG KG 56 44 17 13 13.00-14.00 Swiss Pairs, Round 3 5 ENGLAND CANADA 45 41 16 14 76 18 25 4 15.20-17.40 Semi-finals, Segment 3 6 USA 2 EGYPT 7 URUGUAY THAILAND 42 52 13 17 15.30-16.30 Swiss Pairs, Round 4 8 CHN TAIPEI AUSTRALIA 35 55 11 19 16.45-17.45 Swiss Pairs, Round 5 18.00-19.00 Swiss Pairs, Round 6 18.10-20.30 Semi-finals, Segment 4 FINAL RANKING

1 DENMARK 299 Closing Ceremony 2 USA 2 290.5 and Victory Banquet 3 ITALY 286 The Closing Ceremony and Prize Giving will be held at the FFB at 18.00 on Thursday, after 4 POLAND 275 which we will all transfer to the river-boat for 5 FRANCE 269 the Victory Banquet. It is important that all teams are formally dressed for this ceremony 6 NORWAY 264 as the press will be taking photographs. 7 ENGLAND 241 8 CANADA 235 Thank You 9 CHINA HONG KONG 220 10 THAILAND 199 11 EGYPT 194 12 CHINESE TAIPEI 187 Thanks to Jean-Louis Derivery, the WBF Treasurer, we 13 USA 1 164.5 have been given the use of two Citroen Xsara cars for the duration of these championships. The WBF is very 14 AUSTRALIA 159 grateful to the Citroen dealer in Corbeilles and its man- 15 CHILE 142.5 agers, Bruno Mercat and Jean Loret. 16 URUGUAY 99.5

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ROUND ROBIN Round 11

ENGLAND v FRANCE

Matches between England and France always have a little West North East South added spice, there having been a long rivalry between the two Gold T.Bessis Burgess Gaviard countries. Going into this one France were lying in fourth place but with several teams close enough behind them to 1} Pass 1[ threaten their qualification for the knock-outs. England were Pass 4] Pass 4NT not completely out of contention but would need to put Pass 5} Pass 6[ together some serious wins over the last two days of the All Pass round robin. West North East South The match was largely about slam decisions, with no less than five in the first ten boards. G.Grenthe Birdsall J.Grenthe Hydes 1} Pass 1[ 1. None Vul. Dealer North. Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3[ Pass 4NT [ 10 4 3 2 Pass 5{ Pass 6[ ]A All Pass { A K 3 Neither North/South pair had any difficulty in reaching the } A K 6 4 2 cold slam on this first deal. was happy to splinter [5N [A 9 7 in his bare ace over the 1[ response and that was sufficient to ] J 9 7 3 ] Q 8 6 2 see Julien Gaviard launch into RKCB, bidding the small slam upon W E { 8 7 5 2 { 9 6 4 discovering that an ace was missing. S Gareth Birdsall preferred not to splinter when his singleton } J 9 8 3 } Q 7 5 was an important card so invented a and only support- [ K Q J 8 6 ed spades at his third turn. Again, South now used RKCB, Alex ] K 10 5 4 Hydes then bidding the small slam. Flat at +980. { Q J 10 Board 3. E/W Vul. Dealer South. }10 [ K J 10 7 ] Q 10 7 { A K Q 10 } 10 2 [ 6N [ Q 9 8 5 4 3 ] K 9 8 6 5 ] 4 3 2 W E { J 7 6 3 2 { 8 5 } 9 5S } Q J [A 2 ]A J {9 4 } A K 8 7 6 4 3 West North East South Gold T.Bessis Burgess Gaviard 1} Pass 1{ Pass 3} Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 4NT Pass 6NT All Pass West North East South G.Grenthe Birdsall J.Grenthe Hydes 1} Pass 1{ Pass 3} Pass 4} Pass 4] , England Pass 6} All Pass

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The first three bids were identical but then Birdsall agreed West North East South clubs with his ten-doubleton while Bessis preferred to show the Gold T.Bessis Burgess Gaviard spade feature then make an invitational raise when Gaviard could bid no . Gaviard had an easy acceptance and jumped to 1] 6NT. Over the club raise, Hydes cuebid the heart control, which Pass 1[ Pass 2} was what Birdsall had been hoping for,and he now jumped to the Pass 2{ Pass 3} club slam. Both declarers made all 13 tricks when the clubs Pass 4} Pass 4{ divided evenly; +940 for Hydes but +1020 for Gaviard and 2 IMPs Pass 4] Pass 4[ to France. Pass 5} Pass 6} Board 5. N/S Vul. Dealer North. All Pass [ 7 5 2 West North East South ] A Q 7 2 G.Grenthe Birdsall J.Grenthe Hydes { 9 8 7 4 1] } 10 2 Pass 1[ Pass 2} Pass 3} Pass 4} [ Q J 8N [ A K 3 ] J 9 8 6 5 ] K 4 Pass 4] Pass 6} W E All Pass { K 6 5 { A Q J } J 4S } A K Q 6 3 North has an awkward call over the 2} rebid, being a little [ 10 9 6 4 heavy for a simple raise, as selected by Birdsall, yet a little short of the game-forcing fourth-suit bid chosen by Bessis. Both pairs ] 10 3 clearly set trumps in a slam auction by bidding 4} and it was easy { 10 3 2 from there; +1390 and no swing. } 9 8 7 5 The third possibility for North to consider over 2} might be an invitational jump to 3] on his strong doubleton. Four Hearts West North East South will quite often be the best game contract and 3] does have the Gold T.Bessis Burgess Gaviard merit of showing North's strength more accurately than either Pass 2} Pass of the main alternatives. 2{ Pass 3NT Pass 6NT All Pass Board 8. None Vul. Dealer West. West North East South [J 3 G.Grenthe Birdsall J.Grenthe Hydes ] J 7 6 5 Pass 2{ Pass { J 9 7 3 2 2[ Pass 2NT Pass }8 2 3{ Pass 3] Pass [ A 9 6 5N [ K 7 2 4{ Pass 5] All Pass ] 10 8 4 ] K Q 2 W E The English East/West pair had a simple quantitative auction { 10 8 { K 6 5 to the no trump slam which is simply on the heart position; } K Q J 4S } A 10 9 6 +990. At the other table Guillaume Grenthe made an artificial [ Q 10 8 4 value-showing response then transferred to show his hearts. Something went horribly wrong with the French auction as they ] A 9 3 reached the ugly spot of 5] and could be grateful that there were { A Q 4 only two trumps to be lost; +450 but 11 IMPs to England. } 7 5 3 Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South. West North East South [ A 10 6 2 Gold T.Bessis Burgess Gaviard ]K Q Pass Pass 1} Pass { 8 4 3 1[ Pass 1NT Pass } Q 7 4 3 3NT All Pass [ Q 9 8 7 3N [ J 5 West North East South ] J 7 4 ] 10 5 2 W E G.Grenthe Birdsall J.Grenthe Hydes { Q 9 6 5 { K J 10 7 2 Pass Pass 1NT Pass }2S }K 8 5 2} Pass 2{ Pass [K 4 3NT All Pass ] A 9 8 6 3 We had a short break from the slam deals and saw a nice {A piece of card-reading from Ollie Burgess for England. In the } A J 10 9 6 Closed Room, Hydes led a passive club against 3NT and declar-

4 18 - 28 August 2003 9th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS er was never close to making nine tricks; down two for -100. Gaviard took a long time to lead on vugraph, finally select- ing the four of spades after having previously withdrawn both The USA 1 Team a club and the more exotic ]9 from his hand and put them back. The spade lead gave Burgess a chance as it went to the jack and king. He crossed to a club to lead a heart to the queen and ace and Gaviard returned the [Q, ducked, then switched to a club. Burgess ran his black tricks, coming down to two hearts and two diamonds in hand. Both defenders have to retain two hearts or declarer can establish a second heart trick by force to make his contract, but that means that neither can keep a third diamond. At trick ten Burgess, who surely suspected that the ace was offside from Gaviard's refusal to ever lead the suit, played a diamond to the king and ace. Gaviard cashed the {Q then had to lead his low heart. Burgess quickly put in the eight, forcing the jack and giving him his ninth trick for +400 and 11 IMPs to England. No doubt Burgess got the heart right because Gaviard had won the ]A in and had he held the ace-jack he might well have ducked or, at the very least, considered doing so.

Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. [K ] Q J 8 6 3 2 With a team average of just over 18 years, USA1 is prob- ably the youngest team in the event. { A 3 2 } K 5 2 Lisa Burton, is a student of education at Texas A&M Uni- [ J 10 6 3N [ Q 9 4 2 versity, where she maintains a straight 'A' average. Lisa was ] A 10 7 ] 9 a member of the winning team in a challenge match W E between Junior teams held in Glasgow, Scotland.To many { Q 10 9 5 { K J 8 7 6 of the boys from all countries she is on the 'A' list. } 7 4S } J 9 8 [ A 8 7 5 Meredith Beck, is a student in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mere was the youngest female to achive Life Master status ] K 5 4 in ACBL history. At just 17, she will be a threat in many {4 future Junior events. } A Q 10 6 3 Robert Glickman, is a student in Los Angeles, California. West North East South Robert is also just 17. He has a bright future in bridge but Gold T.Bessis Burgess Gaviard perhaps should avoid poker tournaments. Pass 1} Joon Pahk, is a graduate student at Stanford University. Pass 1] Pass 1[ Joon holds a silver medal from the World Junior Pairs in Pass 2{ Pass 2] Montreal in 2002.As the senior Junior by at least six years, Pass 4] All Pass the team looks to him for a great deal of advice.

West North East South Lindsay Pearlman, is a student at the New York Institute G.Grenthe Birdsall J.Grenthe Hydes of Technology. She is also a director at the Town Club in Pass 1} New York City.A former wrestling and volleyball star, she maintains a strict vegetarian diet. Sought after by players of Pass 1] Pass 2] all nations, she appears to have been 'wrestled' away by Pass 4] All Pass Sweden.

The fifth slam deal of the session but neither pair got close Xing Yuan, is a student at Pioneer High School in Ann to it. Hydes raised hearts immediately with his three-card sup- Arbor, Michigan. Xing holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. port and Birdsall had no clue that the hands might be fitting so At just 17, he will also be a future threat. He won the spir- well so raised to game.The French consider three-card raises to it award at the USA's Bridge Camp in 2002. Xing loves to be almost heresy and it was no surprise when Gaviard preferred play soccer when he has the time. to first show his spades.When he next supported hearts, there was no guarantee that he would hold more than a doubleton, but Mike Cappelletti (npc), is now a bridge professional and perhaps it was a little lazy of Bessis to not explore a little in case resides in Tennessee. Having played the World Juniors in his partner had his actual shape, when North has some very use- 1989 and 1991, he is accustomed to defeat at this level. ful cards. Flat at +680. Mike may be getting older but he refuses to grow up. England came out on top in the match by 33-21 IMPs, 17-13 VPs.

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ROUND ROBIN Round 11

THAILAND v USA 1

Neither Thailand nor USA1 are going to make the knock-out Lindsay Pearlman doubled the 1] response to show the stage but both have plenty of pride to play for.Their Round 11 other two suits and Terasak made a .When Lisa match went very much the way of Thailand, who played in both Burton bid spades and Amornpong could jump to the heart good form and, just as importantly, good luck. game,Terasak dared to hope that his partner would be short in Thailand already held a fair lead after nine deals. The teams spades, when his hand would be worth a good deal more than its had exchanged slam swings when Glickman/Yuan bid 6[ on raw point-count. He cuebid 4[ and that was enough to see Board 1 but missed 6} on Board 3 and again on Board 7. Mean- Amornpong use RKCB then bid the excellent slam; +1430 and while, Amornpong/Terasak missed Board 1, bid to seven on 13 IMPs to Thailand. Board 3, requiring a two-two trump split which duly came in for them, and bid 6} on Board 7. Board 11. None Vul. Dealer South.

Boards 10-13 settled the fate of this match. [K 4 ]7 6 Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. { A J 10 [K } Q J 10 8 7 6 ] Q J 8 6 3 2 [ A J 9 6 3N [ Q 10 5 ] K J ] A 10 9 5 { A 3 2 W E } K 5 2 { K Q 9 4 2 { 8 3 } 3S } A 9 5 2 [ J 10 6 3N [ Q 9 4 2 ] A 10 7 ] 9 [ 8 7 2 W E { Q 10 9 5 { K J 8 7 6 ] Q 8 4 3 2 } 7 4S } J 9 8 { 7 6 5 [ A 8 7 5 }K 4 ] K 5 4 {4 } A Q 10 6 3

West North East South Sasibut Glickman Trimankha Yuan Pass 1} Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 4] All Pass

West North East South Burton Amornpong Pearlman Terasak Pass 1} Pass 1] Dble Rdbl 1[ 4] Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6] All Pass

The Americans did not get close to slam, and to be fair to them it is not an easy one to reach.While there was no guaran- tee at all that South would deliver a singleton diamond, he had bid the other three suits and perhaps North, whose hand had great potential if facing diamond shortage, could have gone a lit- tle more slowly; +680. Amornpong Vichayapaibunnag,Thailand

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West North East South Burton's 1} opening, entirely normal though it was, caused Sasibut Glickman Trimankha Yuan no problems for her opponents at the other table.Terasak dou- bled in fourth seat then bid and repeated his solid spade suit Pass after Amornpong had shown values by jumping to 2]. Amorn- 1[ 2} Dble Pass pong raised to the spade game and once again the lead was the 2{ 3} 3[ Pass king of clubs.Again 12 tricks were made when declarer rose with 4[ All Pass the ace on a heart lead towards dummy; +680 and 10 IMPs to Thailand. West North East South Board 13.All Vul. Dealer North. Burton Amornpong Pearlman Terasak [ 10 6 Pass ] 9 6 4 1[ 2} 3} Pass { A K Q J 6 5 4[ All Pass }Q 4 Both East/Wests reached the normal spade game. Glickman [ KN [ Q 8 7 5 3 led the queen of clubs and Sasibut won the ace and led a dia- ] A J 8 7 5 ] 3 mond to the king and ace. He ruffed the club continuation and W E played the {K, cashed the ]K, then ruffed a diamond and ran the { 10 9 { 8 4 3 2 queen of spades.Though the spade lost the key suits broke even- } 10 9 8 6 2S } A K J ly and declarer had the rest of the tricks for +450. [ A J 9 4 2 Amornpong also led a club to dummy's ace but Burton ran ] K Q 10 2 the [Q at trick two, a clear error.That lost to the king and de- clarer was forced with a club. Now she drew the missing trumps {7 ending in dummy and played a diamond to the king and ace. } 7 5 3 North had two entries in diamonds and declarer ran out of trumps on the repeated club leads; a poor effort and down one West North East South for -50 and 11 IMPs to Thailand. Sasibut Glickman Trimankha Yuan 1{ 1[ Dble Board 12. N/S Vul. Dealer West. Pass 2{ Pass 2NT [ 10 9 2 Pass 3NT All Pass ] K 8 7 6 4 West North East South { A 9 5 3 Burton Amornpong Pearlman Terasak }10 1{ 1[ Pass [ 7 6 4N [ 8 5 1NT Pass Pass Dble ] A J 3 ] 9 2 2} Pass Pass Dble W E { K J 4 { Q 10 8 7 6 2 Pass Pass 2[ Dble } K Q 7 6S } 5 4 2 All Pass [ A K Q J 3 Both Easts overcalled 1[ but the two Souths followed very ] Q 10 5 different plans with their interesting spade holding.Yuan doubled {– to show the hearts then showed invitational values with a spade stopper, and Glickman raised to the no trump game. Sasibut led } A J 9 8 3 the ten of clubs and Trimankha took three rounds of those then switched to a low spade.When Yuan ran this to the bare king he West North East South was quickly down three; -300.Winning the spade would merely Sasibut Glickman Trimankha Yuan have saved one trick. 1NT Pass Pass 2[ Terasak, who was making a nice little run of winning deci- All Pass sions, continued the good work when he passed over 1[, intending to try for a penalty. Burton had just enough to respond 1NT and now Terasak started to double everything in sight.Why West North East South Pearlman ran from 2} doubled to 2[ is hard to imagine.As the Burton Amornpong Pearlman Terasak cards lie, with the }Q coming down in two rounds so that 1} Pass Pass Dble declarer can a heart in dummy without necessarily giving up Pass 2] Pass 2[ a trump trick, 2} appears to be quite cold, while 2[ was not a great spot. Terasak led the king of hearts to dummy's ace and Pass 3{ Pass 3[ Pearlman played a club to hand then gave up a diamond.Terasak Pass 4[ All Pass cashed the ace of spades then played a club. Declarer won that and played queen and another spade. Terasak won the [9 and Sasibut's 1NT opening made life difficult for his opponents. cashed the jack then played a club and declarer could manage Yuan overcalled 2[, spades and a minor, but Glickman could not only six tricks for -500 and 13 IMPs to Thailand. find a ; +230 after the lead of the king of clubs allowed These four deals had seen Thailand score 47 unanswered declarer to establish that suit very easily. IMPs and they ran away with the match by 100-16 IMPs, 25-0 VPs.

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The Denmark Team

Although this may seem like an ingenious rewrite of the cannot understand his rankings in the Butler Rankings, but lucki- famous tale,The Ugly Duckling, where a duckling transforms into ly for the team this doesn´t bother him as much as it used to! a beautiful swan, it is in fact a team presentation of the Danish Andreas lives in Copenhagen, where he spends a lot of his time Junior team, where each member has gone or is about to go playing bridge. It is so much that he has thought about making a through some rather heavy personal changes during the last year, living out of it. which has affected the team's performance in a dramatic but pos- That is not the case with his partner who is: itive way. First of all there is: Boje Henriksen (26). Boje is married to Marie and in about Bjørg Houmøller (25). Bjørg is not single and therefore a week from now she is supposed to go into labour, so after- not available. She is the only and some time lonely female player wards they will be three.This is an exciting time of his life, and on the team. Recently she moved to Copenhagen and joined a therefore he enjoys this tournament a lot, because it will be the bridge club called "Young Sharks" and it has had a positive effect last time for a long while when he can find the time to play at this on her game so that she literally shreds her opponents to pieces! level. Marie has managed in quite a short amount of time what Earlier she was babbling about how many bad boards she had in nobody on the team thought possible - he is actually becoming each round. Quite to the joy of the team it has turned into a dis- interested in cultural events.After this year's outing to Stade De cussion why she stupidly gave away an overtrick and maybe France he was pleased with what he saw, so please let the orga- occasionally a partscore. In her spare time Bjørg is starting her nizers know that they did a good job. A compliment from Boje 4th year at Business School in Copenhagen. doesn´t happen that often, so enjoy it! Boje is finishing a degree Bjørg is currently playing with: at a business school in Aarhus, where he currently lives. Jonas Houmøller (21). Jonas is single and therefore available. One of Boje's best friends is: Currently he goes by the nickname "Nilfisken" which is a) a vacu- Lars Walter (34). Lars Walter is single, available and coach um cleaner and b) a sort of fish that drains every drink if there is of the Danish team.Walter is mostly here because he has known even the slighest amount of alcohol in it. Luckily for the team he the NPC since 1990, and therefore knows what he is capabable has transformed this ability to bridge, where he sucks most of the and especially incapabable of. He is the practical pig of the Dan- IMPs flying around at the table - and the way the Houmøllers play ish team and tough to knock off course. Lars Walter has been that is a lot! Jonas is currently living in Aarhus, where most of his working for some years now, but recently he decided that it was non-bridge time is devoted to getting ready for further studies. time to write his final paper, so that he would be a Master in Another member of the Danish Team is: Computer Science. Martin Schaltz (19). He is the benjamin of the Danish Last and least there is the NPC, who is: team, but is as it seems not single and therefore not available. So Jacob Ron (30). Single and available. He is trying hard to find far he has been nicknamed "Benno Schultze", but take a closer ways to improve the spirit of the Danish team.Tarzan,reading out look at him and his jacket at the victory dinner! It is in fact the e-mails from Danish spectators, bribing with soda-waters and team jacket of his mother,Dorthe Schaltz, and therefore his nick- chocolate, but nothing really seems to hide his incapacities to the name has recently changed to Martina di Benno because of his players.The real reason is that he wants to hide how little work tendencies to dress up in clothes with a female cut.This is why he in fact does. Most officials, Tournament Directors and other the rest of the team really isn´t sure whether his preference for NPCs mistake him for being either a player or a coach. After women is about to change. spending many years not studying Political Science, Jacob has This cannot be said about his partner, who is: shifted to Media Science and is surprisingly finishing it in the five Kåre Gjaldbæk (23). Kåre is single and therefore available. years he is supposed to. He turned 23 during this tournament and celebrated it by giving I do believe, though, that he has made a brilliant move by himself a couple of blitzes. He is known to most juniors as Hard- including a 9th member of the Danish team.To the Danish team kåre. He is the good spirit of the Danish team, liked and well liked she is the team mascot known as Lady Luck or Lady of Good by most of the participants here at this tournament - except Fortune, but you properly know her as: maybe at the bridge table, where he has had quite a good run so Agnes (??). If you didn´t already know, Agnes is the beautiful far. If you´re one of the unlucky few who haven´t met him, allow girl working in the bar at the Novotel Hotel.You may have seen yourself the treat. You won't regret it. If you are female, don´t her running up and down the stairs. Unfortunately I do not know worry! He will come to you during this tournament. Kåre re- her marital status. She has cast a spell on 75% of the Danish team cently moved to Copenhagen and might actually be seen at the (remember Boje is married), but Bjørg and Boje join them at the University of Copenhagen studying Math and Computer Science, bar every evening, because they like to be sociable in the because he otherwise is about to lose the allowance the Danish evenings! This is only unfortunate for one thing - the NPC's bar Government gives him as a student! tab has reached unknown heights and he will probably be con- The next guy on our team envies Kåre for his ways with girls. tacted by his local bank when returning home. Otherwise it is a This is: great arrangement for the Danish team, that has contributed a Andreas Marquardsen (25). Andreas is single as well. lot to their performance so far in the tournament. After Agnes Because of the presence of the NPC on this team, Andreas had closes the bar, the players wander to bed in a doze - all thinking to give his nickname of "Linselusen" back to him. It is a small bug about things, which I cannot possibly write here. This has that lives off the energy coming from the cameras on vugraph. resolved the problems which Danish junior teams used to have The team retreated to his old nickname "Doks", which if you with PANIC attacks (Partying All Night long In the Chamber),and spell it backwards, is what you have left after smoking a filtercig- therefore worked out perfectly for the team. aret.Whether it at one point referred to a bad tournament, I do Yours truly, Grand Danois, reporting on a story taken from a not know, but this certainly isn´t the case here in Paris.Andreas fairytale but lived out in real life.

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Hands From USA I

We have featured a couple of beatings for the young USA1 West North East South team so it is with pleasure that we take this opportunity to show Burton Wilkinson Pearlman Abraham some of their successes. 1NT Round 4 v Canada Pass 2} Pass 2] Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South. Pass 2NT Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass [ 9 8 6 5 3 The of the four of diamonds gave the contract; ] A 9 7 3 +620 to USA1. In the other room the auction was rather different: { A K 5 West North East South }5 1}(1) [ K J 10 7 2N [ A Pass 1](2) Pass 2[ ]5 ]J 8 4 Pass 3NT Pass 4[ W E { 10 4 { 9 8 6 2 All Pass } Q 10 8 7 4S } A K 6 5 3 (1) 14+ [Q 4 (2) 7-10 HCP,four or more spades ] K Q 10 6 2 After this auction Lisa Burton found the safe lead of a heart and the contract eventually drifted one off, when East won and { Q J 7 3 switched to a club, creating one loser in each suit. }9 2 Board 14. None Vul. Dealer East. West North East South [ J 10 9 8 7 Pahk Grainger Beck Lavee ]– Pass { J 4 3 Pass 1[ 2} 2] } A Q 10 7 4 5} 5] All Pass [ A 6 3N [ K 2 ] 10 8 7 4 3 ] K J 6 5 2 The decison by Meredith Beck to 2} allowed USA1 W E to find the good save and, indeed, to push North/South to the { K 5 2 { 10 8 7 6 five level, where they had to fail. Meanwhile, East's choice of a } 9 6S } K 5 take-out double in the other room, was not so successful, failing [ Q 5 4 as it did to disclose the ten-card club fit. ] A Q 9 West North East South { A Q 9 Pass } J 8 3 2 Pass 1[ Dble 2] 3} 3] 4} 4] Pass Pass Dble All Pass Round 5 v Australia This match saw USA1 pick up a couple of big swings on the opening lead. First West: Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South. [ K 8 6 3 ]K 5 { K 9 7 2 } 10 9 7 [ Q 10 2N [ 5 4 ] Q 9 6 2 ] A 4 3 W E { Q 5 4 { 10 8 6 } K 8 4S } Q J 6 3 2 [ A J 9 7 ] J 10 8 7 { A J 3 }A 5 Lisa Burton, USA

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West North East South Burton Wilkinson Pearlman Abraham A Touch of Pass 1NT(1) Pass 2{(2) Pass 2](3) Inspiration Pass 3[(4) Pass 3NT Pass 4[ All Pass Canada defeated China Hong Kong in Round 11 but Henry Wong outplayed his counterpart on this deal when he (1) 11-15 found a way home in a 4[ contract that failed at the other (2) Transfer to spades table. (3) Three-card support (4) Invitational Board 14. None Vul. Dealer East. Lindsay Pearlman found the killing lead of a low diamond, after which declarer had to lose two spades and two minor-suit [ 9 6 3 kings for down one. ] K 9 5 3 In the other room East opened the bidding: { K 8 3 2 West North East South }K 3 2] 2NT [ 7 5 2N [ K Q 10 8 4 ] 8 ] A Q J 2 4] 4[ All Pass W E { A Q 10 7 6 5 { 4 The opening heart lead allowed declarer to put in the queen } A J 7S } 9 6 4 and have two discards for his diamonds, losing only two spades and a club for +420 and 10 IMPs to USA1. [A J ] 10 7 6 4 Round 10 v Egypt {J 9 Board 14. None Vul. Dealer East. } Q 10 8 5 2

[ A K J 10 Wong was East and received the lead of a low club, which ] A Q 10 7 3 2 he ran to Vincent Demuy's king. Demuy returned a club to {– dummy's jack and Wong led a heart to the queen then ruffed a heart. A spade to the king lost to the ace and Gavin } 10 8 3 Wolpert gave his partner a club ruff. Demuy exited safely [ Q 6N [ 5 3 with his last spade and Wong got that right, rising with the ] J 8 ] K 9 4 queen to drop the jack. Now he ran the rest of the trumps W E { Q J 5 3 { 10 9 8 7 6 2 and North was squeezed in the red suits. Naturally, having S got this far,Wong got the ending right for a fine +420 and } K 7 6 5 2 } Q 9 10 IMPs to China Hong Kong. [ 9 8 7 4 2 I am not sure that this is the best theoretical line, but ]6 5 who can argue with success? When you're hot, you're hot! { A K 4 } A J 4 West North East South The Swiss Pairs Rabie Glickman Yousry Yuan The Swiss Pairs competition is open to all Junior players, whether or not they took part in the Teams event. It will be Pass 1[ played over two days,Tuesday and Wednesday.There will be (1) (2) Pass 2NT Pass 4[ twelve rounds of eight-board matches, Butler scored, with Pass 5{(3) Pass 5[(4) the final round being Danish (i.e. you can meet someone for Pass 6{(5) Pass 6[ a second time). All Pass The tournament will be played without screens, there is no fee, and there are prizes for the top ten pairs. (1) Forcing raise Registration is from 9-30 to 10-20 on Tuesday on the first (2) Minimum and denies a shortage floor of the FFB Building. (3) Exclusion Key Card (4) One key card excluding the {A Program (5) Cuebid, looking for the ]K for seven Tuesday 10.30 - 14.00 Three matches This was a nice use of Exclusion Key Card Blackwood, which 15.30 - 19.00 Three matches even allowed Rob Glickman to make a try for the grand slam Wednesday before settling for six. Yuan won the club lead and discarded 10.30 - 14.00 Three matches dummy's remaining clubs on the top diamonds then finessed the 15.30 - 19.00 Three matches heart queen.That lost but the spades behaved so that was +980. Thursday In the other room, North/South stopped in 5[ so USA1 Evening Swiss Pairs Prize Giving Ceremony picked up 11 IMPs.

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ROUND ROBIN Round 12

POLAND v ITALY

It would have been fun to watch two pairs of brothers meet [9 6 each other but, in this match between Poland and Italy, Lo Presti/ ] K Q J 7 Mazzadi were again movie-stars for Italy on the vugraph-scene. Poland lined up /Piotr Lutostanski on vugraph. In { K 9 6 5 3 the Closed Room the di Bello brothers battled against the }9 4 Kotorowicz brothers. The match was important for both of the teams; Italy want- West North East South ed to secure a win in the round robin to gain the right to choose Pass 1[ Pass 3NT their opponent in the semi-finals, while if Poland survived this Pass 4} Pass 4NT round they would have a very good chance to be one of the top Pass 5} Pass 6[ four teams and so make the knock-out stages. All Pass On Board 5 the di Bello brothers sacrificed in 6] against 5[ and that went two down for -300. In theory you could beat 5[ Board 8. None Vul. Dealer West. but in practice it rather often will succeed.Wong/Ieong of China Hong Kong, found the correct defence against USA2's [ A K 10 5 3 Hurd/Wooldridge. In this match Buras doubled 5]; +100 and that ] A 10 8 was the first 5 IMPs of the match to Italy. { 10 8 7 4 }3 Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. [ 8 2N [ 9 6 [ Q J 10 3 ] 9 5 4 3 2 ] K Q J 7 W E ]4 { A 2 { K 9 6 5 3 { K Q 9 8 5 } 10 6 5 2S } 9 4 } K 7 6 [ Q J 7 4 [ A 9 6 5 4N [ K 8 7 ]6 ] J 10 ] A K 9 7 3 {Q J W E { 7 4 3 2 { A J 10 6 } A K Q J 8 7 } 10 9S } 2 West North East South [2 Lo Presti Buras Mazzadi Lutostanski ] Q 8 6 5 2 Pass 1[ Pass 3NT {– Pass 4} Pass 4NT } A Q J 8 5 4 3 Pass 5} Pass 6[ West North East South All Pass Lo Presti Buras Mazzadi Lutostanski West North East South 1] 4} K. Kotorowicz S. di Bello J. Kotorowicz F. di Bello Pass 5} Dble All Pass Pass 1[ 1NT Dble West North East South 3] Pass Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 5} K. Kotorowicz S. di Bello J. Kotorowicz F. di Bello Pass 5] Pass 5[ 1] 2} Pass 6[ All Pass Pass 2] Pass 3] Pass 5} Dble Rdbl After five rounds of bidding the di Bello brothers ended up in All Pass the final contract of 6[. East's 1NT showed four hearts and a five-card minor and West tried to make life hard by a pre-emp- I think Furio's redouble was reasonable.After a heart lead and tive 3]. Stelio's 5] denied a diamond control but the Italian a club return declarer was doomed to go one down for -200. At brothers were short of space and ended up in slam anyway. East the other table Lo Presti led [A, a perfectly normal thing to do, found the diamond lead and the defence cashed their two top and he was unlucky to find that this was the only lead to make diamonds; -50.Well done by East but not a very impressive bid- the contract easy for declarer; +550 and 13 IMPs to Poland. ding sequence by North/South. In the following auction 3NT shows shortage in hearts, 4} is In the Open Room 3NT showed heart shortage.When Maz- a cuebid and 5} shows three key cards.What's your lead sitting zadi led ]K the board became a significant swing for Poland, 6] East? made in one room and beaten in the other; 14 IMPs to Poland.

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Board 9. E/W Vul. Dealer North. take the spade . The beginning of the play was the same at the other table but [A 5 when Krzysztof Buras ran {7 to East's queen, back came anoth- ]A K er heart.West came in with the {A and cashed two heart tricks; { K 10 9 3 2 one down and 10 IMPs to Italy. If the diamonds would be the other way around Krzysztof's way of handling the diamonds } J 8 5 2 would have been the right way to play. [ K 7N [ 10 9 8 4 2 At half-time Poland was in the lead by 30 IMPs to 15. ] 8 7 6 5 4 ] 10 9 3 On Board 18 Lo Presti/Mazzadi stretched to a horrible 3] W E { A J 4 { Q 6 5 contract, declarer might scramble seven tricks if he was lucky but S Lo Presti wasn't; three off and 3 IMPs to Poland.The Kotorowicz } A 6 3 } 9 7 brothers were in a similarly horrible contract - 3{ on a four- [ Q J 6 3 three fit - and went one down. ] Q J 2 On the very last board the Italians took their chance to nar- {8 7 row the gap. } K Q 10 4 Board 20.All Vul. Dealer West. West North East South [ 10 9 8 6 Lo Presti Buras Mazzadi Lutostanski ] Q 5 2 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2} Pass 3} { 8 4 3 Pass 3NT All Pass } A K 7 [ 7 3 2N [ K Q J 5 4 West North East South ]9 ]A 8 7 W E K. Kotorowicz S. di Bello J. Kotorowicz F. di Bello { A K Q J 10 9 5 { 6 2 1{ Pass 1[ } 10 2S } 8 5 4 Pass 1NT Pass 3NT [A All Pass ] K J 10 6 4 3 Stelio di Bello won the heart lead with the ace and estab- {7 lished three club tricks. A heart came back and when declarer } Q J 9 6 3 played a diamond up the contract was made, as he only had to West North East South Lo Presti Buras Mazzadi Lutostanski 1{ Pass 1[ 2NT 3{ 4] Dble Pass 4[ 5} Dble 5] Pass Pass 5[ All Pass

West North East South K. Kotorowicz S. di Bello J. Kotorowicz F. di Bello 1{ Pass 1[ 2[ Pass 4] Dble All Pass

It wasn't easy for Jakub to realize his partner only had one defensive trick. Stelio's accurate jump to 4] made it difficult for the Poles to find the right thing to do. I don't sympathize with Jakub's idea of doubling 4] and would rather pass with East's hand. On vugraph Paul Chemla pointed out that it would be obvious for West to remove the penalty double, but it at least wasn't obvious for Krzysztof.At the other table Lo Presti didn't want to play in defence and his removal to 4[ should indicate seven diamonds and three spades, which helped Mazzadi to find the right track. After East's 5[ Lutostanski wasn't sure of what was going on so he passed. 5[ went two off but when the di Bello brothers collected +990 in the Closed Room Italy gained 13 IMPs. Poland made a solid impression, while neither of the Italian pairs played their best bridge in this match and would on that basis be quiet happy that the defeat wasn't more heavy than Piotr Lutostanski, Poland 13 VPs to 17 (30-39 IMPs).

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ROUND ROBIN Round 13

CANADA v USA 2

Canada came to these championships with realistic hopes of Board 2. N/S Vul. Dealer East. progressing to the semi-finals but were not in contention by the time they met USA2 in Round 13. The Americans were very [ A 10 8 much in contention for a place in the knock-outs and would need ] Q 9 6 5 4 to collapse over the last three rounds to fail to get there. { A Q 7 5 }3 Board 1. None Vul. Dealer North. [ 6 4N [ Q J 7 5 3 [ K 5 4 ] J 8 3 ] K 7 W E ] Q 10 9 { K 9 8 3 { 4 2 { A Q 7 5 3 } A K 7 6S } Q 10 9 2 }J 9 [ K 9 2 [ A Q 10 7 6 3N [ 9 ] A 10 2 ] J 4 ] A 8 7 2 { J 10 6 W E { 10 8 4 2 { K J 6 } J 8 5 4 S } 3 } A K 10 6 2 West North East South [ J 8 2 Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge ] K 6 5 3 Pass Pass {9 Pass 1] 1[ 2] } Q 8 7 5 4 Dble Pass 3} All Pass West North East South West North East South Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert 1{ 2} Pass 2[ Pass Pass Dble Pass Pass 3} Dble Pass 3NT 2[ All Pass All Pass West North East South Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert 1{ 2} Pass 2[ Pass 3NT Pass 4[ All Pass

After identical starts to the auction, John Kranyak was willing to respond 2[ immediately while Danile Lavee was not and only bid his spades to escape from 2} doubled. When Joe Grue jumped to 3NT,Kranyak suspected that his hand would be a dis- appointment as dummy so went back to 4[. Against the partscore John Hurd underled his diamonds and the nine lost to declarer's ten. Lavee crossed to the ace of clubs to run the nine of spades but now Hurd played ace and another diamond and ruffed away the king. There was nowhere for declarer to park his fourth diamond but he had a safe +140. The defence would be of considerably more importance against Kranyak's game. Here Vincent Demuy began with the ten of hearts to dummy's ace. Kranyak cashed the top clubs to pitch his heart loser then ran the [9 to the king. This was the key moment of the hand and when Demuy continued with a second heart Kranyak could ruff, draw trumps and play the diamonds for two tricks; +420 and 7 IMPs to USA2.That lead was not to sur- vive a single deal. John Hurd, USA

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Grue's weak 2[ opening promised a minor on the side and West North East South Kranyak's response was pass or correct. Demuy doubled for Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge take-out and took a shot at 3NT.Kranyak led the king of clubs but could not read the position after Grue had Pass played the two, upside-down count. He switched to a spade for 1[ All Pass the jack and king and Wolpert played the jack of diamonds to the king and ace then a heart for the ten and jack. It required a low West North East South club play now to break the contract but Kranyak continued with Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert spades and declarer ran for home; +600. Pass David Grainger did not open as East, his weak twos being sin- 2} Pass 2] Pass gle-suited, and that led to a quite different auction. Grainger 4[ All Pass eventually played in 3} and found that his side lacked the high- card strength to allow that contract to succeed. Grainger was What would you open with the West cards? I understand 1[, three down for -150 but that meant 10 IMPs to Canada. as a 2} opening will pre-empt the auction and often lead to the clubs first being shown at the four level. But perhaps Lavee was Once again the lead did not survive the next deal. taking a good idea just a shade too far when he opened at the one level with such a powerful hand? It is quite unlucky to be left Board 3. E/W Vul. Dealer South. in 1[ when you have so much distribution as usually someone else also has sufficient distribution to find a bid. Not this time. [K One Spade was passed out and made twelve tricks thanks to the ] K 8 3 fall of the trump king; + 230. { K 8 7 3 2 Kranyak opened 2} and the 2] response showed a bad hand. Kranyak simply jumped to the most likely game and played there } K 8 7 3 for +680 and 10 IMPs to USA2. [ A Q J 7 6 4N [ 10 8 5 ] A ] J 9 5 4 Board 4.All Vul. Dealer West. W E { A { J 9 6 5 [ Q 10 9 3 2 } A Q 9 6 4S } J 10 ] K J 3 2 [ 9 3 2 {7 6 ] Q 10 7 6 2 }3 2 { Q 10 4 [ A K J 6 5 [ 7 4 }5 2 N ]– ]A W E { A K 5 { J 10 9 8 2 } A 9 8 7 6S } K Q J 5 4 [8 ] Q 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 { Q 4 3 }10 West North East South Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3} Pass 4} Pass 5] Pass 5[ Pass 5NT Pass 7} All Pass West North East South Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 5{ Pass 5] Pass 6} Pass 7{ All Pass

For the first time the lead did not change hands on this deal as both East/West pairs bid to the grand slam. However, Kranyak's strange decision to support the diamonds immediate- Gavin Wolpert, Canada ly rather than introduce his five-card club suit meant that the

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Americans reached a much inferior contract and could consider West North East South themselves to be very fortunate that the trumps behaved and Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge they flattened the board; +2140 and no swing. Pass Pass Board 5. N/S Vul. Dealer North. 1{ Pass 1] Pass [ J 10 3 2] Pass 3NT All Pass ] A 10 8 5 { A 8 6 West North East South } J 5 4 Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert 1} Pass [ 9 8 7 [ 5 4 2 N 1[ Pass 1NT Pass ] Q 4 3 ] K J 2 W E 3NT All Pass { K J 2 { 10 7 5 } Q 8 6 3S } 10 9 7 2 Grue opened the East hand while Grainger did not but the [ A K Q 6 only difference this made was to the information available to the defence as both eventually declared the no trump game. ] 9 7 6 Wooldridge led a low club, his stronger of the unbid suits, against { Q 9 4 3 Grainger. Hurd won the }A and returned the suit and declarer }A K had his ninth trick very early, winning the club to clear the spades. He got an overtrick in the ending for +630. West North East South Wolpert also led an unbid suit, but at his table diamonds were an Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge option and it was natural to lead his only four-carder. Grue Pass Pass 1{ ducked the diamond to Demuy's king and Demuy found the killing swich of alow club, quickly establishing three club tricks Pass 1] Pass 2NT for the defence and five in all; down one for -100 and another Pass 3NT All Pass 12 IMPs to Canada. The boards quietened down for a while but then the Cana- West North East South dians pulled further ahead. Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert Pass Pass 2{ Board 12. N/S Vul. Dealer West. Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass [K 8 ] A Q 4 2 I really do not believe that it is sound to play a method that requires a balanced 18-count to be opened at the two level but {9 8 that is what the Canadians do and it had no adverse effect on this } K Q 9 5 3 occasion as both pairs bid to the normal 3NT. [ A Q 10 9 6 5 3N [ J 7 4 Lavee looked no further than his one and only four-card suit ]8 ]J 9 5 for an opening lead.Wooldridge won the club and cashed spades, W E hoping that something good might happen. He could have suc- { 6 { A 7 4 3 ceeded by playing for either red suit to divide evenly but failed to } J 10 8 2S } A 7 6 do so and ended up a trick short; down one for -100. [2 Kranyak tried a low heart from queen to three. Wolpert ducked and Grue continued hearts. This time declarer won and ] K 10 7 6 3 played back the suit to establish the thirteenth card and had nine { K Q J 10 5 2 tricks for +600 and 12 IMPs to Canada. Once gain the lead had }4 changed hands but this time it would stay with Canada to the end. West North East South Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge 4[ Dble All Pass [ A 5 4 ] 9 8 7 West North East South { K 9 3 Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert } A 10 8 2 4[ Pass Pass Dble [ K J 9 2N [ Q 8 3 Pass 5} 5[ Dble ] A 6 4 ] K Q J 5 All Pass W E { A 10 7 2 { J 5 Hurd could double in second seat to show a good all-round } J 7S } K 6 5 4 hand, essentially penalty, and he did so, ending the auction. Had [ 10 7 6 he been able to keep his fingers away from the club honours he ] 10 3 2 would have probably gone plus, but the }Q looked to be the normal lead and that is what he chose. Lavee won the }A, cashed { Q 8 6 4 the [A and played the }J. He could not be prevented from ruff- } Q 9 3 ing his fourth club in dummy and that was +590.

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Demuy passed over 4[ and Wolpert balanced with a double Board 15. N/S Vul. Dealer South. when many players would prefer a two-suited take-out bid. [ A 10 9 5 4 Demuy responded 5} rather than try for a penalty and Grue took the push to 5[, imagining that his opponents might make ]J 6 something at the five level or that 5[ might be cold. Neither pos- { A 8 4 sibility paid off on this occasion.The same club lead meant that } 7 4 3 Kranyak had ten tricks but this time that meant one down; -100 [J 3N [8 and 12 IMPs to Canada. ] K Q 8 ] A 10 9 5 2 W E Board 13.All Vul. Dealer North. { J 10 5 2 { K Q 9 3 } Q J 9 6S } K 10 5 [ Q 10 6 4 3 [ K Q 7 6 2 ] 10 9 7 4 ] 7 4 3 {Q J {7 6 }K Q } A 8 2 [ J 8N [ K 7 West North East South ] A Q J 3 ] K 8 6 5 2 W E Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge { K 3 { 10 5 4 Pass } A 10 9 5 3S } J 6 4 Pass Pass 1] 1[ [ A 9 5 2 2[ 3] 4] 4[ ]– Dble All Pass { A 9 8 7 6 2 West North East South } 8 7 2 Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert Pass West North East South Pass Pass 1] Pass Lavee Hurd Grainger Wooldridge 2} Pass 2{ Pass Pass Pass 1{ 2] All Pass 2} Dble 3} Pass Wooldridge's 1[ overcall put momentum into the auction and, 3] Pass 4] Dble where the uncontested auction had stopped quietly in 2] at the All Pass other table, his opponents got all the way to game. Now Wooldridge judged to save in 4[, where he was doubled. Four West North East South Hearts was destined to succeed, as evidenced by the +170 scored Kranyak Demuy Grue Wolpert by USA2 in the other room, but the price of down two for -500 Pass Pass Pass was too much and resulted in a swing of 8 IMPs to Canada. The final score was 69-24 in favour of Canada, 24-6 VPs.It came 1} Pass 1] Dble too late to get them into the knock-outs, but meant that USA2 2] 4[ All Pass could not be certain of taking their expected place in the semi-finals. Wolpert passed in third seat and now Grue/Kranyak bid only as far as 2] on the East/West cards before Demuy leaped to 4[ in response to the take-out double of 1]. Four Spades needed a little care after a club lead to the ace and a heart switch, forcing dummy to ruff. Demuy played a club to the king then ran the {Q to the king. He ruffed the heart return and led dummy's remain- ing low spade, the nine, off the table, and successfully running this to East's king.With the [A remaining in dummy to take care of a further heart lead, it seemed to East that he should try a dif- ferent line of attack, so he led a diamond. Demuy won that in hand and crossed to the ace of spades, drawing the outstanding trumps in the process. Now he could cash the diamonds for heart pitches; +620. Had East played a third heart, declarer could have ruffed in dummy but the diamonds would have been blocked and he would have had to concede a heart in the ending for down one. Wooldridge opened in third seat but was then unwilling to get involved again until he rather obscurely chose to double the final contract, banking on his partner to turn up with a heart stack of some kind.The {Q was led to the ace and Wooldridge switched to the eight of clubs, run to a deceptive king. Back came a spade to the ace and when declarer got the club position wrong, believing South to be the one who had falsecarded rather than North, he was down one for -200 and 13 IMPs to Canada. Joel Wooldridge, USA

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World News Sports News Many dead in Bombay blasts Golf At least 46 people have been killed after two powerful Darren Clarke enjoyed an inspired final round explosions struck the Indian city of Bombay, also known as to win the WGC-NEC Invitational in Ohio Mumbai. Dozens more have been injured in the blasts, in the and deny Tiger Woods on one of his favourite country's commercial capital. One explosion, caused by a car courses. The Northern Irishman had begun bomb, happened at the Gateway of India, the city’s top the day one shot ahead of the field but shot a 67 to finish tourist attraction. Witnesses described scenes of chaos as on 12 under and win by four shots. Victory in the event, the blasts shook buildings; telephone lines were jammed as where Clarke was third two years ago, ended a 14-month panicked residents called family and friends. At least one title drought and earned the 35-year-old a massive first other explosion took place near the Mumba Devi temple in prize of £650,000. central Bombay. -12 Darren Clarke (GB) -8 Jonathan Kaye Red Cross cuts Iraq operations -7 Davis Love The International Committee of the Red Cross is cutting -6 Tiger Woods, Chris Riley back its operations in Iraq after warnings that it could be Hockey targeted for attack.The number of foreign staff in Baghdad is The Netherlands beat Australia 4-2 to retain the Champi- being reduced to about 50 as the level of violence through- ons Trophy in Amsterdam. Matthijs Brouwer, Piet-hein out the country has failed to abate and the organisation Geeris, Teun de Nooijer and Karel Klaver scored for the fears that US-led forces cannot ensure security. Olympic champions, while Craig Victory and Troy Elder con- verted penalty corners to keep Australia in contention.This Gaza missile attack kills four was the Netherlands' fourth title in six years, and the sev- Israeli helicopter gunships have killed four members of the enth since the tournament's inception in 1978. militant Palestinian group Hamas in a rocket attack in Gaza City. An Israeli army spokesman said the main target was Baseball Ahmed Shtewe, 24, a senior military commander in Gaza, Jose Contreras pitched seven shut-out responsible for planning and executing attacks. Palestinian innings on his return from injury and Jorge sources said he was the leader of a special unit which was Posada hit a three-run homer as the New involved in the firing of homemade rockets and mortars York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-0. against Israeli targets. Contreras (4-1) allowed just three hits as the Yankees took the third game of the four-game series after Dispute over Ayodhya ruins dropping the first two. Hindus and Muslims are disputing whether ruins found at India's most controversial religious site are evidence of a Tennis Hindu temple.The differences follow the release of a report Top-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan beat James compiled by a team of Indian Government archaeologists Blake 6-2 6-4 to retain the TD Waterhouse excavating at Ayodhya, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Cup title Sunday. team, from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), was The Thai star completed the week without ordered to excavate the site to help clarify a bitter dispute conceding a set in five matches, earning his second ATP title between Hindus and Muslims about whether a Hindu tem- this year and the fourth of his career. ple should be built at the site. American Football Bobby Brown arrested in Atlanta coach Herman Edwards welcomed Vinny Tes- Singer Bobby Brown has been arrested in Atlanta for violat- taverde into his office Sunday morning for a ing his probation.The 33-year-old singer was not supposed long chat.They had plenty to discuss. Starting to leave the state of Georgia, but appeared on the American quarterback Chad Pennington is expected to Music Awards programme in Los Angeles. He was detained miss 12 weeks with a broken and dislocated in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta on Friday night, while he left wrist, putting Testaverde back in the lineup.Testaverde, a was dining with his wife Whitney Houston. 17-year veteran, has plenty of experience as a starter. He will need to rely on all of it. Bus stop blasts hit Russian city Three people have died in a series of explosions at bus stops in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, say police. Championship Books At least 17 others were hurt. The blasts happened in resi- dential areas within a few minutes of each other at around Bulletin Editor, Brian Senior has a small quantity of recent 0730 local time (0330 GMT).The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Championship books for sale here in Paris at a special Moscow says there are conflicting reports about exactly reduced price. what happened, but local police say a 60-year-old man was Montreal World Championships 2002 - 20 Euros (normal killed on the spot and two women died later in hospital. price about 28) Investigators say it is still too early to know whether the at- Menton Open European Championships 2003 - 10 Euros tacks were criminal score-settling, or a series of terrorist (normal price about 14) attacks, she says. See Brian in the Bulletin room.

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BUTLER FINAL RANKING

name country total boards 23 Grainger - Lavee CAN 0.09 200 1 Gjaldbaek - Schaltz DEN 1.17 220 24 C.T. Chung - Wu CTP 0.01 220 2 Houmoller - Houmoller DEN 1.15 200 25 Birdsall - Burgess ENG -0.11 140 3 Hurd - Wooldridge US2 1.10 240 26 Ieong - Wong CHK -0.11 200 4 Burgess - Gold ENG 0.90 140 27 Beck - Pahk US1 -0.15 200 5 Buras - Lutostanski POL 0.89 260 28 Y.C. Lai - Ng CHK -0.18 180 6 Di Bello - Di Bello ITA 0.86 260 29 Sherif - Tawfik EGY -0.34 200 7 Ellestad - Jorstad NOR 0.81 180 30 Sasibut - Trimankha THA -0.35 300 8 Kotorowicz - Kotorowicz POL 0.65 220 31 Boyd - Halasi CAN -0.44 120 9 T. Bessis - Gaviard FRA 0.58 249 32 Krochmalik - Wyner AUS -0.44 200 10 Hakkebo - Kvangraven NOR 0.57 200 33 Gold - Hydes ENG -0.54 140 11 Demuy - Wolpert CAN 0.49 240 34 P.C. Chung - Lin CTP -0.61 180 12 Kalita - Sikora POL 0.48 120 35 Chen - Yang CTP -0.63 200 13 Bathurst - Mignocchi US2 0.46 180 36 Glickman - Yuan US1 -0.65 200 14 W.K. Lai - Mak CHK 0.37 220 15 Lo Presti - Mazzadi ITA 0.34 280 37 Robles - Robles CHI -0.73 180 16 Nabil - Noshy EGY 0.33 180 38 Feiler - Wiltshire AUS -0.74 200 17 Grue - Kranyak US2 0.31 180 39 Rabie - Yousry EGY -0.87 220 18 Grenthe - Grenthe FRA 0.30 171 40 Abraham - Wilkinson AUS -0.88 200 19 Hendriksen - Marquardsen DEN 0.30 180 41 Carve - V. Chediak URU -0.89 300 20 Harr - Sundklakk NOR 0.23 220 42 Burton - Pearlman US1 -0.90 200 21 O. Bessis - de Tessieres FRA 0.21 180 43 Delpiano - Holtz CHI -1.00 120 22 Chitngamkusol-Vichayapaibunnag THA 0.17 260 44 M. Chediak - Salaverri URU -1.84 300

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Championships POLAND DENMARK ITALY USA 1 CHILE CHN HONG KONG CANADA EGYPT THAILAND AUSTRALIA CHN TAIPEI URUGUAY USA 2 ENGLAND NORWAY FRANCE PENALTY TOTAL RANK

1 POLAND Q 7 171825192219162519251122219 2754 2 DENMARK 23 Q 13 25 25 25 18 20 25 22 15 25 22 22 11 8 299 1 3 ITALY 13 17 Q 19 17 25 25 14 13 19 25 25 13 25 19 17 286 3 4 USA 1 12 1 11 Q 6 3 14 20 0 24 24 22 5 9 3 11 -0.5 164.5 13 5 CHILE 0 0 13 24 Q 0 6 20 8 13 7 25 4 7 0 16 -0.5 142.5 15 6 CHN HONG KONG 11 4 4 25 25 Q 10 19 12 11 25 22 8 15 13 16 220 9 7 CANADA 8 12 5 16 24 20 Q 12 25 25 16 18 24 14 12 4 235 8 8 EGYPT 11 10 16 10 10 11 18 Q 21 15 15 25 4 0 13 15 194 11 9 THAILAND 14 5 17 25 22 18 4 9 Q 18 10 17 4 14 8 14 199 10 10 AUSTRALIA 2 8 11 6 17 19 5 15 12 Q 19 14 6 6 13 6 159 14 11 CHN TAIPEI 11 15 4 6 23 2 14 15 20 11 Q 25 6 14 11 10 187 12 12URUGUAY 04081812513164Q 4 4 13 8 -0.5 99.5 16 13 USA 2 19 8 17 25 25 22 6 25 25 24 24 25 Q 18 18 10 -0.5 290.5 2 14 ENGLAND 8 8 2 21 23 15 16 25 16 24 16 25 12 Q 13 17 241 7 15 NORWAY 9 19 11 25 25 17 18 17 22 17 19 17 12 17 Q 19 264 6 16 FRANCE 21 22 13 19 14 14 25 15 16 24 20 22 20 13 11 Q 269 5

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