Co-ordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer – Chief Editor: Brent Manley – Editors: , & Phillip Alder – Layout Editor: Akis Kanaris – Photographer: Ron Tacchi Issue No. 14 DOUBLE GOLD FOR USASaturday, 13 October 2007

Venice Cup champions: JoAnna Stansby, , Irina Levitina, Hansa Narasimhan, , Jill Meyers and non-playing captain . Two American teams have earned gold medals at the World The champions are , Grant Baze, Bart Bridge Team Championships — USA 1 in the and USA Bramley, , and . Kyle Larsen 2 in the Senior Bowl. was the non-playing captain, Patty Magnus the coach. USA 1 — Jill Levin, Irina Levitina, Jill Meyers, Hansa Narasimhan, USA 1 in the can make it a sweep for America Debbie Rosenberg, JoAnna Stansby, with Gail Greenberg as non- in the championships, but they face an unphill struggle against a playing captain — dropped the opening set to Germany in the tough team from Norway. With 32 deals to play today, the Nor- Venice Cup final, then won every set from then on, posting an im- wegians are in the lead 242-184.5. pressive 242-158.6 win. One other title will be decided today as the French-Italian- In the playoff for the Venice Cup bronze medal, China Global Swiss team captained by Pierre Zimmerman will play a further 32 Times defeated France 132-80.3. boards against a Russian-Polish squad for the World Transnation- In the Senior Bowl, USA 2 had an even easier time as their In- al Open Teams crown. After 16 deals, Zimmerman is ahead donesian opponents withdrew after 80 deals, trailing 205-127. 61-27.

VUGRAPH Contents MATCHES Results and Today’s Program ...... 2 SB: USA 2 v Indonesia - Final Session 2 ...... 3 Final Session 7 (11.00-13.20) VG: Table 1 USA 1 - Norway (BB) BB: Norway v USA 1 - Final Session 2 ...... 6 BBO 1: Table 61 Zimmermann - Russia (Tran.) BB: Norway v USA 1 - Final Session 3 ...... 10 (Final Session 2) Difficulties ...... 13 Final Session 8 (14.00-16.20) BB: Norway v USA 1 - Final Session 4 ...... 15 To Be Decided WBF Press Conference ...... 18 38th WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Shanghai, China RESULTS Bermuda Bowl Final Carry-Over Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Total 1 - 16 17 - 32 33 - 48 49 - 64 65 - 80 81 - 96 97 -112 113 -128 1 USA 1 Norway 16.5 - 0 10 - 36 62 - 45 20 - 36 21 - 54 26 - 37 29 - 34 - - 184.5 -242 Venice Cup Final Carry-Over Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Total 1 - 16 17 - 32 33 - 48 49 - 64 65 - 80 81 - 96 1 USA 1 Germany 0 - 7.6 26 - 42 43 - 5 29 - 12 59 - 43 34 - 32 51 - 17 242 -158.6 Play-Off Carry-Over Boards Boards Boards Total 1 - 16 17 - 32 33 - 64 1 China Global Times France 0 - 3.3 37 - 16 39 - 23 56 - 38 132 - 80.3 Senior Bowl Final Carry-Over Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Boards Total 1 - 16 17 - 32 33 - 48 49 - 64 65 - 80 81 - 96 1 Indonesia USA 2 0 - 1 40 - 42 29 - 31 13 - 24 2 - 62 43 - 45 0 - 0 127 -205 Transnational Open Teams Semi-Final Final Boards Boards Total Boards Boards Boards Total 1 -16 17 -32 1 -16 17 -32 33 -48 61 Germany Open Russia 22 - 36 53 - 49 75 -85 61 Zimmermann Russia 61- 27 - - 61 - 27 62 Zimmermann Gordon 32 - 41 39 - 28 71 -69 Bermuda Bowl Final Sessions 7-8 Table Home Visiting 1 USA 1 Norway Transnational Open Teams TODAY’S PROGRAM Final Sessions 2-3 11.00, 14.00 Table Home Visiting 61 Team 1 Team 2

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SENIOR BOWL Final - Session 2

USA 2 v Indonesia

by Brian Senior club guess and when Lasut put up the king he was one down; —100 and 12 IMPs to USA 2. After 16 deals of the Senior Bowl final, USA 2 led In- donesia by 43-40 IMPs. Set Two hardly changed anything, 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. the Americans taking it by 31-29 to extend their lead to 74-69 with 64 deals still to play. [ A K 10 8 7 3 ]8 3 Board 21. Dealer North. N/S Vul. { A 4 2 [ 8 4 3 2 }A 3 ] K Q 7 6 5 4 [4N [Q 6 2 {6 ] J 7 ] K Q 10 9 4 2 }J 6 { K Q J 10 9W E { 8 6 5 [ K 10N [ 9 7 5 } K Q 10 4 2S } 8 ] 9 8 3 ] J W E [ J 9 5 { 10 7 5 3 2 { A J 9 8 4 ] A 6 5 } A 10 4S } Q 9 7 3 {7 3 [ A Q J 6 } J 9 7 6 5 ] A 10 2 {K Q West North East South } K 8 5 2 Stansby Lasut Bramley Manoppo 2] Pass West North East South 3] 3[ Pass 4[ Stansby Lasut Bramley Manoppo All Pass Pass Pass 1} Pass 1{ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Dble 2] 3{ 4] All Pass

West North East South Sacul Meltzer Sawiruddin Baze 2] Pass 4] All Pass Rose Meltzer opened 2] and was raised to game by Grant Baze, giving the defence a blind lead. Munawar Sawiruddin led the seven of clubs, third and fifth, and this ran to Meltzer’s jack. Meltzer played ]K, a heart to the ten, then the ]A, followed by a low club off the table, losing to Denny Sacul’s ten. Sacul played a diamond to Sawiruddin’s ace and a spade came back, the queen losing to the king. That was all for the defence, +620. Henky Lasut passed the North hand and Eddie Manoppo opened with a strong club. The 1{ response was negative and Manoppo showed around 18-20 balanced. When Lasut now transferred to hearts, doubled to show diamonds, permitting Lew Stansby to compete to 3{ with the West hand. Lasut ended the auction with a jump to 4]. Stansby led a diamond to his partner’s ace and Bramley switched to a low club, as he had to do, with the {Q pro- viding a discard for declarer’s second club if the defence did not take their club tricks now. The contract was on the Eddy Manoppo, Indonesia

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West North East South hand. Baze ducked, so Sawiruddin led a low spade off the Sacul Meltzer Sawiruddin Baze table, Meltzer going in with the ace and switching to the 2] Pass jack of clubs. Sawiruddin won in hand to play ace then queen of diamonds. Baze won with the king and played 3] 4[ All Pass back a low club to dummy’s king. Sawiruddin ruffed a spade, Both Easts opened 2] and both Wests raised pre-emp- drew the last and cashed his red winners; ten tricks tively to 3]. Now Lasut contented himself with a 3[ over- for +130. call, raised to 4[ by Manoppo, while Meltzer jumped to 4[. The stakes were considerably higher at the other table, Bramley led the king of hearts against Lasut, who won and where Lasut led the jack of clubs against 3NT. Stansby played a spade to the ace followed by ace and another di- ducked, then won the continuation in hand and led the jack amond. Stansby won the second diamond and played back of diamonds, overtaking with the queen and losing to the the jack of hearts, which Bramley overtook to play anoth- king. Manoppo cleared the clubs and Stansby cashed two er heart, ruffed by Lasut, who ruffed his diamond loser with top diamonds, then played the queen of hearts to the king the jack and led the [9. When Stansby showed out he con- and ace. A heart back to the jack was followed by the nine ceded one off; —50. of spades, but the defence had the rest; down three for Sawiruddin led his singleton club, the eight being covered —300 and 10 IMPs to Indonesia. by the nine, ten and ace. Meltzer cashed the top spades, then played her remaining club to the five and queen. Sacul Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. returned the {Q, ducked, followed by the {J to declarer’s [– ace. Meltzer ruffed her remaining diamond and led the }7, ruffing out the king. The ace of hearts was an to the ] J 6 5 4 3 club winners, so Meltzer had no heart loser; ten tricks for { K Q 10 9 4 +420 and 10 IMPs. } 7 6 3 [ A Q J 10 7 6 3 2 N [ 9 8 5 4 Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. ] 10 2 ] A Q 8 W E [ A 8 5 3 {8 6 {A ] 10 8 7 6 4 } 2S } K J 10 9 5 {3 2 [K }J 10 ] K 9 7 [ Q J 10 4 2N [ 9 { J 7 5 3 2 ] A 9 5 3 ] Q J 2 W E } A Q 8 4 { J { A Q 10 7 5 4 } K 9 5S } A 8 4 [ K 7 6 ]K { K 9 8 6 } Q 7 6 3 2 West North East South Stansby Lasut Bramley Manoppo Pass Pass Pass 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

West North East South Sacul Meltzer Sawiruddin Baze Pass Pass Pass 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3{ All Pass When East bid and rebid his long diamonds, Stansby con- tinued with 2NT, raised to game, while Sacul preferred to bid 2], checking for a major-suit fit, and passed when Sawiruddin bid the diamonds for a third time. Baze led the king of hearts against 3{. Sawiruddin took the ace and led the jack of diamonds, playing low from Denny Jacob Sacul, Indonesia

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West North East South Stansby Lasut Bramley Manoppo Homeward Bound 4[ Pass Pass Dble If you are staying at one of the designat- All Pass ed hotels, you can get a shuttle to the airport on Sunday 14 October. West North East South You must register at the hospitality desk no later that Sacul Meltzer Sawiruddin Baze 12.00 noon on Friday 12 October. 4[ All Pass Both Wests opened 4[. Grant Baze passed the South hand, while Manoppo scraped up a double, ending the auc- Missed a Bulletin Issue? tion. They play double as take-out up to 4], so this one You can find all the Daily Bulletins of

Co-ordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer – Chief Editor: Brent Manley – Editors: Mark Horton, Brian Senior & Phillip Alder – Layout Editor: Akis Kanaris – Photographer: Ron Tacchi should have been at least suggestive of a penalty, making it Issue No. 13 Friday, 12 October 2007 A LONG DAY’S JOURNEY the 38th World Bridge Team Champi-

VUGRAPH MATCHES still more aggressive. Final & Play-Off Session 4 (11.00-13.20) VG: Table 1 USA 1 - Norway (Final) (BB) BBO 1: Table 21 USA 1 - Germany (Final) (VC) (Final) onships on the WBF website. They are BBO 2: Table 41 USA 2 - Indonesia (SB) OurGame: Table 22 France - China Global Times (VC) (Play-Off Session 1) Final & Play-Off Session 5 (14.20-16.40) To Be Decided Final & Play-Off Session 6 (17.10-19.30) Lasut led a club, Meltzer the king of diamonds. Both de- To Be Decided The Tournament Directors Team including the three In the World Transnational Open Teams, quarterfinal play Chinese Directors: Yunjian Tang, Cao Zhihua and He Jiangno got under way Thursday afternoon with the top qualifier — in pdf format and in color. The fortnight is coming to a close as six teams in search Team Russia — playing Zuomeicheng. Other WTOT quar- of gold try to summon new sources of energy and con- ter-final matchups were Markowicz — Germany Open, Jack- centration to complete their respective marathons. Each of son — Zimmerman and Burgay — Gordon. The Gordon team tied with Indonesia Open for the eighth qualifying the three major championships features close matches to spot, but advanced on IMP quotient. this point. Team Russia is Adam Zmudzinski and Cezary Balicki of The Venice Cup and Senior Bowl will conclude today, but Poland and Russians Andrei Gromov, Victoria Gromova, clarers set up the clubs and made twelve tricks; +480 for in the Bermuda Bowl, USA 1 and Norway will continue Alexander Dubinin and Tatiana Ponomareva. their fight with 32 more boards on Saturday. After 48 of their 128 deals, the Norwegians hold the lead 117-108.5. Follow the below link to go the direct In the Venice Cup, USA 1 and Germany are halfway Contents through, and the Americans are ahead 98-66.6. Results and Today’s Program ...... 2 USA 2 in the Senior Bowl are up 98-82 over Indonesia starting play today. BB SF2: Norway v Netherlands & USA v South Africa . . . .5 Two bronze medals were awarded on Thursday as the Senior Moment ...... 10 Netherlands defeated South Africa 141-86.3 in the Bermu- Sportsmanship ...... 10 da Bowl playoff, and USA 1defeated Brazil 109-107 in a So Close! ...... 11 Sacul but +790 for Stansby and 7 IMPs to USA 2. tight Senior Bowl match. The Americans had a 12-IMP car- SF6: USA 1 v South Africa (BB) ryover in that match. & France v Germany (VC) ...... 12 The playoff for the bronze medal in the Venice Cup is ‘download’ page: VC: USA 1 v Germany - Final Session 1 ...... 18 scheduled for today.

Board 31. Dealer South. N/S Vul. www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Shanghai.07/Bulletins.htm [– There is also a comprehensive collection of all past ] Q J 9 WBF events’ bulletins, since 1995, at: { K Q 8 5 2 www.worldbridge.org/download.asp } A Q J 10 9 [ 6 4N [ Q J 7 ] A 7 5 2 ] K 10 6 3 W E { 6 4 3 { A 10 7 World Championship Book 2007 } K 8 6 3S } 7 4 2 [ A K 10 9 8 5 3 2 The official book of these cham- ]8 4 pionships will be available around the end of March. On publication {J 9 the official retail price will be £22 }5 Sterling plus postage. You can West North East South pre-order a copy at the champi- onships at the reduced price of Stansby Lasut Bramley Manoppo US$30 (225 Rmb) including sur- 4[ face mail, by seeing Jan Swaan in the Press Room on All Pass the third floor of the Convention Centre. There have been some problems with copies of last West North East South year’s book being lost in the post. If you bought a Sacul Meltzer Sawiruddin Baze copy in Verona and it has still not reached you, speak 3[ to Brian Senior in the Daily Bulletin Office, also on All Pass the third floor, and I will arrange to send another Baze opened 3[, while Manoppo gave full value to the copy when I get home. I will be looking at a different eighth spade and opened a level higher, both ending the way of sending out the individual copies this year in auction. the hope of reducing these problems to a minimum. Sacul led the six of clubs against 3[. Baze rose with the The 2007 book will consist of 336 large pages. ace of clubs and returned the }Q, throwing a heart from There will be substantial coverage of all events, in- hand. Sacul won with the king and played two rounds of cluding every board of the finals and semi-finals of hearts. Baze ruffed the second heart and cashed the top the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup, with full results spades, making nine tricks for +140. listings, Butler rankings, photographs etc. Eric Kokish Stansby also led a club and Manoppo called for dummy’s is taking a year off, alas, so principle analysts will be nine. When that held the trick, Manoppo cashed the ace of Brian Senior and , with guest writers in- clubs, throwing a heart loser from hand. He ruffed a club cluding John Carruthers (Senior Bowl) and Cathy and cashed the top spades, so had ten tricks for +620 and Chua (BB and VC Round Robin stages). If you have a 10 IMPs to Indonesia, almost flattening the set. possible deal for inclusion, do feel free to contact It looked as though this match between two well- John or Cathy, as appropriate. matched teams would go down to the wire.

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BERMUDA BOWL Final - Session 2

Norway v USA 1

by Phillip Alder Helness was not on the same wavelength. Six hearts went two down, losing one heart and two clubs. (On a diamond For the second session of the Bermuda Bowl final, with lead, declarer drew three rounds of trumps, then estab- Norway leading by 9.5 IMPs, the United States sent Steve lished diamonds and got one of his clubs away.) Garner and Howard Weinstein into the open room to play Plus 980 and plus 100 gave 14 IMPs to USA 1. North-South against Erik Saelensminde and Boye Broge- The North-South pairs missed a fair, and making, slam on land. In the closed room, and Zia Mah- the second deal. The third board gave USA 1 some more mood were East-West against Tor Helness and Geir Hel- IMPs. gemo. The U.S. regained the lead on the very first deal: Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. [ K J 7 [ A 10 9 8 3 ] 6 4 3 2 ]A 5 { 9 7 6 2 { A K 5 3 2 }K 7 }3 [ A Q 6 4N [ 10 3 ] K 10 8 ] Q J 7 5 [ 4 2N [ J 7 6 W E ] 10 9 7 3 ] Q 6 { J 10 8 4 { K Q 3 W E { 8 7 4 { Q 10 6 } 9 4S } 10 8 5 3 } K 10 9 8S } A Q 6 5 2 [ 9 8 5 2 [ K Q 5 ]A 9 ] K J 8 4 2 {A 5 {J 9 } A Q J 6 2 } J 7 4 West North East South West North East South Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein 1} 1[ Pass 3} (a) Pass 1[ (a) Pass 3} Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3NT All Pass Pass 4} Pass 4] (a) In principle, denying a four-card major Pass 4NT Pass 5} (b) Dble 5{ Pass 5] (c) West North East South Pass 6[ All Pass Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo (a) A raise with 5-14 points and three-plus trumps (al- 1NT (a) ways four-plus if weak) All Pass (b) One key card (c) The spade queen and heart king (a) 15-17 points West North East South Against one notrump in the closed room, Zia led the dia- mond four. Rosenberg, after winning with his queen, shifted Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo to a low heart. West took the trick with his ten, then tried 1[ Pass 3[ a low spade. Helgemo put up dummy's king and cashed his Pass 4} (a) Pass 4NT seven other winners to score an overtrick. Pass 5} Pass 6] Against three notrump, Saelensminde led the heart All Pass queen. Declarer won with dummy's ace and called for a (a) Singleton or spade, West rushing up with his ace to continue hearts. When East did not overtake the ten of hearts, West pushed As you can see, with the cards as they lay, six spades was a spade through, but declarer had no choice: he played his easy. Helgemo, having jump-raised with only three spades, jack and had nine tricks: two spades, one heart, one dia- bid six hearts to offer as an alternative trump suit since his mond and five clubs. partner could be expected to have some length there. But Minus 120 and plus 400 gave 7 IMPs to USA 1.

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Then Helgemo recouped some points with a well-timed West North East South penalty double. Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein Pass Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. 1[ Pass 2{ Pass [ K 10 4 2] Pass 2NT Pass ]8 6 3NT All Pass { A Q J } 10 9 8 7 6 West North East South Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo [ A J 5N [ 9 8 6 ] A 4 ] Q 10 9 3 2 Pass Pass Pass 1{ Pass { K 9 8 6 2W E { 10 5 3 S 1[ Pass 2{ Pass } 5 4 3 } A J 2] Pass 3} Pass [ Q 7 3 2 3NT All Pass ] K J 7 5 On the Vugraph, Saelensminde misguessed the play. He {7 4 ducked the club lead and took the second trick with West's } K Q 2 club king. Declarer overtook dummy's diamond jack with his queen, a play that he could not afford as the cards lay. West North East South Weinstein won with his king and cleared the clubs. Now Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein East cashed his two top diamonds, getting the bad news, and led a low heart to catch South's king, but that gave de- 1{ Pass 1] Pass clarer only seven tricks: three hearts, two diamonds and 1NT Pass 2] All Pass two clubs. In the closed room, where Rosenberg's careful three-club West North East South bid would have been great if West had had queen-double- Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo ton or queen-third of clubs, North led the heart six. De- 1{ Pass 1] Pass clarer played low from the dummy and scooped up South's king with his ace. The diamond jack won the second trick, 1NT Pass Pass Dble so declarer continued with a heart to the jack, the diamond All Pass ace, and the diamond queen. South, after winning with his Saelensminde ran from one notrump into two hearts, king, shifted to a spade, giving his side two tricks there, but which it was hard for South to double. Declarer took one declarer claimed the balance. spade, three hearts and one club for three down, minus Plus 200 and plus 630 gave 13 IMPs to USA 1 and a lead 300. they would not lose during this session. One notrump doubled was expensive. North led the club The next deal was exciting, too. ten, South taking dummy's jack with his queen and return- ing his low club. Declarer played a diamond to his king, but Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. North won with the ace and led a club to South's king. A [– spade shift left declarer unable to take more than his three ] J 6 5 4 3 aces. Four down was plus 1100 to Norway and 13 IMPs. { K Q 10 9 4 Two flat boards were followed by this deal: } 7 6 3 [ A Q J 10 7 6 3 2 [ 9 8 5 4 Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. N ] 10 2 ] A Q 8 W E [ A 8 5 3 {8 6 {A ] 10 8 7 6 4 } 2S } K J 10 9 5 {3 2 [K }J 10 ] K 9 7 [ Q J 10 4 2N [ 9 { J 7 5 3 2 ] A 9 5 3 ] Q J 2 } A Q 8 4 { JW E { A Q 10 7 5 4 West North East South S } K 9 5 } A 8 4 Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein [ K 7 6 4[ Pass 4NT Pass ]K 5{ (a) Dble 5[ Dble { K 9 8 6 All Pass } Q 7 6 3 2 (a) One key card

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West North East South cashed the spade queen and ruffed a spade in the dummy, Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo North discarding his last heart. West ruffed a club, ruffed 3NT (a) Pass 5NT Pass another spade (North threw a club), ruffed a club high (in 6{ Pass 6[ All Pass case North was playing a subtle game by not ruffing a spade with the diamond queen), ruffed his last spade, ruffed a (a) Four-of-a-major opening that prefers partner to be card, cashed the diamond ace, and lost the last trick to declarer South's diamond queen — plus 600. This was not a good board for Roman Key Card Black- In the closed room, Zia made four diamonds exactly. wood. East knew they had twelve trumps missing a top A flat board in a partscore battle was followed by anoth- honor, but was it the ace or king? As Edgar Kaplan was fond er big swing on card play. of saying, the trump king is not an ace. Taking the low road, East settled for five spades. And he was right if North was Board 27. Dealer South. None Vul. going to lead a heart. But when South doubled, East might [ A 6 5 4 have redoubled — except that the penalty from six dia- ]J 10 monds doubled is only 500. North led the diamond king. { 6 5 2 Declarer Brogeland drew the trump, gave up a club, then ruffed down the club ace to score twelve tricks. } K J 5 4 Notice that the Americans right-sided the contract. When [ 9 7N [ K Q 8 Rosenberg took twelve tricks in identical fashion, minus ] A 8 7 ] Q 6 750 and plus 980 gave 6 IMPs to USA 1 — now ahead by { K J 10 8 7W E { Q 9 4 3 16.5. } 10 6 2S } 9 8 7 3 Norway immediately recouped 10 IMPs. [ J 10 3 2 Board 25. Dealer North. E/W Vul. ] K 9 5 4 3 2 [K J {A ] A 10 9 }A Q { 5 4 2 West North East South } K Q 9 5 4 Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein [ A Q 7 5 4N [ 2 Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo ] Q 5 ] K 8 7 4 2 1] W E { A K J 8 3 { 10 9 7 Pass 1[ Pass 3[ } 7S } A 8 6 2 Pass 4[ All Pass [ 10 9 8 6 3 ] J 6 3 This came down to the heart guess. Garner got it right {Q 6 and Helness got it wrong, giving 10 more IMPs to USA 1. } J 10 3 Then ... West North East South Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein 1NT (a) Pass 2] (b) 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass (a) 14-16 points (b) Transfer West North East South Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo 1} Pass 1[ 2{ Pass 3{ Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4{ All Pass Against five diamonds on Vugraph, Garner led the spade king. Declarer won with the ace and played his low heart, North grabbing his ace and shifting to the club king. Bro- geland won with dummy's ace, played a heart to his queen, Boye Brogeland, Norway

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Board 28. Dealer West. N/S Vul. West North East South [ A K Q J 8 Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein ]– Pass 1[ { A Q 5 4 Pass 1NT (a) Pass 2} (b) } Q J 5 3 Pass 2{ (c) Pass 2] (d) Pass 3NT All Pass [ 10 7 5 2N [ 9 6 3 ] A Q J 8 5 ] 9 7 (a) Semiforcing W E { 7 { K 10 8 6 2 (b) Natural or strong and artificial S (c) Eight-plus points, forcing to game } 8 7 4 } 10 6 2 (d) Three-plus hearts and 16-plus points [4 ] K 10 6 4 3 2 West North East South { J 9 3 Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo } A K 9 Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ West North East South Pass 3{ Pass 3] Brogeland Garner Saelensminde Weinstein Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1[ Pass 2] Dble Rdbl All Pass Pass 2[ Pass 3] Against Garner's three notrump in the open room, Sae- Pass 3NT Pass Pass lensminde led the heart queen. Declarer won with his king, Dble Rdbl All Pass ran the diamond ten, winning, and played a diamond to dummy's jack. West took the trick and returned a heart. Garner won with his jack and played a spade to dummy's West North East South queen, Brogeland winning with his king and clearing the Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo hearts. Declarer took his two diamond tricks ending in his Pass 1[ Pass 2] hand, then played a spade to dummy's ten. Unlucky — West Pass 3} Pass 3{ won with his jack and cashed three tricks, two hearts and Pass 3[ Pass 4[ the club ace, for three down. All Pass Against three notrump redoubled, Rosenberg led a spade, Zia winning with his jack and shifting to his low club. Hel- In the open room, Weinstein's two-heart response was ness won with his king, ran the diamond queen, winning, game-forcing. So, when Brogeland gambled a double of then played the diamond ten and rose with dummy's ace. three notrump, Garner, with 19 high-card points, was happy Declarer cashed dummy's spade ace and continued with to place the blue card into the bidding tray. After a heart another spade. Zia won with the king and took his two lead to West's jack and a diamond shift, declarer rose with winners, the diamond king and club ace, but then he had to his ace and took his ten top tricks for plus 1400. lead a heart, so Helness claimed. Against four spades, Rosenberg led a diamond. Declarer Plus 150 and plus 800 gave Norway 14 IMPs. Helness won with dummy's nine, drew trumps and con- Note that Norway made a mistake that was avoided by ceded a diamond trick for plus 680, but a loss of 12 IMPs. the United States. What was it? USA 1 was now ahead by 28.5. Norway erred in making three notrump redoubled when After an IMP to Norway, it was déjà vu all over again, nonvulnerable. again! Board 31 was flat. Then Zia and Rosenberg bid to five Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul. clubs, which needed trumps 3-2, the diamond to win and no opposing . Two-thirds of that [8 7 worked, but the diamond finesse failed. When the Norwe- ] K J 3 gians stopped in three clubs, they gained 7 IMPs but USA 1 { Q 10 6 3 retained a small lead, 88.5-81. } K Q 7 5 [ K J 6N [ 4 3 2 ] 9 8 6 5 2 ] Q 4 W E { K 7 5 { 9 2 } A 2S } J 10 9 8 4 3 [ A Q 10 9 5 ] A 10 7 { A J 8 4 }6

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BERMUDA BOWL Final - Session 3

Norway v USA 1

by Mark Horton As you might expect, the more aggressive Norwegians pressed on to game. West led a thoughtful ace of spades There was time before play started in the Open Room to and must have been pleased when one of the combinations ask the Norwegians about the strange 6] contract they he was hoping for appeared in dummy. had reached on the first deal of the previous set. Had Geir If dummy had held two low spades and declarer [KJx, pulled out the wrong bidding card? then West’s next play would have been important as he No, South had offered a choice of contracts and North would had to guess which red ace East held. On the other had misjudged the situation. hand, dummy might have had [Kxx and declarer [Jx. The The set started well for USA 1. critical case is probably where dummy has [Kxxx and de- clarer [Jx. Then the spade pips become important. Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. Whatever, a low spade set up West’s suit and the contract [K 5 was two down, -100 and 6 IMPs to USA 1. ] 8 5 4 2 { Q 10 7 4 Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. } K 7 3 [ Q J 10 5 [ A Q 10 8 2N [ 9 6 4 ]A ] 7 6 ] J 10 9 3 { J 10 9 6 5 4 W E { 6 3 { A 9 2 }Q 6 } A 8 5 2S } 10 6 4 [ KN [ 9 8 7 6 4 ] K 8 5 2 ] J 7 4 3 [ J 7 3 W E ] A K Q {K 7 {A { K J 8 5 } K J 7 5 4 3S } A 9 2 } Q J 9 [ A 3 2 ] Q 10 9 6 Open Room { Q 8 3 2 West North East South } 10 8 Helgemo Katz Helness Jacobs 1NT* Open Room All Pass West North East South 1NT 15-17 Helgemo Katz Helness Jacobs North judged to make no move towards game and right 1} 1{ 1[ 3{ he was as on a spade lead declarer is held to seven tricks. Pass Pass Dbl Pass Trying to defeat 1NT, West led the two of spades. De- 3] Pass 4] All Pass clarer won with the jack and played the jack of diamonds. East took the ace and went back to spades. West cashed 4] requires some luck in both trumps and clubs. One suit four tricks in the suit and then tried a low club - the only obliged, but the other did not. hope of defeating 1NT. Declarer won the of the jack of diamonds in When it was South who produced the queen, declarer dummy perforce and played a heart to the king. When that claimed the rest, +120. lost to the ace, declarer was booked for two down, -200.

Closed Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Zia Saelensminde Rosenberg Brogeland Zia Saelensminde Rosenberg Brogeland 1NT* 1} Pass 1[ Pass Pass 2}* Pass 2{* 2} Pass 3} All Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3NT West did very well in the play, as he slipped a spade past All Pass South’s ace and started hearts by leading a low one from his 1NT (14)15-17 hand, coming to eleven tricks, +150 and 8 IMPs to USA 1.

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Having tagged on 16 IMPs over three boards, USA 1 now East led the jack of spades and declarer was soon claim- had to watch as Norway put 35 IMPs past them without ing all the tricks, +720. reply over the next eight deals. Closed Room Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. West North East South [Q Zia Saelensminde Rosenberg Brogeland ] K Q J 2NT Pass 4{* { A K 9 8 7 2 Pass 4[ Pass 5}* } A J 10 Dbl Rdbl* Pass 5[ [ 10 3N [ J 8 2 Pass 6{* Pass 6[ ] 8 7 6 3 ] A 10 9 4 W E All Pass { 10 6 { Q 5 4{ Slam try with spades } K Q 7 5 4S } 9 8 3 2 5} Cuebid [ A K 9 7 6 5 4 Rdbl First-round control ]5 2 6{ Cuebid { J 4 3 The Norwegian pair made no mistake, +1430 and 12 }6 IMPs. The VuGraph operator observed that Zia was still reading Open Room the Bulletin (he had not been able to finish it during the West North East South previous set) and had two pages to go. Perhaps we should ask him to proofread it! Helgemo Katz Helness Jacobs 1{ Pass 1[ Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. Pass 3NT All Pass [ K Q J 8 4 South gave considerable though to bidding over 3NT — 4{ ] 9 4 3 2 was one possibility — but eventually decided to call it a day. {10 } A 8 4 [ 10 6 3N [ 9 ] A 6 ] K Q J 10 8 7 W E { K J 6 5 4 { A 9 8 } K J 7S } 9 6 5 [ A 7 5 2 ]5 { Q 7 3 2 } Q 10 3 2 Open Room West North East South Helgemo Katz Helness Jacobs Pass 1{ 1[ 2] 3] Pass 3[ 4] All Pass South led the three of clubs, North taking the ace and switching to the ten of diamonds. Declarer won in hand, drew trumps and played the nine of diamonds, covered by the queen and king. A diamond to hand and a club to the king gave declarer the rest, +680.

Closed Room West North East South Zia Saelensminde Rosenberg Brogeland Pass 1{ 1[ 2] 3]* George Jacobs, USA 1 Pass 4[ Dbl All Pass

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East led the king of hearts and continued with the queen, However, he played the king of diamonds, and South won declarer ruffing in dummy and playing a diamond to the ten and exited with a heart. and ace. East played the ten of hearts and declarer ruffed Declarer won in dummy and played a diamond to the with the seven, West overruffing with the ten and playing jack, two down, -300 when South showed out, another 6 back a spade. Declarer won in hand, ruffed a heart with the IMPs for Norway. ace of spades, ruffed a diamond and drew trumps. He was two down. Board 9. Dealer North. E/W Vul. If declarer ruffs the third round of hearts with the ace of [ J 9 3 spades and runs his trumps, then West will have to surren- der a ninth trick, but that is not easy to see and —500 was ] A J 3 2 still worth 5 more Norwegian IMPs. { 9 4 3 } K Q 2 Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. [ K 8 2N [ A 10 7 6 5 4 [Q 9 ] 10 9 6 ] 7 4 ] 7 6 4 { K 7 5 2W E { A J 8 6 { 10 8 6 3 } J 10 3S } 4 } J 9 6 2 [Q [ 6 5N [ K 8 7 4 ] K Q 8 5 ] Q J 5 2 ] 10 9 3 W E {Q 10 { Q 5 4 2 { K J 9 7 } A 9 8 7 6 5 } A Q 8S } K 7 [ A J 10 3 2 Open Room ] A K 8 West North East South {A Helgemo Katz Helness Jacobs } 10 5 4 3 Pass Pass 1} Open Room Pass 1] 1[ 2] 2[ 3} 3{ 4} West North East South 4[ All Pass Helgemo Katz Helness Jacobs Pass Pass 1{ 1[ Helness decided to pay a waiting game, but having backed in he was not afraid to show his second suit, and West gave Dbl* Pass 1NT All Pass his partner a chance for glory by jumping to game. South led the three of clubs. Declarer won in hand and South led the king of hearts, and when that held, he played the king of diamonds. South won and played the four switched to the ace of clubs and a club, declarer ruffing and of clubs, declarer winning with dummy’s queen and playing playing back a heart, taken by South, who played a third the queen of hearts. South won with the king and was care- heart, ruffed by declarer. ful to play the ten of clubs. Declarer won with dummy’s ace If declarer was confident South was 6-4, there was a and played a heart to the ten and South’s ace. chance he might bring off a now by picking up the North won the next club and played the queen of spades, trumps and then taking the winning view in diamonds. so declarer had to go one down, -50. A spade went to the queen and king, and we confidently Closed Room waited for declarer to take a spade finesse. He did finesse — but in diamonds, playing one to the jack. West North East South South took the queen and played a club. Declarer ruffed Zia Saelensminde Rosenberg Brogeland and tried the ace of spades — two down, -200. Pass Pass 1{ 1[ Dbl Pass 2] Dbl Closed Room Rdbl 2[ Pass Pass West North East South 3{ Pass Pass Dbl Zia Saelensminde Rosenberg Brogeland All Pass Pass 2[ 3} South cashed two top hearts and then switched to the 3[ Dbl* Pass 4] five of clubs. (As is so often the case, the best move was to All Pass get rid of the singleton ace of trumps first.) Declarer won in hand with the king and could have got There was nothing to the play, +420 and 6 IMPs to Nor- home by cashing two more clubs and one heart before ex- way, now leading by 7 IMPs. iting with a trump to the king and ace, leaving South end- The remaining boards saw Norway score 6 points to their played. opponent’s four — they led overnight by 117-108.5.

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Difficulties by Brian Senior

This deal created difficulties for all the East/West pairs in Tundal led his singleton spade and Katz, seeing that des- the three finals, with only two of the six pairs managing to perate measures were called for, finessed the jack in the achieve a sensible result. hope of getting two heart discards on the top spades. That lost to the queen and Glenn Groetheim cashed the ace of Board 66. Dealer East. N/S Vul. hearts but could not read his partner’s five as encouraging, [5 so switched to the ten of trumps. Katz won in dummy and ]K 5 took a heart pitch on the ace of spades, but Tundal ruffed { K J 10 9 5 4 that and returned a trump. Katz won in hand and played the queen of hearts to Tundal’s king. With the hearts es- } 9 8 4 3 tablished, Tundal was powerless now and Katz had the rest; [ 2N [ A K J 6 4 three down for —150. ] Q 10 2 ] J 9 7 6 3 That hardly looked to be a triumph for East/West and W E { A Q 7 6 { — Katz/Jacobs would have been impressed to discover that } A K 7 6 2S } Q J 5 they had gained IMPs for their efforts. In the other room, [ Q 10 9 8 7 3 Michael Rosenberg led a trump. Brogeland won in dummy and led a low heart. Zia went up with the ace of hearts and ] A 8 4 returned a diamond. Brogeland rose with the ace of dia- { 8 3 2 monds and led a spade to the jack and queen. A diamond }10 through saw the nine force a from dummy, and Broge- land tried to cash a spade for a heart discard. That was USA1 v Norway (BB) ruffed and Rosenberg played the king of diamonds, ruffed West North East South with dummy’s last trump. Brogeland took a discard on the [K now and that too was ruffed. The contract was five Katz Tundal Jacobs Groetheim down for —250 and 3 IMPs to USA1. 1[ Pass 2} Pass 2] Pass USA 2 v Indonesia (SB) 2NT Pass 3} Pass 3{ Dble Rdbl Pass West North East South 3] Pass 4] Pass Stansby Lasut Bramley Manoppo 4NT Pass 6} All Pass 1[ Pass 2} Pass 2] Pass West North East South 2NT Pass 3} Pass Brogeland Rosenberg Saelendsminde Zia 3{ Pass 3] Pass 1[ Pass 4{ Pass 4[ Pass 2} Pass 2] Pass 4NT Pass 5[ Pass 2NT Pass 3} Pass 6} All Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass West North East South 3[ Pass 4] Pass 6} All Pass Sacul Baze Sawiruddin Sontag 1[ Pass I wonder if either Bermuda Bowl pair saw both partners on the same wavelength? Both West made a game-forcing 2} Pass 2] Pass two-over-one response to the opening bid, so could bid 2NT Pass 3} Pass 2NT at their second turn, and both Easts showed their club 3{ Pass 3[ Pass support. Three diamonds was the most economical for- 3NT All Pass ward move on the West hand, and here the paths divided. Lew Stansby and Bart Bramley started in the same way, Ulf Tundal doubled 3{, so George Jacobs could redouble to but Stansby cuebid 4{ over 3] and Bramley liked his hand show the first-round control. Ralph Katz showed his three- enough to co-operate with a return cuebid of 4[. Stansby card heart support and Jacobs signed-off in 4]. When Katz checked on key cards, then signed off in 6}. Henky Lasut moved with 4NT, Jacobs jumped to 6} to confirm the void. led the singleton spade and the contract went three down At the other table there was no double by North, so Erik after similar play to that at Katz’s table. Saelensminde bid out his shape with 3] then, I guess, took After the familiar start, Munawar Sawiruddin rebid the 3[ to be a cuebid for hearts and signed-off in 4], but Boye strong five-card spade suit rather than the weak five-card Brogeland assumed better hearts in his partner’s hand and heart suit at his fourth turn. That dampened Denny Sacul’s jumped to the club slam. enthusiasm considerably and he settled for 3NT, ending the

13 38th WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Shanghai, China auction. Grant Baze led a club. Sacul won in dummy and hearts, Alberti raised quietly to game. JoAnna Stansby led a played a heart to the queen and king, won the spade return, diamond. Schraverus-Meuer went up with the ace, throwing and knocked out the ace of hearts; 11 tricks for +460 and a spade, and played a heart to the jack and ace. Stansby re- 12 IMPs to Indonesia. turned a heart to Debbie Rosenberg’s king, and she played a spade. Declarer won with the ace, drew the last trump, USA1 v Germany (VC) and threw her remaining spade losers on the clubs; +450. West North East South was the only North to , knowing that could not get over-excited as she Alberti Rosenberg Meuer Stansby was limited by her opponents’ game-forcing auction. Von 1[ Pass Arnim raised to 3{ and Jill Meyers made a penalty double, 2} Pass 2] Pass which ended the auction. 3{ Dble 3] Pass Jill Levin led a top spade, then switched to a heart, which 4] All Pass Auken won in dummy. She ruffed a spade, cashed the ]K, then played a club, which Levin won with the jack. Levin West North East South played another heart, which Auken ruffed and now it was Meyers Auken v Arnim Levin plain-sailing for declarer. Auken ruffed a club in dummy and led a spade. Meyers could have ruffed high and played a 1[ Pass trump, but Auken would still have had one more ruff in 2} 2{ 2] 3{ dummy and nine tricks in all. Meyers instead threw a top Dble All Pass club and Auken ruffed, then ruffed another club in dummy. Anja Alberti did not have a forcing 2NT available, so used She took another spade ruff, exited with her last club, and fourth-suit instead, feeling that she was too strong simply to had to make a diamond at the end; nine tricks for +670 and jump to 3NT. When Mirja Schraverus-Meuer rebid her 15 IMPs to Germany.

2008 Yeh Brothers Cup 26 February - 1 March 2008 Kaohsiung Howard Plaza Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Participating Teams: Champion US$ 30,000 24-28 teams in total. The following teams will be invided: 1st runners-up US$ 20,000 — The top three teams of the 2007 Bermuda Bowl 2nd runners-up US$ 10,000 — The top three teams in 2007 North American Bridge Cham- pionships Entry Fees: Yeh Brother’s Cup - US$ 500/team for invited — The top three teams in 2007 European Championships Open squads. Series Swiss Plate — Free of charge for non-qualifiers from main event — The top three teams in 2007 PABF Championships Open Se- Open Pairs — US$ 500/pair ries Tournament Schedule: — One team each from Zone 3 (South America), Zone 4 (Asia 26 February: Yeh Brothers Cup Qualifying and Middle East) and Zone 8 (Africa) 27 February: Yeh Brothers Cup Qualifying — One team from Taiwan 28 February: Yeh Brothers Cup Knock-out — The host team (Yeh team) Swiss Plate — Five teams from China 29 February: Yeh Brothers Cup Knock-out — Other teams by invitation of Mr. Yeh Swiss Plate Prizes: exceeding US$ 150,000 in total 1 March: Yeh Brothers Cup Knock-out Yeh’s Cup Winner US$ 60,000 Open pairs 2nd US$ 30,000 3rd US$ 10,000 Other interested teams are welcome to apply for an entry, but 4th US$ 5,000 need to pay $US10,000 as entry fee for the main team event. Open Pairs Winner US$ 20,000 This money will go into the prize pool and will thus increase the 2nd US$ 10,000 winner’s prizes accordingly. Entries will be accepted on strength, 3rd US$ 5,000 as well as geographical diversity, and are subject to availability. 4th US$ 2,500 The organizers will send invitations to all qualified teams in Swiss Plate Winner US$ 6,000 October-November 2007. Other details will be shown on the 2nd US$ 4,000 website in due course. 3rd US$ 2,000 Contact names and numbers: Consolation Pairs Winner US$ 1,500 Mr. Chen Chi-Hua: 886-933623806 (Cell Phone) 2nd US$ 1,000 886-7-7425780 (Fax) 3rd US$ 500 [email protected] Subsidies: only the top three teams at the 2007 Bermuda Mr. Patrick Huang: 886-2-27515066 (Cell Phone) Bowl, with at least four of the original team members, are enti- 886-2-27811876 (Fax) tled to the following subsidies. [email protected]

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BERMUDA BOWL Final - Session 4

Norway v USA 1

by Brent Manley {A and played a low diamond from dummy, overruffing when Zia ruffed with the [9. A spade to the jack and king In any long match such as the final of the Bermuda Bowl, allowed Tundal to ruff another diamond low, and a second there will be ups and down for both teams. In the fourth spade to dummy allowed Tundal to claim with good dia- set of the showdown between USA 1 and Norway, the monds. Rosenberg had a spade trick coming, but that was Americans had many more downs than ups. it. Plus 420 and 11 IMPs to Norway. It all started on the first deal. The next deal required some very good card play by South in both rooms. Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 10 8 4 3 2 Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. ] J 8 2 [J {4 ] A J 8 6 } K 9 7 4 { A K 6 5 [ 9 7N [ Q J 6 } K 10 4 2 ] A 10 7 6 3 ] K Q 9 W E [ K Q 10 8 7 5N [ 6 { 9 { Q 7 3 2 ] 10 3 ] Q 7 5 2 W E } Q 8 5 3 2S } J 10 6 { 10 8 3 { J 9 7 4 [ A K 5 } A 3S } Q 9 8 5 ]5 4 [ A 9 4 3 2 { A K J 10 8 6 5 ] K 9 4 }A {Q 2 West North East South } J 7 6 Helgemo Garner Helness Weinstein West North East South Pass Pass 2} Helgemo Garner Helness Weinstein Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Zia Tundal Rosenberg Groetheim Pass 3NT All Pass Pass Pass Steve Garner might have mentioned his five-card spade 2[ Dble Pass 3NT suit, but he chose a contract with no legitimate play at all. All Pass Tor Helness started with the ]K, getting an encouraging 3 from . Helness, confident that declarer was In the closed room, Zia started with the [Q: jack, 6, ace. very short of tricks, played the }J at trick two. Garner A low club went to the 10 and queen, and Groetheim won tried the {A, then the [A (the [Q J might have been dou- the diamond continuation with the queen. He played an- bleton), then the {K, [K and another spade. Garner ended other low club from hand, taken by Zia with the ace. Zia with but six tricks for minus 150. cashed the [10, then played a diamond to dummy’s ace. Groetheim then called for the ]J from dummy, letting it West North East South ride when Rosenberg played low. A heart to the king drew Zia Tundal Rosenberg Groetheim the 10 from Zia, but declarer had his nine tricks via three Pass Pass 1} hearts, two clubs, three diamonds and a spade. The play went a bit differently in the open room. Helge- 1] Dble 1NT* Dble mo started with the [K, ducked by Weinstein in case Hel- 2] 2[ Pass 3{ gemo’s 2[ was based on a five-card suit. Helgemo switched Pass 3] Pass 4[ to a diamond, which went to declarer’s queen. Now a club All Pass to the 10 and queen brought another diamond to dummy’s Glenn Groetheim’s 1} opener was strong and artificial. ace. A club to the jack and ace meant Weinstein had only The bidding by and Michael Rosenberg (1NT one club trick, but he worked out a way to get home any- was a cuebid for hearts) helped North-South diagnose way. He won the third round of diamonds in dummy, then their lack of a heart stopper and they found their eight- thought for a long time before played the ]J and letting it card spade fit. run. He then played a heart to the king, cashed the [A, Rosenberg played two top hearts before switching to the pitching dummy’s diamond. Helness also pitched a dia- }J. Ulf Haadon Tundal won the }A in dummy, cashed the mond, but then Weinstein played a club to dummy’s king

15 38th WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Shanghai, China and threw Helness in with the fourth round of the suit, get- lowed by a spade to the king. A low diamond from declar- ting the blocking ]9 out of his hand. Helness was left on er’s hand drew Rosenberg’s king. Now a club to the ace lead at trick 12 with the ]Q 7, looking at dummy’s ]A 8. felled the singleton }K with North. The {A and [Q were Well done at both tables for a push. still to come. One down. Eight more IMPs went to Norway on the third board when Groetheim and Tundal landed in 4] on a deal where West North East South Weinstein and Garner got all the way to 1NT. 4] was a Helgemo Garner Helness Weinstein very lucky make, but it was a swing nonetheless. Pass 1[ Pass 3}* The one big swing of the set for USA 1 occurred on the Pass 4[ All Pass next deal. Weinstein’s 3} could have been a strong raise. A good guess in trumps is needed to make 10 tricks legitimately, Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. but Garner ended up with an overtrick. He won the heart [ K J 7 3 2 lead in hand, played the [K and a spade to the ace, getting ] A K 3 2 the bad news. He then called for a low diamond from { 10 9 2 dummy, and when Helgemo went in with the ace, Garner }K was up to 10 tricks. Number 11 came on the underlead of [8 [Q 9 4 the }A. Plus 650 meant 13 IMPs for USA 1. N It was the last substantial gain the Americans would make, ] Q 6 ] J 10 8 7 4 W E however. { A 6 5 3 { K This deal was one of the bad ones for USA 1. } A 9 8 5 4 3S } Q J 7 2 [ A 10 6 5 Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. ]9 5 [ A Q 9 4 2 { Q J 8 7 4 ] A J 5 4 } 10 6 { K 7 2 }10 West North East South [ 10 8 3N [ 5 Zia Tundal Rosenberg Groetheim ] 10 3 ] K Q 8 7 2 Pass 1[ Pass 3[ W E { A Q J 6 5 3 { 4 Pass 4[ All Pass } A QS } K 9 8 6 4 2 Groetheim’s 3[ described a hand with 7-9 high-card [ K J 7 6 points and no singletons or voids. Rosenberg led the ]J, taken by declarer with the ace. A spade to the ace was fol- ]9 6 { 10 9 8 } J 7 5 3 West North East South Helgemo Garner Helness Weinstein 1NT 2] 3} 3[ Pass 4[ 5} Dble All Pass Helgemo’s 1NT was nominally 15-17. Garner’s 2] showed the majors, which dissuaded Helness from intro- ducing his second suit. Weinstein’s opening lead of the ]9 did not hinder declarer’s efforts. Helness put up the ]10 at trick one and later finessed the 8 to hold his losers in the suit to one. He lost one club, one spade and one heart for minus 100. West North East South Zia Tundal Rosenberg Groetheim 1{ 1[ 2] 3[ 4{ 4[ 5} Pass 5] Dble All Pass Zia naturally went back to his partner’s first suit, with dev- astating consequences. Groetheim hit on a Howard Weinstein, USA 1 by leading a low spade. The second spade was ruffed, and

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Rosenberg played a club to the ace and a heart to his king. Helgemo had a trump stack, but the spade spots were not A second club to the queen was ruffed by North, who con- to his liking, so he made the excellent decision to pull the tinued playing spades. Rosenberg ruffed and ruffed a club double to 2NT, directing partner to bid something. with dummy’s 10. That was overruffed by Tundal, who con- Weinstein led his singleton diamond, ducked to Garner’s tinued with spades. At that point, Rosenberg was down to queen. A low club came back, and Weinstein let the 8 win the lone trump queen, so he couldn’t play another trump. in dummy. Helness rode the ]9 to Weinstein’s 10, and the When he played the }K and it was ruffed by North with }A and a club cleared the trumps. The defenders duly ar- the ]A, Tundal was able to punch out declarer’s last trump, rived at five tricks for plus 50. promoting Groetheim’s 9 to a winner. That was three West North East South down, minus 500 and 9 IMPs to Norway. Board 11 brought more bad news for USA 1. Zia Tundal Rosenberg Groetheim 1[ Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. Pass 2[ Dble All Pass [ K 8 6 Zia went for the gusto, passing the and ] 5 4 3 leading the ]9. Rosenberg played the jack, taken by declar- { K Q 9 6 5 er with the king. Groetheim played a diamond at trick two, }7 4 and Zia won the ace to continue hearts. Rosenberg won the ]Q and cashed the ace, then played a low club. [ Q J 7 4 3N [ – Groetheim went up with the }A, played the [10 to the ] 9 7 ] A Q J 2 W E jack and king, and he discarded his losing clubs on the high { A 3 2 { J 10 7 4 diamonds. Zia, who had discarded a diamond on the third } Q J 8S } K 10 9 6 2 round of hearts, ruffed the {Q, but the only other trick his [ A 10 9 5 2 side was taking was the high spade. That was plus 470 and another 9 IMPs to Norway. ] K 10 8 6 The set ended with Norway ahead 54-21 and leading in {8 the match 171-129.5. } A 5 3 West North East South Helgemo Garner Helness Weinstein Shuttle Bus 1[ Pass 2[ Dble Pass Schedule 2NT Pass 3} All Pass Please visit the Hospitality Desk for a com- plete Sunday schedule of shuttle buses from all hotels to the airport.

We have had two weeks of hard work for the staff, whose members, with no exception, have been working around the clock most days to ensure the best possible service to the players. I will not name them one by one, but I want to thank the group as a whole for the high level of professional- ism and the constant application demonstrated. Special thanks go to the fantastic group of Chinese vol- unteers, all of them always smiling, friendly, fully available. Last, but not least, thanks to the Chinese Bridge Fed- eration for the continous help and support. It will be a pleasure working again together. As for China, I have to publically admit that I feel in love with this country and its great people. Wherever I went I felt warmth, friendship and sense of hospitality. We shall look forward to coming back next year, and sharing more great and entertaining moments with our Chinese friends. Xie xie, zai jian. Maurizio Di Sacco, Operations Director Geir Helgemo, Norway

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World Bridge Federation Press Conference

With one successful tournament in China nearly behind Damiani said there have been changes in the names of the them, officials are about to turn full WBF major tournaments. In odd years, the tournament will attention to the next one — the bridge part of the World be known as the World Bridge Team Championships, and will Mind Sports Games in Beijing next October 3-18. feature the same events as this year. In even years, the tour- In a wide-ranging press conference in a packed meeting nament will alternately be part of the World Minds Sports room at the Convention Center, WBF President José Dami- Games (as next year in Beijing) or the World Bridge Series, ani made several points and announcements, including: featuring the , the McConnell Cup and vari- • Thanks to the Chinese Association ous pairs events as in last year’s tournament in Verona, Italy. and the principal sponsor — Shanghai Media & Entertain- He said the World Bridge Team Championships in 2009 are ment Group — for their part in making the two-week scheduled for Sao Paolo, Brazil. IN 2010, the World Bridge tournament a success. Series will likely be in St. Petersburg, Russia. • A statement by Damiani that if the first World Mind There was a lot of discussion with the journalists present Sports Games is a success, there is great hope that it will about the inclusion of young players in the world champi- be recognized as an official event by the International onships, and Damiani said that the Beijing tournament will Olympic Committee. include teams, pairs and individual championships for youths. • Notation that this year’s participation in the World He said it has yet to be determined what the age limitations Transnational Open Teams was a record 148 teams. In will be. the future, Damiani said, if the participation continues to He said also that it is hoped that considerable financial sup- grow, there may be a change in format for the WTOT. port for the Junior players will be available in Beijing, includ- • Integration of the Bridgemate scoring devices to in- ing full board accommodation and possibly the transporta- clude complete bidding and play records from all the tion costs. Small federations that send a Junior team may be championships. able to receive some support for their women’s teams also. • A note that there will be special games organized next Damiani said that the format for the World Mind Sports year in observance of the 50th anniversary of the found- Games — bridge, , go, Chinese chess and draughts — will ing of the WBF. be similar to the Olympic Games, with players representing • An announcement that Albania, Cuba and Mayotte may their countries in opening and closing ceremonies. soon be new WBF member nations — and that discus- He said the WBF will maintain its emphasis on attracting sions are under way for the future memberships of more young people to the game. Brunei, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Responding to questions about the reduction in the num- • That Jacques Rogge, president of the International ber of boards played in the round robin stages of the three Olympic Committee, is now a member of the committee main events, Damiani said there were three reasons — the of honor of the . fact that competitors in bridge are growing older and it is • A reminder that the minimum age for Senior com- better to play no more than 48 boards a day; that it is prefer- petitors in Beijing will be 58, rising to 59 for the 2009 able for all competitors to play the same deals, and when tournament and reaching the maximum of 60 by 2010. there are different numbers of boards played in different The WBF president also announced that the Laws Com- events there can be issues resulting from competitors fin- mittee has completed several changes to the Laws, which ishing at different times; the rules allow for brown-sticker will be known as the Laws of (dropping conventions in matches longer than 16 boards, and it is con- “contract” from the title). The new laws will take effect Jan. sidered desirable to prohibit brown-sticker conventions in 1 of next year, although some countries are not expected to the round robin. have them translated immediately. All are expected to be Damiani said that nearly all of the players he has spoken to using the new Laws by September of 2008. approve of the change to 16 deals in the round robin.

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TORNEO INTERNAZIONALE DI BRIDGE A SQUADRE

COMITATO ORGANIZZATORE PROGRAMMA PROGRAMME ORGANIZING COMMITTEE VENERDI’ 7/12 ore 14,00 Chiusura iscrizioni FRIDAY End of registration BRIDGE INSTITUTE 2000 c/o I NAVIGLI ore 14,30 DANESE / SWISS Via De Amicis, 17 - 20123 MILANO 3 incontri / rounds Attenzione Paola Tracanella ore 20,30 DANESE / SWISS Tel. ++39-02-58118013 3 incontri / rounds Fax ++39-02-83240545 SABATO 8/12 ore 14,00 DANESE / SWISS E-mail [email protected] SATURDAY 4 incontri / rounds ore 21,30 DANESE / SWISS 2 incontri / rounds FOREIGN PLAYER’S SECRETARIAT DOMENICA 9/12 ore 10,30 DANESE / SWISS Attention Federica Zorzoli SUNDAY 3 incontri / rounds Phone ++39-329-5609989 ore 16,00 PREMIAZIONE / E-mail [email protected] PRIZE GIVING

• Quote di partecipazione: € 300 a squadra - € 150 per gli Juniores • Precisare al momento dell’iscrizione il nome e la categoria della e portatori di handicap. squadra per accedere ai premi speciali. • Entrance fees: € 300 each team - € 150 Junior teams. • For the access to special prizes the team name and category has € • Pre-iscrizione: solo 270 anticipando l’iscrizione della squadra to be notified at the moment of registration. entro il 26 Novembre, con pagamento entro le ore 13,30 di Vener- La partecipazione è consentita ai tesserati FIGB, agonisti e ordi- dì 7 Dicembre. • • Pre-registration fee: € 270 only by advancing the team registra- nari, ed ai tesserati di Federazioni straniere. tion within November 26 and payment within 13,30 p.m. of Fri- • Participation is allowed to FIGB members, competitors and not day, December 7. competitors, as well as to members of foreign Federations.

Regolamento Rules

Le Squadre potranno essere composte da sette giocatori effet- Teams can be composed of seven players including the tivi, compreso il Capitano. Tutti gli incontri saranno disputati Captain. sulla distanza di 8 smazzate. All rounds will be contended over 8 boards. Saranno disputati 6 incontri di Danese “sistema Milano” e nel- 6 rounds of Swiss “Sistema Milano” will be played and in the th l’ultimo turno gli incontri potranno ripetersi. 6 round the rounds can be repeated. Per questi sei incontri sarà adottata la scala V.P. 16/0 con l’at- For all these six rounds the 16/0 scoring system will be used tribuzione all’eventuale riposo di 12 V.P. and the possible bye will be awarded 12 V.P. At the end of the 6th round the teams will be subdivided into Al termine del sesto incontro, le squadre saranno suddivise in three sections: the number of the teams composing each group tre gironi: il numero delle squadre che comporrà ciascun giro- will be made known within the end of the first 3 rounds ac- ne sarà comunicato entro la fine dei primi tre incontri in base cording to the number of the participating teams. al numero delle squadre partecipanti. In the Swiss “Sistema Milano” two consecutive rounds can not Negli incontri di Danese si adotterà il “sistema Milano” che be repeated; the rounds can only be repeated to promote prevede l’impossibilità d’incontrare la stessa squadra nell’in- and/or relegate in the sections, in the blocking rounds and in contro successivo; la ripetizione degli incontri potrà avvenire the last round. nelle fasi di promozione e/o retrocessione nonché nell’ultimo The rounds of 2nd stage (Saturday afternoon) will serve to incontro. promote and/or relegate teams in the sections. Gli incontri della seconda fase (sabato pomeriggio) serviranno After that the sections “A” and “B” will be blocked and the per promuovere e/o retrocedere squadre fra i gironi. section “A” will play duplicated hands .

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