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Rivista N. 03.2003 LE CARTE DA GIOCO CHE DURANO DI PIÙ 24127 BERGAMO - Via Moroni, 198 - Telefono 035/255155 Telefax 035/262569 PROMOZIONE 2001 PER LE ASSOCIAZIONI Speciali condizioni per acquisti di carte da gioco - Telefonare chiedendo addetta Bridge 3 - MARZO 2003 Riccardo Vandoni Puntinipuntinipuntini 3 Riccardo Vandoni Botta e risposta 4 Nino Ghelli Tuttolibri 5 Bruno Sacerdotti Coen Bridgeware 6 Rivista mensile della Bruno Sacerdotti Coen Nuovi libri 7 Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge Abbonamento annuo € 70 € Abbonam. annuo tesserati FIGB 50 Andrea Pagani Il 2° Trofeo Angelo Tracanella 10 Direttore Editoriale Gianarrigo Rona Direttore Responsabile Pietro Forquet Passo a passo 16 Riccardo Vandoni e-mail: [email protected] Giagio Rinaldi Il passo forzante 19 Segretario Editoriale Barry Rigal 21 Niki Di Fabio Comitato di redazione Frank Stewart Il mio bridge... ed il vostro 22 Mabel Bocchi, Niki Di Fabio, Franco Di Stefano Promossi e bocciati 23 Franco Di Stefano, Franco Fraschini, Giovanni Maci. Carlo Grignani Una manche non proprio di battuta 24 Direzione e redazione Nino Ghelli Convention corner 26 Via C. Menotti, 11 - scala C - 20129 Milano Franco Broccoli La mano del mese 28 Telefono 02/70000333 r.a. - Telefax 02/70001398 http://www.federbridge.it e-mail: [email protected] Progetto grafico e videoimpaginazione: Franco Broccoli Accade all’estero 32 Romano Pacchiarini ([email protected]) Antonio Riccardi Il Regolamento, questo sconosciuto 35 Copertina realizzata da Nicola Di Stefano Luca Marietti Così fu... se vi pare 36 Stampa Tipografia Pi-Me Editrice s.r.l. Naki Bruni Intercity Epson 38 Via Vigentina, 136 - 27100 Pavia Miguel Antinolo Bridge mentale (II) 40 Telefono 0382/572169 - Fax 0382/572102 Autorizzazione del Tribunale di Milano Nino Ghelli La tela di Penelope (XV) 42 N. 2939 del 7 gennaio 1953 La tiratura di questo numero è stata di 12.000 copie Spedizione in abbonamento postale, Jan Van Cleeff La penna e le carte 50 45% art. 2, comma 20 B, Legge 662/96 - Giampiero Bettinetti Dilemmi 52 Milano Finito di stampare: 28 febbraio 2003 Naki Bruni Spunti tecnici al Torneo a coppie di Verona 55 Eugenio Mete La rivincita del giocatore medio (I) 58 Per la pubblicità: Renato Allegra Tautogramma 62 Philippe Brunel Indra va a Cannes 63 Giampiero Bettinetti Versilia Bridge (IX) 64 Brunello Cherchi Miracolo sulla Sila 75 Segreteria Generale Classifiche Giocatori 2002 66 Via C. Menotti, 11/C 20129 Milano Corte Federale d’Appello 76 Telefono 02/70000333 r.a. Notiziario Associazioni 78 Fax 02/70001398 e-mail: [email protected] Calendario agonistico 80 PER TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI: www.federbridge.it 2 olto interesse hanno suscitato nei lettori le novità che abbiamo apportato su BdI, novità che monitoreremo per tutto il 2003 e che dovranno con il 2004 accompa- M gnarci per una strada nuova, nuova e speriamo ricca di soddisfazioni. Agli elogi degli amici più cari rispondiamo con un sentitissimo “grazie” pur sapendo che loro ci avrebbero elargito complimenti e grasse pacche sulle spalle qualunque risul- tato avessimo raggiunto. Fa bene comunque, ogni tanto, qualche telefonata amica: rinno- va gli entusiasmi, carica le pile e ti fa capire che il lavoro che fai è anche per qualcun altro. In questi casi, però, sono certo che conta di più il parere dei nemici, quelli che qua- lunque cosa fai o scrivi storcono la bocca certi che si sarebbe potuto fare di meglio. Ed è a loro che voglio dar credito perché si può migliorare soltanto nella convinzione di avere appena iniziato un lavoro duro e difficile e nella certezza che tutto sia perfetti- bile e migliorabile. Enorme piacere mi ha fatto, a tal proposito, la lettera di un socio che si firma Anonimo Veneziano e che mi rivolge garbati rimproveri e preziosi consigli. Lui, dopo aver consta- tato che “il contenuto tecnico della rivista è in netto miglioramento e che è un peccato che BdI abbia una così scarsa diffusione” e che “la titolazione sembra in larga parte ben riuscita” passa, come è giusto, alle critiche. La cosa che più lo sconvolge è la Mano del Mese che “a prima vista dà l’impressione di un’orgia di puntini rossi e neri”; suggerisce poi che “i fondini dovrebbero essere bian- chi inquadrati con filetti colorati”. Per quanto riguarda la Mano del Mese, devo confes- sare che lui ed altri hanno perfettamente ragione: la prova che abbiamo fatto peggiora cer- tamente la leggibilità del diagramma, dà pesantezza alla pagina ed è di sicuro poco equi- librata. Abbiamo da questo numero già apportato modifiche nell’intento di cambiare migliorando (nostra eterna speranza) ed avevo d’altronde preannunciato in un mio edi- toriale che il 2003 sarebbe stato un anno traghettatore di novità. I fondini delle smazzate sono una novità assoluta (nella loro attuale alterigia) e sapevo che avrebbero fatto strabuzzare gli occhi a non pochi lettori. Devo dire però che i verdi ed i blu mi paiono eleganti nella loro solo apparente asimmetria e che colorano piace- volmente pagine di tecnica altrimenti tristanzuole e ripetitive, pagine di tecnica nelle PUNTINI... quali i diagrammi sono fulcri e nodi essenziali. Il rosso è invece troppo invadente ed il tentativo attuale è quello di mediare tra la chiazza rosso shocking che svilisce la smaz- zata soltanto macchiandola con un più mite aranciato di cui giudicheremo solo in segui- to l’effetto. Ho suggerito all’amico Franco Broccoli che da qui ringrazio perché si mostra sempre collaboratore disponibile e di certo affidamento, una rubrica che mi sembrerebbe di gran- de interesse e di sicura attualità. Si tratterebbe di vagliare problemi bridgistici di prima- ria importanza (e dichiarativi e di gioco) e di scoprire come li affrontano e li risolvono le coppie più forti d’Italia, che poi sono le più forti del mondo. Una rubrica di grande inte- resse e di enorme spessore tecnico e didattico. Rivolgo perciò da queste pagine una ca- lorosa preghiera ai nostri giocatori top affinché si mostrino un minimo disponibili qua- lora fossero contattati o telefonicamente o per e-mail. Se con le loro costanti risposte ci consentissero di iniziare un lavoro come quello sinora soltanto ipotizzato, contribuireb- bero certo a far fare alla rivista un salto qualitativo notevole e contribuirebbero ad una grande crescita del livello culturale di base. Grande piacere mi ha procurato constatare quanto sia stata gradita dai lettori la rubri- ca sul “Bridge mentale”. Le lettere e le e-mail arrivate superano di gran lunga i contatti PUNTINI... che speravamo di ottenere. La materia è ostica e non sempre considerata da tutti di pri- maria importanza. Credo invece che lo sport, diventato con gli anni eccessivo come il nostro andirivieni, non possa più fare a meno di certi aiuti. Scriveteci, continuate a farlo, vi garantiamo che riceverete in cambio tanto, forse tantissimo. Una novità che contrassegna l’anno 2003 è il prossimo Campionato Europeo a coppie e squadre che ricalca l’americana Rosenblum. Si tratta di un campionato non per Nazioni ma ad iscrizioni private che, almeno per quanto riguarda lo squadre, ricopia quasi inte- gralmente l’ormai famosa formula a K.O. Il tutto succederà a Mentone, piacevolissima cittadina della Costa Azzurra che al sottoscritto rievoca primaverili sommovimenti e dolci ricordi. Mi riferiscono che la squadra Nazionale femminile per l’anno in corso è praticamente vagliata con una sola ma importantissima modifica. L’ingresso della milanese Monica Cuzzi (a far da chioccia alla giovane Torielli) al posto della concittadina Marilina Va- nuzzi. Speriamo che inizi un anno importante anche per la nostra squadra ladies. Pace, bridge e un abbraccio di cuore all’amico Mario Romano... PUNTINI... Riccardo Vandoni 3 BOTTA &risposta n concomitanza con l’assalto degli hacker al sistema in- sia di cronaca che di tecnica. formatico delle Poste Italiane, anche il sottoscritto ha su- Il problema vero si presenta quando c’è il Torneo di Borgo- bito un assalto alla baionetta da alcuni pirati informatici: rosso di sopra e gli organizzatori locali si occupano di farci posta e quant’altro risultano al momento inutilizzabili. avere i pezzi e le foto dell’evento. Qui sono spesso infrequen- Rimando quindi per la rubrica “Botta & risposta” al pros- tabili gli uni e gli altri... ma vedo poche vie di uscita. L’unica Isimo mese augurandomi di aver potuto nel frattempo recupe- è quella di chiedere a tutti di farci avere foto meno calligrafi- rare tutti i dati pregressi e pregando tutti coloro che non che e banali possibili. hanno avuto una risposta, di rinviare lettere ed e-mail ineva- Grazie ancora del contributo! se, per ora, al solito indirizzo. Do spazio ad una sola lettera, quella di Giorgio Levi, giunta in FIGB con mezzi tradizionali *** e ad una e-mail pervenutami prima del black-out. Spettabile FIGB sento il bisogno di esprimere un forte dissenso su quanto Approfitto per fare i complimenti alla nuova impaginazione detto e soprattutto sul modo in cui viene detto dal Signor e grafica. Buoni i titoli di carattere diverso, anche perché il Benetti. Il tono fortemente sprezzante e denigratore sarebbe carattere inventato da Fraschini molti anni fa, come ogni cosa, molto meglio tenerlo per se e/o per coloro che lo condivido- ha fatto il suo tempo. no, bisogna prestare molta attenzione nel fare questi apprez- Ancora un piccolo sforzo per rendere più nitide le fotoco- zamenti avendo a disposizione le pagine della rivista, soprat- lor. Dipende dal fotografo o dal fotolitista? tutto in questo momento, dove per tanti motivi di ogni tipo, il Unico appunto; i “fondini” colorati sotto le smazzate sono malcontento aleggia fra le fila. indubbiamente più originali, ma non aiutano la lettura delle Analizziamo alcune considerazioni: carte. Forse sarebbe meglio, anche se più banale, ritornare al 1) “Devo, ancora una volta, sottolineare l’incommentabile “fondino” quadrato.
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