Bulletin 9 Saturday, 15 July 2000 Editor: Mark Horton - Co-editor: Brian Senior - Layout Editor: George Hatzidakis - Production: Burak Bayhan HOT ON ISRAEL'S HEELS

The long-time leaders started yesterday well with a 17-13 VP victory over the defending champions Italy, but then went Photo Call down to a resurgent 12-18 VPs. A blistering perfor- mance by Norway, who scored 199 IMPs in their two matches against Scotland and Ireland, to collect a maximum 50 VPs, saw them end the day right at the leader's shoulder. The easily disposed of Austria,and then scored an important 17-13 win against .With the Danes also losing their opening match against Germany 8-22, the Dutch- The teams chosen for today are men found themselves in third place, and with a reasonable as follows: cushion. Despite their setbacks, Denmark only lost one place, and JUNIORS - 10.00 they are 10 VPs ahead of France.Then come , a Swedish • TURKEY team that has been steadily climbing up the table, and Italy.The FRANCE • SPAIN • HUNGARY champions surprisingly lost their second match against Estonia 9-21, and it is clear that they are not going to make a success- Please assemble at the entrance ful defence of their title. to the Convention centre. The luck of the Irish was certainly not in evidence, as they The full team must be present! also failed to register a point in their other match against Bel- That means Captains and Coaches gium, and just as it appears that the race for the gold medals is as well as players! now a two horse race, so too is the battle to avoid the wood- Please look smart! en spoon, with Switzerland being the other contender.

France chased by Urgent Call to some Norway and Poland Captains

France marginally increased their lead by scoring 42 VPs in We are missing some Team Profiles, espe- their two matches but taking their cue from their elders, the cially in the Schools event! We want to in- Norwegian team collected 47 VPs to ease one ahead of third clude every team, so please deliver yours placed Poland.The latter face a severe test today, as their first to the Daily Bulletin today.Thank you. two matches are against the two teams in front of them. 17th EUROPEAN YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Antalya,Turkey

JUNIOR TEAMS TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND ROBIN SESSION 19 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 21 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 bye SWEDEN 1 WALES bye 00180 2 SCOTLAND CROATIA 2 ICELAND HUNGARY 59 41 19 11 3 NORWAY DENMARK 3 SPAIN PORTUGAL 10 95 0 25 4 ITALY BELGIUM 4 TURKEY ENGLAND 43 40 16 14 5 SWITZERLAND RUSSIA 5 DENMARK GERMANY 34 67 8 22 6 ISRAEL TURKEY 6 SWITZERLAND ESTONIA 39 90 5 25 7 IRELAND FRANCE 7 FRANCE FINLAND 90 70 19 11 8 HUNGARY GERMANY 8 SCOTLAND NORWAY 19 70 5 25 9 CROATIA SWEDEN 21 42 11 19 9 ESTONIA POLAND 10 BELGIUM IRELAND 93 2 25 0 10 WALES ICELAND 11 AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS 23 72 5 25 11 PORTUGAL ENGLAND 12 ITALY ISRAEL 24 34 13 17 12 NETHERLANDS SPAIN 13 POLAND RUSSIA 45 13 22 8 13 AUSTRIA FINLAND ROUND ROBIN SESSION 20 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 22 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 bye POLAND 1 bye PORTUGAL 00 018 2 HUNGARY ESTONIA 2 ESTONIA ITALY 75 48 21 9 3 GERMANY SWITZERLAND 3 FINLAND SPAIN 50 23 21 9 4 NETHERLANDS WALES 4 BELGIUM POLAND 31 82 5 25 5 ISRAEL FINLAND 5 NORWAY IRELAND 129 21 25 0 6 SPAIN ITALY 6 GERMANY ENGLAND 33 45 13 17 7 ICELAND IRELAND 7 HUNGARY SCOTLAND 46 23 20 10 8 CROATIA RUSSIA 8 TURKEY FRANCE 48 48 15 15 9 NETHERLANDS DENMARK 47 35 17 13 9 TURKEY AUSTRIA 10 AUSTRIA CROATIA 65 48 19 11 10 SWEDEN SCOTLAND 11 ISRAEL SWEDEN 28 41 12 18 11 DENMARK BELGIUM 12 WALES RUSSIA 21 82 3 25 12 ENGLAND NORWAY 13 SWITZERLAND ICELAND 38 102 3 25 13 PORTUGAL FRANCE ROUND ROBIN SESSION 23 SCHEDULE 1 bye NETHERLANDS Saturday 15th July 2 FINLAND IRELAND 10.30 Juniors, Round 21 - Schools, Round 9 3 DENMARK SWEDEN 15.00 Juniors, Round 22 - Schools, Round 10 4 HUNGARY TURKEY 21.00 Juniors, Round 23 - Schools, Round 11 5 POLAND ISRAEL 6 AUSTRIA SCOTLAND 7 GERMANY NORWAY VUGRAPH 8 FRANCE SWITZERLAND MATCHES 9 ICELAND ENGLAND 10 ITALY RUSSIA Norway - Denmark Juniors 10.30 11 WALES ESTONIA Norway - Poland Schools 15.00 12 CROATIA PORTUGAL Italy - Russia Juniors 21.00 13 BELGIUM SPAIN

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SCHOOL TEAMS TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND ROBIN SESSION 7 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 9 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 ITALY SWEDEN 1 ITALY FRANCE 25 90 3 25 2 GERMANY HUNGARY 2 NETHERLANDS AUSTRIA 47 52 14 16 3 POLAND FRANCE 3 NORWAY GERMANY 111 20 25 0 4 LATVIA AUSTRIA 4 ISRAEL POLAND 47 52 14 16 5 SWEDEN ENGLAND 33 88 4 25 5 ENGLAND ISRAEL 6 LATVIA HUNGARY 29 102 1 25 6 NORWAY NETHERLANDS ROUND ROBIN SESSION 8 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 10 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 LATVIA ITALY 1 NETHERLANDS ITALY 48 51 14 16 2 ENGLAND FRANCE 2 AUSTRIA NORWAY 37 73 8 22 3 NETHERLANDS ISRAEL 3 ISRAEL HUNGARY 28 87 4 25 4 AUSTRIA GERMANY 4 SWEDEN LATVIA 97 24 25 1 5 GERMANY FRANCE 26 37 13 17 5 NORWAY POLAND 6 ENGLAND POLAND 848723 6 HUNGARY SWEDEN ROUND ROBIN SESSION 11 Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner 1 ITALY HUNGARY 2 POLAND LATVIA The award ceremony will be 3 ENGLAND AUSTRIA in the Talya Hotel Convention 4 FRANCE ISRAEL Centre, and start at 20.30 and be followed by dinner. 5 NETHERLANDS GERMANY 6 SWEDEN NORWAY

What a beautiful sport

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JUNIOR TEAMS Sport News

RANKING AFTER SESSION 20 Football Lazio have again been active in the transfer market.They have bought Udinese pair, Stefano 1 ISRAEL 390.5 Fiore and Guiliano Guannichedda for a com- 2 NORWAY 388 bined fee of 29 million pounds.Yet lazio do not intend to select either player next season and 3 NETHERLANDS 361 are negotiating to loan them back to Udinese. A strange way to 4 DENMARK 347 run a football club. 5 FRANCE 337 Lazio's spending spree continues with the purchase of Dutch 6 TURKEY 333 star, Boudewijn Zenden from Barcelona for 8 million pounds. Meanwhile,AC Milan are reported to be willing to offer 40 mil- 7 SWEDEN 330.5 lion pounds for Manchester United's David Beckham. United 8 ITALY 330 Chairman Martin Edwards has insisted that Beckham is not for 9 POLAND 329 sale. 10 RUSSIA 327 Florentino Perez, a candidate for the Real Madrid presiden- cy, is so confident that he can honour his pledge to sign Por- 11 GERMANY 325 tuguese star, Luis Figo that he has promised to pay for the sea- 12 ENGLAND 322 son tickets of all club members if he fails to do so - an 8.5 mil- 13 AUSTRIA 315 lion dollar gamble. Turkish first division side Fenerbahce said they had signed 14 CROATIA 305 Croatian International striker Milan Rapaic from Italy’s Perugia on 15 FINLAND 299 a three-year contract. 16 BELGIUM 297 Slovenian forward Zlatko Zahovic said he had agreed to join 17 ICELAND 297 Valencia and was waiting for Olympiakos to release him from his contract. 18 PORTUGAL 295 19 HUNGARY 285 Cycling 20 ESTONIA 274 Banesto rider Vincente Garcia-Costa of Spain 21 WALES 210 outpaced two French riders, Nicolas Jalabert and Pascal Herve, with an attack 12 Km from 22 SCOTLAND 197 the finish, to win yesterday's 13th stage in the 23 SPAIN 196 Tour de France. Garcia-Costa finished 25 sec- 24 SWITZERLAND 177 onds ahead of jalabert, who had been hoping to provide a French 25 IRELAND 173 win for Bastille day.The leaders in the general classification all fin- ished in the main group, meaning that there was no change at the top. Cricket SCHOOL TEAMS In the final of the Singer Tournament in Colom- bo, Sri Lanka batted first and set an imposing total of 294-7 against South Africa.That was just RANKING AFTER SESSION 8 too tough a target and, while South Africa were never completely out of the match until the closing stages, Sri Lanka were always in control. South Africa to- 1 FRANCE 160.5 talled 264-9, losing by 30 runs. 2 NORWAY 153 Formula One 3 POLAND 152 4 HUNGARY 133 Scotland's David Coulthard was fastest in Fri- day's free practice at the Austrian Grand prix in 5 SWEDEN 128 his Maclaren. Second fastest was his team-mate, 6 ENGLAND 125 Mika Hakkinen. 7 NETHERLANDS 117 8 AUSTRIA 108.5 Golf 9 ISRAEL 103.5 Going into today's final round of the Standard 10 ITALY 98 Life Loch Lomond tournament in Scotland, three players are tied for the lead on eight 11 GERMANY 85 under par. They are Notah Begay 11, Tom 12 LATVIA 40.5 Lehman and Ernie Els. One stroke behind come Colin Montgomerie, Retief Goosen and Nick Faldo.

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JUNIOR TEAMS SESSION 19

FRANCE vs FINLAND

Going into Friday morning's vugraph match, Finland were just er could claim the remainder so that was two down for -500. below half-way in the standings while France, in sixth place, were In the other room, Pia Nurmi doubled 2[ - would your part- still very much in contention for the medals and qualifying places nership be confident that South's double was penalty in this auc- and were looking for a good win to boost their chances. tion? After all, the opposition have bid and raised a suit at a low This was a wild match with swings on almost every board and level. Anyway, the double would have been just fine had the de- a mixture of some very good bridge and some pretty awful stuff. fence not slipped - and fairly seriously at that. Hulda Ahonen France started very well when the Finnish declarer misguessed cashed two top clubs then continued with a low club, ruffed with the play in 4[ on Board 1 and was two down while France the seven and overruffed. Nurmi switched to a low diamond to brought the same contract home in the other room to gain 11 her partner's ace and back came a top club.Thibaut Charletoux IMPs. They picked up another 6 IMPs on Board 2 by bringing ruffed high in dummy and drew all the missing trumps via a fi- home partscores at both tables and added to their lead again on nesse of his eight.Ahonen had not discarded well on the run of Board 3. the trumps. When Charletoux now played a heart up, she won the ace and exited with a diamond, allowing declarer to ruff out Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. South's king (North needed to have a club to lead at this point) and Charletoux had his eighth trick for +670 and 5 IMPs to [– France. ] A Q 9 2 { A 9 8 3 Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. } A K Q 7 6 [ Q 7 4 3 [ A Q J 8 2N [ K 7 3 ]9 ] 10 8 3 ] K 7 6 4 W E { Q 10 8 5 2 { 4 { Q J 6 5 } Q 9 7 S } J 8 3 2 } 10 5 [8 5N [A 6 [ 10 9 6 5 4 ] K J 7 2 ] Q 10 6 3 W E ]J 5 { K J 3 { A 7 4 { K 10 7 2 } J 8 3 2 S } A K 10 6 }9 4 [ K J 10 9 2 Closed Room ] A 8 5 4 {9 6 West North East South }5 4 Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi Pass Closed Room Pass 1} Pass Pass 1[ Dble 2[ Dble West North East South All Pass Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi Pass 1NT 2} Open Room Dble 2[ 3} Pass West North East South 3] Pass 4} All Pass Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey Open Room Pass Pass 1} Pass 1[ West North East South Pass 2] Pass 2[ Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1NT Pass Dble All Pass 2} Pass 2] Pass 4] All Pass The Finnish pair in the Open Room must have been well pleased with their result and rather unimpressed when it came Nurmi's decision to come in over the strong no trump with time to score up with team-mates. Janne Heikkinen's lead-di- a bid which showed both majors was a brave one at the prevail- recting double of the thin 3NT contract allowed the defence to ing vulnerability (the difference between brave and foolish is en- take the first five tricks after a low spade lead from Jussi Pekka tirely a matter of the result achieved, of course) and it worked Tamminen.There was still another trick to come before declar- spectacularly well. Perhaps it is still possible for East/West to

5 17th EUROPEAN YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Antalya,Turkey reach the heart game, but I would not be confident of doing so Charletoux made a very aggressive decision to move after his in my favourite partnership. Would you? In the circumstances, 1] opening caught a simple raise. Four Hearts is no thing of rather than being critical of the French pair for missing their lay- beauty but, unless the defence finds its spade ruff, it is makable down game, perhaps they should be applauded for avoiding the with a good spade view.Ahonen led a club and Charletoux won doomed no trump game. Four Hearts was reached easily enough the king and played the queen of diamonds from hand. He at the other table and there was no problem in the play thanks pitched a diamond from hand on the club return then led a heart to the club suit behaving as declarer wanted. Finland scored +420 up.When the king held the trick, he played king of diamonds and against France's +130 to pick up 7 IMPs. ruffed a diamond then led dummy's last heart. Nurmi won the ace and exited with a club. Charletoux ruffed, drew the last Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. trump and advanced the queen of spades. Had Ahonen won that, surely it was declarer's intention to finesse on the next round. [ A 7 3 2 Ahonen, however, ducked and then went up with the ace on the ]8 6 next spade lead; +620. {J 3 Heikkinen guessed the spades correctly at the other table for +170 but 10 IMPs to France. } Q J 9 8 6 [ Q 10 5N [ K 9 8 6 Board 7. Dealer South.All Vul. ] K Q 9 7 4 ] 10 5 3 W E [ Q J 4 { K Q 7 2 { 6 4 ]6 2 } K S } A 5 3 2 {A 5 [J 4 } K Q 8 6 3 2 ] A J 2 [ A 10 9 8 6 [ 5 3 2 { A 10 9 8 5 N ] K 9 3 ] Q J 10 5 } 10 7 4 W E { 4 3 2 { J 7 6 Closed Room } A 9 S } J 10 7 West North East South [K 7 Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi ] A 8 7 4 Pass Pass { K Q 10 9 8 1] Pass 2] Pass }5 4 2NT Pass 4] All Pass Closed Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey 1{ Pass Pass 1[ 2} Pass 2NT 1] Pass 1[ Pass Pass 3NT All Pass 2{ Pass 2] All Pass Open Room West North East South Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey 1{ 1[ 2} Pass 2{ Pass 3NT All Pass

After the ten of spades lead, Nurmi had no problems in the Closed Room, being able to win in hand and lead up to dummy's club suit. She made an overtrick for +630. It was a little more difficult in the Open Room where the opening lead was a small spade through South's king. Julien Geit- ner perhaps did not give the hand enough thought before playing low from dummy. If he had played South's king, he would either have had a dummy entry, or would have established two spade tricks immediately.As it was, Heikkinen ducked and Geitner won the jack. Now he was awkwardly placed. He played ace and an- other diamond to the king then cashed the queen of diamonds before switching his attention to clubs, leading low to the king. Next he played a spade to the king. Heikkinen won the spade and Thibaut Charletoux after some thought cashed his ace of clubs before exiting with

6 6-16 July 2000 17th EUROPEAN YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS the king of hearts. Declarer was cut off from hand and had only Closed Room eight tricks; nicely defended for down one and -100. That was worth 12 IMPs to Finland. West North East South Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. Pass 1] Pass 2NT Pass 3} [J Pass 3{ Pass 3] ] A Q J 5 4 2 Pass 4NT Pass 5[ { 8 6 5 4 3 Pass 6] All Pass }4 Open Room [ 10 7 6 3 2N [ A K 8 4 ]K 9 ]8 6 West North East South W E {A {K Q 7 Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey } K 9 7 5 2 S } A 8 6 3 Pass 1{ [ Q 9 5 Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3] ] 10 7 3 Pass 4} Pass 4{ { J 10 9 2 Pass 4NT Pass 5] } Q J 10 Pass 7[ All Pass

Closed Room Six Spades, or indeed no trump, is superior to 6] as you may West North East South sometimes survive a 4-1 heart break when the {Q is onside. It is perhaps a little too soon for North to agree hearts immediately Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi when the 1] opening could be a four-card suit.With a heart suit Pass 2] All Pass lacking intermediates, North should consider the possibility that spades might make a better trump suit when she has so much Open Room high-card strength, and go a little more slowly. However,no harm West North East South was done on this occasion.When Ahonen used RKCB for hearts, she discovered that a key card was missing so settled for the Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey small slam; +1430. 1[ 3] 3] Pass Nathalie Frey's 1{ opening meant that the spade fit was found 4[ All Pass in the Open Room. Geitner enquired with an artificial 2NT over the simple raise then, after an exchange of cuebids, used RKCB How both East and West could pass out the weak 2] open- for spades. He would have been better advised to continue with ing is beyond me. If I had to share out the blame between them a further cuebid.There was nothing in the auction to show that I would need more than 100% to feel that there was sufficient North's small hearts had a parking place and to leap to 7[ just blame to share around. Anyway, 2] made no less than 10 tricks looks like a wild gamble. Geitner had to go one down, of course, for +170. Gaelle Bazin led the ace of spades and switched to a -100 and 17 IMPs to Finland and the lead in the match. low club. Charletoux did not imagine that his partner had un- derled an ace in this situation and ducked, allowing dummy's ten Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. to win.Ahonen took the heart finesse and drew a second round [J then played a diamond from hand. Bazin went in with the queen, crashing the ace, so there were just two diamonds to lose. ] A J 8 6 4 In the other room, Heikkinen solved East/West's problem by { 10 8 6 2 opening the West hand; +450 and another 12 IMPs to Finland. } K 5 3 [ 7 5 3N [ A Q 10 9 6 4 2 Board 10. Dealer East.All Vul. ]3 2 ]K 5 W E [ K Q J 8 2 { A J 9 7 5 3 { K ] A 6 4 3 } 9 6 S } 10 7 2 {K J [K 8 }A K ] Q 10 9 7 {Q 4 [7 4N [9 5 ] K 9 2 ] 10 8 } A Q J 8 4 W E { Q 8 7 5 { 10 9 6 4 Closed Room } J 9 7 4 S } 10 8 5 3 2 West North East South [ A 10 6 3 Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi ] Q J 7 5 1} { A 3 2 Pass 1] 3[ 4] }Q 6 4[ 5] All Pass

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Open Room five club tricks. A far-sighted defence would be to switch to a spade honour now, establishing the sixth defensive trick and West North East South avoiding the squeeze. Not easy, but an instructive hand. If you can Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey see all but one of the tricks needed to beat a contract, stop for 1} a moment before cashing them and consider where the extra 2{ Pass Pass Dble trick will come from. Had he done so, East might have foreseen his problem on this deal. Pass 4] All Pass Where West passed in the Closed Room, East made a pre- Board 13. Dealer North.All Vul. emptive jump overcall in spades and West raised in competition. That pushed the Finnish North/South pair to the five level and [ J 10 5 they had to go down. Because of the diamond blockage, the de- ] Q 10 9 7 6 2 fence only got one diamond trick, North being able to throw {3 three diamonds away on South's black winners; -50. In the Open Room, Heikkinen made a weak jump overcall of } 8 6 2 2{ and now surely Tamminen should bid his spades? When he [ 2N [ A Q 8 7 4 3 failed to do so, Frey reopened with a double and Geitner jumped ] K J 5 4 ] A to 4]. Now Tamminen had to guess what to do without any help W E from his partner and he guessed to go quietly. Four Hearts lost { K Q J 7 { 10 9 4 2 a heart, a spade and a diamond for +420 and 10 IMPs to France. } K 7 5 3 S } 10 9 [ K 9 6 Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. ]8 3 [ 10 4 { A 8 6 5 ] A K 6 5 } A Q J 4 { K 10 8 5 3 Closed Room }Q 5 [ 9 7N [ K Q 6 5 West North East South ] 10 9 7 4 ] 8 3 2 Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi W E { J 9 { Q 7 6 2] 2[ 2NT } J 7 6 3 2 S } A K 8 Dble 3} Pass 3] [ A J 8 3 2 Dble All Pass ]Q J Open Room { A 4 2 } 10 9 4 West North East South Closed Room Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey Pass 1[ Pass West North East South 2} Pass 2[ Pass Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi 3NT All Pass Pass 1{ Dble Rdbl 1] 1NT Pass 2[ Well, if you had been told that one North had opened the Pass 2NT Pass 3NT North hand with a weak two bid and one had passed, it would All Pass not have surprised you to hear that it was the French player who had passed. Nurmi clearly expected a much better hand for a vul- Open Room nerable weak two bid and made a try for game. Three Clubs showed a minimum but it was already too late to sign-off at a safe West North East South level. The defence against 3] doubled took a spade, two spade Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey ruffs, two top trumps and a club for two down and -500. In the Open Room, North did not open and East/West had Pass 1{ Pass 1[ an uncontested auction to 3NT. Geitner led a heart to the bare Pass 1NT Pass 2} ace and Heikkinen led a diamond to his jack then continued with Pass 2{ Pass 2NT the {K. Frey ducked again and Heikkinen played the {Q to her All Pass ace. Geitner threw a low heart then a low club. Frey now switched to the queen of clubs, which was ducked. It seemed After a club lead and continuation, 3NT had no chance in the clear to her that declarer had at most a singleton spade for his Closed Room and actually went two down for -200. In the Open line of play. She next cashed the ace of clubs then put him in Room, Frey only invited game and Geitner declined the invita- dummy with her last diamond. Heikkinen played ace and anoth- tion.The defence began with five rounds of clubs but now there er spade and Frey let this run to Geitner's ten.The third spade was an automatic squeeze against East in diamonds and spades now squeezed declarer down to two clubs and the bare king of for +120 and 8 IMPs to France. hearts. Frey won the spade and exited with a heart and had to East could have avoided the squeeze.After cashing the second make a club at trick 13 for down two; -200 and 12 IMPs to top club and seeing the queen fall, he knows that the defence has France.

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Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. [ A Q 10 9 8 6 [ Q 8 5 3 ] 10 6 ] Q 8 6 3 {8 {6 5 } 9 7 4 2 } K 6 5 [ 7 5 [ 4 3 2 N [ 10 4N [ J 2 ] K Q 7 ] J 8 4 3 2 ] K J 9 7 4 ] A 10 5 W E W E { Q 5 3 2 { A 7 6 { K Q 10 3 { A J 9 4 2 } K Q J 8 S } A 10 } A 4 S } Q J 7 [K J [ A K 9 7 6 ] A 9 5 ]2 { K J 10 9 4 {8 7 } 6 5 3 } 10 9 8 3 2 Closed Room West North East South Closed Room Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi West North East South 1} 2[ Dble Pass Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi 3} All Pass 2{ Pass 4[ Open Room All Pass West North East South Open Room Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey West North East South 1} 3[ Dble 4[ Pass Pass Dble All Pass Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey Pass 1{ 1[ In the Closed Room, Charletoux had an unenviable decision 3] 3[ 4] All Pass to make over Bazin's negative double. It looks odd to repeat a four-card suit, but 3{ would have been no better with the bad The 2{ opening in the Closed Room was weak with both ma- trump break.Three Clubs went two down for -200. jors and gave Pia Nurmi an easy response of 4[. That shut In the Open Room, Geitner made a full-blooded pre-empt of East/West out completely and drifted a couple off for -100. 3[ and now Heikkinen might have had an equally unpleasant de- The North/South interference in the Open Room did not in- cision to make, but perhaps with more at stake at the higher level. convenience their opponents because here they had not laid Fortunately for him,Frey took her partner seriously and saved him claim to the suit in which East/West might play game. The de- the problem by raising to 4[, which could easily have been the fence to 4] was accurate, starting with two rounds of spades winning move opposite a different North hand.This time, howev- then a club switch. Heikkinen took the losing club finesse and er, it allowed Heikkinen to pass and Tamminen to double again. won the club return. Now, was there a good reason to get the Now Heikkinen had an easy pass.The defence cashed two rounds trumps right? If you decide to play for North to hold the queen, of clubs then Heikkinen switched to the king of hearts to estab- it is correct to take a first round finesse rather than to cash the lish the fifth defensive winner; -300 and 11 IMPs to France. king first - this is a simple matter of odds, that if the suit breaks 4-1 the queen is only one singleton while there are four possible small singletons. Heikkinen thought about it but eventually played a heart to the ace and had to go one down; -50 and 4 IMPs to France but a chance missed for Finland.

Board 20. Dealer West.All Vul. [ A Q 9 4 ]4 2 {Q 7 } A Q 9 6 5 [ 8 6 2N [ J 3 ] Q J 10 9 5 ] 8 6 W E { 2 { A K J 10 8 4 3 } J 10 8 4 S } K 7 [ K 10 7 5 ] A K 7 3 { 9 6 5 Pia Nurmi }3 2

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Closed Room Information West North East South Charletoux Ahonen Bazin Nurmi Seeking Pass 1} 1{ Dble Pass 1[ 2{ 3[ All Pass Blackwood

Open Room Lior Zivan of the England team found an imaginative use of West North East South Blackwood, he used it to ask the opponents what their holding was in a critical suit. Heikkinen Geitner Tamminen Frey Pass 1} 3{ Dble Round 17 Pass 3[ Pass 4[ Board 20. Dealer North. E/W Vul. All Pass [ 10 3 Ahonen made 3[ OK in the Closed Room for +140. The ] 5 4 3 stakes were considerably higher in the Open Room, where Frey made a slightly pushy raise to put Geitner into game.Tamminen { A Q 8 4 started with three rounds of diamonds, creating a problem for ] K 9 8 4 his partner, who was squeezed. Heikkinen solved his problem by [ Q J 5 4N [ A K 6 2 ruffing his partner's winner and Geitner overruffed. West's ruff ] A Q 8 ] K 10 7 was very revealing and Geitner must have been pretty confident W E of the distribution around the table. He played three rounds of { J 5 { K 7 6 3 2 hearts, ruffing high. Next Geitner played two rounds of trumps, } Q 7 5 3 S } A ending in hand, and was in a position to make his contract by fi- [ 9 8 7 nessing the nine of clubs, not caring if this lost as East would have ] J 9 6 2 only minor-suit cards left so could not hurt him. Unfortunately, Geitner took his eye off the ball and finessed the club queen on { 10 9 the first round of the suit. Had Tamminen sleepily returned a di- } J 10 6 2 amond, Geitner would have survived as dummy would ruff and the last trump would squeeze West in hearts and clubs. Howev- West North East South er, he was wide awake and returned a club, taking out the entry Rachel Lior to the club menace and defeating the contract.That was -100 and 1NT1 Pass 2NT2 Pass 6 IMPs to Finland when it could and should have been 10 IMPs 3{3 Pass 3[ Pass the other way. 4 Despite this slip, France won the match but only by 77-70 4[ Pass 4NT Pass IMPs, 16-14 VPs.With most of the other leading teams doing well, 5{5 Pass6 5]7 Pass that really didn't look like enough if France were to get into the 6[8 Pass Pass Pass top four. 1 12-14 2 Transfer to diamonds 3 Denies diamond support 4 Roman Key Card Blackwood 5 1 or 4 key cards 6 After questions about the diamond holdings 7 Asking about [Q 8 Shows [Q and no kings

In response to his partner's 1NT opening, bid 2NT transfer to diamonds, got a 3{ response denying good diamond support, then bid 3[ his second suit. When his partner raised to 4[ he started thinking about slam.What did he need to know? Well, in all likelihood partner would have one ace, most likely the ace of hearts, and what he really wanted to know was which of his op- ponents had the diamonds, in particular the diamond ace. So rather than cuebid he decided to use Roman Key Card Black- wood, expecting a 5{ response from partner. Sure enough, his partner responded 5{ and North, his screen-mate, started asking a lot of questions about the diamond holding. Being fairly sure now that the ace of diamonds was with North, he asked partner to bid the slam if she held the queen of spades and partner duly obliged. On paper this is a poor slam but, once you know the ace of diamonds is with North, it becomes a very good slam.Well bid Nathalie Frey Lior.

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JUNIOR TEAMS SESSION 18

AUSTRIA vs HUNGARY

Austria Waltz past Hungary

by Henrik Røn

In Wednesday's bulletin it appeared as though the Austrian Ju- Open Room nior Team produces unusual deals on a regular basis and I decid- ed to check this out myself. West North East South In the Closed Room Iris Grümm and Susanne Kriftner were Sziksai Grümm Kotanyi Kriftner playing N/S for Austria against B Kotanyi and J. Sziksai from Hun- gary.In the Open Room Andreas Gloyer and Martin Schifko were Pass Pass E/W against G. Hegedüs and T. Balasy. 1] Dble 2] 2[ Pass 3] Dble Pass Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. Pass 4[ All Pass

[ A K Q 9 After Grümm elected to double with her off shape hand the Austrians were never in danger of missing game as happened at ] J 8 2 a few tables. Declarer emerged with ten tricks giving Austria { A K 10 5 4 +620.At the other table E/W were penalised in two hearts, going }6 one down, after West opened a weak no trump, which was pe- nalised and followed by a run out to two hearts, which North [ 8 7N [ 6 3 2 also axed.This meant 11 IMPs for Austria. ] A K Q 9 3 ] 10 5 4 W E { J 9 7 { 8 6 3 A few boards later the Hungarians struck back. } 10 3 2 S } A Q 7 5 [ J 10 5 4 Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. ]7 6 [ Q 10 3 2 {Q 2 ] A K 10 } K J 9 8 4 {6 } K 10 8 5 3 [ J 8 5N [ 7 6 ] Q 9 5 2 ] 8 6 4 3 W E { K 9 3 { J 8 7 4 2 } Q J 7 S } 9 4 [ A K 9 4 ]J 7 { A Q 10 5 } A 6 2

Open Room West North East South Schifko Hegedüs Gloyer Balasy 1} Pass 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 2NT Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 5] Pass 6} Pass 6] Joszef Szikszai Pass 7[ All Pass

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The Hungarians reached the poor Grand Slam, which made Board 7. Dealer South.All Vul. thanks to the 3-2 trump split, the 3-2 club split, and the location of the queen of hearts.This converted into +2210 for Hungary. [ A K 6 Closed Room ] Q 8 7 6 5 4 West North East South { 10 3 }8 2 Sziksai Grümm Kotanyi Kriftner 1[ Pass 2NT [ J 9 7 5 3 2N [ Q ] J 9 ] A K 3 Pass 3} Pass 3{ W E Pass 3[ Pass 4} { K 7 6 5 { A Q J 4 2 Pass 4{ Pass 5{ } 3 S } A J 6 5 Pass 5] Pass 6[ [ 10 8 4 All Pass ] 10 2 {9 8 As the Austrians in the Closed Room play a canapé style } K Q 10 9 7 4 strong club they immediately located their spade fit and stopped in Six Spades.The opening lead was the eight of hearts, and de- clarer erred slightly in the plan as she drew trumps, discarded a Closed room club on the hearts and established clubs by ruffing one in dummy. West North East South After a heart lead the best plan is to draw trumps and play ace and king of clubs and, if they are 3-2, discard the last club on the Sziksai Grümm Kotanyi Kriftner hearts and establish clubs by ruffing. If clubs are 4-1 declarer can Pass still make by giving up a club trick and retaining the hearts for Pass 1] 1NT 2} entry to ruff a fourth round of clubs. 2[ Pass 3NT All Pass

All this meant 13 IMPs for Hungary. Kriftner led the king of clubs and was left on lead as the Hun- On the next board Kotanyi in the Closed Room revealed his garian declarer hoped for some cooperation in establishing his penchant for bidding no trumps with off-shape hands. ninth trick. He got his wish when South did not find the spade or diamond return, but shifted to a heart instead. The Hungarians Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. however lost on the board as Schifko/Gloyer in the Open Room made Four Spades on careful play.

[ J 10 5 On board 15 the Hungarians had a bidding misunderstanding ] 6 4 2 after an Austrian preempt: {A } Q J 10 7 5 4 Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ A 7 6 4 3N [ Q 2 ] 9 ] A K J 10 5 3 [ A 8 6 4 W E { Q 8 7 6 5 2 { J 10 4 ]7 } A S } K 9 { 8 7 5 2 [ K 9 8 } 10 4 3 2 ] Q 8 7 [5N [3 ] A J 9 8 6 4 ] K Q 5 { K 9 3 W E } 8 6 3 2 { A K 9 6 4 { Q 3 } Q S } A K J 9 8 7 6 Open Room [ K Q J 10 9 7 2 West North East South ] 10 3 2 Sziksai Grümm Kotanyi Kriftner {J 10 1] Pass }5 1[ Pass! 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 3] Pass West North East South 3NT All Pass Sziksai Grümm Kotanyi Kriftner As opposed to what happened at most tables in the Champi- 3[ onship, Grümm did not overcall Three Clubs, so now Kriftner 4] 4[ 4NT Pass had to find the killing club lead, which she did, and the contract 5{ Pass 5] All pass went one off. Grümm and Kriftner had hopes for a pick-up, but instead lost 3 IMPs as the contract in the Open Room was Four At a different vulnerability North might have considered a Spades, two off. higher number of spades, but four was quite enough this time as

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Kees for the Defence

This example of Kees for the defense is as well a tribute to declarer who succeeeded in completely giving West a wrong idea of the defence of the hand. Round 19. Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ 8 7 6 4 ] A K 7 2 {Q } 10 9 8 7 [ A 10 5N [ K J 9 2 ] Q 9 6 3 ] 5 4 W E { 10 7 6 4 { J 8 5 } K 2 S } J 5 4 3 [Q 3 ] J 10 8 Susanne Kriftner { A K 9 3 2 the Hungarians had an accident as they did not agree on the } A Q 6 meaning of 4NT. West North East South On Board 16 (see page 15 in this bulletin) both declarers Lagas Schollaardt made no mistake, winning the club lead with the ace for a flat Pass 1NT board. Pass 2{ Pass 2[ Pass 3NT All Pass On Board 18 Kotanyi again tried an off-shape no-trump and almost got lucky. 2{ was a sort of transfer to hearts and 2[ showed three-card hearts and a maximum. 3NT showed two four-card suits in Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. hearts and spades and there it rested. Like at the other table in this match, and everywhere else. [ K J 10 5 3 With the known four-card heart suit in North, what else ]4 should West lead than a small diamond for the bare queen in dummy, East encouraging with {5. Declarer, Maarten Schollaardt, {7 2 played after some thought a small spade for the queen and ace! } A J 10 9 2 West continued diamonds for the jack and ace. The heart jack [ 7N [ A Q 9 8 6 4 was covered by the queen and taken by dummy's king. A small ] A K J 9 5 3 ] 10 8 club from dummy went to the queen and West's king. W E The moment of truth had arrived.West, who was complete- { K 9 4 { A J ly unaware of the devious coup by declarer, again played a dia- } Q 8 4 S } 7 6 3 mond and declarer had his desired nine tricks. [2 ] Q 7 6 2 { Q 10 8 6 5 3 }K 5

West North East South Sziksai Grümm Kotanyi Kriftner 1NT! Pass 4 ] All pass

Grümm only passed after thinking about it for a couple of minutes, so the Hungarians had to settle for a flat board.

The match ended 74-20in Austria's favour, which converted into 25-4 VPs. All eyes on Turkey

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SPANISH Team Quiz TEAM PROFILE Solution Everybody thought that the Spanish team was the perfect candidate for the wooden spoon, but just for a while, since the match It seems that none of the participating teams was able to find all the against Estonia on VuGraph, we were trying answers, so here they are: to convince you that we are not. It is some- thing to do with the Latin way:We love being 1. In rubber bridge, what is the best possible score that watched. (Now we are waiting for another VuGraph appearance can be obtained on a single deal? to win at least one match more) 7750. Most people say it's 7600 (down 13 redoubled vulner- able), but they forget +150 for the honours. This terrific team is composed of: 2.Which of the following hand patterns is the more com- mon? (A) 6-4-2-1 or (B) 4-4-4-1? Gonzalo Goded: (A) 6-4-3-1. The probability is 5.64% while for the 4-4-4-1 20 years old and a student of Computer Engineering. He is pattern it's only 2.99% working hard in the very World language that he had named 3.Who invented the "Stayman" convention? "Bresafasssafer". (Imposible to understand). He is also the most According to the "Bridge Encyclopedia", it's George Rapee, experienced player, he has been in the Spanish Junior Team since Sam's partner, but our editors seem to have a different opinion... 1996 (Cardiff), when he was only 16!. While we agree that Rapee was the American inventor, we believe that the convention was also invented independently in England.The Loreto Romero deTejada: most likely English inventor was Ewart Kempson. Precisely which side She is 23 years old and is studying Mines Engineering. She of the Atlantic first came up with the idea is unclear (Eds). partners Gonzalo and she is tired to hear him practising his lan- 4. At duplicate bridge there are several ways to score guage. If you notice that she has "PD" written in her hand, it +550.You may bid and make three notrump or five of a means "Think! Slowly!". minor (doubled, non-vulnerable). How else can you ob- tain +550? Claudia Anglada: Eleven down, non-vulnerable. Let's try to remember to dou- Degree in Humanities and Journalism, and she is only 23!! She ble next time! arrived in Antalya with a fabulous tan but she is red since she 5.Which is the larger? (A) The number of possible bridge read in the bulletin that the Italian, Biondo declared his love for auctions or (B) The number of possible bridge deals? her. (A) The number of possible bridge auctions, which is a 48- digit number.The number of possible bridge deals is only (?) a 29- Tania de Villalonga: digit number. She is studying Business and Law, but in the evenings she 6. Which country first won the Women's World Team works as a Tanqueray's tester. If you don't know her yet, she is Olympiad? the one who counts her tricks with her hands as if she were It was the United Arab Republics. dancing. 7. During the last Junior Teams Championship, at one table the players bid and made seven no-trump vulnera- Jorge Antonio Perez: ble.When they compared scores, there was a tie on the He has just gained his degree in Mathematics, he is trying to deal, although their opponents at the other table did not find a job as a teacher,and he will do it fine as he is used to stand- bid any slam.What happened at the other table? ing his partner Santi. They bid only one of a minor, which was doubled and redou- bled, making six.That's only 2230 and, compared to the 2220 for Santiago Masia: 7NT, it gives us a tie! 22 years old. He is studying Psychology and he needs it to un- 8.What does NAMYATS stands for? derstand his partner's bridge. He is the gentleman of the team. This well known convention also got its name from Samuel Stayman. It's just his name spelled backwards. The convention Nuria Almirall: uses the opening bids of four of a minor to show good openings Her identification card named her the non-playing captain, in the linked major (diamonds and spades; clubs and hearts). but... She only speaks in Spanish, and people understand her!, 9.Which of the following movements was invented first? We wish that that it could be the same with Gonzalo. (A) Howell or (B) Mitchell? According to the orange book of "Movements" of Hans Olaf Ana Gari (Coach): Hallen, Howell invented his strange looking movement first, for She is the always-smiling student of Business who wastes her whist games. time scoring for us. She is happy as "unas castañuelas". 10. Unscramble the phrase "mangler of cards" and pro- Marta Almirall: duce a bridge phrase. She came thinking that she was on holiday, but the day she That was easy: Grand Slam Force arrived was the beginning of some days of hard work. Nuria From the many participants, the team who got closest to the answers thinks Marta is doing well. Both of them are partners, and used was the Dutch team, with a total score of seven correct answers.Well to being in the top ten of the European Ladies Butler. done!

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Act in Haste Disaster Corner

The ability to tell a story against oneself, or see one's sillier actions appear in print, does not come easily, so we have nothing by Patrick Jourdain (Wales) but admiration for Lauri Naber of Estonia, who reported this hand to the Daily Bulletin. Here is the story in his words. We have seen some high standard play during these champi- onships, but six declarers have nothing to be proud of on this Round 17. deal from Round 18 of the Juniors. Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ A J 5 3 [ 9 7 3 2 [ K N ] A K 6 5 2 ] A 10 9 ] K Q J 6 4 3 W E {Q 8 { K Q 6 { J 2 }Q 7 } K 8 3 S } A 7 5 2 [ K 10 9N [ 8 6 Almost every table reached Four Hearts by East and South ] 10 9 ] J 4 W E led the queen of clubs. How do you play? { A 10 9 5 2 { 6 4 3 They put on the king of clubs and started thinking.Too late! S There was no recovery. Count your tricks: six hearts, two clubs } K J 2 } A 9 8 6 5 3 and two diamonds. But to make the diamonds you need an entry [ Q 7 4 2 in dummy AFTER you have drawn trumps, and that means you ] Q 8 7 3 must preserve the club king. Here is the full layout: { K J 7 Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. } 10 4 [ A Q J West North East South ]5 Ellestad Naber Charlsen Luks { A 5 4 3 3} Pass } J 10 9 6 4 3NT All Pass I think that West's 3NT was meant as a psyche against a pos- [ 9 7 3 2N [ K ] A 10 9 ] K Q J 6 4 3 sible vulnerable game by his opponents, but although four of ei- W E ther major will fail, he achieved a good result in a different way. { K Q 6 { J 2 North started with the king and ace of hearts getting from } K 8 3 S } A 7 5 2 partner the eight followed by the three, promising an even num- [ 10 8 6 5 4 ber of cards. Nobody can imagine what happened in his mind but having noticed declarer's nine of hearts to the first trick he had ] 8 7 2 a vision that the other heart from West was a small one and he { 10 9 8 7 thought that the nine was a deceptive play from ]Q109x, trying }Q to persuade North to continue with hearts. As it happens, by playing the ]3 instead of the ]7, South had blocked the suit and If declarer wins the first club in the East hand, draws trumps, if West had been in possession of the [A it would no longer have and plays the jack of diamonds, he has ten certain tricks.Those been possible to collect five tricks. South's subsequent explana- who fell into the trap of winning the first trick in dummy could tion for blocking the suit was that if North had only four hearts not recover. If they drew trumps, North would hold up the ace the ]7 might be useful later of diamonds to the second round, and then lock declarer back in So, for some reason, North thought that it would be good to his own hand. And if declarer tried setting up his diamonds be- cash the ace of spades, and that drew a discouraging two from fore drawing the third trump South could obtain a club ruff that South.That convinced North that there was no hope of getting reduced declarer to nine tricks. three tricks from spades. If South had dropped the queen of spades under the ace, then North would have switched back to hearts, but in this case he did not, and tried his luck with the Lost Bridge Bag queen of diamonds. Declarer took it with the ace and played off his winning clubs. South imagined that his [Q had Catherine Gerrard, the captain of the Scottish junior more value than his diamonds and team, mislaid her blue bridge bag on Thursday evening. It believing that the {J was with was lost either in the Convention Centre or possibly in North (just look again at the dia- the hotel bar area.The bag included a camera belonging to gram), discarded all his diamonds, a member of the team and can also be recognised because thus enabling declarer to collect an the tournament program which was also inside was clear- overtrick. Never in your wildest ly marked as belonging to the Scottish team. dreams would you imagine such If anyone has found the bag and its contents, could things could happen. they please return it to Catherine Gerrard or hand it in If this is not the worst defence to the Bulletin Office.Thank you. of the tournament, then you should show one that can compete with it. Lauri Naber

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OUTINGS

There was plenty to report when the players and officials took advantage of the free morning and afternoon on Thursday to engage in a wide range of activities.

Historic Turkey

The main body started with a trip to the magnificent open- air theatre at Aspendos, where for close on 2,000 years, the world's greatest performers, from gladiators to Pavarotti, have graced the stage in front of up to 15,000 people. The intrepid The Boat Trip ones made their way right to the top of the auditorium, and were Patrick Jourdain reports able to marvel at the incredible acoustics. After a splendid lunch, it was off to Perge, the best excavat- Prompt action by the crew saved the fingers of the captain's ed, most complete and easily accessible of the ancient cities along daughter when a sail tearing in strong wind caused her hand con- the south coast of Turkey.It also boasts a 14,000 seat theatre, and siderable damage.They put her hand in ice, and called an emer- also a stadium that holds 12,000, both built in the second centu- gency speedboat to convey the victim to hospital. ry AD. The drama came towards the end of a relaxing boat trip Just like the streets of modern Antalya, Perge's colonnaded along the coast west of Kemer, which had been enjoyed by a agora would once have been alive with shops and market stalls. dozen of the staff on the spare day.Thanks are due to the EBL Talking of which, there was the opportunity to visit some typical and our hosts for this break from duties. Our best wishes go to Turkish shops, although our reporter is not sure how many bar- the victim for a speedy recovery from her accident. gains were struck!

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IrishTeam Profile For those of who you who have not been hiding under rocks, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the Irish team. I must start with Thomas MacCormac, otherwise known (I have been told) as The Big King. This is his first and, unfortu- nately, last European Junior Championships, but I am sure he will never be forgotten, especially after his belly-dancing exhibition on Thursday evening in the dining room. Partnering Thomas is Ben Mackenzie who, it can be argued, is maturing under Thomas's tutelage.Though I feel that he needs to gain a few more years experience and a few more pounds to fill Thomas's seat. Moving on to our next partnership, the bilingual pairing of our team. Andrew Barton has been known to spend some time in the company of Austrians in the last few years, whereas David Nolan, through an accident of birth, speaks fluent Span- ish.While this has, of course, helped with international relation- ships, it could be argued that the partnership would be served better if they spoke the same language. Our final partnership is that of Sunil Bavalia and Jaime Martin. Both players could have taken part in the schools com- petition but, unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, we were only sending a Junior team. Sunil played in Europe two years ago but since then has been struggling to decide his nationality, being from Northern Ireland. White Water Rafting He seems quite content with his current status though and ac- cording to his room-mates is bareing up quite nicely. This is Jaime's first European outing and he has had to gain the respect The vivacious Captain of the Austrian Junior team, Jovi Smed- of his team-mates, which he has most certainly achieved in the erevac, has encouraged her players to make sure they collect the last week, if not for his bridge then for his extra-curricular activ- award for the team making the most trips during their stay in ities as team Casanova. Turkey. So, a visit to Aspendos to see a production of Verdi's first The team coach is Richard King,who has been trying to make Opera, Nabucco, a boat trip, and an obligatory investigation of up for not having played in Junior events himself by drinking for the Antalya's biggest and best disco, '29', put them way ahead of any team, and will be best remembered for his attempted return jour- competitors. ney from the bar to the lift via the glass display case in the lobby. Well, behind every great woman there is a President, in this Finally, there is the team captain, myself, Hilary Dowling- case Günter Plachetzky of the Rudolsplatz Bridge Club in Vienna, Long, who has thus far managed to keep a foothold in Junior who gallantly took on the role of organising these trips. He was bridge. However, I must confess that at this stage of the tourna- also a prime mover in the decision to try a white-knuckle expe- ment I must question my decision not to accept the proposition rience.As you can see from the photographs, it was a great suc- put to me by my team that if I were to sleep with all of them we cess. would win the tournament. My argument is still that I am sure, in this heat, they would sleep better on their own.While we haven't shone thus far in the event, I'm proud to say that I now have a team of bridge players and watch out because we will be back.

Nice hand

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England Junior SCHOOL TEAMS Team Profile BUTLER AFTER SESSION 8 The team described in Bulletin 2 as "lowly England" has made a little progress since then. Since our IMP quotient has risen PLAYER AVG IMPS BOARDS above one, we now wish to be known as "Middle England", or in view of the fact that we are the only team not to have acquired 1 Kotorowicz J POL 1.63 100 sun-tans, as the "Average White Band".The players are: 2 Kotorowicz K POL 1.63 100 Graham Hazel, who is studying for a PhD in topology.This 3 Bessis O FRA 1.48 120 is not the science of how to do well in Pairs events, but the 4 Tessieres G FRA 1.48 120 5 Lindqvist E NOR 1.11 160 branch of mathematics that deals with those properties of ob- 6 Burgess O ENG 0.89 140 jects that remain invariant however much the objects are dis- 7 Woodcock A ENG 0.89 140 torted. As part of his research, Graham has been bending the 8 Ringseth J NOR 0.79 140 Acol bidding system beyond recognition. He told us the other 9 Eide P NOR 0.76 80 day that during one of his examinations, he constructed a won- 10 Molenaar D NLD 0.71 100 derful proof based on the premise that 4=5. A corollary of 11 Verbeek T NLD 0.71 100 Hazel's Lemma is that a five-card suit is the same as a six-card 12 Magnusson S SWE 0.70 100 suit, and this important result has had a dramatic effect on bid- 13 Olofsson T SWE 0.70 100 ding theory,since it explains a number of the pre-empts that have 14 Eide E NOR 0.69 160 been seen in these championships. His partner is: 15 Bessis T FRA 0.65 120 Jonathan Green, who works for a financial institution and is 16 Gaviard J FRA 0.65 120 therefore quite happy with the notion that 4=5, or indeed that 17 Marjai P HUN 0.57 160 4=3, depending on whether you are buying or selling. He is the 18 Buras K POL 0.54 140 19 Kapala S POL 0.54 140 keeper of the team mascot, a gorilla known as Cappelletti, but has 20 Araszkiewicz POL 0.52 80 taken to leaving this animal in his room because he is fed up with 21 Madry P POL 0.52 80 people saying "Ah - here comes the team gorilla, and Cappelletti." 22 Minarik G HUN 0.41 160 His major contribution to theory is a new leading method in 23 Szabo C HUN 0.37 120 which the eight against no trumps shows AKQ98 precisely.There 24 Berg M SWE 0.35 140 is little danger that partner will misread the position, since you 25 Karlsson J SWE 0.35 140 can always discard the ace, king and queen later in the play. 26 Marjai G HUN 0.34 160 Keith Bennett works for IBM and has made several appear- 27 Delmas T FRA 0.24 80 ances on Vugraph during these championships. England has only 28 Grenthe J FRA 0.24 80 played on Vugraph once, as befits our lowly status, but Keith made 29 Stoszek M GER 0.15 140 several appearances (and disappearances) because he is in the 30 Eglseer W AUT 0.12 140 habit of drinking six bottles of water at dinner. He is an avid fol- 31 Aal S NOR 0.12 100 lower of the BOLS bridge tips, having bid several slams with two 32 Sbarigia M ITA -0.02 160 top losers on the principle that the five level belongs to the oppo- 33 Anzengruber AUT -0.05 80 34 Barendregt E NLD -0.08 140 nents. Keith plays with: 35 Ritmeijer R NLD -0.08 140 Richard Hillman, a demon defender who does not allow 36 Gruber C AUT -0.11 100 anything to get past him and is always alert to the wiles of his op- 37 Piasini S ITA -0.14 140 ponents. He invariably finds the killing return, and has never been 38 Tal D ISR -0.16 100 known to miss a trick. If only he could play bridge like he plays 39 Tal N ISR -0.16 100 table tennis Richard works for London Underground, an or- 40 Katerbau J GER -0.19 80 ganisation that if it played bridge would long ago have been bank- 41 Katerbau T GER -0.19 80 rupted by the fines for slowness and late arrival. 42 Gogoman Ad AUT -0.25 160 Lior Zivan, who can speak fluent Hebrew and has been 43 Gogoman An AUT -0.25 160 doing this at every opportunity in the hope that he will be mis- 44 H.Pritchard ENG -0.27 120 taken for a member of the Israeli team. My predictions for this 45 Hydes A ENG -0.27 120 event have so far been less than infallible, but I will make this one 46 Ginossar E ISR -0.34 100 with confidence: his name will not feature in the Bulletin's ana- 47 Reshef O ISR -0.34 100 48 Ewald J GER -0.35 120 gram competition. Lior is shortly going to China to teach English, 49 Minarik A HUN -0.39 40 the alternative of going to England to teach Chinese having 50 Hedh S SWE -0.45 80 proved impractical. Lior sits opposite: 51 Thalen B SWE -0.45 80 Rachel Wade, who has just finished her University degree. 52 Lo Presti F ITA -0.46 160 Her unfailing cheerfulness in the face of adversity and calmness 53 Nijholt A NLD -0.50 80 under pressure would be a shining example to all of us if we 54 Salm C NLD -0.50 80 could understand how she manages it. 55 Hoffman R ISR -0.55 120 The team coach is Andrew McIntosh, whose play of K8xx 56 Lellouche D ISR -0.55 120 facing Q10x for no tricks and three losers has already featured 57 Happer D ENG -1.02 60 in the Bulletin and has proved an inspiration to us all. Tosh has 58 Stockdale S ENG -1.02 60 spent the week apologising for everything, even though none of 59 Borla C ITA -1.02 40 it has been his fault - but he is practising for next season, when 60 Mortarotti A ITA -1.03 120 he will be playing with Tony Forrester. 61 Buss A LAT -1.25 160 The captain is David Burn, who after 20 years in the 62 Ilzins A LAT -1.25 160 63 Maggi G ITA -1.29 20 telecommunications industry has finally embarked on the career 64 Smirnov A GER -1.47 120 for which he is best qualified, that of doing nothing. He wishes it 65 Neimanis J LAT -1.81 160 to be known that he has captained and coached British teams for 66 Rubenis K LAT -1.81 160 the past thirteen years, but he has never seen anything to rival 67 Morton S GER -2.41 100 these Championships for the excellence of the setting and the competence of the organisation. Subject to confirmation

18 6-16 July 2000 17th EUROPEAN YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

JUNIOR TEAMS BUTLER AFTER SESSION 20

PLAYER AVG IMPS BOARDS 74 Lutostanski POL 0.04 319 75 Henriksen B DEN 0.03 140 1 Hakkebo S NOR 1.02 240 76 Tomsen T DEN 0.03 140 2 Jorstad R NOR 1.02 240 77 Krupp S GER 0.03 340 3 Roll Y ISR 0.96 260 78 Moeller M GER 0.03 340 4 Schneider R ISR 0.96 260 79 Einarsson B ICE 0.02 240 5 Amit A ISR 0.95 280 80 Gunnarsson G ICE 0.02 240 6 Vax Y ISR 0.95 280 81 Labruyere P FRA 0.00 220 7 Harr G NOR 0.92 280 82 Grenthe G FRA 0.00 220 8 Kvangraven N NOR 0.92 280 83 Guariglia R ITA -0.04 239 9 Gloyer A AUT 0.81 380 84 Sasek T CRO -0.06 300 10 Schifko M AUT 0.81 380 85 Medusei A ITA -0.06 100 11 Kelina M RUS 0.78 320 86 Roos D BEL -0.08 300 12 Krasnosselsk RUS 0.78 320 87 Roos S BEL -0.08 300 13 Balschun R GER 0.68 340 88 Pilipovic M CRO -0.09 320 14 Schueller M GER 0.68 340 89 Mraz M HUN -0.09 60 15 Hegedus G HUN 0.67 360 90 Rosta E HUN -0.12 60 16 Di Bello F ITA 0.67 339 91 Airaksinen J FIN -0.14 240 17 Di Bello S ITA 0.67 339 92 Jafs F FIN -0.14 240 18 Lagas M NLD 0.63 280 93 Biondo B ITA -0.15 318 19 Schollaardt NLD 0.63 280 94 Grahek V CRO -0.18 300 20 Baranowski J POL 0.63 280 95 Malinovski N RUS -0.20 240 21 Rozkrut M POL 0.63 280 96 Solntsev E RUS -0.20 240 22 Balasy Z HUN 0.58 400 97 Roos T BEL -0.23 160 23 Brink S NLD 0.56 340 98 Toutenel E BEL -0.23 160 24 Drijver B NLD 0.56 340 99 Stefansson F ICE -0.25 240 25 Bazin G FRA 0.55 260 100 Thorsson P ICE -0.25 240 26 Charletoux T FRA 0.55 260 101 Mazzadi F ITA -0.25 179 27 Marquardsen DEN 0.52 280 102 Andreev V RUS -0.27 200 28 Schaltz M DEN 0.52 280 103 Semisochenko RUS -0.27 200 29 Askgaard M DEN 0.51 340 104 Erdemil P TUR -0.36 140 30 Bjarnarson G DEN 0.51 340 105 Erdogan I TUR -0.36 140 31 Frey N FRA 0.50 280 106 Sousa J POR -0.40 240 32 Geitner J FRA 0.50 280 107 Teixeira N POR -0.40 240 33 Uz T TUR 0.47 319 108 Cleaton M WAL -0.41 340 34 Noberius H SWE 0.47 240 109 Roderick M WAL -0.41 340 35 Thornqvist T SWE 0.47 240 110 Grumm I AUT -0.47 140 36 Alper T TUR 0.47 319 111 Kriftner S AUT -0.47 140 37 Wade R ENG 0.43 240 112 Bergson H SCO -0.53 300 38 Zivan L ENG 0.43 240 113 McCrossan D SCO -0.53 300 39 Charlsen T NOR 0.43 240 114 Cockburn D SCO -0.57 200 40 Ellestad O NOR 0.43 240 115 Tihane A EST -0.61 380 41 Braga Rf POR 0.43 260 116 Targla T EST -0.61 380 42 Braga Rc POR 0.43 260 117 Goded G SPA -0.62 280 43 Cornelis T BEL 0.41 300 118 De Tejada L SPA -0.62 280 44 Donder S BEL 0.41 300 119 Kotanyi B HUN -0.67 380 45 Brink N NLD 0.40 180 120 Masia S SPA -0.68 220 46 Groosman B NLD 0.40 180 121 Perez J SPA -0.68 220 47 Halldorsson ICE 0.30 320 122 Jerolitsch M AUT -0.69 240 48 Haraldsson S ICE 0.30 320 123 Veverka A AUT -0.69 240 49 Liran I ISR 0.28 220 124 Szikszai J HUN -0.72 340 50 Varshavski A ISR 0.28 220 125 Bokholt N GER -0.74 80 51 Sunamak G TUR 0.27 298 126 Kornek A GER -0.74 80 52 Tatlicioglu TUR 0.27 298 127 Heche G SWI -0.75 360 53 Green J ENG 0.20 260 128 Dunn J WAL -0.81 299 54 Hazel G ENG 0.20 260 129 Myles A SCO -0.82 220 55 Ahonen H FIN 0.16 200 130 Jones D WAL -0.87 319 56 Nurmi P FIN 0.16 200 131 Evans C WAL -0.97 100 57 Canelas T POR 0.15 259 132 Mac Cormac T IRE -1.00 300 58 Sarmento P POR 0.15 259 133 Mac Kenzie B IRE -1.00 300 59 Heikkinen T FIN 0.14 320 134 La Spada O SWI -1.01 340 60 Tamminen J FIN 0.14 320 135 Weisweiler J SWI -1.04 360 61 Eliazohn N SWE 0.14 240 136 Davies D WAL -1.10 120 62 Melander M SWE 0.14 240 137 Barton A IRE -1.10 239 63 Nystrom F SWE 0.13 320 138 Carr R SCO -1.10 240 64 Stromberg P SWE 0.13 320 139 Justitz N SWI -1.12 300 65 Brguljan K CRO 0.11 300 140 Anglada C SPA -1.13 260 66 Zoric V CRO 0.10 300 141 Villalonga T SPA -1.13 260 67 Bennett K ENG 0.10 260 142 Nolan D IRE -1.15 259 68 Hillman R ENG 0.10 260 143 Marshall D SCO -1.27 260 69 Luks L EST 0.07 380 144 Gencer B SWI -1.42 160 70 Naber L EST 0.07 380 145 Martin J IRE -1.58 200 71 Grunt A POL 0.07 200 146 Bavalia S IRE -1.59 220 72 Sarniak A POL 0.07 200 73 Kucharski P POL 0.04 319 Subject to confirmation

19 17th EUROPEAN YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Antalya,Turkey

SCHOOL

TEAMS POLAND HUNGARY GERMANY SWEDEN ISRAEL NORWAY AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS FRANCE ENGLAND LATVIA ITALY PENALTY TOTAL RANK 1 POLAND n 19 25 14 16 17 15 23 23 152 3 2 HUNGARY 11 n 25 16 21 17 9 9 25 133 4 3 GERMANY 0 n 14 12 0 13 13 25 8 85 11 4 SWEDEN 16 16 n 18 22 23 4 4 25 128 5 5 ISRAEL 14 4 18 12 n 11 14 17 14 -0.5 103.5 9 6 NORWAY 14 25 19 n 22 10 20 21 22 153 2 7 AUSTRIA 13 9 8 16 8 n 16 22 17 -0.5 108.5 8 8 NETHERLANDS 15 13 7 14 n 10 19 25 14 117 7 9 FRANCE 21 17 25 20 8 20 n 25 25 -0.5 160.5 1 10 ENGLAND 7 21 17 25 10 11 n 17 17 125 6 11 LATVIA 1 2 1 13 9 0 2 13 n -0.5 40.5 12 12 ITALY 7 22 16 8 13 16 3 13 n 98 10

JUNIOR

TEAMS ESTONIA SCOTLAND FRANCE GERMANY ISRAEL PORTUGAL SWEDEN ENGLAND TURKEY HUNGARY IRELAND RUSSIA SPAIN DENMARK POLAND BELGIUM ITALY CROATIA ICELAND FINLAND NORWAY SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA WALES NETHERLANDS bye PENALTY TOTAL RANK 1 ESTONIA n 147 111 3 10 25 15127 11 16211618131525 1618 27420 2 SCOTLAND 16 n 9 13 3 1 16 11 10 24 6 13 18 4 2 17 0 5 8 3 18 197 22 3 FRANCE 23 21 n 11 10 11 15 15 15 25 12 13 20 23 23 19 15 16 25 10 18 -3 337 5 4 GERMANY 19 17 n 2 14 20 13 11 25 4 25 22 21 15 23 9 16 13 21 17 18 325 11 5 ISRAEL 25 25 19 25 n 14 12 25 20 25 21 23 13 17 25 17 18 20 16 14 18 -1.5 390.5 1 6 PORTUGAL 25 25 16 16 n 21 13 14 15 25 4 19 13 2 1 6 25 9 21 7 18 295 18 7 SWEDEN 20 20 10 18 9 n 16 12 14 17 21 13 20 19 17 23 16 25 6 22 13 -0.5 330,5 7 8 ENGLAND 14 19 17 5 14 n 14 24 19 19 10 8 22 22 13 17 17 11 25 14 18 322 12 9 TURKEY 5 19 15 19 17 18 16 n 21220 1718161418242425 7 18 3336 10 HUNGARY 20 15 10 16 6 n 2517257 13196 14111812154 1121 28519 11 IRELAND 15 6 0 5 16 11 0 n 10108140510 016816518 17325 12 RUSSIA 18 24 15 25 9 15 13 9 13 20 n 20 20 8 19 16 22 8 12 25 18 -2 327 10 13SPAIN 23 4470 11852010n 7 11 15 6 9 0 22 14 2 18 196 23 14 DENMARK 19 17 18 8 20 25 23 22 10 23 n 16 8 151316 2419201318 3474 15 POLAND 12 17 9 25 9 22 13 17 16 22 19 14 n 25 5 8 15 25 12 19 25 329 9 16 BELGIUM 14 25 15 17 11 17 8 12 11 25 11 5 n 18 12 15 7 23 14 19 18 297 16 17 ITALY 9 25 10 7 13 17 10 8 14 24 25 22 25 n 17 21 7 20 25 13 18 330 8 18 CROATIA 14 7 2 11 17 16 16 20 15 15 22 12 13 n 14 13 23 11 25 21 18 305 14 19 ICELAND 12 13 7 21 13 25 13 12 19 14 24 17 15 18 9 16 n 6 25 10 8 297 17 20 FINLAND 17 25 11 14 25 7 13 6 12 8 21 14 3 15 23 n 7 25 22 13 18 299 15 21 NORWAY 15 25 15 24 14 6 18 25 22 25 18 23 17 24 23 n 22 16 25 13 18 388 2 22 SWITZERLAND 5 123 21301514 8 611 1073 5 8 n 15 25 0 18 -3 177 24 23 AUSTRIA 14 17 10 21 24 19 25 22 18 16 11 7 5 19 20 14 15 n 15 5 18 315 13 24 WALES 22 0 9 14 9 8 2 19 14 3 25 10 5 16 5 8 3 5 15 n 18 210 21 25 NETHERLANDS 14 25 20 13 16 23 17 16 23 9 25 17 11 17 9 22 17 17 25 25 n 361 3

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