Daily Bulletin

Editor: / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: , John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,b, Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, , Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francescacesc Canali Photographer : Arianna Testa

MONDAY, JUNE 19 2017 SEE YOU IN 10 YEARS!

ISSUE No 10 CLICK TO NAVIGATE Pictures from the Gala Dinner p. 2 Calling all IBPA Members p. 3 A view of the Bridge p. 3 Championship Diary p. 4 Match of the Day p. 5 Ventin vs Badger C p. 9 Vinci vs Shokolata p. 11 The Big Bang Theory p. 14 Crash! Boom! Bang! p. 16 The first inductees to the EBL Hall of Fame, Benito Garozzo, Geir Helgemo, John 8½ p. 19 Holland, Apolinary Kowalski, & (Paul Chemla & Bep How to Defend? p. 20 Vriend will receive their mementoes in separate ceremonies). Another Heavily Laden Banquet p. 21 When he accepted his Memento, the legendary Benito Garozzo made a point of Microscopy p. 24 saying that we would all meet again in ten years time for the 80th anniversary of It was twenty years ago today p. 25 the . La Pagina Italiana p. 26 Results p. 27 Rosters p. 28 Brackets p. 33

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

Open BAM Teams II 10.30 - 12.00 Round 1 12.15 - 13.45 Round 2 13.45 - 14.45 Lunch break 14.45 - 16.15 Round 3 16.30 - 18.00 Round 4 18.15 - 19.45 Round 5

O/W/S Teams Knockout 10.30 - 12.30 O - R16, W/S - QF 12.45 - 14.45 O - R16, W/S - QF Representatives of the eight countries who founded the EBL, Belgium, Denmark, 14.45 - 15.45 Lunch break 15.45 - 17.45 O - QF, W/S -SF Finland, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, & Great Britain (which is 18.00 - 20.00 O - QF, W/S -SF now sub divided into Scotland, England & Wales).

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Paul Porteous and Yves Aubry

Josef Harsanyi and Yves Aubry

Jan Kamras and Mark Horton Caterina and Francesco Ferlazzo Natoli

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CALLING ALL IBPA MEMBERS

The IBPA Journalist Outing to Pistoia on Wednesday 21st June has been mentioned in earlier Bulletins. We have place for four more IBPA members making a total of 20 in the group, the maximum number. Please sign up before 18:00 Monday 19th with Jan Swaan in the Press Room if you want to join.

Here is the programme: 10:30 Bus leaving from the venue Mondolandia, outside the restaurant. Our guide Mrs. Andrea Bregovic will already be on the bus. 11:00 Arrival at Piazza San Francesco (Parking place of the bus). Start and end of the guided city tour on foot.

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A VIEW OF THE BRIDGE The EBL have appointed David Bird, Bill Jacobs, Larry Cohen, Graham Osborne, Mark Horton and Roland Wald to act as BBO commentators. They may be joined from time to time by Jon Cooke and Stephen Kennedy. These are the assignments for today: R16-1 BBO1 Mark Horton - David Bird R16-2 BBO2 Roland Wald - Mark Horton QF-1 BBO1 Roland Wald - David Bird QF-2 BBO2 Roland Wald - Larry Cohen

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CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY Mark Horton

Jovi Smederevac On a deal from the EBL Cup a player led the three of clubs from }K7632 against 1NT. This is how the In the Mixed Teams Jovi Smederevac played on a suit was distributed: team of five from five different countries. In the Women's Teams she is playing in a team of six from six different } A 8 4 counties. It might be a record? } 10 9 } K 7 6 3 2 } Q J 5 Declarer put up dummy's queen and North contributed the nine and declarer the four. When East regained the lead she continued with the }K! When West gently enquired as to the rationale behind this disastrous play East explained that she expected declarer to have started with a doubleton }A10 (despite the irrefutable evidence of the first trick!).

Peter Bertheau & Peter Fredin During one of their matches in the Open on Saturday a member of team Black was asked by an opponent, "What kind of peters do you play?" to which he replied, "Fredin & Bertheau".

If you are looking for a good, inexpensive restaurant try Da Egisto, Piazza Cesare Battisti 13, 51016 Montecatini - +39 0572 78413 - recommended by Hans van Staveren several discerning Italian members of staff. A neuralyzer is a device considered standard issue employed by the Men in Black. It is a device about the size of an average cigar tube that gives a bright flash which erases the memories of the past hours, days, weeks, months or years, depending on the chosen settings. Our Technical Manager, Hans van Staveren opined that it might be a very useful aid for our team of Directors!

Francesca & Arianna

Both Francesca and Arianna own impressive cameras with long lenses. As they sit either side of your Editor it was definitely a case of "Canon to the right of them, Canon to the left of them...."

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MATCH OF THE DAY Mark Horton

Match of the Day is BBC TV's principal football Closed Room programme. It is shown during the English football West North East South season, featuring highlights of the day's matches in Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec the Premier League. — 1}* 2{ 2[ It is one of the BBC's longest-running shows, Dble* 4{* Pass 5{ having been on air since 22 August 1964. In its early Pass 5[ All Pass days only one match was shown. Here is a compilation of clips from the show 1} featuring the legendary George Best: 4{ Splinter www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANHWNtCZFEc If I had to select only one match from the opening If South's 5{ was intended to convey something round of the team events it would have to be Rams special, the message was lost in translation, and that v Bridge24B: meant Rams were ahead 11-0.

Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. 2. Dealer East. NS Vul. [ A K 8 3 [ K 7 3 ] A 6 2 ] A K Q J 9 6 2 { K { 6 5 } A Q 9 8 2 } K [ 10 5 [ 4 [ 10 8 6 2 [ A Q 9 5 4 ] K 10 9 ] Q J 7 5 4 3 ] 10 5 ] 8 { A J 10 9 4 { 8 7 5 3 { K J 8 7 4 3 { A 10 } 6 5 3 } J 7 } 7 } A J 10 [ Q J 9 7 6 2 [ J ] 8 ] 7 4 3 { Q 6 2 { Q 9 2 } K 10 4 } Q 9 8 6 5 4

Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — 1}* 2] Dble* — — 1[ Pass 3] 4]* 5] Pass 4[ 5] Dble All Pass Pass 6[ All Pass The defenders took all their tricks, two down, -300. 1} May be any including any other five card suit, also 5422 Closed Room 4] West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec Not a bad way to start a championship. Declarer — — 1[ Pass won the heart lead and was soon claiming,+980. 4[ 5] 5[ 6] Pass Pass Dble All Pass

It would have been interesting to see how declarer would have tackled 5[ - there are plenty of ways to go wrong after the defenders start with two rounds of hearts. However, the simple line of playing the ace of spades followed by the queen should deliver eleven tricks easily enough. The extra under trick gave Rams another 7IMPs.

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Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. Board 5. Dealer North. NS Vul. [ A Q 2 [ K J ] K 5 2 ] 8 6 5 3 { A K J 6 4 2 { Q 9 5 3 } A } A Q 5 [ K 8 7 6 4 3 [ 10 5 [ 4 2 [ 10 ] A 9 6 ] J 8 ] K 10 ] 7 4 2 { 10 8 { 7 5 { A J 7 6 { K 10 8 4 2 } K 2 } Q J 10 8 7 6 4 } K 10 8 4 2 } J 9 6 3 [ J 9 [ A Q 9 8 7 6 5 3 ] Q 10 7 4 3 ] A Q J 9 { Q 9 3 { — } 9 5 3 } 7

Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland 1[ Dble Pass 2] — 1}* Pass 1[* Pass 2[* 3} Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2]* Pass 3{ Pass 4] Pass 2[ Pass 4{* Pass 6] All Pass Pass 5}* Pass 5{* Pass 5]* Pass 6]* Having promised nothing with 2] South was able Pass 6[ All Pass to show some values by jumping to game over 3{. With the jack of hearts onside this contract rolled 1} May be any balanced hand including home, +1430. any other five card suit, also 5422 1[ Game forcing relay Closed Room 2] 5+[ West North East South 4{ and optional RKCB Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec 5} Accepted and 2 key card and no [Q 2[ Dble Pass 3] 5{ ]K? Pass 3[* Pass 4] 5] No Pass 4NT* Pass 5{* 6] General grand slam try Pass 6] All Pass West led the eight of clubs and declarer won with I can't be sure what 3] promised, but North drove dummy's ace, cashed the king of spades and played to the slam to flatten the board. a heart to the queen and king. He ruffed the return of the ace of diamonds and cashed the ace of hearts, claiming when the suit divided, +1430.

Closed Room West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec — 1{* Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2}* Pass 2{* Pass 4[ All Pass

1{ 2+{ 2} Checkback 2{ Minimum (probably denies 3[) Igor Chalupec TEAM BRIDGE 24 B Shall we say that South decision to settle for 4[

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was conservative? It cost 13 IMPs, putting Rams Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. firmly in control, 31-0. [ K ] A 10 3 Board 6. Dealer East. EW Vul. { K Q 10 9 [ A 10 8 4 3 } A Q 8 5 4 ] 6 5 [ A 10 9 6 [ 8 7 5 3 2 { Q 10 ] K J 9 4 2 ] 8 5 } Q J 9 4 { 5 { J 7 4 2 [ 7 5 [ J 6 } J 7 6 } 10 9 ] Q 9 4 ] 8 7 3 [ Q J 4 { 7 4 3 2 { K J 6 ] Q 7 6 } A 8 3 2 } K 10 7 6 5 { A 8 6 3 [ K Q 9 2 } K 3 2 ] A K J 10 2 { A 9 8 5 Open Room } — West North East South Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland Open Room Pass 1}* 1[ Dble* West North East South 4[ Dble All Pass Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — — Pass 2{* East's extraordinary appeared to have Pass 2[ Pass 3{ rebounded, as although the combination of that and Pass 4[ All Pass West's jump to game meant there was little chance of NS reaching either of the makeable slams (6NT or 2{ 4[, 5/6 ] 11-15 or 17-19 6{ played by South) it offered up the possibility of a huge penalty. However, it was clearly going to be When South showed he was in the upper range difficult for NS to envisage the true situation. North jumped to game, but South was unwilling to Had South started with the four of spades (difficult make any further move. That was +480, as declarer but not totally out of the question) the defenders ruffed the club lead in dummy, cashed a top spade would have had every chance of taking the contract and played three rounds of hearts, ruffing. five down. Not unreasonably South started with the On this layout 6[ is easy enough, but if East starts two of clubs and North won with the ace. At this point by leading a club declarer would be pleased to find switching to the king of spades is a tough play to find everything breaking nicely. (again putting +1100 on the map) and North returned a club, South winning with the king and switching to Closed Room the six of hearts. Declarer put in dummy's jack and West North East South North took the ace, cashed the king of diamonds and Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec played the queen of clubs. Declarer ruffed and played — — Pass 1}* a spade and when South put in the jack +500 sank to Pass 1[ Pass 2{* +300 as declarer won with dummy's ace, set up the Pass 2[ Pass 5}* hearts and played a spade. Pass 5{* Pass 6[ It reminded me of a scene from Monty Python All Pass and the Holy Grail, where the Black Knight, having had his left arm cut off in a fight with King Arthur 1} Polish Club exclaims "Tis but a scratch". 2{ Strong 5} Exclusion Blackwood Closed Room 5{ 1 key card West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec Declarer won the heart lead with dummy's ace, took Pass 1}* Pass 2NT two rounds of trumps ending in hand and played a Pass 3} Pass 4} heart to the ten, claiming when West won with the Pass 4{ Pass 5} queen, +980 and 11 IMPs for Bridge24B. All Pass

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East led the eight of hearts and declarer took West's jack with the ace, drew trumps and played the king of spades, West taking the ace and cashing the king of hearts, +400 and 3 IMPs for Bridge24B.

Board 9. Dealer North. EW Vul. [ J 10 3 2 ] — { Q 9 8 3 Bartosz Chmurski } A Q 9 3 2 TEAM BRIDGE24 B [ Q 7 6 4 [ K 9 8 ] 8 4 3 ] K Q 10 9 7 East led the jack of clubs and declarer won with the { 7 5 { 10 4 queen, cashed the ace of clubs pitching a spade, then } K 7 6 5 } J 10 4 played a spade to the ace. He ruffed a heart, ruffed a [ A 5 spade, ruffed a heart, ruffed a spade, cashed the ace ] A J 6 5 2 of hearts pitching a club, ruffed a heart and took the { A K J 6 2 rest via the high cross , +940. } 8 Closed Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Bach Chmurski Cornell Chalupec Tuczynski Auken Sielicki Welland — Pass Pass 1}* — Pass Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 1[* Pass 2} Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 3{ Pass 4{* All Pass Pass 4[* Pass 4NT* Pass 5{* Pass 6}* 1} Polish Club Pass 6{ All Pass East led the queen of hearts and declarer ducked in 1[ Forcing NT type dummy pitching a diamond, won the continuation of 2} 4+{, maybe 6] the seven of hearts with dummy's jack, played a club 4{ Optional RKCB to the queen and claimed +430 - a loss of 11 IMPs 4[ Accept, 1 key card that left Rams the winners, 42-13. 4NT {Q? You can replay these thrilling deals at: 5{ Yes, no heart king www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer. 6} General grand slam try html?bbo=y&linurl=http://www.bridgebase.com/ totools/vugraph_linfetch.php?id=51737ols/vugrg apphh__linfetch.pphpp?id 51737

DEALING MACHINES AND CARDS

The Duplimates used for the duplication during the championship are sold for EUR 1999. You should book your order as soon as possible because they will no doubt sell out. Contact Jannerstens in the Bridge Plaza (tent next to playing area), or drop a line to [email protected].

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VENTIN vs BADGER C Barry Rigal

Open Teams Qualification - Round 3

The encounter between Ventin and Badger C was at table 19; early days, admittedly, but a big loss for either team would push them down towards average, whereupon the climb to a qualifying place would be a steep one. Ventin’s team was a mixture of Swedes and Italians, Badger was all English. Things started well when an ambiguity of spot cards presented Wrang with a problem he did not solve. Graham Osborne TEAM BADGER C Board 22. Dealer East. E-W Vul. [ 10 3 Hinden cleared clubs and North could get in with ]A ] A 6 3 2 for a painless down one. In the other room the }6 { 9 4 2 lead looked consistent with two or three. Worried } 7 6 5 2 about setting up declarer’s long club, Wrang shifted [ A K [ 9 8 7 5 4 immediately to spades, knowing declarer had at most ] K J 8 4 ] Q 7 5 two, and declarer drove the heart ace and claimed { A K Q J { 8 6 nine tricks when that suit behaved. } 10 8 4 } Q 9 3 On the next deal Badger gave it back when the opponents [ Q J 6 2 somewhat unfairly bid one suit then led another. ] 10 9 { 10 7 5 3 Board 23. Dealer South. Both Vul. } A K J [ Q 9 8 6 Q 9 4 Both tables faced a two-card 1} opener from { K J 10 South. After doubling and cuebidding Allerton played } Q 4 2 3NT while Antonio Palma gave up in 2[. Both [ 7 3 [ K J 5 2 Norths guessed well to lead clubs – the six, second ] K J 10 8 5 ] 7 6 highest from four. Where Badger were defending { Q 9 { 5 2 } K 10 7 3 } A J 9 6 5 [ A 10 4 ] A 3 2 { A 8 7 6 4 3 } 8

The auction again started similarly: South opened 1{ and over a of 1] from their partner they rebid 1[ suggesting a three card suit. Wrang, South heard 1NT from his partner and moved on with 2{ to end the auction for a quiet 110. Hinden (who had promised an unbalanced hand) heard 2{ from North and raised to 3{. Now Osborne tried 3NT and the defenders ran clubs to squeeze both hands. He unguarded spades and hearts from dummy and tried a diamond against West. Now the Frederic Wrang defenders could cash four more winners for TEAM VENTIN down five and 12 IMPs.

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For our next deal I’ll pose the East hand as a problem and show you the full deal in a moment.

Board 25. Dealer West. E-W Vul. [ K ] 7 6 5 4 { A Q 9 6 } Q J 9 5 [ A 8 5 4 ] A 10 9 3 { 10 8 7 4 } 3

South opens a weak 2[ and plays there. Partner leads the ]Q, denying the king. You take the ace at trick one? Let’s say you return a club – why not? Partner wins the ace as declarer follows with the seven and returns the six for you to ruff as declarer produces the king. What now? Antonio Palma made the best technical play when he decided that the only legitimate chance to set the hand was to play partner for the [Q – unlikely as that might be since declarer Chris Jagger would otherwise just lose one trick. He played TEAM BADGER C ace and a second spade and partner produced the [Q and gave him the ruff. Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul. This was the full hand: [ 10 9 6 ] K 8 6 2 [ K { A 9 3 ] 7 6 5 4 } A Q 9 { A Q 9 6 [ Q [ K 5 3 } Q J 9 5 ] Q J 7 5 ] A 9 4 3 [ Q 7 [ A 8 5 4 { J 8 5 4 { K Q 10 ] Q J 8 ] A 10 9 3 } K J 6 5 } 10 4 2 { K 3 2 {10 8 7 4 [ A J 8 7 4 2 } A 10 8 6 2 } 3 ] 10 [ J 10 9 6 3 2 { 7 6 2 ] K 2 } 8 7 3 { J 5 } K 7 4 In one room Badger bid to 3[ down 50, over 3], which also rated to be down one. In the other room Switch the {J and {K and this defence is necessary, Jagger opened an 11-14 no-trump, passed round else declarer may be able to pitch his club on the third to Ventin who doubled. The tray came half back to diamond. The deal actually produced a swing when North and East, neither of whom saw the double, the defence lost their third club ruff in the other room. (though your reporter did). Accordingly each of them Ventin added a couple of small swings when passed it out, when had they seen the double either of Allerton-Jagger bid a poor game and missed a good them might have acted. 1NTx on a spade lead lost the one, then on the final deal Ventin twisted the knife obvious eight tricks. Down 300 and 8 more IMPs to with an entirely random result. Ventin, winners by 35-12.

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VINCI vs SHOKOLATA Jos Jacobs

Open Teams Qualification - Round 4 West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin After three rounds of Swiss, the Vinci and Shokolata — — Pass Pass teams were leading the field – and that was why they 1} 1{ 2{* Dble had to meet in round 4. After the relatively quiet sets Pass Pass Rdbl Pass of boards in rounds 2 and 3, the boards got pretty 2] All Pass lively again in this round. Below, you will find a review of what happened in this match. 2{ majors On the first board, Vinci took a 3-0 lead by defeating the opponents’ contracts by one trick in both rooms. At the other table, N/S came nowhere near to On the next board, they had a chance to increase bidding a game but sold out to the modest contract their lead significantly: of 2]. When North led a low diamond to declarer’s king, Versace managed to escae for just one down. Board: 2. Dealer East. NS Vul. Still another +50 gave Shokolata 4 IMPs and the lead [ K J 6 in the match by the odd IMP. ] A 9 { A 9 8 7 2 The next board was a slam: } K 1100 4 [ A 9 7 [ Q 5 3 2 Board: 3. Dealer South. EW Vul. ] 7 6 3 ] K J 5 2 [ A K Q 4 2 { K 4 { 10 6 3 ] A 8 7 } A 9 7 6 2 } 8 3 { 8 6 5 3 2 [ 10 8 4 } — ] Q 10 8 4 [ 7 3 [ 10 { Q J 5 ] 10 5 3 ] Q J 9 6 } Q J 5 { A J 7 { K Q 9 4 West North East South } K Q 9 4 3 } J 8 7 6 Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati [ J 9 8 6 5 — — Pass Pass ] K 4 2 1} 1NT 2}* 3NT { 10 All Pass } A 10 5 2

2} majors West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati East led the }8. Declarer put up dummy’s queen — — — Pass and West won the ace to shift to a low spade. Declarer Pass 1[ Pass 3{ played low from hand, so East could win the queen Pass 3] Pass 3NT and return the suit to partner’s ace. A third round of Pass 4} Pass 4] spades went to declarer’s king. Next, declarer led the Pass 4[ Pass 5} }10 to dummy’s jack and advanced the {Q, which Dble 6[ All Pass was covered by the king and ace. When declarer next cashed the }K, East threw a heart. At this point, As Donati could show his diamond shortness at declarer needed to guess right in diamonds: he might once, reaching the slam was easy enough since North play for West to have started with {K10 doubleton or could immediately show his heart control to make he might finesse the {10 through East. South realise the value of his ]K. Vinci +980. As you can see, the latter option would have brought him his contract but when he played for {K10 doubleton in West and thus put up dummy’s jack, he had to accept one down. Shokolata +100.

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West North East South suit went to East’s jack. East persisted with hearts, so Versace Roll Lauria Levin declarer won the ]10 and ruffed a club. Had he now — — — Pass played [A and another, he might even have made Pass 1[ Pass 3] his contract as the trumps were 3-3 but declarer Pass 3NT Pass 4{ settled for a safe one down by playing a top heart. Pass 4] Pass 4[ That was ruffed by East, who then opened the attack. All Pass on declarer’s trump length by shifting to diamonds. Vinci +100 but 10 IMPs back to Shokolata to level The Israelis could show the diamond shortness as the match. well, but when they did not manage fully to explore the Two boards later, neither table reached a good spot: potential of the combined hands, the contract rested in 4[, and Vinci thus gained 11 IMPs to lead by 14-4 now. Board: 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ J 4 Board: 4. Dealer West. All Vul. ] K 10 7 4 3 2 [ J 8 7 2 { 9 7 6 2 ] K 10 7 } 5 { 6 [ A Q 5 3 [ 8 7 6 } K Q 100 7 6 ] Q 9 ] A J 8 5 [ K 6 3 [ Q 10 9 { Q 10 4 { K J 5 3 ] J 5 4 3 ] 6 2 } K 7 4 2 } 9 6 { K 9 7 { A Q J 10 5 [ K 10 9 2 } 5 3 2 } A J 8 ] 6 [ A 5 4 { A 8 ] A Q 9 8 } A Q J 10 8 3 { 8 4 3 2 } 9 4 West North East South Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati West North East South — — Pass 1} Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati Pass 2{ Dble 2] Pass Pass 1NT Pass 3{ All Pass Pass Dble All Pass North’s 2{ showed either a weak jump shift in North showed his two-suiter by making a hearts or a 10+ hand with 5-5 in the majors. East’s double, but South quite reasonably thought his hand double showed diamonds so West tried to win the was strong enough to sit the double (fair enough – but partscore battle but must have felt a little disappointed NOT facing a passed hand?). He led the }9, which when partner produced only four trumps. ran to declarer’s jack. When Bareket continued the On a club lead to South's ace and a heart back, [9, South immediately rose with the ace to clear the declarer ran into a couple of ruffs and thus was soon clubs but after winning his }A, declarer simply cashed one down. Vinci +100. seven more winners to end up with two overtricks and +580. West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin West North East South — — Pass 1} Versace Roll Lauria Levin Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass Pass 1NT Pass All Pass Pass Dble Pass 2{ Pass 2[ All Pass Against basically the same auction as in the other room, Lauria, looking at his heart strength, was not At the other table, the double showed spades interested in showing any signs of a diamond suit and another, 2{ enquiring about the other suit but so Versace was never tempted. Down four, another excluding clubs as a playable spot. +200 and 7 IMPs to Vinci to lead 26-14 now. East led a heart to the jack and declarer’s king. The }K won the next trick but the second round of the

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The next board was close to a slam: Once Levin showed his heart splinter over the constructive raise in diamonds, Roll’s jump to slam Board: 7. Dealer South. All Vul. was close to automatic. As West led a trump rather [ 10 4 3 than a heart, declarer had an to the clubs, and ] A 8 2 now might have made his contract had the clubs { Q J been 3-3. But after it turned out they were 4-2, Levin } Q J 6 5 3 had to accept one down when the spade finesse was [ Q 9 5 [ 8 7 2 wrong as well. Vinci another +100 and 12 more IMPs ] J 6 4 3 ] K Q 10 7 5 to them. { 9 7 5 3 { 4 Shokolata hit back on the last board of the set: } 10 9 } A 8 4 2 [ A K J 6 Board: 10. Dealer East. All Vul. ] 9 [ 7 6 2 { A K 10 8 6 2 ] 10 6 3 } K 7 { A K Q } K J 9 8 West North East South [ 3 [ 10 8 Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati ] K 5 4 2 ] A 9 8 7 — — — 1{ { 8 7 { 10 6 5 3 2 Pass 1NT Pass 2[ } A Q 10 7 6 4 } 5 3 Pass 3{ Pass 3] [ A K Q J 9 5 4 Pass 3NT All Pass ] Q J { J 9 4 North showed a constructive raise with his 3{ bid } 2 so he thought he had little to add to this and settled for 3NT when given the chance. There were nine top West North East South tricks. Vinci +600. Lengy Tokay Bareket Donati — — Pass 1[ West North East South 2} Pass Pass 3[ Versace Roll Lauria Levin Pass 4{ Pass 4] — — — 1{ Pass 5{ Pass 5[ Pass 1NT Pass 2[ All Pass Pass 3{ Pass 4] Pass 6{ All Pass When Tokay cuebid diamonds over Donati’s jump rebid, the latter upgraded his club singleton and tried a 4] bid. As it happened, there were three top losers in a spade contract. Shokolata +100.

West North East South Versace Roll Lauria Levin — — Pass 1[ 2} Pass Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4[ All Pass

At the other table, Roll did much better. When he chose 4} as his first cuebid, he gave partner the chance to show a heart control, so he knew he had to pass the 4[ rebid now. Shokolata +620 and 12 IMPs back to them. The final score; 38-26 or 14-6 in V.P. to Vinci. Amir Levin TEAM SHOKOLATA

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THE BIG BANG THEORY Brent Manley

Open Teams Qualification - Round 5 Board 17. Dealer North. none Vul. [ K Q 9 In general, spectators at competitive events like action ] Q 10 8 6 – a big bang, if you will. Low-scoring contests are usually { J 10 considered boring, although exceptional plays can make } K Q 7 4 a seemingly dull event more interesting. Such was the [ J 2 [ A 10 7 6 case in the round-five Open Teams qualifying match ] A 5 4 3 ] J 7 2 between Gamax and Allfrey, in seventh and eight places, { K Q 7 { A 6 respectively, after four rounds. Gamas had 57.62 victory } A J 3 2 } 10 8 6 5 points, Allfrey 57.31. [ 8 5 4 3 The Gamax team is Geza Homonnay, Peter Lakatos ] K 9 and Gabor Winkler, Hungary, and Alon Birman, Israel. { 9 8 5 4 3 2 Alexander Allfrey, and , } 9 England, are joined by Kevin Castner, Germany. The fact that the two teams were in a virtual tie lent Closed Room some interest to the affair, but the boards were mostly West North East South flat. It was looking like a snoozer. Lakatos Gold Birman Castner Gamax earned a 2-IMP swing on the first board for — 1} Pass 1[ going one down in 3NT for minus 50 while declarer in Dble Rdbl 1NT All Pass the same contract at the other table went two down. Allfrey managed a 1-IMP swing on the next deal Castner led the {8 to the 7, 10 and ace. Birman when Robson took 12 tricks in a routine 4[ contract played a club to dummy’s jack and Gold’s queen. Gold while at the other table Gold and Castner got two club continued with the ]6 to the jack, king and ace, and tricks against 4[ for minus 450. declarer played the }A and another club. Declarer Gamas was ahead 3-1 when board 17 came along. finished with two clubs, three diamonds and the major- Anyone still watching was treated to a fine display of suit aces for plus 90. At the other table: card play in an awkward contract. Open Room West North East South Allfrey Homonnay Robson Winkler — 1} Pass 1[ Dble Rdbl 2] All Pass

Winkler led the {4. Robson played dummy’s king and played a low heart to his jack and South’s king. The }9 was ducked in dummy and Homonnay won with the queen. When he switched to the [K, Robson thought for some time before playing low from hand and the jack from dummy. A diamond went to Robson’s ace and he played the ]7 to the 9 and dummy’s ace, North following with the 8. A spade to Robson’s 10 was followed by the [A and a heart. Homonnay was left on lead with only hearts and clubs. He could take his heart winners but then had to lead from the }K into dummy’s A-J. Robson took three diamonds, two spades, two clubs and the trump ace for eight tricks and plus 110. It was just a Alon Birman 1-IMP swing, but a fun deal to watch. The score was 3-2 in favor of Gamax.

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It was 4-2 (another overtrick IMP for Gamax) when to play, and it was the big bang referred to in the the Allfrey team went ahead on the penultimate board. headline for this report.

Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. [ A J 5 3 2 [ A 3 ] 6 ] 10 9 8 3 { A Q J 9 4 { 10 5 } 3 2 } K Q 10 8 6 [ 9 4 [ K 10 8 7 [ K Q J 10 6 5 2 [ 4 ] 10 5 4 ] A K Q 8 3 ] — ] K Q 7 6 4 2 { 7 6 2 { 5 3 { Q 7 3 { J 9 8 6 4 } A J 7 5 4 } K 10 } J 7 4 } 5 [ Q 6 [ 9 8 7 ] J 9 7 2 ] A J 5 { K 10 8 { A K 2 } Q 9 8 6 } A 9 3 2

Open Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Allfrey Homonnay Robson Winkler Lakatos Gold Birman Castner — — — Pass 3[ Pass Pass Dble Pass 1[ 1NT Pass Pass 4] All Pass Pass 2{ 2] All Pass Gold could have collected 800 by converting his Winkler led a low diamond to Homonnay’s ace. partner’s to penalty, but he tried for The defence continued diamonds. Robson ruffed the game. Gold did well to get to nine tricks despite the third, played a club to dummy’s ace and a spade from 6-0 trump split, but he did have some high cards to dummy. When North played low, Robson put up the work with. He won the spade lead with the ace and king and played a spade from hand. Winkler won played the ]10 to the queen and ace. From that the [Q and got out with a trump, taken in hand by point, he used winning clubs to draw trumps, in a Robson to ruff a spade in dummy. He played a club to sense, and eventually claimed for minus 100. As it the king and then another spade. Winkler ruffed with turned out, passing would have saved only 8 IMPs the ]J, but Robson could claim nine tricks at that because of what happened at the other table. point for plus 140 to Allfrey. At the other table: Open Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Allfrey Homonnay Robson Winkler Lakatos Gold Birman Castner 4[ Pass Pass Dble — — — Pass All Pass Pass 1[ 2] Pass Pass Dble Pass 2[ The defense was brutally accurate. Homonnay All Pass started with the }K, cashing the [A at trick two to remove the chance for a club ruff. A club went to the Birman led the ]K and followed with the queen. ace at trick three, and Winkler cashed the {K, then Gold ruffed, played a diamond to dummy and ran played a club to his partner’s queen. Back came the the [Q to Birman’s king. Birman exited with his last {10, to the ace, followed by a diamond ruff. The diamond, but Gold was in control. defenders had taken the first seven tricks for plus He won in hand and cashed the [A and [J, 1100. claiming eight tricks at that point. The defenders could Combined with the plus 100 at the other table, take only the master spade and a couple of clubs. Gamax had earned a 15-IMP swing to win the match Plus 110 meant 6 IMPs to Allfrey, now in the lead 19-8. 8-4. Unfortunately for Allfrey, there was still one board

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CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Micke Melander

Open Teams Qualification - Round 5 of clubs, declarer unblocked the ten from hand and Highlanders vs Bridgebertheau overtook it in dummy with the queen, leaving an entry in clubs to dummy. Now he finessed in hearts. When In round five of the Open Teams the Norweigian the queen held, declarer simply set up a diamond and Highlanders went up against the Swedish could claim his nine tricks. Bridgebertheau in an all-Scandinavian battle. The Swedish pop group Roxette (who are probably most Closed Room famous for writing the soundtrack “It must have been West North East South love” to the blockbuster movie “Pretty Woman” in L. Eide M. Rimstedt H. Eide O. Rimstedt 1987) released Crash! Boom! Bang! in 1994; that 2{* would describe pretty accurately what happened in Pass 3}* Pass 3{* this match. Pass 3[* Pass 3NT*

CRASH! 2{ 18-19 NT 3}/{/[ Muppet stayman sequence Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. [ 10 2 At the other table Ola Rimstedt got to play the very ] Q J 6 5 same contract. The difference from the Open Room { K 5 2 was that West knew that declarer had spades and } Q 8 7 3 dummy the other major. When clubs didn’t seem to [ 9 8 7 6 4 [ Q 3 be an attractive option, West simply led a diamond. ] 10 3 ] K 8 7 4 2 South called for a low from dummy, East won with the { 9 8 7 6 { A Q 3 queen, cashed the ace of diamonds and exited with a } K 4 } 9 6 2 third round setting up a diamond with his partner. [ A K J 5 Not the best start from declarer's point of view, and ] A 9 again, there was a problem with entries to dummy. { J 10 4 Declarer called for the queen of clubs and unblocked } A J 10 5 the ten from hand to keep communications. West won with the king and cashed out the established diamond. Open Room East discarded the eight of hearts, discouraging. West North East South Declarer decided to trust the from East and Leandersson O. Hoyland Carlsson I. Hoyland also pitched his heart, playing for a squeeze instead of 1}finessing in hearts. Pass 1{* Pass 2NT The Crash! had been accomplished; one down and Pass 3NT All Pass 10 IMPs to the Highlanders.

1{ 4+ hearts

After thinking for a seriously long time, West decided to put the eight of spades on the table. Suddenly... happened; the play went so slowly that dummy probably went to sleep. Some good 20 minutes later the following had happened. Declarer called for the ten of spades from dummy, which went to the queen and declarer’s ace. With few entries to dummy declarer played the ace of clubs and the jack. West won the second round and played another spade which declarer won with the jack. Declarer then ran the jack of diamonds to East, who exited with the nine

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The Swedish Juniors had a more optimistic view on BOOM! the hand and arrived to 6NT, BOOM! Again, West led a club. Declarer won in dummy with the queen Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. and immediately finessed in spades. When that lost [ 8 7 6 2 to the king a second club was played declarer won ] 4 3 with the ace and cashed the diamonds. When there { K Q 9 6 5 was no possible way to set up the nine of clubs it was } A Q one off. [ K 9 [ J 10 5 3 Declarer could of course have made 6NT, if he ] 9 5 2 ] Q J 10 6 knew how the spades were distributed. But why on { J 8 7 { 10 4 3 earth choose that line? However, maybe Rimstedt } J 10 8 7 4 } 5 2 should have cashed out the ace of hearts and all [ A Q 4 his winners in the black suits before playing on the ] A K 8 7 diamonds, which would have squeezed East in the { A 2 majors. East could have pitched hearts as long as } K 9 6 3 West kept his, though. But with queen-jack-ten-nine with East and four spades there would for sure have Open Room been a winning line. (And note that on the run of the West North East South diamonds West must keep his hearts guarded or else Leandersson O. Hoyland Carlsson I. Hoyland East falls victim to a squeeze.) Pass 2} Pass 3{ Pass 3NT Pass 4NT All Pass

A very natural auction brought the Norwegians to game. (2} included a balanced 20-21 HCP.)The reason why North never explored for a spade fit will remain untold, as like the tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra, the world may not be ready for it. South with minimum values and only two diamonds decided to pass the quantitative raise by partner. A very wise decision, since the slam wasn’t good at all. If diamonds were 3-3, slam was just slightly better than 50%, and declarer needed more than that from the spades if Going back to the record Crash! Boom! Bang! by they weren’t. Taking the combined chances together Roxette; one part of the lyrics is actually: we are probably down to something like 25%... Declarer got the expected lead of the jack of clubs. I found the heart, but hit the wall Winning in dummy, he tried the diamonds and when Crash! Boom! Bang! the suit broke 3-3, he cashed all five of them and tried the finesse in spades. When that lost to the king West That’s the call exited with a club and could just sit and wait for his that’s the game second trick to come later in clubs. 460 to NS. And the pain stays the same Crash! Boom! Bang! Closed Room West North East South Nothing could be more true. Let’s have a look at the L. Eide M. Rimstedt H. Eide O. Rimstedt bang that finished the match. Pass 2NT Pass 3}* Pass 3{* Pass 3]* Pass 3NT* Pass 4[* Pass 4NT Pass 6NT

3}/{/]/NT another Muppet stayman sequence 4[ Slam-try with 5+ diamonds

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BANG! Closed Room West North East South Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. L. Eide M. Rimstedt H. Eide O. Rimstedt [ A 3 4[ Pass Pass Dbl ] 10 9 8 3 Pass 4NT* Pass 5} { 10 5 All Pass } K Q 10 8 6 [ K Q J 10 6 5 2 [ 4 Mikael Rimstedt was seriously considering bidding ] — ] K Q 7 6 4 2 Five Clubs instead of 4NT (any ), but finally { Q 7 3 { J 9 8 6 4 went for the later alternative, though he wouldn’t have } J 7 4 } 5 been too happy if partner would have bid diamonds [ 9 8 7 instead of clubs. The patient survived surgery however ] A J 5 and the twins came to a stop with South as declarer. { A K 2 Now there was nothing the Norwegians could do to } A 9 3 2 prevent declarer making the contract, when he took a successful heart finesse after pulling trumps. With Open Room North declarer, East might have led the king of hearts, West North East South which would take Five Clubs down. Leandersson O. Hoyland Carlsson I. Hoyland When the smoke had cleared after the ten board 3[ Pass Pass Dbl match the score was set at 29-23 for the Highlanders. Pass 4] All Pass

Montecatini, some 20 years ago, was actually the site where the classic Peter Fredin double took place. What happened then was that the opponents who were doubled for blood in game suddenly bid a grand slam (that was cold) when they were woken up by a double to realize they had messed up the earlier bidding… Carlsson, actually also called Peter, funnily enough, probably had this in mind where he smoothly passed Four Hearts… The defense had no problem taking declarer one down. …I found the heart, but hit the wall Crash! Boom! Bang!...

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8½ Ana Roth

Italy’s most famous spa, without question, is Versace led his {4. And very soon after Justyna Montecatini Terme. scored 680. As you can see the only lead to defeat the ‘Taking the waters’ at the thermal springs here was spade slam is the }A followed by a club for North's ruff an essential component of the sophisticate’s 19th ... this fact could not have escaped anybody at the table. Century grand tour, and the graceful Belle Epoque architecture of those civilized times still dominates. Board 10. Dealer West. All Vul. The facilities and treatments at the handful of spas, [ 9 4 however, are state of the art. If you’re a Fellini fan, ] 10 7 6 3 head to Terme Tettuccio, where he filmed his iconic { 10 5 3 8½ in the early 1960s. Rival Monsummano Terme } A 10 9 8 boasts a unique natural ‘thermal grotto,’ a hot [ A Q 3 [ K 7 6 2 underground lake. ] A Q 8 4 2 ] K J Today, in Montecatini Terme, the Open European { Q 6 { A K J 7 2 Mixed Pairs Championship finished, after the } Q 7 2 } J 6 qualifying stage (two sessions of 26 boards each), and [ J 10 8 5 4 final sessions of 26 boards each, the pair of Michal ] 9 5 Klukowski-Justyna Zmuda (Poland) were crowned { 9 8 4 champions. When only one board was missing to finish } K 5 4 3 the championship Auken-Welland were in first place with a minuscule advantage of 0.70 of a MP, but after West North East South the last board they had to settle for second place. — — 1NT Pass Let's see two boards that the champions played 2} Pass 2[ Pass against Alfredo Versace and Emanuela Pramotton, in 3} Pass 3{ Pass the last session of the final. 4NT Pass 6{ Pass 6NT All Pass Board 9. Dealer North. E/W Vul. [ 9 8 2 On the next board, Zmuda opened 1NT, Michal ] Q 7 5 4 3 2 asked for majors with 2} and Justyna showed her { 9 7 5 four spades. When Klukowski showed his partner that } 3 he had no spade support and invited her to play slam, [ K J 7 6 [ A Q 10 5 4 she offered to play the diamond slam, but that was ] A J 10 8 ] K corrected to the slam at no-trumps. { A K { J 8 6 3 Again the club lead defeats the contract and again } 9 8 7 } K 4 2 the club lead was almost impossible ... Versace chose [ 3 to lead the ]9 and this time Justyna made 13 tricks. ] 9 6 It seems that the Poland pair must be Fellini fans, { Q 10 4 2 so they got carried away by his surrealism and related } A Q J 10 6 5 the first board to the second, declaring the slam in NT, despite the lack of the ace and king of clubs. If West North East South Versace had remembered how Fellini's film 8½ weaves — Pass 1[ 2} in and out of reality and fantasy, perhaps it would 2[ Pass 4[ All Pass have woven a fine loop between board 9 and board 10 and Versace could have decided to lead a club only East - West play some kind of strong club, so East's to verify that the first hand foreshadowed what he had 1[ opening bid, limited her hand. Versace intervened to do in the second ... Certainly too fellinesque. with 2}, and Michal described his game forcing hand The champion’s results on this table were 90% in with four cards support by bidding 2[. Zmuda bid the board 9 and 84% in board 10. spade game, showing no interest in playing slam and Remember they won the championship by only Klukowski passed. 0.02 %... thanks to Fellini...

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HOW TO DEFEND? Micke Melander

Here comes a board from round six of the teams in This was the full hand: Montecatini. You hold; [J7 ]J954 {K87654 }9 and have participated in the following action: Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. [ A K 10 9 8 6 West North East South ] A K 10 8 You { — 1[ 2{ Dbl } Q 5 4 5{ 6] All Pass [ J 7 [ Q 5 3 ] J 9 5 4 ] 2 Your partner led the ace of diamonds and this is { K 8 7 6 5 4 { A Q J 9 3 what you could view: } 9 } K 10 3 2 [ 4 2 [ J 7 ] Q 7 6 3 ] J 9 5 4 { 10 2 { K 8 7 6 5 4 { A } A J 8 7 6 } 9 [ 4 2 Everyone else who tried to declare Six Hearts went ] Q 7 6 3 down, some were even three or four tricks short after { 10 2 losing control. Even at double dummy you have to } A J 8 7 6 work a bit to be able to make the contract, but here comes a line of play that would work. Declarer ruffs the in hand and cashes Ruff the opening lead, play the queen of clubs, East the ace and king of trumps. Your partner discards a probably covers and you win with dummy’s ace. You diamond on the second. Declarer then puts the queen then cash the ace and king of spades and ruffs a spade of clubs on the table, that going to the king, ace and with the queen of hearts to set up the suit. You arrive your nine. Next dummy´s last diamond is ruffed, and at the following seven-card ending: declarer, who is now in hand, plays the four of clubs, which goes to dummy’s eight, whereupon you ruff. [ 10 9 8 What now, and why, when the remaining cards are: ] A 10 { — [ J 7 } 5 4 ] J [ — [ — { 8 7 6 5 ] J 9 5 ] — } — { K 8 7 6 { Q J 9 3 [ 4 2 } — } 10 3 2 ] Q 7 [ — { — ] 7 6 } J 7 6 { 10 } J 8 7 6 In the match between Heimdal and Villa Fabbriche West now returned a diamond. Did you work out that At this point you may simply play a spade and pitch you needed to return a spade to defeat declarer, since the ten of diamonds, after which West may choose his he will be locked in hand, unable to enter dummy to poison. We simply have to finesse the jack of hearts pull your last trump? On a diamond back, declarer for our twelve tricks. simply ruffs, pulls your trump, crosses to hand with a spade and took the marked club finesse to score twelve tricks. At the other table, Four Spades made 11 tricks. 13 IMPs to Heimdal vs Villa Fabbriche when Glenn Grothem made six hearts.

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ANOTHER HEAVILY LADEN BANQUET David Bird

Open Teams Qualification - Round 6

On the first match yesterday I commended the Great Dealer for providing 3 slams and 7 game contracts in the 10 boards. Today’s opening match offered a parade of the world’s top players, yes, but only a 1NT contract on the first board. We had no need to worry. It was followed by two slams and seven game contracts. Amazingly generous fare, particularly as the GD had permitted it on the Sabbath. Hallelujah! I was surprised by Alfredo Versace’s lack of action on this deal:

Board 22 Dealer East E/W Vul. Norberto Bocchi [ A 10 8 4 3 2 TEAM LAVAZZA ] 9 Overcalling 2} on the South cards would meet with { A Q 9 6 disapproval in dusty textbooks, but I dare say several } 9 7 South players succumbed to that temptation. West’s [ 9 6 5 [ Q J 7 2] showed a weak raise in their system (an accurate ] K 7 3 ] A Q 10 8 6 2 evaluation) and Lauria entered with 2[. What action { 8 5 4 3 { 7 should South take over East’s ambitious game-try of 3}? } 10 4 3 } A 6 5 I expected South to double to show some values. It [ K would not be solely a lead-directing double, since he ] J 5 4 would be on lead against a heart contract. Versace { K J 10 2 passed on the second and third rounds and East’s 3] } K Q J 8 2 contract went one down. +100 to N/S. I suggested to Roland Wald, my co-commentator, Open Room that South might have imbibed one cup of coffee too West North East South few on this Sunday morning. He explained a point Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace that I had missed – the coffee in this tournament is — — 1] Pass generously provided by Madama Lavazza, the other 2] 2[ 3} Pass team’s captain. It would have been inappropriate to 3] All Pass lend support to the opponents in this way.

Closed Room West North East South Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa — — 1] Pass Pass 1[ 2] Dble 3] 4[ All Pass

Here Antonio Sementa did show some values. Norberto Bocchi then liked the look of his singleton heart and leapt to 4[. He ruffed the second round of hearts and played the }9 to the king (10 from West). After playing the [K, he led a club to the 7 and ace. Lorenzo Lauria Bocchi ruffed the heart continuation and led the [A, TEAM VINCI finding a 3-3 break. The game and 8 IMPs were his.

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Board 23 Dealer South Both Vul. Closed Room [ J 9 7 West North East South ] — Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa { A Q J 5 — — — Pass } 7 6 5 4 3 2 1} Pass 1] Pass [ A 4 [ K Q 8 2] Pass 2NT * Pass ] J 9 8 2 ] K Q 10 5 4 3 3{ * Dble 4] All Pass { K 10 7 { 9 4 } K Q J 8 } A 9 Sementa made the defence easy by leading his [ 10 6 5 3 2 singleton club instead of the requested diamond. ] A 7 6 When he came on lead with the ]A, he switched to { 8 6 3 2 diamonds. North won dummy’s king with the ace and } 10 delivered a club ruff. A return to diamonds put the heart game one down. Losing only 3 IMPs was a lucky Open Room escape for the Lavazza team. West North East South At both tables, declarer had a big decision to make Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace at trick 1 of this 3NT contract. — — — Pass 1NT Pass 4} Pass Board 24 Dealer South Both Vul. 4] Pass 4[ Pass [ K 10 7 6 4NT Pass 5] All Pass ] A J 5 4 { 10 7 4 The available for E/W claimed } Q 8 that 1NT showed 15-17, so this may have been an [ Q 9 4 [ A 2 upgrade. Bianchedi showed his hearts with a four- ] K 9 ] 8 7 2 level transfer, took a look at the possible slam and { K J 6 2 { A Q 3 slammed on the brakes at the five-level. } K 4 3 2 } A J 10 9 5 Lauria led a club to dummy’s ace and declarer [ J 8 5 3 persisted with clubs, hoping for a diamond discard. ] Q 10 6 3 Vearsace interrupted this dream with a ruff and { 9 8 5 switched to a diamond. That was two down. East/ } 7 6 West would now have to hope that 4] would go down at the other table. Open Room West North East South Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace 1} Pass 2} Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

North led the [6. Which card should declarer play from dummy? If the lead is from the [K, declarer can run the lead to his queen and then make the of finessing clubs into the safe North hand. If the lead is not from the king, South may win the first trick with the [K and be able to switch effectively to hearts to beat the contract. In that case declarer would do better to rise with the [A and hope for five club tricks. The difficulty of the guess was reflected in the considerable time that Madala took over his play to the first trick. Looking only at the E/W cards, I favoured running the lead round to his hand and Roland Wald Alejandro Bianchedi favoured rising with the ace. Eventually, Madala rose TEAM LAVAZZA with the [A. He cashed four rounds of diamonds and

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continued with ace and another club to land the game. Another Gazilli sequence unfolded, this time Giovanni Donati followed the same line at the other stopping very reasonably in 4]. A club was led to the table and no IMPs were exchanged. king and ace. Sementa was then disappointed to find You are not impressed by two deals on which so that the trumps broke 3-2. That was 13 IMPs away. few IMPs changed hands and prefer to read about big On our next board, we will see the auction of the swings? OK, I will end with two 13-IMP swings. Lavazza North/South pair:

Board 26 Dealer East Both Vul. Board 29 Dealer North Both Vul. [ A 9 7 6 5 3 [ A K 10 9 8 6 ] K 7 ] A K 10 8 { 10 8 { — } Q 9 2 } Q 5 4 [ J 8 4 [ Q 10 2 [ J 7 [ Q 5 3 ] 10 8 ] Q J 4 ] J 9 5 4 ] 2 { J 5 2 { 9 7 6 4 3 { K 8 7 6 5 4 { A Q J 9 3 } 10 8 6 5 4 } K 3 } 9 } K 10 3 2 [ K [ 4 2 ] A 9 6 5 3 2 ] Q 7 6 3 { A K Q { 10 2 } A J 7 } A J 8 7 6 Open Room West North East South Closed Room Madala Lauria Bianchedi Versace West North East South — — Pass 1] Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa Pass 1[ Pass 2} * 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ * Pass 2NT Pass 2} * Pass 2] * Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 4{ * Pass 5} * Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 6] All Pass Pass 4] Pass 5] Pass 6] All Pass It was a further outing for the Gazilli convention. When Bocchi invited slam with his splinter-bid in diamonds, Versace’s 2} was the Gazilli convention, showing Sementa had a clear-cut 5} cue-bid (with two great either clubs or a strong hand. Lauria’s 2{ showed cards in his hand). Bocchi then bid 6], to reach a slam enough to play in game facing the stronger type. 2NT that had similar prospects to the one landed earlier by showed a strong hand with no more than two spades Versace. and 3} was a relay, 3] indicating a single-suiter. Sementa ruffed the diamond lead in dummy and On the face of it, 6] would require a 3-2 heart cashed the ace and king of trumps, East discarding a break and the }K to be onside (or for West to make diamond on the second round. He continued with the an adventurous lead from the }K). In other words }Q, covered by the king and ace, and ruffed his last it would be a below-par slam. Time stood still while diamond. If a club to the jack had dropped the 10, all Versace considered his next move. After around 3 would have been well. No, Donati ruffed and returned minutes he ventured a general try of 5], one that the [J to dummy ace. Declarer played a club to East’s was immediately accepted by Lauria. A diamond was 10 and another club promoted West’s ]J, putting the led and a subsequent successful club finesse brought in slam two down. +1430. Were big IMPs about to flow? Let’s see. At the other table Lauria and Versace stopped in Closed Room 4] and gained 13 IMPs for the Vinci team. West North East South It had been an absorbing match with some 2200 Donati Bocchi Tokay Sementa kibitzers there at the climax. Pass 1] Vinci were the winners by 29 IMPs to 10, converting Pass 1[ Pass 2} * to 15.75 – 4.25 VPs. Pass 2{ * Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4] All Pass

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MICROSCOPY Mark Horton

...The science of investigating small objects and Open Room structures. West North East South Gromann Smederevac Wenning Poplilov When you are playing with a brand new partner it — Pass 1] 2]* is inevitable that you will spend some time sorting out Dble 3} 3[ 4} your bidding agreements. Some pairs like to keep the 4] 5} Pass Pass discussion to a minimum, while others are happy to Dble All Pass consider all sorts of minutiae. Having formed a partnership very much at the last East cashed a top spade and switched to a diamond minute Jovi Smederevac and Matilda Poplilov discussed for the nine and queen. Declarer ruffed the spade return, a number of sequences, one of which was: crossed to dummy with the ace of clubs, played the king of diamonds covered by the ace and ruffed, ruffed a heart West North East South and played winning diamonds for a delightful +750 and 1] 2]* Dble 3} 12 IMPs when compared with 5]down one (it could have been made). 2] Michaels 5} can be defeated if East switches to a heart at trick where Jovi proposed that 3} be to play as opposed two, removing one of dummy's trumps. It might be to 'Pass or correct.' possible to defeat it even if East fails to find the killing "Does that come up often?" enquired Matilda. switch at trick two! Imagine West wins the first round of Cue this deal from Round 3 of the Women's Teams: diamonds with the ace! Now declarer will surely play to ruff out queen third of diamonds in the East hand. Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. [ 3 ] K 10 9 3 { 2 } K J 10 8 5 4 2 [ Q 10 2 [ A K J 8 ] A 7 4 ] Q J 8 6 5 2 { A Q 4 3 { 8 7 6 } Q 7 6 } — [ 9 7 6 5 4 ] — { K J 10 9 5 } A 9 3

Jovi Smederevac & Matilda Poplilov

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IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY... Herman De Wael

Continuing my stroll down memory lane about the FROM THE 1997 BULLETINS the 43rd European (Team) Championships back in 1997 in Montecatini Terme. THE BULLETIN QUIZ ANSWERS by (GB) When I told Mark Horton that I was preparing a QuesƟ ons composed by Mark Horton, Patrick Jourdain, Maggie series on those championships, he surprised the Pierce and Thanassis Matziaris Bulletin Office by reciting, off the top of his head, the 1. Which player here fi rst played in the Europeans in Dublin in 1967? winning Limerick in that year's competition: Answer: One of our correspondents said: "It was me! And my team won the bronze medal!" This was Sandra of Great Britain Ladies. A lady from Montecatini 2. Who is the youngest player in the championships? had suit symbols on her bikini Answer: Boye Brogeland of Norway is 23 years old. Gabor designed by Versace Winkler of Hungary is only 21 (22 in November), and Iva Jurisic and worn at La Pace of the CroaƟ an Ladies team is 19 (20 next month)! It earned her a red Lamborghini 3. Name a player who has previously played in the Europeans for another na on. (Exclude players whose na on has split or changed its name). Mark attributed the Limerick to Patrick Jourdain. A Answer: MaƟ lda Lorer of Bulgaria is now MaƟ lda Poplilov of memorable effort indeed. Israel. Michel Eidi of Lebanon used to play for Greece. 4. Which Tournament Director has been mayor of his local However, when going through the bulletins of town? the day, I came accross the Limerick, and it turned Answer: Antonio Riccardi 5. Which player has a parent on the same team? out that only the first four lines were composed by Answer: Ireland has a mother and daughter on the Ladies Patrick, with the fifth line the object of a competition. team (Aileen & Rebecca O'Keefe) and a father and son on the And guess who had contributed the final line cited by Open team (Donal & Tommy Garvey) Mark? Me! 6. Who is a ending these championships whose parent is a And what's more, it did not even win – even though current World and European champion? Mark remembered it for 20 years. Answer: Jens-ChrisƟ an Auken, whose mother is . 7. What is the price of a mudbath at the Gro o Gius ? Answer: 60,000 lire but 30,000 lire to bridge-players The actual winning fifth line came from Sandra 8. Where would you see this inscrip on within 300 metres of Landy and went: the Congress Centre? "AI SUOI FIGLI CADUTA PER LA PATRIA" Her good points were seen very clearly! Answer: On the big statue in the Park outside the Congress Centre. 9. From what city does Caroline at Hospitality originate? Patrick's own entry went: Answer: Glasgow, Scotland, UK 10. On which fl oor in the Town Hall is the Mayor's Offi ce? It was soaked by a spilt dry Martini Answer: First & Second fl oor of the Town Hall accross the park from the Congress Centre. 11. Name this anagram: LAPTOP SOON GONE SOUR Answer: PANOS GERONTOPOULOS 12. Solve this cryp c clue: Army offi cer, I add, supports us all (8) Answer: GENERAL-I Tiebreak: Complete the last line of this limerick: A lady from MontecaƟ ni, Has suit symbols on her bikini, Designed by Versace, And worn at La Pace, Here are three: : Her good points were seen very cleanly! Patrick Jourdain: It was soaked by a spilt dry MarƟ ni Herman De Wael: It earned her a red Lamborghini. AND THE WINNER IS: SANDRA LANDY (GB) (11 out of 12)

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LA PAGINA ITALIANA Francesca Canali

Le speranze Azzurre sono nelle mani di Lavazza Ha preso l'attacco a quadri con l'asso del morto, ha (Alejandro Bianchedi, , Norberto Bocchi, battuto tre giri di atout e poi è semplicemente tornato a Giorgio Duboin, Agustin Madala, Antonio Sementa, picche per il 10 del morto. Dopo essere rimasto in presa, Maria Teresa Lavazza Cpt, Massimo Ortensi Coach), il seguito è abbastanza semplice: [A, {Q superata dal Vinci (Giovanni Donati, Fabrizio Hugony, Lorenzo re, picche taglio, scarto della quadri perdente sull'}A. Lauria, Mustafa Cem Tokay, Alfredo Versace, Dato che, nell'altra sala, Brink-Drijver non hanno Francesco Saverio Vinci) e Wolfson (Benito Garozzo raggiunto il grande slam, gli Azzurri hanno guadagnato & Franco Masoero, in squadra con gli americani Jeff 11 imp Wolfson e Neil Silverman)! Le tre formazioni in cui sono schierati giocatori Benito Garozzo, un eroe per tutti noi italiani hanno conquistato gli ottavi di finale (Lavazza e Vinci, nella serie Open) e i quarti di finale (Wolfson, Sabato 17 giugno, nel corso delle celebrazioni ufficiali nella serie Senior) del Campionato a Squadre. per il 70esimo anniversario della fondazione della Lega Il giornalista olandese Jos Jacobs riporta una mano Europea di Bridge, i giocatori nominati nella "Hall of di Lorenzo Lauria e Alfredo Versace, giocata durante Fame" hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento, l'ultimo turno di qualificazione (incontro Vinci-Pszczola): durante una cerimonia che si è tenuta presso le Terme Tettuccio. Board 1. Dichiarante Nord. Tutti in prima. Il primo giocatore premiato è stato il nostro Garozzo, [ 7 5 "l'eroe di tutti noi", come è stato definito dagli esponenti ] 5 3 EBL. { 10 8 6 5 Alla consegna del premio, da parte del Presidente } K 1100 8 4 2 europeo Yves Aubry, sono intervenuti anche il Presidente [ A 10 [ Q J 9 8 4 FIGB Francesco Ferlazzo Natoli, il Presidente della WBF ] A K 6 4 ] Q 10 7 2 Gianarrigo Rona e il Presidente Emerito WBF José { A Q { K J 9 3 Damiani. } A Q J 9 7 } -- [ K 6 3 2 ] J 9 8 { 7 4 2 } 6 5 3

Ovest Nord Est Sud Versace Nowosadzki Lauria Kalita - Passo Passo Passo 2} Passo 2] Passo 3] Passo 4{ Passo 4[ Passo 5} Passo 5{ Passo 5[ Passo 7] Tutti Passo

2} è un forzante generico e 2] mostra 8+ punti con le picche. 3] promette quattro carte di cuori con le fiori più lunghe e 4{ è un tentativo di slam con atout cuori. A questo punto, 4[ è una cuebid, così come 5}, che però nega il possesso del [K. 5{ è ancora cuebid e 5[ conferma il possesso della [Q e quindi un tentativo di grande slam. Lauria ha giocato velocemente.

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OPEN TEAMS WOMEN TEAMS 1 ERA 143.69 62 OBJECTIVITY 98.63 1 DUTCH WOMEN 144.96 2 GRY FOREVER 140.99 63 INTER 98.37 2 DENMARK RED 126.08 3 HIGHLANDERS 132.92 64 BEIJING TRINERGY 97.37 3 CAVIAR 124.58 4 LAVAZZA 132.71 65 NPC DAISY 97.07 4 CHINA LADIES 117.71 5 VINCI 129.77 66 ZAWADA 96.71 5 NORDEN 115.50 6 HEIMDAL 129.31 67 SERDIKA 96.63 6 ORANGE WOMEN 114.46 7 GREECE 128.41 68 NONAME 96.51 7 HAYMAN 113.91 8 FRANCE OPEN SENIOR 126.45 69 KINDSBEKKEN 96.33 8 BAKER 112.20 9 POLAND 124.92 70 LUXY GERMANS 95.20 9 DENMARK 110.62 10 MORAN 124.79 71 ATLANTIC 94.99 10 DESAPALI 108.85 11 REDROBOT 124.03 72 ACDC 94.28 11 CANNAVALE 107.04 12 CHATEAU ROSSENOVO 123.12 73 RICH 93.73 12 SAKR 105.40 13 SHOKOLATA 121.49 74 ISRAEL JUNIORS 93.61 13 FRENCH LADIES 103.42 14 PSZCZOLA 121.45 75 OSS117 93.23 14 KRA 103.15 15 MAZURKIEWICZ 120.56 76 NEVER CLAIM 92.95 15 ISRAEL WOMEN 99.91 16 CHINA OPEN 119.62 77 HAUGE 92.57 16 GERMAN WOMEN 99.69 17 BRIDGEBERTHEAU 119.28 78 VILLA FABBRICHE 91.94 17 HIBERNIA 98.90 18 RAMS 118.84 80 OTVOSI 91.45 18 SERANGELI 96.88 19 TEAM VENTIN 117.95 81 PORTUGAL 91.39 19 CIAU BELLA 95.02 20 BRIDGE PLUS 117.54 82 CONTRA 91.21 20 MERIT ROYAL 94.51 21 DINKIN 117.41 83 NETHERLANDS WHITE 91.05 21 CBC MILANO 94.20 22 CREMIN 116.84 84 TEAM PHARMASERVICE 90.78 22 RIMINI BRIDGE 93.66 23 NETHERLANDS RED 116.53 85 MADEIRA 90.77 23 PORTUGAL 93.61 24 MUNICH M3I 116.20 86 1 OVER 2 90.47 24 JHBCT 88.69 25 MARILL 115.83 87 TEXAN ACES 90.31 25 TOP ONE 88.58 26 LASJ 115.74 88 CESS 89.92 26 WWWGUTSCOM 84.96 27 ZIMMERMANN 115.42 89 BADGER C 89.91 27 CASADOMA 81.98 28 200 114.35 90 RED LIONS 89.37 28 SAGE 71.49 29 VYTAS 114.27 91 BARRETT 89.11 29 BRASILEIRAS 61.35 30 ZIGGY 113.57 92 KHIUPPENEN 88.92 30 CAVE PROPERI 48.49 31 JASS 112.53 93 UP NORTH DOWN UNDER 88.69 32 GILLIS 111.88 94 LEONARDO 88.32 33 DE BOTTON 111.09 95 HARRIS 88.18 SENIOR TEAMS 34 COLDEA 110.61 96 MORAWSKI 88.14 1 DHONDY 130.90 35 TEAM IRG 110.44 97 MCALLISTER 87.22 2 GERMANY 129.43 36 HENNEBERG 109.83 98 CEGLIA 85.87 3 WOLFSON TEAM 123.21 37 MAHAFFEY 109.50 99 MOSTYN 85.82 4 VITO 121.23 38 ROSENTHAL 108.36 100 PLACKETT 85.81 5 MILNER 121.04 39 NETHERLANDS BLUE 108.21 101 COVFEFE 4 85.22 6 MARKOWICZ 115.96 39 ISRAPOL 108.21 102 FILIPPO5 84.28 7 KAMINSKI 115.08 41 BARRACUDA 107.48 103 PRUSA 83.62 8 VAN EIJCK 111.65 42 FAILLA 106.61 104 1ST OF JULY 82.57 9 CALDARELLI 111.50 43 KVARAN 105.59 105 E105M7 81.19 10 GORACO 110.62 44 K 1 104.61 106 BALKAN STARS 80.52 11 BANZAI 107.94 45 FEDERIGHI 104.34 107 SWEDEN MIXED TEAM 80.24 12 BARDIN 105.87 46 GAMAX 104.13 108 BRIDGE24 B 78.52 13 GRAIZER NURIT 100.24 47 CONNECTOR 103.82 109 RENOUARD 77.26 14 YOUNG BOYS 99.56 48 META 103.60 110 ADAD 76.85 15 SLOVAKIA 96.70 49 CROATIA 103.57 111 CHARIS 76.57 16 VALACCHIA 96.36 50 MOSSOP 103.22 112 JENNY 74.57 17 WARD PLATT 96.19 51 TEAM BLACK 103.02 113 ROBERTSON 69.88 18 RUMMEL 96.12 52 DUMBOVICH 102.29 114 VIKINGS 69.21 19 PORTO BRIDGE CLUB 95.82 53 BRENO 101.93 115 JIANG 68.45 20 SAVELLI 94.86 54 LORENZINI 101.51 116 SEOUL 66.46 21 SENATOR 90.66 55 ORG REIGNWOOD 101.30 117 SPAIMA 66.15 22 SCOTLAND 84.76 56 AUSTRIA 101.13 118 ISRAEL GREEN 65.49 23 SPELMANS 84.18 57 GAGGS 100.91 119 BREMNES 64.15 24 ADLISWIL PLUS 2 83.36 58 ALLFREY 100.06 120 GHOSN 58.42 25 DUBEL 82.96 59 SWITZERLAND OPEN 99.59 26 WHITE WINNER 73.10 60 DACIANS 99.25 27 SHORT 66.96 61 ZADIKIM 98.97 28 ROMANIA 58.13

DETAILED RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE AT: db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/17montecatini/microsite/Results.htm

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1 OVER 2 1ST OF JULY 200 ACDC ADAD Gheorghe CHIPAIL Gheorghe SERPOI Ole BERSET Brigitte AUBONNET Pierre ADAD R CONSTANTINESCU Calin STIRBU Bjorn Olav EKREN Christophe CARDE Patrick BOGACKI Ti DAVIS Cornel TEODORESCU Nils Kare KVANGRAVEN Anne-Marie Franck MATEOS-RUIZ Brian McGUIRE Bogdan VULCAN Ulf Haakon TUNDAL COLOMBARO Valerie SAUVAGE Anna NK KVANGRAVEN cpt Jean-Yves DANIC BALDYSZ Cathy

ALLFREY ATLANTIC AUSTRIA BADGER C BALKAN STARS Alexander ALLFREY Finn BRANDSNES Andreas BABSCH Jeffrey ALLERTON Svetomir GOTZOV Kevin CASTNER Kjell Gaute FYRUN Arno LINDERMANN Frances HINDEN Georgi KARAKOLEV David GOLD Arild RASMUSSEN Josef SIMON Chris JAGGER Vladimir MIHOV Andrew ROBSON Erik RYNNING Christian TERRANEO Graham OSBORNE Tihomir TAKOV Andreas BABSCH cpt S GOTZOV cpt S GOTZOV coach

BARRACUDA BARRETT BEIJING TRINERGY BREMNES BRENO Sam BAHBOUT Geoffrey BARRETT Fei GAO Helge BREMNES Enrico CASTELLANI Steven DE DONDER Ugo BOSCARDIN Xiaoyi LI Inge DYRKORN Arrigo FRANCHI Steve DE ROOS Paolo CLAIR Dong LU Ingeborg GRIMSMO M LANZAROTTI Mike VANDERVORST Donna LOMBARDINI Yanhong WANG Cecilie SANDVIK Giacomo PERCARIO Michael RANIS Shaohong WU Helge BREMNES cpt Romain ZALESKI G BARRETT cpt Dong LU cpt M LANZAROTTI cpt Yanhong WANG coach

BRIDGE PLUS BRIDGE24 B BRIDGEBERTHEAU CEGLIA CESS Grozio DONEV Igor CHALUPEC Peter CARLSSON Marzio CEGLIA Ebru ATES Zhivko DRAGANOV Bartosz CHMURSKI Per LEANDERSSON Cris Pino CHERUBINI Serap KURANOGLU Todor TIHOLOV Tomasz SIELICKI Mikael RIMSTEDT Gaetano DE SIMONE Sevil NUHOGLU Angel VANCHEV Piotr TUCZYNSKI Ola RIMSTEDT Leonardo GUETTI Cenk TUNCOK Zahari ZAHARIEV B CHMURSKI cpt P LEANDERSSON cpt Marzio CEGLIA cpt Zahari ZAHARIEV cpt

CHARIS CHATEAU ROSSENOVO CHINA OPEN COLDEA CONNECTOR Gad CHADHA Nikola BARANTIEV Yunlong CHEN Ionut COLDEA K ARASZKIEWICZ Adrian ORLOWSKI Antoni IVANOV Jianming DAI Marius IONITA Piotr BIZON Laura Cecilia PORRO Ivan IVANOV Jianwei LI Bogdan MARINA Dariusz KOWALSKI Corneliu RIMBOIU Georgi RALEV Lixin YANG Marina STEGAROIU Mariusz PUCZYNSKI N BARANTIEV cpt Bangxiang ZHANG Cezary SEREK Jie ZHAO D KAZMUCHA cpt Gang CHEN cpt

CONTRA COVFEFE 4 CREMIN CROATIA DACIANS Marius BRICIU Marshall LEWIS Goran BOREVKOVIC Iancu BACALU Filip FLORIN Milan MACURA Huub BERTENS Kiril MARINOVSKI Florin DOBRIN Ovidiu GHIGHECI Jean-Michel VOLDOIRE Joan CREMIN Marina PILIPOVIC Sorin Septimiu IONESCU Anton NEGOESCU Vit VOLHEJN Ognjen STANICIC Marius Titus SIRB Nikica SVER Florin DOBRIN cpt Vedran ZORIC

DE BOTTON DELLE CAVE DINKIN DUMBOVICH E105M7 Thomas CHARLSEN Giuseppe DELLE CAVE Sam DINKIN Miklos DUMBOVICH Alexej GERASIMOV Janet DE BOTTON Matteo MONTANARI Alex KOLESNIK Daniel GULYAS Viacheslav GUSEV Thor E HOFTANISKA Howard WEINSTEIN Roberto SCARAMUZZI Balazs KOTANYI Alexandra NIKITINA Artur MALINOWSKI Michael SHUSTER Peter TALYIGAS Vadim RAPOPORT Dror PADON G DELLE CAVE cpt Balazs KOTANYI cpt Tom TOWNSEND

ERA FAILLA FEDERIGHI FERRO FILIPPO5 Andrei ARLOVICH Luca DE MICHELIS Antonio FEDERIGHI Giuseppe FERRO P FRANCESCHETTI Alexander DUBININ Max DI FRANCO Francesco MASINI Giovanni LUCCHESI Nicolas LHUISSIER Andrey GROMOV Giuseppe FAILLA Mauri MICHELINI Piero NARDI Quentin ROBERT Ron PACHTMAN Andrea MANNO Francesco NICOLODI Gino SALMONI Hilda SETTON Erikas VAINIKONIS Luciano PAPINI Giuseppe FERRO cpt Romain TEMBOURET Piotr ZATORSKI Filippo VIGGIANO G De TESSIERES Piotr ZATORSKI cpt A FEDERIGHI cpt

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FRANCE OP SENIOR GAGGS GAMAX GHOSN GILLIS Francois COMBESCURE Gunnar ANDERSSON Alon BIRMAN Espen ANFINSEN Espen ERICHSEN Nicholas DECHELETTE Simon EKENBERG Geza HOMONNAY Lisbeth Aulid EIDE Simon GILLIS Georges IONTZEFF David WRANG Peter LAKATOS Erik ELIASSEN Glyn LIGGINS Jerome ROMBAUT Thomas WRANG Gabor WINKLER Rita GHOSN Erik SAELENSMINDE G ANDERSSON cpt Noomi HERBERT coach Cathy

GREECE GRY FOREVER GUERMANI HARRIS HAUGE K DOXIADIS Christian BAKKE Virgilio GAGLIARDI Diyan DANAILOV Erik BERG Aris FILIOS Tor Eivind GRUDE Paolo GUERMANI Jonathan HARRIS Rune HAUGE K KONTOMITROS Lars A JOHANSEN Piercarlo MUSSO Borislav POPOV C KRISTOFFERSEN T KOUKOUSELIS Steffen F SIMONSEN Piero REVIGLIO Steven ROOT Daniel MCINTOSH Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS Stefan SKORCHEV Petros ROUSSOS Jerry STAMATOV Jonathan HARRIS cpt

HEIMDAL HENNEBERG HIGHLANDERS INTER ISRAEL GREEN Terje AA J Ove HENNEBERG Harald EIDE Sergey KOLYADENKO Eliran ARGELAZI Per E AUSTBERG Marlene HENNEBERG Lars EIDE Rodion KOVALCHUK Gal GERSTNER Jan Tore BERG Tom NORGAARD Sam Inge HOYLAND YURY LUKKE Marcia GREEN Glenn GROETHEIM Jan PEDERSEN Sven Olai HOYLAND Vitaly ZUBAN Lee ROSENTHAL Allan LIVGARD M HENNEBERG cpt Petter TONDEL I HJELLEMARKEN cpt

ISRAEL JUNIORS ISRAPOL JASS JENNY JIANG Amir EZION Nathan HETZ Allan COHEN Steve CAPAL Peer BACH Oren TOLEDANO Asa LEVINGER Sigurd L PEDERSEN Jeniffer HARRIS Yong Kang JIANG Lior URMAN Piotr MARCINOWSKI John NORRIS Edward JONES SLICHTNECKER Ami ZAMIR Mateusz SOBCZAK Stig WERDELIN Thomas PASKE Jianyu ZHU Asa LEVINGER cpt Stig WERDELIN cpt Jeniffer HARRIS cpt Yong Kang JIANG cpt

K 1 KHIUPPENEN KINDSBEKKEN KVARAN LASJ Victor ARONOV Simon DE WIJS A KINDSBEKKEN Bjorn KVARAN Lasse AASENG Diana DAMIANOVA Yury KHIUPPENEN Terje LIE Rune KVARAN Fredrik HELNESS Ivan NANEV Jouri KHOKHLOV Ole M MYRVOLD Arnstein NYMOEN Sverre JOHNSEN Julian STEFANOV Georgi MATUSHKO Roar VOLL Marcello PALAGI L STOKKELAND Victor ARONOV cpt Bauke MULLER A KINDSBEKKEN cpt Rune KVARAN cpt Jan P SVENDSEN Alexei STERKIN Sverre JOHNSEN cpt

LAVAZZA LEONARDO LORENZINI LUXY GERMANS MADEIRA Alejandro BIANCHEDI David ARBEL Paul GRUENKE Jorge CRUZEIRO Dennis BILDE Gili BAR Cedric LORENZINI Peter JOKISCH JP DE CARVALHO Norberto BOCCHI L FRUSCOLONI Ulf NILSSON Udo KASIMIR Carlos LUIS Giorgio DUBOIN Gianluca VIGNAGA JC QUANTIN Roland ROHOWSKY P Goncalves PEREIRA Agustin MADALA Paul STREET Peter JOKISCH cpt M TEIXEIRA Antonio SEMENTA Frederic VOLCKER Reinaldo TIMOTEO M T LAVAZZA cpt Miguel TEIXEIRA cpt M ORTENSI coach MAHAFFEY MARILL MAZURKIEWICZ MCALLISTER META Boye BROGELAND Philippe CRONIER Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI Michael BAREL Marius AGICA Piotr GAWRYS Philippe MARILL John Grayson Adrian G FILIMON Michal KLUKOWSKI Dominique PILON Marcin MAZURKIEWICZ McALLISTER Mihai GRIGORIU Philippe TOFFIER W STARKOWSKI Yaniv ZACK Andrei PIROI M MAZURKIEWICZ cpt Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE Jim MAHAFFEY Jim MAHAFFEY cpt

MORAN MORAWSKI MOSSOP MOSTYN MUNICH M3I Rory BOLAND Dariusz MORAWSKI Jason HACKETT Andy BOWLES Marie EGGELING John CARROLL Vanessa REESS Justin HACKETT Shireen MOHANDES Max ELLERBECK Tommy GARVEY Irmeli SALONEN Paul D HACKETT Simon MOSTYN Ingo LUESSMANN Tom HANLON Francois STRETZ Alexander HYDES Jonathan OSGOOD Michael SCHNEIDER Hugh McGANN Joanna ZOCHOWSKA David MOSSOP M SCHNEIDER cpt Mark MORAN David PRICE M ELLERBECK coach Grainne BARTON cpt Paul D HACKETT cpt

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NETHERLANDS BLUE NETHERLANDS RED NETHERLANDS WHITE NEVER CLAIM NONAME Danny MOLENAAR Bob DRIJVER Guy MENDES DE LEON Yuliy CHUMAK Sedat DINC Berend VAN DEN BOS Bart NAB Maarten SCHOLLAARDT Volodymyr DRAGAN Mehmet Guney Joris VAN LANKVELD Ricco VAN PROOIJEN Thibo SPRINKHUIZEN Volodymyr PORKHUN GUNDOGDU Tim VERBEEK Louk VERHEES Jr Tom VAN OVERBEEKE Oleg ROVYSHYN Levent IMAMOGLU Agnes SNELLERS cpt Ton BAKKEREN cpt Wubbo DE BOER cpt Yuliy CHUMAK cpt Ugurcan SUZER Serkan UNAL Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN Sedat DINC cpt NPC DAISY OBJECTIVITY ORG REIGNWOOD OSS117 OTVOSI Markus KNOB Roger BRYANT Junjie HU Arnaud ANCESSY Zdzislaw INGIELEWICZ Gerhard POLLAK Stephen GREEN Linlin HU Frederic BRUNET Grzegorz NARKIEWICZ Stefan PROPST Rob HELLE Shu LIU Jean-Louis COUNIL Ervin OTVOSI Clemens WANHA Ed HOOGENKAMP Yanhui SUN Jean Pierre DESMOULINS Jerem STEPINSKI Clemens WANHA cpt Jian WANG G NARKIEWICZ cpt Yuewu WANG Yanhui SUN cpt Jie ZHAO coach PLACKETT POLAND PORTUGAL PRUSA PSZCZOLA Paul DENNING Maciej DABROWSKI Joao BARBOSA Vera ADUT Josef BLASS Richard Mark PLACKETT Marek JELENIEWSKI Nuno PAZ Orhan EKINCI Sjoert BRINK Mike POWNALL Rafal MARKS Sofia PESSOA Yusuf KAHYAOGLOU Bas DRIJVER Adrian THOMAS Lech OHRYSKO Paulo SARMENTO Dilek YAVAS Jacek KALITA Andrzej PAWLAK Sofia PESSOA cpt Nafiz ZORLU Michal NOWOSADZKI Pawel SZYMASZCZYK Dilek YAVAS cpt Jacek PSZCZOLA Maciej DABROWSKI cpt Jacek PSZCZOLA cpt RAMS RED LIONS REDROBOT RENOUARD RICH Sabine AUKEN Philippe BANCHEREAU Igor CURLIN Jacques DELORME Maximo CRUSIZIO Ashley BACH Blandine DELESTRE Igor KHAZANOV Fabienne PIGEAUD R GARCIA DA ROSA Michael CORNELL Daniel DELESTRE Maria LEBEDEVA Jean-Claude RENOUARD Sergei KUSTAROV Denis PALAZO Dmitri PROKHOROV Woyciech USZYNSKI Carlos PELLEGRINI Michael CORNELL cpt P BANCHEREAU cpt Joseph RICH Pavel VOROBEI Stefano TOMMASINI Maksim ZHMAK Virginia CHEDIAK cpt Pavel VOROBEI cpt ROBERTSON ROSENTHAL SEOUL SERDIKA SHOKOLATA Richard BOWLEY David BERKOWITZ Ingu HWANG Slavi ALEKSIEV Ilan BAREKET Michael BYRNE Seongseok KANG Rumen MARINCHEV Ismail KANDEMIR Simon COPE Jan JANSMA Daehong KIM Klimentin NIKOLCHEV Suleyman KOLATA Kieran DYKE Andrew ROSENTHAL Hye Young KIM Krasimir SIMEONOV Assaf LENGY Marion ROBERTSON Aaron SILVERSTEIN Hye Min OH Rumen MARINCHEV cpt Amir LEVIN Hye Min OH cpt Yossi ROLL Ilan BAREKET cpt SPAIMA SWEDEN MIXED SWITZERLAND TEAM BLACK TEAM IRG Costache DARIE Dan BYLUND Bartlomiej IGLA M Krogh ANDERSEN Simona Felicia DARIE Bengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON Stephan MAGNUSSON Andrew BLACK Dorte Cilleborg BILDE Florin DUMITRASCU Helena STROMBERG Dmitrij NIKOLENKOV Peter FREDIN Morten BILDE Codrin MARCU A Z EFRAIMSSON Fernando PIEDRA Philip KING Soren Cilleborg BILDE Florin DUMITRASCU cpt Bengt-Erik Andrew McINTOSH Bas VAN ENGELEN EFRAIMSSON cpt Willie WHITTAKER Dorte Cilleborg BILDE cpt PHARMASERVICE TEAM VENTIN TEXAN ACES UP NORTH DOWN VIKINGS Freddi BRONDUM Per-Ola CULLIN Keyzad ANKLESARIA Simon HINGE Morten BRAENDVANG Poul CLEMMENSEN Antonio PALMA Debabrata MAJUMDER Stig MARTINUSSEN Kristian ELLINGSEN Hans Christian Juan Carlos VENTIN Sumit MUKHERJEE Andrew John MILL Niclas ORNERDAL GRAVERSEN Frederic WRANG P SRIDHARAN Dag Heldal PAULSEN Andre SYRRIST Kasper KONOW Juan Carlos VENTIN cpt S SRINIVASAN Are SIVERTSEN Andreas VESTERLUND Hans Christian Gopal VENKATESH Dag-Jorgen STOKKVIK Olle WADEMARK GRAVERSEN cpt Gopal VENKATESH cpt C WADEMARK cpt

VILLA FABBRICHE VINCI VYTAS ZADIKIM ZAWADA Mario D AVOSSA Giovanni DONATI Boguslaw GIERULSKI Meir BERKMAN Kamil NOWAK Stelio DI BELLO Fabrizio HUGONY Fredrik NYSTROM Ron SHEFFY Wojciech STRZEMECKI Fabio LO PRESTI Lorenzo LAURIA Wojtek OLANSKI Noah TYMIANKER Radoslaw SZCZEPANSKI Francesco MAZZADI Mustafa Cem TOKAY Jerzy SKRZYPCZAK Erez ZADIK Leszek SZTYRAK Ruggero PULGA Alfredo VERSACE Johan UPMARK Erez ZADIK cpt Piotr TUSZYNSKI Gianpaolo RINALDI Francesco S VINCI Vytautas VAINIKONIS ZIGGY ZIMMERMANNPrzemyslaw ZAWADA Filippo PALMA cpt Francesco S VINCI cpt Wojtek OLANSKI cpt Siegfried KONIG Dominik FILIPOWICZ Justin MILL Geir HELGEMO Jacob RON Tor HELNESS Geir-Olav TISLEVOLL Krzysztof MARTENS Siegfried KONIG cpt Franck MULTON Pierre ZIMMERMANN

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BAKER BRASILEIRAS CANNAVALE CASADOMA CAVE PROPERI Lynn BAKER Lucia MENEZES Paola CANNAVALE Carol Anne CUMMINS Annamaria CADARIO Karen McCALLUM Margarida SOUZA Donatella GIGLIOTTI Dolores GILLILAND Elisabetta MACCIONI Claudia VARGAS Y De M Claudia POMARES Sandra NEWELL Antonia PECCI Ana C VIDIGAL Michela SALVATO Maria WHELAN Daniela PRIARONE Lynn BAKER cpt Ana C VIDIGAL cpt Giulia SCRIATTOLI Maurizia RITIANI Daniela TONTI Paola VENTURA Paola CANNAVALE cpt Antonia PECCI cpt

CAVIAR CBC MILANO CHINA LADIES CIAU BELLA DENMARK Tatiana DIKHNOVA Gloria COLOMBO Yan HUANG Fiona BROWN Signe BUUS THOMSEN Tatiana PONOMAREVA BRUGNONI Yan LIU Anne-Sofie HOULBERG Diana RAKHMANI Cristina GOLIN Yan LU Renata MULLER Bjorg HOUMOLLER Maria YAKOVLEVA Chiara MARTELLINI Qi SHEN Sue PICUS Silvia MARTELLINI Nan WANG Matilda POPLILOV Mietta PREVE Wen Fei WANG Jovanka SMEDEREVAC Marilina VANUZZI Xiaojing WANG cpt

DENMARK RED DESAPALI DUTCH WOMEN FRENCH LADIES GERMAN WOMEN Lone BILDE Carla ARNOLDS Veronique BESSIS Anne GLADIATOR Tina EGE Pauline COHEN Magdalena TICHA AL HUBERSCHWILLER Ingrid GROMANN Stense FARHOLT Lizzie GODFREY Wietske VAN ZWOL Elisabeth HUGON Claudia LUESSMANN Helle RASMUSSEN Debbie SANDFORD Martine VERBEEK Jennifer MOURGUES Gisela SMYKALLA Bo Loenberg BILDE cpt Alex VAN REENEN cpt Carole PUILLET Elke WEBER Hans KELDER coach Karin WENNING Karin WENNING cpt Fried WEBER coach HAYMAN HIBERNIA ISRAEL WOMEN JHBCT KRA Grazyna BREWIAK Jeannie FITZGERALD Adi ASULIN Christine CHILD Claudia CASTIGNANI Katarzyna DUFRAT Emer JOYCE Hila LEVI Brenda FOSTER Eleonora DUBOIN Jessica HAYMAN Joan KENNY Michal NOSACKI Diana ROSSLEE Caterina FERLAZZO PIAFSKY Teresa RIGNEY Nathalie SAADA Avril WHELAN Maria LEVONI Danuta KAZMUCHA Dana TAL Gabriella MANARA Anna SARNIAK Noga TAL Giovanna PICCIONI Justyna ZMUDA Dana TAL cpt Maria LEVONI cpt Michal BAREL coach MERIT ROYAL NORDEN ORANGE WOMEN PORTUGAL RIMINI BRIDGE Nilgun KOTAN Nadia BEKKOUCHE Merel BRUIJNSTEEN Mariana LEITAO Simona BERARDI Sirma SANUS Tonje A BROGELAND Laura DEKKERS Anabella OLIVEIRA Paola DELVECCHIO Guler UYANIK Virginia CHEDIAK Jet PASMAN Alexandra ROSADO Maria Beatrice GORRA Zeynep YILMAZ Stine HOLMOY Anneke SIMONS Rita RUSSO Daniela MALDINI Mey ZAIM Maria Marit RAHELT Alex VAN REENEN cpt Anabella OLIVEIRA cpt Silvia MORRI Ferda ZORLU Ranja SIVERTSVIK Hans KELDER coach Lea M STACCHINI Virginia CHEDIAK cpt Silvia MORRI cpt

SAGE SAKR SERANGELI TOP ONE WWWGUTSCOM Agnethe H KJENSLI Benedicte CRONIER Margherita CHAVARRIA Monica AGHEMO Lise BLAAGESTAD Grethe KJENSLI Catherine D'OVIDIO Rita GIBERTONI Gianna ARRIGONI Liv Marit GRUDE Elisabeth Grasholt May SAKR Monica MAINOLDI Monica BURATTI Gunn HELNESS SJODAL Janice SEAMON- Alessandra MONETA Antonella NOVO Astrid Steen LYBAEK Sofie G SJODAL MOLSON Simonetta PAOLUZI Gabriella OLIVIERI Bodil Nyheim OIGARDEN E Grasholt SJODAL cpt Sylvie WILLARD Franca SERANGELI Giuliana PEDERZOLI Franca SERANGELI cpt Ennio NARDULLO cpt N´ T MISS IT! DON´T MISS IT! DON´T MISS IT! D

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ADLISWIL PLUS 2 BANZAI BARDIN CALDARELLI DHONDY G HASHIMOTO Enda GLYNN Antonio BARDIN Verino CALDARELLI Richard CHAMBERLAIN John MAIER David A JACKSON Antonio COSSU ROCCA Marcello DI EUSANIO Jeremy DHONDY Gay KEAVENEY Franco GARBOSI Tiziano DI FEBO David KENDRICK Heinrich NAEGELI Pat QUINN Pierfrancesco PAROLARO Sergio FREDDIO Patrick SHIELDS Irene NAEGELI Paolo UGGERI Berardino MANCINI G HASHIMOTO cpt Antonio BARDIN cpt Lanfranco VECCHI Lanfranco VECCHI cpt

DUBEL GERMANY GORACO GRAIZER NURIT KAMINSKI Martin CARROLL Hans FRERICHS Zbigniew MACIOR Nurit GRAIZER Avi KALISH Harold CURRAN Herbert KLUMPP Jerzy MICHALEK Shimshon HORVITZ Amos KAMINSKI John G KENNEDY Ulrich KRATZ Miroslaw MILASZEWSKI Micha MARK Yeshayahu LEVIT Howard KENT-WEBSTER Reiner MARSAL Stefan SZENBERG Sonia MARK Leonid PODGUR MARTIN CARROLL cpt Bernhard STRATER Wlodzimierz WALA Gabi MERMELSTEIN Adrian SCHWARTZ Ulrich WENNING Stefan SZENBERG cpt Nurit NAVEH Shalom ZELIGMAN Gerda HEINRICHS cpt

MARKOWICZ MILNER PORTO BRIDGE CLUB ROMANIA RUMMEL Michal KWIECIEN Apolinary KOWALSKI Bernardo FERREIRA Peter - Lorand FEY Toivo JULLIS Victor MARKOWICZ Hemant LALL Jose Carlos HENRIQUES Radu GRADINARIU Tiit LAANEMAE Victor MELMAN Zia MAHMOOD Paolo PESSANHA Mihai MINCU Tonis PLEKSEPP Krzysztof MOSZCZYNSKI Jeff MECKSTROTH Rui PINTO Alexandru TOMA Aarne RUMMEL Jerzy RUSSYAN Artur Santos SILVA Radu GRADINARIU cpt Jerzy ZAREMBA Jacek ROMANSKI Sobral TORRES Victor MARKOWICZ cpt Hemant LALL cpt Rui PINTO cpt J PSZCZOLA coach SPELMANS VALACCHIA VAN EIJCK VITO WARD PLATT Seppo CASTREN Mihail BALUNA Nico DOREMANS Hristo HRISTOV Andrea BURATTI Joakim FABRITIUS Cristian FULGA Willem GOSSCHALK Zlatko NEDELTCHEV Steve HAMAOUI Seppo RASANEN Victor MARCULETIU Jaap TROUWBORST Radi RADEV Carlo MARIANI Matti SIHVOLA Catalin POPESCU Willem VAN EIJCK Tony RUSEV Jean-Jacques PALAU Matti SIHVOLA cpt Constantin STANCESCU Jaap TROUWBORST cpt Tony RUSEV cpt Kiki WARD-PLATT Lucian TACIUC Cristian FULGA cpt

WHITE WINNER WOLFSON TEAM YOUNG BOYS Hans-Herman GWINNER Benito GAROZZO Jorund AARDAL Darina LANGER Franco MASOERO Bjorn BUER Goran MATTSSON Neil SILVERMAN Johnny HOLMBAKKEN Georg WEISZ Jeff WOLFSON Petter H. LINDQVIST H-Herman GWINNER cpt Jeff WOLFSON cpt Svein Arne MUNKVOLD Jeff WOLFSON coach Oddbjorn VINJEVOLL

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OOPENP E N TTEAMSE A M S KOK O ERA Andrei ARLOVICH, Alexander DUBININ, Andrey GROMOV, Ron PACHTMAN, Erikas VAINIKONIS, Piotr R1 R2 ZATORSKI, Piotr ZATORSKI cpt ERA CHATEAU ROSSENOVO Nikola BARANTIEV, Antoni IVANOV, Ivan IVANOV, Georgi RALEV, N BARANTIEV cpt R1 R2 CHATEAU R. HEIMDAL Terje AA, Per E AUSTBERG, Jan Tore BERG, Glenn GROETHEIM, Allan LIVGARD, Petter TONDEL, I R1 R2 HJELLEMARKEN cpt HEIMDAL CHINA OPEN Yunlong CHEN, Jianming DAI, Jianwei LI, Lixin YANG, Bangxiang ZHANG, Jie ZHAO, Gang CHEN cpt CHINA OPEN R1 R2 PSZCZOLA Josef BLASS, Sjoert BRINK, Bas DRIJVER, Jacek KALITA, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Jacek PSZCZOLA pt

R1 R2 GREECE K DOXIADIS, Aris FILIOS, K KONTOMITROS, T KOUKOUSELIS, Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS, Petros PSZCZOLA ROUSSOSROUSSOS LAVAZZA Alejandro BIANCHEDI, Dennis BILDE, Norberto GREECE R1 R2 BOCCHI, Giorgio DUBOIN, Agustin MADALA, Antonio SEMEN- TA,, Maria Teresa LAVAZZA cpt,p , Massimo ORTENSI coach SHOKOLATA Ilan BAREKET, Ismail KANDEMIR, Su- R1 R2 leyman KOLATA, Assaf LENGY, Amir LEVIN, Yossi ROLL, LAVAZZA Ilan BAREKET cpt R1 R2 SHOKOLATA

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HIGHLANDERS HIGHLANDERS Harald EIDE, Lars EIDE, Sam Inge HOYLAND, R1 R2 REDROBOT SveSvenn OOlailaii HOHOYLANDOYLYLANND REDROBOT Igor CURLIN, Igor KHAZANOV, Maria LE- BEDEVA, Dmitri PROKHOROV, Pavel VOROBEI, Maksim R1 R2 ZHMAK, Pavel VOROBEI cpt VINCI VINCI Giovanni DONATI, Fabrizio HUGONY, Lorenzo R1 R2 LAURIA, Mustafa Cem TOKAY, Alfredo VERSACE, Fran- FRANCE O.S. cesco Saverio VVINCI,, Francesco S VVINCI cptp FRANCE OP SENIOR Francois COMBESCURE, Nicholas DECHELETTE, Georges IONTZEFF, Jerome ROMBAUT R1 R2 MAZURKIEWICZ Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI, Krzysztof MAZURKIEWICZ JASSEM, Marcin MAZURKIEWICZ, W STARKOWSKI, M R1 R2 MAZURKIEWICZMAZZURKU IEWIEEWICZCZC cpcptpt MORAN MORAN Rory BOLAND, John CARROLL, Tommy GARVEY, Tom HANLON, Hugh McGANN, Mark MORAN, Grainne BARTON cpt R1 R2 GRY FOREVER Christian BAKKE, Tor Eivind GRUDE, GRY FOREVER Lars A JOHANSEN, Steffen F SIMONSEN

POLAND Maciej DABROWSKI, Marek JELENIEWSKI, POLAND Rafal MARKS, Lech OHRYSKO, Andrzej PAWLAK, Pawel SZYMASZCZYK, Maciej DABROWSKI 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS ● Montecatini, Italy 10 - 24 June 2017 WWOMENO M E N TTEAMSE A M S KKOO

DUTCH WOMEN Carla ARNOLDS, Magdalena TICHA, Wietske VAN ZWOL, Martine VERBEEK, Alex VAN REENEN cpt, Hans KELDER coach R1 R2 NORDEN DUTCH W. Nadia BEKKOUCHE, Tonje A BROGELAND, Virginia CHEDIAK, Stine HOLMOY, Maria Marit R1 R2 NORDEN RAHELT, Ranja SIVERTSVIK, Virginia CHEDIAK cpt

R1 R2 BAKER Lynn BAKER, Karen McCALLUM, Marion MI- BAKER CHIELSEN, Meike WORTEL, Lynn BAKER cpt HAYMAN R1 R2 HAYMAN Grazyna BREWIAK, Katarzyna DUFRAT, Jessica HAYMAN, Danuta KAZMUCHA, Anna SAR- R1 R2 NIAK, Justyna ZMUDA CHINA L. CHINA LADIES Yan HUANG, Yan LIU, Yan LU, Qi SHEN, CAVIAR R1 R2 Nan WANG, Wen Fei WANG, Xiaojing WANG cpt CAVIAR R1 R2 Tatiana DIKHNOVA, Tatiana PONOMAREVA, Diana RAKHMANI, Maria YAKOVLEVA DENMARK R. DENMARK RED ORANGE W. Lone BILDE, Tina EGE, Stense FARHOLT, Helle RASMUSSEN, Bo Loenberg BILDE cpt

ORANGE WOMEN Merel BRUIJNSTEEN, Laura DEKKERS, Jet PASMAN, Anneke SIMONS, Alex VAN REENEN cpt, Hans KELDER coach 8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS ● Montecatini, Italy 10 - 24 June 2017 SSENIORE N I O R TTEAMSE A M S KOK O

DHONDY Richard CHAMBERLAIN, Jeremy DHONDY, DavidDavavid KENKENDRICK,DRIDR CK, PaPatricktrick SHISHIELDSELDS VAN EIJCK Nico DOREMANS, Willem GOSSCHALK, R1 R2 Jaap TROUWBORST, Willem VAN EIJCK, JaapJaapTp TROUWBORSTTROUWBOWBBORST cptcpt DHONDY MARKOWICZ R1 R2 Michal KWIECIEN, Victor MARKOWICZ, VAN EIJCK Victor MELMAN, Krzysztof MOSZCZYNSKI, Jerzy RUSSYAN, Jerzy ZAREMBA, Victor MARKOWICZMARKOWICZICICZ ccptpt R1 R2 WOLFSON MARKOWICZ Benito GAROZZO, Franco MASOERO, Neil SILVERMAN, Jeff WOLFSON, Jeff WOLFSON R1 R2 WOLFSONWOLFSOON cptcpt & ccoachoach MILNER R1 R2 Apolinary KOWALSKI, Hemant LALL, Zia MAHMOOD, Jeff MECKSTROTH, Reese MILNER MILNER, Jacek ROMANSKI, Hemant LALL cpt,cptpt,J, JJacekaceacacek PSZCZOLAPSZCZOLA coachcoach VITO R1 R2 VITO Hristo HRISTOV, Zlatko NEDELTCHEV, Radi RADEV,, Tonyy RUSEV,, Tonyy RUSEV R1 R2 cptcpp GERMANY GERMANY Hans FRERICHS, Herbert KLUMPP, Ulrich KRATZ, Reiner MARSAL, Bernhard STRA- KAMINSKI TER, Ulrich WENNING, Gerda HEINRICHS cpt

KAMINSKI Avi KALISH, Amos KAMINSKI, Yesha- yahu LEVIT, Leonid PODGUR, Adrian SCHWARTZ, Shalom ZELIGMAN