BBulletinulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Editor Ron Tacchi The First Round Robins Complete

The Open Competition has fi nished its fi rst Round Robin and started on the second. South Africa and Morocco both had three wins so both moved up the table. South Africa won the important match against Egypt so at the top of the table it is South Africa with Egypt behind them. In the Women’s Competition they play a Round Robin everyday and so now have completed two of them, nobody scored three wins but Tunisia will be pleased with two victories after three losses the previous day. Egypt have opened up a decent lead and they are followed by Morocco. N.B. Several teams were late lining up yesterday. A second infraction will incur a half victory point penalty. Please make sure you are in your seats at the appointed hour.

Team 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.1 Total South Africa 18.66 12.80 20.00 17.17 14.80 7.71 91.14 Egypt 18.87 14.80 15.56 5.82 5.20 20.00 80.25 Morocco 5.82 7.20 3.91 14.18 14.60 16.73 62.44 Open Tunisia 14.18 13.28 4.44 2.83 11.20 3.27 49.20 Reunion 1.34 5.20 16.09 3.27 8.80 12.29 46.99 Kenya 1.13 6.72 0.00 16.73 5.40 0.00 29.98 Team 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 Total Egypt 15.56 13.97 13.52 16.58 5.40 14.60 79.63 Morocco 19.07 4.81 6.48 18.97 6.72 5.40 61.45

Women South Africa 4.44 15.19 17.03 3.42 13.28 5.61 58.97 Tunisia 0.93 6.03 2.97 1.03 14.60 14.39 39.95 All information can be found on the website: www.bridgewebs.com/abf/ Open Teams - Egypt v Tunisia

he third session of Day one in the Open Teams declarer spurned the fi nesse and won with the ace. Tevent saw Egypt take on Tunisia. After two Now declarer could not avoid going down even rounds Egypt were just shading South Africa though the hearts were perfectly distributed as a to head the standings. A good win here would see club now from East reduced the entries to dummy them cement their position. Tunisia had had a and although the hearts could be established there good start with two wins, a third would see them would not be an to enjoy them. Where did challenging for the fi rst spot. declarer go wrong? There is an adage players bet- ter than I (and I assure there are many) say: ‘Tackle BBoardoard 334.4. DDealerealer EEast.ast. N/SN/S Vul.Vul. the side suit before trumps’. In this case whilst the ♠ K 7 4 3 lead was not unhelpful it prematurely took an entry ♥ K 3 away from dummy. If at trick three declarer starts ♦ A Q 3 with the jack of hearts he will succeed as the cards ♣ 9 6 4 2 lie. East will win with the ace and lead another club ♠ Q 9 N ♠ 6 5 which West can overruff but now you have control ♥ Q 8 4 ♥ A 7 5 of the suit and will not need to risk a fi nesse. ♦ K 10 9 8 6 4 WE♦ J 7 5 You now have the timing and entries to set up and ♣ J 8 S ♣ A Q 10 5 3 enjoy the heart suit. Had the heart jack lost to the ♠ A J 10 8 2 queen there would still have been a play for the ♥ J 10 9 6 2 contract in that you can play West for queen dou- ♦ 2 bleton in the trump suit. The problem with taking ♣ K 7 the trump fi nesse is that you have burnt your boats Open Room and need to take the heart and the diamond fi nesses to make your contract. Tackling hearts fi rst nearly West North East South always gives you the contract if the ♥Q is onside Zmerli Amiry Rebai Samir and still leaves you chances if it is not. The upshot – – 1♣ 2♦* was 12 IMPs to Egypt. Double 4♠ All Pass 2♦ Majors BBoardoard 335.5. DDealerealer SSouth.outh. EE/W/W VVul.ul. West’s Double showed some diamonds and some ♠ 9 5 points and in response to that East led a diamond ♥ 9 8 6 3 to the king and ace. Declarer now took the king ♦ Q J 9 of trumps and a losing fi nesse. West tried a small ♣ Q 10 9 5 heart but declarer played low and East was forced ♠ Q J 8 7 4 N ♠ K 10 6 2 ♥ J 10 5 4 2 ♥ A to win with the ace. He then cashed the ace of WE clubs and then declarer had the rest of the tricks. ♦ K ♦ 8 5 4 ♣ A 8 S ♣ 7 6 4 3 2 Closed Room ♠ A 3 West North East South ♥ K Q 7 Ahmed Meddeb Hussein Ghodhbane ♦ A 10 7 6 3 2 – – 1♣ 2♦* ♣ K J Pass 4♠ All Pass Open Room 2♦ Majors West North East South In the absence of a bid from partner East started Zmerli Amiry Rebai Samir with ace and another club, drawing the jack from West on the second round. Declarer continued with – – – 1NT a trump to the king and then took a losing fi nesse. 2♦* Pass 4♠ All Pass ♦ East pushed a diamond through and naturally 2 Majors Page 2 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Another auction where we have a 2♦ bid show- Open Room ing the majors. South found a good start for the West North East South defence when he started with ace and another Zmerli Amiry Rebai Samir trump. Declarer correctly identifi ed that if the 1♦ Pass 1♥* Pass clubs were kind then the contract would be made and so played ace and another club. Unfortunately 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass the clubs were not kind and so the contract fal- 2NT Pass 3♥ Pass tered. It was a good plan but as Lasker the chess 4♥ All Pass grandmaster was credited with saying ‘If you fi nd From the sparse it seems that a good move, look for a better one.’ Had declarer the Two Clubs bid was some form of checkback, taken an extra moment of thought he would have but I cannot be sure, whatever the meanings of added an extra string to his bow. He should cash all the bids the second best contract was reached the ace of hearts before starting on the clubs, then (3NT looks pretty impregnable). The lead was the if clubs failed to deliver a fortunate position in ♠10 which was taken by North with his king and the heart suit may rescue the contract. Look at he returned a diamond to his partner’s ace. The this hand, the king and queen of hearts is treble- diamond continuation was taken by dummy’s king ton and so you will succeed even though the clubs and a losing trump fi nesse was taken, but this was are against you. the last trick for the defence. Closed Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Ahmed Meddeb Hussein Ghodhbane Ahmed Meddeb Hussein Ghodhbane – – – 1♦ 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass 2♣ Pass 3♥ Pass In response to partner’s opening bid North led the 4♥ All Pass queen of diamonds taken by the ace and felling South led a small trump won by declarer in hand the king. South continued with another diamond with the queen. A spade fi nesse lost to North’s and declarer ruffed this and then played ace and king and a club was returned, won in hand with another club which was won by South who now the queen. The ace of trumps was cashed to expose had the opportunity to break the contract by play- the bad break and a diamond led towards dummy, ing two rounds of trumps but he continued with declarer taking the right view by rising with the another diamond and now declarer could crossruff king. Declarer now played another diamond taken his way to ten tricks. As explained above declarer by South with the ace who then locked declarer should have cashed his ace of hearts before play- back in dummy with a club and now whatever ing a second round. Another 12 IMPs to Egypt. declarer did South would come to two trump tricks. All declarer needed to when the king of diamonds BBoardoard 440.0. DDealerealer WWest.est. NoneNone Vul.Vul. held the trick was to cash the top clubs discard- ♠ K 8 5 ing the losing diamond, even if South ruffed he ♥ 8 would only have the king of trumps to come and ♦ Q 10 7 4 so the contract would have succeeded. Ten IMPs ♣ 10 9 6 5 4 to Tunisia ♠ A 4 ♠ Q J 7 ♥ 5 3 ♥ A Q J 10 7 6 ♦ K J 8 6 2 N ♦ 9 3 ♣ A K 7 3 ♣ WE Q 8 S ♠ 10 9 6 3 2 ♥ K 9 4 2 ♦ A 5 ♣ J 2

Page 3 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June BBoardoard 445.5. DDealerealer NNorth.orth. AllAll Vul.Vul. East’s aggressive bid paid handsome dividends ♠ A K J 4 when the trumps broke 2-2 and, as expected, the ♥ J 8 ♣K was onside. Always pleasant to make a vul- ♦ Q 9 8 2 nerable game after the opposition have opened a ♣ K J 5 strong no-trump. ♠ Q 10 3 N ♠ 8 Closed Room ♥ A 9 ♥ K 10 7 6 5 4 3 ♦ A J 7 5 WE♦ 10 4 West North East South ♣ A 8 7 2 S ♣ Q 6 3 Ahmed Meddeb Hussein Ghodhbane ♠ 9 7 6 5 2 – 1NT Pass 2♥ ♥ Q 2 Pass 2♠ All Pass ♦ K 6 3 At this table East was not made of the stern stuff in ♣ 10 9 4 the other room and so the opposition were allowed to play peacefully in a part-score which drifted one Open Room off but netted 11 IMPs for Tunisia. West North East South At the end of the session the battles for the Zmerli Amiry Rebai Samir double-digit swings was a tie but Egypt had the – 1NT 2♣* Pass better of the part-score swings and won by 44-21 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass or in VPs 15.56-4.44. 4♥ All Pass 2♣ single-suited

Page 4 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Women Teams - Egypt v South Africa

he fi rst session of the second Round Robin saw BBoardoard 44.. DDealerealer WWest.est. AAllll VVul.ul. TEgypt and South Africa face each other. These ♠ J 6 5 4 two teams were at the top of the standings ♥ 8 after the fi rst Round Robin, both teams would be ♦ A K 8 6 eager to win this one so as to have bragging rights ♣ K 10 7 6 and hopefully the lead at the end of the day. ♠ K 8 N ♠ A 10 7 2 BBoardoard 11.. DDealerealer NNorth.orth. NNoneone Vul.Vul. ♥ K 9 6 4 ♥ J 5 2 ♦ 9 7 5 3 WE♦ Q 10 4 2 ♠ K ♣ 9 5 4 S ♣ J 8 ♥ Q J 4 3 ♦ K 10 9 5 ♠ Q 9 3 ♣ K 8 6 4 ♥ A Q 10 7 3 ♦ J ♠ J 10 4 N ♠ 8 5 3 2 ♣ A Q 3 2 ♥ A 10 5 2 ♥ K 8 6 WE ♦ J 8 6 4 2 ♦ Q 7 3 Open Room ♣ A S ♣ Q 9 2 West North East South ♠ A Q 9 7 6 Soliman Balderson El Awady Gautschi ♥ 9 7 ♦ A Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ ♣ J 10 7 5 3 Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣* Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Open Room All Pass West North East South 2♣ FSF Soliman Balderson El Awady Gautschi East led a fourth-best spade to her partner’s king. – 1♦ Pass 1♠ West switched to a diamond which declarer ducked Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦* to East’s queen. Another diamond brought the All Pass ♦9 from West and declarer won with her ace. An ♦ unsuccessful fi nesse in the heart suit followed The 2 was self-alerted as – I and the defence continued the diamond attack, suspect a misclick. It was not a happy contract and declaring unsuccessfully inserting the ♦8 and now drifted two off. East cashed the ace of spades after taking her dia- Closed Room mond trick to set the contract. When the defence switched to diamonds at trick two declarer should West North East South realise that all she needs is nine tricks and has she Child Homsy Pieters Wattar already has seven if the clubs behave. After the – 1♣ Pass 1♠ initial spade lead who has the ♠10? It is not West Double Pass 1NT Double as she would have inserted it rather than playing Pass Pass Redble Pass the king, thus declarer can get home by immedi- 2♦ Double All Pass ately rising with a diamond honour and playing a It is generally not a good idea to for both pairs to spade towards the ♠Q9 in dummy and thus gener- play in the same suit. I must confess to not being ating two spade tricks and enough for the contract. a fan of West’s Double, both opponents are unlim- ited and even if they are minimum you will get another chance to enter the auction. The defence dropped a trick but it was still three off and 12 IMPs to Egypt Page 5 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Closed Room Declarer looks doomed as the defence can always West North East South cash fi ve tricks. East, looking at her minors, selected Child Homsy Pieters Wattar the ‘stronger’ and led a small club, which West ducked into West’s hand. The defence still now Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥* have fi ve tricks to cash but West persevered with Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦* a club taken by dummy’s blank ace. Three rounds Pass 2NT Pass 3♣ of hearts followed with West discarding the ♠5. Pass 3♦ Pass 3NT Declarer is now in a position to make her contract, All Pass the simplest method being to cash two more hearts East made the unfortunate lead of a small diamond and play on spades, but declarer elected to go for allowing dummy’ singleton jack to hold the trick. the spades before cashing the hearts and made the Declarer cashed three rounds of clubs, East dis- error of playing small towards the king which held carding a diamond, before leading a spade. West the trick. Now declarer could not cash the ♣K as rose with the king to lead a diamond back, but that would give the rest of the tricks to the defence declarer was well in control and another spade set so she played another spade which East perforce up an overtrick but West was caught in a red-suit won and as long as East did not play another point- squeeze in the ending and so eleven tricks were less club declarer would be down as the ♣K could taken. 13 IMPs to Egypt. no longer be reached. As you can imagine from the tone of this disquisition East was fated to con- BBoardoard 66.. DDealerealer EEast.ast. EE/W/W VVul.ul. tinue with clubs and give declarer an unmakeable ♠ Q J 4 contract. The defence had opportunities to beat ♥ A K Q 8 6 the contract and declarer was generous enough ♦ J 5 4 to give two more chances which were spurned by ♣ A 9 the defence. ♠ 10 9 7 5 3 N ♠ A 2 Closed Room ♥ 9 7 ♥ J 10 4 ♦ A K WE♦ Q 10 3 2 West North East South ♣ J 8 7 5 S ♣ Q 10 6 2 Child Homsy Pieters Wattar ♠ K 8 6 – – Pass Pass ♥ 5 3 2 Pass 1♥ Pass 2♥ ♦ 9 8 7 6 Pass 3♦* Pass 3♥ ♣ K 4 3 All Pass Open Room North made a but South with her meagre collection did not accept. There was little to the West North East South play as trumps behaved, so three diamonds and the Soliman Balderson El Awady Gautschi ace of spades were lost as were six IMPs to Egypt. – – Pass Pass Egypt continued to have the better of the Pass 1♥ Pass 2♥ part-score battles and ran out winners 50-21 or Pass 2NT Pass 3NT 16.58-3.42 VPs. All Pass

Page 6 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Open Teams - South Africa v Tunisia

hile waiting to watch the second match of continued with a diamond which South ruffed, but the day between Egypt and South Africa he was ruffi ng a loser and so declarer just lost the WI espied a few interesting deals from the top four tricks for two off but 15 IMPs to South fi rst session between South Africa and Tunisia. Africa. BBoardoard 55.. DDealerealer NNorth.orth. N/SN/S Vul.Vul. BBoardoard 88.. DDealerealer WWest.est. NNoneone VVul.ul. ♠ 9 7 6 ♠ Q 9 ♥ A ♥ A J 10 9 4 ♦ K J 8 4 3 ♦ 6 5 3 ♣ A K 7 2 ♣ 10 7 3 ♠ Q J N ♠ 10 ♠ 10 3 N ♠ A 8 7 5 2 ♥ K Q 10 7 4 ♥ J 9 6 5 2 ♥ K Q 6 5 3 ♥ 8 ♦ A 6 WE♦ Q 10 9 7 5 2 ♦ 8 7 2 WE♦ A J 10 9 4 ♣ 8 6 5 4 S ♣ Q ♣ A Q J S ♣ 6 2 ♠ A K 8 5 4 3 2 ♠ K J 6 4 ♥ 8 3 ♥ 7 2 ♦ — ♦ K Q ♣ J 10 9 3 ♣ K 9 8 5 4 Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Rebai Cope Zmerli Cruise Rebai Cope Zmerli Cruise – 1♦* Pass 1♠ 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Double* 4♥ 4♠ 1NT Pass 2♣* Pass Pass 4NT 5♥ 5NT* 2♦ Pass 3♦ Pass Pass 6♠ All Pass 3NT All Pass 1♦ unbalanced, normally fi ve cards unless 4441 2♣ Checkback Unfortunately the meaning of the Double of Two I thought the 3♦ bid was invitational so I am not Hearts is not revealed in the convention card but quite sure why West with his minimum accepted. when South freely bid 4♠ North was rich enough in North led the ♥10 which ran round to West’s king. controls to envisage more. As I understand the 5NT A diamond fi nesse lost to South’s king and a heart response after the interference over the Blackwood was returned to North’s ♥9. He continued with the enquiry it showed two keycards and the queen of ♠Q and when that was ducked another bought the trumps. Now North could bid the slam. The play ace from dummy. A successful club fi nesse ensued was not overtaxing and thirteen tricks rolled in. but the diamond fi nesse failed and so the contract Well bid. was two off. Closed Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South Fick Hedi Eber Jellouli Fick Hedi Eber Jellouli – 1♦ Pass 1♠ 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Double 4♥ 4♠ 1NT Pass 2♣* Pass Pass Pass 5♥ Double 2♦ Pass Pass 3♣ All Pass Dble All Pass I am not privy to the high-level understandings 2♣ checkback of the North/South pair but maybe it was of the Some would call South’s action ‘brave’ but it is Lightner variety. After the ace of clubs lead North not the word I would use. We will not intrude on Page 7 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June personal grief but the defence was accurate and BBoardoard 115.5. DDealerealer SSouth.outh. NN/S/S VVul.ul. the contract fi nished up three light– an excellent ♠ J 7 6 save against a part-score. 15 IMPs to South Africa. ♥ A Q 9 8 5 BBoardoard 114.4. DDealerealer EEast.ast. NoneNone Vul.Vul. ♦ A J 5 ♣ 7 4 ♠ J 8 6 ♠ 10 9 8 N ♠ Q 5 2 ♥ A Q J 9 3 2 ♥ K 10 6 ♥ 3 ♦ K 4 ♦ 9 8 7 6 WE♦ K Q 10 4 2 ♣ Q 9 ♣ K 10 2 S ♣ 9 8 6 5 ♠ K Q 9 7 2 ♠ A 4 N ♠ A K 4 3 ♥ 7 6 ♥ K 8 ♥ J 7 4 2 ♦ Q 10 WE♦ J 8 6 3 2 ♦ 3 ♣ 10 8 7 5 S ♣ 6 4 3 2 ♣ A Q J 3 ♠ 10 5 3 ♥ 10 5 4 Open Room ♦ A 9 7 5 West North East South ♣ A K J Rebai Cope Zmerli Cruise Open Room – – – 1♣* West North East South Pass 1♦* Pass 3♦* Rebai Cope Zmerli Cruise Pass 4♦* Double Pass* – – Pass 1♣* 5♦ Pass* Pass 5♥ Pass 1♦* Pass 1♥* Pass 6♥ All Pass 1♣ 2+♣ Pass 4♥ All Pass 1♦♥ 1♣ 2+♣ 3♦ splinter, support for ♥ 1♦ Hearts 4♦ constructive with control 1♥ 2-2♥ Pass deny 1st round control ♦ West led the king of spades which held the trick. A We have all been in worst slams but without the small continuation was won by East with his ace. A gift of second sight of how to tackle the trump suit diamond exit was won in hand and three rounds of the contract was always one off. clubs cashed discarding the losing spade in hand. A trump was lost but the game was won. Can you see Closed Room East’s thoughtless error. He must overtake the ♠K West North East South and return the suit so as to get a . It is almost ♥ Fick Hedi Eber Jellouli certain his K will come into its own later and if ♣ not he has lost nothing. – – – 1 Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ Closed Room Pass 2♦* Double 4♥ West North East South All Pass Fick Hedi Eber Jellouli The 1♠ bid seems a bit timid and does not seem – – Pass 1♦ to get the full value of the hand across but it kept 2♠* 3♥ Pass 4♥ them to a reasonable level and gained 13 IMPs All Pass for Tunisia When the fi nal whistle blew South Africa had With the contract being played from the other side won 63-30 or 17.17-2.83 VPs. it was not diffi cult fo East to lead ace and another spade ensuring three tricks in the suit and with the trump king still to come that was one down and ten IMPs to South Africa.

Page 8 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Open Teams - South Africa v Egypt

he fi nal session of the fi rst Round Robin The jack of clubs was led and declarer won it in Tbrought the two leaders facing each other hand before playing a small trump towards the for the fi rst of three encounters. At the end king, it lost to the ace but had scooped the ♠10, this of day one South Africa were just shading Egypt was good news for all those intermediates. North but the fi rst match in the morning saw Egypt lose cashed his ace of hearts and continued the suit. whilst South Africa won. Egypt would need to win Winning with the king a top club was the cashed this meeting to get them back on level terms with and a small club ruffed in dummy. Next was the their main rivals. ♦K and ♦A and then the ♣Q was ruffed in dummy with the ♠8 and now North could only come to his BBoardoard 222.2. DDealerealer EEast.ast. E/WE/W Vul.Vul. ♠Q. Ten tricks and 13 IMPs to South Africa. ♠ A Q 4 2 ♥ A Q 10 5 BBoardoard 226.6. DDealerealer EEast.ast. AAllll VVul.ul. ♦ 8 7 ♠ K 7 4 ♣ 9 6 5 ♥ A 4 2 ♦ J ♠ K 8 6 N ♠ J 9 7 5 3 ♥ 7 3 2 ♥ K 9 ♣ A K Q 10 6 2 ♦ K J 10 6 3 WE♦ A 5 ♠ Q 10 9 5 3 N ♠ 8 2 ♣ 3 2 S ♣ A K Q 8 ♥ 8 5 ♥ K Q J 10 6 WE ♠ 10 ♦ 9 4 3 2 ♦ 7 6 5 ♥ J 8 6 4 ♣ 8 5 S ♣ J 7 3 ♦ Q 9 4 2 ♠ A J 6 ♣ J 10 7 4 ♥ 9 7 3 ♦ A K Q 10 8 Open Room ♣ 9 4 West North East South Open Room Amiry Gower Walid Apteker – – 1♠ Pass West North East South 2♠ Pass 2NT Pass Amiry Gower Walid Apteker 3♦ Pass 3NT All Pass – – Pass 1NT East elected for the nine trick game rather than Pass 3♣* Pass 3NT* play in his eight-card major fi t. South commenced Pass 4♣ Pass 4NT with a small club and declarer took North’s ♣9 Pass 6♣ All Pass with his queen. A small spade towards dummy According to the Convention Card 3♣ was Pup- saw South’s ♠10 covered by the queen and taken pet after which I assume the 4♣ bid is natural and by the ace. North immediately fi red back a heart strong. It obviously excited South and North bid which declarer took with his king. The ace of dia- the slam. There was little to the play as when the monds and a successful fi nesse gave declarer hope trumps behaved there were thirteen tricks available but they were dashed when North discarded on the ♦K. Declarer took his club honours and hoped for Closed Room some error by the defence which was not to be and West North East South so he fi nished down one. Cruise Samir Cope Ahmed Closed Room – – Pass 1♦ Pass 2♣ 2♥ Pass West North East South Pass 3♣ Pass 3♦ Cruise Samir Cope Ahmed Pass 3NT All Pass – – 1♠ Pass Maybe East’s daring intervention held back North 2♠* Pass 4♠ All Pass Page 9 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June and South, probably neither knew that the other’s and ruff high, then return to hand with the ace of suit was solid and so they rested in 3NT where hearts and ruff his fi nal club with the ♠K and then they collected the same thirteen tricks but gave claim his contract and 12 IMPs. up 1 IMPs. BBoardoard 332.2. DDealerealer WWest.est. EE/W/W VVul.ul. BBoardoard 229.9. DDealerealer NNorth.orth. AllAll Vul.Vul. ♠ 7 ♠ J 5 ♥ J 7 2 ♥ Q 10 7 4 ♦ J 7 6 4 ♦ 6 2 ♣ K Q 10 7 3 ♣ J 8 6 4 2 ♠ A K 9 4 2 N ♠ Q 8 6 ♠ A 10 9 3 N ♠ K Q 7 2 ♥ K 10 5 ♥ A Q 8 6 ♥ K 2 ♥ A 8 6 3 ♦ A WE♦ K Q 8 3 2 ♦ Q 8 7 WE♦ 9 5 3 ♣ J 9 6 4 S ♣ A ♣ A Q 7 3 S ♣ 9 5 ♠ J 10 5 3 ♠ 8 6 4 ♥ 9 4 3 ♥ J 9 5 ♦ 10 9 5 ♦ A K J 10 4 ♣ 8 5 2 ♣ K 10 Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Amiry Gower Walid Apteker Amiry Gower Walid Apteker 1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass – Pass Pas 1♦ 2NT Pass 3♠ Pass 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ Pass In response to his partner’s opening bid led a dia- 6♠ All Pass mond. South cashed two rounds and led another Wets seemed a little previous to me when he closed for his partner to ruff. Taking note of the small dia- the auction by bidding the small slam. He was mond he ruffed, North now led a club to South’s probably a little perturbed when he saw dummy as king and declarer’s ace. A trump brought the jack it seemed likely there were thirteen tricks, however from North and dummy won with the queen. The when the trumps broke unkindly he was restricted king and ace of hearts were cashed and a heart to twelve tricks. ruffed in hand. Now to make the hand West must cash three rounds of trumps to squeeze North in Closed Room the round suits but he tried to ruff a club small in West North East South dummy and came unstuck when South overruffed Cruise Samir Cope Ahmed for the setting trick. 1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass Closed Room 2♠ Pass 3♠ Pass West North East South 3NT Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 7♠ All Pass Cruise Samir Cope Ahmed – Pass Pass 1♦ I think that the 3NT bid was forward going and Pass Pass Double Pass when East discovered three keycards in West’s hand he went for the grand slam. The only thing 2♦* Pass 2♥ Pass to upset it would be a 4-1 trump split. The diag- 3♦* Pass 3♠ Pass nosis was good but the patient died. Had North 4♠ All Pass held a singleton ♠10 or ♠J then the contract can South started with the ace and king of diamonds still be made, you can even ruff a club in dummy and then a third round for partner to ruff and he and bring off a trump – try it. But it was17 chose so to do with the jack and then returned a IMPs to Egypt. heart. Declarer took a successful club fi nesse and At the end of the match South Africa had still cashed the ♠9. He could now cash the ace of clubs won by the margin 49-30 or 14.80-5.20 VPs.

Page 10 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Championship Information

Your Chief Tournament Director Waleed El Menyawi explains the important procedures to be observed during the Championships:

Play Links Each category will have its own playing link (Open teams link–Women teams link .. etc) For security reasons, each category will play a different deals than the other categories. Play links will be posted to the captains’ WhatsApp group and will be also posted to the ABF website at the following link: https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoo/bw.cgi?club=abf&pid=display_page12 Click the Match number, offi cial start time or Session open time of your category to join the game. The game will be open to players 30 minutes before the offi cial start time. Home & Visiting teams When you log in to the RealBridge game (using the game link), you will fi nd your team name written on one of the Tables. All team members are required to sit at their table (all together) in Pairs N/S and E/W, later on, when we start the session, the software will automatically move the E/W pairs between the tables according to the schedule of play. In the schedule of play you will fi nd Home team (the team mentioned fi rst) and Visiting team (the team mentioned second) NO LINE-UP will be needed from the teams, the visiting team has to sit fi rst at their table (in Pairs N/S and E/W), minimum 10 minutes before the offi cial start time, and the Home team has the right to have a look at the visiting team and sit its pairs accordingly. Time delay and hesitation It is very important to know that the TDs have the tools to produce a report which includes the time for each bid/play by each player, so please be keep that in mind when calling the TD for a possible hesitation or before denying it. It is also very important to know that the TDs also have the tools to produce a session time report which includes the exact time taken by each player in a session, in case of time delay, the penalty will be given according to this report. Headphones / Earphones In order to minimize the noise in the venue as much as possible… It is mandatory for each player to have his own headphones/earphones which are connected to his device during play Use the table chat/private chat as much as possible and don’t use vocal chat. Any vocal explanation will not be taken into the TD consideration in any case. You need to be very careful when using the table chat as you might give an unauthorized information to your partner which could results in adjusted score by the TD.

Page 11 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Kibitzers Kibitzers are not allowed by any means at 1) the playing venue, 2) RealBridge online playing room. All players are required to immediately leave the playing area when they fi nish their session, players are also kindly asked to keep their seats and not roam around the playing area. All the matches will be broadcast via RealBridge kibitzer website… https://kibitz.realbridge.online/ At the RealBridge kibitzer website, you can fi nd the live broadcast matches and also all the other matches scheduled for broadcast. For security reasons, all broadcast matches will be delayed by 30-45 minutes. Smoking, Eating and Alcohol, Mobile and electronic devices As menƟ oned before in Mr. Pascal’s email. We must act as if we were playing these championships “live”, therefore, the following is strictly forbidden dur- ing play: Mobile phones and any other electronic devices, Mobile phones will be collected and there will be a regular check each session by the monitor. EaƟ ng (even if only biscuits) Drinking Alcohol Smoking Going to the WC without permission Talking loudly during or at the end of any board if the player is unhappy about his/her partner’s bid, hand play or defense. In addition, opponents should see the head, the neck and the chest of the player at all moments with- out interruption.

NO NO YES Every player has the right to call the Director and the local “Monitor” if it is not the case (i.e. if he/she cannot see his/her opponent as instructed by the CTD) All Africa Pairs tie-break procedure If two pairs or more have the same cumulative score after the end of the 2nd session or 4th Session, the tie shall be broken as follows: A. The pair with the higher score in the 2nd / 4th session shall determine the fi nal ranking. B. Mutual boards between the tied pairs – if applicable Open Teams - Only in Open teams category, the top four teams will qualify to the semi-fi nal stage after playing 3 com- plete RR according to the published schedule. - The top ranked team after the 3 complete RR stage will chose its opponent in the semi-fi nal and the

Page 12 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June remaining 2 teams will play against each others. - The semi-fi nal match will be played in 4 Sessions, 16 boards each, scored in IMPs. - The fi nal match between the semi-fi nal winners will be played in 2 Sessions, 16 Boards each. - Play-off between the semi-fi nal losers will be played in 2 Sessions, 16 Boards each to determine the 3rd placed team. - In all the knock out stages, there shall be a carry-over = 0.5 IMP to the team who scored more VPs in the RR stage. Request a review 1. First step is to review the TD ruling with the Head TD 2. Second step is apply for an offi cial review by submitting a review form through the TD in charge of your case. 3. A request for a review of a Tournament Director’s ruling must be lodged within 30 minutes of the fi rst posting of the offi cial score for the Session in which the board was played that is the subject of the rul- ing. All such requests must be lodged by the team’s Captain or his designee, or by one member of the pair in the Pairs events. 4. When lodging a Request for Review the appellant must make a monetary deposit with the ABF moni- tor. The amount of deposit required will be US $ 100 (or the equivalent in Euro) 5. The case will be reviewed by a person who was not involved in the original decision. The Reviewer will check that the TD has gathered the necessary evidence of what occurred when the infraction arose. The Reviewer will then need to be satisfi ed that the correct law was applied and that other TDs were con- sulted where appropriate. In matters involving the judgement that was exercised by a player following unauthorized information, incorrect explanation or failure to alert, the Reviewer will clarify that suitable players have been asked appropriate questions to enable a judgmental view to be obtained. Finally, the Reviewer will check that the ruling that was issued based upon all the information available to the TDs was within the bounds of reasonableness. The fact that the Reviewer might have determined a slightly different ruling would not be good reason for the ruling to be varied. In the event that the process had not been followed properly in some material way, the Reviewer will ask the Head TD to correct the fail- ings and issue a new ruling. Alert All ALERTABLE bids must be self-alerted (press the alert button before making the bid). And give a full writing disclosure of the bidding, vocal explanation won’t be taken into the TD consideration. NOTE: – Players will not be allowed to alert their partner’s bid, only self-alert will be allowed and the written explanation will be shown to both opponents but not to partner. Undo Undoes are allowed according to the followings: 1. The undo button is activated from the beginning 2. Click the undo button to stop the play. 3. Call the TD 4. No Action from any party will be taken before the arrival of the TD. 5. The TD will instruct the opponents whether to accept the undo or not. 6. The TD will keep counting the undoes for each player, only 2 undoes are allowed for each player dur- ing one session. 7. If the opponents accept before the TD arrival, play continues. but all parties forfeit their rights to any kind of rectifi cation later on.

Page 13 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June 8. If the opponents don’t accept the undo before the arrival of the TD, play stops and the TD decides what is to be done. 9. The TDs reserve the right to adjust the score of the board for any unauthorised information that might arise from using the undo process. System Policy 1. The objectives are to ensure that ABF Championships can be properly operated and adequately administered, with a fair and equal chance for all competitors, while at the same time affording proper consideration to progress and innovation; to ensure that players are in no doubt as to what is expected of them with regard to preparation and fi ling of systems material for ABF Championships. 2. Additions or amendments to this policy will normally be put into effect only after four months’ notice. 3. References to High Card Points in this document are Milton Work Points. 4 .In the following ‘Weak’ means 9 points or less and ‘Strong’ means 16 points or more. 2. POLICY 2.1 HUM Systems For the purpose of this Policy, a (HUM) means any System that exhibits one or more of the following features: a. By partnership agreement an opening call of Pass shows at least the values generally accepted for an opening bid of one, even if there are alternative weak possibilities b. By partnership agreement an opening bid at the one level may be weaker than pass. c. By partnership agreement an opening bid at the one level may be made with 7 high card points or less. d. By partnership agreement an opening bid at the one level shows either three cards or more, or two cards or less in a specifi ed suit e. By partnership agreement an opening bid at the one level shows either three cards or more in one specifi ed suit or three cards or more in another. EXCEPTION: one of a minor in a strong club or strong diamond system. 2.2 Classifi cation of Systems In order to facilitate recognition and handling, systems material will be identifi ed by one or more of the following: i . a WBF coloured sticker; ii. the appropriate named (hand printed or typed) colour; iii. a check mark on a system card next to the appropriate colour - in keeping with the following descriptions: Green Natural methods. Blue Forcing Club/Forcing Diamond, where one club/one diamond is artifi cial, shows a hand with 13 high card points or more and is always forcing. Red This category includes all systems that do not fall under the classifi cations of Green, Blue or Yel- low (as defi ned herein). Red 1 would be a system where one club shows one of three types – a natural club suit, a of a specifi c range, or a Strong Club opener; or which uses specialised and artifi cial responses to an opening bid of one club. Red 2 would be a system in which the basic one level methods (other than the no trump range and minimum suit-length requirements) vary according to position, vulnerability and the like; or a system that uses conventional ‘weak’ or ‘multi-meaning’ bids (with or without some weak option) in potentially contestable auctions, or a system where the opening bids are transfers to another suit. Yellow Highly Unusual Methods (‘HUM’) as defi ned above. 3 .Systems allowed at ABF Championships The use of both HUM systems and ‘’ systems are prohibited.

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Egypt Reunion CCaptainaptain Captain WWalidalid ElEl AAhmadyhmady Patrick PC Hamel Walid El Ahmady Christian Giraud Narguis Huseinali Reda Amiry Philippe Lagache Ahmed Samir Patrick Hamel Baher Ahmed Gabriel Melin Hussein Sherif Jean-Luc Neulat Kenya South Africa Captain Captain Samina Esmail Andrew Cruise Jimmy Deen Neville Eber Samina Esmail Hennie Fick Bena Shah Craig Gower Ramula Shah Alon Apteker C V Shah Tim Cope Aruna Shah Andrew Cruise Morocco Tunisia Captain Captain Abdellatif Belkouch Monia Jellouli Abdellatif Belkouch Monia Jellouli Mohamed Dinia Hedi Ben Chedly Mohamed Benali Omar Meddeb Chaouki Bensaid Anis Ghdhbane Maitre Michel Raouf Zmerli Pierre t’kint de roodenbeke Mohamed Rebai

Page 15 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June ϭϭƚŚĨƌŝĐĂŶƌŝĚŐĞŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ 'Ddd/D KƉĞŶdĞĂŵƐ^ĐŚĞĚƵůĞŽĨƉůĂLJ ĂĐŚDĂƚĐŚсϭϲŽĂƌĚƐŝŶϮ,ϭϱŵŝŶ Z͘Z;ϬϭͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ

dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y yy EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ DKE ϭ ϭ 'z dž ϲ <E ϱ Zh dž ϭ 'z ϭ 'z dž ϰ dhE

Ϯ Ϯ Z^ dž ϱ Zh ϲ <E dž ϰ dhE ϱ Zh dž ϯ DKZ

ϯϭ ϯ ϯ DKZ dž ϰ dhE Ϯ Z^ dž ϯ DKZ ϲ <E dž Ϯ Z^ Z͘Z;ϬϭͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϰͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϱͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ ZZ;ϬϮͿDĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ

dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y yy EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dh ϭ ϯ DKZ dž ϭ 'z ϭ 'z dž Ϯ Z^ ϲ <E dž ϭ 'z

Ϯ ϰ dhE dž Ϯ Z^ ϯ DKZ dž ϲ <E ϱ Zh dž Ϯ Z^

Ϭϭ ϯ ϱ Zh dž ϲ <E ϰ dhE dž ϱ Zh ϰ dhE dž ϯ DKZ Z͘Z;ϬϮͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϰͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ

dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y yy EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ t ϭ ϭ 'z dž ϱ Zh ϰ dhE dž ϭ 'z ϭ 'z dž ϯ DKZ

Ϯ ϰ dhE dž ϲ <E ϯ DKZ dž ϱ Zh Ϯ Z^ dž ϰ dhE

ϬϮ ϯ ϯ DKZ dž Ϯ Z^ Ϯ Z^ dž ϲ <E ϲ <E dž ϱ Zh Z͘Z;ϬϯͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϱͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ ZZ;ϬϯͿ͕DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ

dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y yy EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ d,h ϭ Ϯ Z^ dž ϭ 'z ϭ d dž ϲ d ϱ d dž ϭ d

Ϯ ϲ <E dž ϯ DKZ Ϯ d dž ϱ d ϲ d dž ϰ d

Ϭϯ ϯ ϱ Zh dž ϰ dhE ϯ d dž ϰ d Ϯ d dž ϯ d Z͘Z;ϬϯͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϰͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϱͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ

dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y yy EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ &Z/ ϭ ϭ d dž ϰ d ϯ d dž ϭ d ϭ d dž Ϯ d

Ϯ ϱ d dž ϯ d ϰ d dž Ϯ d ϯ d dž ϲ d

Ϭϰ ϯ ϲ d dž Ϯ d ϱ d dž ϲ d ϰ d dž ϱ d The Semi-fi nal and Final schedule on Saturday and Sunday 5th and 6th of June will be published later. Page 16 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June Roster - Women Teams

Egypt South Africa Captain Captain Mohamed Serour Roz Bernstein Nadia Taymour Roz Bernstein Nessrine Hamdy Sharon Lang Hoda Soliman Chris Child Dina El Awady Desree Pieters Margurite Homsy Jenny Gautchi Nada Wattar Peta Balderson Morocco Tunisia Captain Captain Fatim Lahlou Hedia Sellami Fatim Lahlou Hedia Sellami Hayat Hachimi Aicha Lili Daldoul Farida Guerraoui Meriem Dorai Catherine t’Kint Fersaous Trabelsi Marie Claire Ohana Hedia Baccar Khadija Marrakchi

Page 17 - Bulletin 3 Wednesday 2nd June ϭϭƚŚĨƌŝĐĂŶƌŝĚŐĞŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ 'Ddd/D tŽŵĞŶdĞĂŵƐ^ĐŚĞĚƵůĞŽĨƉůĂLJ ĂĐŚDĂƚĐŚсϭϲŽĂƌĚƐŝŶϮ,ϭϱŵŝŶ Z͘Z;ϬϭͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y y y EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ DKE ϭ ϭ Z^ dž ϰ 'z ϯ DKZ dž ϭ Z^ ϭ Z^ dž Ϯ dhE ϯϭ Ϯ Ϯ dhE dž ϯ DKZ ϰ 'z dž Ϯ dhE ϯ DKZ dž ϰ 'z Z͘Z;ϬϮͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y y y EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dh ϭ ϰ 'z dž ϭ Z^ ϭ Z^ dž ϯ DKZ Ϯ dhE dž ϭ Z^ Ϭϭ Ϯ ϯ DKZ dž Ϯ dhE Ϯ dhE dž ϰ 'z ϰ 'z dž ϯ DKZ Z͘Z;ϬϯͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y y y EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ t ϭ ϭ Z^ dž ϰ 'z ϯ DKZ dž ϭ Z^ ϭ Z^ dž Ϯ dhE ϬϮ Ϯ Ϯ dhE dž ϯ DKZ ϰ 'z dž Ϯ dhE ϯ DKZ dž ϰ 'z ZZ;ϬϰͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y y y EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ d,h ϭ ϰ 'z dž ϭ Z^ ϭ Z^ dž ϯ DKZ Ϯ dhE dž ϭ Z^ Ϭϯ Ϯ ϯ DKZ dž Ϯ dhE Ϯ dhE dž ϰ 'z ϰ 'z dž ϯ DKZ Z͘Z;ϬϱͿ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϭͿ͕Ϭϴ,ϬϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϮͿ͕ϭϭ,ϯϬ DĂƚĐŚ;ϬϯͿ͕ϭϰ,ϭϱ dĂďůĞ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ sŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ĂƚĞ y y y EŽ͘ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ dĞĂŵ &Z/ ϭ ϭ d dž ϰ d ϯ d dž ϭ d ϭ d dž Ϯ d Ϭϰ Ϯ Ϯ d dž ϯ d ϰ d dž Ϯ d ϯ d dž ϰ d 'z <E DKZ Zh Z^ dhE Ϭϴ,ϬϬ'Ddс ϭϬ,ϬϬD ϭϭ,ϬϬWD Ϭϵ,ϬϬD ϭϮ,ϬϬWD ϭϬ,ϬϬD Ϭϵ,ϬϬD ϭϭ,ϯϬ'Ddс Ϭϭ,ϯϬWD ϬϮ,ϯϬWD ϭϮ,ϯϬWD Ϭϯ,ϯϬWD Ϭϭ,ϯϬWD ϭϮ,ϯϬWD ϭϰ,ϭϱ'Ddс Ϭϰ,ϭϱWD Ϭϱ,ϭϱWD Ϭϯ,ϭϱWD Ϭϲ,ϭϱWD Ϭϰ,ϭϱWD Ϭϯ,ϭϱWD

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