A USTRALIAN Y OUTH B RIDGE B ULLETIN S EPTEMBER– O CTOBER 2013 Bulletin Editor: Andy Hung Co-Editor: Griff Ware ISSUE 10 28th NZ SEP OCT Hamilton, National 28 - 5 Congress NZ OCT OCT U30s’ Youth Adelaide 12 - 13 Congress OCT OCT 2013 Spring Sydney 23 - 31 Nationals DEC DEC Australian Youth Melbourne 6 - 8 Triathlon JAN JAN Australian Youth Canberra 11* - 19* Champs *Dates TBC Pre-Alerts!..........................1 Checkback (Results)...............2 Two Silvers and a Gold By Lauren Travis. ..... ....... ....4 2013 IBPA Junior Awards. 12 Congratulations to the Australian U25 Team, of Ellena Bali – Aussie Youth At Moskovsky, Peter Hollands, Justin Howard, Lauren Travis, Transnational Open Teams Maxim Henbest, Nathan Howard, Grant Kilvington (APBF By various youth players..............14 rd npc), Ishmael Del’Monte (3 World Youth Congress npc), 2013 South Australian U30s Youth and Alexander Smirnov (coach). Congress Entry Form..............20 Lauren Travis has written an article about the events, Kibitzer's Corner.................22 located on page 4. Paul Lavings Bridge..............23 Suit Combinations................25 Beefing Up Conventions.........26 State Associations................27 THESE ARE SHORTCUT HYPERLINKS! Email suggestions or articles to [email protected] Page | 1 A USTRALIAN Y OUTH B RIDGE B ULLETIN S EPTEMBER– O CTOBER 2013 3RD WORLD YOUTH CONGRESS 03 AUG – 11 AUG, 2013 (Atlanta, USA) For more details, please visit the Championship website here. Place Pair Pairs Final 4TH Ellena Moskovsky – Lauren Travis 5TH Justin Howard – Peter Hollands W Pairs Place Pair Consolation 2ND Maxim Henbest – Nathan Howard W S1 S2 S3 Total IMPs Swiss Teams Australia 42 24 35 101 Grand Final War of Roses (USA) 46 69 15 130 Place Points Team BAM (Board a 1ST 108 Turkiye Match) 2ND 106 Australia 3RD 103 California Aces 19TH ASIA PACIFIC BRIDGE FEDERATION YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (APBF’s) 19 AUG – 25 AUG, 2013 (Wuhan, China) For more details, please visit the Championship website here. Place Pair Pairs Final 5TH Justin Howard – Peter Hollands W Pairs Place Pair Consolation 3RD Ellena Moskovsky – Lauren Travis Place VPs Team 1ST 210.76 AUSTRALIA 2ND 204.20 CHINA Teams 3RD 201.51 SINGAPORE 4TH 185.46 CHINA HONG KONG 5TH 175.99 CHINESE TAIPEI Checkback (Results) Page | 2 A USTRALIAN Y OUTH B RIDGE B ULLETIN S EPTEMBER– O CTOBER 2013 41ST WORLD BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 16 SEP – 29 SEP, 2013 (Bali, Indonesia) For more details, please visit the Championship website here. Place Team Transnational Australian Youth Team: Justin Howard, Shane Open Teams 66TH Harrison, Max Henbest, Ellena Moskovsky, Stephen Williams, Jamie Thompson W Nobertbo Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Lorenzo Lauria, Agustin Madala, Antonio Sementa, Alfredo Versace ITALY Pierre Zimmermann, Fulvio Fantoni, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck Multon, Claudio Nunes MONACO Cezary Balicki, Krzysztof Buras, Krzysztof Jassem, Marcin Mazukiewicz, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Adam Zmudzinski POLAND Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Jill Levin, Jill Meyers, Janice Seamon- USA2 Molson, Jenny Wolpert, Migry Zur-Campanile Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, Nevena ENGLAND Senior, Nicola Smith, Susan Stockdale Carla Arnolds, Marion Michielsen, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Meike Wortel, Wietske van Zwol NETHERLANDS Michael Elinescu, Ulrich Kratz, Reiner Marsal, Bernhard GERMANY Strater, Ulrich Wenning, Entscho Wladow Roger Bates, Garey Hayden, Marc Jacobus, Carolyn USA2 Lynch, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold Julian Klukowski, Apolinary Kowalski, Krzysztof Lasocki, Victor Markowicz, Jacek Romanski, Jerzy Russyan POLAND Photos of the medalists can be found here. Betty, aged 81, teaches bridge to young indigenous people in prison. What if learning to play bridge could change your life? You can find more information about it here. You can also keep updated via Facebook by friending People Who Play Bridge You can also view the ABF article here. Checkback (Results) Page | 3 A USTRALIAN Y OUTH B RIDGE B ULLETIN S EPTEMBER– O CTOBER 2013 TWO SILVERS AND A GOLD BY LAUREN TRAVIS, ADELAIDE At the beginning of August, the Australian U25 team set off from Melbourne for four weeks of bridge overseas. The team, consisting of Peter Hollands - Justin Howard, Max Henbest - Nathan Howard, and Ellena Moskovsky - Lauren Travis, would contest the 3rd World Youth Open Bridge Championships in Atlanta, USA, and the 19th Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Youth Championships in Wuhan, China. Although the team was missing some strong players from previous years, we had high hopes going into both tournaments. Qualifying ♠ A K J 7 6 Moskovsky Travis Pairs, Brd 3 ♥ K 8 3 W N E S South/E-W ♦ A K T - - - 3♣ ♣ 6 4 Dbl Rdbl Pass Pass ♠ Q 4 3 N ♠ T 8 5 3♦ Dbl 3♥ Pass ♥ Q J 9 6 ♥ A 7 5 4 Pass Dbl All Pass W E ♦ Q J 9 7 2 ♦ 3 ♣ Q S ♣ J T 9 7 5 3♣ = Grrrrrr! ♠ 9 2 Rdbl = Grrrrr Grrrrr! ♥ T 2 2 x Dbl’s = Grr Grrr Grrr! ♦ 8 6 5 4 ♣ A K 8 3 2 I decided to have a little fun during the qualifying rounds of the World Youth Pairs. On board 3 of the first session, I opened 3♣ on the South cards. When West decided to make a takeout double, Ellena had an easy redouble, and the opponents were in trouble. 3♣XX came back around to West, who couldn’t know that this was their best spot (although he has to lead a heart to take the contract off). He bid 3♦, which was doubled, and they ended up in 3♥X. When we got +500 from that, it was good for a top board and a write-up in the next day’s bulletin. Qualifying ♠ Q 5 Travis Ozgur Moskovsky Uslupehlivan Pairs, Brd 25 ♥ 9 8 5 W N E S North/E-W ♦ Q 8 5 - Pass 1♥ 1♠ ♣ A Q 6 3 2 Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥ ♠ 8 3 N ♠ K 7 4 2 Dbl 2♠ Pass 3♣ ♥ Q 7 6 3 ♥ A K J 4 2 Pass 3 Pass 4♠ W E ♥ ♦ 9 6 4 ♦ A 7 3 All Pass ♣ J T 7 4 S ♣ 9 ♠ A J T 9 6 ♥ T ♦ K J T 2 ♣ K 8 5 In session 3 of the pairs qualifying, our Turkish opponent, Sarper Uslupehlivan, played this hand very nicely to make 4♠. I led the ♥6, which Ellena won. She tried to cash another heart, which was ruffed by declarer. He crossed to dummy with a club and ran the ♠Q. When Ellena didn’t cover, Uslupehlivan deduced that she had ♠K x x x. He played on diamonds, with Ellena winning the third round. She returned another heart, ruffed by South, who now played ♣K. This was the position: Two Silvers and a Gold (Page 4-11) Page | 4 A USTRALIAN Y OUTH B RIDGE B ULLETIN S EPTEMBER– O CTOBER 2013 Qualifying (Ozgur) If Ellena ruffs, she’s endplayed - if she returns a spade, B25 ♠ 5 Uslupehlivan finesses, draws her trump, and his hand is N/E-W ♥ - high; if she returns a heart, he pitches a club, ruffs in ♦ - dummy, and leads ♣A, trump couping her. If she pitches, (Travis) ♣ A 6 3 2 (Moskovsky) he leads another club to the A, and her fate is the same. ♠ 8 N ♠ K 7 4 Well done Sarper! ♥ Q ♥ J 4 Moskovsky-Travis and Hollands-Howard qualified for the W E ♦ - ♦ - pairs final, while Henbest-Howard played in the ♣ J T7 S ♣ - consolation and came 2nd. ♠ A J In session 4 of the final, I picked up ♠A104 ♥A108752 ♦6 ♣J83. ♥ - Imagine my surprise when my LHO opened 2♥ at all vul, ♦ K partner made a takeout double, and everyone passed: ♣ K 8 (Uslupehlivan) Qualifying Ellena led ♣A followed by a diamond switch, won in B25 ♠ J N/E-W dummy. A small spade was led and I won ace. I led ♥ K J 9 6 4 3 another club to Ellena’s queen and she led a diamond ♦ J 7 4 2 for me to ruff. A third club followed, ruffed by declarer, (Travis) ♣ 6 2 (Moskovsky) who played a small heart, won by Ellena’s queen. She ♠ AT 4 N ♠ Q 5 2 played ♦Q and another diamond, which I ruffed, and ♥ AT 8 7 5 2 ♥ Q W E exited a spade, ruffed by North who only had trumps ♦ 6 ♦ Q T 9 8 5 3 left. When he led ♥K and I ducked, he was endplayed ♣ J 8 3 S ♣ AK Q and had to go -1100. ♠ K 9 8 7 6 3 ♥ - ♦ A K After the 60 boards of Finals, the results were: ♣ T 9 7 5 4 1 Massimiliano Di Franco - Gabriele Zanasi (Italy) 57.81% 2 Erkmen Aydogdu - Akin Koçlar (Turkey) 57.48% 3 Alex Prairie - Sylvia Shi (USA) 57.32% 4 Ellena Moskovsky - Lauren Travis (Australia) 53.61% 5 Peter Hollands - Justin Howard (Australia) 53.08% We moved on to the Swiss/Knockout Teams: Youth Pairs Winners: Zanasi and Di Franco Swiss Teams Although we play a 15-17 1NT opening, Ellena and I B29 ♠ J 6 4 have the agreement that we don’t open 1NT on 17 N/All ♥ K J 5 4 counts with 4 cards in both majors, so that we miss ♦ J 3 fewer 4M contracts. (Travis) ♣ J 5 3 2 (Moskovsky) On this hand from round 3 of the Swiss Teams, she took ♠ 9 2 N ♠ A Q5 3 the idea a little further, and opened 1♣ on her 16 count. ♥ T 9 7 ♥ 8 6 3 2 W E I bid 2♦, a weak jump shift, and Ellena quickly bid 3NT ♦ A 8 7 6 5 4 ♦ K 2 (‘bid game, make game, win imps’), hoping I had ♣Q 7 S ♣ A K T ♦AQxxxx or slightly worse diamonds with an outside ♠ KT 8 7 entry.