DailyDaily NewsNews 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships

Saturday, 26 June 1999 Issue: 15

Jean Paul Meyer, Executive Editor • , Editor • Stefan Back, Co-Editor Stelios Hatzidakis, Layout Editor The Italian legend continues

The victorious Squadra Azzurra is the reigning European in the 80s, before he decided to give Open Teams champion since 1995. up this promising career, to start Two players who won the last cham- another one in the dark of the pionship in Montecatini in 1997 are Bridge Rama as a humorous and in this year's winning team as well, witty commentator. Finally and luck- they are: ily the "old, wise man", de Falco, pulled him out of the darkness back Norberto Bocchi, 39, of into the limelight of the bridge table. Parma, who lives in Milan. He works The victory in Malta is Ferraro's first for a company that distributes big international victory. autovending drinks. He comes from a family of champions. His sister Dario Attanasio, 38, from Mabel was a basketball champion. He Catania (Sicily). He is the manager of has been playing for more than 20 a publishing company and learned to years. He won the silver medal in play bridge at the age of 15. He has this year's European Open Pairs in two children, but this morning only Warzaw, as always playing with one of them came to Malta, as the From left to right: (standing) Dario Attanasio, Guiseppe Failla, Maria other one discovered that his pass- Teresa Lavazza, Giorgio Duboin, Dano de Falco, Gianarrigo Rona Giorgio Duboin, 40, of Turin. port wasn't valid anymore. He is He is a professional player and WBF married to Gabriella Manara, who (President of the Italian Bridge Federation and President elect of the European World Master. He started Bridge at played in Italy's Ladies team on many Bridge League), Norberto Bocchi, (sitting) Giancarlo Bernasconi (Vice- the age of thirteen, and soon became occasions. Together they won the President of the Italian Bridge Federation), Carlo Mosca (Non-playing Captain), one of Europe's top juniors. With Common Market Mixed Pairs in Guido Ferraro Guido Ferraro he won two Euro- Bordeaux 1985. He won Mondialito pean Union Pairs Championships. in 1993 and plays with

Back in Italy's national team are: Guiseppe Failla, 44, from Italy is the Generali European Open Team Champion for 1999. Catania (Sicily). He is a road con- Dano de Falco, 56. He is mar- struction engineer, who is married ried for 30 years to his wife Cristina. with two sons. He is playing bridge For the third time in a row it is the Italian Open Team that lifts He owns a computer company, but for 30 years now, 20 of which he besides that, he still is playing bridge the trophy awarded by Andrè le Maitre when he was President of played with Attanasio. The partner- professionally. He was a member of ship came in 5th in the Rosenblum the . the mythical , which led K..O. Championship in Albuquerque world bridge for more than a decade in 1994 and won one Italian Pairs and won his first European Champi- This is the fifteenth time that the Azzurri have been presented championship. Failla is one of the onship in Ostend 1973 the day his with the Gold medals and if they go on to win in 2001 they will first son, Matteo, was born. He came foundation members of the Club in first in the in Azzurro and contributes a lot to Ital- equal the record set by their illustrious predecessors, the leg- ian bridge. endary Blue Team who won in 1956, 57, 58 and 59. 1974 and won another European title in Lausanne 1979. In addition to On all three occasions the cap- this, he was among Italy's runners-up tain of the successful Italians was With Great Britain capturing the Generali European Ladies in both the Bermuda Bowl 1979 in Rio de Janeiro and 1983 in Stock- Carlo Mosca, a European Championship what a night it promises to be for the old and new holm. His last title de Falco won in champion himself, Mosca is very Presidents of the European Bridge League. Hammamet in 1997 in the Transna- well known player all over the tional World Championship. Here in world as well. He is another former Malta he is playing with member of the Blue Team and This is the first time since the inception of the Generali Euro- played in the Bermuda Bowl final in pean Seniors Championship that all three titles have been success- Guido Ferraro, 40. He has 1983 in partnering fully defended. been one of the best Junior players Lorenzo Lauria. 2 Saturday, 26 June 1999 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships

Dear Friends OPEN TEAMS - RESULTS Fantasy Results Firstly I would like to thank the Congress Dele- gates who were kind enough to elect me as President Round - 37 System of the European Bridge League, and also to all those friends who proposed and supported my candidature, If VPs are a mystery to you or you happen Country Imps Vps especially the Italian Federation, thanks to whom I to be a football fan with withdrawal symptoms owe this new position. May I also thank my illustrious 1 Bye Estonia 0 0 0 18 then check out this alternative scoring method. predecessors who have guided the League wisely and 2 Finland Greece 24 49 10 20 Applying a scoring system of 2 points for a win competently in the past twenty years, obtaining the 3 Croatia Poland 59 19 23 7 and one point for an exact tie the current rank- results to reach our present prestigious position in the 4 Lithuania Austria 48 32 18 12 ing list after round 37 in the Open and round world. I refer to André Lemaitre, Jimmy Ortiz Patino, 5 Romania Ireland 63 21 24 6 21 in the Ladies is as follows. A source close to Nils Jensen, José Damiani, André Boekhorst and Bill the President commented - ‘very interesting - but 6 Czech Rep San Marino 23 41 11 19 Pencharz who have honoured me with a friendship bridge is not Football!’ 7 Slovenia Sweden 31 20 17 13 and esteem of which I am proud. 8 Russia Israel 58 38 19 11 I hope I am worthy of the position assigned to me 9 Lebanon Netherlands 17 53 8 22 OPEN TEAMS and to be able to fulfil all expectations. I can assure 10 Great Britain Belgium 32 23 17 13 P W D L Pts you that from now on I will inject into my activities all 11 France Monaco 23 58 8 22 my enthusiasm and passion for Bridge and I am con- Sweden 36 27 0 9 54 fident that working together, each in his own sphere 12 Liechtenstein Portugal 42 47 14 16 Italy 36 26 1 9 53 of competence, we can identify and reach all the 13 Germany Norway 27 57 9 21 France 36 26 0 10 52 goals that are proposed. Poland 36 25 1 10 51 14 Italy Luxembourg 37 12 20 10 All of us know that society in general has changed 15 Spain Hungary 61 21 23 7 Bulgaria 36 25 0 11 50 Austria 36 25 0 11 50 and is still changing. It is evident that also our behav- 16 Bulgaria Denmark 28 32 14 16 Russia 36 24 1 11 49 iour, mental predisposition, viewpoints, plans and 17 Iceland Malta 38 46 14 16 Norway 36 24 0 12 48 objectives must adapt to the future. 18 Yugoslavia Turkey 29 54 10 20 Spain 36 23 0 13 46 A great opportunity has been given to us with an 19 Switzerland Cyprus 39 35 16 14 Belgium 36 22 1 13 45 occurrence that presents a favourable starting point: Great Britain 36 22 0 14 44 our recognition by the IOC as a true sport, soon to be Netherlands 36 21 0 15 42 given Olympic dignity.We must take the opportunity Israel 36 20 1 15 41 we are offered and work all together to achieve our OPEN TEAMS Greece 36 20 1 15 41 objectives. The Executive Committee and myself are Ireland 36 20 1 15 41 prepared to start work immediately on our future FINAL RANKING Iceland 36 20 0 16 40 development. Croatia 36 19 0 17 38 1 Italy 702 Romania 36 18 1 17 37 But you, the players, are the real leaders of the whole bridge movement. It is you and your successes 2 Sweden 667 Hungary 36 18 0 18 36 Portugal 36 17 1 18 35 who develop the image and significance of bridge.You 3 Norway 665 Germany 36 17 0 19 34 are the ones who raise the colours, and make the 4 Bulgaria 661 Denmark 36 17 0 19 34 name of both your own country and that of Europe 5 France 659 Lebanon 36 17 0 19 34 famous around the world. 6 Poland 646 Monaco 36 17 0 19 34 So thank you, all of you. Continue in the same way Czech Rep 36 17 0 19 34 7 Spain 639 with your sportsmanship, your friendship and your high Finland 36 16 0 20 32 ethics. Continue in the same way to support our work, to 8 Israel 635 Estonia 36 16 0 20 32 do even better for your own countries and all of Europe. 9 Russia 631 Slovenia 36 15 1 20 31 And now dear friends I ask still for a moment of Turkey 36 15 0 21 30 10 Netherlands 631 your attention. I would like to thank with affection my Switzerland 36 14 2 20 30 11 Belgium 619 Lithuania 36 13 0 23 26 predecessor, Bill Pencharz.Today Bill leaves but all of 12 Great Britain 617 Yugoslavia 36 10 0 26 20 us must be grateful for the enormous amount of work 13 Austria 613 Liechtenstein 36 9 1 26 19 he has undertaken for the League in his 20 years Cyprus 36 7 0 29 14 with the EBL Executive.We must remember this and 14 Greece 584 San Marino 36 6 1 29 13 recognise how his invaluable help, expertise and 15 Hungary 577 Luxembourg 36 6 0 30 12 experience will be still so important for the future.To 16 Portugal 575 Malta 36 5 0 31 10 thank Bill Pencharz for all he has done, it is my great 17 Ireland 573 pleasure, in the name of the EBL to present him with 18 Germany 568 ½ the Gold Medal of the League. LADIES TEAMS Bill has with him a great lady, Marianna, whom I 19 Lebanon 565 thank with great love and it is my pleasure and hon- P W D L Pts 20 Denmark 557 our to call her to the podium and give her a bouquet 21 Iceland 547 France 20 15 0 5 30 of flowers as a simple but significant gesture.Thank 22 Croatia 544 ½ Austria 20 14 0 6 28 you for all your help, Marianna. Great Britain 20 14 0 6 28 23 Romania 536 Netherlands 20 14 0 6 28 24 Finland 534 Germany 20 12 0 8 24 Gianarrigo Rona EBL President Elect 25 Turkey 531 ½ Denmark 20 12 0 8 24 Norway 20 12 0 8 24 26 Slovenia 522 Finland 20 12 0 8 24 27 Monaco 512 Czech Rep 20 12 0 8 24 28 Czech Rep 510 ½ Italy 20 11 1 8 23 MARC SCHNEIDER 29 Estonia 510 Poland 20 10 1 9 21 Belgium 20 10 1 9 21 HAS CHANGED A LOT 30 Switzerland 495 Israel 20 9 1 10 19 31 Lithuania 468 Turkey 20 9 0 11 18 The program stated that FRANCE 1 32 Yugoslavia 435 ½ Sweden 20 9 0 11 18 senior team, gold medal, included Patrick Russia 20 6 0 14 12 33 Liechtenstein 428 Sussel, the Bulletin trusted that information Iceland 20 6 0 14 12 and put the wrong name under the photo of 34 Luxembourg 410 Croatia 20 6 0 14 12 senior event winners on the front page.We 35 San Marino 393 Hungary 20 5 0 15 10 Spain 20 5 0 15 10 hope MARC SCHNEIDER, who was the 36 Cyprus 363 ½ Greece 20 5 0 15 10 one in the team, will accept our apologies. 37 Malta 284 Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 3

Dear Friends Generali European The Austrian ladies First and foremost, I wish to congratulate the win- Seniors Team Champions 1999 ners of these European Championship, Italy (Open), Great Britain (Ladies) and France (Seniors).You have has a string of suc- all played magnificently, with your normal high ethics, cesses in her records. She won the Euro- FRANCE I and Europe can be proud of you. Indeed, all the pean Ladies Teams in Killarney 1991 and teams must be proud and happy to have competed the European Mixed Pairs with Fritz Kubak in such a Championship. Pierre Adad in Monaco 1996. She won two world titles, I make no apology for mentioning one man in The ‘General’ -a Polytechnic School the most recent one being the McConnell- particular, however - Jean Marc Roudinescou, whose graduate who held a high position in the K.O. Championship in Lille 1999. She lives courage and sportsmanship have impressed all who French Army before he retired. He on in Tyrol, where she does all the adminis- know him. He is to be congratulated on his great the Olympiad in 1992 trative work for her husband, a medical achievement here, not just as a winner, but as a man doctor. Maurice Aujaleu of great fortitude and personal strength. In Malta she played with... It is a great pleasure for me to invite all the win- Retired from IBM where he was a ning teams - the leading six teams in the Open and Commercial Engineer. He was also on Sylvia Terraneo, who won her Ladies Series and the winning Seniors Team - to the winning Olympiad team in 1992. first world title in Lille last year.She is mar- Bermuda to compete in the 50th Orbis Bermuda ried to one of Austria's best Open players, Bowl & Orbis as well as the new Seniors Claude Delmouly Franz Terraneo.Together they won a silver Championship.The WBF will be very happy to see you 'The Professor' - he won the 1960 medal in the European Mixed Pairs in Bor- in Bermuda next January. Olympiad in Turin.He is a bridge teacher deaux 1990.Apart from playing bridge she We hope, also, that as many teams as possible and journalist. runs computer courses in . will join us in Bermuda during the second week for the 2nd Orbis World Transnational Teams. Jean Marc Roudinesco Terry Weigkricht is a teacher and another two world titles-holder being on Two weeks before the Championship José Damiani the victorious team in the 1992 Olympiad President, started Jean Marc was fighting for his life. in Salsomaggiore and in 1998 in Lille. She Now he is once again a European Cham- was on the team that won the European pion! Although it will take him several title in Killarney and has been in Austria's months to recover his physical strength Ladies team ever since. his mind is as alert as ever. He should She was partnered here by... SUPER POLL serve as an inspiration to us all! All his 6 partners agree that he was the best in Andrea Feichtinger, who runs a the team - European Champion in Esto- promotion agency at home. She won a sil- ROLE OF HONOUR ril. ver medal in the European Mixed Pairs in Barcelona 1994, playing with her husband Marc Schneider In the first bulletin we asked several per- Kurt Feichtinger on this occasion. sonalities to name the first six in both ladies This is his first major win - he used to and open series. own Schneider TV until Phillips bought it. Doris Fischer is another teacher in 14 gave us their forecasts, everyone has He is now involved in the jewelry busi- the Austrian team. She is the fourth of the done pretty well, as everyone had at least 8 ness. Lille 1998 and the third of the Salsomag- names right. giore 1992 world champions in this year's team. On many occasions she partnered The WINNER is JENS AUKEN with Terry Weigkricht in the past, winning Kil- 11 Countries right out of 12. larney 1991 as well. He made only one error naming Spain THANK YOU ALL! In Malta most of the time she played instead of BULGARIA in Open Series. with... Here in Malta I was in charge of a Congratulations also to ELLY DUCHEYNE, WUBBO DE BOER, team that was in the line-up for every Gabriele Bamberger, an indepen- PETER LUND, DAVID BIRMAN who match! dent reader,who works for several publish- had 10 names right. We were responsible for the com- ers in Austria.She won the European Ladies mentaries in the for every one Team in Killarney in1991 as well and Let us point that no one gave the six of the 37 rounds and also for publishing together with Fischer, Weigkricht and qualifiers for Bermuda Bowl but AUKEN, 15 issues of the Daily News. I have had Erhart collected a silver medal four months Mrs. DUCHEYNE, DE BOER, LUND no real problem, no teammate ever com- later in the Venice Cup in Yokohama. found the six countries for the Venice Cup. plained that the others were not playing, I mean working, at their best standard. I want to pay full tribute to PO Sundelin for his sharp analysis in the VuGraph.Thanks to Stelios Hatzidakis Airport Transfers Monday 28th June for his work as layout editor that allowed Times given below are BUS departure times. Passengers must be outside their hotel with you to get your Daily News by six their luggage so that the bus can depart on time. o'clock in the morning - if you got up that All departure times given are for the first stop. Stops at subsequent hotels will each be five early! minutes later. And above all I want all of you to VERY IMPORTANT, please only use the bus that is appropriate for your flight time. know the magnificent job done by Mark Horton, and Stefan Bus Departure Time Hotels served Back for their work both for the Daily News and for their commentaries. 02.45 Bernard It was so pleasant to be In the Team. I 06.00 Forum enjoyed it and want to thank them all 06.00 Villa Rosa See you back, perhaps in Madrid 11.00 Villa Rosa, Marina, San Gorg, Radisson 2001! 13.00 St. George Park (La Vallette), Bernard 14.00 Villa Rosa, Marina, San Gorg, Radisson Jean - Paul Meyer 4 Saturday, 26 June 1999 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships

OPEN - Round 34 France v Poland France, lying second, were looking good for West North East South mond switch and won the next round. Pszczola Bermuda going into this match but still had ambi- Kwiecien Multon Pszczola Mari ruffed the last diamond then played king of clubs tions for the title so this was a big match for 1] Pass and ruffed a club, cashed the [K and played a them. For Poland, the title was out of reach but spade to the ten; ten tricks for +170. 2] Pass Pass 3} they still needed points to further their own West North East South ambitions. Lying seventh with only six teams to All Pass qualify, this match was just as important to them De St. Marie Romanski Bompis Kowalski as to France. Even on a diamond lead, ducked to the queen, 2{ Pass 2] The match started quietly with a series of dull then a heart to the king and a second diamond, Dble Pass 3[ Pass boards and Poland led by 3-0 after five boards. declarer can always make 3}. He rises with the 4[ All Pass Then came the first major swing: {A, draws trumps and exits with a diamond to force the defense to open up the spade suit. The same line as in the other room would 6. East/West Vul. Dealer East. The actual defense was two rounds of hearts fol- net the French a game swing, but it didn't go like lowed by a diamond to the queen and Pszczola that.Again a heart lead was covered all round but [ A J 5 2 continued with the {K; +110. this time declarer played a club to the king and ]K 4 West North East South ace. Romanski switched to his and Marc Bompis won the king and led his remaining club, {6 4 De St. Marie Romanski Bompis Kowalski } A Q 9 5 2 playing low when Kowalski ducked smoothly. 1] 2} [ K 9 8 6 4 [ Q 10 3 Romanski won the }10 and switched to a dia- N 3] 3[ Pass 4[ ] 10 8 7 ] Q J 3 mond to the ace. Bompis ruffed a club now and W E All Pass played a spade to the ten, but had two diamonds { 7 2 { K Q 8 5 3 and a spade to lose; two down for -200 and 9 } J 6 4S } K 10 The immediate created a very differ- IMPs to Poland. [7 ent type of auction and the Poles were soon in Board 14. None Vul. Dealer East. ] A 9 6 5 2 game. 4[ is pretty hopeless and the best that { A J 10 9 Romanski could manage was two down; -200 and [ A 6 5 4 } 8 7 3 7 IMPs to France. ] K Q 8 West North East South Board 11. None Vul. Dealer South. { 8 4 3 2 }Q 8 Kwiecien Multon Pszczola Mari [Q [ K 10 8 7N [ 9 3 1{ 1] ] 9 8 7 6 ] 5 3 ] J 9 4 2 W E Pass 2} Pass 3} { J 10 6 4 { 10 6 { 9 7 Pass 3[ Pass 3NT } A 5 3 2 } A J 9 6 5S } K 7 4 3 2 All Pass [ 7 6 2N [ 8 4 3 [ Q J 2 ] Q 10 5 3 ] A K 4 2 ] A 10 7 6 Michal Kwiecien led the {2 in response to W E { Q 5 2 { A 7 { A K Q J 5 Jacek Pszczola's opening bid.The {Q lost to the S ace and Christian Mari ducked a club to the ten. } Q 10 6 } 9 8 7 4 } 10 Pszczola returned a low diamond to the jack and [ A K J 10 9 5 ]J Kowalski/Romanski bid: 1{ - 1[ - 2] - 3} - Mari returned the {10, postponing the club play. 3[ - 4] - 4[ - 5{. After flirting with both 4-3 { K 9 8 3 When Pszczola won the diamond and switched major-suit fits, they alighted in the best spot. to a low heart, Mari could play safe by winning }K J There was nothing to the play; +400. the king and ducking a club. That cost him an In the other room, Mari/Multon bid: 1{ - 1[ - overtrick but gave nine tricks; +400. 4[ is an easy make and France duly got there: 2] - 3{ - 3[ - 4] - 4NT - 5{ - 6{. Franck Mul- 1[ - 1NT - 3[ - 4[; +420.The Poles fell short in ton was able to agree diamonds without having West North East South the other room: 1[ - 1NT - 2NT; +120 and to go through and he then De St. Marie Romanski Bompis Kowalski 7 IMPs to France. showed something useful in hearts.That persuad- 1{ Pass I imagine that the 2NT rebid showed good ed Mari to check for key cards and bid the slam. 1[ 2} Pass 2[ spades in the context of a strong club and strong 6{ needs the singleton king of spades or some Pass 3[ Pass 4} no trump method, but am still unconvinced that pretty improbable squeeze if clubs are not led. it is the best solution to South's bidding problem. Pass 4[ Pass 4NT The actual lead was a trump. Mari went through the motions but had to accept one down; -50 and Pass 5} Pass 6} Board 13.All Vul. Dealer North. All Pass 10 IMPs to Poland, who had moved into the lead [Q by 26-24 IMPs. The Poles went overboard in the Closed ] K 10 9 8 6 2 Board 15. North/South Vul. Dealer South. Room, getting to a hopeless slam. Jacek Romans- { 10 7 2 ki got out for one down but that was still -50 and } A 10 5 [ Q 10 7 ] Q 10 8 10 IMPs to France. [ A 10 7 5N [ K 6 4 3 ] Q ] A 7 5 4 3 { K Q 7 W E Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. { A 8 3 { J 5 } 7 6 5 3 } K J 8 3 2S } 9 6 [ 8 6 5 4 [ A J 9 [ Q 10 5 4 2 N [ J 9 8 2 ] J 9 5 3 2 ] K 6 ] Q 10 W E ]J { A 8 3 { J 10 9 4 { A 9 4 { K Q 9 6 4 } 4S } A K J 9 } K 6 3 } Q 7 4 [ K 3 2 [ J 9 7 3N [ K 6 ] A 7 4 ] K J 9 2 ] A 8 6 5 3 West North East South W E { 6 5 2 { 5 3 2 { K Q 8 6 Kwiecien Multon Pszczola Mari S } Q 10 8 2 } J 9 } 10 5 2] Pass Pass [A 8 Dble Pass 2[ All Pass Both Easts opened 1NT but played in 2[ ]7 4 after a scrambling Stayman auction.Against Bom- { J 10 7 The ]J was covered all round and Pszczola pis, the lead was spade to the queen and ace. } A Q 8 7 4 2 led a club to the jack and ace. He ducked the dia- Bompis passed the {9 to the queen and back Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 5

The auction was almost identical up to the overcall and the Poles reached game. Had Kowal- point where Multon went on to game. Could ski been able to divine that there were nine tricks Mari bring it home? The defense started in a sim- and nine tricks only, he might have tried 3NT, ilar fashion. Kwiecien cashed the [A, Pszczola which is unbeatable, but of course he actually dropping the king, and continued with the [10, chose 4].After three rounds of clubs and a spade which held the trick. Now he switched to a dia- switch, Romanski had nowhere to go for a tenth mond to the king and Pszczola played a spade. trick; -100 and 6 IMPs to France. Mari ruffed and drew trumps but then took the club . Next he cashed the {A, intending to Board 20.All Vul. Dealer West. one if the queen did not appear. In practice, [ 7 6 5 he had the rest for +420 and 6 IMPs to France. ] K 8 6 5 2 Board 17. None Vul. Dealer North. { J 6 3 }Q 4 [ Q 7 6 4 [ K 8N [ A Q 4 3 2 ] A K 5 4 ] A Q J 9 3 ] 10 7 4 W E {J 3 {9 {2 }Q 9 5 } A K 10 6 2S } 9 8 7 5 Albert Bitran, France [ J 8 3 2N [ 5 [ J 10 9 ] J 9 3 ] 10 7 W E ]– came a spade to the nine and king and a third { Q 7 6 2 { A K 10 8 5 4 { A K Q 10 8 7 5 4 S spade to the jack. Declarer took another dia- } A 3 } K 8 4 2 }J 3 mond finesse now, losing to the king. It looks as [ A K 10 9 though a club return at this point would have ] Q 8 6 2 West North East South defeated the contract, as declarer cannot get to {9 Kwiecien Multon Pszczola Mari the fourth diamond. However, Romanski } J 10 7 6 1] Pass 2] 3{ switched to a low heart. Bompis ducked that and 4{ Pass 4] All Pass so did Kowalski, so dummy's nine won the trick. West North East South Bompis unblocked the diamonds and made nine Kwiecien Multon Pszczola Mari Mari contented himself with a simple 3{ over- tricks; +140. 1} 1{ 1] call and then let his opponents play peacefully in Mari led a club to the nine.That looked like a 2{ 2] 3{ 4] 4]. The lead was a diamond and Mari won and good start for declarer. He cashed two clubs All Pass switched to the }J. Kwiecien won the club and throwing diamonds from dummy. Had he now led a low heart to the ten.When Mari showed out ruffed the last club, cashed the {A and played To beat 4], the defense must take its club he took quite a while to continue, eventually play- either a heart or a spade, he would eventually ruff. However, Pszczola won the diamond lead ing two top spades then a club to the king. Now have made two spade tricks in hand plus a dia- and switched to his singleton spade, picking up he was in control. He played the ]Q. If North mond ruff to come to eight tricks. Pszczola actu- the jack. Mari drew trumps and played on clubs won that dummy would have a trump left to take ally played a diamond to dummy at trick four. He for ten tricks; +420. care of a diamond force, while if North ducked he played a heart to the king and ace and Mari could just cash the ]A and play winning clubs to switched to a trump for the queen and ace.A sec- West North East South ensure ten tricks. Multon actually won the heart ond heart was won by North and Multon played De St. Marie Romanski Bompis Kowalski and played a spade so declarer could draw trumps a spade to the nine and king. A third spade left 1} 1{ 1] and claim the rest; +650. declarer with only seven tricks; -590 and 5 IMPs 2{ 2] 5{ Dble West North East South to France - back in the lead. All Pass De St. Marie Romanski Bompis Kowalski Board 16. East/West Vul. Dealer West. Bompis took the advance save in 5{ and was 1] pass 2] 3{ 4] Dble Pass 5{ [ 8 6 3 doubled.The defense took their three tricks for one down; -100 but 8 IMPs to France. Dble All Pass ]Q 2 { A J 10 4 Board 18. North/South Vul. Dealer East. Romanski made a pushy penalty double in } A Q 7 2 [8 this room, leaving Kowalski with the choice of [ A 10 5N [ K Q J 9 4 conceding 790 or 800. Kowalski chose the latter, ] 10 8 7 ] 5 4 ] K Q J 9 6 4 W E bidding 5{ and being doubled.The defense made { 7 6 5 3 2 { K Q { A 10 9 no mistake, taking two top clubs and switching to } K 10S } 9 8 6 4 } 8 7 2 spades for three down. [7 2 [ 10 3 2N [ K Q J 5 4 That was another 4 IMPs to France.They had ] 7 2 ] 10 5 ] A K J 9 6 3 W E done well over the last few boards to win the {9 8 { Q 8 7 5 3 { J 2 match by 54-27 IMPs, 21-9 VPs. Poland had a lot S } J 5 3 } 10 5 4 } A K Q 6 of work yet to do if they were to make it to [ A 9 7 6 Bermuda, while France still had a shot at winning West North East South ] A 8 3 the Championship. De St. Marie Romanski Bompis Kowalski { K 6 4 Pass 1} 1[ 2] } J 9 3 2[ Pass Pass 3] Advance Warning All Pass On VuGraph, Pszczola opened 1[ and this ran round to Multon who overcalled 2]. Surprisingly, by Sam Leckie Thierry Sainte Marie led the [A and Bompis Mari passed that so France scored a safe but dull deposited the king on it. Sainte Marie switched to +140. Have you heard the story about the two a diamond and that ran to the king. Bompis played West North East South bridge players who could not resist being two rounds of spades and Kowalski ruffed, drew 'economical with the truth' on virtually all De St. Marie Romanski Bompis Kowalski trumps and took a diamond finesse; +140. topics? Much to the amusement of everyone 1[ pass West North East South who knew them both. 1NT 2] Dble Rdbl When they spoke to each other they Kwiecien Multon Pszczola Mari 2[ 3] Pass 4] had an arrangement that if one was going to Pass 1{ 1[ 2] All Pass tell the other a true story he had first to pull 2[ Pass Pass 3] De Sainte Marie's little joke actually made it out an alert card! Pass 4] All Pass easier for North to show sound values for his 6 Saturday, 26 June 1999 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships

Appeals No 27, 30, 31 & 32 Appeal No 27 East/West appealed. Appeal No 30

Appeals Committee: The Players: Appeals Committee: Jens Auken (Chairman, Denmark), Grattan East showed the Committee that he was Jens Auken (Chairman, Denmark), Herman Endicott (Scribe, Great Britain), Naki Bruni (Italy), quite aware of how the play had gone so far. De Wael (Scribe, Belgium), Naki Bruni (Italy), Anton Maas (the Netherlands). Krzysztof South admitted that he had improperly claimed Grattan Endicott (Great Britain), Peter Lund Martens (Poland). before West had the chance to return the Heart. (Denmark),Anton Maas (The Netherlands). East/West stated they had acquiesced in the Open Teams Round 27 claim, counting on the good intentions of South, Open Teams Round 29 France v Hungary and because of time pressure. Israel v Czech Republic Board 16. Dealer West. East/West Game. The Committee: Board 5. Dealer North. North/South Game. [ K Q J 5 Read Law 69B:Within the correction period [9 established in accordance with Law 79C, a con- ] K J 6 5 ]J 8 testant may withdraw acquiescence in an oppo- { K Q 10 7 4 3 2 {8 nent's claim, but only if he has acquiesced in the } 8 6 5 3 loss of a trick his side has actually won, or in the } Q 8 5 [ 8 5 3 [ A K Q 6 4 [ 8 6 3 2N [ A 7 4 loss of trick that could not, in the Director's N ] 8 4 ] Q 10 9 2 judgement, be lost by any normal play of the ] A K 4 3 2 ] Q 5 W E W E { K 5 { Q 7 6 remaining cards.The board is rescored with such { 6 { A J 9 8 } A K Q 10 4 S } J 9 7 trick awarded to the acquiescing side. } J 10 4 3S } A 6 [ 10 9 And the footnote which defines the word [ J 10 7 2 ] A 7 3 "normal": For the Purposes of Laws 69, 70 and 71, ] 10 9 7 6 { A J 10 9 4 3 2 "normal" includes play that would be careless or {5 }2 irrational for the class of player involved, but not } K 9 7 2 irrational. West North East South The withdrawal of the acquiescence was West North East South Bitran Szalay Voldoire Szilagyi within the correction period, so the Director,and Svoboda Tur Kurka Greenberg 1} Pass 1{ 4{ now the Committee, had to decide whether or 3{ Pass Pass Dble All Pass not there were normal lines that lead to nine Dble All Pass tricks. If any of those lines could be found, the Contract: 4{, played by South. claim had to stand. Contract: The Committee noted that in the definition 3{ doubled, played by North. of the word "normal", there is a reference to the Lead: }A class of player, which was in this case very high. Result The Committee came to a first conclusion that Play: said that if West returns a Heart, no normal line six trick, -800 to North/South. will then lead to anything more than eight tricks. West North East South So the Committee had to decide on the normal- The Facts: }A }3 }7 }2 ity of some other return than a heart at trick five. This board also featured in appeal 33. ]8 ]5 ]9 ]A The Committee regretted that South had North called the Director when the dummy {5 {8 {6 {A claimed at precisely this moment. came down. He told the Director that East had {K {x {7 {J The Committee accepted that it would be been thinking for a long time before passing, and irrational for a player of West's ability to do any- that this might have influenced West in doubling. Result: claimed for nine tricks by South, -100 thing other than continue with the hearts. He had Neither South, nor his Captain, who was scoring to North/South. already shown, by discontinuing his Club start at at his side, had called the Director. South had trick two, that he had read East's length on even gone to the toilet immediately after spread- The Facts: trick one, and he is able to recognize that there ing his hand. One Diamond showed hearts. is no imperative to lead a Spade - the trick can- The Director had earlier been called to this not disappear. Furthermore, his partner's nine The Director: table, during the auction of this deal, by South, was very helpful. A player of his quality will not Found that since South did apparently not who complained that when he had asked about get it wrong. remark the hesitation it is not clear that there the meaning of the Double,West had responded had in fact been unauthorised information for in a loud voice "punitif!".That had however noth- The Committee's decision: West, who was therefore free to double. ing to do with the later ruling, or with this appeal. Score adjusted to eight tricks, -300 to North The Director also pointed out that North After trick four, South claimed the remainder of South. was dealer, and that a pause is therefore less the tricks, minus the queen of diamonds and the clearly attributable to East. ace of spades, that is a total of nine tricks.A score Relevant Laws: of -100 was entered on the score form. Law 69B Ruling: 27 minutes after the end of the match, the Result Stands. defenders came to the Director, wishing to with- Deposit: draw acquiescence to the claim. When West Returned. East/West appealed. returns a heart in trick five, there is no way the defence can avoid going two down. Separate decision of the Committee: The Players: The Committee took note of the happenings East admitted that he had thought for about The Director: earlier on the board and found the alleged events one minute. North had been very quick in bidding Applied Law 69B, which says that a trick is disturbing.The Committee asked the Director to Three Diamonds, and he had to work out what transferred only when all normal lines of play investigate, giving the ruling he had not given at was best for him. First he thought of bidding 3NT, result in a different outcome. He considered a the time, and applying a penalty if this appeared but in the end, he chose to take the certain route club or spade return also as normal. appropriate. to +300 or +400 by passing. (The Director subsequently held his investi- North stated that he could not call the Ruling: gation and decided to give a warning but no Director any earlier than he did. Result Stands. penalty). South stated that he did remark the break in Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 7 , and even checked the board to see who Contract: Board 2. Dealer East. North/South Game. was dealer. 3}, played by North. West said he did not remark the hesitation, [J 9 ] A J 10 9 2 since it was the first round of bidding. Result: { J 4 3 2 The Committee: 11 tricks, +150 to North/South. }A 7 [ K 10 7 3 [ A 8 5 4 2 Was unanimous in deciding that West should The Facts: N have passed if he had been in the possession of ] 8 6 5 ] K Q 7 4 3 1] was a psychic call. W E unauthorised information. { A K 9 7 { 10 The Committee was divided in its determina- }8 2S }6 3 The Director: tion of this unauthorised information. [Q 6 All the members agreed that in the first Applied Law 40A, and found no evidence of ]– anything wrong in East/West. round of bidding, it is unwise to stick to a strict { Q 8 6 5 application of the 15" rule. } K Q J 10 9 5 4 A majority in the Committee felt that the Ruling: pause of 1 minute is for sure enough to be con- Result Stands. West North East South sidered unauthorised information. Duboin Tuszynski Bocchi Jassem North/South appealed. 2} Pass The Committee's decision: 2[ Pass Pass 3} Score adjusted to Three Diamonds, not dou- The Players: Pass Pass Dble Redble 3[ Dble Pass 4} bled, down three, -300 to North/South North/South felt that East should have bid 2] All Pass or even 3].They have 8 cards in hearts (or that Relevant Laws: is what East should believe), so why did they let Contract: 4}, played by South. Law 16A, Law 12C2. North/South play 2{ or 3}? West stated that with a hand like this, he Result: seven tricks, -300 to North/South. Deposit: would try a psyche of this nature even in an indi- The Facts: Returned. vidual tournament. There can be no question of illegal partnership understanding. One partner Two clubs showed 3-10 points, at least 4-4 in Minority Opinion: by Peter Lund and Herman lives in Paris, the other in Romania.They had met the Majors. East's Double over 3} was for take- De Wael only once in the past 12 years, and the Romanian out, showing a maximum opening. North's Dou- ble was after a hesitation of more than one We are strongly of the opinion that it should federation decided to align them in partnership only two weeks before the tournament. Since minute. West called the Director immediately be the partner at the side of the opposite after the call of Four Clubs. the hesitation (in this case South), who should then, they had played with each other for 50 call in some way attention to the perceived hesi- boards over the Internet, and of course a few The Director: Changed the result tation, and thus prove that the unauthorised hundred boards here. information reached the other side.We feel that West found the usage of the words "con- Ruling: Score adjusted to Three Spades doubled, South did exactly the opposite, by leaving the trolled psyche" by opponents inappropriate. made, +530 to East/West. table after tabling his dummy. In the absence of proof that West was in the The Committee: North/South appealed. possession of unauthorised information, we feel Found that the Director had done enough to that the result should have stood. ascertain that East/West were not guilty of any- The Players: thing untoward. North admitted his pause for thought. This was a psyche, as permitted by Law 40A. East/West told it was 5 minutes long. Appeal No 31 A player may make any call or play (including North had never seen this auction. First an an intentionally misleading call - such as a psychic intervention of 3}, and then a Redouble. It must bid - or a call or play that departs from com- mean a good suit, and something more. He was Appeals Committee: monly accepted, or previously announced, use of trying to work out how South would interpret Jens Auken (Chairman, Denmark), Herman a convention), without prior announcement, pro- his Double and finally came to the conclusion De Wael (Scribe, Belgium), Naki Bruni (Italy), vided that such call or play is not based on a part- that he could indeed Double, knowing that South Grattan Endicott (Great Britain), Peter Lund nership understanding. would understand it as asking for a spade stopper (Denmark),Anton Maas (The Netherlands). The Committee was of the opinion that this in order to play 3NT. case should not have been brought to the Com- South explained that his Redouble would Open Teams Round 29 mittee. normally show some offensive values. Portugal v Romania West pointed out that it was clear that The Committee's decision: North/South had not discussed this sequence, but Board 15. Dealer South. North/South Game. Director's decision upheld. that by thinking for 5 minutes North transferred [ K Q 10 4 the meaning that the Double was not for penalties. ] A Q 5 3 Relevant Laws: The Committee: {10 Law 40A. Considered the hesitation to be proven. } K 6 5 4 Started a long discussion about the facts, but [ J 9 6 2N [ 7 5 3 Deposit: finally concluded that the answers to three ques- ] 10 9 ] J 8 2 Forfeited. W E tions were all that was needed, and that these { Q J 7 4 2 { A K 8 6 5 were surprisingly easy: } 10 2S } A 7 1) was there unauthorised information? Yes [A 8 2) did the unauthorised information suggest bid- ] K 7 6 4 Appeal No 32 ding? Yes {9 3 3) is Pass a logical alternative? Yes } Q J 9 8 3 Appeals Committee: The decision was then so straightforward that Jens Auken (Chairman, Denmark), Herman the Committee was close to keeping the money. West North East South De Wael (Scribe, Belgium), Grattan Endicott The Committee's decision: Popescu Diegues Feber Castanheira (Great Britain), Peter Lund (Denmark), Anton Pass Maas (the Netherlands). Director's decision upheld. Pass 1} 1{ Dble Relevant Laws: Law 16A, Law 12C2. 1] 2{ Pass 3} Open Teams Round 30 All Pass Poland v Italy Deposit: Returned. 8 Saturday, 26 June 1999 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships

My Maltesers We come to the end of the championships through a phase where we scored a lot of zeros. I In the Open Room our pair,after a number of with My Maltesers having finished in the position thought there was a tendency to become dis- misunderstandings, managed to reach the grand everyone (including us) expected. However, we heartened in the second half of matches. We dis- slam. However, in the Closed Room, the Maltese probably achieved the targets we set for our- cussed this as a team and improved greatly. In the West, Nathalie Marlin, showed that striped-tail selves rather more comprehensively than any of second week we did not score a zero at all. Our apes can be found on Malta: the teams who finished outside the top six. morale was surprisingly good right to the end. West North East South In our last training weekend in April,we were There was a great sense of team spirit and support Pass 2NT Pass 3} lucky enough to be helped by Jane Townsend who throughout the event.A pair who sat out and came is the sports psychologist employed by the back to find a 25-0 loss were always supportive Pass 3] Pass 4{ British team.With her help we drew up the fol- and never unpleasant - something that I am sure Dbl (!) Rdbl Pass Pass lowing list of targets: could not be claimed by many teams (though 4[ Dbl All Pass 1 To play our best game for each hand. maybe that was because we had more practice!). We knew it was the tradition that the host South's 4{ showed four spades, longer dia- 2 To gain from the experience and learn from nation plays the first match on VuGraph.We were monds and slam interest. Had North/South playing on VuGraph. not sure whether or not an exception would be passed they would have scored only +1310, poor 3 To enjoy being with the 'big' players rather than made for us but it was something we discussed compensation for a missed grand slam. When being overwhelmed by them. and were prepared for.Maybe we would still have North redoubled, West quickly removed herself 4 Making it to the four stages - quarter way, beaten Croatia and what a thrill that would have to 4[, North doubled and that ended the auc- halfway, three-quarters and end - with energy been. It is not clear to me why it is considered tion.Accurate defence should have held declarer and enthusiasm. that only the top teams are interesting to watch. to one trick and a -2600 penalty but we all know 5 To keep playing until the end because of the Why shouldn't the weaker teams play on how difficult it is to take the maximum number of possible impact on the overall results. VuGraph occasionally? tricks against such a contract. I will leave you with a triumph from our The defenders lost their way, neither of them 6 To experience and build team bonding and spirit. match against Greece: realising that declarer's trumps were quite so 7 To IMP up quickly throughout the event. weak. In the end they allowed declarer to make North/South Vul. Dealer West. 8 To learn to deal with the technicalities. four diamond ruffs in her hand, so restricting her [ K 6 4 losses to -1400 and a gain of 12 IMPs for Malta. It may seem mundane to many of you but ] A K 9 6 Before the championships started, when it before our training started the team members { A Q 8 4 was thought that there would be an odd number had never played with screens before.There are }A 7 of teams, it was suggested by a member of the a number of technicalities to cope with in a [ 9 8 7 5 2 [ 10 EBL Executive that perhaps Malta ought to with- championship like this: scoring accurately, being at N draw and play in the Seniors instead (despite the ] 10 7 5 4 ] J 3 2 the right table at the right time, having everything W E fact that one of the team members is only 33!) in { – { 10 7 5 2 you need - pen, drink, tissues etc, coping with S order that there would not have to be a bye. In unfamiliar systems (and if it is not strong no- } J 10 8 4 } Q 9 6 5 2 my opinion the Maltese were worthy competi- trump and 5-card majors it is unfamiliar to the [ A Q J 3 tors. Next time (and I sincerely hope there is a Maltese). ]Q 8 next time) they will surely do better. Everyone Our best game might not be everyone else's { K J 9 6 3 has to start somewhere and someone has to best game! In the middle of the first week we went }K 3 come bottom. Never let facts get in the way of a Good Story Moments of truth by Brian Senior This is another sad story Hans Werge said in the VuGraph the other This is a very sad story because it comes ducking the diamond was a serious misplay - it is day, and in yesterday's bulletin that the right play from a very bad experience I had today when I essential to cover every time that West has a holding K10 opposite 7xxxx was not to cover if opened my morning Daily News. Hans Werge dis- holding from which he has no choice but to lead the queen was played since this would lose 4 cusses this suit layout: the queen (QJ, Q9, Q8), and also for the more tricks if the queen was accompanied by the J98. exotic AQ98; and my fellow commentator had {K 10 I suggested briefly then that one should already pointed out that the queen was probably return the eight from such a combination, as this { Q 8 { A J 9 6 the wrong card to lead from the one and only { 7 5 4 3 2 would make the king the right (but losing) play by holding on which it was correct to . declarer. Since this was a speculation about what He explains how he pointed out from the So, to answer Hans' question: No, we don't might have happened in a match we were not audience in the vugraph theatre how it was pos- prefer a silent audience, but we do prefer that actually watching we turned our concentration sible that the reason a couple of declarers had someone who has a complaint to make sticks to to the bidding on the next hand on the screen. gone down in a 'cold' 3NT contract was that they the facts. Of course we could have spent some time had ducked when West switched to the {Q - the discussing further possible card combinations winning play if the switch was from {QJ98. He with Hans ignoring the match at hand, but we then goes on to complain that from this point chose not to. none of the three commentators spoke again on Ratty on Bridge But let me answer you: the deal. No, we certainly don't prefer a silent VuGraph I was one of those commentators and I have audience. We want everyone to question our to say that this is simply untrue. P.O. Sundelin statements and participate. And naturally we are made the comment that he would probably happy if someone cares to listen to our answers. switch to a low card from {QJ98. But, of course, PO Sundelin that fact spoils Hans' story. I suggest that this would be the correct defense with {QJ98, as declarer would have to be a genius to play low from {K10 when the switch Press Room News could be from a four-card holding including the ace. The Press Room will close For myself, I did not comment further on at 16.30 today. vugraph because it seemed that P.O. had made the main point and that it was so obvious that Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 9

LADIES - Round 20 Austria v Germany by Tony Gordon (GB) With Austria heading the rankings and Ger- Sylvia Terraneo's double of 2] encouraged was that 5[ had to go one down when trumps many occupying the last qualifying place, both Maria Erhart to double 2[, but Andrea Rauscheid did not behave. 12 IMPs to Germany. sides wanted to consolidate their position in the was able to come to eight tricks by ruffing three penultimate round of the event. diamonds in her hand. +470 and 11 IMPs to Ger- Board 9. E/W Vul. Dealer North. First blood went to Germany. many. [ Q 10 5 4 3 2 Board 1. Love All. Dealer North. Board 2. N/S Vul. Dealer East. ] A J 9 6 3 { [7 6 [ J 9 8 5 }Q 9 ] K 10 9 ] 6 3 2 [ K 9 8 6 N [ A { A 8 6 2 {9 3 ] 10 ] Q 4 2 W E } A 9 6 2 } A Q 9 8 { J 7 3 2 { K Q 10 8 6 4 [ K 10 [ Q 9 5 3 S N [ K 3 N [ A Q 6 4 } A 10 8 7 } K J 3 ] A Q J 6 3 ] 5 4 ] 7 5 ] K J 9 8 4 [J 7 W E W E { J 9 7 4 { K Q 10 3 { A Q J 5 4 2 { 8 6 ] K 8 7 5 S } 7 5 } Q J 4 } 10 7 5 S } J 2 { A 9 5 [ A J 8 4 2 [ 10 7 2 } 6 5 4 2 ] 8 7 2 ] A Q 10 Closed Room {5 { K 10 7 West North East South } K 10 8 3 } K 6 4 3 Open Room Terraneo Nehmert Erhart Rauscheid Both Wests played in 3{. In the Closed Room Pass 1{ Pass West North East South 1[ 2] 3NT All Pass von Arnim Feichtinger Auken Weigkricht the lead was a spade, so Terraneo was able to dis- card a heart on the third spade and exit with a Erhart's jump to 3NT was not a success as (1) Pass 1NT Pass club.The defence could only prevent the club ruff the defence took their five heart tricks and the 2} Pass 2{ Pass in dummy by sacrificing their trump trick so Ter- {A for two down and +200 to Germany. 2] All Pass raneo made her contract. In the Open Room, Open Room (1) 10-12 Feichtinger led a heart and now the defence should prevail. Two heart tricks, two club tricks West North East South Andrea Feichtinger led the [7 against Daniela and then a third club to punch the dummy von Arnim Feichtinger Auken Weigkricht ensures South makes the setting trick with the von Arnim's 2] contract and when Terry 2[ (1) 3{ 3] Weigkricht played low after some thought von {K. However, Weigkricht switched to a spade after winning the ]Q and von Arnim was able to 3[ 4] 4[ Pass Arnim won with the ten.The ]A was followed by 5{ All Pass the ]J and when North ducked, the contract duplicate the Closed Room play and come to could no longer be defeated. A third heart nine tricks for a flat board. (1) 5+ spades and 4+ hearts, 8-15 cleared the trumps and von Arnim made her con- Both Souths played in 1NT doubled on board 5, tract for the loss of two clubs and one trick in but Germany went four down whereas Austria In the Open Room, the opponents' bidding each of the other three suits. +110 to Germany. were down only two. +600 and 12 IMPs to Austria. helped Germany to avoid 3NT and reach 5{ instead. A trump lead would have proved trou- Closed Room Board 7. Game All. Dealer South. blesome, but Weigkricht led the [J and Auken was able to ruff two hearts in dummy and discard West North East South [ A K 8 7 her third club on the [K . +600 gave Germany 13 Terraneo Nehmert Erhart Rauscheid ] K 6 2 IMPs and increased their lead to 26 IMPs. 1NT (1) Pass 2] (2) { A K 8 5 2 Germany gained 5 more IMPs on the last Dbl Pass (3) Pass 2[ }Q three boards of the half to produce a halftime Pass Pass Dbl All Pass [ Q 10 6 N [ J score of Germany 46 Austria 15. ] 8 4 3 ] A 9 7 Unfortunately for Austria boards 13-24 pro- (1) W E 11-13 { 9 7 6 3 { 10 4 vided little scope for them to overturn their (2) Transfer } A 6 5 S } K J 10 8 7 3 2 deficit and they spurned their best chance when (3) Only two spades [ 9 5 4 3 2 they misguessed the play in 6] on board 13 to ] Q J 10 5 drop a further 13 IMPs. So Germany ran out Reflections {Q J winners by 69-16 IMPs which translated to a 25- }9 4 5 VPs win that ensured they finished in the top six and reduced Austria's lead at the top to This morning's bulletin contained portraits 8 VPs. of the Netherlands Ladies Team.It was delivered Germany bid and made 4[ in the Closed on disk complete with pictures to the Daily Room, but Austria got too high in the Open News. It would be perfect if every Captain could Room. find the time to prepare a similar presentation in Would the real coach Open Room time for the 2001 edition of the Generali Euro- pean Bridge Team Championships. West North East South please stand up! A change in the playing schedule enabling the von Arnim Feichtinger Auken Weigkricht Behind every great team there is a three team championships to finish on different Pass Coach! The man with the responsibility for days would allow us to devote more attention to Pass 1} (1) 3} Dbl guiding Great Britain's women through a each event - especially important when there is 3{ Pass 3] Pass systemic minefield to the Gold medal was a lot of drama and human interest. 3[ Pass 4[ Pass Phillip King, (no relation to Brian Senior!) Several people have suggested that the Gen- 4NT Pass 5{ Pass an outstanding player and writer.We imag- erali Ladies Pairs Championship should be 5[ All Pass ine most of you will have read at least one staged after the teams championship has been (1) of the wonderful books that he has co- completed. There are doubtless pros and cons Strong club authored with his father. If not we suggest to this proposal but it would almost certainly you start by getting hold of a copy of their lead to greater participation, particularly from It looks like Feichtinger was expecting a bit the players competing in the teams. more from Weigkricht for her original double first book The King's Tales. when she carried on over 4[, but the bottom line 10 Saturday, 26 June 1999 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships

THE EBL SENIORS COMMITTEE MEETING Twenty Years Ago… Malta, June 25, 1999 [ A 10 6 EBL Representatives: Chair, EBL Seniors: Dr. N. Rand, Dr. Fleischmann, Vice-President Seniors Committee, J. Devil take it ]– Oliviera, J.C. Beineix & Mrs. A.M. Torlontano. Members: A. {– Orlow, P.Jourdain, J. Hendrickx, G. Mattson, J. Novak, P.Hack- (or not so Dumbovich) ett, S. Szenberg, M. Dix, K. Korosadowicz. }– Honorary Guests: J. Damiani, President, W.B.F. and H. by , England [ Q 8 5N [ J 7 Van d. Peppel, Organizing committee, Maastricht Olympiad. ]– ]– EBL President G. Rona sent apologies for not attending W E the meeting. Sunday was a bad day for the Hungarians, for {– {9 they scored only 1 VP in their matches against }–S }– Dr. Rand opened the first senior committee meeting with a discussion on the possibility of a Senior event at the Ireland and Great Britain. However, Miklos Dum- [K 9 next Olympiad in Maastricht.The representative of the Maas- bovich, 30-year old electrical engineer from ]– tricht organizing committee, Mr. H. van de Peppel helped to Budapest, salvaged some honour for his team by answer questions of venue. Mr.Van de Peppel expressed con- {7 cern over space at the main congress area since 80 teams are making a play which must surely put him in line }– expected in the open event, 45 ladies teams and 25-30 uni- for the BOLS Brilliancy Prize.This was board 26 versity teams. If so there would not be enough space for the from the match against Great Britain: Senior event at the Congress hall and place very close to the Dumbovich led a diamond from hand and the congress would have to be located. Mr.Van de Peppel and Mr. Board 26. Game All. Dealer East. defenders conceded gracefully. Beineix will look into the situation in the near future. Since a Dumbovich, I understand, is renowned for his maximum of 30 senior teams would participate in the poker face. Not even a flicker of pleasure creased Olympiad, probably there would be 12-15 teams from [ A 10 6 4 Europe depending on the participation of the other zones. ]Q J 3 his lips after executing this fine play. If he wins the Mr.Hackett suggested that the WBF notify other zones, {6 BOLS prize, however he might well hasten to buy giving a deadline date to submit entries for the team repre- East a large Tokay. For if East had made what his senting each zone to the Olympiad. } K Q 9 8 2 impertinent younger team-mates call the "stan- After the deadline date and the entries are submitted, a [ Q 8 5N [ J 7 decision can be made on the number of teams representing ] K 9 5 ] 8 7 6 4 dard defence against the Devil's " by discard- Europe. Mr. J. Damiani, WBF President , was pleased at the W E ing diamonds on the third and fourth rounds of { 8 3 2 { A Q J 10 9 enthusiasm of senior bridge but tried to impress the impor- clubs, not even Dumbovich could have prevailed. tance of promoting bridge and the necessity of giving priori- } A 7 5 4S } 10 3 ty to the university teams to play in the congress hall and find alternative arrangements for the seniors. Mr. Damiani was [ K 9 3 2 concerned that the emphasis of senior bridge should not ] A 10 2 only be their championships.The senior teams attending the Olympiad should stay for the second week and participate in { K 7 5 4 other events such as the transnational mixed teams. This }J 6 view was supported by the Committee, the Chairman expecting at least seven teams to compete in both events. Lausanne 1979 ended in a Decision about the format for the Olympiad will be The bidding in the Closed Room: thrilling finish with Italy in the Open taken on January 2000 at the WBF meeting at the Bermuda West North East South Bowl.The anticipated European teams would be the leading Series and Great Britain in the Ladies 12 countries in the Malta Seniors Championships. Rodrigue Linczmayer Priday Dumbovich Series capturing the titles. The next subject on the agenda was the senior partici- pation in the Bermuda Bowl in January 2000. An important Pass Pass Does that remind you of something? issue was whether the winner of the Senior European Cham- Pass 1} 1{ 1[ The final result was the reason why - pionship in Malta belongs to the team or the Federation.The 2{ 2[ Pass 3{ elementary, my dear Watson - the Daily decision of the seniors committee was that the NCBO rec- ommend that 4 members of the winning team should make Pass 4[ All Pass News had chosen to follow this particu- up the senior team of the winning country, of course subject lar championship from the beginning! to availability, and one additional pair to be chosen by the In the Open Room the British declarer had Final standings: NCBO. Any other team would have to be approved by the credential committee of the senior committee. The team played in the same contract and lost the four Open Teams: members must be submitted by October 24, 1999 for obvious tricks, one in each suit. British support- 1 Italy 292 approval at the EBL Executive Committee meeting in Salso- ers were not to worried.They expected a stand- 2 Denmark 280 maggiore. Should there be more than one senior team par- off or, at worst, a small part-score for the Hun- ticipating in the Bermuda Bowl, it was subsequently decided 3 Ireland 275 garians. Dumbovich, however, had other ideas. that the order would be: 1. The Malta Winners (France); 2. 4 France 275 The World champions from Lille; 3.The next nation in Malta First he made sure that his partnership 5 Norway 264 (Poland); 4.The next nation in Malta (Sweden). reached 4[. His bid of 3{ was a , which Both G. Rona, the new President of EBL, and Mr. Dami- 6 Great Britain 262 ani, WBF President, are interested in promoting senior Lajos Linczmayer was only too happy to accept. events, not only championships. Mr. Radek and Mr. Orlow, of West led {8, and East won the ace, switching to Ladies Teams: Poland, representatives of the Polish Bridge Union, reached ]7. The king won and West cashed }A before a tentative agreement for an EBL sponsored senior event at 1 Great Britain 225 Zakopane, in April 26-30, 2000.This will be the third inter- exiting with a heart, taken in dummy. Dumbovich 2 Italy 215 national senior congress in Zakopane. On Wednesday and played off }KQ, East discarding ]8 on the second 3 Netherlands 192 Thursday, there will be a national senior teams tournament, while declarer threw ]A. and on Friday and Saturday there will be an open senior 4 Ireland 175 teams event of 11 rounds of 6-8 hands, a Swiss movement. Dumbovich ruffed a heart, cashed {K, ruffed a 5 Switzerland 168 On Saturday afternoon and Sunday, there will be an diamond and ruffed a club, arriving at this classic 6 Israel 163 open top bottom senior pairs events and on Sunday after- Devil's Coup position: noon and Monday morning there will be a bridge school under the direction of K. Martens using pre-dealt hands for instruction and discusssion.A tour of Zakopane will also be included at the expense of the Polish Bridge Union as well Points of VuGraph as the Victory Banquet. A meeting with J. Auken will take place on Saturday to draft an agreement between EBL and During these Championships Gianni Baldi has intro- the Polish Bridge Union. Two tournament directors will be coming from Israel and from Germany. Room and board will duced a number of innovations. Perhaps the most exciting be provided by the Polish Bridge Union. At the banquet, has been the experimental presentation of the VuGraph prizes will be awarded, all products of Polish industry such 'live' on the Internet.The show was presented on the site as porcelain and crystal. Participation in the Zakopane senior events will be awarded European master points. of the Italian Bridge Federation. That site usually attracts Other suggestions for EBL senior participation in local between 300-350 visitors a day. European events was discussed and Mr. Hackett mentioned On the second day of the Team Championships the fig- that every August the ran an event in Brighton which could include a senior event suitable for ure went up to 2000! The next day the figure went up to European teams.There is also a regional senior event in Por- almost 4000! Only the limited size of the bandwidth on the server being used prevented a higher fig- tugal which could become an EBL senior event.To qualify as ure being recorded. It is estimated that up to five times as many people were trying to access the site! an EBL senior event the tournament must be at least a two- It will be of particular interest that around 40% of the visitors were from the USA! day tournament, and 2 teams from the EBL seniors must be invited and offered hospitality (room and board). Senior At the moment the Italian wizard is working together with Shelley and Federico Primavera on an master points, subject to the EBL Committee's approval, will offline version that they hope will be available at the end of July. be given at such events. Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 11

The Malta Brillant play Championship Data Appeals Committee by Christian Mari loses two IMPs for France The tournament is over and so is the work of This was the last board in the clash between the Appeals Committee. Netherlands and France. The Appeals Committee made 38 decisions in these championships and I want to give a big thanks to my colleagues in the Committee for EBL Open Session 35 the outstanding job they have done both in qual- ity and in hours spent in the Appeals Room. A Board 20. Game All. Dealer West. special thanks should go to Herman De Wael [ A 9 3 who scribed all the decisions in these champi- ] J 10 9 8 onships. Because of the enthusiasm and a very special { 9 8 5 atmosphere of respect and friendship in the } 10 8 2 Committee, I cannot recall having enjoyed myself [ Q 8 N [ K 10 4 more in an Appeals Committee than here in ] K Q 7 6 3 2 ] A 5 4 Malta. { 7 2 W E { K J 6 3 S All our decisions are by now on their way to } Q J 3 } K 9 6 by G. Baldi the Internet and you should be able to consult [ J 7 6 5 2 them when you get home. ]– At the end of the Championship there will (http://home.worldcom.ch/~fsb/appeals.html) { A Q 10 4 not be the usual distribution of the diskette with Within the next month, we shall also publish } A 7 5 4 the data, because the full set would require at all the decisions in a special booklet, which will be least three. In two or three weeks from now, the sent to all the NCBO's in the EBL. If any individ- The bidding: data will be available for download on the Web ual wishes to obtain a copy, they should contact Server of the Italian Bridge Federation, Anna Gudge, preferably by e-mail at West North East South www.federbridge.it; they will contain: [email protected] Nab Mari Bertens Multon - the full executable copy of the g2b/R3 (public domain) program that was used here, including 2{ Pass 2] Dbl Jens Auken the generations of the files for on-line broad- Chairman of the Appeals Committee Pass 2[ 3] 3[ casting on Internet with the program devel- All Pass oped by Shelley and Federico Primavera with the help of the Federazione Italiana Gioco The Ace of Hearts was led and ruffed, a small Bridge, the same that was used during this Statistics club was played next to West's jack and the king Championship; of the Appeals Committee of hearts was ruffed by South.The ace and a small - the original sets of data used by the same pro- club went to East 's king and he played a third grams; round of hearts, ruffed by declarer. Now a spade - the results, rankings (Butlers included) and went to the eight and ten. East played back a scores; Spade and then the jack and queen covered the nine of diamonds. - the details of the rama matches; - the deals, both in printable form (with statis- This was the position: tics) and in DUP/BER format (for duplication). [3 It is my personal pleasure to announce that in ]J September or October the source code of the {9 5 g2b/R3 software will be made available in the pub- lic domain, and that quite likely the same will be }– true for the Internet on-line diffusion; for more [–N [K details, get in touch with "[email protected]" or ] Q 7 6 ] – W E [email protected] or "[email protected]" { 7 { K 6 3 or "[email protected]". }–S }– [– There have been 38 appeals at these champi- ]– onships. { A 10 4 That is a frequency of 0.70 appeals per 1,000 }7 deals played, as compared to 0.58 at the Euro- pean Pairs Championships at Warsaw earlier this Mari played the seven of clubs and discarded year. a diamond The Open teams took the bulk of the Get a special price appeals, 30, while the Seniors and Ladies had 4 East either had to ruff and play into the dia- each. mond tenace or discard and let North score the for a subscription to It should be noted that the Ladies have played three of Spades by ruffing a diamond. a Pairs' championship without a single appeal, and Good but not quite good enough! Le Bridgeur then a Teams competition with only 4 appeals. If See the Closed Room bidding: you then see the close finish, it has to be called During the championship you can West North East South amazing that none of the teams in contention get a special price for an annual sub- Sainte Marie de Boer Bompis Muller found reason to lodge any appeal. scription to Le Bridgeur of only 50US 9 appeals were deemed without merit. 2] Pass 2NT Dbl dollars or 20 Maltese Pounds. If you are 11 different people served on the diverse Rdbl Pass Pass Pass interested just look for Jean-Paul Meyer Committees, and the size of each Committee 3[ Pass 3NT All Pass was on average 4.6 people. in the Bulletin Office on the 7th floor in the Radisson or in the Vu Graph audito- The contract went down two tricks and 2 rium on the 5th floor. Herman De Wael IMP for Netherlands - "tout etait perdu for l'hon- Scribe neur" (all is lost except honour). 12 Saturday, 26 June 1999 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships

Norway Profiles Delightful Danes Svend Novrup reports on a couple of nice contract by ruffing the fourth diamond with her Tor Helness, 42, is married to Gunn deals featuring the Danish Ladies. ]A but, of course, you often think that the trump who played for the Ladies team. Tor is a The Danish ladies usually have their problems ace has a better use than to ruff a card in a suit stockbroker and lives with Gunn and two against the Austrians (who has not?) but despite where your partner holds the master card. children in . For two decades he has losing the match 10-20 here in Malta there was a At the other table, South continued clubs at been the backbone of the Norwegian teams hand on which the Danes showed real sparkling trick three, won in hand discarding a spade from and is a fierce competitor. His achievements Danish dynamite. dummy. On a club South discarded a spade, include silver and bronze medals in the dummy ruffed, and East's last club was discarded Bermuda Bowl, victories in the Macallan and Board 3. East/West Vul. Dealer South. on the {K, followed by a losing spade finesse. Cap Volmac with Geir Helgemo, gold in the [ 10 9 2 South played a trump to the king and ace, and a European Juniors Championships and many ]A spade promoted South's trumps to a third trick. Nordic and National wins. Down three and 800 for Denmark meant a gain { Q 9 5 of 17 IMPs. Jon-Egil Furunes, 42, is a computer } Q J 10 8 7 2 Unfortunately, the rest of the match was a consultant and lives in Oslo with his wife [ J 8 7 5 4N [ A Q slide down the Austrian Alps. and two children. He has never played for ] K 6 ] J 9 8 5 3 2 W E Norway before, but when Geir Helgemo { K 10 8 7 4 { 3 decided to withdraw from the team, he was } 3S } A K 9 6 Round 14. Board 6. East/West Vul. Dealer East. the natural replacement. He has played so [ K 6 3 [ 7 5 4 well that Helgemo's absence was hardly ] Q 10 7 4 noticed. ] 10 9 6 4 { A J 6 2 { J 7 5 }5 4 Jon Sveindal, 53, from Bergen is a } 9 8 7 [ A 2 [ K J 6 3 bridgejournalist and teacher. He is married The bidding was almost identical in the two N with two children and is one of the highest ] K Q 8 5 3 2 ] A J 7 rooms: W E ranked Norwegian players. He was the run- { – { A K Q 10 8 4 ner-up in the Santiago Bermuda Bowl and West North East South } K 6 4 3 2 S } – has been a member of the Norwegian Team Pass [ Q 10 9 8 in many European Championships. Now he Pass 2NT/3} 3] Pass ]– is the reigning Nordic Champion. 4] Pass Pass Dble { 9 6 3 2 All Pass } A Q J 10 5 Arild Rasmussen, 38 is a computer consultant from Bergen and is a family man Fischer's 2NT showed a in clubs. When the cards fit your system, it can be so with wife and two children. He has been sil- At both tables South led a club to the ten and easy to bid slams.This is a good example from the ver medallist in The Bermuda Bowl, Nordic king, and declarer continued with a diamond won Ladies Round 14 match against Israel.Almost half Champion, bronze medallist in the Euro- by South. From here the plays differed. of the pairs did not get to small slam - Bettina pean Championship and has many National Bamberger continued a diamond on which Kalkerup/Charlotte Koch-Palmund bid the grand titles. Bilde discarded [Q from hand followed by {K in four rounds against. and a diamond ruff. East cashed [A and }A fol- Erik Saelensminde, 35, nicknamed lowed by a small club on which South ruffed in West North East South "Silla" is a student from Bergen. He has been with ]7 and was over-ruffed. A diamond was 1{ Pass a member of the Norwegian team since ruffed in hand and a fourth club played, taken by 1] Pass 2[ Pass 1996 and has in this period won the bronze South with ]10. She tried [K ruffed in hand, and 3] Pass 5} Pass medal in The European Championship and now came the decisive moment when East con- 5NT Pass 7] All Pass the Bermuda Bow and is the reigning Nordic tinued with the ]J from her hand. Champion. "Silla" is the cool guy of the team South knew very well that East was capable 5} showed a , being Exclusion Roman and always looks relaxed. But be aware of of doing this as a clever deception holding ]AJ Key Card Blackwood for key cards outside clubs. the wolf in sheep's clothing . and, after a long thought, she put up ]Q. North When West showed two aces and the ]Q East was not happy at all to make her ]A but East was had no problems visualizing 7]. Boye Brogeland, 26, is the "Ben- when she tabled her last three hearts for ten 2210 for Denmark compared to 510 at the jamin" of the team. He is a graduate from tricks and 790. other table.The match ended as a 20-10 win for the Norwegian School of Economics and has North, by the way, might have defeated the Denmark. recently become the editor of "Bridge I Norge", the Norwegian . In spite of his young age he has been a mem- MaMaMIa ber of the Norwegian team since 1996 and MaMaMIa, this title says it all. Magaret, Mario, young and lovely ladies prepared 38,000 boards, has achieved many successes like bronze in Malta with Italy incorporated.This formula worked with a strong Dutchman doing all the transporta- the Bermuda Bowl and the European Cham- wonderfully well, which was not predictable in tion.The Maltese caddies showed a mixture of qual- pionship. He has won the Junior European advance. Malta is a nice but small island with a mod- ities in which youth sometimes beat accuracy. In Championship, silver in the World junior est bridge community and, for a while, the Hotel those cases the TD-staff were always there to help Championship, winner of the World Junior me.Thank you for that too. Pairs, and will later this summer participate Radisson seemed more interested in weddings than in this European Championship and the service it Some departments managed to run without in the World Junior Championship in Fort Italian support.The line up / systems / results desks Lauderdale. needed. But MaMaMIa took care of it all. Each request to teams proved that transnational teams can be very MaMa received the desired response and the Italian successful; Dutch, French, German and Polish cou- Einar Asbjoern Brenne, 52, of ples did a great job. And the experienced staff on organising team showed themselves even stronger Trondheim is NPC of the team. He works in the daily bulletin, the press room, the computers than their Open Team. Fulvio Collizi headed the a bank and is a family man with wife and one and the VuGraph commentators showed their workers in the playing area, and he was a gentle, daughter. Since his debut in Montecatini his expertise yet again. dedicated and painstaking captain. Gainni Baldi team has won two bronze medals in the I don't know when the Italians use "mama mia" European Championship and The Bermuda headed the Vugraph and data department and stim- but I will remember this expression as combining the Bowl and got a victory in The Nordic Cham- ulated his people into doing a month-load of work image of Malta with feelings of admiration. pionship. We hope he will be a captain for in a fortnight. I apologise to their bosses next week the years to come. when they are too exhausted to work! France Ton Kooijman joined Italy in the duplication room where five Tournament Manager Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 13

Big-little Board Meet a Captain by Maureen Dennison In the Ladies Series, board No. 24 of the last Janko Mijoc match seemed a very ordinary, flattish board, yet from Slovenia it decided the medals! Board 24. Love All. Dealer West. Janko Mijoc is the man in charge of the Slovenian Open Team. He is a real 'jack of all trades' acting as psychologist, scorer and [Q 5 so on. ] K 9 7 4 2 { A 9 5 Yours is still a fairly young Federation. } A K 9 Yes, but we already have a history of playing that goes back almost thirty years. At [ K 6 N [ J 10 9 8 4 the moment we have only ten clubs and around 100-120 regular tournament players but ] A 10 8 6 ] J 3 W E we are members of the IOC with full voting rights. { K J 7 6 3 { 10 8 } Q 2 S } J 7 5 3 Is this your first major Championship? [ A 7 3 2 Not at all! Since 1992 we have managed to participate in one major event every year. ]Q 5 Your results? {Q 4 2 Not bad for a small country! In the Olympiad in Rhodes we finished in eighteenth } 10 8 6 4 place. One of my pairs reached the final of the European Open Pairs Championship in Warsaw and one of the players who won a bronze medal in Aachen representing Croat- Great Britain were playing Belgium and their ia is now representing us. North doubled West's 1{-opening and bid 2] over her partner's 1[ response.This encouraged How are things going here? South to bid again, 3 }, and North bid 3NT. We are satisfied with our performance - it should prove to be our best ever result in Dhondy - McGowan took this contract three the European Championships. down for 150 points. What of the future? In the replay Smith bid a simple 1] and played there, scoring 80.This gave Great Britain +230, 6 We need more support from our Government because at the moment we have no professional players. It is hard to give of your best when you have a full time job. Still we IMPs. Their winning margin was 52 IMPs, this are moving forward; for example we already have our own Internet home page. being the minimum (!) number needed to win 25- 5 to give them the vital ½ VP over Austria for the Thank you and good luck for the rest of the tournament. gold. Pony Nehmert for Germany against Spain also played in 1] and found a way to eight tricks with some nice declarer play. East lead {10 to Q, K and A. Next came a heart to the queen taken Generali Trophy with the ace. West cashed the {J and played Subscribe to another which her partner ruffed with the ]J. Results Nehmert took the [J-switch with the ace and led the ]5. When West played ]6 she merely cov- Bridge Magazine! ered with ]7 while East discarded a spade. Declarer cashed the two top clubs and exited with [Q - number one on West who chose to lead a diamond. Nehmert ruffed with her small trump and exited with her third club - endplay number two, this time on East. In the two card-ending, with East on lead, North held ]K9 over West's ]108 - a nifty eight tricks.

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FINAL OPEN TEAMS BUTLER SCORES The Butler Scores are presented individually as some teams are changing partnerships.The following Butler Scores are after Round 37.

Name IMPs Boards 72 Failla G ITA 0.20 (300) 145 Demirbas N TUR -0.18 (480) 73 Kiema O FIN 0.18 (600) 146 Makikangas K FIN -0.19 (400) 1 Bocchi N ITA 0.74 (619) 74 Koistinen K FIN 0.18 (600) 147 Valiaho E FIN -0.19 (400) 2 Duboin G ITA 0.74 (619) 75 Diklic D CRO 0.18 (560) 148 Karadeniz M TUR -0.19 (540) 3 Bitran A FRA 0.73 (380) 76 Miladin I CRO 0.18 (560) 149 Satkanas G LIT -0.20 (500) 4 Voldoire JM FRA 0.73 (380) 77 Rasmussen A NOR 0.18 (400) 150 Vainikonis V LIT -0.20 (500) 5 Brogeland B NOR 0.72 (479) 78 Sveindal J NOR 0.18 (400) 151 Bavchine I RUS -0.20 (300) 6 Saelensminde NOR 0.72 (479) 79 Andersen M DEN 0.17 (500) 152 Ulanovski L RUS -0.20 (300) 7 De Falco S ITA 0.70 (520) 80 Christiansen DEN 0.17 (500) 153 Gavino G MON -0.22 (460) 8 Ferraro G ITA 0.70 (520) 81 Wasik A SPA 0.16 (480) 154 Schaltz D DEN -0.24 (480) 9 Engel Z BEL 0.69 (500) 82 Knap A SPA 0.16 (480) 155 Schaltz P DEN -0.24 (480) 10 Van Middelem BEL 0.69 (500) 83 Harfouche G LEB0.15 (600) 156 ZivKovic G SWI -0.25 (400) 11 Jassem K POL 0.68 (520) 84 Hamdan F LEB0.14 (400) 157 Toibin N IRE -0.26 (380) 12 Tuszynski P POL 0.68 (520) 85 Marinkovic P CRO 0.13 (380) 158 Walshe P IRE -0.26 (380) 13 Szilagyi L HUN 0.66 (600) 86 Sver N CRO 0.13 (380) 159 Palmieri CA LIC -0.26 (460) 14 Mihov V BUL 0.66 (480) 87 Kwiecien M POL 0.13 (460) 160 Monteiro J POR -0.27 (460) 15 Nanev I BUL 0.66 (480) 88 Pszczola J POL 0.13 (460) 161 Santos S POR -0.27 (460) 16 Karaivanov K BUL 0.63 (500) 89 Ledi M LEB0.13 (620) 162 Piedra F SWI -0.27 (500) 17 Trendafilov BUL 0.63 (500) 90 De Boer W NET 0.13 (500) 163 Filipoiu M RUM -0.27 (420) 18 Bertens H NET 0.61 (480) 91 Muller BNET 0.13 (500) 164 Vihtila P FIN -0.29 (440) 19 Nab BNET 0.61 (480) 92 Kalish A ISR 0.12 ( 60) 165 Valta J FIN -0.29 (440) 20 Gromov A RUS 0.59 (540) 93 Podgor L ISR 0.12 ( 60) 166 Guglielmi M MON -0.30 (480) 21 Petrounine A RUS 0.59 (540) 94 Ince M A TUR 0.10 (400) 167 Popescu CR RUM -0.30 (460) 22 Bompis M FRA 0.57 (540) 95 Mari C FRA 0.10 (520) 168 Honti L HUN -0.32 (540) 23 De S.Marie T FRA 0.57 (540) 96 Multon F FRA 0.10 (520) 169 Golfarelli S LIC -0.32 (480) 24 Castanheira POR 0.52 (498) 97 Perrino D MON 0.09 (340) 170 Samalius A LIT -0.34 (480) 25 Diegues V POR 0.52 (498) 98 Taciuc L RUM 0.08 (520) 171 Zibaitis BLIT -0.34 (480) 26 Yadlin I ISR 0.52 (660) 99 Umshaus P AUS 0.08 (480) 172 Jemc T SLO -0.34 (380) 27 Yadlin D ISR 0.52 (660) 100 Laanamae T EST 0.07 (720) 173 Protega BSLO -0.34 (380) 28 Szalai G HUN 0.49 (620) 101 Karpov M EST 0.07 (720) 174 Labaere A BEL -0.34 (500) 29 Fredin P SWE 0.49 (480) 102 Keaveney G IRE 0.06 (460) 175 Gulyas BHUN -0.37 (540) 176 Carcassone V BEL -0.38 (480) 30 Lindkvist M SWE 0.49 (480) 103 Timlin R IRE 0.06 (460) 177 Schaaper M LUX -0.39 (700) 31 Lantaron L SPA 0.47 (500) 104 Babsch A AUS 0.06 (460) 178 Spiljak BCRO -0.39 (500) 32 Goded F SPA 0.47 (500) 105 Kubac N TUR 0.05 (500) 179 Vukelic Z CRO -0.39 (500) 33 Fallenius BSWE 0.47 (500) 106 Popescu C RUM 0.05 (460) 180 Graewert E LUX -0.41 (360) 34 Nilsland M SWE 0.47 (500) 107 Feber A RUM 0.05 (460) 181 Pino M LUX -0.42 (720) 35 Wladow E GER 0.47 (460) 108 Hausler H GER 0.05 (480) 182 Fort T CZE -0.45 (480) 36 Elinescu M GER 0.47 (460) 109 Splettstosse GER 0.05 (480) 183 Haroldsson A ICE -0.50 (400) 37 Coenraets P BEL 0.46 (460) 110 Kilercioglu TUR 0.03 (500) 184 Haraldsson S ICE -0.50 (400) 38 Jeunen F BEL 0.46 (440) 111 Kapayannides GRE 0.03 (480) 185 Kucinskas V LIT -0.51 (460) 39 Furunes J-E NOR 0.46 (559) 112 Liarakos GRE 0.03 (480) 40 Helness T NOR 0.46 (559) 186 Saulis A LIT -0.51 (460) 113 Papakiriacopoulos GRE 0.03 (480) 187 Rummel A EST -0.52 (720) 41 Khiouppenen RUS 0.45 (600) 114 Filios GRE 0.03 (480) 42 Kholomeev V RUS 0.45 (600) 188 Kalma I EST -0.52 (720) 115 Jansa Z CZE 0.03 (479) 189 Volhejn V CZE -0.53 (480) 43 Andersson L SWE 0.44 (460) 116 Mratz T CZE 0.03 (499) 44 Gullberg T SWE 0.44 (460) 190 TurlettiTola LIC -0.54 (480) 117 Feichtinger AUS 0.03 (480) 191 Catzeflis C SWI -0.57 (440) 45 Bieder W AUS 0.43 (480) 118 Terraneo F AUS 0.03 (480) 192 Arnaboldi LIC -0.58 (500) 46 Schnitzer J AUS 0.43 (500) 119 Marina BRUM 0.01 (560) 193 Cesana BLIC -0.60 (480) 47 Popov BBUL0.42 (460) 120 Ambroz BSLO 0.00 (520) 194 Zucchini G LIC -0.60 (480) 48 Stamatov J BUL 0.42 (460) 121 Senk M SLO 0.00 (520) 195 Croci A RSM -0.60 (480) 49 Torres J SPA 0.42 (459) 122 Hegedus G HUN 0.00 (580) 196 Soroldoni M RSM -0.60 (480) 50 Frances A SPA 0.42 (459) 123 Fayad LEB0.00 (140) 197 Briolini G RSM -0.62 (480) 51 Ingimarsson ICE 0.38 (520) 124 Nasr C LEB-0.01 (520) 198 Fiorini F RSM -0.62 (480) 52 Hanlon T IRE 0.37 (600) 125 Levy R SWI -0.02 (500) 199 Politis T CYP -0.63 (540) 53 McGann H IRE 0.37 (600) 126 Allavena JC MON -0.04 (600) 200 Radojcic D YUG -0.64 ( 40) 54 Magnusson M ICE 0.35 (540) 127 Lariviere M MON -0.04 (600) 201 Koumas M CYP -0.66 (520) 55 Kowalski A POL 0.31 (460) 128 Barbosa J POR -0.04 (480) 202 Parezanin D YUG -0.67 (720) 56 Romanski J POL 0.31 (460) 129 Sa J POR -0.04 (480) 203 Clare O MAL -0.69 (660) 57 Collings J GBR 0.30 (560) 130 Kurka J CZE -0.06 (459) 204 Stankiewicz MAL -0.69 (660) 58 Jones M GBR 0.30 (560) 131 Zipovski YUG -0.06 (700) 205 Djuricic BYUG -0.72 (700) 59 Tredinnick G GBR 0.27 (520) 132 Gantar M SLO -0.07 (540) 206 Filippi F RSM -0.72 (480) 60 Tredinnick S GBR 0.27 (520) 133 Kranic G SLO -0.07 (540) 207 Pizza E RSM -0.72 (480) 61 Lambrinos GRE 0.24 (480) 134 Duong H-D SWI -0.07 (520) 208 Helling S LUX -0.77 (640) 62 Zotos GRE 0.24 (480) 135 Yalcin T SWI -0.07 (520) 209 Morley C CYP -0.81 (440) 63 Westerhof J NET 0.23 (460) 136 Palsson A ICE -0.08 (500) 210 Morley V CYP -0.81 (440) 64 Godtfredsen DEN 0.23 (460) 137 Kristinsson ICE -0.10 (520) 211 Renno L LUX -0.85 (440) 65 Moller S DEN 0.23 (460) 138 Avcioglu H TUR -0.11 (460) 212 Christofides CYP -0.88 (480) 66 Jansen P NET 0.23 (460) 139 Radisic G YUG -0.12 (720) 213 Daverona D CYP -0.92 (460) 67 Greenberg N ISR 0.22 (680) 140 Baroudy N LEB -0.12 (520) 214 Klein BLUX -1.24 ( 20) 68 Tur Z ISR 0.22 (680) 141 Guinvarc'h A MON -0.13 (400) 215 Consiglio J MAL -1.59 (400) 69 Hyett G GBR 0.21 (360) 142 Svoboda O CZE -0.14 (479) 216 Naudi I MAL -1.59 (400) 70 Mould A GBR 0.21 (360) 143 Wenning U GER -0.14 (500) 217 Borg S MAL -1.73 (380) 71 Attanasio D ITA 0.20 (300) 144 Frerichs H GER -0.14 (500) 218 Marlin N MAL -1.73 (380) Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 15

FINAL LADIES TEAMS BUTLER SCORES

Name IMPs Boards 42 Sczepanska A POL 0.16 (300) 84 Zur-Campanil ISR -0.12 (420) 43 Gromova V RUS 0.15 (324) 85 Jeunen C BEL -0.14 (312) 1 Fischer D AUS 0.87 (360) 44 Ponomareva T RUS 0.15 (324) 86 Dewasme I BEL -0.16 (360) 2 van der Pas NET 0.86 (360) 45 Popilov M ISR 0.11 (276) 87 van Bossche BEL -0.16 (360) 3 Vriend BNET 0.86 (360) 46 Helleman A NOR 0.11 (324) 88 Goldberg U SWE -0.19 (288) 4 Auken S GER 0.79 (444) 47 Hellnes G NOR 0.11 (324) 89 Gothe E SWE -0.19 (288) 5 von Arnim D GER 0.79 (444) 48 Weigkricht T AUS 0.09 (276) 90 Krogulska J POL -0.21 (312) 6 Bamberger G AUS 0.74 (372) 49 Nehmert BGER 0.09 (216) 91 Sobolewska E POL -0.21 (312) 7 Terraneo S AUS 0.58 (312) 50 Rauscheid A GER 0.09 (216) 92 Hardman A BEL -0.22 (288) 8 Bessis V FRA 0.58 (348) 51 Birman D ISR 0.09 (288) 93 Babot C SPA -0.24 (360) 9 d'Ovidio C FRA 0.58 (348) 52 de Lucchi F ITA 0.07 (336) 94 Bordallo C SPA -0.24 (360) 10 Dhondy H GBR 0.58 (360) 53 Rosetta A ITA 0.07 (336) 95 Gianardi C ITA -0.28 (324) 11 McGowan L GBR 0.58 (360) 54 Feichtinger AUS 0.05 (264) 96 Rovera L ITA -0.28 (324) 12 Davies P GBR 0.56 (324) 97 Nielsen R ICE -0.29 (300) 13 Smith N GBR 0.51 (336) 55 Pokorna J CZE 0.05 (372) 56 Svobodova P CZE 0.05 (372) 98 Sigurjonsdot ICE -0.29 (300) 14 Erhart M AUS 0.48 (336) 99 Julius D CRO -0.32 (336) 15 Kalkerup BDEN 0.45 (336) 57 Farwig K GER 0.03 (300) 58 Stawowy BGER 0.03 (300) 100 Traub I CRO -0.32 (336) 16 Koch-Palmund DEN 0.45 (336) 101 Katsareli E GRE -0.37 (276) 17 van Zwol W NET 0.43 (300) 59 Driessens V BEL 0.02 (312) 60 Atalay BTUR 0.02 (312) 102 Lainaki E GRE -0.37 (276) 18 Verbeek M NET 0.43 (300) 103 Matut M SPA -0.40 (288) 61 Babac M TUR 0.02 (312) 19 Cronier BFRA 0.38 (336) 104 Santos C SPA -0.40 (288) 62 Drogemuller DEN 0.00 (300) 20 Willard S FRA 0.38 (336) 105 Ivarsdottir ICE -0.43 (300) 63 Moller K DEN 0.00 (300) 21 Melech H ISR 0.37 (264) 106 Oskarsdottir ICE -0.43 (300) 64 Altinok BTUR 0.00 (336) 22 Naveh N ISR 0.37 (264) 107 Hegedus O HUN -0.46 (348) 23 Harasimowicz POL 0.36 (348) 65 Ozan E TUR 0.00 (336) 108 Tichy E HUN -0.46 (348) 24 Hoecheker D POL 0.36 (348) 66 Baldursdotti ICE -0.03 (360) 109 Lancova M CZE -0.48 (216) 25 Barlund B FIN 0.31 (312) 67 Jakobsdottir ICE -0.03 (360) 110 Ivancic M CRO -0.50 (312) 26 Niemisto R FIN 0.29 (312) 68 Cypres S BEL -0.04 (288) 111 Marttila S FIN -0.51 (288) 27 Avon D FRA 0.24 (276) 69 Pasman J NET -0.05 (300) 112 Ruso S CRO -0.53 (312) 28 Lustin C FRA 0.24 (276) 70 Simons A NET -0.05 (300) 113 Tomicikova Z CZE -0.53 (228) 29 Andersson P SWE 0.23 (372) 71 Malinowski A NOR -0.05 (348) 114 Parviainen E FIN -0.53 (288) 30 Midskog C SWE 0.23 (372) 72 Oestmoe S NOR -0.05 (348) 115 Liakopoulou GRE -0.57 (348) 31 Cilleborg D DEN 0.22 (324) 73 Koulitckova RUS -0.05 (324) 116 Venetaki A GRE -0.57 (348) 32 Kofoed T DEN 0.22 (324) 74 Maitova E RUS -0.05 (324) 117 Karpenko N RUS -0.62 (312) 33 Hnatova D CZE 0.21 (360) 75 Petrovic R CRO -0.08 (312) 118 Zenkevitch S RUS -0.62 (312) 34 Walker A GBR 0.20 (264) 76 Arrigoni G ITA -0.08 (300) 119 Forsberg C SWE -0.64 (300) 35 Moerch A NOR 0.20 (288) 77 Olivieri G ITA -0.08 (300) 120 Gronkvist M SWE -0.64 (300) 36 Moerch E NOR 0.20 (288) 78 Aykut N TUR -0.09 (312) 121 Kerekes Z HUN -0.68 (324) 37 Erdeova J CZE 0.16 (372) 79 Kara Z TUR -0.09 (312) 122 Mezei K HUN -0.68 (324) 38 Runeberg K FIN 0.16 (360) 80 Kasa M HUN -0.10 (288) 123 del Rey C SPA -0.75 (312) 39 Savolainen P FIN 0.16 (360) 81 Marczona M HUN -0.10 (288) 124 Hernandez E SPA -0.75 (312) 40 S GBR 0.16 (276) 82 Bestak Z CRO -0.11 (312) 125 Glavani V GRE -0.76 (336) 41 Michalek K POL 0.16 (300) 83 Levit-Porat ISR -0.11 (408) 126 Koroni M GRE -0.76 (336) FINAL SENIORS TEAMS BUTLER SCORES

Name IMPs Boards 49 Baxter K GB3 0.29 (240) 99 Wernle I AU1 -0.26 (180) 50 Schneider M FR1 0.28 ( 60) 100 Baroni F IT1 -0.29 (216) 1 Roudinesco J FR1 1.37 (275) 51 Dan O ISR 0.28 (324) 101 Ricciarelli IT1 -0.29 (216) 2 Delmouly C FR1 1.18 (335) 52 Saxon N ISR 0.28 (324) 102 Merhl G LEB-0.29 (324) 3 Jezioro A PL1 1.17 (324) 53 Stoppa J FR3 0.26 (192) 103 Hackett P GB2 -0.31 (228) 4 Klukowski J PL1 1.17 (324) 54 Laas C NET 0.26 (228) 104 Gordon I GB3 -0.32 (275) 5 Maruggi A IT1 1.15 (240) 55 Bezeouw P NET 0.26 (228) 105 Shapiro BGB3-0.32 (275) 6 Romanin G IT1 1.15 (240) 56 Kaplan L FR2 0.25 (240) 106 Jensen Bibbi SW3 -0.32 (108) 7 Chemla P FR3 1.11 (288) 57 Silverstone GB2 0.23 (227) 107 Harper r GB2 -0.34 (216) 8 Sharif O FR3 1.11 (252) 58 Waterlow T GB2 0.23 (239) 108 Kreijns H NE2 -0.37 (335) 9 Chidiac P FR3 1.10 (156) 59 Rand N ISR 0.22 (264) 109 Barczewski E LIT -0.38 (192) 10 Damiani J FR3 0.89 (228) 60 Katz M ISR 0.19 (312) 110 Cisek S LIT -0.38 (192) 11 Krizek C CZR 0.87 (216) 61 Szwarc H FR3 0.18 (228) 111 Dowling S IRE -0.45 (252) 12 Hassan R FR2 0.82 (227) 62 Pinkiewicz Z PL2 0.17 (312) 112 Latham J GBR -0.47 (336) 13 Valk T NE2 0.81 ( 36) 63 Pochron J PL2 0.15 (300) 113 Latham T GBR -0.47 (336) 14 Adad P FR1 0.79 (336) 64 Gromoller W GER 0.13 (336) 114 Drobulis J LIT -0.47 (214) 15 Aujaleu M FR1 0.79 (336) 65 Schneider W GER 0.13 (336) 115 Saulytis A LIT -0.47 (214) 16 Stobiecki Wl PL3 0.79 (335) 66 Borst P NET 0.13 (252) 116 Jensen Nils SW3 -0.47 (252) 17 Milde Andrej PL3 0.77 (335) 67 Faase R NET 0.13 (252) 117 Bergeron LEB -0.49 (180) 18 Berglund Sve SWE 0.77 ( 60) 68 Ciski S LIT 0.11 (263) 118 Enander Ake SW2 -0.50 (335) 19 Lipinski S PL2 0.73 ( 48) 69 Korpetta J LIT 0.11 (263) 119 Enander Ulla SW2 -0.50 (335) 20 Ferenc BPL2 0.72 ( 7060) Kokkes J NE2 0.10 (335) 120 Fleischmann AU2 -0.50 (144) 21 Backstrom L SWE 0.71 (324) 71 Verhees L NE2 0.10 (335) 121 Garthwaite R GBR -0.51 (336) 22 Hallen H.Olo SWE 0.70 (336) 72 Castellon Jo ESP 0.09 (336) 122 Hobson H GBR -0.51 (336) 23 Frew D GB3 0.64 (204) 73 Munoz Rafael ESP 0.09 (336) 123 O'Lubaigh S IRE -0.54 (216) 24 Voracek CZR 0.62 (228) 74 Dieden Johan SW3 0.08 (168) 124 Mas Jaime POR -0.56 (288) 25 Cohen N FR2 0.62 (335) 75 Szenberg S PL1 0.05 (324) 125 Hendrickx J BEL -0.56 (336) 26 Vial E FR2 0.62 (335) 76 Wilkosz A PL1 0.05 (324) 126 Audenaert A BEL -0.56 (336) 27 Rocha Armand POR 0.58 ( 36) 77 Lindstrom El SW2 0.04 (335) 127 Hanratty P IRE -0.60 (300) 28 Ekberg Sture SWE 0.57 (336) 78 Nillson Sven SW2 0.04 (335) 128 Cunha Rodrig POR -0.65 (288) 29 Longinotti E IT2 0.53 (336) 79 Nosek J CZR 0.03 (228) 129 Bally Gerard ESP -0.65 (336) 30 Resta G IT2 0.53 (336) 80 Thomasberger AU1 0.02 (312) 130 Casian Esteb ESP -0.65 (336) 31 Alfredsson L SWE 0.52 (288) 81 Hirst BGB20.01 (214) 131 Oliveira SrJ POR -0.66 (288) 32 Rapf C AU1 0.49 (312) 82 Semp R GB2 0.01 (214) 132 Murteira Ben POR -0.66 (156) 33 d'Ovidio FR2 0.48 (203) 83 Shezifl H ISR 0.00 ( 72) 133 Fayad G LEB-0.67 (288) 34 de Vrij H NET 0.45 (192) 84 Giove Paolo IT2 0.00 (336) 134 Dolezal H AU2 -0.70 (252) 35 Lantinga W NET 0.45 (192) 85 DallaCasaPic IT2 0.00 (336) 135 Cunha Julia POR -0.82 (288) 36 Maclaren J GB3 0.44 (156) 86 Sova O AU1 -0.04 (168) 136 Fleischmann AU2 -0.82 (336) 37 Yalman Ali TUR 0.44 (336) 87 Troberg Jan SW3 -0.04 (324) 137 Fleischmann AU2 -0.83 (336) 38 Bigat Alit TUR 0.42 (336) 88 Lundman Ulla SW3 -0.10 (252) 138 Sissclaar P NE2 -0.87 (143) 39 Janicki W PL2 0.41 (312) 89 Norback Marg SW3 -0.11 (240) 139 Godden J IRE -0.88 (300) 40 Sekowski A PL2 0.40 (312) 90 Sarmusakci S TUR -0.12 (336) 140 Mischek H AU2 -0.93 (252) 41 Schmidt G AU1 0.38 (324) 91 S.Georges L BEL -0.14 (336) 141 Daggani LEB-1.05 ( 72) 42 Gigli G IT1 0.37 (216) 92 Mortelmans G BEL -0.14 (336) 142 Eidi G LEB-1.10 (108) 43 Latessa A IT1 0.37 (216) 93 Cech CZR -0.15 (240) 143 Flavin C IRE -1.24 (276) 44 Jourdain P GB3 0.36 (192) 94 Korkut Ergun TUR -0.15 (336) 144 Grba Ranko YUG -1.26 (336) 45 Humburg H GER 0.34 (336) 95 Otvosi Erwin PL3 -0.18 (335) 145 Milovic Drag YUG -1.41 (336) 46 Mattsson G GER 0.34 (336) 96 Snel H NE2 -0.19 (156) 146 Lovric Alex YUG -1.90 (336) 47 Jires CZR 0.33 (216) 97 Lasocki Krzy PL3 -0.20 (335) 147 Kostic dusan YUG -2.04 (336) 48 Hebak CZR 0.33 (216) 98 Nammour R LEB-0.23 (324) 148 Dolezal C AU2 -2.95 ( 24) 11th World Teams Bridge Olympiad

August 26 - September 9 2000 Maastricht - The Netherlands

Due to the increasing numbers of NCBO's the Bridge Olympiad 2000 in Maastricht is expected to be the biggest Olympiad Teams Tournaments ever organised.The World Bridge Federation is inviting all the NCBO's to participate in the matches for the Olympic titles in the Open Teams and the Women's Teams. Players can also compete for the Olympic title for the Mixed Transnational Teams.This Mixed Transnational Team com- petition that will be organized in the second week of this fortnight event will probably be the biggest ever organized during the Bridge Olympiads. The official invitations to the countries will be sent (including detailed hotel information) by the WBF in October 1999. The host for this WBF tournament is the , with Maastricht being the host city.

Maastricht, the oldest city in the Netherlands, is one in which a rich, centuries-old past blends intriguingly with the dynamic atmosphere of modern, urban life. Maas- tricht's rich cultural heritage has been well preserved in over 1400 monuments, tan- gible reminders in stone of the glories of Medieval and Roman civilizations. Maastricht, the most southern situated city in Holland, has nearly 120.000 inhabi- tants. Known for centuries for its hospitality, friendliness and charm, Maastricht makes you feel at home from the very first day of your stay. And thanks to its relaxed atmosphere, its numerous pubs and pavement cafés, its excellent restaurants and smaller, more intimate 'eatcafes', its wide variety of shops and department stores, and its romantic streets and picturesque squares over 12 million visitors come for shorter or longer stays each year.

The Venue The venue for the World Teams Bridge Olympiad is the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre (MECC), which is only 10-15 minutes from the center of the city.

Hotel Accommodation In the official WBF invitation, coming in October 1999, a large number of hotels will be offered with different price categories. On top of that a variety of alternative accommodation will be available including guest houses, self catering apartments and small hotels.

The Internet site for the Bridge Olympiad will be starting in October 1999 (www.bridgeolympiad.nl).