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SWPT Top Twelve Differently in After 3 Rounds Queensland by Richard Ward Rydges Lakeside Hotel 2001 Editor: Earl Dudley Production Team: Sue Kelso and Michael Wilkinson we do things SWPT Top Twelve differently in after 3 rounds Queensland by Richard Ward Rydges Lakeside Hotel Barry Kempthorne from Brisbane 1st CARTER (Carter, Atkinson, Cahn, Hayes) 71 has this theory about pinning lower 2nd BRAITHWAITE (Braithwaite,Ware, Lester, McManus, 69 honours. This accounts in part for Klinger, Haughie) our +550 in the final of the Australian 3rd LAVAZZA (Lavazza, Bocchi, Lauria, Versace, Duboin, 66 Pairs Plate. Ferraro) 4th KEMPTHORNE (Kempthorne, Kempthorne, Strong, 65 Session 2, Board 12 Strong) Dealer W, Vul NS 4th BOWMAN (Bowman, Mayo, Berry, McLaurin) 65 4th WESTLAKE (Crowe-Mai, Stark, Weston, Mann, 65 ] T32 McDonald, Gurfinkiel) [ KT9832 7th ANDREWS (Andrews, Kain, May, Motteram, Wagner) 64 } 963 8th HINGE (Hinge, Markey, Chua, Hughes) 63 { Q (Wilsmore, Grosvenor, Courtney, Gill, 63 ] K6 ] J954 8th WILSMORE [ Q74 [ --- Horton, Peake) } KQ82 } AJ54 8th GAULD (Gauld, Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Abel) 63 { JT53 { K9642 11th BEECH (Beech, Bourke, Oshlag, Wignall, Scott, 62 ] AQ87 Ramshaw) [ AJ65 12th ZIGGY (Konig, Wallis, Bach, Dyke, Burgess, Richman) 61 } T7 12th FINKIOTIS (Finikiotis, Chan, Hocking, Chan) 61 { A87 12th MANDERSON (Manderson, Adcock, Akitt, Dwyer, Lane, 61 Porter) The bidding was adventurous. Hyatt Hotel Canberra West North East South Kempthorne Ward P P 2NT X 1st SMITH (Smith, Yovich, Haffer, Reynolds, Lusk, Moir) 70 4{ 4[ P P 2nd MARSTON (Marston, Thomson, Lorentz, Lester, 67 5{PPX Del’Monte, Erichsen) All pass 2nd PARFAIT (Parfait, Woo, Dibley, McGrath) 67 2nd BURGAY (Burgay, Mariani, Balicki, Zmudzinski, 67 He also has a theory about bidding Malaczynski) your weaker trump suit when 5th JESNER (Jesner, Dalley, Lavings, Lee, Chan, Delivera) 65 partner is supposed to have 5-5 in 5th THOMSON (Thomson, Garvey, Robinson, Quail, Ewart) 65 the minors. The opening heart lead 7th GREENWOOD (Greenwood, Thorp, Tarlington, Wilson) 64 was ruffed and Kempthorne led a 7th McCANCE (McCance, Beale, Hoffman, Hoffman, 64 spade from dummy at trick two. Van Riel, Smart) South rose with ]A and returned a 9th HURLEY (Hurley, Brown, Askew, Powell) 63 diamond. Kempthorne won with K} 9th FOSTER (Foster, Hans, Robb, Bashar) 63 to ruff his second heart. Spade to 11th SMYTH (Smyth, Cherry, Horowitz, Lorimer) 62 the ]K and a third heart ruff left him 11th WENGER (Wenger, Davis, Hanks, Heinrich) 62 in dummy, wondering about the 11th DUXBURY (Duxbury, Rabey, Grewcock, Thomas) 62 trump position, and worrying about 11th SHUGG (Shugg, Callander, Daws, Schwabegger) 62 defensive ruffs. So he laid down the {K with gratifying results. NOT NEWS #7 Tuesday 23rd January 2001 Page 1 It never ever pays to “defend” (??) Our international visitors when vulnerable against non- vulnerable. Anyone attempting it We would like to welcome our international visitors. If we have pays the ultimate price (including overlooked anyone, please tell Frances or Joanne at the Secretary grievous bodily harm by an irate Desk. partner!) From Italy: From New Zealand: West North East South Norberto Bocchi Chris Ackerley 1} 1[ P1 1] Patrizia Bonardo Jan Alabaster 3}2 3[3 P4 P Leandro Burgay Greg Aldridge 4}5 X6 All pass Giorgio Duboin Julie Atkinson Guido Ferraro Ashley Bach (1) Wouldn’t you with those tram Lorenzo Lauria Elisabeth Blackham tickets? Maria Lavazza Andy Braithwaite (2) Just tolerable, but risky. Carmen Lembo Paula Bryant (3) A little pushy, but we’re not Carlo Mariani Wayne Burrows vulnerable – maybe we’ll get Alfredo Versace Charlie Cahn Patrick Carter lucky. (4) Partner, SHUT UP! From Poland: Karen Cumpstone (5) I prefer to go down –800, rather Cesare Balicki Carol Currey than concede –140. Marek Borewicz Mike Dollan (6) I prefer it too! Adam Zmudzinsky Rodney Dravitzki Robyn Freeman-Greene From Norway: Murat Genc A bad hand for Espen Erichsen Karl Hayes Bruce Hoffeins transfers From France: Phyllis Hoffeins by Hilda Lirsch Susan Bunting Murray Jurgeleit Lindsay Knight Swiss Pairs, Round 8, Board 29 From Austria: John Luoni Michael Stroeher David McLeish Dealer N, Vul ALL Debbie McLeod From UK: Margaret Perley ] 876 Eva Caplan Christiaan Prent [ K86 Ken Forsythe Martijn Prent } KJ Martin Garvey Bob Scott { KQJ93 Joan Waldvogel ] A2 ] J53 Michael Ware [ A9742 [ QT3 From USA: Jonathan West } T987 } A532 Bill Bradshaw Max Wighout { 42 { 865 Tony Morris John Wignall ] KQT94 Richard Oshlag Janet Woodfield [ J5 Josh Sher Kathy Yule } Q64 { AT7 From Tonga: John Whyte North opened a weak 1NT, and after a transfer sequence, North was declarer in 4]. When a trump was led to dummy’s King, it was easy for West to The Kamikaze Dealer W, Vul E/W smoothly duck. Declarer guessed Diamonds wrong on the second round of trumps, ] J93 so the defence won two trump tricks [ AJT63 Or and two outside aces for one off. } 86 Determination { AK7 If the South hand was concealed as ] K75 ] T42 declarer in 4S, then the technically to the ultimate [ Q98 [ 752 correct way to play the first round of } AKQT43 } J97 trumps is to lead a spade to the Queen. pitch! { 9 { QT64 This makes it much harder for West to by Lilli Allgood ] AQ86 find the smooth “expert” duck of the ace [ K4 of spades – East might hypothetically Swiss Pairs session 8, board 32 } 52 hold doubleton King of trumps, making (the last board of the whole event) { J8532 a duck “eggspert”, with the yolk on West! NOT NEWS #7 Tuesday 23rd January 2001 Page 2 ] AK time to make an off-shape negative A Very Merrimac [ 965 double. Peter spent several minutes } A4 in the tank (Ruth claims it was 10 Griffin { KQ9432 minutes) and emerged with a 6{! for by Ron Klinger ] J942 ] 5 a comfortable +1370 and 15 IMPs [ QJ7 [ K10843 to Team 19. The final match in the Swiss Pairs } K653 } J92 provided an early candidate for best { 106 { J875 Editor’s note: Peter and Tina were played / best defended hand: ] Q108763 co-editors of NOT NEWS 2000 and [ A2 are team mates this year. Swiss Pairs Round 8, Board 30 } Q1087 Dealer West : Nil vulnerable { A (Directions changed for convenience) NOT Rydges Datums The play went: [Q, ace; {A; ]3 to North the ace; ]K, East discards a heart; BD Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 ] AK {K, discarding a heart; low club, [ 965 ruffed low, over-ruffed with ]9. Peter 1 -300 -380 240 } A4 Fordham, West, now found the 2 -20 70 -380 { KQ9432 expert play of the }K to nullify 3 60 120 -20 dummy’s club suit. Ted Griffin took 4 530 220 470 South the ace and continued with the }4, 5 -80 30 0 ] Q108763 nine, ten. The ]Q drew the last 6 -90 -650 0 [ A2 trump and the }Q dropped the }J, 7 -180 -530 100 } Q1087 leaving the }8 high. 6] made! 8 320 -450 90 { A 9 -120 50 -80 Fordham blamed himself for this 10 50 20 130 result. ‘My fault,’ he said after the West North East South 11 310 400 -420 session. ‘If I had not destroyed their FordhamHughesScott Griffin 12 1020 40 890 relays, they would never have bid P 1{ 1 1} 2 1[ 3 13 120 630 -20 the slam.’ 2[ 4 2NT 5 P3] 14 -430 20 390 P 4] P 5{ 6 15 -200 40 -250 P6{P6] Ex-editors 16 -60 -90 50 All pass 17 -80 180 -90 unleashed! 18 -70 80 50 (1) Strong club by Peter Jamieson 19 170 -60 310 20 110 -20 -580 (2) Weak, odd suits (] + } or [ + {) (3) Shows spades Session 1 SWPT Board 12 (4) Pass or correct Dealer W, Vul NS (5) Natural. The 2[ bid had broken NOT Hyatt Datums the relays. ] AJ52 [ K (6) Cue-bid with spades agreed. BD Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 } --- The [Q is led, taken by the ace. You { AKJ76543 1 -370 -340 420 unblock the {A, and play ]A, ]K. ] 763 ] T84 2 200 -50 -430 RHO discards a heart on the second [ 76432 [ A95 3 -20 100 -20 spade. What do you play next? } K95 } AQJT73 4 580 140 540 { 98 { 2 5 -30 60 20 Suppose you play {K, ditching a ] KQ9 6 -310 -630 -20 heart. All follow. What now? [ QJT8 7 -150 -310 -520 } 8642 8 420 -390 -10 You decide to ruff a club with a low { QT 9 100 -20 -80 trump. West over-ruffs with the ]9. 10 -60 -70 10 What do you do if West switches to At one table Tina Zines (West) 11 330 300 -410 a low diamond? What if West plays opened 1[, North bid 2{, East (Nick 12 1010 50 960 the }K instead of a low diamond Horne) bid 2}, South and West 13 50 430 -50 exit? passed and North’s 3{ concluded 14 -430 0 420 the proceedings. 15 -270 10 -260 The full deal appears at the top of 16 0 -90 60 the next column: At the other table, West made a 17 -50 90 -120 normal pass. Peter Jamieson 18 -20 -30 20 opened 1{ (Acol) , East bid 1} and 19 190 -350 170 Ruth Jamieson chose to pick a good 20 280 60 -480 NOT NEWS #7 Tuesday 23rd January 2001 Page 3 ANC 2001 contact the Convenor (Julia Hoffman, Mistakes I have ANC 2001 02 62603728, [email protected] Mistakes I have or Secretary, Nola Church, 02 made V For all those addicts who want more of 62824103, [email protected]). the bridge you are enjoying at the By Neville Moses Summer Festival, there is another opportunity to do so in Canberra in 2001. We were struggling in the slough of the Swiss Pairs when I found myself From 13 to 27 July the Australian The NOT NEWS will be in 5{ with the North cards after East National Championships will be held at keeping you up to date on the had overcalled pre-emptively with 4[.
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