ALT VI • BULLETIN 3 • Thursday June 11 2020 • editor: Christina Lund Madsen [email protected]

Spicy Hands

Blass has taken a solid lead ahead of Street and Tulin. Gupta is in 4th, but De Botton and Donner are trailing within 2 VPs. Donner play Gupta in our last match of the Round Robin today, so they get a shot at their own fate, though de Botton sho face Gillis may overtake both on the battlefield. Last night Jason Hackett made the following comment: "So spicy were the hands today in the ALT VI event today that you could fill 10 bulletins." We only filled one, but there is plenty of spice in this one. PRE-BULLETIN THE ALT Monday, May 11, 2020 editor: Christina Lund Madsen [email protected] INVITATIONAL logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld MAY 11-15, 2020 big data: Joyce Tito

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- 1 - Swing of the Day by Christina Lund Madsen

I love swinging, both as a player and WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH kibitzer. This was a lovely for any Pepsi Lorenzini Lesniak Bessis with my preferences. We begin with the — 1NT 3♣ Dble biggest swing: Pass 3♦ 3♥ 4♣ Board 13. N / All 5♣ 5♥ Pass 6♦ All Pass ♠ A5 ♥ AKT Well bid by the French. 12 tricks for +1370 ♦ KJ92 meant 17 IMPs for Gupta. Despite this board Blass won the match 73-37, 16.64- ♣ J742 3.36. ♠ Q976432 N ♠ T ♥ 4 W E ♥ J8753 In Street vs. Lebowitz the junior could not ♦ AT S ♦ 6 resist doubling Nicolas L'Ecuyer - Paul ♣ T65 ♣ AKQ983 Street after this auction: ♠ KJ8 ♥ Q962 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♦ Q87543 K. Rosenberg L’Ecuyer Z. Grossack Street ♣ - 1NT Pass 3♣

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 2♠ Pass Pass Dble Bertens Nowosadzki Gupta Kalita Pass Pass 3♣ 3♦ — 1NT 2♦* 3♣* Pass 3♠ Pass 4♣ Pass 3NT All Pass Pass 4♥ Dble Pass Pass 5♦ Pass Pass 2♦ Hearts 3♣ ♦ Inv. + Dble All Pass

It is hard to blame neither North nor South meant the X of 2♠ as T/O but South. EW simply did well to keep quiet. explained he was not sure about their East led ♣K followed by the ace and got agreement. Despite cuebidding in both the 5 and 6 from his partner. Now the suit clubs and hearts the rest of the auction did is in fact blocked, but hard for declarer not seem very convincing for the juniors, to know that. East shifted to the ♠T, won who finished off with a double. by dummy's king, and declarer played diamonds. West won, played the ♣T, and West led a heart, but when he got in with North tried the jack, not guessing the the ♦A, he could not get his partner in the 2♥-overcaller to have a semi-solid 6-card for the . 12 tricks and +950 for Street. suit. Minus 300.

- 2 - WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Pachtmann M. Rosenberg Zatorski Zia

1NT 2♥ 3♣* Pass 3NT All Pass

2♥ Hearts+minor 3♣ ♦ Inv. + Christian Bakke There was a lot less bidding at the seniors' table, and Michael Rosenberg bid what looks like a completely natural 3NT from his seat.

East led the ♣Q. I am not sure about their methods, but many play the king as a WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH strong lead. The Q you may lead from (K) Moss Bakke Grue Grude QJ if you would like partner to encourage with the ten. Pachtmann did indeed play 1NT 2NT Pass the ♣5, then the ♣6, and yet again the suit 3♣ Pass Pass 3♦ was blocked. Zatorski tried cashing out in 3♠ 4♦ Pass 5♦ case his partner had 4 clubs and then led All Pass a diamond, but now declarer claimed 9 tricks to limit the IMP-loss to 8. WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH A way to lead from this suit to make it Brogeland Michielsen Lindqvist Cullin easy for partner can be to lead ace (partner will most likely discourage), now continue 1NT 3♣ Dble with the queen and shift after that holds. 4♣ Pass Pass Dble You could also lead K or Q, depending on Pass 4♦ Pass 5♦ which card is looking for the club jack Dble All Pass according to your agreements. If partner has 4 clubs, you might be in trouble figuring that out, but that is only a Sadly for the Norwegians, Brogeland- problem if declarer has 9 quick tricks. Lindqvist could not resist the temptation, so it was 8 IMPs for Donner, but still Gillis In Donner vs. Gillis Brad and Joe contrary wont their first match 12.33-7.67. to their style refrained from doubling Bakke-Grude in 5♦. In Tulin vs. De Botton, Birman-Padon found an alternative contract:

- 3 - WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Malinowski Birman De Botton Padon

1NT Pass 3♣ Pass 3♦ Pass 3♠ Dble Pass Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ All Pass

Janet De Botton kept quiet the entire bidding, and NS reached 4♥. She led a spade as ordered, where a club might have worked better tapping declarer at trick 1. Declarer won the ♠A and played a dia- mond. East won and gave his partner a spade ruff, and next followed a club, ruffed. declarer played one round of hearts and now diamonds, while East pitched clubs twice to ruff North's last diamond. She now played another club, and now South did best by crossruffing ending up down 1. Alon Birman

With Hydes-Hackett North-South at the other table there was as usual a lot of bidding.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Verhees Hydes van Prooijen Hackett Contrary to the other two tables with similar auctions, Hackett did not leave 1NT 2♥* 3♣* Hydes in 3NT after he showed a super Pass 3NT Pass 4♣ accept of diamonds. He cuebid 4♣, and Pass 4♥ Dble Pass from there they got to the cold slam. Pass RDbl Pass 4♠ 16 IMPs for De Botton, who defeated Tulin Pass 5♥ Pass 6♦ by 92-45 in an IMP-orgie and are now All Pass within reach of the coveted 4th spot.

2♥ Hearts+minor 3♣ ♦ NF or GF 3NT Super accept

- 4 - Results / Ranking

RR5 IMPs VPs BLASS STREET 56 39 13.72 6.28 GILLIS GUPTA 38 91 1.53 18.47 DE BOTTON LEBOWITZ 89 64 15.08 4.92 TULIN DONNER 88 74 13.15 6.85

RR6 IMPs VPs BLASS GUPTA 73 37 16.64 3.36 STREET LEBOWITZ 48 47 10.25 9.75

GILLIS DONNER 48 38 12.33 7.67

DE BOTTON TULIN 92 45 17.89 2.11 Link to results

After RR 6 VPs Alt VI results 1 BLASS 90.96 2 STREET 75.66 Link to previous Alts & bulletins 3 TULIN 68.70 4 GUPTA 56.73 Bulletins 5 DE BOTTON 56.54

6 DONNER 54.58 Follow us on 7 LEBOWITZ 48.27 Facebook 8 GILLIS 28.56 Click the link

Rules and regulations The numbers 1 through 4 from the round robin will go to the semifinals. In case of a tie in victory points: 1. the mutual result will decide 2. still equal: the most ’wins’ (BAM-ish) will decide. 3. after that: the team with the highest IMP score on a board will go through

The winner of the round robin may choose its opponent between the teams placed 3 and 4. T he captain will mail their choice to [email protected] within an hour after the round robin is finis- hed. If late, then matches will be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3.

- 5 - With Hearts in our Hearts

By Martin Cantor

Going into Round 5 just one and a half VPs WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH separated Blass and Street, both unbeaten, Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski at the top of the table. So their head-to- — 3♣ Pass Pass head clash had to be the match to watch. Yesterday’s hands were largely about dia- Dbl Pass 3♥ All Pass monds. Today it was to be hearts. Spades tomorrow perhaps? The very first board Also as so often, pre-empts make it hard set the scene: for the opponents to reach the right con- tract. Pachtmann had quite a lot to spare Board 1. N / None for his first seat pre-empt but it worked very well when the hand belonged to his opponents. East and West both had good ♠ 964 value for their bids, but you can’t really ♥ 2 argue that either of them should have ♦ Q5 done any more. ♣ AK76543 ♠ AK3 ♠ 85 N Nowosadzki made the same 11 tricks, but ♥ QT43 W E ♥ KJ765 200 was a loss of 10 IMPs and a flying start ♦ AT764 S ♦ KJ32 for team Street. ♣ J ♣ 82 ♠ QJT72 ♥ A98 Board 4. W / All ♦ 98 ♣ QT9 ♠ QT6 ♥ 95 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♦ K6 Street Upmark L’Ecuyer Nystrom ♣ AKQT63 — 2♣* Pass 2♠* ♠ J N ♠ 743 ♥ T7432 ♥ AKQJ86 Dbl 4♠ 5♥ Dbl W E ♦ AQT75 S ♦ J83 All Pass ♣ 92 ♣ J ♠ AK9852 2♣ 10-15 5+♣ no 4M ♥ — 2♠ nat F1 ♦ 942 ♣ 8754 As so often, double fits make for lots of tricks, and Nick L’Ecuyer got the diamonds right to score 650.

- 6 - WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Street Upmark L’Ecuyer Nystrom

2♥* 3♣ 4♥ 4NT* Pass 6♣ 6♥ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

2♥ ♥ & 4+ minor 4NT good 5♣ bid

Another effective pre-empt; when his partner saw his own heart holding he Michal Nowosadzki might have quickly checked that they were Photo: WBF playing the same board. With the heart , two quick tricks and four card sup- port for partner’s suit, bidding 4♠ would 12 easy tricks were worth 5 IMPs. Maybe be a horrible distortion of the potential of the hand is tougher than it looks; none of Nystrom’s hand, so spades got buried. the other tables found the spade slam, so no EW pair had to find the ♥7 save. In fact With the effect that NS could do no better only one other pair were pushed to 6♥. than to double 6♥ and take 500. Star result belonged to the Grossack bro- thers who stole it in 5♥ undoubled.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Board 12. W / NS Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski

Pass 1♣* 2♥ Dbl ♠ KQJ42 4♦ Pass 4♥ Pass ♥ J42 Pass 5♣ 5♥ 5♠ ♦ — ♣ All Pass KJ652 ♠ 5 N ♠ AT7 1♣ 2+ ♥ KQT7 W E ♥ 98653 ♦ J652 S ♦ AQT3 No immediate pre-empt here, but NS still ♣ AQ73 ♣ 8 failed to get to grips with the hand. It did ♠ 9863 not help their side that South did not bid ♥ A 2♠ on the first turn, whether that would ♦ K9874 be one-round forcing or non-forcing. ♣ T94

- 7 - WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Street Upmark L’Ecuyer Nystrom Fergani Upmark Pollack Nystrom

1♦ 3♣* 3♥ 4♠ — — — Pass 5♥ Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2♦* 2♥ 4♣* All Pass 4♥ All Pass

3♣ ♠ & ♣ non-forcing 2♦ 10-15 5+♦ no 4M 4♣ fit jump

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski 1♦ 1♠ 2♦* 3♥* 4♥ 4♠ 5♦ Dbl — — — Pass 5♥ Dbl All Pass Pas 1♦* 1♥ Dbl* 3♦* Pass 4♥ All Pass

2♦ hearts 3♥ mixed raise 1♦ 4+ unbalanced Dbl 4♠s 3♦ mixed raise, on the weaker side 4♠ can’t be beaten, so both EW pairs did well to save. 5♥ might look like it only has Both Easts got to play the heart game, as two losers, but with trumps 3-1 it only has did all the rest except Alex Hydes for De ten tricks. Half the field were allowed to Botton who stopped in 3♥. And all the play 4♠, three of them doubled, while one Souths led a diamond. So where is the pair took the push to 5♠. interest? It is all a matter of what North does on the first trick. Board 15. S / NS Five took their ace to return a club, which ♠ AJT gave the defence the first four tricks. The ♥ 92 other three ducked. Was it so hard to read? ♦ AJT943 A lot depends on your lead style; most played a 3rd highest 6, the exception being ♣ T7 Zatorski’s 2nd highest 7. ♠ Q953 N ♠ K6 ♥ KJT6 W E ♥ AQ8743 In our match Upmark got it right, ♦ Q52 S ♦ K Pachtmann didn’t, so 10 IMPs for team ♣ J5 ♣ K963 Blass, who went on to win 56-39 or 13.72- ♠ 8742 6.28, cementing their place at the top of ♥ 5 the table, and dropping Street to third ♦ 876 place. ♣ AQ842

- 8 - The Case of the Devious

By Mark Horton

One of (the few) joys of Lockdown (but by West led the ♣9 and declarer put up dum- no means a universal choice) in the UK is my's queen, took East's king with the ace to occasionally recapture odd moments and played a heart to the king. Declarer's from one's formative years by reprising next move was to run the ♦J. If West had old movies and television shows. In our won this and played a second club the house, Sunday evening was given over to contract would almost certainly have gone watching Perry Mason save someone from one down, but West allowed it to hold. the electric chair. When declarer innocently continued with Some of the titles of the best-selling series a diamond to the queen West won and of books by Erle Stanley Gardner might returned the ♦5. East ruffed, cashed the easily be bridge related, The Case of the ♣10 and continued with the jack. Declarer Silent Partner and The Case of the Ice-Cold pitched a spade, but West matched it with Hands being the most obvious. the ♠2 and now East knew she could cash See if you can spot the reason for my title the ♠K before playing her last club to pro- on this deal: mote West's ♥10 for two down,-200.

Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♠ J 8 6 3 Verhees C Rimstedt van Prooijen Donner ♥ K ♦ J 9 2 — — — 1♣* ♣ Q 8 6 5 2 1♦ Dble* Pass 1♥ ♠ A 10 2 ♠ K Q 9 4 Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥ ♥ 10 3 2 ♥ J 6 4 All Pass ♦ K 8 7 5 3 ♦ 6 4 ♣ 9 3 ♣ K J 10 7 ♠ 7 5 1♣ 16+ ♥ A Q 9 8 7 5 Dble 5-7 or game forcing, no better bid ♦ A Q 10 ♣ A 4 It is generally a good idea to interfere over a strong 1♣, but on this occasion overcal- Open Room ling 1♦ did not aid the defender's cause.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West led the ♣9 and when that held the Cullin Bakhshi Michielsen Tulin trick he continued the suit, declarer win- ning with the ace, crossing to the ♥K, — — — 1♥ returning to hand with the ♦A and cas- Pass 1♠ Pass 3♥ hing two top trumps, claiming nine tricks when the suit divided, +140 and 8 IMPs. All Pass

- 9 - Victim of the Day by Christina Lund Madsen

How has your life in Norway been during Which consequences has the cheating corona? scandal had for your life, bridge and per- sonal? - Coming back from the Winter Games in Monaco in the beginning of March, I - August to December 2015 was a very had to be in quarantine for a week or so. stressful time, but luckily I was so focused Since deadline for my and motivated that my body and mind was coming up, the quarantine felt more refused to give in. In 2016 I had a “down” or less like normal working days, so my where everything seemed trivial, but after day to day life wasn’t affected much. The a while I felt I was getting back to my major difference is no travel and no live normal gear. I am very happy for all the bridge – and playing much more on BBO, support I got in , and for which I had hardly done before Corona. all the people who helped me along the And being able to spend more time with way. It was essential for the outcome. It’s my wife Tonje and daughter Mie (6) and nice to still receive E-mails and comments son Anders (15). about what we did back then and the posi- tive impact it had on bridge. What impact do you think corona will have I am certainly better known in the bridge on the bridge world? world today than I was pre-August 2015, but the most important difference is that - I hope live bridge will come back soon. top level bridge is fairer today than before Internet bridge is fun and good practice, the cheating scandal. and will probably be more wide spread going forward, but doesn’t get my juices Did you ever regret going after the cheaters flowing the same way as live bridge. or had moments you felt sorry for them?

What has been the most memorable - I felt I was on a mission, and that you moment of your bridge life so far? don’t regret (at least not in the middle of it). The few times I started questioning - Winning the in 2007 myself – it normally happened when I was a dream coming true, but winning was looking at videos in the middle of the the European Championships in 2008 night – were difficult, but next morning – in a new partnership and with a new my head was in the right place again. Norwegian team – stands out even more. All the cheaters who were exposed were Winning the Europeans in 2018 on the last either friends or acquaintances – I didn’t hand, and also the on the last have a bad relationship with any of them. hand in 2017, were two other incredible My hope was that they would admit to bridge moments. what had taken place, stay away for some years and come back playing without

- 10 - cheating. The problem is that the cheaters don’t seem to feel any guilt – that what they did is just part of the game (as long as you can get away with it). I still find their denial frustrating.

What were you like as a child?

- I grew up in a town called Moi in Norway with 2000 people. Quiet place, and I used most Boye Brogeland with poker- of my time on football, bridge player Gus Hansen (played in the local club once a week since I was 12), school and hanging out with friends. Playing “Cowboy and Indian” was a typical Do you have any tattoos? If you were to get afternoon in the early eighties for me, one with letters, what would it say? and sometimes I would be picked up (in my cowboy gear) by some older guys who - No tattoo for me, and I would have to were missing a fourth player for a rubber! lose a very silly bet to get even a small one. My youngest sister has one, which I think Which time of your life has been the most sends the right message: “Never give up.” challenging and how did you cope with it? Who would you like to partner, kiss, kill - Losing my mother at 11 is the most among , and devastating thing I have experienced. I ? remember my father telling me “we will manage it”, and he was right, but such a - I have partnered Lotan (good player), loss sticks with you for life. I think accep- kissed Fulvio (nice chap), so unfortunately ting the situation and trying to stay posi- that leaves the scariest option for Cezary. tive are very important in difficult times. Who from the Alt Invitational should be the You had a New Years resolution with your next victim in the bulletin? wife to drink more wine. How is that going? Tell us something you would like to know about this person. - Every Monday at 22.30 we watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette (for the 20th year - Artur Malinowski, because he is fun, straight), but have now spiced it up with crazy and Polish/Norwegian/English. I a bottle of wine or Champagne. So for a would like to know what he thinks is good, change I have been able to keep a New bad and different about Poland/Norway/ Year’s resolution. England. And also how he got into bridge.

- 11 - Conditions of Contest • ALT INVITATIONAL VI

1. The Tournament Director will create the The line-up is completely blind and will tables and will arrange duplicated boards not be published before the start of the (same boards for every team). round.

2. The table settings will allow kibitzers The result of the round robin is scored but forbid communication between based on the number of VPs. The WBF VP players and kibitzers. scale applies. In case of a tie in Victory Points: Barometer scoring will be OFF. The scores • the mutual result will decide; are only visible (for the players) after the • still equal: the most 'wins' (BAM-ish) last board has been played. Kibitzers can will decide; see the scores during the match. • after that: the team with the highest IMP score on a board will go through. Undo and claiming according to the BBO- guidelines: all players have the right to 4. The numbers 1 through 4 from the reject an undo or claim request for any round-robin will go to the semifinal. reason. They are not required to explain why they have rejected such a request. Team number 1 may choose its opponent from numbers 3 and 4. The captain will 3. Eight teams play a single round robin inform about this choice via the TD and/ of seven matches, each match 24 boards. or will mail to [email protected] Four matches at the same time. After that within half an hour after the round robin there will be a knock-out phase: semifinal is finished. If not or late then matches will (24 boards) on the same day as RR 7 and a be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3. longer final on Friday (3 x 12 boards). Numbers 1 and 2 get a carry over of 10.1 / Change of the line-up in the round robin 6.1 IMP. and semifinal is possible after 12 boards In the final there will be a carry over of 0.1 provided that no player can change the IMP for the highest placed team in the RR compass direction (so East will stay East as a tiebreaker. and so on). The big final will consist of 3 separate segments, so there are no restric- 5. If players explain bids during the bid- tions on the line-up. ding via chat, then this is not commu- nicated to “the table”, but only to “the The teams are expected to submit their opponents”. This way their partner cannot line-up as soon as possible using the see the explanation, similar to explaining line-up web utility (all captains will be the bids via the BBO alert mechanism. provided with the respective link and the Players alert their own bids. password). It is possible to change the submitted line-up but not later than 30 6. This tournament will of course be minutes before the start of the round. played in the most respectful way possible.

- 12 - Conditions of Contest • ALT INVITATIONAL VI

Fun and good bridge is paramount. 7. To submit protests, you can send emails Netbridge relies on reluctance and to: [email protected] restraint to call the director. Should a team find a serious cause for demanding 8. The starting times for the Monday- a ruling, then this will only be dealt with Thursday matches are: if the captain of the team announces this via email within 45 minutes after the last • 10.00 EDT / 16.00 CET (first session) board played (with an explanation and a and request for a specific adjustment of the • 14.00 EDT / 20.00 CET (second ses- score). sion). Netbridge will inform the other team and give that team the opportunity (through The final starts on Friday at 10.00 EDT / its captain) to respond via email within 45 16.00 CET and will be played with 5-10 minutes after being informed. The protest minutes breaks between the segments. will be decided by a qualified director or world class player; no further appeal will be possible after his/her decision.

Behind the Screens

Do you ever wonder who ensures the event runs smoothly, invites players to the table and makes sure results are up directly after the last table finishes? The answer is Anton Osipov and Denis Dobrin from Russia. Denis is also an EBL-director and our TD in the ALT. Thanks to their excellent software we are able to provide perfect scoring of all matches. Spasibo!

- 13 - Teams / Players / Nicknames

Team Blass Team De Botton Jacek Pszczola pikolo Jason Hackett mutton Josef Blass bljosef Alexander Hydes itsgrim Jacek Kalita bridge24jk Janet de Botton capt Lulu Michal Nowosadzki bridge24mn Arthur Malinowski malisuper Johan Upmark Mostovoi Thor Erik Hoftaniska kasper20 Fredrik Nyström F_Nystrom Thomas Charlsen tcharlsen

Team Gillis Team Street Simon Gillis rayas78 Nicolas L’Ecuyer caucase Erik Saelensminde skaal1 Paul Street Boulevard1 Boye Brogeland boye Ron Pachtman ronpa Espen Lindqvist stevieg Piotr Zatorski dzeronimo Christian Bakke chrien Fred Pollack Fredp Tor Oyvind Grude teg91 Kamel Fergani fergani

Team Lebowitz Team Donner zia Gary Donner Gdonnersc1 Laurence Lebowitz 0 lhl12 Cecilia Rimstedt cillar Adam Grossack nevereast Sandra Rimstedt Sandria Zach Grossack germs345 Marion Michielsen Lady007 David Gold dagold Per-Ola Cullin pocken Michael Rosenberg Scotty Joe Grue joegrue Kevin Rosenberg Kevsters brad Thomas Paske Thomas1000 Team Gupta Team Tulin Bauke Muller beukertje Stan Tulin returned Simon de Wijs sm1 David Bakhshi Bakhshi Cedric Lorenzini pierced Louk Verhees Loukie Huub Bertens H Bertens Ricco van Prooijen Riccovp Thomas Bessis malpaluche Dror Padon Drorp Naren Gupta nareng Alon Birman Hatol Curtis Cheek curtis

How to kibitz the Alt Invitational on BBO As in the previous editions of the Alt Invitational, we expect thousands of spectators on BBO. Even though the Alt is not broadcasted via the BBO , you can still watch any of your favourites. You simply search for your favorite player’s nickname and join his or her table. If you wish to watch the players whenever they are online, you search for your chosen one (fx Simon de Wijs ’sm1’, click on the name and choose ’follow’ instead of neutral. Any time you see him online, you can click on him and take a seat at his table (assuming the tournament allows it). See you on BBO!

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