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Alt 4Ever While the Ghost of Corona Is Still Haunting the (Bridge) World, We Are Forced to Quiet Our Craving for Bridge Online Alt 4ever While the Ghost of Corona is still haunting the (Bridge) World, we are forced to quiet our craving for bridge online. Welcome to the 4th edition of the Alt Invitational. The Alt Invitational has become a source of satisfaction for insatiable bridge addicts. Not only for the players, but also for the kibitzers. The difference between watching regular vugraph and following the PRE-BULLETIN onlineTHE Alt is much ALT smaller than for the players whoMonday, sit Mayat 11,home 2020 rather than at the table, where they can smell their opponents’ sweat after a well-placededitor: double. Christina Lund Madsen [email protected] INVITATIONALWe all long to return to live bridge, but we are happylogistics: Rosalind that Hengeveld the Alt Invitational plans to run indefinitely - or at least MAYuntil 11-15, we can 2020 all look each other in the eyesbig again.data: Joyce TitoMadsen online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online THE ALT INVITATIONAL Today’sPRE-BULLETIN Schedule Round 1 & 2 Important NoticeTHE ALT Monday, May 11, 2020 editor: Christina Lund Madsen Monday [email protected] 11 Monday May 11 MAY 11-15, 2020 All players shouldINVITATIONAL enter BBO 15 10.00 EDT/16.00logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld CET 14.00 EDT/20.00 CET minutes before their matchMAY starts 11-15, 2020 at big data: Joyce Tito online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online the latest. BBO coordinatoronline bridge events Don organized by bid72, bridge24Blass &- netbridge.online Street Blass - Zhao De Botton - Zhao Street - De Botton Freeland is waiting for you and will Donner - Ventin Donner-Smart Shots instruct you where to sit. Smart Shots - Israel Open Ventin-Israel Open THE ALT INVITATIONAL MAY 11-15, 2020 online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online sign up for the newsletter sign up for the newsletter - 1 - Highlights from the Alt III by Martin Cantor BBO vugraph commentator Martin Cantor has queen. Declarer needed just four diamond captured some of the highlights from the third tricks, so both declarers cashed the diamond edition of the Alt Invitational. ace and then played the 8. When West discarded, Drijver inserted the jack, and now East’s shift Nail biting ended by scissors of the spade king killed the contract. If declarer On the penultimate board of the semi-final ducked, the defense could cash 3 more clubs for between Street and Gupta, with Gupta trailing 5 tricks. by just a couple of IMPs, Cédric Lorenzini pro- Lorenzini won the diamond king, cashed a top duced a variant of the Scissors Coup to virtually heart, played a heart to his hand and now played seal a place in the final for Gupta. the club 10 severing the defenders’ communica- tions and putting East in a quandary. If he cashes Several expert commentators had watched the his winning clubs, he sets up the ninth trick, if he hand played in the other semi-final match and doesn’t he can kiss them goodbye, and declarer seen the normal 3NT contract fail by a trick can eventually get home with 2 spades, 4 hearts, without spotting the winning line. The contract two diamonds and a club. had failed at the other table of the Street-Gupta match. Lorenzini had different plans. Spectators and the other players at the table all expressed their admiration in various terms, but N / All Cédric modestly said “I was hoping to drop the 9 or the 7 of clubs”. ♠ 954 ♥ AQT7 ♦ KJ976 Cédric Lorenzini ♣ 5 ♠ T863 N ♠ KQ7 ♥ 832 W E ♥ J64 ♦ 2 S ♦ QT543 ♣ AK974 ♣ J3 ♠ AJ2 ♥ K95 ♦ A8 ♣ QT862 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zatorski Bessis Pachtmann Lorenzini Pass Pass 1♣ Pass 1♦ Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass Play started the same way as at the other table with West leading a small club to the jack and - 2 - 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 Sjoert Brink sjoertBr Thor Erik Hoftaniska kasper20 Bas Drijver BasDr Thomas Charlsen tcharlsen Team Israel Open Team Street Michael Barel mich-b Nicolas L’Ecuyer caucase Yaniv Zack Yanivz Paul Street Boulevard1 Ilan Herbst ilanh Ron Pachtman ronpa Ophir Herbst herbst Piotr Zatorski dzeronimo Ilan Bareket bareket Fred Pollack Fredp Asaf Lengy lengy Kamel Fergani fergani Amir Levin amiri Yossi Roll sroch Team Ventin Johan Upmark mostovoi Team Smart Shots Fredrik Nystrom nystrom Jeff Meckstroth jjmeck Frederic Wrang fly21 Geir Helgemo helgemo António Palma Apalma Cédric Lorenzini pierced Joaquin Pacareu paca1987 Thomas Bessis malpaluche Carlos Fernandez carlitosf Alexandre Allard smartalexx Jose Creuheras pepeti Juan-Carlos Ventin phave Team Donner Gary Donner Gdonnersc1 Team Zhao Cecilia Rimstedt cillar Zhao Chen zhaochen Sandra Rimstedt Sandria Liu Jing LiuJing Marion Michielsen Lady007 Bauke Muller beukertje Per-Ola Cullin pocken Simon de Wijs sm1 Adam Grossack Nevereast Louk Verhees loukie Anam Tebha AnamTebha Ricco van Prooijen riccovp 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 Vugraph, 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 Bas Dri- jver ’BasDr’, click on the name and choose ’follow’ instead of neutral. Any time you see ham online, you can click on him and take a seat at his table (assuming the tournament allows it). See you on BBO! - 3 - Highlights from the Alt III by Martin Cantor Diamonds Are Forever And Ever The Alt Invitational III tournament provided Plenty of fireworks in the other room though: lots of excitement. In the bulletin Mark Horton West North East South described some of the thrills from Round 3 of Brink L’Ecuyer Bas Drijver Street the Round Robin in the article Diamonds Are -- 2♥* Pass 2NT Forever. Round 7 gave further proof that they Pass 3C Pass 3♦ really are: Pass 5♦ Pass 6♦ Dbl All Pass In the match between Blass and Street, Blass had already comfortably secured their place in 2♥ hearts and a minor the final, undefeated and with a lead of 30+ VPs. Street, however, still had some work to do. Brink led the SA, perhaps optimistically hoping to cash that along with the DK. After ruffing it, Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. declarer could draw trumps and pitch a club and claim 1540. ♠ - Several spectators queried whether the contract ♥ QJT96 can be made on a club lead, and the answer is ♦ JT93 yes. One way is to win the lead, unblock hearts, ♣ J872 ♠ AJ92 N ♠ QT873 ♥ 843 W E ♥ 752 ♦ K65 S ♦ 7 Paul Street ♣ Q94 ♣ KT53 Photo: ♠ K654 Peg Kaplan ♥ AK ♦ AQ842 ♣ A6 In the Open Room there were no fireworks and diamonds were only mentioned artificially as a transfer: West North East South Pachtman Nowosadzki Zatorski Kalita Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3♦* Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass Pachtman led a trump and declarer cashed ano- ther one, ruffed a spade to dummy, drew the last trump and ran the DJ for ten tricks. - 4 - ruff a spade to dummy to discard the losing club West North East South on a top heart, then crossruff the black suits, Brink L’Ecuyer Bas Drijver Street remembering to ruff with the ace at trick 10. 1♦ Pass 1♥ 2♠ Two boards later a cold 6♦ was bid and made Dbl* Pass 3♠ Dbl by both NS-pairs, and on the follwing board the 4♣* Pass 5♦ Pass diamonds again demanded attention: 6♣ Pass 6♦ Pass Pass Pass Board 16. Dealer West. None Vul. Dbl takeout ♠ J72 4♣ 5-5 strong ♥ QJ84 ♦ Q Elsewhere in the tournament several pairs ma- ♣ Q9652 naged to reach the diamond grand slam that my ♠ A N ♠ Q5 grandmother could have made (and she didn’t ♥ K7 W E ♥ A532 play bridge). ♦ KT654 S ♦ AJ9872 ♣ AKJ74 ♣ 3 It’s not obvious who should have done what ♠ KT98643 differently at either table to bid the grand, but in ♥ T96 his pair’s auction Pachtman might have reasoned ♦ 3 that the spade control was all his partner lacked when he bid the small slam. ♣ T8 Street won the match to secure the team’s place West North East South in the semi-final as runners up in the RR, but Pachtman Nowosadzki Zatorski Kalita both Street and Blass lost in the semis as Gupta 1♦* Pass 1♥ 3♠ went on to win the Alt Invitational III from Team 4♣* 4♠ 6♦ All Pass Russia. 1♦ 4+ unbalanced 4♣ Forcing Rules and regulations The numbers 1 through 4 from the round-robin will go to the semifi- nals. 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 Team number 1 may choose its opponent between 3 and 4. The captain will mail to [email protected] their choice within an hour after the round-robin is finished. If late, then matches will be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3. - 5 - Love or Hate Playing Bridge Online? We want to hear your views How has your life as a bridge player changed and what challenges do you face? Please share your lockdown experiences of bridge by emailing [email protected] One off accounts or weekly/monthly diary entries are welcomed by players of all ages from all countries - pros, teachers, club owners or service providers.
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