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Rivista N. 10.1998 N U M E R O 10 Franco Broccoli Punti di vista 3 Nino Ghelli Tuttolibri 4 C R O N A C A Franco Broccoli I Mondiali di Lilla (I) 6 Giuliano De Angelis I titoli Europei Juniores e Cadetti all’Italia 12 Franco Broccoli Il Festival di Venezia 30 Enzo Galizia Piazza Navona 36 V I T A F E D E R A L E Dino Mazza Club Azzurro 40 T E C N I C A Pietro Forquet Passo a passo 46 Nino Ghelli Convention Corner 50 Frank Stewart Il mio Bridge e il Vostro 53 Bridge d’Italia Guido Bonavoglia Concorso Licitativo Valtur: il parere degli esperti 54 Rivista mensile della R U B R I C H E Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge Dino Mazza Accade all’estero 66 Numero 10 Ottobre 1998 C R O N A C H E R E G I O N A L I Abbonamento gratuito Ivano Aidala Delegazione Regionale Calabria-Basilicata 68 per i tesserati F.I.G.B. O P I N I O N I Direttore Editoriale Nino Ghelli La commedia degli equivoci 70 Gianarrigo Rona Direttore Responsabile V A R I E T À Franco Broccoli Furio Meneghini Astroquiz 76 Segretario Editoriale Niki Di Fabio Marco Catellani Senza speranza 76 Comitato di redazione Carlo Arrighini, Giancarlo Bernasconi, D O C U M E N T I Nino Ghelli, Giorgio Granata, Romano Notiziario Affiliati 78 Grazioli, Romano Pacchiarini. Calendario agonistico 80 Direzione e redazione Via C. Menotti, 11 - scala C - 20129 Milano Telefono 02/70000483 r.a. - Telefax 02/70001398 http://www.federbridge.it e-mail: [email protected] Videoimpaginazione Romano Pacchiarini ([email protected]) Progetto grafico Giorgio Granata Stampa Tipografia Pi-Me Editrice s.r.l. Viale Sardegna, 64 - 27100 Pavia Telefono 0382/539124 - Telefax 0382/22485 Autorizzazione del Tribunale di Milano Per la pubblicità: N. 2939 del 7 gennaio 1953 La tiratura di questo numero è stata di 12.000 copie Segreteria Generale Spedizione in abbonamento postale, Via C. Menotti, 11/C 45% art. 2, comma 20 B, Legge 662/96 - 20129 Milano Milano Telefono 02/70000483 r.a. - Fax 02/70001398 Finito di stampare il 10 ottobre 1998 e-mail [email protected] Classifica Gran Premio Simultanei 1998 dopo la settima tappa di luglio Almeno 4 risultati utili - (fra parentesi i risultati scartati) Simultaneo Ge. Fe. Ma. Ap. Ma. Giu. Lu. pp. Ge. Fe. Ma. Ap. Ma. Giu. Lu. pp. – 105 53 51 85 – – 294 Ceccacci-Sollecito (Cast. Romani) 93 30 – – 94 77 – 294 De Montis-Traversa (Ichnos CA) – (57) 135 85 150 (49) 130 500 D’Angelo-Giuliani (Pesaro) 72 – – 64 83 65 – 284 Belfiore-Belfiore (Palermo) 130 88 125 135 (71) 478 Curò-Liguori (C.T.B. Torino) 68 – – 16 91 100 – 275 Giacomazzi-Marini (C.B.Firenze) 88 115 125 115 – – 443 Cangiano-Giubilo (Br. EUR Roma) 75 – 58 – (49) 74 62 269 Giorgianni-Rinaldi (Cantù) 69 130 – 110 115 – (27) 424 Dall’Aglio-Licini (Villasanta) –––76 43 81 64 264 Buonocore-Guariglia (Benevento) 110 – 65 88 – – 140 403 Duccini-Menicacci (C.B.Firenze) 22 95 67 – – 78 – 262 Di Bari-Segalini (Can.Olona MI) – 115 – – 94 86 105 400 Pisani-Zucchi (Pegaso) 58 99 84 15 – – – 256 Castignani-Montiguarnieri (Vela AN) – (48) 83 – 135 81 99 398 Noto-Petrelli (Bari) – 66 (19) – 84 64 42 256 Corchia-Matricardi (Fermo) 82 64 150 – – 100 – 396 Cucci-De Martinis (Foggia) ––79 43 – 98 34 254 Belvisi-Munaò (Valsugana) – 95 100 (55) 57 130 – 382 La Rosa-Raffa (Viterbo) 12 – – 54 84 – 93 243 Fresia-Pastori (Soc. Lecco) 135 59 – 77 110 (42) – 381 Del Vecchio-Luzi (Vela AN) – 44 – 99 68 30 – 241 Caramanti-Franco (Can. Olona MI) (60) 76 – 84 100 90 – 350 Lerda-Ricca (C.B.Torino) 41 – – 140 26 – 13 220 Mazzella-Ripamonti (D. Ferr. NA) –76 – – 98 95 69 338 Condorelli-Nacca (Caserta) 59 – (22) – 46 37 76 218 Tarantino-Treta (Viterbo) – 86 93 – – 23 130 332 Bassini-Ficuccio (Pegaso Club) (17) 68 – 25 – 62 59 214 Croci-Soroldoni (Monza) ––125 125 11 65 – 326 Pochini-Ricciotti (Carrara) 91 40 – 39 – 39 – 209 Cosimelli-Salvagnini(C.B.Firenze) 73 – 58 – – 92 95 320 Costa-Scarpaci (Palermo) – 21 32 50 105 – – 208 Bumma-Mattoni (C.B. Torino) 42 – – – 90 96 92 320 Lucenò-Lupi (Pesaro) –18– 22 – 59 94 193 Ferretti-Granzella (Chiavari) ––99 92 43 77 – 311 Manganella-Santuccio (Padova) –––32 67 21 65 185 Noviello-Orsillo (Latina) 39 87 – 73 – 110 – 309 Amadio-Della Santina (Riv. Palme) (17) 87 – 20 – 27 41 175 Centonze-Ceriani (Dop. Ferr. NA) –78 91 – 74 62 (36) 305 Bella-Carzaniga (Monza) – 50 89 13 – 12 – 164 Di Fluri-Pisani (S.G. Sannio) 40 77 33 – 150 – – 300 Giribone-Grappiolo (Imperia) – 14 36 – 10 – 98 158 Leonetti-Messina (Vibo Valentia) Graduatoria di coloro che hanno già ottenuto 3 risultati Simultanei Ge. Fe. Ma. Ap. Ma. Giu. Lu. pp. – 46 – – 51 87 – 184 Di Eusanio-Masci (Pescara) Ge. Fe. Ma. Ap. Ma. Giu. Lu. pp. 61 _ – – 35 – 86 182 Santucci-Santucci (Benevento) ––48 84 50 – – 182 Caldarelli-Fonti (Pescara) ––––140 47 140 327 Rossano-Vivaldi (Francesca TO) –––30 99 – 51 180 Lapertosa-Lapertosa (Brindisi) ––––105150 63 318 Brambilla B.-Rinaldi (Lecco Soc.) 91 – 71 – – 17 – 179 Brambilla F.-Invernizzi (Lecco Soc.) – 96 – 86 – 100 – 282 Di Lentini-Di Pietro (Catania) –––53 – 57 63 173 Fiorani-Giordano (Sorrento) 34 – – 140 99 – – 273 Arcuri-Bella (Palermo) 77 – – 48 – 47 – 172 Curioni-Sanvito (Villasanta) ––74 73 – 125 – 272 Pollini-Zoffoli (Bologna) 95 19 – – – 56 – 170 Massaglia-Zucchetti (B.C.Torino) –––95 91 84 – 270 Della Casa-Magri (Mantova) 76 38 – – – 55 – 169 Casciani-Rocchi (Viterbo) ––––90 88 81 259 Mesiano-Parolaro (Pegaso Club) – 11 86 – 72 – – 169 Baldoin-Criso (Pesaro) – 71 140 – – 29 – 240 Bruni-Di Martino (Monza) 85 65 17 ––––167 Bove-Rondinella (Caserta) 140 – – 69 – 31 – 240 Bonorandi-Rossini (Villasanta) – 37 – – 105 22 – 164 Cecconi G.-Speroni P (Prato) – 120 38 – – 80 – 238 Cresci-Medusei (Carrara) ––84 – 16 60 – 160 Masala-Pantaleo (Ichnos CA) 81 – 85 71 – – – 237 Marzi-Vitale (Gli Assi RM) – 53 – – 30 – 73 156 Di Mauro-Frazzetto (Catania) – 50 115 – 69 – – 234 Costa-Dal Cielo (Prov. Granda) – 52 34 – 68 – – 154 Del Grosso P.-Ferrara M. (D.F.NA) 87 – 18 – – – 125 230 Cortellazzi-Pozzi (Malaspina S.C.) –––97 – 20 34 151 Amuso-De Tomasi (Taranto) 125 ––––96 13228 Ghirelli-Lacirignola (Fasano) – 10 52 – – – 87 149 Fantini-Gallo (Foggia) 78 71 78 ––––227 Fioretti-Leone (Benevento) ––––29 95 25 149 De Crescenzo-Pizza (Lecce) 65 – 45 99 – – – 209 Alessandrini-Soccorsi (Latina) 70 – 38 36 – – – 144 Neri-Rango (Terni) 66 –68 –––74 208 Alessandro-Condorelli (Catania) 44 84 – – – 16 – 144 Conti-Fasani (Can. Olona MI) –––57 – 130 19 206 Mariotti-Rosaverde (Pesaro) – 75 13 – 53 – – 141 Dato-Mascarucci (Imperia) – 54 105 – – 46 – 205 Barbieri-Baruchello (Monza) ––27 – 66 48 – 141 Calvitto-Tetta (Foggia) –––59 120 23 – 202 Farisano-Vanni (Can.Olona MI) 11 – – 51 76 – – 138 Morgione-Sestito (Catanzaro) 56 125 – – 21 – – 202 De Prai-Masala (Ichnos CA) – 42 – 58 38 – – 138 Carboni-Sau (Cagliari) – 69 – – – 92 38 199 Bertoli-Croci (Monza) 33 – 46 – – – 56 135 Benedini-Boroni (Mantova) –51 – 73 73 – – 197 Laraia-Tramice (Potenza) – 28 90 – – – 10 128 Gatti-Zorcolo (Cagliari) – 63 105 – 27 – – 195 Carmina-D’Alicandro (Acc. Roma) 49 – – 41 – – 38 128 Contrasti-Zucco (Monza) 120 – – 38 37 – – 195 Cane-Segre (Villasanta) –––60 11 54 – 125 Carletti-Ceccarini (Pesaro) 21 82 – 91 – – – 194 Landolfi-Landolfi (Benevento) 73 – 31 – – – 18 122 Failla-Failla (Catania) –––93 32 69 – 194 Calzoni-Viggi (Bologna) –––54 30 36 – 120 Di Pietro-Di Pietro (Lecce) – 80 – 78 33 – – 191 Bonacci-Butera (Catanzaro) 15 ––––18 85 118 Cerocchi-Meccariello (Latina) 22 56 110 ––––188 Civalleri-Giustacchini (Brescia) 31 19 – – 64 – – 114 Baldi-Melone (C.T.B.Torino) – 26 82 – 78 – – 186 Del Bono-Guerriero (Malaspina) –––1383 –16 112 Corazza-Gandini (B.C. Torino) –––92 62 – 31 185 Baroni-Circia (Brescia) – 13 – 11 49 – – 73 Kulenovic-Trotta (Br.EUR Roma) 2 P U N T I D I V I S T A l grande Giovannino Guareschi per minimizzare l’enorme successo acquisito dai suoi Don Camillo e Peppone disse, con modestia esagera- I ta: «Io bravo? Ma se sono solamente un giornalista da trecento parole!». Per descrivere la prestazione italiana ai Campionati del mondo di Lilla (21 agosto/4 settembre ’98) di parola ne basta una: TRIONFO. Stavolta l’inno di Mameli s’è incantato sul piatto del giradischi. Non riu- scivano più a toglierlo per il numero dei successi tricolori. Pensate solo che il presidente della federazione mondiale per coronare degnamente l’en plein azzurro ha creato un premio speciale per la nostra Federazione, quella più presente sul podio (e, sottolineo, in posizione strettamente api- cale). Gli attori di questa straordinaria prestazione sono (nell’ordine cronolo- gico in cui abbiamo vissuto queste emozioni): Enza ROSSANO e Antonio VIVALDI, Campioni del Mondo a Coppie Mi- Trovo che certi arbitri abbiano una certa sudditanza psicologica nei confronti ste, Paolo MARINO e Daniele PAGANI, oro e argento nel Triathlon Junio- dei “campioni”, dai quali riconosco certa- res, Francesco ANGELINI, Andrea BURATTI, Massimo LANZAROTTI, mente abbiamo tutti da imparare, ma Lorenzo LAURIA, Antonio SEMENTA e Alfredo VERSACE, Campioni del molti, senza un filo di modestia, se ne Mondo a Squadre Libere (Rosenblum). approfittano spudoratamente. Ma una parola sola, anche se squillante come “trionfo”, è poco. Bisogna Se mai un giorno diventerò bravissima (dubito ahimè ), tanto da meritarmi l’ap- aggiungere almeno un «grazie; grazie ragazzi... » che abbraccia tutti. Grazie pellativo di Campione, cercherò forte- perché avete messo un’altra volta l’ITALIA sul tetto del mondo.
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