Bulletin 7 DAILY BULLETIN Saturday evening, 24 March 2001

Editor: Jean Paul Meyer – Co-editors: Mark Horton, Franco Broccoli, Jos Jacobs, Micke Melander, Alberto Benetti, Gianluca Frola – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis – Photo Services: Ron Tacchi – Printing: Franco Crosta POLAND ONCE MORE

Jan Moszynski & Jaroslaw Cieslak continued the fan- Hans Humburg and Goran Mattson from Germany tastic record of the Polish players in the Open Champi- onship, winning by a comfortable margin. Jan. 39, works in computers. His father competed here in the Senior Pairs. Jarowslaw 37, is a father of three and a schoolteacher in his- Time Change tory. Italian pairs took silver and bronze, Leandro Burgay May we remind all of you, and especially those who have to & Carlo Mariani finishing ahead of Dano De Falco and catch a plane tomorrow, Sunday, that on Sunday morning, March Guido Ferraro. 25, clocks all over Europe will be put FORWARD by one hour. At 2.00 hrs. a.m. it will immediately become 3.00 hrs. a.m. Of course, departure times of buses to the airport are Germany at Last based on this time change. There was a tremendous finish in the Senior Final. Eng- land's Keith Stanley & Derek Rue and Germany's Hans Humburg & Goran Mattsson broke clear of the field and swapped places several times.With only four boards to play the English pair led by only four points and a strong finish by the German's saw them come through to capture the Gold Medals. In the two previous Championships they had gone into the last session as leaders only to fall away, so this was a very sweet victory indeed.Third place went to Roald Ramer & Jan Bomhof of The Netherlands. 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy

President’s Farewell Speach

Organising European Championships increasingly en- tails significant finances and if, as I believe, we have managed once again to fulfil our objectives, this is due to the help and support from the Authorities of Campania Region and Naples Province, the Organising Committee and our friends the sponsors whom, here all together, I wish to thank.All together without distinction because all of them have given us a great and fundamental contribution.With- out them it would have been impossible for us. I would also like to invite up here onto the podium Councillors Anto- nio Valainte of the Campania region and Alfonso Ascione of Naples Province; the President of the Italian Olympic Com- mittee in the Campania Region, Giovanni Ugatti; the Presi- Gianarrigo Rona dent Vicarious of the Italian Bridge Federation, Filippo EBL President of the EBL Palma, and the on-site organisers Roberto Pennisi and Vir- ginia Fiorani, to whom I would like to present a small token of our gratitude. Mister President of the WBF, Authorities, NBO Presi- dents, dear friends, Special thanks must go to the staff, extraordinary for their self-denial and professionalism, led to perfection by Now is a time for celebration, the stage is for the win- Ton Kooijman and Ghigo Ferrari; the Tournament Direc- ners and I do not wish to prolong the wait before the most tors led by Max Bavin and Antonio Riccardi; the Daily Bul- exciting part of the whole event when all together we can letin directed by Jean-Paul Meyer and Mark Horton; the award the winners with their prizes, celebrate with them, enjoy together, say goodbye to friends and make plans for Press Room of Elly Ducheyne; Internet with George Geor- meeting up at the next championship.Allow me only to say gopoulos and Romano Grazioli; the Ranking and Results a few words of thanks, goodbye and especially "Arriveder- Operators co-ordinated by Gianni Baldi and Gianni Bertot- ci" to you and your companions, to our friends the spon- to; the Main Office of Fulvio Colizzi; the Hospitality Desk sors who enabled this event to take place, and to the staff. of Silvia Valentini; the Appeal Committee chaired by Jens Auken and Steen Moeller; the Duplication Team headed by Now this championship is at an end and I hope that all Annie Chekroun; the members of the Organising Commit- of you have been at ease here and approve of our choice tee, Franceso Giordano and Annibale Bruno; the EBL Sec- of Sorrento: this marvellous corner of the world which retariat, Christina MacEachen, Andrea Pagani and Federica seems to have been specially created, with its beauty, its at- Zorzoli.And then the Director of all this, our great and ir- mosphere and culture to let us make peace with our world replaceable Jean-Claude Beineix and the lady who has been where true human values seem to be increasingly forgot- ten in the continual oppressive and giddy race towards the exceptional MC at all our events and who again this some goal we do not even know. It seems that all we do is evening has not belied her reputation, Anna Maria Torlon- run. tano.Thanks to all of you - I am proud to work with you. Finally let me thank the President of us all, José Damiani, I hope that your benevolence has enabled you to ap- who by his presence and participation has not only hon- preciate all our efforts to organise a championship equal to oured this event, but has also shown how European Bridge our usual level and also to forgive any mistakes and mishaps is still dear to him, he who has been one of its greatest pro- which inevitably occur during such a big event despite all moters.Thank you José. the measures we take to try to prevent them. Champi- onships are like a large mosaic, which to be put together I am proud of all of you who by your participation and and especially to fulfil its purpose, requires that all its enthusiasm reward our work and give us an ever-increas- pieces are placed perfectly and together produce one har- ing stimulus to do our very best. monious chromatic effect. The next big event in our calendar is Tenerife in June Together we have experienced six magnificent days of and we have the pleasure to have with us today a delega- sport, hobby and culture and I am proud to be able to state tion of the Canarian Authorities and Organising Commit- that once again, thanks to you, the players who are the true tee chaired by Juan José Alayón Beltrán and Aureliano protagonists of this fantastic event, we have shown that Yanes Herreros. I am sure that also in Tenerife all these bridge is a true sport, not simply a would-be one, and that feelings and experiences will be felt again in an equally we are worthy of the IOC recognition obtained - a true splendid environment in another marvellous corner of our sport where all the genuine aspects of sport are demon- Europe. strated: competition, stamina, effort, but also the socialisa- Thank you for your attention and "un grande abbraccio" tion, aggregation, fair play, ethics. to you all!

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Open Pairs Final A Open Pairs Final C Final Results Final Results 1 CIESLAK J MOSZYNSKI J POL 57.94 1 GOTARD TOMASZ PIEKAREK JOSEF GER 58.34 2 BUSSEK BERNHARD PAULY MICHAEL GER 57.03 2 BURGAY LEANDRO MARIANI CARLO ITA 55.95 3 LUNGU S FABER A ROM 56.21 3 DE FALCO DANO FERRARO GUIDO ITA 55.90 4 KALIDA JANUSZ STEPINSKI JEREM POL 56.03 5 BALDASSIN DANIE PRINCIPE GIOVAN ITA 56.01 4 MARTENS KRZYSZT LEWSNIESKI MARC POL 55.26 6 VAN GLABBEEK HE CHORUS MARJO NET 55.78 5 PULGA RUGGERO RINALDI GIAMPAO ITA 55.16 7 BONAVOGLIA GUID GRILLO ALBERTO ITA 55.68 8 VANDERVORST MIK MEYER JEAN BEL 55.50 6 VIKOR DANIEL GAL PETER HUN 55.15 9 IZISEL GERARD MOUIEL HERVE FRA 55.05 7 WERDELIN STIG COHEN ALLAN DEN 54.17 10 POZZI AMILCARE MASSAROLI GIUSE ITA 54.30 11 DAUNOIS MICHEL MARILL PHILIPPE FRA 54.25 8 KARAIVANOV KALI TRENDAFILOV RUM BUL 53.99 12 DEBUS E VANDEREET P BEL 53.39 9 KOWALSKI ROMANSKI POL 53.94 13 BEVAN ESMOND MORRIS JOHN ENG 53.25 14 CASSONE UGO FRESIA SERGIO ITA 53.05 10 ROGOWSKI ZBIGNI PIKUS KRYSZTOF POL 53.65 15 DOMBI HEGEDUS HUN 52.93 11 DRIJVER BAS DE WIJS SIMON NET 53.44 16 BOEDDEKER R ZARKESCH F GER 52.71 17 KRZEMINSKI ZDZI LINIEWSKI MIROS POL 52.36 12 KWIECIEN MICHAL OLANSKI WOJTEK POL 53.09 18 CAPAYANNIDES A TRIANTAFILLIS P GRE 52.04 13 JAGNIEWSKI R PAZUR B POL 53.06 19 BOSCARO BOZZOLA PIAZZA RUGGERO ITA 52.03 20 BAUCH JEAN-FRAN BUBU ANDRE FRA 51.98 14 CAPUCHO MANUEL LARA MARIA JOAO POR 52.87 21 GENTILE GIUSEPP DI LEMBO FRANCE ITA 51.95 22 FRANCO DIAS PED PIMENTA PEDRO POR 51.89 15 NORDEN P EK B SWE 52.62 23 AMICO GIUSEPPE SEMINATORE LIBO ITA 51.72 16 KOWALCZYK IREK WITEK MAREK POL 52.07 24 KALLUNKI JANNE SIMONSEN KENNET FIN 51.53 25 WASAK WITOLD KNIGA-LEOSZ JER POL 51.49 17 LUKASZEWICZ KRZ SKRZYPCZAK JERZ POL 51.99 26 SABELLI MARCO VENTRIGLIA LUIG ITA 51.34 18 GRZEJDZIAK IGOR MODRZEJEWSKI TO POL 51.88 27 BRUNEL PHILIP GOLDSCHMIDT A FRA 51.26 28 PEDERZOLI GIULI PASQUARE' RITA ITA 51.23 19 KRZEMINSKI CESA SZTYRAK LESZEK POL 51.43 29 CASTELLI ROSSAN DE PAULA FEDERI ITA 51.16 20 LEON PILAR WASIK ANTUN SPA 51.37 30 SERENELLA ARSEN PIASINI ANTONIO ITA 50.79 31 NOONAN J CUMMINS C IRE 50.74 21 CHODOROWSKA IRE CHODOROWSKI JAN POL 51.32 32 MORICI MARCO PEDANI PERLA ITA 50.70 22 GOLDBERG LARS GOLDBERG ULLABR SWE 51.15 33 PAOLUZI SIMONET PISCITELLI FRAN ITA 50.69 34 BARBIERI FRANCO BARUCHELLO AMOS ITA 50.61 23 VAN CLEEFF JAN VAN DER NEUT JA NET 51.14 35 GABOS GABOR HARSANYI JOSEF HUN 50.39 24 KWIECINSKI MARI WINCIOREK TOMAS POL 51.03 36 PETTERSSON JOHN PYSBRING LEIF SWE 50.37 37 CUCUIU MIHAI POPESCU CRISTIA ROM 50.23 25 POPOVA D GUNEV R BUL 51.02 38 BRUCE I MCEWING H SCO 50.11 26 BAUSBACK NIKOLA GWINNER HANS-HE GER 50.92 39 BREDE JERZY SZYMANOWSKI MAR POL 50.07 40 PIANA ALESSANDR DITANO ENZO ITA 50.02 27 JANSSENS HUBERT WENS PAUL BEL 50.88 41 DE CESARE EMILI MENGARELLI FRAN ITA 50.00 28 IVANCHEV HRISTO ISPORSKI VLADIS BUL 50.85 42 ANGRISANO PAOLO CACCIATORE DOME ITA 50.00 43 MORELLI FABRIZI CIOCCA MARCO ITA 49.90 29 HARINGS J KROES V NET 50.71 44 DRAPKIN EVGENY KAPLUN LAZAR ISR 49.86 30 FRANCES A TORRES J SPA 50.67 45 SHEATHER D SHEATHER P SWI 49.72 46 GIANNINI SILVIA MAGGIORA STEFAN ITA 49.67 31 SIN DEUT HAGEN NOR 50.58 47 ODELLO GIORGIO MOFAHKAMI SHALH ITA 49.47 32 BIRMAN D ZELIGMAN S ISR 50.56 48 DAEHR C GROSSMAN H GER 49.40 49 ARRIGONI GIANNA OLIVIERI GABRIE ITA 49.22 33 COHEN SAMI ERDAL OLCAY-ERC TUR 50.46 50 EKENES PER CHRISTENSEN FIN DEN 49.20 34 GOLEBIOWSKI S STARKOWSKI W POL 50.19 51 BUONOCORE ANNAM GUARIGLIA RUGGI ITA 49.06 52 SAVELLI LORENZO CATUCCI CLAUDIO ITA 49.02 35 THOMPSON A CLARK A ENG 50.08 53 BIRMAN DANIELA SAGIU STELLA ISR 48.99 54 FELMAN PHILIP HAMILTON DAVID WAL 48.87 36 CARROLL JOHN GARVEY TOMMY IRE 49.98 55 BARONCELLI MAUR RAINIERI FERRUC ITA 48.75 37 POLETYLO J GARDYNIK G POL 49.69 56 MORRIS T NUTT J ENG 48.39 57 BETTAZZI MARIO COLZI STEFANO ITA 48.37 38 HALLER PRIIT LAANEMAE TIIT EST 49.44 58 ESTEFANELL CARI PANELLA ANA SPA 48.00 39 POTIER JACQUES STRETZ FRANCOIS FRA 49.31 59 ROODHUJZEN TON VERDONK RONALD NET 47.99 60 KELINA MARINA LITVAK SERGEI RUS 47.60 40 TUSZYNKI P JASSEM K POL 49.27 61 TOKAREV ALEXEI STERKIN ALEXEI RUS 47.55 41 GODFREY LIZZIE PAGAN IAN ENG 49.26 62 MANDRUTA C DIMCICA L ROM 47.44 63 KIRILENKO SERGE PORTNOI PAVEL RUS 47.40 42 BORIN KENNETH EFRAIMSSON BENG SWE 49.14 64 PAJO AIN RAAGEL PEETER EST 47.25 43 TUTKA MAREK GAWECKI JANUSZ POL 48.85 65 ACCURSO VINCENZ ACCURSO VINCENZ ITA 47.24 66 DIX MARIO PARNIS ENGLAND MAL 47.07 44 NELSON KATH EGINTON STEVE ENG 48.54 67 MARMONTI DARIO MASSA GAETANO ITA 46.61 45 KOEPPEL PHILIPP SARGOS FRANCOIS FRA 48.25 68 PINGUET LILIAN FERIE GUY FRA 46.51 69 FAROLFI FEDERIC DE PRATI STEFAN ITA 46.01 46 ALLIX JEAN-FRAN MAUBERQUEZ ERIK FRA 48.14 70 SEVERGNINI MADD GENTILI LUIGINA ITA 45.91 47 GUARINO MARIO CARPENTIERI CAR ITA 47.93 71 MAINE MAURIZIO BALESTRA GLAUCO ITA 45.70 72 MERCURI FRANCA FARCOMENI MAURI ITA 45.69 48 TISLEVOLL GEO KRISTOFFERSEN C NOR 47.65 73 DIGRE ARNOLD ERLANDSEN BJARN NOR 45.09 49 CICHOCKI ZURAKOWSKI POL 47.49 74 D'ANNA RAFFAELE GRECO ANNA ITA 44.97 75 TOMASSINI SIMON ALTIERI PIETRO ITA 43.50 50 KRYSZTOFIAK WTO KRYSZTOFIAK TOM POL 47.22 76 OSOJNIK TITAN SRAKA STANISLAV SLO 43.06 51 COURTNEY MARGAR COURTNEY MICHAE ENG 47.00 77 DELFINE GIAMPIE LEVANTESI INES ITA 42.81 78 KONURALP OYA GRANT SUE ENG 34.43 52 GAGLIETTO RODOL PARRELLA MARCO ITA 46.75 79 ZUCCHINI G.CARL TURLETTI TOLA G ITA 23.63 53 LUTOSTANSKI PIO NARKIEWICZ GRZE POL 46.58 80 DE GRAVE JOHAN DE GRAVE GRETE BEL 22.79 81 RAMELLA GIULIAN GERMANETTI PAOL ITA 20.35 54 ALFEJEVA JELENA GONCA VLADIMIR LAT 46.02 82 FOUNTAIN PETER SKILLERN JO ENG 11.64

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Main Finals, session two round up

n the first round, two pairs who were to be among the out the trumps. Iovernight leaders had to meet. This was the first : A few boards later, it looked as if the right lead would beat a game, but this was not quite the case: Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. Board 15. Dealer South. North-South Vul. [ 9 8 2 ] A Q 4 3 2 [ J 10 7 {4 ] A 10 3 } A 9 4 2 { 7 6 4 } A J 9 5 [ Q 7 4 3N [ A K J 5 ] – ] 10 9 7 [ 6 4 3N [ 5 W E ] 5 2 ] K Q 8 4 { A 7 6 5 { J 10 9 2 W E S { K Q 10 9 8 5 { A 2 } J 10 8 6 3 } K 5 S [ 10 6 } 4 3 } Q 10 8 7 6 2 ] K J 8 6 5 [ A K Q 9 8 2 { K Q 8 3 ] J 9 7 6 }Q 7 {J 3 }K West North East South Karaivanov Lesniewski Trendafilov Martens South is in 4[ and the defence starts off correctly with three rounds of diamonds.You , draw two rounds of trumps ending Pass 1NT Pass in South and get the bad news. Now the only thing you have to 2[ Pass 2NT Pass do is unblock the }K, lead a heart to the ten and claim.You will 3} 3] All Pass be one down if West started with a singleton heart, but this is not very likely. This time, the multi-purpose 2[ relay preceded a sign-off in If East returns a heart you win, draw the last and throw clubs. A weakness of the Bulgarian mini-NT came to light here: the heart loser on the }A. If East returns a club, you have two lack of accuracy in partscore battles. With at least nine tricks heart discards. available in spades, E/W still sold out to 3]. Making nine tricks Board 24 was a matter of experience. here brought the Poles all 52 matchpoints. On board 10, an unlikely squeeze could have saved the day for Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. declarer in 4]. [Q 10 Board 10. Dealer East.All Vul. ] K 7 6 4 3 2 { A J 7 6 [ A Q 8 6 3 }5 ]– [ J 8 6 5 4 [ A 7 3 { K J 5 N ]J 9 ]Q 8 5 } K 10 8 3 2 W E { 9 4 2 { K Q 10 [ – [ K 9 7 5 4 N } 6 3 2S } A K Q J ] Q J 10 8 6 4 ] K 9 5 W E [ K 9 2 { 10 7 2 { A Q 3 ]A 10 } Q J 5 4S } 7 6 { 8 5 3 [ J 10 2 } 10 9 8 7 4 ] A 7 3 2 { 9 8 6 4 We will not bother you with a comedy of German errors }A 9 which led to a final contract of 5] by NS. Instead, we will go to a table where two senior players were facing two representatives North can only lead a club against 4]. South wins the ace and of a younger generation. now has to return a top diamond to break the squeeze.The {9 forces the 10, jack and queen. When declarer continues a club West North East South now, North can win and continue the {K to break the squeeze. Mariani Vikor Burgay Gál If South continues clubs, as often happened in practice, North Pass 1] Dbl Pass wins and once again has no good return.A club will be ruffed by 1[ 2{ Dbl Pass dummy's nine, a low heart will go to the queen and the last club 2[ Pass Pass (!) Pass will be ruffed with the ]K. Declarer ruffs a spade and concedes to the ]A, ruffs another spade to get back to his hand and plays Well bid. Just made.

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Even though West led the [J, which cleared up the trump po- sition, and even though the defence dropped a heart trick later on, down two with 4] often failing was not a good score, but still the Danes increased their lead over the Poles on this deal. The style of the overnight leaders can be illustrated well by the proceedings on the last board of the day. Board 28. Dealer West. North-South Vul. [ Q 6 2 ] K 4 3 {Q 3 } J 10 6 4 3 [ J 10 7 5N [ K 4 3 ] 9 7 6 ] A Q 8 5 W E { 7 2 { K J 9 5 4 } K 7 5 2S } A [ A 9 8 ] J 10 2 { A 10 8 6 Allan Cohen, Denmark } Q 9 8 The next board saw Martens-Lesniewski disappear from the West North East South top three: Cohen Kowalski Werdelin Romanski Board 25. Dealer North. East-West Vul. Pass Pass 1} Pass [ Q 6 4 3 1{ Pass 1] Pass ] Q 8 6 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 2] All Pass { J 3 2 } 8 7 6 After the strong club, this auction showed either 5-4 or 4-5 in the red suits. A trump lead looks best when you look at the [JN [K 8 7 ] A J 10 5 4 ] K 7 bidding only superficially. Leading the ]J would have worked well W E here. On a club lead,Werdelin managed to collect eight tricks as { Q 10 { A K 9 8 6 North could overruff the dummy only once. On the ]J lead, } J 9 4 3 2S } Q 10 5 North will get the lead in diamonds in time to lead another [ A 10 9 5 2 trump. Mind you, the lead of a low trump won't work as it forces out North's king prematurely. ] 9 3 2 { 7 5 4 }A K West North East South De Wijs Lesniewski Drijver Martens Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2] 2[ 3} 3[ Pass Pass 4} Pass 4] Dbl All Pass

Martens led the }A followed by the }K and now had to reach his partner for the ruff. He made a gallant effort by under- leading his [A, but the effect of all this was that Drijver won a surprise [K and drew all trumps by leading ]K, ]A and ]J. Just made. At another table,Werdelin-Cohen were doing not much better: West North East South Rogowski Werdelin Pikus Cohen Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2] 2[ 4] 4[ Dbl All Pass Krzysztof Martens, Poland

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Open Pairs Final B Final Results

1 MIHOV V NANEV I BUL 57.69 79 SERGENT DENIS ZUKER PIERRE FRA 50.37 2 AUKEN SABINE VON ARMIN DANIE GER 57.07 80 IEONG PEDRO LEO IEONG SAMUEL POR 50.36 3 BAKKEREN TON BERTENS HUUD NET 56.35 81 LAFOURCADE JEAN HENRI JACQUES BEL 50.34 4 CIMA LEONARDO STOPPINI LORENZ ITA 56.14 82 GASPARINI ELISA VERMIGLIO FABIA ITA 50.31 5 BOWDERY RICHARD MC INTOSH ANDRE ENG 55.92 83 JOERSTAD KAI JOERSTAD RONNY NOR 50.27 6 LUCENO' SALVATO MARIONI EMILIO ITA 55.66 84 MALINOWSKI A ROREN T NOR 50.20 7 SHARKANAS GIEDR VAINIKONIS VYTA LIT 55.24 85 HOFTANISKA THOR NISING BERGE NOR 50.18 8 MAGRINI LEONARD LO PRESTI FABIO ITA 55.03 86 BAKHSHI DAVID ERICHSEN ESPEN ITA 50.10 9 BERTHOLD ENGEL BUCHLEV NEDJU GER 54.87 87 DOMBROWE JORG EHRNROOTTH JOHA SPA 50.07 10 MADSEN L MADSEN M DEN 54.74 88 MANARA GABRIELL FERLAZZO CATERI ITA 50.02 11 DE VINCENZO MAS MARTELLINI CHIA ITA 54.56 89 STOPPA JEN-LOUI PEYRONNIE CLAUD ITA 50.01 12 KARAIVANOV IVAI STAMATOV JERRY BUL 54.47 90 CIAMPA PIO VALENTE GIULIO ITA 49.95 13 ROTH M TOFFIER P FRA 54.36 91 TURANT W MICHALOWSKI J POL 49.74 14 BRINK N GROOSMAN B NET 54.23 92 MAJEWSKI MACIEJ ARCZEWSKI WOJCI POL 49.70 15 MAZZADI FRANCES MEDUSEI ANDREA ITA 53.97 93 ROCCHI GIUSEPPE TRETA LIVIO ITA 49.66 16 MEYNCZYK JACEK KLIMACKI PIOTR POL 53.88 94 FILIPPINI RUGGE DEL VIGO ITALO ITA 49.65 17 JAHR U VORTMANN J GER 53.82 95 RIEHM FRANCK JESUA JEAN-JACQ FRA 49.64 18 SBARIGIA MATTEO NICOLODI FRANCE ITA 53.70 96 RAFFA FILIPPO TARANTINO MARCO ITA 49.61 19 ANTAS KRZYSTZTO BARYLEWSKI MARE POL 53.64 97 GAMBIGLIANI EUG GADDI CAMILLO ITA 49.57 20 ROSENBLUM MICHA PANINA LARISSA RUS 53.63 98 CZECH ANDRSEJ SZYMCZAK ANDRSE POL 49.52 21 VAN PROOIJEN RO VIS JEAN PAUL NET 53.35 99 VOLPI LORENZO MILO LUIGI ITA 49.48 22 MARINO LEONARDO PALMIERI RENATO ITA 53.17 100 BENDIKS J JANSONS H LAT 49.44 23 SMEDEREVAC JOVA WERNLE SASDA AUT 53.13 101 OSSAUOLENKO O SHUDNEV A RUS 49.41 24 VANUZZI MARILIN TORIELLI VANESS ITA 53.11 102 BALDI MATTEO MAGNANI MARCO ITA 49.40 25 SAPORTA P ZIMMERMANN P FRA 53.06 103 DEL GAUDIO LUIG MEO VINCENZO ITA 49.30 26 BACK MICHAEL PEDERSEN SIGURD DEN 52.97 104 ROSETTA ANNALIS DE LUCCHI FRANC ITA 49.24 27 MIHAI GETA MIHAI RADU ROM 52.93 105 ANDREEV JURI VOROBEY PAVEL RUS 49.22 28 COURTEL N ROCAFORT J FRA 52.80 106 MCFARLANE D BRODIE A ENG 49.15 29 ELMRITH G TRAPP L SWE 52.74 107 BOREWICZ MAREK OTVOSI ERWIN POL 49.11 30 PIETRASZEK MARE CYRKIEL MAREK POL 52.70 108 DE MIGUEL JOAQU KNAP ANDRZEJ SPA 49.06 31 GERGATI PAOLA TERENZI ROBERTO ITA 52.63 109 GARSTKA ANDREJ KLUF KRZYSZTOF POL 49.04 32 GRENTHE P DUGUET M FRA 52.52 110 VOLHEJN MRAZ CZE 49.00 33 BURAS KRZYSZTOF KAPALA SZYMON POL 52.46 111 SMITH R SMITH A ENG 48.97 34 BRAVIN GIANLUCA CECERE AMEDEO ITA 52.39 112 FAIGENBAUM ALBE MARI CHRISTIAN FRA 48.71 35 MISZEWSKA EWA ZAWISLAK SLAWOM POL 52.36 113 POKORSKI KAROL PAWLOWSKI ADAM POL 48.58 36 KOVATS ZERNA NYARADI GABOR HUN 52.29 114 OKAY G ZOBU A TUR 48.37 37 TACIUC LUCIAN VOINESCU DAN ROM 52.23 115 FRIEDLANDER EHU SOFFER RAM ISR 48.24 38 LEBOVITS G ZWILLINGER Y ISR 52.16 116 SEN TEZECAN KONDAKCI E TUR 48.21 39 ATTANASIO DARIO FAILLA GIUSEPPE ITA 52.14 117 JEPHCOTT RICHAR THEELKE MIKE ENG 48.17 40 CHELU EUGEN ROMETI FLORIN ROM 52.13 118 CRAWFORD NEIL JACQUI TOBIAS 48.16 41 JUREK PIOTR CIECHOWSKI JACE POL 52.12 119 HOOGWEG F VAN ZWOL W NET 48.10 42 SENIOR BRIAN MARTIN DAVID ENG 52.03 120 ZADRAZIL MICHAL POKORNA JANA CZE 48.06 43 SZUTOWICZ J MSCISZ J POL 52.03 121 RADULESCU M. MARINA BOGDAN ROM 48.00 44 CHEMLA PAUL LEVY ALAIN FRA 52.01 122 ANCESSY ARNAUD BRUNET FREDERIC FRA 47.99 45 BOWLES ANDY MOHANDES SHIREE ENG 51.97 123 WEIR GRAHAME ROBSON SHARLEEN ENG 47.88 46 CHURLIN I PROKHOROV D RUS 51.93 124 COOKE J SMALL C ENG 47.66 47 BIEGAJLO WOJCIE PAWSZAK POL 51.81 125 OZDYL MAHMUT YAMUT ERHAN TUR 47.53 48 KOISTINEN KAUKO LAINE SEPPO FIN 51.76 126 KIELICHOWSKI U OWCZAREK S POL 47.22 49 ARASZKIEWICZ KO PASTERNAK MALGO POL 51.72 127 BREKKE VEGARD DAHL BAARD ITA 47.15 50 MCGOHAN L BAXTER K SCO 51.56 128 GACHET JEAN PAU SERVAIA LAURENT FRA 47.03 51 LO CASCIO CARLO TURCHETTI ALBER ITA 51.54 129 SAULIS ALVYDAS ZIBAITIS BRONIU LIT 47.01 52 BRIOLINI G.CARL FIORINI FIORENZ RSM 51.53 130 DIAMANT JAN SVOBODA OTAKAR CZE 46.71 53 GUILLAUMIN PIER ADAD PIERRE FRA 51.43 131 ASKGAARD MICHAE MATHIESEN JACOB DEN 46.55 54 ROUX J PALMIERI J FRA 51.41 132 LEWACIAK GREGOR RONKE JERZY POL 46.42 55 TROMBETTA CARLO FRAZZETTO LUIGI ITA 51.39 133 AZZIMONTI ANNAR SORESINI ANTONE ITA 46.41 56 GANTAR M SENK M SLO 51.25 134 D'ANGELO ARTURO GIULIANI GERARD ITA 46.40 57 KIERZNOWSKI R LUCKO A POL 51.10 135 KAPLAN LEWIS ROMANOWSKI GEOR FRA 46.09 58 UCCELLO STEFANO DI BELLO FURIO ITA 51.09 136 ZANONI PIERO PINGUELLO GIGI ITA 46.06 59 ROSANVAL FRANCO SIMON GILLES FRA 51.06 137 HAROUNI JERRY VAIL MIKE ENG 46.02 60 LONGUEVILLE J DE SCHRIJVER H BEL 50.96 138 BLAKSET K HECHT-JOHANSEN DEN 45.89 61 CHIZZOLI PAOLO DE GIACOMI FRAN ITA 50.94 139 BURGHOUT FRANK SELDENRIJK BAS NET 45.68 62 HAMAOUI STEVE SLIMACK SULTAN ITA 50.92 140 MAGNANI CARLO FIORETTI FRANCE ITA 45.49 63 SCHAFFER LAUGE AUKEN JENS DEN 50.83 141 CZUL KRZYSZTOF JANOWSKI JACEK POL 45.43 64 GERO I JAKAB S HUN 50.79 142 BIANCHERI ERALD CRIVELLI ROBERT ITA 45.34 65 HARDEMAN A SERRAS J BEL 50.72 143 CAPRIATA EMANUE GOLIN CRISTINA ITA 45.33 66 LINDEPUU A PLEKSEPP T EST 50.68 144 NOWICKI ROBEVT STOLINSKI ROBEV POL 44.92 67 MARINO PAOLO PAGANI DANIELE ITA 50.62 145 LENA GIUSEPPE ROSATI PAOLO ITA 44.21 68 MORITSCH MASSIM GUERRA ENRICO S ITA 50.62 146 SCALABRINO MATT CANDURA MICHELE ITA 43.53 69 DOBROIU C POPESCU C ROM 50.61 147 BEAUMIER D NAHMIAS A FRA 43.35 70 BURN D SANDQVIST N ENG 50.55 148 OSTAPENKO A RUUBEL U EST 41.13 71 SCRIATTOLI FRAN MAGGIO MARIO 50.54 149 SABBATINI STEFA CICCARELLI ALBE 38.04 72 BIONDO BERNARDO INTONTI RICCARD ITA 50.50 150 ZAKRZEWSKI ANDR ZAREMBA JERZY POL 36.74 73 FANTONI FULVIO RUSSO BIANCASTE ITA 50.47 151 BOVE CARLO DI STEFANO MICH 36.59 74 MULLER DAVID PRYOR MALCOLM ENG 50.46 152 LIPTON A SIMON S 36.39 75 CORCHIA ROSA MATRICARDI GIUS ITA 50.46 153 CZEREPAK M MARKOWSKI M 33.08 76 GILBOA URI WAX YALOV ISR 50.44 154 KUJAWA K OLECH S 27.14 77 KURKA JOSEF VOZABAL DAVID CZE 50.41 155 VANDONI RICCARD D'ALICANDRO GAE 25.91 78 KOWALCZYK STEFA WARWOCKI LECH POL 50.41 156 SALLUSTO FABIO RIPESI ANTONIO 21.61

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Final 5th Session Seniors Pairs Championships

Humburg and Mattsson had a really good session yesterday Board 2. Dealer East. N-S Vul. evening scoring about 65% in their session; maybe the time [9 has come for them to win the competition. They are playing very solid bridge and don't make that many ] Q 9 5 mistakes. In the previous two championships they have been #1 {Q 6 into the last session but in The Hague ‘97 they failed in the last } A J 9 8 6 3 2 ones and ended up in second place. In Warsaw ‘99 they dropped [ Q 6 5 3N [ K 10 8 4 out from the top three.What will their position be tonight? ] K J 6 3 ] A 8 7 4 Some luck mixed with well-played hands and accurate bidding W E is a good combination in this game.They have it all; the question { A K 4 { 10 9 8 7 is, are they now mentally strong enough to keep their position? } 10 4S } Q [ A J 7 2 ] 10 2 Board 13. Dealer North.All Vul. { J 5 3 2 [ K J 9 } K 7 5 ] A K 8 5 { K 10 7 5 West North East South }9 4 Humburg Mattsson Pass Pass [ Q 10 5N [ 8 7 3 2 1{ 3} Dbl All Pass!!! ] Q 10 9 7 2 ] J 6 3 W E Here is some proof about how lucky you may be at this game. {J 2 {9 6 East probably thought he had the most perfect take-out double } J 6 2S } K 10 5 3 and West either didn't see the double or thought it was some- [ A 6 4 thing else than a take-out.Three clubs was a cold game; In the last board of the play in that session they had more ]4 luck when playing against Juuri-Oja x2 from Finland.The Finnish { A Q 8 4 3 pair plays a " club" with canapé openings. } A Q 8 7 Board 26. Dealer East.All Vul. West North East South [ K J 7 5 4 Humburg Mattsson ]8 4 1{ Pass 2{ { A 9 7 Pass 3NT(1) Pass 4{(2) }6 5 4 Pass 4NT(3) Pass 5}(4) [ A 10 6 2N [ – Pass 5](5) Pass 7{ ] A Q 10 3 2 ] K J 9 7 W E All Pass {K J {8 5 S (1) 3NT, showed some extras and stoppers in both majors } Q 9 } A K J 10 8 3 2 (2) 4{ was ace asking [ Q 9 8 3 (3) 4NT told about two aces and no diamond queen ]6 5 (4) 5} asked about specific kings { Q 10 6 4 3 2 }7 (5) 5] told about the heart king West North East South Juuri-Oja Humburg Juuri-Oja Mattsson Göran Mattsson now thought he had enough information, he knew that his partner also needed to have the king of spades for 1]* Pass his bidding. So the spade loser could be pitched on the king of 2NT* Pass 3}* Pass hearts. At worst it would be a 50% chance of making the grand 4] All Pass slam depending on that in clubs. But Mattsson thought he Two no-trump was a Jacoby sequence where East showed "a had a better chance than that, because West would most proba- minimum hand", West then dropped all visions about that they bly have doubled 5 clubs with the king of clubs, and when he did- maybe had a slam here, and simply jumped to game. Only count- n't Mattsson suspected it to be onside, therefore he jumped to ing HCP East has a minimum hand but the strength in that hand his grand slam. playing should be enough to show it as a maximum one. West maybe should have read something about Zia doubles Mattsson led his singleton club. When the queen held the and cue-bids and doubled here and kept them in six trick declarer pulled trumps and claimed for thirteen tricks.

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Appeals Committee: . It was explained by North as being for penalties, but by Steen Møller (Chairman, Denmark), Herman De Wael South apparently as "points". (Scribe, Belgium), Jean-Paul Meyer (France). West claims that with a correct explanation, he would have led the Ace of Clubs, which would result in the contract making Italy v England exactly. Open Pairs Final "B" 1st session The Director: Ruled that there had been misinformation, which had resulted in damage. Board 2. Dealer South. North/South Vulnerable. [ J 5 3 Ruling: Score adjusted to 4[=, N/S +420. ] 10 8 Relevant Laws: Law 75A, 40C. { A J 10 9 } Q J 8 5 North/South appealed. [2N [K 6 Present: All players. ] 9 7 ] A 6 5 3 2 W E { K Q 7 5 3 2 { 8 6 4 The Players: North and East agreed that on their side of the } A 6 4 2S } K 10 3 screen, the explanation had been "Punitivo", the Italian word for a Penalty Double. South explained that he too had said "Puniti- [ A Q 10 9 8 7 4 vo", but it was clear that in his pronunciation, this sounded like ] K Q J 4 "Punti", which was what West thought he heard, and which he {– (correctly) thought translated to Points. }9 7 West reiterated that with an explanation "Penalty" he would West North East South have led Clubs. Jephcott Meo Theelke Del Gaubio The Committee: Wants to remind the players that the only 1] correct way of explaning the meaning of the calls is by writing, 3{ Dbl Pass 4[ preferably in English. If you don't, and the opponent misinter- prets, then you may be unwillingly guilty of misinformation. All Pass Reluctantly, the Committee decided that there had been mis- Comments: 1] was Canapé, the Double was not negative, but information. it's explanation caused the problems. However, the Committee expressed doubts as to the likeli- hood of a different lead after a different explanation. The dia- Contract: Four Spades, played by South. mond lead still seems so obvious that no adjustment seemed necessary. Lead: {K The Committee's decision: Original table result restored. Result: 11 tricks, N/S +450. N/S +450.

The Facts: The Double was not alerted on either side of the Deposit: Returned. How good are you to lead? Your hand a East is: Board 9. Dealer North.All Vuln. [10 4 3 ]9 8 6 {K 10 5 2 }9 3 2 [J 6 What do you lead after listening to the following bidding? ] Q J 7 2 {Q 8 West North East South } K 8 7 6 5 Pass Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2NT [ Q 5 2N [ 10 4 3 ] A K 10 ] 9 8 6 Pass 3NT All pass W E { J 7 6 4 3 { K 10 5 2 The killing one was to lead a heart to your partner's ace, } 10 4S } 9 3 2 for him to lead back a diamond through the dummy and thus the contract was doomed to go down. Declarer could only get [ A K 9 8 7 eight tricks. Birman - Zeligman who we reported about earli- ] 5 4 3 er on having a nice ride through to the finals now has a hard- {A 9 er time in the finals, since this happened against them! } A Q J

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Bridge for All Seniors Pairs Championships Final Results Friday, 23 March 2001 1 HUMBURGH HANS MATTSSON GOERAN GER 58.30 2 STANLEY K RUE D ENG 57.76 3 RAMER BOMHOF NET 56.15 4 GARTHZSAITE R HOBSON H ENG 55.57 5 JELMONI GIAMPAO BETTINETTI GIAN ITA 55.09 6 LASOCKI K RUSSYAN J POL 54.93 7 JURCZAK W WILKOSZ A POL 54.67 8 JANICKI W LEW J POL 54.11 9 JEZIORO A KLUKOWSKI J POL 53.92 10 BARONI FRANCO RICCIARELLI MAR ITA 53.77 11 VAN OPPEN C REBATTU M NET 53.44 12 HIERKINN O PEDERSEN T NOR 52.54 13 RAND N ROMIK P ISR 52.53 14 TANEV I DRUMEV C BUL 52.51 15 JAUNIAUX G WALA W BEL 52.37 16 FORNACIARI EZIO VIVALDI ANTONIO ITA 52.26 17 ZILBERBUSH S BRAV B ISR 51.97 18 GIGLI GIUSEPPE LATESSA ANTONIO ITA 51.69 19 DALLACASAPICCOL CIOPPETTINI VIN ITA 51.65 The North/South winners of Friday’s Bridge for All Tournament 20 SWARC H DAMIANI J FRA 51.53 21 MYKIETYN K MARKOWICZ V POL 50.51 North/South 22 HOGLUND L WESTMAN R SWE 50.29 1 CARAY KANELLOPOULOU 58.9 23 HONKAVUORI R HONKAVUORI T FIN 50.16 2 TRIANTAFILLIS P TRIANTAFILLIS L 56.7 24 CHARLES CHARLES GER 49.97 3 SARIMSAKCI KORKUF 56.1 25 BERGSTEN B NILSSON Y SWE 49.96 4 FONZO FILLORAMO 49.4 26 BAHNIK GROSMAN TCH 48.94 GIANNI BRUNO 49.4 27 KORKUT E SARINSAKCH S TUR 48.92 6 BEZZO ISIDE 41.1 28 TRAMONTO DARIO CANESI MARINELL ITA 48.67 7 GIORDANO MADOALENA 38.3 29 SYCZ W POLEC J POL 48.30 30 KALDERON BARR ISR 48.13 East/West 31 CHMELIK GYORFFY GER 48.11 32 MUNDULA GIULIO TESSITORE NICLA ITA 48.06 1 LANDOLFI SANTUCCI 61.9 33 PERI S SHCHAR L ISR 48.04 2 FIORETTI MAGNAU 57.1 34 HARDUF M GREENSTEIN M ISR 47.37 3 MOTTOLA FIORANI 55.2 35 OMERNIK K POCHRON J POL 47.34 4 PROPOLO VENTRIELLA 46.7 36 JUURI-OJA PIRJO JUURI-OJA ERKKI FIN 47.23 5 BONDIA BRUNI 40.9 37 MOSZYNSKI J SZYDKOWSKI S POL 47.09 6 TRADSBORG KRISTENSEN 38.1 38 NACCA TOMMASO CONDORELLI EMAN ITA 46.71 39 AUDENAERT A HENDRICKX J BEL 46.35 40 SAXON NETA DAN ORA ISR 44.06 Exchange Rates THANKS & NEWS FROM KANSAS CITY We are grateful to Mabel Bocchi for her bright interview of Paul Chemla we published this morning. She is press at- taché for the FIGB and the sister of the Italian world cham- pion Norberto. By the way he was not so successful in the American na- tionals in Kansas City when his team bowed out to Rosenkranz's team in quarter final by a margin of two IMP's. The final of Vanderbilt involves team of Rosenkranz, Lev, Mohan, Gawrys, Pszczcola (who beat Rita Shugart ,Tony Our sponsor, Banca Popolare Penisola Sorrentina, is of- Forrester, Geir Helgemo and Bruce Ferguson) and Andrei fering special exchange rates to championship participants Gromov, Alexander Petrunin ,Cezary Balicki and Adam at their branch in Viale degli Aranci in Sorrento. Zmudzinski (who defeated Nick Nickell, Dick Freeman ,Bob Special rates will be available to you if you show a copy of Hamman, Paul Soloway, Eric Rodwell and Jeff Meckstroth in the Daily Bulletin or any other document with the EBL logo. the other semifinal by a seven IMP margin).

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11 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sorrento, Italy

Finals - 3rd Session Open Pairs Championships

Board 19. Dealer South. East-West Vul. [ Q 10 9 5 ] 7 3 2 {– } A K Q 6 4 2 [A 6N [2 ] J 9 ] K Q 10 8 6 4 W E { Q 10 8 4 3 2 { A K 9 5 } 8 5 3S } 10 7 [ K J 8 7 4 3 ]A 5 { J 7 6 }J 9 West North East South Cieslak Haller Moszynski Laanemae Pass 2{ 3} 3] 3[ Dbl Pass 4{ Pass J. Cieslak, Poland Pass 4[ All Pass fter only a few boards, we saw new leaders. Cieslak-Moszyn- E/W might have saved here in 5{ vulnerable against not for Aski, who were already leading the field if the carryover is not only 200.When Cieslak led a heart, Laanemae could make only taken into consideration, finally took over the lead in the official 11 tricks for a poor score (10-42), as many pairs went on and got rankings as well.This morning, they had a good, be it sometimes doubled in the process. lucky session. Here are some more boards from it. On board 21, David Birman brought the leaders' good run to On board 12, they bid very aggressively to a thin game which a sudden halt when he was one out of eight declarers to bring was just on when both major suits broke decently. home a bold 6NT. Board 12. Dealer West. North-South Vul. Board 21. Dealer North. North-South Vul. [ 9 8 5 [K 4 ]J 7 ] J 9 4 { J 7 6 4 { K Q J 8 2 } K J 9 7 } A 9 5 [ J 7 5 [ 9 8 6 3 [ K Q 6 4 2N [ J 3 N ] K 9 5 ] A Q 10 6 3 ] K Q 10 8 3 ] 2 W E W E { 3 { 10 9 8 5 2 { 10 7 { 6 5 4 3 S } A Q 10 5S } 6 } 7 4 2 } K 10 8 3 [ A 10 7 [ A Q 10 2 ] 8 4 2 ] A 7 6 5 { A K Q {A 9 } 8 4 3 2 } Q J 6 West North East South West North East South Cieslak Lesniewski Moszynski Martens Cieslak Birman Moszynski Zeligman 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 1NT Pass 2} 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass Pass 3] 2[ Pass 4[ All Pass Dbl 4{ Pass 6NT All Pass 2} was explained at the table as a non-minimum hand, hence East's bold jump to game. As only four pairs were in game and Moszynski led a heart, an obvious singleton. So David Birman made it, the leaders scored 49 out of 52 matchpoints here. could win the ace and run the }Q. Moszynski won his king, but had On board 19, the leaders again did well: no hearts left. He returned the [8 on which declarer played low

12 19th - 24th March 2001 11th EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS from dummy, winning in hand with the king. After cashing all his winners he then had to guess where the [J was: orogi- nally third with West or with East's four-card suit.After an agonis- ing huddle he guessed right and could chalk up 1440.Well done. On board 23, a tactical move paid off for the leaders. Board 23. Dealer South.All Vul. [ K Q J 9 7 3 2 ]8 7 { K 9 7 }8 [5N [A 10 6 ] A K Q J 9 4 3 ] 10 6 2 W E {J 4 {Q 10 2 } K J 3S } A 6 5 4 [8 4 ]5 { A 8 6 5 3 J. Moszynski, Poland } Q 10 9 7 2 and cashed a top club. When he got the bad news, he simply West North East South ducked a diamond to rectify the count for the on Cieslak Janssen Moszynski Wens West. Nicely done. Pass Please note that a club lead always defeats the spade slam on 4] (!?) 4[ 5] Dbl the immediate ruff.After that, you will have to a diamond as well to go down only one trick. All Pass At the leaders’ table, the opponents played 4[ makingnwith one overtrick only, so the Poles had another good board. Certainly in second position, opening 4] would not have On the last board of the session, the leaders further in- been everybody's choice. North made a light which de- creased their lead when their opponents helped them into the ceived his partner when he had to find the proper action over best contract: the automatic 5].The double was not a success and the leaders could add another clear top. Board 26. Dealer East.All Vul. The other board at this table was probably the most inter- esting board of the session. [5 4 3 ] A Q J 7 Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. { 9 8 4 2 [ A 9 2 }K 10 ] A 10 2 [K JN [A 9 7 6 { A 9 3 ]8 3 ]K 9 W E } A K Q 2 { J 10 7 6 5 { A K [ 7 4N [ 10 8 3 } Q J 8 2S } 9 7 6 5 3 ] K Q J 8 ] 7 6 5 4 3 W E [ Q 10 8 2 { 8 2 { Q J 10 7 5 ] 10 6 5 4 2 S } J 10 9 7 5 } – {Q 3 [ K Q J 6 5 }A 4 ]9 West North East South { K 6 4 Cieslak Garvey Moszynski Carroll } 8 6 4 3 Pass Pass 1} Pass The easy contract to play is 6NT.Just duck the heart lead and 1{ Pass 1[ Pass claim, as this very much looks like developing into an automatic 2{ Pass Pass 2] .As the cards lay, only West will be squeezed, but 3} All Pass that does not affect the recommended line of play.Win the sec- ond heart and cash the spades, followed by a top club (bad news) Well, in 2{ you can score 8 or 9 tricks and with the {Q com- and the {AK. ing down there also are eight tricks at no-trumps.With clubs as The interesting contract to play is 6[. Of course, you can play trumps, 10 tricks is the limit, 130 beating all 120's and 110's. So as if you were in 6NT, as for example Dano de Falco did. He we can only say that South's action was the stepping ducked the first heart, but then got a club ruff... stone E/W needed to reach the top spot once again: -90 is worth Bas Drijver from the Netherlands adopted a different plan. 39.5 to N/S, -100 brings them 33.3 and -130 meant N/S had to He won the first heart, drew trumps (this looks a good idea...) be content with only 14.6 MPs.

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n response to a number of queries, we offer some further in- – Take ruffs in the short hand.This is one reason why you should Iformation on the Moysian fit. make a three-card raise only with an unbalanced hand. The side-suit shortness should be in the hand with three trumps. PLAYING THE FOUR-THREE FIT John Blubaugh – Guard against the unfavorable trump split (four-two or worse), unless you must have three-three trumps to make www.in.net/~blubaugh/index.html your contract.You will still be successful more than one-third of the time. Four-card opening bids were the state of the art in – Work to establish a side suit and force the opponents to ruff the early days of .This resulted in more Moysian before pulling trumps. If an opponent is short in your side (4-3) trump fits being played than happen with the current trend suit, he probably has length in your trumps. You can often of five-card major suit opening bids. guarantee your contract with this method. The Moysian fit is named after Alphonse Moyse Jr., publisher of from 1956 to 1966. Moyse was an advo- Here is a further example from this tournament: cate of four-card major suit bidding and took great delight in sharing his triumphs when playing the four-three trump fit. Board 10. Dealer East. East/West Vul There has been a renaissance of sorts for four-card major suit [5 4 opening bids and modern bidding techniques call for frequent three-card raises of a major suit response over a minor suit ] K Q 10 2 opening bid. Here are some guidelines for handling this some- { 9 5 4 2 times tricky situation: } 7 6 5 1 You should have queen or better in the suit. [ A K 6 3N [ Q J 7 2 The opening hand must be unbalanced. We rebid a notrump ] 9 7 6 3 ] A 4 W E with 3-3-3-4 and sometimes 3-2-4-4 distribution. { A J 10 8 { Q 7 3 Responder must give the opening bidder an opportunity to } KS } Q 10 9 8 4 2 play notrump when making game tries or forcing to game. [ 10 9 8 2 The popular trend in competitive auctions will have you play- ing more Moysian fits.Three-card raises to push the opponents ] J 8 5 to a higher level are common.You will often find yourself forced { K 6 3 to play a Moysian fit when partner makes a or a } A J 3 negative double. You may also land in a Moysian fit when escaping 1NT dou- West North East South bled, so even if you do not endorse the concept of four-three fits, Wernle Smederevac you should learn the proper technique for handling them. 1{* Pass 1[ Pass 2}* Pass GUIDELINES 2]* Dbl 2[ Pass A good declarer in a Moysian fit is always aware of the prob- 3{* Pass 3]* Pass ability of a four-two trump split.The percentages of the possible breaks are: 4}* Pass 4[ All Pass 1. Four-Two Split 48.45% One Diamond was and Two Clubs was Canapé. 2.Three-Three Split 35.53% When North doubled the fourth suit Two Hearts, East preferred 3. Five-One Split 14.53% to show her three card spade support, although a redouble might have led to an interesting contract as East/West can make nine 4. Six-Zero Split 1.49% tricks in hearts. However the final contract reached at the table proved good There are techniques you may find helpful when you find enough to collect most of the points on offer. North led the king yourself in a Moysian fit.These include: of hearts and declarer won and tackled the diamond suit, getting – Maintain control in the trump suit.You cannot afford to lose rid of dummy's losing heart on the third round. He then played a control of trumps and have the opponents pull your trumps. club and shortly thereafter emerged with eleven tricks. Limerick A Matter of Record There was a young girl from Sorrento A total of 46,810 deals have been played during these championships, which is al- Who favoured life and risotto most as many as during the same event in Warsaw two years ago, despite a drop in at- A cohort of addicts she saw tendance. Using words she didn't know The number of appeals has dropped even more remarkably, down to 9 from 29 two On her light Vespa she left, in petto years back. The Board-Appeal Ratio, here 0.19, which has been on the decline over the past few Jean-Pierre ROCAFORT- France years, seems now to have stabilised, with the low point being 0.22 at Bellaria last year.

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Minutes of the Meeting of the EBL Seniors Committee Sorrento,Wednesday 21st March, 2001, 10.30 a.m. 1. Chairman Nissan Rand welcomed EBL Executive members not earn this right. If the right was not accepted by the NBO it Jean-Claude Beineix, José Oliveira, Laurens Hoedemaker, and, as would be passed to the NBO of the next highest team. Europe guest, Nils Jensen. Dr. Alfred Fleischmann (Austria) was recog- would have a second team if there was an odd number in Bali. nised as Vice-Chairman, and Patrick Jourdain (Wales) as secre- tary. Also present W.Achterberg (Switz), N. Bruni (Ita), U. Fleis- 5. EBL Sponsored Seniors Congresses in the Year 2001 chmann (Austria), J. Hendrickx (Bel), E. Korkut (Tur), G. Mattson Date NBO Venue Contact (Ger), J.Troberg (Swe). February Israel Tel Aviv David Birman April 19/26 Malta San Gorg, Marina Mario Dix 2. Changes in membership: Anna Gudge and Radek Kiel- August 13/17 England Brighton EBU basinski had resigned due to other duties. Mr. Rand proposed August 25/30 Poland Warsaw Poland BF Januscz Novak as second vice-chairman and the meeting ap- November 16/20 Czech Rep Prague Czech Rep BF proved. The EBL gives the Congresses EBL , plaques for 3. EBL Seniors Pairs, Sorrento: We have 83 pairs of which medal winners, and the right to use the EBL logo. In return it re- 20 from the host country, compared with 101 in Warsaw of quires the event has: Pairs and Teams each of at least three ses- which 40 came from the home country, so the numbers from sions; invites an EBL team and the EBL President (Room and half- outside the host country had actually slightly increased. Com- board); and has a TD from another NBO. ments were invited. A request was made to include these Congresses in the new The meeting generally welcomed the format, and did not EBL website calendar. Mr. Rand would contact Mr. Gerontopou- want a semifinal. Having the same boards as the Open was im- los to find whether the website could have its own Seniors sec- portant, and coverage in the Bulletin was good. Mr. Rand thanked tion. Gianarrigo Rona and Jean-Claude Beineix for the role they had Mr. Jourdain reported that the Welsh Bridge Union would be played in the organisation for Sorrento. Mr. Jourdain drew atten- holding a Seniors Congress near Cardiff from 25 to 28th May tion to the fact that, though the entry fee for the Seniors was less 2001, but this year it would not be EBL sponsored. Contact: than the Open, the price per session was significantly higher. [email protected] He also reported that England and Wales had agreed to in- 4. EBL Senior Teams,Tenerife crease their minimum age for seniors from 50, one year at a time, Schedule: Players were expected to be present by Wednes- until it reached the 55 set by the EBL and WBF. day 20th June as play would start on Thursday, 21st June after completion of the EBL Congress that morning. Play would finish 6. Future Senior Events on Friday 29th June in the evening, though a final might extend WBF Seniors Bowl, Bali: during the week 18 to 25th Oc- into Saturday, the day of the Prizegiving. Play would not clash with tober 2001. Each of the 8 Zones were invited to field one team. the EBL Congresses on 19th and 21st June, and would avoid, if Seven had already indicated their intention to accept. If an odd possible, the time of the Press Trip. No play would be scheduled number, Europe to get a second team.Age qualification: over 55 after 8 p.m. on the day the championships began i.e. in October 2001. The Age qualification: Over 55 years of age on the day the team approved by the NBO could be different from the qualifier championship began, namely 21st June, 2001. Each NBO was re- and even a contain a player who was not old enough at the time sponsible for checking the eligibility of its players, but the EBL re- in Tenerife.The EBL was not expected to give a grant to the NBO served the right to make further checks as necessary. winning the right to go to Bali, but there was no entry fee ex- Format: Up to 30 teams there could be a full round robin, pected for the Bowl. but it already looked as if entries would be higher, necessitating WBF Transnational Teams,Bali: During the second week. a split into two pools, with a semifinal and final. If two teams from If more than 20 senior teams entered and wished to have their the same NBO qualified for the semifinal they would automati- own event they could. More likely, they would play in the Transna- cally meet each other then. Length of matches would be set so tional with a special prize for the leading team composed of all that the Seniors could play either the same boards as the Open seniors. or the Ladies Teams. Entry Fee:The EBL had set this at 2000 swiss francs. It was WBF Seniors Pairs and Teams Montreal,August 2002 pointed out that the EBL had given an undertaking in Malta not As in Lille in 1998, separate from the Rosenblum. Starting to increase the price over the 1800 Swiss Francs then. Mr. Rand 20th August, 2002. invited the meeting to give its approval to the new price, taking into account inflation over two years.This approval was given by 2003: No information available about the site of the Euro- 9 votes to 1. peans. Quota: Each NBO was permitted two teams. If an NBO had only one pair wishing to go they could join a pair from another 7. Other matters: Mr. Rand offered to provide a small prize NBO with the permission of both NBOs. Mr. Rand invited the for the leading senior pair in the next Bridge for All session in meeting to consider some special consideration for other Sorrento. Mr. Jourdain to report this to the Desk on Floor C. transnational teams, but without approval from the meeting. Qualification for Bali:The NBO of the winning team (not Meeting closed at 12.30 the players) would earn qualification to represent Zone 1 (Eu- rope) in the Seniors Bowl (see later) in Bali.A transnational could Signed: Nissan Rand, Chairman; Patrick Jourdain, Secretary

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Late Extra ne deal does not decide a Championship but as the con- This was an awkward deal for the English pair's methods, as Otestants at the top of the two leader boards were all too the opening bid could have been based on a three card suit. well aware, every board is a potential minefield. However, East might have saved the day by bidding Three Clubs Our last minute dash around the two finals spotted some inci- at his second turn.West led the jack of clubs and if declarer had dents that will be sure to influence the final outcome. let this run to the queen two hearts could have been made. However she went up dummy's ace and finished one down. Still, Board 2. Dealer East. North/South Vul that looked to be a poor result for the second placed pair. [ Q J 7 5 4 3 West North East South ] A J 8 Mattsson Bahnik Humburg Grosman { 10 7 4 2}* Dbl Redbl Pass }K Pass 2[ 3} Pass [ 8 6N [ A 9 2 3] Pass 4} Pass ]6 3 ]K Q 7 4[ Dbl 5} All Pass W E { J 9 8 6 5 3 2 { A North led the king of spades and declarer won with the ace, } 9 3S } A J 8 5 4 2 cashed the ace of hearts and ruffed a heart. His spade losers went on the ace and king of diamonds and he then ruffed a spade [K 10 and ruffed a heart, felling North's king. He now played a trump ] 10 9 5 4 2 and was soon claiming twelve tricks for an excellent score for {K Q the leaders. } Q 10 7 6 Preemptive Theory West North East South n the last day we have to grab what we can and in the Ferraro Gawecki De Falco Tutka Owords of the Editor, 'Type until your fingers bleed'. So 1} Pass don't blame us if you find a few red spots on tonight's bulletin. 1{ Pass 2NT Pass In former times the perceived wisdom was that after pre- 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass empting you should keep quiet but today's stars frequently take a different view, as witness this deal from the third ses- Two no trumps promised 18-20 points and Ferraro retreated sion of the Open Final. to what he hoped would be a safer contract. Unfortunately De Falco thought it was forcing and went on to a totally hopeless spot. Board 7. Dealer South.All Vul. He was allowed to win the of the nine of hearts [ 9 3 2 and his next move was a low club to the nine. South gave it a look but when he played low declarer had three losers in that suit.The ] A K 10 6 defence gave nothing away and the contract was five down, -250 { K 10 9 8 and almost certainly worth next to nothing. }K 7 Our next deal involved a dash into the Senior final to check [ 10 8 7 6 4 [ A K Q J 5 out the form of the two leading pairs. N ] Q 9 4 ] J 8 3 2 W E Board 4. Dealer West.All Vul {7 2 {– [ K Q J 3 } 10 9 8S } A Q 5 2 ] K 8 6 [– { Q 10 3 2 ]7 5 }A 7 { A Q J 6 5 4 3 } J 6 4 3 [ A 7 2N [ 10 9 4 ] A Q 3 2 ] 5 West North East South W E { – { A K J 7 6 Cichocki Lewsniewski Zurakowski Martens } K J 10 8 6 3S } 9 5 4 2 3{ [ 8 6 5 Pass 4{ Dbl Pass ] J 10 9 7 4 4[ Pass Pass 5{ { 9 8 5 4 Pass Pass 5[ All Pass }Q With Four Spades being cold it was very right for Martens to bid again, the more so since Five Diamonds was going to West North East South make. Of course, East was always going to go on to Five Stanley Dan Rue Saxon Spades. It looks as if a winning guess in hearts will allow that 1}* 1NT 2{ 2] contract to make, but there are not enough entries to dummy All Pass for declarer to prevail.

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