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Local Pair Win First Final Session DAILY BULLETIN PDF version, courtesy of EBL Bulletin 3 Monday, 18 March 2002 Editor: Jean-Paul Meyer – Co-editors: Mark Horton, Jos Jacobs – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis – Photos: Ron Tacchi Local Pair Win First Final Session PLAYING SCHEDULE Today, Monday, March 18 10.00 Final & Consolation (2nd Session) 15.00 Final & Consolation (3rd Session) 19.45 Prize-giving and cocktail Contents Fighting to Survive ................................................................ 2 Herman’s Bridge Team Ratings............................................ 4 MYRIAM VARENNE & FRANCK MULTON from France Philippe Toffier’s Cautiousness ............................................ 4 first pair in the Qualification session News from the Second Qualifying Session...................... 5 The Last Qualifying Session ................................................ 6 That’s Unusual ........................................................................ 8 The first session of the final was won by the local pair of Valérie Une donne amusante...? ...................................................... 9 Carcassonne and Guy Polet, pulling them up to fifth place over- Following the Law.................................................................. 9 all behind Myriam Varenne and Franck Multon of France who Appeal No. 5 ........................................................................ 10 continue to lead.These will be looking over their shoulders at Final Qualification Results ................................................ 11 the rapid rise of Catherine D'Ovidio and Paul Chemla who CONSOLATION (results after 1st session) ................ 14 FINAL (results after 1st session) .................................... 16 have risen to 9th from position 175 at the start of yesterday. Prize Giving Ceremony The Prize Giving Ceremony of the 7th European Bridge Mixed Pairs Championship will be held today in the playing room imme- diately after the publication of the results. A cocktail will follow, in the same room, in the area near the steps. 7th EUROPEAN BRIDGE MIXED CHAMPIONSHIPS Ostend, Belgium FIGHTING TO SURVIVE ne of the pre-tournament favorites pairs was Catherine passed.Would you or wouldn't you? OD'Ovidio and Paul Chemla but a score just under 49% in The full deal was: the first session put them under some pressure as it was obvi- ous they would need a good 52 % to qualify among the first 130 Board 21. Dealer North. N/S Vul. pairs. Coming into the last eight boards we managed to watch [ 9 8 7 4 what proved to be eventually the French pair's recovery. Their faces though were rather dull. ]– { A Q 9 7 4 2 I WISH I DIDN´T HAVE TO LEAD } K J 3 This was probably what Catherine thought when holding: [QN [6 5 ] A J 8 6 4 ] K 10 5 3 W E [ Q 10 7 ] A Q J 9 2 { K 9 6 } Q 9 { 8 3 { J 10 6 5 } Q 10 6 5 4S } A 8 7 against her old friend and rival from Germany Pony Nehmert who is playing with Michael Yuen.As declarer he had opened 1NT [ A K J 10 3 2 (15/17), Two Hearts from the dummy (transfer), Two Spades, ] Q 9 7 2 Three Diamonds, Four Spades from the opener. {K Make your choice before having a look at board 20. }9 2 Board 20. Dealer West.All Vul. On a heart lead, South took an easy 13 tricks for a rather [8 3 good score of 69% ] 6 5 4 { A 8 7 3 TO BE DISCUSSED WITH YOUR PARTNER } 10 8 4 3 Next board 22 caused trouble to the Polish pair.What mean- ing would you give to East's double in the sequence: [ A J 9 4 2N [ K 6 5 ] 10 8 3 ] K 7 West North East South W E { Q J 10 5 { 4 2 1{ Pass } 7S } A K J 6 5 2 1NT 2[ Dbl All Pass [ Q 10 7 for East it was a take out, but for West a penalty double. ] A Q J 9 2 Paul made his contract for +470 with many scores of 620 for { K 9 6 East/West as the four hands were: }Q 9 Board 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. Catherine led the ace of hearts, followed by the queen, and [ A Q 8 7 6 in no time East claimed her contract after successfully negoti- ating the trump position. Did you lead a diamond? Well done, ]J but I just do not believe it! Anyhow, you get a score of 8% on { 10 6 4 3 the board. } A 5 2 [ K 10 4N [ 5 ] 10 8 5 3 ] A Q 7 6 DIFFICULT BID W E This time, Paul was in a difficult position on board 21 against { Q 9 { A K J 8 7 5 Mierzejewska (Mier to her friends) Aleksandra and Marek Witak } K 8 7 4S } Q 10 from Poland. He was red against green and held: [ J 9 3 2 [ 9 8 7 4 ] – { A Q 9 7 4 2 } K J 3 ] K 9 4 2 {2 He opened One Diamond, his partner responded One Spade, } J 9 6 3 Two Hearts on his right, he raised to Two Spades,Three Hearts on his left, Four Hearts, a cue bid from his partner, Five Hearts Anyhow it is a good point to discuss with your partner. on his right. Your choice? He passed with not too much of a problem, and his partner IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHO IS PLAYING bid Five Spades. Do you raise or not? Partner has shown more Board 24 , the French pair faced Gordana Bratusa and Zoran than Four Spades but your trumps are not that good. Well, he Vukelic from Croatia 2 16 - 22 March 2002 7th EUROPEAN BRIDGE MIXED CHAMPIONSHIPS Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. the last round. This was board 25 [ A Q 10 9 8 ] J 7 5 Board 25. Dealer North. E/W Vul. { 10 8 6 3 [ 8 7 3 }A ]K 4 [ K 5 2N [ J 6 3 { A J 8 7 ] A 8 6 ] Q 10 9 W E } A K J 3 { A K 9 4 { - [ A 10 5 4 [ K Q J 6 S N } K 9 6 } Q 10 8 7 4 3 2 ] 9 8 ] J 3 W E [7 4 { K Q 10 2 { 5 4 ] K 4 3 2 } Q 7 4S } 10 9 6 5 2 { Q J 7 5 2 [9 2 }J 5 ] A Q 10 7 6 5 2 West opened One No trump, North overcalled Two Hearts, { 9 6 3 transfer, East surprisingly passed and reopened with Three Clubs }8 after South's bid of Two Spades. That was the final contract. Played from the wrong side of the table the contract could be Four Hearts was played by South because West doubled held to nine tricks.The defence went wrong and allowed the de- South's Two Diamonds transfer.West led the king of diamonds clarer to take 11 tricks but still got 57% on the board as 3NT is and South took the obvious eleven tricks, not risking the club fi- cold as the cards lie and Five Clubs is difficult to beat with West nesse. It can be noticed that played by North on a spade lead the as the declarer. May we suggest Rubensohl in this situation. East result is the same. bids Two No trumps over Two Hearts as a transfer for Clubs. Even without any club finesse as West is squeezed in minors. So it happens that opening leads have no consequence after all. The French pair scored 53% and had still some work to do IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO IS PLAYING to climb from their 175th position in the ranking after two qual- Marcel Leflon and Catherine Poulain from France came for ifying... or eliminating sessions. Thanks The Polish Bridge Union wants to thank Prokom Software the general sponsor of the PBU for its generous support of Polish Bridge. Prokom Software is the largest IT Company in Poland and its shares are listed on the Warsaw Stock ex- The IBPA is a club of the world's bridge journalists. It change. has a monthly Bulletin of world bridge news and a selection On March 6 the daily Polish financial newspaper Parki- of the best hands sent in by members. Members enjoy the use of the Pressroom at major championships giving access et carried a full page colour advertisement by Prokom to computers, internet etc.There is a competition of Annu- Software congratulating the Polish Men's Team on taking al Awards for reporting the Best Played Hand, Best De- second place in the IOC Grand Prix in Salt Lake City. fended and Best Bid Hands as well as various Clippings Competitions. A Handbook is issued with details of all members, a copy to every member. If you wish to apply for membership, please go to the Press Room and ask the Press Room Manager, Elly The Eurovision Ducheyne, for an Application form.The Annual subscription is £40 or 60 US dollars. New members joining after March Bridge Contest pay £10 per quarter for the rest of the year and £40 for the The final of the Mixed Pairs is a cosmopolitan affair, following year.Thus the total payment makes you a member with the following countries being represented, Austria, through to the end of the following year. Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eng- Those wishing to join and Members who wish to pay land, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, their current subscription will find Maureen Dennison, sec- retary to the I.B.P.A.,in the Press Room on Monday at the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Portugal, Scotland, end of play until the Prize Giving. Also on Tuesday, 12.00- Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. 14.00 and Wednesday-Thursday, 15.00-15.45. With 38 pairs in the field, France has an excellent Members who update their 2002 subscription will re- chance of maintaining its record of always having a pair on ceive any back issues of the Bulletin they have missed.
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