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Bulletin 6 Monday, 25 August 2003 Italy are France St.Cloud-Paris New Leaders 18-28 August 2003

Jean-Pierre Dinspel, our very welcome VIP guest from Société Générale It looks as though it is four teams out of six to make the knock-outs, with seventh-placed Canada's impressive Round 13 victory by 24-6 over USA2, following on from 20-10 against China Hong Kong and 18-12 over Uruguay, coming too late with only two rounds to play. France, Poland and Norway all had good days to move much closer to the top three and no team can feel completely secure of their position. There were three blitzes on the day: Thailand 25-0 against USA1, Poland 25-0 against Uruguay, and Norway 25-0 over Chile. Egypt and Norway also scored 25s against Uruguay and USA1 respectively. The Round 13 clash between Italy and Denmark decided who would lead overnight, Italy's 17-13 victory meaning that they lead by just 1 VP from the Danes. 9th World Youth Team Youth 9th World CHAMPIONSHIP 9th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Cloud-Paris, France

TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM

ROUND ROBIN SESSION 14 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 11 1 FRANCE CHINESE TAIPEI Match IMP’s VP’s 2 AUSTRALIA URUGUAY 1 FRANCE ENGLAND 21 33 13 17 3 THAILAND USA 2 2 USA 2 NORWAY 40 25 18 12 794025 4 EGYPT ENGLAND 3 URUGUAY POLAND 4 CHN TAIPEI DENMARK 45 45 15 15 5 CANADA NORWAY 5 AUSTRALIA ITALY 30 47 11 19 6 CHINA HONG KONG POLAND 6 THAILAND USA 1 100 16 25 0 7 CHILE DENMARK 7 EGYPT CHILE 21 47 10 20 8 USA 1 ITALY 8 CANADA CHN HG KG 68 44 20 10 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 15 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 12 1 ITALY FRANCE Match IMP’s VP’s 2 DENMARK USA 1 1 DENMARK FRANCE 943822 3 POLAND CHILE 2 POLAND ITALY 39 30 17 13 89 29 25 3 4 NORWAY CHINA HONG KONG 3 NORWAY USA 1 4 ENGLAND CHILE 74 34 23 7 5 ENGLAND CANADA 5 USA 2 CHN HG KG 89 53 22 8 6 USA 2 EGYPT 6 URUGUAY CANADA 52 65 12 18 7 URUGUAY THAILAND 7 CHN TAIPEI EGYPT 32 31 15 15 8 CHINESE TAIPEI AUSTRALIA 8 AUSTRALIA THAILAND 47 60 12 18

RANKING AFTER SESSION 13 ROUND ROBIN SESSION 13 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 ITALY 250 1 FRANCE AUSTRALIA 74 27 24 6 2 DENMARK 249 2 THAILAND CHN TAIPEI 54 79 10 20 3 EGYPT URUGUAY 93 40 25 5 3 USA 2 240.5 4 CANADA USA 2 69 24 24 6 4 FRANCE 236 5 CHN HG KG ENGLAND 44 44 15 15 5 POLAND 231 6 CHILE NORWAY 11 130 0 25 7 USA 1 POLAND 49 65 12 18 6 NORWAY 229 8 ITALY DENMARK 47 36 17 13 7 CANADA 209 8 ENGLAND 200 VUGRAPH MATCHES

9 CHINA HONG KONG 196 China Hong Kong - Poland 10.00 10 EGYPT 190 Italy - France 14.00 11 THAILAND 178 12 CHINESE TAIPEI 166 13 USA 1 152.5 SCHEDULE 14 CHILE 142.5 10.00-12.50 Round Robin, Round 14 15 AUSTRALIA 126 14.00-16.50 Round Robin, Round 15 16 URUGUAY 70.5

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ROUND ROBIN Round 10

FRANCE v CHINA HONG KONG

Day four of the championship had been a terrible one for West North East South China Hong Kong, who had suffered back-to-back 4-25 losses to Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak first Denmark and then Italy, crashing out of the qualifying places in the process.Another such defeat against France would surely Pass Pass 1NT see the end of their challenge. 3} 3] 3[ 4] All Pass Board 1. None Vul. Dealer North. Yiu Chung Lai judged the East hand to be suitable for a multi [A 6 2{ opening, while the weak suit and substantial outside strength ] J 7 6 5 3 was too much for Thomas Bessis who preferred to pass. Lai and Alick Ng had an uncontested auction to 3[ on the East/West { Q J 7 5 4 cards - not their best spot and perhaps Lai thought that his }8 passed hand 3[ promised club support while Ng thought other- [ JN [ Q 9 8 7 5 4 wise. Godefroy de Tessieres led three rounds of diamonds. Lai ] 10 8 ] A 2 ruffed the third round and played a spade. The defence was a W E tempo ahead and declarer could not draw trumps at any stage. { 10 9 6 { 8 2 He lost four trump tricks and three tricks in the red suits for } A Q J 10 7 5 3 S } K 9 6 down three; -150. [ K 10 3 2 That price would be worth paying if Wai Kit Lai and Kwok- ] K Q 9 4 Fai Mak could make 4] at the other table. Once Mak had been allowed to open 1NT by East's second-seat pass they were { A K 3 always going to get there and there was nothing the defence }4 2 could do. Bessis led a spade to set up a ruff for Julien Gaviard, but that merely prevented the overtrick; +420 and 7 IMPs to China West North East South Hong Kong. Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres Pass 2{ Pass Board 4.All Vul. Dealer West. 3} Pass 3[ All Pass [ A K J 8 5 ]9 { K 9 8 7 } Q 10 7 [ 7 4 3N [ 10 9 2 ] K J 8 ] Q 7 6 4 W E { A 6 5 { Q J 10 3 } K 8 6 4S } J 3 [Q 6 ] A 10 5 3 2 {4 2 } A 9 5 2

West North East South Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

West North East South Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Wai Kit Lai, China Hong Kong All Pass

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A combination of mildly aggressive decisions by Olivier Bessis West North East South and de Tessieres saw them reach a nice 23-point 3NT.A club lead Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak to the jack and ace did not trouble declarer who simply returned the suit to establish two extra tricks. Ng found a heart switch on 1] Pass 3{ winning the }A but there were nine tricks for +600. Pass 4] All Pass At the other table Mak showed much the same values as had de Tessieres but without showing his heart suit. Lai did not go on Mak showed a constructive four-card raise to 3], which to game, having already shown his five-card suit and seeing too looks to be just right on the South cards, while de Tessieres little in the way of extras. An entirely reasonable decision but made a very aggressive balanced game raise. Both Easts led the +150 meant a swing of 10 IMPs to France. queen of diamonds and continued with a low diamond when that held the lead. Both Wests won the ten of diamonds and Board 5. N/S Vul. Dealer North. switched to a low spade. Lai made the normal play of putting in the spade queen and, when that held, cashed the major-suit aces [A Q then played the jack of clubs to dummy's ace and ruffed the {K. ] A Q 10 8 4 2 Now he exited with a heart, which would have endplayed West {8 7 should he have held the king. When the king of hearts proved to be with East, Lai required the club finesse. Of course, he was } J 10 4 successful; +620. [ K 9 7 4 2N [ J 10 8 5 Bessis spurned the spade finesse at trick three, rising with his ]J ]K 5 ace.When the ]K was offside he had to lose a spade for down W E { A 10 5 { Q J 4 3 2 one; -100 and 12 IMPs to China Hong Kong. S } 7 6 5 3 } Q 8 Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. [6 3 ] 9 7 6 3 [Q 5 { K 9 6 ] A K J 10 9 8 4 3 } A K 9 2 {J 2 }7 West North East South [ A J 10 9 6 2N [ 8 7 3 Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres ]– ]7 2 W E 1] Pass 3NT { Q 6 5 { K 9 7 4 Pass 4] All Pass } A 9 4 3S } K Q 10 6 [K 4 ] Q 6 5 { A 10 8 3 } J 8 5 2

West North East South Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres Pass Pass 1[ 4] Dble All Pass

West North East South Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak Pass 1NT 2] 4{ Dble 4] 4[ 5] Dble All Pass

Ng opened 1[ in third seat and Bessis overcalled 4], attract- ing an aggressive double from Lai. Presumably he intended the double to be value-showing, but it ended the auction, suggesting that Ng saw things differently.There was nothing to the play after a club lead; ten tricks for +590. Mak could open a mini no trump and that created a rather different scenario. Gaviard overcalled 2], transfer, and Lai overcalled 4{, transfer, allowing Bessis an easy double. Mak completed the transfer and Gaviard went on to 4[.That con- tract was due to succeed so Lai did the right thing when he went on to 5], even if his side lost 12 IMPs for the inevitable Thomas Bessis, France down one and -100.

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Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. West North East South [Q Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres ]8 7 Pass 1[ { J 7 6 5 4 3 2 Pass 2] Pass 2[ } K J 10 Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 4{ Pass 4[ [ A 8 7 3 2N [ K 9 5 ] 6 ] Q 9 5 2 Pass 5{ Pass 5[ W E { A 10 9 { K Q 8 All Pass } A 9 8 4S } 7 6 5 West North East South [ J 10 6 4 Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak ] A K J 10 4 3 Pass 1[ {– Pass 2NT Pass 4[ } Q 3 2 Pass 5{ Pass 6[ West North East South Pass 7[ All Pass Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres It may not be the worst crime in bridge, but going down in Pass 1] seven when the opposition have stopped at the five level cer- 1[ Pass 2[ Pass tainly ranks pretty high on the list. One can have some sympathy 3} 3{ 3[ All Pass with Wai Lai, who had a potentially wonderful hand when Mak made what appears to be a totally unjustified leap to the small West North East South slam. Sure, he had shown a minimum with his jump to game on Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak the previous round, but he was still looking at a 5-2-3-3 12-count Pass 1] with no trump honour. Should North guess to bid seven when 1[ 2{ 2[ 2NT his partner could have gone more slowly to keep the grand slam 3[ Pass 3NT Dble in the picture? It is a matter of partnership philosophy perhaps, but from North's point of view is South not virtually marked All Pass with the }A and second-round heart control to justify his jump Both Souths opened 1] and both Wests overcalled 1[. Now to 6]? He could hardly bid slam without a control in each unbid Lai took the opportunity to get his diamonds into the game while suit and cannot have first-round heart control, or first-round Olivier Bessis went quietly. Bessis did, however, compete with 3{ control of neither suit, can he? at his next turn. Ng/Lai stopped in 3[ by West.After a heart lead De Tessieres showed his balanced minimum by his third bid and continuation, Ng ruffed and cashed the ace of spades.We will of 3NT but Bessis was not finished yet. He made two more slam draw a veil over the subsequent play as he came to only five tries before finally giving up. Though de Tessieres had two aces, tricks - not a great effort - for -400. his partner's repeated diamond cuebids did nothing to improve Gaviard/Thomas Bessis reached 3NT and Mak, who remem- his hand and he signed off for a third time; +480 and a surprising ber had heard his partner bid 2{ freely, ventured a double.With +11 IMPs to France. his powerful heart suit and likely spade stopper,this looked to be a promising position to take and so it proved. Mak led the jack of Board 15. N/S Vul. Dealer South. hearts in an attempt to establish his suit while keeping commu- nications open. As it transpired, Bessis would have done well to [ A K Q J 7 grab the ]Q and run for home, two down coming to -500 but ]Q only 3 IMPs away. However, Bessis did not want to give up on making his contract so soon and ducked the heart. Mak switched, {A 5 to the }Q. When declarer ducked that and Lai overtook with } K J 10 5 2 the king to lead a heart through the queen, that was down three; [ 10 9 4N [ 8 6 5 2 -800 and 9 IMPs to China Hong Kong. ] K 7 5 ] 10 6 2 W E Board 14. None Vul. Dealer East. { 10 8 4 3 { K 9 6 [ A K J 10 } 9 4 3S } A 8 6 ] A Q 10 7 3 2 [3 {– ] A J 9 8 4 3 } 10 8 3 { Q J 7 2 [ Q 6N [ 5 3 }Q 7 ] J 8 ] K 9 4 W E { Q J 5 3 { 10 9 8 7 6 2 West North East South S } K 7 6 5 2 } Q 9 Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres [ 9 8 7 4 2 1] ]6 5 Pass 1[ Pass 2{ { A K 4 Pass 3} Pass 3] } A J 4 Pass 6NT All Pass

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West North East South Wai Lai overcalled in his chunky four-card spade suit and Mak Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak followed an invitational sequence, 2] being the cuebid raise. Lai judged that his 12 HCP outweighed the missing fifth spade and 2{ went on to the spade game - a good decision not to suggest 3NT Pass 2NT Pass 3] when West had not had an opportunity to repeat the suit. Pass 4] All Pass Thomas Bessis led his singleton diamond and Lai rose with dummy's ace and dropped the nine from hand to conceal the The IMPs went straight back on the next deal when it was the true position as best he could. He led a low spade at trick two French North/South pair's turn to get too high on a potential and Gaviard went in with the ace to cash the }A then lead a slam board. When de Tessieres judged the South hand to be diamond for his partner to ruff. Bessis switched to a heart to worth a one-level opening, an assessment with which I agree, dummy's ace and Lai crossed to the king of spades to ruff the }9 Bessis simply drove to slam.The contract is not without play on then played a diamond to his king, drew the last trump and ran the North/South cards, but after a heart lead ducked to the king the diamonds; ten tricks for +420 and 11 IMPs to China Hong there were no prospects for success and Bessis finished up down Kong. Four Spades would have failed had Gaviard been sufficient- two for -200. ly confident of the diamond situation to give his partner a ruff Mak treated his hand as a weak two bid and now there was without first cashing the }A, as he could then have been put no danger of getting too high; +650 and 13 IMPs to China Hong back in with the ace to give a second ruff. Kong. The French pair were by no means the only ones to reach Board 17. None Vul. Dealer North. slam. I heard of a couple of tables at which North declared 6}. Hopeless, you might imagine, but diamonds sounded to be [ A 10 7 6 declarer's most likely weakness on the auction and East duly led ] A K 5 that suit to concede 1370. { A 7 5 } A Q 2 Board 16. E/W Vul. Dealer West. [ J 8 2N [ K 9 [ K Q J 5 ] Q 9 7 3 ] J 8 4 2 W E ]6 3 { Q 10 4 { K J 9 6 3 { K 9 7 3 } 9 6 4S } K 3 } K 9 5 [ Q 5 4 3 [ A 8 4N [ 9 6 2 ] 10 6 ] Q ] K 10 9 8 4 2 {8 2 W E { J 10 2 { 5 } J 10 8 7 5 } A Q 10 8 6 4 S } J 3 2 [ 10 7 3 ] A J 7 5 { A Q 8 6 4 }7 West North East South Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres 1} Pass 1{(1) Pass 1NT Dble 2] Dble Pass 2[ Pass 3] Pass 3NT All Pass

(1) Transfer West North East South Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak 1} 1[ 2} 2] Pass 2[ Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

Olivier Bessis did not come in the on the first round but joined in with a double at his second turn and now de Tessieres forced to game. Had the opening lead been a heart, 3NT would have been just fine, but Yiu Lai, who lacked an outside entry to the hearts, quite correctly led his partner's club suit and with the [A to be knocked out one stopper proved to be insufficient; down three for -150. Yiu Chung Lai, China Hong Kong

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West North East South Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres The Australia Team Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak 2NT Pass 3} Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass Roughly half the field played this one in 2NT and half in 4[. Both Souths in our match did well when they guessed to look for a spade fit and reached game; a push at +450 when the defence did not get the diamonds going in time to stop the overtrick. It probably is correct for South to respond 3}.When there is a spade fit North/South will want to try their hand at 4[, while when there is no spade fit it will still only be seriously wrong to move when there are exactly eight tricks available in no trump. Board 18. N/S Vul. Dealer East. [ K 10 8 3 ]J 10 {J } A K J 9 7 6 [ A 9 7N [ J 4 2 Daniel Krochmalik aka 'Megaphone' (19 years old); a ] K 9 4 2 ] 7 handy tool for a law student. Don't buy this guy a drink if W E you want to keep your eardrums intact. { A 7 3 { K Q 9 5 2 S Michael Wilkinson (25). Michael takes a perverse delight } 10 8 4 } Q 5 3 2 in acquiring a large number of IMPs in the Out column. He [ Q 6 5 is also the only person I know who has revoked then ] A Q 8 6 5 3 blamed his partner for the error. { 10 8 6 4 Joshua Wyner (26). Josh may be the only youth player to }– get 11 hours sleep a night and also to spend two hours in West North East South the bathroom every morning. David Wiltshire (25). Dave is the comfortable leader of Ng O.Bessis Y.Lai de Tessieres the Australian butchery tally, the upside of which from the Pass 2] long-suffering captain's perspective being that he is there- Pass 2NT Pass 4} fore contributing handsomely to the team drinking fund. Pass 4] All Pass Mark Abraham (26). Mark is the only person who has West North East South ever managed to survive playing with Michael for over 7000 boards (a record which is unlikely ever to be bro- Gaviard W.Lai T.Bessis Mak ken). He is easily the slowest player in the team but makes Pass 2{ up for this by being the fastest talker, making him com- Pass 2NT Pass 3{ pletely incomprehensible to all but his closest acquain- Pass 4] All Pass tances. Whether your poison is a natural weak two bid or a multi, it Gabby Feiler (20). Gabby is the youth player to go to if seems to me that there is a substantial issue here as to whether you need drugs. He is studying medicine and plans to go this South hand should open or pass. Certainly the all-round into heroine research. strength and heart suit are acceptable for a weak two bid, but the Ishmael Del'Monte, NPC (30 but claims to be 18). Ish is hand is so suitable for play in spades should partner be long in the captain who goes to see Gabby on a regular basis. that suit, that there is a substantial downside to the opening. Not Which is fair enough, as anyone would have to be on drugs this time, and both North/Souths duly opened the hand and got to captain this team of !"£$%^&*!. to a perfectly playable heart game. Now it was up to the defence. In the Closed Room, Ng cashed the ace of spades then switched to ace and another diamond.That forced North to ruff with a heart (The only good news I can see for Ish is that four of this team honour and now West's ]9 became the setting trick; -100. will be over age next time around, and surely this cannot be a On vugraph,Thomas Bessis led the king of diamonds.A lazy de- case of 'better the devil you know...' Ed.) fender would have left him on lead and expected him to find the di- amond continuation, but Gaviard made quite sure that there would be no defensive slip-up. He overtook the diamond and cashed his ace of spades then played back a diamond.Again North had to ruff Score Correction and West had two heart tricks; -100 and a well-defended flat board. China Hong Kong won the match by 52-46 IMPs, 16-14 VPs, Apologies to Thailand.The result of their Round 10 match but it is likely that France were the happier with that result as against Italy was a 63-51 IMP, 17-13 VP win, and not the they ended the day in fourth place, 14 VPs ahead of China Hong other way round as shown in Saturday's bulletin. Kong, who have a pretty tough run in to look forward to.

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ROUND ROBIN Round 9

CANADA v DENMARK

Leaders Denmark met a Canadian team playing for a place in [K 10 the middle of nowhere.The Canadians' fighting spirits were still ] 8 4 3 2 present, however,and they did their best to throw a spanner into the Danish works. {8 2 On the third board Denmark's Henriksen/Marquardsen bid a } A Q 10 6 3 sporting 6].When the ace of diamonds wasn't onside that was In this match the lead was a club. one down; 11 IMPs to Canada. Some rather sleepy boards followed then Grainger/Lavee on Board 13.All Vul. Dealer North. Board 7 vulnerable tried to play 1[ doubled on a three-three fit; [ A Q 4 down two and Denmark gained 12 IMPs when Gjaldbaek/Schaltz ] A K Q did well in making eight tricks in 1NT at the other table. Here is maybe the answer to why Denmark is doing so well { A J 10 5 so far in this Championship: their opening bids. Look at Boje } K J 5 Henriksen's first position opening bid on this board! [ J 9 8 5 3 2N [ K 10 ] J 10 7 ] 8 4 3 2 W E Board 9. E/W Vul. Dealer North. { Q 9 6 { 8 2 [ 9 4 3 2 } 9S } A Q 10 6 3 ] J 9 4 3 [7 6 { J 6 2 ] 9 6 5 }9 6 { K 7 4 3 [ A 8 6N [ J 7 } 8 7 4 2 ] 10 5 2 ] 8 7 West North East South W E { K 9 7 { A Q 10 8 4 3 Gjaldbaek Demuy Schaltz Wolpert } 10 7 3 2 S } A K 5 2} Pass 2{ [ K Q 10 5 Pass 2NT Pass 3} ] A K Q 6 Pass 3{ Pass 3[ Pass 3NT All Pass {5 } Q J 8 4

West North East South Gjaldbaek Demuy Schaltz Wolpert Pass 1{ Dble Pass 1] 2{ 3] All Pass West North East South Lavee Henriksen Grainger Marquardsen 2](!) 3{ 4[ 5{ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Perhaps North thought he had a jack too many to open 2]… According to North/South's agreement 2] shows at least eight cards in the majors and less than an opening bid. East/West can make game in no trump when the heart suit behaves but Mar- quardsen's 4[ ruined any chance East/West might have. 4[ will not make, so West misjudged when he bid 5{ over 4[ and that was down two.Wolpert made +140 in 3]; 8 IMPs to Denmark. Denmark led by 28 IMPs to 13 at half-time. North has showed 22-24 HCP and a balanced hand. What's your lead against 3NT sitting East? Boje Henriksen, Denmark

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West North East South spade. Instead of continuing on this successful way he won }A Lavee Henriksen Grainger Marquardsen and ruffed a spade.When North pitched {J there was no longer a winning line since North over-ruffed the next diamond then 2} Pass 2{ played ace and another heart. If declarer continues the cross-ruff Pass 2NT Pass 3} the defence cannot prevent ten tricks. Pass 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass Board 18. N/S Vul. Dealer East.

A club lead can possibly help declarer to find the queen of [8 5 diamonds.As you prefer to let East be on lead finessing through ] A K 8 5 4 2 West gives nine tricks.At least it feels more safe to play like that {Q 2 and it was also the line Boje Henriksen followed. Meanwhile Vin- cent Demuy was in deep waters at the other table.At trick two } J 9 5 Demuy let {J run to the queen. West was out of clubs and [ 7 4 3N [ A K Q J 10 6 2 returned a heart. Declarer won and cashed two more top hearts. ] Q 7 6 ] J 10 9 3 W E When he took his diamond winners Schaltz did not defend well { K J 10 7 { 9 when he pitched }10 which actually was a trick. A club to the S king endplayed East who had to give away either a spade or a club } K 7 2 } Q trick; contract just made. If Schaltz could have bared the king of [9 spades instead of pitching clubs there was a fair chance declarer ]– would have failed. { A 8 6 5 4 3 In almost every match declarer made 3NT on this board, but not at one table in the match between Chile and USA1. The } A 10 8 6 4 3 American declarer faced a heart lead to the ace, ran {J to the West North East South queen and the contract was later beaten by force when the defence acted passively. Gjaldbaek Demuy Schaltz Wolpert 4[ 4NT Board 17. None Vul. Dealer North. Pass 5} All Pass [ K 6 3 West North East South ] A J 7 Lavee Henriksen Grainger Marquardsen { J 7 5 4[ 4NT } K 7 4 2 Pass 5} Pass Pass 5[ Dble All Pass [ A J 10 5 2N [ 8 ] 9 5 4 2 ] K Q 8 6 W E { A { Q 10 9 6 4 } A J 8S } Q 10 3 [ Q 9 7 4 ] 10 3 { K 8 3 2 } 9 6 5 West North East South Gjaldbaek Demuy Schaltz Wolpert Pass Pass Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3] Pass 4] All Pass West North East South Lavee Henriksen Grainger Marquardsen 1NT Pass 2} 2[ All Pass

A heart contract is the place to be for East/West but when Daniel Lavee just made his 2[ it couldn't be that bad, could it? Gjaldbaek understandably raised to game when Schaltz made an invitation. On the club lead from Demuy the declarer would have made 4] by going for a cross-ruff. Declarer started perfectly by winning the lead with the ten, then played a diamond to the ace, cashed [A and ruffed a spade. He now ruffed a diamond and a Daniel Lavee, Canada

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In the Open Room Demuy went two down in 5}. Denmark's [6 Andreas Marquardsen gave the declarer a Greek gift in the ]7 Closed Room. Marquardsen led {A then cashed the other minor ace. To lead a diamond is South's only chance to beat the con- { A J 2 tract and when Marquardsen did so David Grainger swallowed }Q 3 the gift when he took the 'safe' finesse. If Grainger had counted [–N [J 10 his tricks, he would have realized that only two diamond tricks ] J 9 3 ] 2 were not enough to make the contract. Therefore his only W E chance is to put up the king, pray and hope that the queen will { K 10 8 6 { 7 4 3 show up. Were there any indications for declarer? Yes, there }–S }8 were. First, South had started with {A and not with }A. With [A 7 A-Q in diamonds South was likely to have started with }A to ]Q 10 see the dummy before he decided what to do next. Secondly, if South had {Q why didn't he exit with a club or a spade instead { Q 9 5 of giving a trick away? South did his job but it was not that well }– done by East. Not exiting with a spade East gave Demuy a chance to make his contract if he minds his Ps and Qs. If he now plays his two club Board 19. E/W Vul. Dealer South. winners pitching {Q and another diamond from dummy East can discard a heart on the second club and West can afford to pitch a [ 6 3 2 heart and a diamond. Declarer now crosses to dummy in spades. ]K 7 West cannot throw a heart and must pitch another diamond, so is now down to only K-10 in diamonds.The layout is now: { A J 2 } A Q 10 9 3 [– ]7 [ K 9N [ J 10 8 5 ] J 9 6 4 3 ] A 2 { A J 2 W E { K 10 8 6 { 7 4 3 }– } K 6S } J 8 4 2 [–N [J ]J 9 ]– [ A Q 7 4 W E ] Q 10 8 5 { K 10 { 7 4 3 }–S }– { Q 9 5 [7 }7 5 ]Q 10 West North East South {9 Gjaldbaek Demuy Schaltz Wolpert }– Pass See what will happen when ]Q is cashed. East must save his Pass 1NT Pass 2} spade and give up the control in diamonds. Declarer takes the rest via a diamond finesse. Understandably, Dumuy didn't read Pass 2{ Pass 3NT the situation right at the table; one off and a flat board. All Pass Over the 20 boards Denmark was with no doubt the stronger team and they managed to win a relatively close match West North East South by 18-12 VPs (42-29 IMPs). Lavee Henriksen Grainger Marquardsen 1NT DEPARTURES Pass 3NT All Pass ATTENTION ALL CAPTAINS Both tables reached 3NT,a contract which can be rather eas- ily made double dummy. As declarer at single dummy, however, you need to play very nicely to make it. In the Closed Room Daniel Lavee led a heart to East's ace and declarer let East win the spade continuation.West won the next spade when dummy played low. Andreas Marquardsen couldn't get things right and In order to arrange transport to the airport on Friday August went one off. 29th, all captains are kindly requested to provide the Hospi- On vugraph Martin Schaltz, known for producing original tality Desk - by today August 25th at the latest - with the de- leads, here started with the eight of spades. Declarer played low parture times and all information regarding the flight and ter- and West switched to a low club after taking the first trick with minal of their team members. [9. Declarer tried the ten losing to East's jack. [5 from Schaltz Please ensure that you give a complete list of the names of continued to confuse declarer and he put up the queen, letting the players, the airport from which they will be departing, the the king take the trick. It looked like this was a nice start for the time of departure, the airline and flight number. defence, though the declarer can still make it. The }K went to If you intend to leave before the 29th, please tell us today declarer's ace then the ]K lost to the ace and East exited with a which day you will be leaving. club.This was the ending:

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ROUND ROBIN Round 8

ENGLAND v THAILAND

With just three boards to play in their Round Eight meet- Board 19. E/W Vul. Dealer South. ing with England, Thailand was taking something of a beating, trailing by 13-51 IMPs. However, they came on strong over [ A Q 9 6 5 2 those last three deals to hold the loss to a mere 3 IMPs, 48-51 ] 9 6 3 or 14-16 VPs. {J 4 }9 5 Board 18. N/S Vul. Dealer East. [ K 10 8 4 3N [ J [ 10 8 ] K ] Q 10 4 2 W E ] Q 6 3 { K 2 { Q 10 8 5 3 { Q 10 7 5 } A K 8 6 2S } Q 10 7 } A J 10 5 [7 [ Q JN [ 9 4 ] A J 8 7 5 ] A J 8 4 ] 10 9 7 5 2 { A 9 7 6 W E { A K 8 2 { 9 6 4 3 } J 4 3 } 7 4 3S } 9 2 West North East South [ A K 7 6 5 3 2 Kitchakarn Birdsall Chongteerachote Burgess ]K Pass {J 1[ Pass 1NT Pass } K Q 8 6 2} All Pass West North East South West North East South Woodcock Sasibut Levy Trimankha Kitchakarn Birdsall Chongteerachote Burgess 1] Pass 1[ 1[ Pass 1NT Pass Dble Rdbl 2] Pass 3NT Dble All Pass 3] Pass Pass 4} All Pass

West North East South Woodcock Sasibut Levy Trimankha Pass 1[ Dble 1NT Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

I commented in a separate article that neither North player had seen fit to show their values over West's take-out double, so I was pleased to see that both Norths bid immediately in this match. In response to Jaturong Sasibut's 1NT response, Taweesith Trimankha jumped to 3[ and was raised to game.Andrew Wood- cock cashed the king of diamonds to get a count signal then switched to the jack of hearts, the play that required least to break the contract. Here, of course, it merely lost him his heart trick, but it was a good attempt, I think.Trimankha got the spades right to make twelve tricks for +680. Gareth Birdsall began with a redouble then left it up to his partner when the opposition bid and supported hearts. Ollie Burgess's 4} looks seriously misdirected to me with that shape. Personally, if my partner could not double 3] for penalties then I would take a shot at 4[, with 3[ being my second choice. Bird- sall passed 4} and Burgess took ten tricks for +130 but 11 IMPs to Thailand. Oliver Burgess, England

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Burgess passed the South hand and Kitchakarn/Chongteera- chote had a peaceful auction to 2}.The lead was a heart to the Appeal ace followed by a trump switch round to dummy's seven. Pat- No. 1 narin Kitchakarn led a diamond off the dummy and Burgess went in with the ace to switch to his spade for the king and ace.The {J was won by the king and a spade was ruffed and over-ruffed. The contract was still in no danger from here and Kitchakarn France v China Hong Kong made it exactly for +90, allowing North to ruff the diamond re- turn but then ruffing high on the next spade and cashing the ]Q. Round 10. In the other room,Trimankha found a thin 1] bid and Woodcock overcalled 1[.When Ed Levy could respond 1NT,Woodcock had Board 16. E/W Vul. Dealer West. sufficient to raise to game, or so he thought. Looking at that [ K Q J 5 beautiful spade stack, Sasibut doubled the final contract and Tri- mankha led a low heart to the bare king. Levy led a club to the ]6 3 queen and tried a diamond towards the king.Trimankha went in { K 9 7 3 with the ace of diamonds, Sasibut dropping the jack, and switched } K 9 5 to a spade. With no further entry to the dummy to get at the {Q, declarer could come to only seven tricks. Sasibut won the [ A 8 4N [ 9 6 2 ] Q ] K 10 9 8 4 2 [Q and played the ]9 for ten and jack and Trimankha exited with W E a low club while the diamonds were still blocked. The defence { J 10 2 { 5 came to a spade and two more hearts in the ending; -500. } A Q 10 8 6 4S } J 3 2 Board 20.All Vul. Dealer West. [ 10 7 3 [A 3 ] A J 7 5 ] A 10 9 { A Q 8 6 4 { J 5 3 ]7 } 9 8 7 5 2 West North East South [ Q 10 2N [ K 7 4 F-Y Ng O.Bessis Y-C Lai de Tessieres ] Q 8 7 6 ] K J 5 4 3 1} Pass 1{(1) Pass W E { Q 7 { A K 9 8 2 1NT Dble 2] Dble } A Q 10 4S } – Pass 2[ Pass 3] [ J 9 8 6 5 Pass 3NT All Pass ]2 (1) Hearts { 10 6 4 One No Trump was explained by West to South as denying } K J 6 3 three hearts and could even be zero. It was explained by East to West North East South North as denying three hearts, usually balanced. East/West agree Kitchakarn Birdsall Chongteerachote Burgess that the correct explanation was given by West. 1} Pass 1] Pass Most players asked say that they would have passed South's double of 2].A minority has a different view, passing if given the 2] Pass 4] All Pass correct explanation, bidding 2[ with the wrong explanation. West North East South Law References: 12 C3; 40A. TD's Decision: Score adjusted to 2] doubled down two, N/S Woodcock Sasibut Levy Trimankha +500 one-third of the time, table score stands two-thirds of the 1] Pass 2{ Pass time. 2NT Pass 3] Pass Appeals Committee Comments: 3NT Pass 4} Pass The committee listened carefully to both pairs and to the 4] Pass 6] Pass director and believed that the director was able to ascertain at the table that there had been inadvertent misinformation given Pass Dble All Pass by East to North. Unfortunately, the director was not able to The Thai East/West pair made his one look very easy as they produce the notes that were written at the time, although both sailed into the heart game without making any sort of a try for pairs agreed that notes had been written. slam; +650. The committee believed that an incomplete explanation was Meanwhile, something went badly wrong for England in the given by East to North which led to misinformation. Part of the other room.Woodcock showed a minimum balanced hand with explanation should have indicated that a rebid of clubs would four or five hearts with his 2NT rebid and normally only four have shown three hearts.This would have then clarified the state- hearts when he followed that up with 3NT at his next turn. Four ment 'usually balanced’, which was the cause of the problem.The Clubs was a cuebid and 4] a sign-off. Finally, the leap to 6] was committee therefore upheld the decision of the director. an error,as evidence the fact that there were two aces to be lost. The Deposit was returned. Sasibut's final double was a little greedy but it worked out fine this time, even if it did not actually gain him any IMPs. One down Joan Gerard, Chairman meant -200 and 13 IMPs to Thailand, who had scored 35 IMPs Stefan Back over the three deals. Barry Rigal

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ROUND ROBIN Round 9

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA

In Round 8 we saw how England lost a convincing lead over Board 17. None Vul. Dealer North. the last three deals in their match against Thailand, thereby tur- ing a large win into a mere 16-14. In the next round they played [ K 6 3 Australia. This time the English lead was a useful but far from ] A J 7 overwhelming 37-16 after 15 boards.The next three deals turned { J 7 5 a solid win into a large one. } K 7 4 2 Board 16. E/W Vul. Dealer West. [ A J 10 5 2N [ 8 ] 9 5 4 2 ] K Q 8 6 W E [ K 10 9 6 { A { Q 10 9 6 4 ] J 6 5 3 } A J 8S } Q 10 3 {J [ Q 9 7 4 } 10 8 3 2 ] 10 3 [ A 5 2N [ Q 4 { K 8 3 2 ] 7 ] 10 9 8 4 2 W E } 9 6 5 { 10 6 4 3 { 9 7 2 } K Q 9 7 4S } A J 5 West North East South [ J 8 7 3 Gold Abraham Burgess Wilkinson ] A K Q 1NT Pass Pass { A K Q 8 5 2} Pass 3] Pass }6 4] All Pass In the other room the English North/South pair were left to The English captain, Jason Hackett had split up his partner- play 1NT, which drifted three off for -150. Here, 1NT was weak ships to try to put some momentum into the English challenge. and 2} showed both majors.When Burgess could invite game by In the other room, Alex Hydes was partnering Andrew Wood- jumping in hearts, Gold had sufficient extras to raise to 4]. cock against Daniel Krochmalik and Josh Wyner for Australia.The Wilkinson led the three of diamonds, third and fifth, to dummy's result on this deal was 4[ making for the English North/South pair; +420.

West North East South Gold Abraham Burgess Wilkinson Pass Pass Pass 1} 1NT Pass 2} Dble Pass 2NT Pass 3} Dble 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

Michael Wilkinson's 1} opening was strong, 16+, and the 1NT overcall showed the minors. Mark Abraham didn't have sufficient values for a negative double so passed and Ollie Burgess showed his preference.Wilkinson's double was for take- out and now 2NT was game-forcing and Staymanic. Wilkinson cuebid to ask again rather than make a commital bid with such weak spades and now Abraham judged to bid his stronger major rather than the cheaper one, and was raised to game. Burgess cashed the ace of clubs in response to David Gold's double of the 3} cuebid then stopped to think how he was going to defeat the contract. Despite the fact that declarer had bypassed 3] to bid 3[, Burgess found the only switch to give his side a chance, a heart. When Abraham took the normal spade play of finessing West for the queen, Burgess won and gave his partner a heart ruff for down one; -50 and 10 IMPs to England. Mark Abraham,Australia

13 9th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Cloud-Paris, France bare ace. Burgess played a heart to the king then advanced the queen of diamonds, which picks up the diamond suit on several IBPA of the possible layouts consistent with the opening lead.Wilkin- son covered and his king was ruffed away. Now Burgess played a second heart and Abraham won the ace and exited with the ]J. The International Bridge Press As- Burgess won and led the {10 to North's jack.Things did not look sociation (IBPA) is an organisation too hopeful for the defence at this point but Abraham tried to bringing together people devoted create something with a switch to the king of spades. Burgess to bridge promotion from all over won the ace and played the [J, pitching a club from hand. He the world - journalists, editors and print- could win any return and had the communications to cash his ers of bridge books and magazines, as well diamonds and take a sceond club pitch on the [10; +420 and as managers of internet sites. The President 7 IMPs to England. of the organisation is Henry Francis of the United States, and the two Vice-Presidents Board 18. N/S Vul. Dealer East. Patrick Jourdain of Wales and Per Janner- sten of Sweden. Present from the board here in [8 5 Paris is the Treasurer, Christer Andersson, from Sweden. ] A K 8 5 4 2 IBPA publishes a monthly bulletin. It contains up to date {Q 2 material from every corner of the world, free to be used by its } J 9 5 members. Members also have exclusive accessibility to the Press Room at major tournaments, and are often invited to [ 7 4 3N [ A K Q J 10 6 2 press conferences held by authorities within the bridge admin- ] Q 7 6 ] J 10 9 3 istrations.Clippings competitions are held annually with chances W E { K J 10 7 { 9 for members to win money prizes when their article mentions } K 7 2S } Q the specific Championship or sponsor to be promoted. IBPA also hands out five Awards annually - IBPA Personal- [9 ity of the Year, Best Played Hand of the Year, Best Defended ]– Hand of the Year, Best Bid Hand of the Year, and the IBPA { A 8 6 5 4 3 Junior Award. If you do something good here in Paris and take care to mention this for the Bulletin staff you might be nom- } A 10 8 6 4 3 inated for such an award. West North East South There are two types of membership in IBPA. Full mem- Gold Abraham Burgess Wilkinson bership is for those who make a living out of publishing 4[ 4NT bridge-related material, whereas others, like the Treasurer, Pass 5] Pass 6} can become associated members. Since the beginning of this year members can chose to receive the IBPA Bulletin by post Dble All Pass or by E-mail.The former type of membership is more expen- This one was more a question of method than anything per- sive than the latter. Persons wishing to become members can haps, though I imagine that there were tables at which East contact the IBPA Treasurer directly or via the Press Room opened 1[ and the problem did not materialise. In the other manager Barbara Nudelman (USA).Those who register here room Krochmalik opened 4[ but Woodcock could overcall 4NT in Paris have to pay membership expiring at the end of 2004, to show a two-suiter,which obliged Hydes to respond 5} in case that is for 1 1/3 year, which is 56 GBP (81 EUR) for the post- it was, as here, both minors. Five Clubs was passed out and went ed Bulletin and 38 GBP (55 EUR) for the E-mail version. one off for -100. Unfortunately for Australia,Wilkinson's 4NT was just a gen- eral take-out and Abraham,while having a sneaking suspicion that he might regret it, could not bring himself to bid a three-card The Swiss Pairs club suit when he held ace-king six times in hearts.After all, even The Swiss Pairs competition is open to all Junior players, if partner has the minors it is possible that 6}/{ is on.Wilkinson whether or not they took part in the Teams event. It will be corrected to 6} and Gold doubled.Wilkinson had to lose three played over two days,Tuesday and Wednesday.There will be tricks, of course, and that was -500 and another 9 IMPs to Eng- twelve rounds of eight-board matches, Butler scored, with land.Their eventual winning margin was 63-21 IMPs, 24-6 VPs. the final round being Danish (i.e. you can meet someone for a second time). The tournament will be played without screens, there is no entry fee, and there are prizes for the top ten pairs. Championship Books Registration is from 9-30 to 10-20 on Tuesday on the first floor of the FFB Building.

Bulletin Editor, Brian Senior has a small quantity of recent Program Championship books for sale here in Paris at a special Tuesday reduced price. 10.30 - 14.00 Three matches Montreal World Championships 2002 - 20 Euros (normal 15.30 - 19.00 Three matches price about 28) Wednesday Menton Open European Championships 2003 - 10 Euros 10.30 - 14.00 Three matches (normal price about 14) 15.30 - 19.00 Three matches See Brian in the Bulletin room. 19.15 Swiss Pairs Prize Giving

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World News Sports News Crowds remember King's dream Gymnastics Thousands of people in Washington have been commemorat- Svetlana Khorkina became the first gymnast ing the 40th anniversary of the "I have a dream" speech made to capture three World Championship overall by the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King. On 28 August titles when she claimed gold with a flawless 1963 he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and floor routine on Friday. Khorkina entered the delivered his speech to a crowd of 250,000 people. It was the floor exercise in second place behind the USA's Carly Pat- high point of the struggle for black equality in America and the terson but her stunning routine, which ended with a move demonstrators had marched on the US capital to call for jobs named in her honour, saw her leapfrog into first. The 24- and freedom. Forty years on, the civil rights leader's son, Mar- year-old Russian, who also won the overall gold in 1997 and tin Luther King II, said that although there had been many 2001, scored 38.124 points over the four disciplines, while achievements in the past four decades, there was still a long Paterson collected 37.936. Zhang Nan, of China, took the way to go. Mr King, who was five years old when his father bronze with 37.624 points made the speech, told the crowds on Saturday that jobs and freedom were still issues that needed to be addressed. Hockey Australia stormed into the Champions Trophy final with an Paedophile priest killed in jail 8-3 win over Argentina on Saturday.They will meet defend- A former priest convicted of child sex abuse has been killed ing champions Holland in the final after they beat World in prison in the United States. John Geoghan, a central figure Cup holder Germany 6-0. The Dutch wen through the in the Catholic Church's abuse scandal in Boston, was injured round-robin phase unbeaten after four wins and a draw, in an incident with another inmate at the Souza-Baranowski while Australia's win took them into second. Pakistan and Correction Center, in Shirley, Massachusetts, according to jail India play in the bronze medal match. officials. He died shortly after being taken to Leominster Hospital. Authorities say Geoghan appeared to have been World Athletics Championships strangled and fellow prisoner Joseph Druce, serving a life sen- The first medal of the championships was tence, will face murder charges in relation to the death. claimed by Ecuador's Jefferson Perez who won the men's 20km in a new world record. Iraq attack 'marks new phase' Ethiopian favourite Berhane Adere powers to The US administrator in Iraq has said the bombing of the UN a sprint finish to claim the first women's gold medal of the office in Baghdad marks a new front in the war against terror. championships in the 10,000m. Belarussia's Andrei Paul Bremer was speaking in the city as Brazil paid its last Mikhnevich takes mens's shot put gold with an impressive respects to UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, killed along with throw of 21.69m. 20km Walk for Women: 1 Yelena Niko- at least 22 others. He said that while there was little evidence layeva (Rus) 1hr:26mins52secs, 2 Gillian O'Sullivan (Irl) of who had carried out the attack, about 100 foreign militants 1:27:34, 3 Valentina Tsybulskaya (Blr) 1:28:10.Women's 100 had recently infiltrated Iraq. Unknown militants ambushed UK Metres: 1 Kelli White (USA),2 Torri Edwards (USA), 3 Zhan- troops in Basra on Saturday, killing three, while ethnic clashes na Block (UKR). 10,000 Metres Men: 1 Kenenisa Bekele in Kirkuk have left nine people dead. (ETH), 2 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 3 Sileshi Sihine (ETH). Women's Heptathlon:1 Carolina Kluft (SWE), 2 Eunice Bar- 'Peace' orchestra makes Arab debut ber (FRA), 3 Natalya Sazanovich (BLR). An orchestra comprised of young Israeli and Palestinian mu- sicians is due to give its first performance in an Arab coun- Soccer try on Sunday, under tight security. Music lovers in the Mo- English Premiership roccan city of Rabat will watch the Argentine-born Israeli Bolton 2-2 Blackburn; Chelsea 2-1 Leicester; conductor, Daniel Barenboim, and his West-Eastern Divan Newcastle 1-2 Man Utd ; Man City 1-1 Orchestra perform Beethoven's Third Symphony and Portsmouth ; Southampton 0-0 Birmingham ; Mozart's Concerto for Three Pianos. Tottenham 2-1 Leeds ;Wolves 0-4 Charlton;Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool ; Middlesborough 0-4 Arsenal Uruguay 'poaching ship' ordered home Uruguayan authorities have ordered a fishing trawler to Formula One return to Uruguay, after a two-week pursuit at sea by Aus- Fernando Alonso became the youngest ever tralian customs officials.Australia believes the trawler Viarsa winner in Formula One as he stormed to vic- has a huge cargo of illegally-caught Patagonian Toothfish - a tory in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The 22- rare delicacy that can be worth up to $23.50 a kilo. year-old Spaniard secured Renault's first vic- tory of the season, and their first for 20 years, to confirm Sobig virus 'thwarted' his potential as a future world champion. Security experts say they have contained the Sobig worm by 1. F Alonso (Spa) identifying and blocking computers that are key to co-ordi- 2. K Raikkonen (Fin) nating it. Computer specialists cut off the worm's circulation 3. J P Montoya (Col) by repairing 20 servers it was using to blast infected emails 4. R Schumacher (Ger) into users' inboxes around the world. However, in China the 5. D Coulthard (Sco) virus was reported to be spreading very quickly, with one 6. M Webber (Aus) internet security firm in Beijing suggesting that 30% of com- 7. J Trulli (Ita) puters may have already been infected. 8. M Schumacher (Ger)

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Blue as an Orange

Saturday was the day off, so Stefan Back and I (Peter Ventura) being sent to the wrong continent. took the chance to experience the Championships in the shad- Surely that wasn't the Germans heading for East Africa? This ow of ours, the 9th edition of the IAAF World Championships in was a political disaster! And where were most of the South Athletics, which began at the Stade de France, Paris, on 23 August Africans going? London? At least that made sense.The Bulgarian and are set to be the biggest ever. athletes were completely forgotten. The introduction of coun- Stefan tried to get rid of me immediately, when he jumped tries just kept on going letter by letter so somewhere between into the metro leaving me behind! Very rude, but what to expect letter E and H Bulgaria just walked into some of the continents from a German? Though he thought the situation over again and without any attention. I wonder what all the Bulgarians back came back with the next train.The Opening Ceremony at Stade home thought when they did not even get a glimpse of their de France started at 2 pm so we had time in the morning to visit medal hopes on TV. Notre Dame. Yes, the German and the Swede climbed all the At the heart of every decent Opening Ceremony should lie a stairs to reach the pretentious mes- very top! sage, one ideally After a Golden bringing together Menu at McDonalds vague elements of we were ready for spiritualism and bad the stadium. Ah, the poetry. Much to the joys of an opening cynics' delight, Jean ceremony - two Dussourd, president hours of needless of the Paris 2003 employment for organising commit- some of the less- tee, dived in without talented entertain- a second thought. ers a country can "The Earth is blue produce. like an orange - The Parisians, never an error, never ones to want words never lie", to appear unfash- wrote Paul Eluard," ionable, went for quoted the bespec- the usual combina- tacled Dussord. tion of high camp "Those words do and costumes from not lie either, and the sick subcon- make a fitting pre- scious of a deranged lude to this ceremo- designer. Their one ny and the sporting nod at unorthodoxy exploits to come." came with the tim- Hard to argue with, ing of the ceremony except on the basis - after the heats of that oranges are one several events. of the least blue They formed things in the entire sinuous shapes on the infield, shapes that were meaningless from world - but never mind. the stands but to passing seagulls or hovering television heli- In the competitions, Sweden's Carolina Kluft, the European copters gradually became outlines of sportsmen in various champion had a remarkable first day setting personal bests in all poses. To gasps of wonder from the easily-impressed locals, the four disciplines of the women's Heptathlon -13.18 sec Hurdles; stars then broke away, jogged around a bit and reformed to make 1.94m High Jump; 14.19m Shot ; 22.98 sec 200m - and looks set a giant map of the world. to deny France's 1999 World champion Eunice Barber any All very nice - except there were some glaring geographical chance of golden glory on home turf. errors on display.There was Tasmania alright, a single star adrift In company with Marc van Beijsterveldt we hold out until the off the south coast of Australia. But where was New Zealand? very end, i.e. seeing all Berhane Adere's 25 laps before crossing More to the point, where was Britain? In fact Europe was a the line to win the World Championship 10,000 metres in the mess. If Tasmania's World Championship pedigree is poor but it third fastest time ever. was worthy of inclusion, why was Britain - home of such athlet- We close this report giving some gossip: one of the men of ics greats as Linford Christie, Steve Cram and, erm, Carl Myer- the law in this Championship - Tournament Director Marc van scough - not even on the map? It was hard not to suspect that Beijsterveldt - when we left from Stade de France revealed him- the French were using the cover of the Opening Ceremony to self as a cheater when he jumped over the turnstile at the train cock a snook at their old rivals. Not that the map was without station! I wonder what law he broke. purpose. As athletes from various countries paraded round the track, they were shuttled off to stand inside the appropriate con- A three-course dinner at a restaurant close to Sacre Coeur tinents. A lovely notion, you thought - until you realised with a was the end of this breathtaking day, just enough to get the last jolt that, in the heat of battle, several countries' athletes were metro from La Defence.

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François COLIN

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BUTLER RANKING AFTER SESSION 13

name country total boards 23 Hendriksen - Marquardsen DEN 0.12 160 1 Di Bello - Di Bello ITA 0.90 220 24 C.T. Chung - Wu CTP -0.03 180 2 Gjaldbaek - Schaltz DEN 0.88 180 25 Ieong - Wong CHK -0.08 180 3 Houmoller - Houmoller DEN 0.88 180 26 Birdsall - Burgess ENG -0.11 140 4 Hurd - Wooldridge US2 0.86 200 5 Ellestad - Jorstad NOR 0.81 160 27 Beck - Pahk US1 -0.20 180 6 Buras - Lutostanski POL 0.72 220 28 Sasibut - Trimankha THA -0.23 260 7 Nabil - Noshy EGY 0.71 160 29 Glickman - Yuan US1 -0.26 160 8 Demuy - Wolpert CAN 0.56 220 30 Sherif - Tawfik EGY -0.31 180 9 T. Bessis - Gaviard FRA 0.51 209 31 Robles - Robles CHL -0.38 160 10 Kalita - Sikora POL 0.48 120 32 Boyd - Halasi CAN -0.44 120 11 Kotorowicz - Kotorowicz POL 0.46 180 33 Krochmalik - Wyner AUS -0.46 160 12 O. Bessis - de Tessieres FRA 0.44 160 13 Hakkebo - Kvangraven NOR 0.41 180 34 Rabie - Yousry EGY -0.51 180 14 Bathurst - Mignocchi US2 0.36 140 35 Gold - Hydes ENG -0.54 140 15 Harr - Sundklakk NOR 0.36 180 36 P.C. Chung - Lin CTP -0.54 160 16 Lo Presti - Mazzadi ITA 0.35 240 37 Chen - Yang CTP -0.58 180 17 Grenthe - Grenthe FRA 0.31 151 38 Feiler - Wiltshire AUS -0.76 180 18 Grue - Kranyak US2 0.31 180 39 Burton - Pearlman US1 -0.81 180 19 W.K. Lai - Mak CHK 0.31 200 20 Grainger - Lavee CAN 0.18 180 40 Abraham - Wilkinson AUS -1.12 180 21 Y.C. Lai - Ng CHK 0.17 140 41 Carve - V. Chediak URU -1.18 260 22 Chitngamkusol-Vichayapaibunnag THA 0.14 240 42 M. Chediak - Salaverri URU -1.98 260

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Championships POLAND DENMARK ITALY USA 1 CHILE CHN HONG KONG CANADA EGYPT THAILAND AUSTRALIA CHN TAIPEI URUGUAY USA 2 ENGLAND NORWAY FRANCE PENALTY TOTAL RANK

1 POLAND Q 7 1718 2219162519251122219 2315 2 DENMARK 23 Q 13 25 18 20 25 22 15 25 22 22 11 8 249 2 3 ITALY 13 17 Q 17 25 25 14 13 19 25 25 13 25 19 250 1 4 USA 1 12 Q 6 3 14 20 0 24 24 22 5 9 3 11 -0.5 152.5 13 5 CHILE 13 24 Q 0 6 20 8 13 7 25 4 7 0 16 -0.5 142.5 14 6 CHN HONG KONG 4 4 25 25 Q 10 19 12 11 25 22 8 15 16 196 9 7 CANADA 8 12 5 16 24 20 Q 12 25 25 16 18 24 4 209 7 8 EGYPT 11 10 16 10 10 11 18 Q 21 15 15 25 13 15 190 10 9 THAILAND 14 5 17 25 22 18 4 9 Q 18 10 14 8 14 178 11 10 AUSTRALIA 2 8 11 6 17 19 5 15 12 Q 6 6 13 6 126 15 11 CHN TAIPEI 11 15 4 6 23 2 14 15 20 Q 25 6 14 11 166 12 12URUGUAY 040818125 4Q 4 4 13 8 -0.5 70.5 16 13 USA 2 19 8 17 25 25 22 6 24 24 25 Q 18 18 10 -0.5 240.5 3 14 ENGLAND 8 8 2 21 23 15 16 24 16 25 12 Q 13 17 200 8 15 NORWAY 9 19 11 25 25 17 22 17 19 17 12 17 Q 19 229 6 16 FRANCE 21 22 19 14 14 25 15 16 24 22 20 13 11 Q 236 4

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