Daily Bulletin

Editor: Mark Horton / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,b, Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francescacesc Canali Photographer : Arianna Testa

THURSDAY, JUNE 22 2017 THOR'S HAMMER TOPPLES ZEUS

ISSUE No 13 CLICK TO NAVIGATE

Runners-up p. 2

A Good Score for the 2017 Edition p. 2

A View of the Bridge p. 2

Tough Teams Fight it Out p. 3 Open Teams Winners: HIGHLANDERS Wolfson vs Kaminski (a) p. 7 Harald Eide, Sven Olai Hoyland, Lars Eide, Sam Inge Hoyland

After yet another thrilling final it was Highlanders Harald Eide, Lars Eide, Sam Inge Hoyland, Sven Wolfson vs Kaminski (b) p. 13 Olai Hoyland, who emerged as the new European Open Team Champions. They fell behind early in the match, but drew level at the end of the third set, got their noses in front at the start of the last set and E Lucevan le Stelle p. 14 resisted every challenge thrown down by their gallant opponents, Greece Konstantinos Doxiadis, Aris Filios, Konstantinos Kontomitros, Tassos Koukouselis, Yankos Papakyriakopoulos, Petros Roussos, who Battle on the Summit p. 17 took the silver medals. The bronze medals went to China Open Yunlong Chen, Jianming Dai, Jianwei Li, Lixin Yang, Bangxiang Zhang, Jie Zhao, Gang Chen and Mazurkiewicz, Stanislaw Golebiowski, Krzysztof Jassem, La Pagina Italiana p. 20 Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Wlodzimierz Starkowski.

Results p. 21 PRESS CONFERENCE Bracket p. 25 On Friday 23 June a press conference will be held at 11:00 (see the map for the location).

TODAY'S SCHEDULE Attendants: VENUE Open Pairs Semi-finals (A/B) Yves Aubry Jan Kamras 10.30 - 12.50 Session 1 Josef Harsanyi Barry Rigal 12.50 - 14.00 Lunch break FIGB representative RESTAURANT CAFETERIA 14.00 - 16:20 Session 2 Journalists and players are welcome. Cocktail to follow 16.40 - 19:00 Session 3 1st FLOOR PRESS CONFERENCE

Women/Senior Pairs Finals END OF PAIRS COMPETITIONS 10.30 - 12.40 Session 1 Today:T d 12.40 - 14.00 Lunch Break [ 18 pairs are playing the Final of Women/Seniors pairs 14.00 - 16.10 Session 2 [ 46 pairs from Semi-final A and 6 from Semi-final B in open pairs will qualify 16.40 - 19.40 Session 3 for the final, played on Friday and Saturday

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Open Teams 2nd: GREECE Petros Roussos, Konstantinos Doxiadis, Konstantinos Kontomitros, Tassos Koukouselis, Aris Filios, Yankos Papakyriakopoulos

Open Teams 3rd: CHINA OPEN Open Teams 3rd: MAZURKIEWICZ Gang Chen, Jie Zhao, Jianwei Li, Yunlong Chen, Lixin Yang, Stanislaw Golebiowski, Krzysztof Jassem, BangxiangBBangxig angg Zhang,Zhangg, JianmingJianming DDaiai WlodzimierzWlodzimierz StaStarkowski,rkowski,, MarMarcincin MaMazurkiewiczzurkiewicz A GOOD SCORE FOR THE 2017 EDITION

MONTECATINI TROMSO OSTEND POZNAN SAN REMO ANTALYA TENERIFE MENTON

2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003

MIXED PAIRS 280 219 215 278 307 266 240 391 OPEN PAIRS 247 223 299 376 303 295 208 360 WOMEN PAIRS 74 49 41 49 92 73 73 97 SENIOR PAIRS 63 44 38 53 74 58 62 101 TOTAL PAIRS 664 535 593 756 776 692 583 949

MIXED TEAMS 114 87 99 90 91 71 70 118 OPEN TEAMS 122 102 121 119 129 104 83 137 WOMEN TEAMS 30 20 24 24 23 20 21 24 SENIOR TEAMS 28 14 22 18 27 19 18 29 TOTAL TEAMS 294 223 266 251 270 214 192 308

Montecatini is the 8th European open championship, whose first edition was played in Menton 1993; Looking carefully at the figures below one can see: Participation in the Pairs is better than in the 2 previous editions, in Tromsø and Ostend but inferior to the others, except Tenerife. However, the figures show a very high attendance for the teams, practically a record only beaten by Menton by a short-head.

A VIEW OF THE BRIDGE The EBL have appointed David Bird, Bill Jacobs, Larry Cohen, Graham Osborne, Mark Horton and Roland Wald to act as BBO commentators. They may be joined from time to time by Jon Cooke and Stephen Kennedy. These are the assignments for today (Women / Seniors Pairs Finals): F-1-1 BBO1 Roland Wald - David Bird F-1-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Mark Horton F-2-1 BBO1 Mark Horton - David Bird F-2-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Larry Cohen

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TOUGH TEAMS FIGHT IT OUT Brent Manley

Open Teams Semifinal pull trumps and claim, giving West a heart trick but Greece vs China Open taking the rest. At the other table the Greeks sitting North-South got too high. Going into their Open Teams semi-final match, Closed Room Greece and China Open both had momentum. West North East South Greece had taken the measure of a star-studded Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos Lavazza team. China Open had dispatched the strong — 1{ Pass 1[ team known as ERA, which included the formidable Pass 2] Pass 3{ Russian partnership of Andrey Gromov and Alexander Pass 3] Pass 3NT Dubinin. All Pass Greece sent the following lineup into the fray: Dai led the ]3, won by the ace in dummy. Roussos Konstantinos Doxiadis, Aris Filios, Konstantinos cashed the {A and played a diamond from hand. Kontomitros, Tassos Koukouselis, Yankos Yang won the {Q and played the [J to dummy’s Papakyriakopoulos and Petros Roussos. China’s ace. East got in with another diamond to his king and squad was Yunlong Chen, Jianming Dai, Jianwei Li, continued spades. The defenders won four spades Lixin Yang, Bangxiang Zhang and Jie Zhao. and two diamonds to earn plus 100 for two down. China took the lead on board one of the first of four That was 5 IMPs to China. sets. They had a bigger gain on the second deal. Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ Q 7 5 2 [ 10 ] J 10 4 ] A K 6 5 { 8 4 3 2 { A J 9 6 4 2 } 7 5 } K 6 [ A K 8 [ J [ K Q 8 6 3 [ J 7 5 ] 7 6 5 3 ] A K Q 8 2 ] Q J 4 3 2 ] 7 { 9 { 6 { — { K Q 8 3 } Q 9 8 4 2 } A K J 10 6 3 } Q 10 3 } J 7 5 4 2 [ 10 9 6 4 3 [ A 9 4 2 ] 9 ] 10 9 8 { A K Q J 10 7 5 { 10 7 5 } — } A 9 8 Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao — — 1}* 1{ — 1{ Pass 1[ Dble Pass 4NT 5{ Pass 2{ Pass Pass Pass Pass 5] All Pass 2] Pass Pass 3{ All Pass 1} Two or more cards in the suit.

Koukouselis led the }4, taken by the ace in dummy. Zhao’s interference had the desired effect on the Chen called for the {10 and ran it. Koukouselis won Greeks’ auction. Most pairs play DOPI (double shows the {Q and played another club. Chen won the king zero key cards, pass shows one) when the opponents and played the {J from hand. East took the {K and interfere over Blackwood. If East-West were using that switched to a spade. Chen won the ace (yes ducking convention, East would have known that West had an twice would have worked well) and played a heart from ace and he would have bid the laydown slam in clubs dummy, West splitting his honors. Chen could then or hearts. Plus 480 was not a satisfying result.

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At the other table: Zhao’s leap to 3NT seemed to stymie his partner, who took a long time before passing and leaving his Closed Room side in an inferior contract. It seems that a call of 4} West North East South or even a raise to 4NT would not have been out of line Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos for North. At any rate, West led a heart and dummy’s — — 1} 1NT* queen held the trick. Zhao lost only a club on his way 2} Pass 3} 4{ to plus 490. The best contract, of course, is 7{. Pass Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6} All Pass At the other table: 1NT [+{ / ]+} Closed Room Yang and Dai brushed the eccentric 1NT overcall West North East South aside and barreled in to the club slam. That was a 10- Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos IMP swing to China. 2] 5} Pass 6} The match was relatively quiet for the next nine All Pass boards as China built a lead of 26-6 with three deals to go. At that point, the Greeks awoke with two big Doxialis left nothing to chance, just bidding what he swings as they scored 25 unanswered IMPs at the end thought (hoped?) he could make. Roussos, in turn, bid of the set. This was the first big swing: what he thought his partner could make – and he was Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. right. Plus 920 was a 12-IMP swing for Greece, who [ 7 did a repeat on the final board of the set. ] Q { A K J 5 Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. } A K 1100 8 7 3 2 [ J 9 8 2 [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3 ] 7 ] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2 { 8 7 { 10 6 { 9 8 3 } A K J 9 5 2 } 9 5 } Q J 6 [ A K Q [ 10 7 6 4 [ A K Q 8 6 ] 10 9 8 4 ] A K 6 3 ] A 10 6 { K Q 6 { J 10 5 3 2 { Q 7 4 2 } Q 10 8 } — } 4 [ 5 3 ] Q J 5 2 Open Room { A 9 4 West North East South } 7 6 4 3 Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao 2] Dble Pass 3NT Open Room All Pass West North East South Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao — — Pass Pass 1}* 2} Dble Pass 3] 4} 4] Dble All Pass

1} Two or more clubs.

Chen led the }A, ruffed in dummy. Kontomitros played a diamond from dummy, Zhao winning the ace. He played a spade next and declarer won the ace then ruffed another club in dummy. He then cashed the ]A and played a diamond to his king. The }Q Konstantinos Kontomitros was covered by North’s king and ruffed with dummy’s TEAM GREECE ]K. A spade to the king was followed by a diamond

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to dummy’s jack. This was the ending: Declarer played a spade to the ace, cashed the [K and tried the queen, but South ruffed, cashed the ]Q [ J 9 and played a club. Soon the defenders were claiming ] — plus 150 for three down. That was another 12-IMP { — swing to the Greeks, who finished the set with a 31- } 9 5 26 lead. [ Q [ 10 7 ] 10 9 8 ] — Second set { — { 10 5 } — } — The second of the four semifinal sets belong to the [ — Chinese, who took an early lead and then held on to ] Q J 5 reach the halfway point up by 18 IMPs. China jumped { — ahead on the first board of the session. } 7 Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. When declarer led the {10 from dummy, Zhao [ 9 7 (South) had no answer. Declarer had eight tricks and ] A Q J 10 3 needed only two more. If Zhao ruffed high, declarer { 5 4 would have two natural heart tricks. In practice, Zhao } A K 4 3 ruffed with the 5 and was overruffed. When declarer [ K J 10 6 [ Q 5 4 3 played the [Q, Zhao could ruff and cash his other high ] K 4 ] 9 2 trump, but declarer would have the rest for plus 590. { Q 10 9 7 6 { A K J 8 3 At the other table, the contract was the same, but it } Q 2 } J 6 wasn’t doubled – and it didn’t make. [ A 8 2 ] 8 7 6 5 Closed Room { 2 West North East South } 10 9 8 7 5 Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos 1}* 2} 3} 4} Open Room 4] All Pass West North East South Papakyriak. J Li Filios Zhang Doxiadis led the }A, ruffed in dummy. Declarer — — — Pass cashed the ]A at trick two, played a diamond to his 1{ 1] 1[ 3] king and played a heart to dummy’s king. All of a Pass 4] 5{ Pass sudden, the contract was looking very shaky. Pass Dble All Pass

Li led the }A and continued with the }K. He could have assured a three-trick set by switching to a spade so that South could put a heart through, but he cashed the ]A and the defenders ended up plus 300 instead of plus 500. It was still a useful swing, however.

Closed Room West North East South Dai Doxialis L. Yang Roussos — — — Pass 1{ 1] Dble 3] Pass Pass Dble Pass 3[ All Pass

The Greeks got two clubs and the major-suit aces Lixin Yang but that was it and East-West had plus 140 to go with TEAM CHINA OPEN plus 300 for a 10-IMP swing.

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Greece hit back on this board:

Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ Q 8 6 4 ] 5 { A K J 3 } 9 6 3 2 [ 9 [ A 3 ] A K Q 9 6 ] J 10 8 7 4 3 { Q 8 7 2 { 10 5 } Q 10 8 } A J 5 [ K J 10 7 5 2 ] 2 { 9 6 4 } K 7 4 Aris Filios Open Room TEAM GREECE West North East South Papakyriak. J Li Filios Zhang minus 500. At the other table, East-West for China — — 1] 1[ were allowed to play in 5], one off for minus 50. 3}* 4{ 4] 4[ That was 11 IMPs to Greece. Dble Pass 5] 5[ The final big swing of the set came on this deal, Dble All Pass which was a virtual duplicate of Board 18, where East- West for Greece went one down in 5] for minus 100 3[ Heart raise with spade shortness while their teammates at the other table were in 5[ doubled, two down for minus 500. East-West were heading for a minus, but Zhang That made the score 29-11 in favour of China after obviously thought he could do better by bidding on. six boards. Only 4 IMPs were scored the rest of the West disagreed and led the ]Q, switching to the }8 way and the set ended at 31-13 for the Chinese. at trick two. Filios won the }A and continued the suit, At the halfway point, China was in front 57-44, but declarer winning the king. A spade to the ace was against a tough team like Greece, 13 IMPs was not a followed by the }J and declarer was two down for safe lead.

DEALING MACHINES AND CARDS

The Duplimates used for the duplication during the championship are sold old but the special price of EUR 1999 will be kept today and tomorrow (Friday) for a new unit. Shipment will be from Sweden afterwards. The cards that has been played in Montecatini are now available. Contact Jannerstens in the Bridge Plaza (tent next to playing area), or drop a line to [email protected] if you are interested in these offers.

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WOLFSON vs KAMINSKI John Carruthers

Senior Teams Final - First Quarter So, declarer won with the ace of hearts and took the ace of diamonds, then played another. Podgur made First Quarter sure of a spade shift by discarding the three of spades, encouraging. Kalish won the second diamond and Both teams had survived close semifinals, WOLFSON shifted to the jack of spades. We can see that if declarer 54-50, by hanging on after a significant halftime lead had ducked two rounds of spades, he’d have made his of 19 IMPs over VAN EIJCK, KAMINSKI 70-67, contract. Masoero hoped that, with West’s discard of after staging a furious comeback against VITO, having a spade, the suit could be blocked. Accordingly, he been down 48-17 at the half. won the shift and played more diamonds. East won and another spade defeated the contract by a trick. The Teams: Closed Room WOLFSON West North East South Jeff Wolfson/Neil Silverman (USA), Woflson Levit Silverman Kaminski Benito Garozzo/Marco Masoero (Italy) — 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3{ KAMINSKI Pass 4{ Pass 4] Amos Kaminski/Yeshayahu Levit Pass 5{ All Pass Leonid Podgur/Avi Kalish, Adrian Schwartz/Shalom Zeligman (Israel) Silverman led a club against five diamonds. Levit won with his king and played the ace and another diamond. Board 1. Dealer North. Neither Vul. East won and shifted to the five of spades to the ace. [ 10 When Kaminski ran the eight of hearts next, and it ] A K 6 5 held, East playing the seven, he had high hopes. He { A J 9 6 4 2 played another diamond to East, who played another } K 6 club, this one to the ace. With no more entries to the [ K Q 8 6 3 [ J 7 5 dummy to take heart finesses, declarer ruffed a spade ] Q J 4 3 2 ] 7 and drew the last trump. He was left with a heart loser { — { K Q 8 3 at the end for minus 50 and a push. } Q 10 3 } J 7 5 4 2 [ A 9 4 2 ] 10 9 8 { 10 7 5 } A 9 8

Open Room West North East South Podgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero — 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3NT All Pass

Had Masoero had second sight, he’d have ducked the two-of-hearts lead and made three notrump in a canter. However, he stood a good chance of establishing diamonds with one loser, and if the heart lost to the jack or queen and a spade came back… Yeshayahu Levit TEAM KAMINSKI

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Board 2. Dealer East. NS Vul. Board 4. Dealer West. Both Vul. [ Q 7 5 2 [ K Q 2 ] J 10 4 ] 6 5 3 { 8 4 3 2 { A 8 5 } 7 5 } J 10 8 4 [ A K 8 [ J [ A 7 4 3 [ J 10 8 ] 7 6 5 3 ] A K Q 8 2 ] K 9 2 ] Q 7 4 { 9 { 6 { Q J 10 2 { 9 7 6 } Q 9 8 4 2 } A K J 10 6 3 } 9 6 } K Q 5 2 [ 10 9 6 4 3 [ 9 6 5 ] 9 ] A J 10 8 { A K Q J 10 7 5 { K 4 3 } — } A 7 3

Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Podgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero Podgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero — — 1} 1{ Pass Pass Pass 1} Dble Pass 2} 2[ Dble 1NT All Pass 4{ 4[ 4NT 5[ Dble Pass 6} Pass Garozzo declared a calm one no-trump, making Pass 6{ Dble All Pass eight tricks for plus 120. At the other table, things were rather more exciting: 4{ Splinter 4NT RKCB Closed Room Dble An odd no. of key cards West North East South Wolfson Levit Silverman Kaminski Garozzo found that rarest of birds, the vulnerable- Pass Pass Pass 1} vs.-not sacrifice. Podgur led three rounds of spades Dble Rdbl 1NT Pass for Kalish to ruff and a heart trick meant three down, Pass Dble All Pass plus 800. It would seem that if North/South can make two Closed Room no-trump, they ought to be able to extract a significant West North East South penalty from one notrump doubled. Nevertheless… Wolfson Levit Silverman Kaminski Kaminski led his middle spade, ducked to Levit’s — — 1} 3{ queen. Levit shifted to the jack of clubs to the queen Dble Pass 4{ Dble and ace. Kaminski reverted to spades; Silverman won Pass Pass 4NT Pass with dummy’s ace and led the queen of diamonds to 5{ Pass 6] All Pass North’s ace. Levit cashed the king of spades and got out with a heart to the ten and king. Silverman took Levit was never made aware of the nature of the thirteenth spade and led a diamond to the nine Kaminski’s hand and so allowed Silverman to ‘escape’ and king. Kaminski completed the debacle by taking with six hearts. Kaminski did not allow the overtrick the ace of hearts for the defence’s sixth and final trick; by underleading his diamonds, instead cashing the ace plus 180 and 7 IMPs to WOLFSON, leading 12-8. for minus 980; 5 IMPs for WOLFSON. Board 5 was a spade partial for East/West, with On Board 3, Silverman mis-sorted his hand, what looked like nine tricks; Wolfson made eight and opening one diamond on a 2=5=3=3. He ended in Podgur ten, for 2 IMPs to KAMINSKI, now behind two diamonds on a 3-3 fit, down two vulnerable when just 2 IMPs, 12-10. eight tricks were available in hearts or notrump. Board 6 was a heart partial for North/South. That gifted 8 IMPs to KAMINSKI, now leading 8-5. Silverman defended passively and beat it a trick while Kalish was active, allowing it to make; 4 IMPs to WOLFSON, ahead 16-10.

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On Board 7, Kaminski led a heart from [965 ]10863 {A98 }632 against two no-trump-pass- three no-trump-all pass, pretty normal. That beat it a trick and won him 6 IMPs when his teammates played a diamond part score for plus 150, the defence allowing two overtricks where one overtrick was normal. That board tied the match at 16-16. WOLFSON won 5 IMPs on Board 8 when more aggressive competition by Silverman/Wolfson pushed Levit/Kaminski too high in three hearts, down two for minus 100. A poor (or unlucky, depending on your point of view) opening lead by Kalish let Garozzo make two hearts for 5 IMPs and a 21-16 lead. The next three boards were routine: a four-heart game making with three notrump available as well; three notrump down two at both tables and an overtrick IMP to KAMINSKI, behind 21-17.

Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ 7 ] Q Franco Masoero { A K J 5 TEAM WOLFSON } A K 1100 8 7 3 2 [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3 ] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2 Podgur/Kalish made life difficult, if not impossible, { 10 6 { 9 8 3 for Garozzo/Masoero. Plus 1370. } 9 5 } Q J 6 [ A K Q 8 6 Closed Room ] A 10 6 West North East South { Q 7 4 2 Wolfson Levit Silverman Kaminski } 4 Pass 7{ All Pass

Open Room BBO had Levit opening seven diamonds. One West North East South doubts that really happened but we will provide more Podgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero details tomorrow. In any case, the Podgur/Kalish 2] Dble 3] 4] interference and Polish Two-Bid had won them 13 Pass 6} All Pass IMPs to take the lead 30-21. Board 13 was an IMP to KAMINSKI for declaring 2] Hearts and any other suit, weak four hearts (ten tricks) rather than three no trump (nine tricks). KAMINSKI led 31-21. N´ T MISS IT! DON´T MISS IT! DON´T MISS IT! DO

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Board 14. Dealer East. Neither Vul. [ J 9 8 2 ] 7 { 8 7 } A K J 9 5 2 [ A K Q [ 10 7 6 4 ] 10 9 8 4 ] A K 6 3 { K Q 6 { J 10 5 3 2 } Q 10 8 } — [ 5 3 ] Q J 5 2 { A 9 4 } 7 6 4 3

Open Room West North East South Podgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero — — Pass Pass 1} Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3] Pass Amos Kaminski 4] All Pass TEAM KAMINSKI big trouble now. He ruffed the club with his remaining 1} Precision low trump and led another diamond. Masoero ducked 2[ 5+ diamonds, 8+ HCP again, but won the third diamond to lead another club, 2NT 16-18 HCP forcing Kalish to ruff with the king of hearts. Kalish played a good diamond through Masoero, but South With nothing to guide him, Masoero led a spade. was able to discard his second spade on that, denying Kalish won in dummy, led a trump to hand and a declarer entry to the dummy. South was thus able to diamond up. Masoero ducked, so Kalish won and score his remaining low trump as well as the good with, equally, no clue from the bidding, led another queen of hearts for one down, minus 50. heart. When Garozzo showed out, declarer ducked the heart to South, who shifted to a club. Kalish was in Closed Room West North East South Wolfson Levit Silverman Kaminski — — Pass Pass 1NT Dble* 2}* Dble 2] Pass 4] All Pass

Dble Major/minor 2-suiter 2} Stayman Dble Pass or correct

Levit started with the ace of clubs. Wolfson ruffed it in the dummy and cashed one high heart. He then played on diamonds, Kaminski winning the third round. Kaminski could see that a club now would only help declarer, so he exited with a spade. Wolfson won in hand and ruffed a club. He cashed the other high heart and played a diamond. South could ruff or not, but declarer’s third club would go away. It was plus 420 for Wolfson and 10 IMPs to WOLFSON. Neil Silverman The match was tied, 31-31 after one quarter. It had TEAM WOLFSON been exciting stuff.

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WOLFSON vs KAMINSKI John Carruthers

Senior Teams Final - Second Quarter

Schwartz and Zeligman came in to replace Levit/ Kaminski. With the match tied at 31-31 …

Board 15 was a routine game bid at both tables, but down in top tricks, a push at minus 50. Board 16 was a two-diamond partial at both tables, makeable with a good view, but down one by Podgur and down two by Wolfson after calling for a wrong card from dummy. That 3 IMPs put KAMINSKI into the lead 34-31. On Board 17, KAMINSKI declared hearts at both tables. Fortunately, the contracts were only two hearts, making, for plus 110, and one heart, down three, for minus 150, to lose only 1 IMP. KAMINSKI 34-32.

There was a bit more meat on the next deal …

Board 18. Dealer East. NS Vul. Leonid Podgur [ Q 8 6 4 TEAM KAMINSKI ] 5 Closed Room { A K J 3 West North East South } 9 6 3 2 Wolfson Schwartz Silverman Zeligman [ 9 [ A 3 — — 1] 2[ ] A K Q 9 6 ] J 10 8 7 4 3 3[ 4[ Dble Pass { Q 8 7 2 { 10 5 5] All Pass } Q 10 8 } A J 5 [ K J 10 7 5 2 Silverman was closer to the mark with his one-heart ] 2 opening but and so was Schwartz with his raise to { 9 6 4 game. However, when the club finesse rather unluckily } K 7 4 lost on the bidding, Silverman was one off for minus 50. He was thrilled to learn in the comparison that that Open Room result had won him 3 IMPs. That gave WOLFSON the West North East South lead, 35-34. Kalish Garozzo Podgur Masoero Board 19 was a part score push and Board 20 was — — 2{ 2[ an overtrick IMP to Silverman on less-than-optimal All Pass defence against four hearts; the match was tied once again, this time at 35-35. The not-so-mysterious Multi reared its ugly head On Board 21, Garozzo/Masoero bid to a very for Kalish/Podgur, who believed the East hand to be good vulnerable four hearts down on poor breaks, a weak two, then declined a pass-or-correct double minus 100, and a loss of 7 IMPs when Schwartz/ of two spades when cold for four hearts. However, Zeligman missed the game and were allowed to make the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question is, “How did an overtrick for plus 170. Garozzo resist the temptation to raise spades?” There That opened up a 42-35 lead for KAMINSKI. was never going to be any further bidding by East. In any case, the play record states that he did, and []{} Masoero took nine tricks for plus 140, leading us to believe the record, as we cannot always do.

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This was the next deal: Closed Room West North East South Board 22. Dealer East. EW Vul. Wolfson Schwartz Silverman Zeligman [ A J 8 7 — — Pass 1{ ] A J 10 3 Pass 1] Pass 2NT { Q 6 3 Pass 3} Pass 3NT } 6 3 All Pass [ K 10 5 4 [ 3 2 ] 7 2 ] 9 8 5 4 No alert of three clubs was indicated on the play { A 9 { 8 7 5 4 record. Zeligman was having none of it anyway, } Q 8 7 5 2 } 10 9 4 refusing even to prefer hearts, whatever three clubs [ Q 9 6 meant. On a club lead he made 12 tricks for plus 490 ] K Q 6 and a surprise 11-IMP win. KAMINSKI was out in { K J 10 2 front by 18 now, 53-35. } A K J Board 23 was a part score undertrick battle, won by WOLFSON, plus 200 to plus 100 and 3 IMPs. They Open Room won another IMP on Board 24 with an overtrick in West North East South three notrump. 53-39. Kalish Garozzo Podgur Masoero On Board 25, the red-against-white West players, — — Pass 1{ Wolfson and Kalish, held [9873 ]965 {62 Pass 1] Pass 2NT }10743. They saw LHO open one diamond, partner Pass 3}* Pass 3]* bid one notrump and RHO double. Would you start a Pass 3[ Pass 4} rescue operation? Wolfson did, running to two clubs, Pass 4{ Pass 4[ and sat out the double there to go for minus 800. Pass 5NT* Pass 7]* Kalish did not run and Podgur misguessed the play to Pass 7NT Pass Pass lose an extra undertrick, going for 1100 to close the Double All Pass gap in the match to 53-46.

3} Checkback 3] 3-card heart support 5NT Pick a slam (North) or Josephine in hearts (South)

Garozzo/Masoero were perhaps about to make up for the ill luck served them on the previous deal when they had a misunderstanding about the meaning of five notrump. Slam is makeable in four denominations, but is not good in any of them. If Kalish had led a heart against, say, six notrump, that would have alerted Masoero to the nature of his hand and might well have resulted in declarer making the contract, either on two spade finesses or one spade finesse and a black-suit squeeze. Ironically, the slam likeliest to make was six spades, since it needed the lie of the cards that actually existed, whereas the other three slams all had losing options available to declarer. Kalish was on firmer ground doubling seven notrump that he’d have been defending seven hearts without the lead and rubbed salt into the wound with a double. He led the ace of diamonds and was squeezed in the black suits to hold the North/South loss to minus 100. Benito Garozzo TEAM WOLFSON

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Board 26. Dealer East. Both Vul. Closed Room [ J 9 3 West North East South ] K 10 6 2 Wolfson Schwartz Silverman Zeligman { K Q — — Pass Pass } Q 9 8 2 1} Pass 1{ Pass [ A Q 4 2 [ K 10 3] Pass 5{ All Pass ] J ] A 9 { A J 10 3 { 9 8 7 6 5 3] Splinter } A K 5 4 } J 7 6 3 [ 8 7 6 5 Silverman won the club-ten lead with the ace inn ] Q 8 7 5 4 3 dummy and made it look easy by cashing the ace off { 4 2 diamonds. He lost a trick in each minor for plus 6000 } 10 and plus 12 IMPs, to take a 5 IMP lead. On Board 27, East/West were cold for five clubs fromm Open Room East and six clubs from West. Schwartz, with two acess West North East South and a king behind declarer and having bid to his ownn Kalish Garozzo Podgur Masoero cold four-spade game, doubled 5} and Wolfson madee — — Pass Pass the overtrick for plus 650. At the other table, Kalish// 1}* Pass 2{* Pass Podgur also got to five clubs, but Masoero took thee 3{ Pass 3NT Pass one-down five-spade save. He received a small bonus 4} Pass 4] Pass for his perspicacity when no one doubled. Minus 50 4[ Pass 5{ All Pass and plus 650 meant 12 IMPs to WOLFSON, vaulting back into the lead 58-53. That lead did not outlast the 1} Precision next deal. 2{ 5+ diamonds, 8+ HCP Board 28 was a six-spade slam with one outside loser and a trump suit of [A97542 opposite [KJ6. The play in five diamonds offered options. Masoero Kalish/Podgur bid the slam, Wolfson/Silverman did led the ten of clubs. Podgur won, came to the ace not. The queen-ten were doubleton in front of the of hearts and took a diamond finesse. Garozzo won KJ6, so both declarers made all the tricks when neither and played a heart, ruffed in dummy. This was fine South player cashed the defence’s winner at trick one. defence: it made it look to Podgur as if Garozzo was Both had to lead a club from }K9832 to do so. trying to protect his partner’s king-third of diamonds. That meant 11 IMPs to KAMINSKI. Still not knowing the club layout (South could have had ten-nine to some combination), Podgur crossed to At the halfway point in the match, the score was the king of spades and took another diamond finesse. KAMINSKI 64 – WOLFSON 58. There was no recovery from that play and he was one off for minus 100.

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E LUCEVAN LE STELLE Mark Horton

"E lucevan le stelle" ("And the stars were shining") is a ruffed a club (South pitching a diamond) and cashed the romantic aria from the third act of Giacomo Puccini's ace of hearts. Now declarer could play with open cards. opera Tosca, It is sung by Mario Cavaradossi, a She cashed two more diamonds, ruffed a club and exited painter in love with the singer Tosca, while he waits with a spade. North won and returned a spade but when for his execution on the roof of Castel Sant'Angelo. South ruffed with the nine of hearts declarer underruffed The aria is introduced by a sombre clarinet solo. with dummy's five to leave South endplayed. Yes the fall The initial sequence of the melody (heard in outline of the ]10 meant the ]75 were equal against ]84 but earlier in the act, as the sky lightens and the gaoler this was more elegant! prepares for the execution) is repeated and also Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. restated in forte in the closing bars of the opera, as [ J 9 4 Tosca jumps from the ramparts. ] 8 On these three deals from Tuesday's play the { A 10 9 7 5 declarer's plays were shining as brightly as the stars: } Q 9 8 4 I'll start with a couple of deals from the Pairs: [ Q 6 5 [ 10 8 3 2 Board 21. Dealer North. NS Vul. ] Q 7 ] K J 9 6 5 2 [ A K J 6 4 { K J 8 6 { Q ] 10 } A 6 5 3 } J 7 { 8 [ A K 7 } A Q 9 7 6 4 ] A 10 4 3 [ 7 [ Q 9 5 3 2 { 4 3 2 ] K 7 5 2 ] A Q J 6 } K 10 2 { A K Q J { 9 6 3 West North East South } J 10 8 3 } 2 — — Pass 1} [ 10 8 Pass 1[ Pass 1NT ] 9 8 4 3 Pass Pass 2] Dble { 10 7 5 4 2 All Pass } K 5 South led the ace of spades and when North followed West North East South with the four declarer deduced that the response of Poplilov Zmuda Smederevac Dufrat 1[ might have been made on a three-card suit. When — 1[ Pass Pass South switched to the two of clubs declarer won with Dble 2} 2] Pass dummy's ace and played a diamond, North going up 3] Pass 4] All Pass with the ace, cashing the queen of clubs and playing South led the king of clubs and continued the suit, a third round of the suit. Declarer ruffed and now had declarer ruffing the second round. Secure in the to decide how to tackle the trump suit. With fingers knowledge that North must have at least five spades crossed he advanced the nine of hearts and North's and six clubs declarer played a diamond to dummy, eight was the card he was hoping to see.

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Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. East led the six of clubs for the jack, king and ace [ A and declarer continued with the two of hearts for ] A 6 4 2 the eight, ten and king. He won the club return with { Q J 10 dummy's queen, played a spade to the ace, pitched } A 10 7 5 4 a spade on the ten of clubs, ruffed a club and played [ Q 4 [ K 9 7 6 5 2 the seven of hearts. West covered with the nine and ] K Q 9 3 ] 8 declarer won and ruffed his winning club with the { K 7 2 { 6 5 4 3 jack of hearts. West overruffed and exited with his } K 9 8 2 } 6 3 remaining trump, but declarer could win and lost [ J 10 8 3 only one more trick to the king of diamonds, +620. ] J 10 7 5 { A 9 8 In the other room declarer mistimed the play to } Q J finish one down, handing Greece 12 IMPs.

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BATTLE ON THE SUMMIT David Bird

Open Teams Final - Segment 1 Board 3 Dealer South E/W Vul. Greece vs Higlanders [ K 9 8 7 6 3 ] 4 The final of the ‘main event’, the Open Teams, was { Q 10 8 2 to be fought between representatives of Greece and } A 5 Norway. How they managed to survive until this stage, [ 10 5 [ 4 with so many world champions standing in their way, ] A K 10 9 ] Q 6 3 2 only they can know. Well played, indeed! { 6 { A K J 9 5 4 The action started straight away: } Q J 10 7 6 2 } 8 4 [ A Q J 2 Board 1 Dealer North Neither Vul. ] J 8 7 5 [ Q 4 3 { 7 3 ] Q J 4 2 } K 9 3 { Q 3 } A Q 4 2 Open Room [ A K J 10 7 5 2 [ 9 West North East South ] 9 3 ] 10 8 7 6 5 Sa.Hoyland Koukouselis Sv.Hoyland Kontomitros { 9 { J 10 8 2 1NT } 10 8 7 } J 9 6 Pass 4{ Dble 4[ [ 8 6 Dble All Pass ] A K { A K 7 6 5 4 South’s opening bid showed 10-12 points and } K 5 3 North’s transfer to the spade game may have been bid as a two-way shot. It was certainly very ambitious Open Room if 10 tricks in spades was the sole target. East doubled West North East South the transfer bid and South bid 4[. What should West Sa.Hoyland Koukouselis Sv.Hoyland Kontomitros do now? 1NT Pass Sam-Inge Hoyland expected his ]AK to score and 2[ * 3[ Pass Pass if partner held the {A a diamond ruff might defeat the 5{ All Pass contract. It wouldn’t be right to double just because you held 10 points but it was a reasonable gamble on that Konstantinos Kontomitros showed his diamonds with particular West hand. He led the ]K and switched a transfer bid. It did not promise a good hand, so North to the {6. Partner won with the {9 but declarer had no cause to rebid 3NT. In any case, if South was was able to ruff the third round of diamonds high and strong and just needed a spade stopper, he would be claim the balance. What an unbelievable hand North able to double at his second turn. Kontomitros had a had found across the table: four splendid trumps, only great hand and liked his chances in the diamond game. two diamonds and the }K instead of the ]K! Sam-Inge Hoyland (East/West are brothers) led the [K, asking for a count signal. When this drew the 9 Closed Room and 6, it was unclear who had the remaining spade. West North East South Since South held that card and East had a natural Roussos H.Eide Doxiadis L.Eide trump trick, a continuation of the [A would have 1} 2} beaten the contract. West switched to the }10 and 2[ Dble 3[ Pass declarer was then able to draw trumps and ditch his 4[ All Pass spade loser on the hearts. +400. There is no bidding record from the Closed Room It was an altogether gentler auction. Lars Edie but North made an overtrick in his contract of 4NT opened 1} and his son, Harald, introduced the spade for a 2-IMP swing. It was an opportunity missed by suit. The spade game was reached, not doubled on the Highlanders. this occasion, and that was 5 IMPs to Greece.

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Board 6 produced a defensive tester for the West player:

Board 6 Dealer East E/W Vul. [ J 7 4 ] Q 7 3 { A K } K Q 1100 4 3 [ 3 [ K Q 9 8 2 ] J 9 8 6 4 ] A 10 5 { Q 8 4 { 9 6 } A J 8 7 } 9 5 2 [ A 10 6 5 ] K 2 { J 10 7 5 3 2 } 6

Open Room Harald Eide West North East South TEAM HIGHLANDERS Sa.Hoyland Koukouselis Sv.Hoyland Kontomitros The {10 was played to the queen and the key point Pass Pass of the deal had been reached. West was down to ]J98 Pass 1} 1[ 1NT }AJ87 and could beat the contract only by cashing Pass 2NT Pass 3{ the }A before returning a heart to declarer’s bare Pass 3NT All Pass king. East had not opened a weak 2[, so declarer was likely to hold four spades and six diamonds. If South’s 3{ implied that North would have to he had begun with two hearts and one club, cashing hold some assistance in diamonds for 3NT to be a the }A would be right. If instead he had started with worthwhile shot. North had the most useful doubleton three hearts and no clubs, it seemed that he would possible but little by way of quick tricks outside. He have the contract anyway (five diamonds, two hearts put his partner into 3NT and the [3 was led, East and two spades). judging to contribute the [8. Kontromitros won and West chose to return the ]8 to the king and unblocked dummy’s diamond honors. When he then declarer cashed three diamond winners. West was then called for the ]3, Sven-Olai Hoyland rose with the ] endplayed with a club to give a trick not only to dummy’s A and returned the [K, declarer taking the ace. stranded ]Q but the accompanying }K. Kontomitros inserted a satisfying +430 on his score-card.

Closed Room West North East South Roussos H.Eide Doxiadis L.Eide Pass Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 3NT All Pass

East led the [K, which was ducked. If he plays another spade now, it has to be the queen to beat the contract. His actual continuation of the [9 ran to the jack. Declarer unblocked the diamonds and finessed the [10. After a few rounds of diamonds, he led the ]K and made an overtrick for no swing. Tassos Koukouselis Our next board provided the biggest swing of the TEAM GREECE session:

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Board 7 Dealer South Both Vul. hurdle. A heart lead would have allowed the game to [ Q 10 3 be made. If West wins with the ]A and switches to ] K J 6 ace and another club, declarer can simply finesse the { 10 6 ]J for his ninth trick. If instead West ducks the first } K 7 6 5 2 heart, declarer can reach nine tricks by setting up a [ 9 8 7 4 [ A J 5 spade trick before a club. ] A Q 10 7 4 ] 3 2 Back at the table, West won the first trick with the { 8 7 { 9 4 3 }A and returned the }4, ducked to East’s }8. It was } A 4 } J 10 9 8 3 essential then for East to set up the defenders’ fifth [ K 6 2 trick by returning the }10, even though this would ] 9 8 5 allow to declarer to establish an extra club trick for { A K Q J 5 2 himself. East chose to switch to the [J and the game } Q was made. At the other table, after the same bidding, Open Room Konstantinos Doxiadis made no mistake. The first two West North East South tricks were the same, but East then persisted with the Sa.Hoyland Koukouselis Sv.Hoyland Kontomitros }10 for one down. That was 12 IMPs to Greece. 1{I have inspected the remainder of this session with 1] 1NT Pass 3NT my finest magnifying glass and could find no further All Pass board that would justify your time in reading about it. Greece took the remaining seven boards by 5 IMPs to East faced an immediate problem: should he lead his 2 and led 23-4 with three sets of 14 boards still to be suit or partner’s? With the [A as a certain entry in his played. hand, he chose the }J. Right, he was over the first

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LA PAGINA ITALIANA Francesca Canali

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Steve Hamaoui ha partecipato al torneo a squadre Board-a-Match, una formula ancora poco diffusa da noi. In una delle smazzate del torneo, l'istruttore di Milano aveva:

Dichiarante Sud, tutti in prima [ J 8 x x ] J 10 x { — } Q 10 x x x x

La licita si è sviluppata così: Steve Hamaoui Ovest Nord Est Sud Steve Non volendo che gli avversari si scambiassero 1{informazioni, Steve è saltato a 5}! Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Contro 2SA ? La manche è stata contrata, per il punteggio finale di -300 per il rappresentante di "il Bridge - Milano" 2SA chiede lunghezza a picche a Montecatini. Un risultato che è fruttato il board, perché in questa smazzata Nord/Sud possono fare Cosa avreste dichiarato nei panni di Steve? 5{.

 
 
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1 MAHMOODA OO Zia MECKSTROTHC S O Jeffff USASAA - USASAA 60 60.6060 755 WADEMARKA A OlleOll ORNERDALO A Niclasl SWES - SWES 52.2852 28 2 VAN LANKVELD Joris VAN DEN BOS Berend NED - NED 60.04 76 STAMATOV Jerry DANAILOV Diyan BUL - BUL 52.27 3 ALLERTON Jeffrey JAGGER Chris ENG - ENG 59.86 77 CHUMAK Yuliy ROVYSHYN Oleg UKR - UKR 52.21 4 NAWROCKI Piotr WIANKOWSKI Piotr POL - POL 59.77 78 DRAGANOV Zhivko DONEV Grozio BUL - BUL 52.15 5 HELGEMO Geir HELNESS Tor MON - MON 58.72 79 JOHANSEN Lars Arthur GRUDE Tor Eivind NOR - NOR 52.12 6 BYRNE Michael DYKE Kieran ENG - AUS 58.17 80 STOKKVIK Dag-Jorgen SIVERTSEN Are NOR - NOR 52.09 7 VERBEEK Tim BILDE Dennis NED - DEN 57.38 81 MARTENS Krzysztof FILIPOWICZ Dominik MON - POL 52.09 8 VANDERVORST Mike BAHBOUT Sam BEL - BEL 57.17 82 MIHOV Vladimir KARAKOLEV Georgi BUL - BUL 52.05 9 LOUCHART Pierre-Jean CRESTEY Gilles FRA - FRA 56.82 83 IVANOV Ivan IVANOV Antoni BUL - BUL 52.05 10 BOMPIS Marc VINCIGUERRA Herve FRA - FRA 56.41 84 SHUSTER Michael DINKIN Sam USA - USA 52.05 11 VOLHEJN Vit MACURA Milan CZE - CZE 56.22 85 PROKHOROV Dmitri VOROBEI Pavel RUS - RUS 52.05 12 KOLATA Suleyman KANDEMIR Ismail TUR - TUR 56.18 86 LUCCHESI Giovanni FERRO Giuseppe ITA - ITA 52.04 13 MIHAI Geta MIHAI Radu ROM - ROM 55.72 87 LUIS Carlos TEIXEIRA Miguel POR - POR 52.02 14 PEREIRA Paulo G PALMA Antonio POR - POR 55.71 88 HANLON Tom CARROLL John IRL - IRL 51.98 15 GROMOV Andrey ORLOV Sergey RUS - RUS 55.37 89 SERPOI Gheorghe STIRBU Calin ROM - ROM 51.86 16 RYSKIN Alexander RYSKINA Natalia RUS - RUS 55.35 90 MICHAUD-L. Xavier DE MENDEZ Thierry MON - SUI 51.83 17 SUZER Ugurcan USLUPEHLIVAN Sarper TUR - TUR 55.14 91 BOWLES Andy MOHANDES Shireen ENG - ENG 51.71 18 JOHNSEN Sverre STOKKELAND Lsmund NOR - NOR 55.10 92 RASMUSSEN Arild FYRUN Kjell Gaute NOR - NOR 51.69 19 HAMPSON Geoff TCHAMITCH Haig USA - LIB 54.76 93 PIGEAUD Fabienne RENOUARD J.-Claude FRA - FRA 51.67 20 VANCHEV Angel ZAHARIEV Zahari BUL - BUL 54.68 94 HOFTANISKA Thor Erik HELNESS Fredrik NOR - NOR 51.62 21 MALINOWSKI Artur BAKHSHI David ENG - ENG 54.64 95 IMAMOGLU Levent GUNDOGDU M. Guney TUR - TUR 51.56 22 VOLL Roar KINDSBEKKEN Asbjorn NOR - NOR 54.62 96 WINKEL Marcel VAN HOOIJDONK M. NED - NED 51.49 23 HYDES Alexander MOSSOP David ENG - ENG 54.57 97 ROSCIANO Maurizio BERNABEI Giusy ITA - ITA 51.48 24 NORGAARD Tom PEDERSEN Jan DEN - DEN 54.52 98 DESMOULINS J. Pierre COUNIL Jean-Louis FRA - FRA 51.31 25 IONITA Marius STEGAROIU Marina ROM - ROM 54.51 99 ZUBAN Vitaly LUKKE YURY UKR - UKR 51.31 26 VERSACE Alfredo TOKAY Mustafa Cem ITA - TUR 54.51 100 HINDEN Frances OSBORNE Graham ENG - ENG 51.29 27 KVANGRAVEN N Kare TUNDAL Ulf Haakon NOR - NOR 54.50 101 SVENDSEN Jan Petter AASENG Lasse NOR - NOR 51.29 28 BESSIS Thomas LORENZINI Cedric FRA - FRA 54.49 102 COKGOR Tamer KAYA Erdogan TUR - TUR 51.27 29 FREDIN Peter BERTHEAU Peter SWE - SWE 54.46 103 GRINBERG Nir COVALIU Sergiu ISR - ISR 51.22 30 KOLESNIK Alex SCARAMUZZI Roberto USA - USA 54.37 104 URMAN Lior TOLEDANO Oren ISR - ISR 51.20 31 VULCAN Bogdan TEODORESCU Cornel ROM - ROM 54.34 105 PRESTI Matteo ZANASI Gabriele ITA - ITA 51.20 32 STRZEMECKI Wojciech ZAWADA Przemyslaw POL - POL 54.32 106 JONES Edward PASKE Thomas ENG - ENG 51.17 33 KOVALCHUK Rodion KOLYADENKO Sergey UKR - UKR 54.18 107 MUKHERJEE Sumit MAJUMDER Debabrata IND - IND 51.15 34 SILVERSTEIN Aaron ROSENTHAL Andrew USA - USA 54.17 108 SAELENSMINDE Erik GILLIS Simon NOR - ENG 51.15 35 COLDEA Ionut MARINA Bogdan ROM - ROM 53.94 109 BORISOV Borislav BOSEV STOYCHO BUL - BUL 51.14 36 ROHOWSKY Roland GRUENKE Paul GER - GER 53.89 110 CHORNY Mikhail MEDVEDEV Oleg ISR - ISR 51.12 37 BARANTIEV Nikola RALEV Georgi BUL - BUL 53.87 111 DRAGAN Volodymyr PORKHUN Volodymyr UKR - UKR 51.10 38 TOWNSEND Tom PADON Dror ENG - ISR 53.87 112 HOOGENKAMP Ed HELLE Rob NED - NED 51.07 39 TEMBOURET Romain LHUISSIER Nicolas FRA - FRA 53.71 113 KNOB Markus WANHA Clemens AUT - AUT 51.07 40 TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav RON Jacob NZL - DEN 53.71 114 VAINIKONIS Vytautas OLANSKI Wojtek LTU - LTU 50.99 41 HOMONNAY Geza WINKLER Gabor HUN - HUN 53.63 115 KUBAC Nezih ZORLU Nafiz TUR - TUR 50.92 42 EZION Amir ZAMIR Ami ISR - ISR 53.62 116 PIEDRA Fernando IGLA Bartlomiej SUI - SUI 50.82 43 ROMANOVSKA Maija JANSONS Ugis LAT - LAT 53.58 117 LAKATOS Peter BIRMAN Alon HUN - ISR 50.72 44 ANKLESARIA Keyzad KHANDELWAL Rajeev IND - IND 53.54 118 BRANDSNES Finn RYNNING Erik NOR - NOR 50.65 45 NANEV Ivan STEFANOV Julian BUL - BUL 53.54 119 PESSOA Sofia PAZ Nuno POR - POR 50.64 46 JELENIEWSKI Marek MARKS Rafal POL - POL 53.49 120 SEREK Cezary WOZNIAK Marcin POL - POL 50.63 47 JANSMA Jan BERKOWITZ David NED - USA 53.44 121 STRETZ Francois MORAWSKI Dariusz FRA - FRA 50.61 48 MULTON Franck ZIMMERMANN Pierre MON - MON 53.42 122 VESTERLUND Andreas BRAENDVANG Morten NOR - NOR 50.55 49 HONYEK Andras SZENTANDRASI G HUN - HUN 53.35 123 SIELICKI Tomasz TUCZYNSKI Piotr POL - POL 50.52 50 RUBINS Karlis LORENCS Martins LAT - LAT 53.33 124 VELICHKOV Veselin VELICHKOV Ivan BUL - BUL 50.52 51 BAREKET Ilan LENGY Assaf ISR - ISR 53.26 125 MORITSCH Massimo BORTOLETTI Carlo ITA - ITA 50.44 52 FELMY Matthias EGGELING Marie GER - GER 53.15 126 NARKIEWICZ Grzegorz INGIELEWICZ Zdzislaw POL - POL 50.44 53 BIZON Piotr KOWALSKI Dariusz POL - POL 53.13 127 ZORIC Vedran STANICIC Ognjen CRO - CRO 50.41 54 FASTING Espen C. DRANGSHOLT Stig NOR - NOR 53.11 128 KUCHARSKI Piotr KLIS Maciej POL - POL 50.39 55 LEWIS Marshall WILDAVSKY Adam CRO - USA 53.09 129 ARONOV Victor DAMIANOVA Diana BUL - BUL 50.33 56 BALDI Matteo MURGIA Francesco ITA - ITA 53.09 130 CAPPELLINI Paolo PAONE Alessandro ITA - ITA 50.23 57 ROMBAUT Jerome COMBESCURE Francois FRA - FRA 53.02 131 IAVICOLI Federico DELLE CAVE Giuseppe ITA - ITA 50.19 58 DINC Sedat UNAL Serkan TUR - TUR 53.02 132 DABROWSKI Maciej PAWLAK Andrzej POL - POL 50.19 59 SZABO Csaba HODOSI Peter HUN - HUN 52.96 133 GERASIMOV Alexej RAPOPORT Vadim RUS - RUS 49.94 60 ELLINGSEN Kristian SYRRIST Andre NOR - NOR 52.94 134 MARRO Christophe AUDIBERT William FRA - FRA 49.92 61 CONTI Fabrizio VILLANI Claudio ITA - ITA 52.92 135 STOLINSKI Robert KRASNICKI Mariusz POL - POL 49.91 62 BOREVKOVIC Goran MARINOVSKI Kiril CRO - CRO 52.89 136 GOLD David CASTNER Kevin ENG - GER 49.86 63 VAN MIDDELEM Guy DEBUS Eric BEL - BEL 52.88 137 FAILLA Giuseppe DE MICHELIS Luca ITA - ITA 49.77 64 KHAZANOV Igor LEBEDEVA Maria RUS - RUS 52.84 138 LUCENO Salvatore PACI Vincenzo ITA - ITA 49.71 65 NAB Bart DRIJVER Bob NED - NED 52.83 139 ROBERT Quentin FRANCESCHETTI P. FRA - FRA 49.62 66 DONCIU Sabin-Horia COTESCU D Bogdan ROM - ROM 52.81 140 CHMURSKI Bartosz CHALUPEC Igor POL - POL 49.59 67 CORNELL Michael BACH Ashley NZL - NZL 52.78 141 BRUNET Frederic ANCESSY Arnaud FRA - FRA 49.55 68 SARMENTO Paulo BARBOSA Joao POR - POR 52.67 142 HUGONY Fabrizio VINCI Francesco Saverio ITA - ITA 49.47 69 GRIGORIU Mihai PIROI Andrei ROM - ROM 52.54 143 EKINCI Orhan KAHYAOGLOU Yusuf TUR - TUR 49.44 70 ROBSON Andrew ALLFREY Alexander ENG - ENG 52.46 144 SIMONSEN S. Fredrik BAKKE Christian NOR - NOR 49.31 71 ZHMAK Maksim CURLIN Igor CZE - SER 52.44 145 BENNETT Roy SMITH Harry SCO - SCO 49.12 72 SANDQVIST Nicklas GROSSET Christophe ENG - FRA 52.43 146 DI FRANCO Max GUTIIERREZ-H. Myriam ITA - ESP 49.05 73 BERSET Ole LIE Terje NOR - NOR 52.41 147 ZADIK Erez SHEFFY Ron ISR - ISR 49.01 74 MAAT Roeland DE MEER Mark NED - NED 52.38 148 BRENNER Diego ANIDJAR Nina BRA - ESP 49.00

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149 WILLENKEN Chris BERKOWITZ Dana USA - USA 48.955 199 SENK Matija RUS Gregor SLO - SLO 46.53 150 ELIASSEN Erik ANFINSEN Espen NOR - NOR 48.911 200 JOHANSSON Anders HAUGE Tor Anders SWE - NOR 46.47 151 ROLL Yossi LEVIN Amir ISR - ISR 48.900 201 GOZUBUYUKOGLU P. VALTISIARIS Dennis TUR - ENG 46.45 152 ROSENTHAL Lee GREEN Marcia ISR - ENG 48.855 202 ENGEBRETSEN Geir HILDREMYR Terje NOR - NOR 46.45 153 NEGOESCU Anton FLORIN Filip ROM - ROM 48.822 203 PUGLIA Alessandro ZAMPINI Fabio ITA - ITA 46.35 154 SCHOLLAARDT M. VAN OVERBEEKE Tom NED - NED 48.766 204 COLOTTO Giuseppe POCHINI Claudio ITA - ITA 46.15 155 ZACK Yaniv COHEN Ilan ISR - ISR 48.733 205 BACH Peer LICHTNECKER Setsuko NZL - NZL 46.12 156 NILSSON Ulf STREET Paul SWE - USA 48.722 206 BROCCOLI Franco GIANNINI Silvia ITA - ITA 46.06 157 PRATESI Andrea BONINSEGNA Paolo ITA - ITA 48.688 207 BARRETT Geoffrey S J. LOMBARDINI Donna USA - USA 46.01 158 POPOV Borislav SKORCHEV Stefan BUL - BUL 48.644 208 HANSEN Reidun M. MOE Haavard NOR - NOR 45.98 159 VITALE Riccardo GRILLO Alberto ITA - ITA 48.611 209 KLOET Jos ARENDSE Wim NED - NED 45.76 160 SPRINKHUIZEN Thibo MENDES DE LEON Guy NED - NED 48.511 210 HARRIS Jonathan ROOT STEVEN ENG - ENG 45.67 161 DOBROIU Constantin DIMA Ionut Claudiu ROM - ROM 48.500 211 HAUGE Rune MCINTOSH Daniel NOR - ENG 45.39 162 DESSAIN Tom KABAN Tugrul ENG - ENG 48.422 212 KONIG Siegfried MILL Justin AUS - AUS 45.33 163 STERKIN Alexei MATUSHKO Georgi RUS - RUS 48.411 213 CARACCI Marcelo CUEVAS Loreto CHI - CHI 45.32 164 ADAD Pierre MATEOS-RUIZ Franck FRA - FRA 48.344 214 OLSEN Jan Arild PEDERSEN Per Elvin NOR - NOR 44.97 165 GOTARD Barbara GOTARD Tomasz GER - GER 48.288 215 GERARDI Angelo GRANA Marco Antonio ITA - ITA 44.92 166 KISELEV Andrey IVANOV Anatoly RUS - RUS 48.277 216 ZUR-CAMPANILE Migry McALLISTER John G. USA - USA 44.87 167 GADDI Camillo ROSSI Carlo SMR - ITA 48.211 217 CHIPAIL Gheorghe CONSTANTINESCU R. ROM - ROM 44.86 168 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 48.177 218 SALMAN Yusuf SALMAN Yalcin TUR - TUR 44.81 169 DOBRIN Florin BACALU Iancu ROM - ROM 48.100 219 GIANNESSI Sergio BARTOLINI Tiziano ITA - ITA 44.49 170 FRANCHI Arrigo PERCARIO Giacomo ITA - ITA 48.000 220 DENIZCI Volkan CMIEL Thorsten TUR - GER 44.45 171 HENNEBERG Marlene HENNEBERG Jens Ove DEN - DEN 47.999 221 NAEGELI Irene NAEGELI Heinrich SUI - SUI 44.41 172 McLEISH Paula McLEISH David AUS - AUS 47.977 222 ISTVAN Vidami ZOLTAN Magyari ROM - ROM 44.33 173 MIOZZI Cristiano FELLUS Robin ITA - ITA 47.966 223 COPE Simon BOWLEY Richard ENG - ENG 44.28 174 SHAMI Anisia CAMP Owen NZL - NZL 47.922 224 IONESCU Sorin S. SIRB Marius Titus ROM - ROM 43.93 175 SOLBERG Erik SAKSGARD Cato NOR - NOR 47.900 225 CARIC Jurica BLAZENCIC Davor CRO - CRO 43.83 176 MARTINUSSEN Stig PAULSEN Dag Heldal NOR - NOR 47.877 226 OH Hye Min KIM Daehong KOR - KOR 43.52 177 ILLINGWORTH Richard TRECARICHI Salvatore ENG - ITA 47.833 227 MARMONTI Dario MASSA Gaetano ITA - ITA 43.50 178 NIKOLCHEV Klimentin SIMEONOV Krasimir BUL - BUL 47.699 228 MALUISH Annette E. MILL Andrew John AUS - AUS 43.50 179 MIRME Mikk PARKER Valev EST - EST 47.666 229 SPANU Carlo DOLIA Mauro ITA - ITA 43.01 180 NUHOGLU Sevil TUNCOK Cenk TUR - USA 47.644 230 TER LAARE Marco MOLLE Linda NED - NED 42.78 181 LUPSAN Octavian LUPSAN Corina ROM - ROM 47.588 231 BAR Gili ARBEL David ISR - ISR 42.62 182 DELLA SETA Umberto DELLA SETA Livio ITA - ITA 47.533 232 CHADHA Gad RIMBOIU Corneliu ENG - ENG 42.61 183 LEVINGER Asa HETZ Nathan ISR - ISR 47.511 233 KRISTJANSSON Bjarni AUDUNSSON G. ISL - ENG 42.49 184 EFRAIMSSON Bengt-E. ZACK EFRAIMSSON A. SWE - SWE 47.499 234 TACIUC Lucian STANCESCU C. ROM - SUI 42.15 185 LANZAROTTI Massimo ZALESKI Romain ITA - ITA 47.344 235 CAPAL Steve HARRIS Jeniffer ENG - ENG 42.04 186 DUMITRASCU Florin MARCU Codrin ROM - ROM 47.333 236 OTVOSI Ervin STEPINSKI Jerem POL - POL 41.95 187 BUDINSZKY Andras TALYIGAS Andras HUN - HUN 47.266 237 ZUBOV Vsevolod FILIPPOV Vasiliy RUS - RUS 41.89 188 VARDAR Rifat KAYA Murat TUR - TUR 47.155 238 SUICMEZ Erke KOPUZ Sadi TUR - TUR 41.72 189 MILMAN Victor STELMASHENKO N. ENG - ENG 47.144 239 CREZZINI Luciano AVARELLO Giulio ITA - ITA 41.62 190 STEPHENS Robert VAN VUGHT Lex RSA - RSA 47.144 240 KIM Hye Young KANG Seongseok KOR - KOR 41.59 191 SADAR Joze RASULA Bogdan SLO - SLO 47.088 241 HARDEMAN Annemie HRISTOV Yulian BEL - BEL 41.41 192 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 47.044 242 NYMOEN Arnstein PALAGI Marcello NOR - NOR 41.27 193 DELESTRE Blandine DELESTRE Daniel FRA - FRA 47.011 243 MEDUSEI Andrea BOBBIO Giovanni ITA - ITA 40.32 194 GOTZOV Svetomir TAKOV TIHOMIR BUL - BUL 46.866 244 ZHU Jianyu JIANG Yong Kang NZL - NZL 40.14 195 MARINCHEV Rumen ALEKSIEV Slavi BUL - BUL 46.811 245 JANSSEN Loes HALKES Ronald NED - NED 39.83 196 HENDEN Arve HENDEN Anders Egil NOR - NOR 46.799 246 GIACOMINI Gabriele AGOSTINELLI Orietta ITA - ITA 38.81 197 TEN OEVER Erik PARRA Gabriella NED - NED 46.666 198 GHIGHECI Ovidiu BRICIU Marius ROM - ROM 46.566

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1 WANG Wen Fei SHEN (1) Qi CHN - CHN 63.56 1 MOURGUES Jennifer HUBERSCHWILLER AL FRA - FRA 63.87 2 HOUMOLLER Bjorg BUUS THOMSEN Signe DEN - DEN 59.55 2 CHEDIAK Virginia SIVERTSVIK Ranja NOR - NOR 61.90 3 VAN ZWOL Wietske TICHA Magdalena NED - NED 58.40 3 VETRUSHKOVA-K V. KOSTOVA Liya BUL - BUL 61.29 4 HUANG Yan WANG Nan CHN - CHN 57.73 4 SARNIAK Anna CZAJKA Iwona POL - POL 58.23 5 ADUT Vera YAVAS Dilek TUR - TUR 57.04 5 ROMASHOVA Veronika DOBRUSHINA E RUS - RUS 58.10 6 LU Yan LIU Yan CHN - CHN 55.11 6 YANEVA Valya PANCHEVA Boriana BUL - BUL 56.73 7 BROCK Sally SANDFORD Debbie ENG - ENG 53.65 7 ROSSANO Enza CIVIDIN DE SARIO Sara ITA - ITA 55.93 8 VLIEGENTHART M HENGEVELD Rosalind NED - NED 53.07 8 DOWLING-LONG Hilary PENDER Gilda IRL - IRL 55.86 9 ZMUDA Justyna DUFRAT Katarzyna POL - POL 52.95 9 LYBAEK Astrid Steen OPSAL Kari-Anne NOR - NOR 55.32 10 BESSIS Veronique PUILLET Carole FRA - FRA 52.88 10 BURATTI Monica AGHEMO Monica ITA - ITA 55.10 11 CUZZI Monica BRAMBILLA Federica ITA - ITA 52.27 11 MENEZES Lucia VIDIGAL Ana Carolina BRA - BRA 53.43 12 PILIPOVIC Marina SVER Nikica CRO - CRO 51.85 12 ZOCHOWSKA Joanna SALONEN Irmeli FRA - FRA 52.98 13 NOSACKI Michal SAADA Nathalie ISR - ISR 50.59 13 ARNONE Marcella IACHELLA Giovanna ITA - ITA 51.87 14 COLONNA Ornella CARNICELLI Francesca ITA - ITA 50.58 14 CUMMINS Carol Anne NEWELL Sandra IRL - IRL 51.86 15 GODFREY Lizzie COHEN Pauline ENG - ENG 50.45 15 CHAVARRIA Margherita MONETA Alessandra ITA - ITA 51.53 16 GROSS Susanna BROWN Fiona ENG - ENG 50.08 16 DELLARMI Cristina AGNELLI Maria Teresa ITA - ITA 50.96 17 D'OVIDIO Catherine SEAMON-MOLSON J FRA - USA 49.82 17 GILLILAND Dolores WHELAN Maria IRL - IRL 50.83 18 SMEDEREVAC Jovanka POPLILOV Matilda FRA - ISR 49.43 18 PAOLUZI Simonetta SERANGELI Franca ITA - ITA 50.82 19 HOLMOY Stine ANJER Maja Rom NOR - NOR 48.04 19 CECCONI Patrizia STRIZZI Maria Beatrice ITA - SMR 50.42 20 HELNESS Gunn BLAAGESTAD Lise NOR - NOR 48.00 20 PANELLA Ana FRANCO Marta ESP - ESP 50.42 21 BAKER Lynn McCALLUM Karen USA - USA 47.89 21 CHILD Christine WHELAN Avril RSA - IRL 50.35 22 MAINOLDI Monica GIBERTONI Rita ITA - ITA 47.67 22 ARAMI Ruth SCHWARTZ Kohava ISR - ISR 49.75 23 GRUDE Liv Marit OIGARDEN B Nyheim NOR - NOR 47.54 23 ROSI Tiziana BACOCCOLI Antonella ITA - ITA 49.13 24 PIGNATTI Katia GROSSI Simonetta ITA - ITA 47.25 24 AGRILLO Cinzia MOFAHKAMI Shahla ITA - ITA 48.20 25 ROJKO Silvana PICHLER Eva SLO - AUT 45.89 25 NILSEN Louise MARFELL Connie NOR - USA 48.02 26 KURANOGLU Serap ATES Ebru TUR - TUR 45.56 26 BOSCHI Loretta GRAVA Patrizia ITA - ITA 48.00 27 RIGNEY Teresa KENNY Joan IRL - IRL 45.34 27 CARMONA Irene AGUADO DE C. M ESP - ESP 47.82 28 PICUS Sue MULLER Renata USA - CRO 43.85 28 EIDE Lisbeth Aulid KELLY-ROGERS Mary NOR - IRL 47.72 29 ELMAS Tuna ERKAN Berrak TUR - TUR 43.71 29 SJODAL Elisabeth G SJODAL Sofie Grasholt NOR - NOR 46.57 30 DI MARTINO Tiziana CIMA Fabiola ITA - ITA 42.86 30 HEYWOOD Jo-Anne FOSTER Sally AUS - AUS 46.30 32 GEMIGNANI Manuela GIACOMELLI Susetta ITA - ITA 35.11 31 JOYCE Emer FITZGERALD Jeannie IRL - IRL 46.06 32 LANGER Darina NIKITINE Ruth SUI - SUI 45.64 33 LIND Tine THRANE Helle W DEN - DEN 45.41 34 TIMONEY Mary BRADY Mary IRL - IRL 45.00 35 HEAVEY Ann-Marie CODY Betty IRL - IRL 43.81 36 PISANI Rosanna ROMANO Elisa ITA - ITA 43.58 37 SORESINI Antonella MORELLI Ambra ITA - ITA 43.09 38 ROSSLEE Diana FOSTER Brenda RSA - RSA 43.04 39 BRKLJACIC Tihana KULOVIC-PROBST S CRO - CRO 42.15 40 DONNELLAN Joan MCENTEE Orla IRL - IRL 41.60 41 PEDERZOLI Giuliana NOVO Antonella ITA - ITA 40.81

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1 LALL Hemant MILNER Reese USA - USA 60.48 1 FILIP Anatol VELECKY Eduard CZE - SVK 61.54 2 TOFFIER Philippe GOMBERT Pascal FRA - FRA 56.15 2 HOLMBAKKEN Johnny LINDQVIST Petter H. NOR - NOR 58.25 3 MICHALEK Jerzy WALA Wlodzimierz POL - POL 55.87 3 CHAUDHURI Amit BOURQUIN Helmut ESP - ESP 55.55 4 SCHWARTZ Adrian ZELIGMAN Shalom ISR - ISR 54.14 4 POPESCU Catalin BALUNA Mihail ROM - ROM 54.90 5 KOWALSKI Apolinary ROMANSKI Jacek POL - POL 54.07 5 RASANEN Seppo FABRITIUS Joakim FIN - FIN 54.59 6 SABBATINI Stefano COMELLA Amedeo ITA - ITA 53.93 6 PAVLIN Milan SUMER Alfonz SLO - SLO 53.97 7 ILNICKI Wlodzimierz CABAJ Stephan POL - POL 53.89 7 KEPECS Gabor MIRK Gabor HUN - HUN 53.79 8 GOLDBERG Lars GOLDBERG Ulla-Britt SWE - SWE 53.87 8 PASSARINHO Joao PIDAL Agatha ESP - ESP 52.61 9 MARSAL Reiner KLUMPP Herbert GER - GER 52.31 9 CHAMBERLAIN R SHIELDS Patrick ENG - WAL 52.60 10 DHONDY Jeremy KENDRICK David ENG - ENG 52.25 10 LIPPI Aldo Giovanni BARONCELLI Stefano ITA - ITA 52.33 11 LESNICZAK Jacek KOZYCZKOWSKI Jerzy POL - GER 52.18 11 CASTREN Seppo SIHVOLA Matti FIN - FIN 51.91 12 VAN EIJCK Willem GOSSCHALK Willem NED - NED 51.63 12 PAJAK Stanislaw IWANSKI Andrzej POL - POL 51.61 13 CRONIER Philippe MARILL Philippe FRA - FRA 51.25 13 DAVI Angelo ROMANI Carlo ITA - ITA 51.26 14 MASOERO Franco VASSALLO Massimo ITA - ITA 51.14 14 VINJEVOLL Oddbjorn AARDAL Jorund NOR - NOR 51.09 15 BETTINETTI Giampiero MARINO Leonardo ITA - ITA 50.94 15 STRATER Bernhard KRATZ Ulrich GER - GER 51.06 16 GORDON Irving DUNCAN Sandy SCO - SCO 49.92 16 SZENBERG Stefan MILASZEWSKI Miroslaw POL - POL 50.98 17 KOWALCZYK Stefan SUCHARKIEWICZ Jan POL - POL 49.69 17 BANKOGLU Ergun TOLUN Reha TUR - TUR 50.54 18 WENNING Ulrich FRERICHS Hans GER - GER 49.38 18 RESTA Guido DE FALCO Dano ITA - ITA 50.27 19 MAIER John HASHIMOTO George SUI - SUI 49.37 19 DANYLYUK Tetyana DANYLYUK Volodymyr UKR - UKR 50.05 20 ULIVAGNOLI Gino NEROZZI Paolo ITA - ITA 49.29 20 CHIZZOLI Paolo JELMONI Giampao ITA - ITA 49.95 21 JOHANSSON Jons CARLSSON Kjell SWE - SWE 48.67 21 TAGA Fethiye INAN Sanem TUR - TUR 49.60 22 LOHAY Karol HENC Marian SVK - SVK 48.60 22 AVRON Anit HUBER Elymelech ISR - ISR 49.55 23 PODGUR Leonid KALISH Avi ISR - ISR 47.79 23 KOVACS (2) Zoltan CAMPIAN Dan ROM - ROM 49.21 24 HRISTOV Hristo RUSEV Tony BUL - BUL 47.31 24 NEDELTCHEV Zlatko RADEV Radi BUL - BUL 49.13 25 VIVALDI Antonio SAVELLI Lorenzo ITA - ITA 45.93 25 HOLMGREN Kjell WESTLIN Ulf SWE - SWE 48.78 26 TROUWBORST Jaap DOREMANS Nico NED - NED 45.56 26 CANESCHI Luca TAVIANI Paola ITA - ITA 48.35 27 FULGA Cristian MARCULETIU Victor ROM - ROM 45.44 27 GRYNCZEWSKI I BAK Slawomir POL - POL 47.67 28 CALDARELLI Verino VECCHI Lanfranco ITA - ITA 44.46 28 PRAYER-GALLETTI S TOSI Stefano ITA - ITA 47.48 29 CATA Stefano PENNESTRI Carmelo ITA - ITA 44.45 29 MATTSSON Goran WEISZ Georg GER - GER 46.48 30 TYMIANKER Noah BERKMAN Meir ISR - ISR 44.26 30 LEONARDI Alberto AMMENDOLIA Rina ITA - ITA 44.47 31 SILVERMAN Neil WOLFSON Jeff USA - USA 43.18 31 JONES Martin BACON Hugh ENG - ENG 43.95 32 GWINNER Hans-H SCHOELLKOPF A GER - SUI 41.59 32 CARROLL MARTIN KENNEDY John G IRL - IRL 43.53 33 YALMAN Ali YALMAN Gracia TUR - TUR 43.48 34 CURRAN Harold KENT-WEBSTER H IRL - IRL 41.53 35 TOGNI Pietro TOLU William ITA - ITA 39.41

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OPEN TEAMS KO ERA Andrei ARLOVICH, Alexander DUBININ, Andrey GROMOV, Ron PACHTMAN, Erikas VAINIKONIS, Piotr R1 R2 ZATORSKI, Piotr ZATORSKI cpt ERA 40 22 62 CHATEAU ROSSENOVO Nikola BARANTIEV, Antoni R1 R2 IVANOV, Ivan IVANOV, Georgi RALEV, N BARANTIEV cpt CHATEAU R. 13 4 17 34 22 HEIMDAL Terje AA, Per E AUSTBERG, Jan Tore BERG, ERA 56 Glenn GROETHEIM, Allan LIVGARD, Petter TONDEL, I R1 R2 HJELLEMARKEN cpt CHINA OPEN 32 29 61 HEIMDAL 42 7 49 CHINA OPEN Yunlong CHEN, Jianming DAI, Jianwei LI, Lixin YANG, Bangxiang ZHANG, Jie ZHAO, Gang CHEN cpt R1 R2 R3 R4 CHINA OPEN 38 24 62 PSZCZOLA Josef BLASS, Sjoert BRINK, Bas DRIJVER, Jacek CHINA OPEN 25 31 29 25 110 KALITA, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Jacek PSZCZOLA pt R1 R2 GREECE K DOXIADIS, Aris FILIOS, K KONTOMITROS, GREECE 31 13 42 35 121 T KOUKOUSELIS, Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS, Petros PSZCZOLA 25 17 42 ROUSSOSROUSSOS R1 R2 LAVAZZA Alejandro BIANCHEDI, Dennis BILDE, Norberto GREECE 20 40 60 BOCCHI, Giorgio DUBOIN, Agustin MADALA, Antonio SEMEN- GREECE 33 21 54 TA,, Maria Teresa LAVAZZA cpt,p , Massimo ORTENSI coach SHOKOLATA Ilan BAREKET, Ismail KANDEMIR, Su- R1 R2 LAVAZZA 10 14 24 leyman KOLATA, Assaf LENGY, Amir LEVIN, Yossi ROLL, 28 22 Ilan BAREKET cpt LAVAZZA 50 R1 R2 R3 R4 SHOKOLATA 17 17 34 GREECE 23 31 14 16 84

R1 R2 HIGHLANDERS 4 36 28 33 101

HIGHLANDERS 36 48 84 HIGHLANDERS R1 R2 Harald EIDE, Lars EIDE, Sam Inge HOYLAND, REDROBOT 22 8 30 SvenSven OOlailaii HOHOYLANDOYLYLANND HIGHLANDERS 34 42 76 REDROBOT Igor CURLIN, Igor KHAZANOV, Maria LE- BEDEVA, Dmitri PROKHOROV, Pavel VOROBEI, Maksim R1 R2 FRANCE O.S. 18 23 41 ZHMAK, Pavel VOROBEI cpt VINCI 14 37 51 VINCI Giovanni DONATI, Fabrizio HUGONY, Lorenzo R1 R2 R3 R4 LAURIA, Mustafa Cem TOKAY, Alfredo VERSACE, Fran- FRANCE O.S. 18 35 53 cesco Saverio VVINCI,, Francesco S VVINCI cptp HIGHLANDERS 28 60 36 29 153 FRANCE OP SENIOR Francois COMBESCURE, Nicholas DECHELETTE, Georges IONTZEFF, Jerome ROMBAUT R1 R2 MAZURKIEWICZ 30 5 25 46 106 MAZURKIEWICZ Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI, Krzysztof MAZURKIEWICZ 31 16 47 JASSEM, Marcin MAZURKIEWICZ, W STARKOWSKI, M R1 R2 MAZURKIEWICZMAZZURKU IEWIEEWICZCZC cpcptpt MORAN 24 18 42 MORAN Rory BOLAND, John CARROLL, MAZURKIEWICZ 32 43 75 Tommy GARVEY, Tom HANLON, Hugh McGANN, Mark MORAN, Grainne BARTON cpt R1 R2 POLAND 37 12 51 GRY FOREVER Christian BAKKE, Tor Eivind GRUDE, GRY FOREVER 5 19 24 Lars A JOHANSEN, Steffen F SIMONSEN

40 35 POLAND Maciej DABROWSKI, Marek JELENIEWSKI, POLAND 75 Rafal MARKS, Lech OHRYSKO, Andrzej PAWLAK, Pawel SZYMASZCZYK, Maciej DABROWSKI