Bulletin 10 Monday, 25 June 2007 FIVE MORE WINS

Five Very Appealing Gentlemen In the Open Teams Championship the teams are now down to the serious business of the knockout rounds. Top of the tree at the ends of the second qualifying stage was the powerful Mahaffey squad. In order to win the gold medals all that is required is five consecutive victories. Easier said than done. In the Senior Teams, Kaminski are dominating their group, whilst Switzerland leads the other. Meanwhile, Poland and La Cucina Italiana sit atop their respective Women’s groups.

Today’s Schedule Contents O/W/S Pairs Registration 09.00/10.00 The Zia Test ...... 4 Open Teams (Round of 32) (TopKapi) 10.00 Women and Seniors Teams Round 9 10.30 Luck of the Draw ...... 7 Open Pairs (Qualifying 1st Session) 10.30 Captains Meeting 13.30 Playing is Listening or How to Outplay DeepFinesse 10 O/W/S Teams (Round of 16) 15.30 Mahaffey Climbs ...... 11 Open Pairs (Qualifying 2nd Session) 16.30 Women Pairs (Qualifying 1st Session) 16.30 Slowplay ...... 13 Senior Pairs (Qualifying 1st Session) (TopKapi) 16.30 Picking the Right Moment ...... 14 3rd EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Antalya, Turkey

WOMEN TEAMS RANKING SENIOR TEAMS RANKING (after 8 rounds) (after 8 rounds) GROUP A GROUP A 1 POLAND 164 1 SWITZERLAND 147,5 2 NORDEN 156 2 NL SENIOR1 146 3 DENMARK 132 3 SHARE 139 4 NL WOMEN1 128 4 RICCIARELLI 137 5 SHENKIN 123 5 EICHHOLZER 135 6 AUSTRIA 114 6 RAND NISSAN 114 7 SHEEKA 99 7 HARPER 103 8 RONNIE BARR 97 8 JOURDAIN 93 9 N.DITTO - ITALY 96 9 OTVOSI 88 10 SANEM 76 10 POLEMICS 87 GROUP B GROUP B 1 LA CUCINA ITALIANA 159 1 KAMINSKI 176 2 NL LADIES2 153 2 SORVOLL 156 3 GER-CRO 145 3 FRANCE SENIORS 148 4 DAMA 140 4 MARKOWICZ 133 5 PENFOLD 132 5 MEFO 106 6 PTNZ 111 7 LIKOM 100 6 MARINO 102 8 EFE 92,5 7 NL SENIOR2 95 9 NYHEIM 83 8 SISSELAAR BV 89 10 RUYA 78 9 GOLDENFIELD 85 OPEN TEAMS RANKING - SWISS A (after 7 rounds) PROVISIONAL

1 MAHAFFEY 143 22 HOLLAND 106 2 ORANGE 1 134 23 HUNGARY GAMAX 105 3 ZALESKI 131 24 ZIA 105 4 ZIMMERMANN-ANGELINI 131 25 GARSU PASAULIS 105 5 QUANTUM 129 26 DENMARK WHITE 104 6 APTEKER 124 27 VILLA FABBRICHE 101 7 VARENNE 121 28 KALISH 100 8 BESSIS 121 29 DINOZAVR 100 9 ETI 121 30 MARMARA 100 10 PURKARTHOFER 120 31 LEWIS 100 11 ORANGE 2 119 32 DE BOTTON 99 12 POLAND 118 33 CIMA 99 13 YILANKIRAN 116 34 LENGY 98 14 DENMARK RED 115 35 KASIMIR 95 15 VITO 111 36 KIRILENKO 94 16 IVAR 111 37 VENETINA 92 17 PONT 110 38 RKK 92 18 IZISEL 110 39 DINOS 87 19 BO 110 40 MOSSOP 82 20 TOWNSEND 107 41 CARETTA INTERNATIONAL 79 21 WOLFARTH 107 42 KORDOV 49

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OPEN TEAMS RANKING - SWISS B (after 7 rounds) PROVISIONAL

1 MARASHEV 141 32 ALLIX 104 2 RUSSIA 141 33 BING BANG 104 3 SHATO ROSSENOVO 135 34 GILLIS 103 4 TEXAN ACES 132 35 LIMOR 102 5 ANADOLU BK 131 36 MERSIN 102 6 KVANGRAVEN 128 37 DE MESMAECKER 102 7 HAUGE 128 38 FRANCE JUNIORS 101 8 POCKET KINGS 128 39 ANTALYA 101 9 BUCURESTI 124 40 MALPOL 100 10 KOLANKAYA 124 41 CZE 99 11 BAUSBACK 121 42 VAN HELSING 98 12 POPOVA 121 43 ROMANIA LE ROUMAINS 97 13 HOYLAND 120 44 EGYPT-1 94 14 ASLANLI 117 45 HELL'S ANGELS 94 15 IZMIR BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYE SPOR 115 46 UPMARK 94 16 LESNIEWSKI 113 47 LIZ 93 17 WALDI 113 48 EGYPT-2 89 18 ALLFREY 112 49 SEA&SUN 88 19 RUI PINTO 112 50 PROSAN 88 20 DUMBOVICH 111 51 AYDIN TEAM 87 21 ERGIL 110 52 DALEY 86 22 JUSTE 110 53 GRAIZER 85 23 MIROGLIO 108 54 KASAPOGLU 84 24 AKSUYEK 107 55 LA SIDRA 83 25 SAMSUN POLIS GUCU 107 56 ROMANIA K.A.M.D. 80 26 DUTCH JUNIORS 107 57 MARK 80 27 SHANURIN 107 58 ROKYTA 79 28 DIYARBAKIR-DISKISPOR 107 59 LEVINGER 79 29 NATALE 106 60 RAINWATER 79 30 KAHYAOGLU 106 61 KEFELI 68 31 COOREMAN 105 62 ISRATUR 62

TEAMS EVENTS TEAMS EVENTS The Knock-out phase of all three events will be played in Top- kapi, on the Ground Floor (follow the signs). The open teams Senior - Women - Open Teams Prize Giving start this morning, the women and seniors tomorrow. From the round of 16 onwards, line-ups have to be entered The prize giving ceremony in the 3rd by computer, at Topkapi. European Open Bridge Championships The pairs in the senior and women’s event who do not qual- will take place in the Kremlin Palace ify for the KO have to start qualifying this afternoon, unless (3rd floor — area) on Wednes- given permission - for which a written request must be made. IMPORTANT: The pairs who are eliminated from the Open day June 27 at 20.30. Teams in the round of 32 and 16, who have registered for Cocktails will follow. the Open Pairs, will have to play the third and fourth quali- The following prizes will be awarded: fying sessions on Wednesday. The first four teams in the Seniors There will be a Captains’ meeting for the qualifying, senior The first four teams in the Women and Womens teams at 13.30 in the playing room. The first- The first four teams in the Open ranked team in each group will choose their opponents from the third and fourth ranked teams in the other group. Players who are collecting awards at the prize giving The winner of the match in groups S/W in which the group- ceremony are requested to seat themselves in the chairs winner is involved will play the winner of the match in which reserved for them in the offset area to the right when the second-ranked teams of the groups T/X are involved. you are facing the podium. Ton Kooijman

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The Zia-Test: Will you become the new Zia? (Part two) by Peter Ventura With Zia at the table something fascinating always hap- until you have made your decision. pens. In general he made the best of things in the Mixed Pairs, as he spiced up his bids and play, which the audience The auction began in a similar way at most of the tables, enjoyed. one can assume, and at three tables West bid Four Spades on the hand above and was left to play there. It wasn’t the Please, answer the questions and at the end of each test right spot when small slam was cold — in clubs! This was the you can see how close you are to becoming a bridge star. deal: We would like to point out that the points are not neces- sarily given in order to rank the best choice on the indi- 20. Dealer West. All Vul. vidual board, or even in the long run; the only criterion is [7 4 it has to be a ‘Zia-move’! Please note, that you are sitting ] A Q 10 8 7 6 4 3 West on all hands. Let the test begin! { 10 4 Test no. 1 to 4 was presented in yesterday’s bulletin, so we }5 shall continue with our fifth question. [ Q 8 6 3N [ K 10 ]— ]J 5 W E Test no. 5 { J 6 5 2 { A K Q 3 } Q J 9 7 2S } A K 10 6 3 On board 20 Zia held: [ A J 9 5 2 [ Q 8 6 3 ] K 9 2 ]— { 9 8 7 { J 6 5 2 }8 4 } Q J 9 7 2 ‘Oh, I’m getting very bad hands all the time’, Zia com- West North East South plained to his -mate, of the Pass 3] Dble Pass Netherlands, as he started the auction by passing. After ? partner’s double over Three Hearts he all of a sudden bid Four Hearts! ‘Sure, veeery bad cards...’, Michielsen com- Question: All vulnerable, what’s your bid? STOP reading mented. ‘Well, a maximum for a bad hand’, Zia aswered with a big smile.

Despite a slam failure on an earlier board, Zia and Auken took another shot at slam:

West North East South Zia Jansma Auken Michielsen Pass 3] Dble Pass 4]* Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6} All Pass

Four Hearts encouraged Auken to take a pot at Six Clubs. There was not much to the play; NS — 1370 which earned E/W a 76% on the board. 12 tables out of 26 bid and made Six Clubs.

How many Zia-points did you get? Look here: - 3[ or 4[ 0 points - 4} 3 points - 4] 10 points

Test no. 6

On the following two boards Zia and Auken faced the Norwegian married couple Tonje and Boye Brogeland.

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All vulnerable South opens One Heart and you hold as West: [J ] A K J { 10 9 8 5 4 } A Q J 9

Before we ask the real question we can warm you up, wondering what you want to bid over One Heart? So far you are doing well if you overcalled One No- , as Zia did at the table. What is alarming now, is that North doubles for penalties, which is followed by two pass- es.

Question: What’s your bid? STOP reading until you have made your decision.

Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. [ Q 10 7 5 3 ]4 { A 7 3 } K 10 6 3 [JN [9 4 2 ] A K J ] Q 8 3 W E Boye Brogeland { 10 9 8 5 4 { Q 6 2 } A Q J 9S } 8 7 4 2 be in clubs, so Boye’s next move was to play a low [ A K 8 6 club for a . That didn’t happen, instead Zia won with the nine, and then played a trump to South’s king. Boye ] 10 9 7 6 5 2 got one heart ruff and that was only one down for +200, {K J but this did not compensate the Norwegians for the }5 +650 they would have scored in Four Spades. N/S +200 was worth 62% for E/W. West North East South Zia B. Brogeland Auken T. Brogeland How many Zia-points did you get? Look here: 1] - Pass 0 points 1NT Dble Pass Pass - 2{ 4 points 2} Dble Pass Pass - 2} 10 points 2{ Pass Pass 2] 3{ Dble All Pass Test no. 7 Boye Brogeland was not born yesterday, so he doubled Zia’s speculative for penalties. When Zia fled into The contract is Five Spades and Zia is declarer as West. Two Clubs Boye doubled once again. Zia escaped again, now into his longest suit and when Boye passed, Tonje [ A 7 6 4 2N [ J 9 3 couldn’t see enough defensive values to defeat Two Dia- ] K J ] A Q 5 3 2 W E monds, so she rebid the heart suit. Since the double had { Q 9 4 3 2 { A failed to come over Two Diamonds, Zia figured out that } KS } A Q 7 5 partner must have some kind of support in diamonds. He therefore continued his deceptive auction by bidding Three A low club was led to the king. Zia now played a low Diamonds. Enough’s enough said Boye and now doubled di- spade from hand. North contributed the ten, covered in amonds too, certainly hoping to bring some heart ruffs dummy by the jack and South took the trick with the home to Norway. king. South continued with the club eight, Zia discarded a diamond from hand and won the trick with dummy’s Boye led his singleton heart, which Zia won in hand and queen. then played the trump eight. Considering the auction, Boye played Zia to have 5-5 in the minors, thus he rose Question: How do you approch the trump suit from with the ace, noticing Tonje’s jack dropping. South must here? STOP reading until you have made your decision.

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Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. West North East South [10 Zia Askgaard Auken Mortensen ] 9 8 4 1} Pass { K J 10 8 1] 2NT* 3] 4[ ? } J 9 6 3 2 [ A 7 6 4 2N [ J 9 3 * 5-5 in the unbid suits. ] K J ] A Q 5 3 2 W E { Q 9 4 3 2 { A Question: Sitting West, none vulnerable, what’s your bid? } KS } A Q 7 5 [ K Q 8 5 Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. ] 10 7 6 [ A J 9 6 2 { 7 6 5 ]9 } 10 8 4 { A J 10 5 2 West North East South }J 4 Zia B. Brogeland Auken T. Brogeland [ Q 8N [ 10 7 ] Q J 10 8 6 5 ] A K 3 2 Pass Pass 1] Pass W E 1[ Pass 2} Pass { 8 7 { K 9 6 2{ Pass 3[ Pass } Q 6 2S } K 10 8 3 4NT Pass 5{ Pass [ K 5 4 3 5] Pass 5[ All Pass ]7 4 { Q 4 3 Zia and Auken here stopped in Five Spades since one key } A 9 7 5 card (in this case the trump king) and the queen of trumps were missing. Clearly you start by playing a low spade up West North East South towards dummy and when North plays the ten you cover Zia Askgaard Auken Mortensen it, and see South take the trick with the king. After winning 1} Pass the club return, how would you approach the trump suit to 1] 2NT* 3] 4[ avoid losing more than one more trick? Considering the 5] Pass Pass 5[ trump suit in isolation, the best move in this position is to All Pass lead a low spade towards the nine, but here you don’t want to mess up your communication in the heart suit. There- With the king of diamonds off side declarer has no real- fore Zia went for the ‘’ in a sense. He called for istic chance of taking eleven tricks. The defence took a trick the three of spades from dummy and when South con- in each suits outside trumps; NS —100 and that gave Zia and tributed the five he covered cheaply with the six — and was Auken a 94%-board. satisfied to note North discarding. South had to be given another trump trick, but that was all for the defence; NS Christina Mortensen regretted her bid on the five level: —450 and that was worth 76% for Zia and Auken. Three ‘Oh dear, we should have doubled Five Hearts instead!’. pairs ended up in slam, without any success of course. How many Zia-points did you get? Look here: Speaking of the trump suit, what if North plays the ten - Double 0 points with this distribution: Q-10-8-5? That would have been a - Pass 5 points nice deceptive play, and very brilliant indeed, and it’s the - 5] 10 points false card of the ten that Zia pays off to by playing a low spade from dummy at the second turn. PAIRS EVENTS How many Zia-points did you get? Look here: - I played a spade to the ace 0 points The Open Pairs starts this morning at 10.00 in the - I played the jack of spades from dummy 0 points Kremlin in the big room on the fourth floor. The qual- - I entered my hand then led a low towards the nine 5 points ification will be played over four sessions. - I played a low one from dummy 10 points The Womens Pairs starts this afternoon at 16.30 in the Kremlin in the small room on the fourth floor. The Test no. 8 qualification will be played over three sessions. [Q 8 The Senior Pairs starts this afternoon at 16.30 on the ] Q J 10 8 6 5 ground floor of Topkapi (please follow the signs). The qualification will be played over three sessions. {8 7 Ton Kooijman } Q 6 2

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Luck of the Draw by It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a bridge writer Declarer lost a heart, two clubs and a diamond, -800, but in search of a story must choose what he watches with gained 3 IMPs. care. Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. On Saturday, I set out to report on two matches from the [ 8 6 2 Open. The first one featured a series of dull, flat boards, ]K 7 where everyone played far too well to justify inclusion in { K Q J 8 the Bulletin. } Q 10 3 2 It was an altogether different story when the second one [ Q 9 5N [ K 4 ] 8 6 ] Q J 5 4 3 2 between Zia and Venetina came in for scrutiny. W E { 10 5 4 3 2 { 9 The first half of the match saw Zia race into a huge lead: } A 9 8S } K J 5 4 [ A J 10 7 3 Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. ] A 10 9 [ Q 10 7 5 3 { A 7 6 ] 10 9 7 6 3 }7 6 {7 }7 2 Open Room [6 4N [— West North East South ] K Q J 2 ] A 5 4 Zia Bianchedi Welland Sultan W E { A 9 8 6 2 { K Q 5 1[ } K 6S } A J 9 8 5 4 3 Pass 1NT Pass 2{ [ A K J 9 8 2 Pass 4[ All Pass ]8 Four Spades has chances, but this was not declarer’s lucky { J 10 4 3 day. }Q 10

Open Room West North East South Zia Bianchedi Welland Sultan Pass 1} 1[ Dble 4[ 5} Pass 6} All Pass

North/South’s vigorous preemption did not prevent East/West from reaching a slam. Declarer ruffed the opening spade lead, crossed to the king of clubs and ran the nine, +920.

Closed Room West North East South Valdes Auken Pasquini Von Arnim Pass 1} 3[ Dble 4[ 6} Pass Pass 6[ Pass Pass 7} 7[ Dble All Pass

Note the preemptive opening by South, and East’s direct jump to Six Clubs. When North decided to save East made a and North took out insurance when West bid the grand slam. Just as well, as declarer might have di- vined the trump position. Zia Mahmood

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West led the two of diamonds and declarer won in hand Most of the time you will get away with a bid like 2NT, but with the ace and played three rounds of hearts. West ruffed not here. South led the four of spades and the defenders in with the nine of spades and played a diamond, ruffed by cashed their tricks, +100 and 16 IMPs. East. A club to the ace was followed by a second diamond ruff, the king of clubs and a heart for West to ruff. That Zia was cruising, but at this game you never know what added up to three down. lies in store. Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. Closed Room [ A K 9 7 4 West North East South ]A Valdes Auken Pasquini Von Arnim { A 9 3 1[ Pass 1NT 2] Pass } Q 8 7 5 Pass 2[ All Pass [5N [J 2 ] J 10 8 7 5 ] Q 9 6 4 3 W E What a difference a lead makes. { K 8 4 2 { Q 7 6 5 } 6 4 3S } J 10 When West led the eight of hearts declarer won in [ Q 10 8 6 3 dummy and played a spade to the jack and queen. She won ]K 2 the heart return in hand and cashed the ace of spades. {J 10 When the king fell she drew the last trump and claimed ten } A K 9 2 tricks, +170 and another 8 IMPs. Open Room Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. West North East South [ A 9 8 2 Zia Bianchedi Welland Sultan ] 8 3 2 1[ {9 2 Pass 2NT* Pass 4[ } J 9 4 2 Pass 4NT* Pass 5}* Dble 6[ All Pass [ 10N [ J 6 5 ] A K 10 4 ] Q J 7 W E A classic psychic double from Zia, who, in the manner of { Q 8 3 { A K J 10 4 S Themistocles Papadopoulos, selected the eight of hearts as } A K 8 7 6 } 10 5 the most devious lead he could think of. It mattered not, as [ K Q 7 4 3 declarer claimed, +1430. ] 9 6 5 { 7 6 5 Closed Room }Q 3 West North East South Valdes Auken Pasquini Von Arnim Open Room 1[ West North East South Pass 2]* Pass 3} Zia Bianchedi Welland Sultan Pass 3{* Pass 3]* 1} Pass 1{ Pass Pass 3[* Pass 3NT* 1]* Pass 1[* Pass Pass 4{* Pass 4]* 3{ Pass 6{ All Pass Pass 4NT Pass 5}* Pass 5{* Pass 6}* If memory serves, One Heart guaranteed an unbalanced Pass 7} Pass 7[ hand. Once West completed the description with a picture All Pass bid of Three Diamonds East jumped to the cold slam, +1370. 2] Limit or better in spades 3} Possible canapé Closed Room 3{ Ace or K ing— game forcing 3] Ace or King West North East South 3[ Five [ Valdes Auken Pasquini Von Arnim 3NT Serious Slam try 1} Pass 1{ Pass 4{ Ace 1] Pass 2NT Pass 4] Promises club control 3NT All Pass 4NT RKCB

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North/South were able to use the appliance of science, but they could not establish the inability to take care of the The Morning Paper diamond loser. One down, -100 and 17 IMPs to Venetina, by Mark Horton putting them back in the match. One of the joys of being a journalist (and they are few in number) is that you can be sure that at some point Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. during the tournament a piece of paper will be thrust in [ K Q 9 8 2 front of you containing some undecipherable scrawl bearing more resemblance to ancient Egyptian Hiero- ] Q J 9 8 glyphics than Times New Roman. { 10 2 Every once in while you get to see something worthy }K 2 of publication. Consider this bidding problem: [ A 10 6 5N [ 7 4 Dealer East. All Vul. ] 6 ] A 10 7 3 W E [ 7 6 4 { Q 7 5 3 { A J 9 8 6 S ] 10 9 6 4 } Q J 10 9 } 6 4 {6 [J 3 } K Q 9 3 2 ] K 5 4 2 West North East South {K 4 Pass Pass } A 8 7 5 3 2} 2{ Pass Pass 2[ 3] ? Open Room West North East South My first reaction was to bid Four Clubs. That was the bid chosen at the table and West’s rebid of Four Spades Zia Bianchedi Welland Sultan saw everyone passing. This was the full deal: Pass 1[ 2{ Dble 2[* Pass 3{ Pass Dealer East. All Vul. Pass 3] Pass 4] [J Pass Pass Dble All Pass ] A Q 5 3 2 East’s overcall is a matter of style, but he found partner at { K J 10 8 5 4 2 home. When North decided to compete South had enough }— to go on to game. [ A K Q 9 8 5 2N [ 7 6 4 ] K J ] 10 9 6 4 W E East led the six of clubs and declarer won in hand and { A 9 7 { 6 played a spade to the jack and ace. West returned a club (It } AS } K Q 9 3 2 was difficult for West to appreciate that after winning the ace of spades a diamond switch is essential, East winning [ 10 3 and returning the suit. Now when East wins the ace of ]8 7 hearts a third diamond ensures a further trump trick for {Q 3 the defence.) and declarer won in dummy and played a } J 10 8 7 6 5 4 heart to the queen and ace. East switched to ace and an- Maybe its better to bid Four Diamonds as it may be other diamond, but it was too late. Declarer won in vital to let partner know you have a diamond control. dummy, played a heart to the jack and the nine of hearts, On the other hand West might have bid Four Diamonds covered by the ten and king. A spade to the eight allowed himself and it would not be ridiculous for East to bid declarer to draw the last trump and claim +590. Five Diamonds over Four Spades. While you are mulling that over, you might be interested in this auction on the Closed Room same deal, which I picked up quite accidentally: West North East South West North East South Valdes Auken Pasquini Von Arnim Von Arnim Levinger Auken Hetz Pass 1[ Pass 2NT* 1}* 4{* Pass Pass Pass 3[* Pass 4] 4[ 5{ Pass Pass All Pass 6[ All Pass With no opposition to contend with declarer won the Here East/West reached the slam with East making no opening club lead in hand, and played a heart to the queen. contribution whatsoever! When that held she played a heart to the king and had no (Not quite true, as you may have guessed that the pass chance for more than nine tricks, -50 and 12 IMPs, produc- over Five Diamonds was forcing. Still a fine bid by West — as ing a final score of Zia 32 Venatina 30. the BBO operator said to East/West — you play like men.)

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Playing is Listening or How to Outplay DeepFinesse by Jan van Cleeff In order to find the right lead it helps a lot when you lis- East led a club for declarer’s king. Migry tabled the queen ten to the bidding carefully. Israeli star Migry Zur-Cam- of hearts, which held the trick. She continued with a spade panile-Albu proves that the same applies to successful to the jack and West won the ace. A club came back for dummy play. dummy’s ace. Due to the take-out double Migry was pret- ty sure that East possessed a four-card heart suit and Varenne versus Villa Fabbriche. East and West are the Di- therefore played a trump to the jack. East won the ace and Bello brothers from Italy. played ace of diamonds and diamond. When Migry (deep-) finessed the ten of spades — West did bid 1NT remember Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. — the five card ending was this: [ K Q 9 8 2 ] Q J 9 8 [ K Q 8 { 10 2 ]9 8 }K 2 {— }— [ A 10 6 5N [ 7 4 ] 6 ] A 10 7 3 [ 10 6N [ — W E ] — ] 10 7 { Q 7 5 3 { A J 9 8 6 W E } Q J 10 9S } 6 4 {Q {J 9 8 S [J 3 }J 9 }— ] K 5 4 2 [— {K 4 ]K 5 } A 8 7 5 3 {— } 8 7 5 West North East South Campanile Willenken Having lost three tricks already declarer had to make the Pass 1[ Dble Rdble rest of the tricks for her contract. North played a trump 1NT 2] Pass 4] and East did the best he could do by following low. Now All Pass Migry advanced a top spade and East was couped. Curtains and a ten IMP gain for Varenne since at the other table NS played 2[ plus 1.

In fact Migry outplayed DeepFinesse. According to the double dummy analyser nine tricks is the maximum for North-South when hearts are trumps.

(It was hard for West to appreciate that after winning the ace of spades a diamond switch is essential, East winning and returning the suit. Now when East wins the ace of hearts a third diamond ensures a further trump trick for the defence. Editor)

Homeward Bound

Will you please make sure that you go to the Bentour desk in the lobby to give them details of your return flight. This will ensure that suitable transport to the airport can be arranged. Please do this during the next few days. Thank you! Migry Zur-Campanile-Albu

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Mahaffey Climbs Open Teams Qualifying Round 6 Group E After five matches Team Mahaffey from Florida, Sweden tent himself with a small slam. With the diamond and Scotland met Shato Rossenovo from Bulgaria in a cru- working declarer was under no real pressure to find the cial encounter. With two matches to go they were lying trump queen. four and five VPs respectively behind third place — three teams would qualify for the A group. And both teams bid this excellent slam as well (in dia- monds of course), the Swedes after a 10-13 Two Spades Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. opening [ J 9 7 6 5 2 Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. ]Q 4 [ A J 9 8 7 6 3 {5 3 ] 10 7 } Q 6 3 { K Q 7 [ 10 [ A K Q 4 N }8 ] K 10 9 2 ] A J 8 5 [ 10 5 2 [ K Q 4 { A Q J 10 8 2W E { 7 4 N ] 8 5 ] Q 9 4 3 2 } A 8S } K 5 4 W E {6 3 {4 [8 3 } K Q 9 7 3 2S } A J 6 5 ] 7 6 3 [— { K 9 6 ] A K J 6 } J 10 9 7 2 { A J 10 9 8 5 2 Both teams bid Six Hearts, East for the Bulgarians ag- } 10 4 gressively not only invited to slam after learning that West had five+ diamonds and four hearts and eight or After five boards Shato Rossenovo had taken two IMPs more points by cuebidding clubs, but also after West’s di- on overtricks. amond cuebid he went straight to Blackwood. West re- sponded zero or three keycards with Five Diamonds, but Then both teams bid a thin Three No-trumps where Fal- then denied having the trump queen so East had to con- lenius for Mahaffey received a diamond lead while Trendafilov had to cope with the spade queen. He mis- guessed where to get the ninth trick, and lost 10 IMPs. Declarer did not really know how the spades were split- ting so opted to go straight after the diamonds, and nat- urally misguessed the suit. Had he been able to read that spades were splitting he might have guessed right by tack- ling hearts first — and even I would figure to guess the suit today! Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ 10 6 2 ] K 10 5 2 {K 10 } J 8 7 4 [ Q J 8 7N [ K 5 4 3 ] A ] Q 9 8 6 4 W E { Q 7 6 5 4 2 { 9 3 } 10 3S } Q 5 [A 9 ] J 7 3 { A J 8 } A K 9 6 2

Jim Mahaffey An uninteresting Three No-trumps followed involving a sim-

11 3rd EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Antalya, Turkey ple safety play which created no problem for either declarer. Declares finessed but had to lose another spade in the end Then both tables reached Four Spades which turned out to for one down, 5 IMPs for Mahaffey. be a good against Four Hearts as the cards lie. Finally, the last nail in the coffin: Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. Board 10. Dealer East. All Vul. [ K J 5 [ 8 6 5 4 ]K 3 ] 10 7 6 { K J 9 4 2 {J 5 } Q J 10 } Q 9 5 3 [ 10 8 [ A Q 9 N [ A Q J 2N [ K 9 7 3 ] A 10 8 7 5 4 ] Q J 9 6 2 ] Q 9 2 ] A 8 5 W E W E {6 3 {5 { 10 8 6 { A K 9 7 S } K 3 2 } 9 8 6 5 } A 6 4S } J 2 [ 7 6 4 3 2 [10 ]— ] K J 4 3 { A Q 10 8 7 { Q 4 3 2 } A 7 4 } K 10 8 7

The lead was the heart queen, ruffed in dummy by Fredin West declared Four Spades. Peichev for Bulgaria got a di- who played a spade to the jack and queen, got a diamond amond lead to the jack and ace, played two rounds of return and ducked the next spade. With the club king off- spades and then finessed in diamonds. Fallenius gave Fredin side he went one down. Trendafilov started the same way, a diamond ruff, got a heart return and there was no way to heart ruff, spade to jack and queen, but Bertheau continued escape four losers. with another heart. Now declarer stopped playing trumps — a misguess would have cost a fortune - and escaped for Bertheau received a trump lead, drew another round of two down losing two IMPs. trumps and chose to play a heart. South grabbed the trick with his king whereupon declarer just had to give up a club, Board 9. Dealer North. E/W Vul. take a ruff and claim. [ 10 7 2 ]K 12 IMPs for Mahaffey, 29-2, 23 VP to 7 climbing into third { K J 9 7 5 2 place, and kicking their opponents out of contention. } K 6 3 [ K J 4 3N [ 9 8 ] A J 8 ] Q 10 4 3 2 W E { 10 8 6 { Q } J 9 8S } A Q 10 7 4 [ A Q 6 5 ] 9 7 6 5 { A 4 3 }5 2

Trendafilov and Karaivanov were allowed to play Two Spades as North-South. It proved too difficult and went two down after a club lead.

At the other table East showed a two-suiter with a major and a minor, and West ended up in Three Hearts after Fredin had bid diamonds. After leading the king of his suit (!!) he continued with the two, ruffed in dummy. A trump to the jack and Fredin’s king was followed by a third dia- mond. Declarer ruffed again, and played another trump. No good!

He tried a spade from dummy but Fallenius took the ace and returned a trump. West won and could finesse in clubs, but Fallenius ruffed the third roundand exited with a spade. Peter Fredin

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Slowplay by Charles, Denmark (Here is another contribution from the Internet) West North East South Hertz Zia Liran Welland I liked my good friend and colleague Ib Lundy’s article yes- Pass terday: Bridge at the (desk) top. Pass 2} Pass 2{ This is quite another story. When I phoned my contact Pass 2] Pass 4{ Anita Jensen from the Danish Women’s team, she was Pass 6] Pass Pass drinking a cup of coffee together with the Swedish pair Pass Johan Upmark and Tobias Tornqvist, and Johan told about this deal: 2} forcing 2{ waiting Let first see what happened on the VuGraph (BBO), 4{ splinter where I kibitzed the hand myself. Dealer South East-West Vul. The bidding at the other table: [— West North East South ] A K Q 9 8 7 4 2 von Arnim S.Auken { 8 7 5 2 [!? }A K Pass 4] All Pass [ A Q J 7N [ 9 8 6 5 ]3 ]5 2 [ spades and a minor W E { 9 6 3 2 { A K Q J 10 } 7 5 4 3S } J 8 6 The bidding at the Swedish table: [ K 10 4 3 2 West North East South ] J 10 6 Johan Upmark Tobias Tornqvist {4 } Q 10 9 2 Pass Pass 1] 2{ 2] 2[ 3]! 3[ Pass 4{ 4]! Pass Pass 5{ 6]! All Pass

Upmark was not afraid that the bidding would stop, so he decided to ‘slowplay’ the hand.

After the Five Diamond bid, he realized that South was very short in diamonds, and then he stopped the slowbid- ding!

12 easy tricks at every table of course.

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Picking the Right Moment

In the olden days, when I was a lad, the habit of ‘investing’ One can hardly blame South for lying low for a round or in a was more common than nowadays. But the two — by the time she discovered what was going on, it was habit has not gone entirely out of fashion. too late. As to North, she was the other side of the screen, and could not know for sure that the opponents had not Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. missed a slam! [ A K 10 At the end of the deal N/S called the director and com- ] Q 9 2 plained that their opponents had psyched too much al- { 9 8 7 5 ready in the match. When Mortensen was asked about prior partnership experience with psyching she was able to } J 7 4 say with complete confidence that this was the first [ 8 4N [ J 7 6 2 time…the partnership was formed at one day’s notice be- ] K J 10 ] 7 6 4 fore the Teams started. Adele Gogoman’s partner Jovanka W E { A K Q 10 6 2 { — Smederevac is recovering from eye-problems so Christina } Q 9S } A K 10 8 6 3 had been drafted in at short notice to make up the num- [ Q 9 5 3 bers, and the pair had never played before. ] A 8 5 3 { J 4 3 Championship Diary }5 2 Herman was playing music Many tables opened One No-trump with the West cards when Barry came into the and received the defence of three rounds of spades, and room. now they were sunk. Note that if East opens One Diamond ‘The Planets?’ and jumps to Three Diamonds, East will play Three No- ‘Yes’ trumps, and South will lead a low heart. Now the play at ‘Jupiter’ trick one may look like a guess but declarer should rise ‘Yes’ with the king — since even if the ten forced the ace, a spade ‘Have we had Mars already?’ shift might still beat you. ‘Yes, we’ve had several bars.’ Anyway: back to the critical match, where Christina Mortensen opened One No-trump as West and reached The day before yesterday we forgot to have you ho- Three No-trumps. Her North led a diamond and was not nour the birthday, in 1894, of the International Olympic amused at developments. Since the last strong no-trump Committee. had worked so well, Christina thought it was time to strike Yesterday the Scots celebrated the victory in 1314 at while the iron was hot. At favourable vulnerability, playing the Battle of Bannockburn, when the Scottish forces against a pair without a penalty double in their armour, she under Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II of England. tried a no-trump as West again, this time perhaps with a lit- Scotland regained its independence for another 393 tle less support from the text-book. years. The English also celebrated, because 26 years after that loss, Edward III's fleet almost totally de- Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. stroyed the French fleet at the battle of Sluys. The [K 10 French, then again, can look at 1859, when they de- ] K 10 7 6 5 feated the Austrians at Solferino. We have no informa- { 10 9 8 7 2 tion on any Austrian wins, so they shall have to do it at }5 the card table. In 1497, John Cabot landed in Newfoundland, thus [ 5 4N [ Q 9 8 7 3 ‘discovering’ North America. ] A J 2 ] Q 3 W E {4 {6 5 Today is the anniversary, in 1876, of the battle of Lit- } 10 9 8 7 4 3 2S } A K J 6 tle Big Horn, and Custer's Last Stand. Croatia and [ A J 6 2 Slovenia declared their independence today in 1991, a ] 9 8 4 feat well remembered by those who were in Killarney at the European Championships at the time. Those { A K Q J 3 championships had seen the first, and last, appearance }Q of old-style Yugoslavia. We also salute the undisputed West North East South world champion of another mind sport, chess, Vladimir 1NT Pass 2] Pass Kramnik, who turns 32 today. 2[ Pass 3} All Pass

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OPEN TEAMS STARTING LIST

MKALISH KALISH Avi KAHYAOGLU DEMIREL Talat YADLIN Doron AYDOGU Enis YADLIN Israel SEPETCIOGLU Suat PODGUR Leonid YAVAS Dilek DENMARK WHITE VANG-LARSEN Thomas KAHYAOGLOU Yusuf CHRISTIANSEN Soren AYDIN TEAM GULCU Koray AUKEN Jens UCAR Ali MADSEN Morten Lund ERCAN Sehmus KOLANKAYA YUKSEL Toros YILMAZ Ovunc SOHTORIK Yusuf ILGIN Irfan AKGUL Mustafa GOKSU Cihan KOLANKAYA Aytug PROSAN GURCAN Nadide KOLATA Suleyman AY Ethem KANDEMIR Ismail TURSAN Nedim DUMBOVICH GOTTHARD Laszlo KAPITANSKI Dimitar DUMBOVICH Miklos UZUNER Hasan BUCHLEV Nedju IVANOV Stefan ENGEL Berthold ZALESKI FAIGENBAUM Albert CZE SLEMR Jakub LEVY Alain VOLHEJN Vit QUANTIN Jean-Christophe KOPECKY Michal BOMPIS Marc MARTYNEK Jan CHEMLA Paul SEA&SUN KANLI Ozgur ZALESKI Romain TURAN Erol VAN HELSING HANSEN Renate CALISKAN Erdal BABSCH Andreas YALCINKAYA Omer WERNLE Sascha ERGIL Esat SCHIFKO Martin IVAR TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav SIMON Josef MOEN Fred Arne ERHART Maria ERGA Ingvar STAKE OF CHAOS KHVEN Max SOLHEIM Eli OTCHERTSOV Alexei KRISTIANSEN Kare ZAPADINSKIY Evgeny ANFINSEN Ivar M. RYBNIKOV Gennadiy FRANCE JUNIORS LEBATTEUX Aymeric SHANURIN KHOKHLOV Alexander LHUISSIER Nicolas SHANURIN Evgeni CHAUVELOT Nicolas MATUSHKO Georgi ROBERT Quentin ROMANOVITCH Leonid HAUGE HELNESS Tor ERSHOV Sergei AA Terje TATARKIN Vladmir HAUGE Rune CIMA FABBRINI Giuseppe FURUNES Jon-Egil CECCANTI Devid SAELENSMINDE Erik GIAMPAOLI Franco SVENDSEN Jan Petter FOSSI Niccolo PONT VENTIN Juan Carlos CIMA Leonardo FERNANDEZ Carlos CAMMARATA Michele WASIK Arturo ISRATUR YERGIN Mahmut PONT Juan WAX Yalov CREUHERAS Jose GILBOA Uri LANZAROTTI Massimo DENIZCI Volkan LENGY ROLL Yossi ANTALYA SELAMOGLU Ferhat BAREKET Ilan AFSAR Ertugrul LEVIN Amir GUNER Fahri LENGY Assaf AKKASOGLU Mehmet BIRMAN Alon VITO RALKO Tadeusz BIRMAN David RUSEV Tony ALIZEE JOKISCH Peter SOLUKOV Gencho SAURER Bernd SZELKA Waldemar FISCHER Doris RUSSIA ZMUDZINSKI Adam KASIMIR Udo BALICKI Cezary JUSTE RUBINS Karlis DUBININ Alexander ROTOMSKYTE Juste GROMOV Andrei VAINIKONIS Erikas PONOMAREVA Tatiana SZUTOWICZ Jacek GROMOVA Victoria SZCZEPANSKI Radoslaw QUANTUM VASSILEV Ilia ROMANOVSKA Maija NANEV Ivan

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ARONOV Victor UTNER Bernard STEFANOV Julian PALITSCH Michael MIHOV Vladimir ANGEBRANDT-KELLNER Dietlind STAMATOV Jerry MIROGLIO TUSZYNSKI Piotr POLAND PIKUS Krysztof KOWALSKI Apolinary CICHOCKI Miroslaw ROMANSKI Jacek SKRZYPCZAK Jerzy GRZELAK Roman GIERULSKI Boguslaw COMELLA Amedeo SZTYRAK Leszek BONGIOVANNI Giulio JANISZEWSKI Przemyslaw TOWNSEND MIZEL Jack PURKARTHOFER LINDERMANN Arno SENIOR Brian FUCIK Jan TOWNSEND Tom PURKARTHOFER Gunther GOLD David PUERSTL Christoph LEWIS DOUB Doug ROMANIA K.A.M.D. ANDREI Florin EISENBERG Bill STEGAROIU Marina GOLDBERG Connie ZARA Dan LEWIS Linda MOSCOVICI Fabian ERGIL ERGIL Esat RADULESCU Marian PEHLIVAN Ozcan ELIAN Alexandru DOGAN Irfan RIDERS DINC Sedat UNVER Bora CIVGINER Haldun KOKER Ahmet BAKAN Huseyin Gurcan DINOZAVR SOLNTSEV Evgueni SEN Melih Osman LEBEDEVA Maria KASAPOGLU KASAPOGLU Roko VOROBEI Pavel YARDIMCI Julide KHAZANOV Igor URGUNLU Nukhet HELL'S ANGELS CIVGINER Haldun GEZDUR Selcuk BASARAN Berk KALAFAT Selim DINC Sedat KEPEKCI Mehmet Faruk BAKAN Huseyin Gurcan LIMOR ENGEL Joseph SEN Melih Osman MINTZ Yaacov (Jacob) MARK ROGERS Steve LIMOR Doron MARK Micha COVALIU Sergiu ARVATZ Avi MAHAFFEY SHENKIN Barnet J ZADIK Erez FALLENIUS Bjorn DE MESMAECKER DE MESMAECKER Luc MAHAFFEY Jim VERACHTEN Joris FREDIN Peter VANDEREET Piet NYSTROM Fredrik VAN COMPERNOLLE Dirk BERTHEAU-STROMBERG Peter DE BOTTON BURN David WALDI JAWORSKI Waldemar HACKETT Jason JAGNIEWSKI Rafal DE BOTTON Janet KWIECIEN Michal MALINOWSKI Artur NARKIEWICZ Grzegorz SANDQVIST Nicklas BURAS Krzysztof HACKETT Justin SHATO ROSSENOVO BARANTIEV Nikola KIRILENKO KIRILENKO Sergei TRENDAFILOV Roumen KHOLOMEEV Vadim KARAIVANOV Kalin DOBRIN Denis PEICHEV Ivan KHIOUPPENEN Jouri ALLIX REESS Vanessa ZHMAK Maxim MAUBERQUEZ Eric SHUDNEV Andrei RACZYNSKA Johanna TEXAN ACES SHAH Jyotindra ALLIX Jean Francois SRIDHARAN Padmanabhan HOLLAND HASSETT John VENKATESH Gopal MELBOURNE Howard MUKHERJEE Sumit HOLLAND John DAS Badal Chandra BRUNNER Michelle KANNINGAT Krishna Kumar CARETTA INTER. KOKSOY Enver IZMIR SPOR TOKAY Mustafa Cem TOPPARE Mete KUBAC Nezih OZENIR Serhat YILMAZ M. Gokhan SIRIKLIOGLU Mehmet ZORLU Nafiz KOC Suleyman Ufuk ERCAN Erdal Olkay OZBEY Tayfun YAVUZ Turan AMEDIAN BROSS AKAY Zana WOFARTH ISPORSKI Vladis Nikolov AKAY Fakir Azat WOLFARTH Geoffrey CETIN Mehmet Recep KOVACHEV AL-SHATI Valentin I.D. EKINCI Besir HAYET Gareth ROKYTA ROKYTA Martin GRAIZER GREY Hedy

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MARCIANO Meyer PASQUINI Paolo HORVITZ Shimshon VALDES Jose Maria GOLDRING David HOYLAND HOYLAND Sven Olai FAUR Eliahu BRANDSNES Finn GRAIZER Nurit HOYLAND Sam Inge EGYPT-2 ALY Taymour Ahmad HOYLAND Jim NABIL Karim MALPOL CHODOROWSKA Irena SALAMA Karim WACHNOWSKI Jaroslaw AMIRY Reda JELENIEWSKI Andrzej SAMIR Ahmed DIX Mario AKSUYEK GURSEL Aydin PARNIS-ENGLAND Margaret ERKEL Murat CHODOROWSKI Jan BOTH Peter DIYARBAKIR-DISKISPOR OZCIKAN Ekrem GURSEL Revnak DEMIRHAN Baki AKSUYEK Ender DEMIRHAN Tahir BILGEN Salih AKSU Mehmet Yasin ORANGE 1 BERTENS Huub BASALAK Recep BAKKEREN Ton CAMCI Mehmet Serif VERHEES Jr Louk KORDOV US Birol JANSMA Jan KORDOV Mehmet,Ali ALLFREY ALLFREY Alexander UCUM Zeki FORRESTER Tony URAS Safak BAKHSHI David ZIA AUKEN Sabine ROBSON Andrew WELLAND Roy BAUSBACK BAUSBACK Nikolas ARNIM Daniela von GWINNER Hans-Herman MAHMOOD Zia PAWLIK Andreas IZISEL IZISEL Gerard PIEKAREK Josef TOFFIER Philippe LOFGREN Martin MARI Christian SMIRNOV Alexander PILON Dominique ETI KURANOGLU Mehmet UPMARK GJALDBAEK Kare ZABUNOGLU Okan UPMARK Johan KAHRAMAN Ahmet TORNQVIST Tobias ELLIALTI Serap ASKGAARD Michael UZUM Dogan BJARNARSON Gregers BO LUCACIU Alexander DENMARK RED KROEJGAARD Niels FRONTAURA Frankie CLEMMENSEN Poul BO Eric CASPERSEN Henrik MARILL Philippe GRAVERSEN Hans Christian POPLILOV Lilo LEVINGER HETZ Nathan DUTILLOY Bruno LIRAN Inon BING BANG ENGEBRETSEN Geir LEVINGER Asa HOMME Egil HETZ Clara HANSSEN Bjorn Inge KADIRLI SAYMAN Sinasi Gursel MARSTRANDER Peter ALTUN Tuncay ANDERSSEN Rune Brenderford DUVAN Mehmet Resit OLSEN Roy-Hugo ONEM Omer KEFELI MIZRAHI Ece ALTUN Sukru PISAK Mehves MERSIN GURKAN Tevfik ALUF Tuna INCE Ali KOKTEN Namik WOLAN Terje KEFELI Nihal ALYESIL Cengiz EGYPT-1 SADEK Tarek SEKER Cengiz NADIM Tarek ISITEMIZ Yusuf HESHMAT Mohamed Samy Ahmed LIZ McGOWAN Elizabeth (Liz) AHMADI Waleed El POLLAK Gerhard AZZAM Ayman LIGGAT David KOURDY Adel El ZELNIK Peter LESNIEWSKI KOWALSKI Dariusz GARSU PASAULIS GAWRYS Piotr ARASZKIEWICZ Konrad PSZCZOLA Jacek VOLDOIRE Jean-Michel OLANSKI Wojciech LESNIEWSKI Marcin VAINIKONIS Vytautas HUNGARY GAMAX LAKATOS Peter CHMURSKI Bartosz WINKLER Gabor MARTENS Krzysztof MACSKASY Gabor MARMARA EISENBERG Eric HOMONNAY Geza SOULET Philippe VENETINA SULTAN Perla PAYEN Bernard BIANCHEDI Alejandro ALLOUCHE - GAVIARD Daniele

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SUSSEL Patrick ZIMMERMANN Pierre RUNACHER Jean-Michel MULTON Franck VARENNE BAREL Michael LAURIA Lorenzo VARENNE Miriam POPOVA KILERCIOGLU Murat WILLENKEN Chris ZOBU Ahu ZUR-CAMPANILE-ALBU Migry POPOVA Desislava Borissova ZACK Yaniv GUNEV Rossen Geourgiev MARASHEV KARAKOLEV Georgi COOREMAN COOREMAN Thierry MARASHEV Vladimir CARCASSONNE-LABAERE Valerie TSONTCHEV Ivan COENRAETS Philippe ZAHARIEV Zahari LABAERE Alain ANADOLU BK KESGIN Coskun KAPLAN Alain METIN Kudret RUI PINTO FERREIRA Antonio EKSIOGLU Mehmet BARBOSA Juliano ALTAN Cem SA Joao EKSIOGLU Metin PINTO Rui KURU Ercan HENRIQUES Jose Carlos LA SIDRA PIDAL Agata SILVA Artur Santos PANADERO Maria DINOS MOLVA Murat PASSARINHO Joao ARIGUN Cengiz HERRERO Gutierrez SESYILMAZ Turgay MESTRES Montserrat UCAR Akin RUBIDO Fuensanta Perez RKK OVESEN Jo-Arne POCKET KINGS SUNAMAK Guray KOPSTAD Kjell Otto GOZKAYA Doga KRISTIANSEN Roy ALTUNDAG Ceyhun BERSET Ole TATLICIOGLU Sinan STOKKVIK Dag-Jorgen KOCAK Gulum DUTCH JUNIORS MOLENAAR Danny ORANGE 2 WESTRA Berry PAGTER Vincent de DRIJVER Bas HOP Jacco BRINK Sjoert VERBEEK Tim WIJS Simon de GILLIS BROGELAND Boye MULLER Bauke GILLIS Simon RAMONDT Vincent GARVEY Tommy BESSIS GINOSSAR Eldad HANLON Tom PACHTMAN Ron YILANKIRAN YILANKIRAN Salim BESSIS Michel ATABEY Yalcin BESSIS Thomas GUR Okay VILLA FABBRICHE DI BELLO Stelio SEN Tezcan PULGA Ruggero ASSAEL Salvador BIONDO Bernardo SAYILKAN Tevfik DI BELLO Furio APTEKER GOWER Craig RINALDI Gianpaolo WRANG Frederik MAZZADI Francesco NILSSON Ulf BUCURESTI GHIGHECI Ovidiu APTEKER Alon STIRBU Calin MOSSOP ZIVKOVIC Gojko FEBER Alexandru SIMPSON Colin SERPOI Gheorghe MOSSOP David BRICIU Marius PRICE David CERNAT Ovidiu ASLANLI AVCIOGLU Huseyin Kerem SAMSUN POLIS GUCU SENGULER Zafer GOKSU Hakan AYDOGDU Nevzat BABAC Mine AYDOGDU Fikret ERBIL Erdinc VAHABOGLU Haldun UYSAL Aydin VAHABOGLU Guler KVANGRAVEN HOILAND Tom ASCI Olgun RYNNING Erik RAINWATER JARIGESE Jacqueline BREKKA Geir RAINWATER Ross KVANGRAVEN Nils Kare HOUSLEY Donald ROMANIA LE ROUMAINS IONITA Marius HOUSLEY Shelley FLORIN Filip DALEY KIZILOK Omer TEODORESCU Cornel SELAHADDIN Bedir COLDEA Ionut PAKSOY Serhat Ozer NATALE BARONI Irene OZTURK Erdem PRIMAVERA Federico ANTER Salih Murat NATALE Francesco ZIMMERMANN-ANGELINI FANTONI Fulvio CESARI Barbara VERSACE Alfredo OLSEN Morten NUNES Claudio OLAFSEN Roger