Chief Editor: Henry Francis (USA) Issue: 11 Editors: (Great Britain) (Great Britain) Tuesday Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis (Greece) 1st September 1998 The Pride of Austria

Austria is the new Louis Vuitton McConnell Cup World Team Champion In a final that started out close but ended up being one-sided Austria defeated Germany to secure the McConnell Cup. Three of the team, , Doris Fischer and Terri Weigkrickt were winning their second World title having won the Teams Olympiad in Salsomaggiore in 1992. For Sylvia Terraneo it is her first World title. Vivendi Rosenblum After two exciting semi-finals it is Brazil's Chagas and Angelini of Italy who face each other in today's final. Société Générale Open Pairs At the midway point in the semifinal, America's Steve Weinstein and Michael Rosenberg lead from Piotr Sylvia Terraneo, Maria Erhart, Doris Fischer and Terri Weigkrickt Gawrys and Marcin Lesniewski of Poland. Louis Vuitton Women's Pairs Leaving Lille Saturday poses serious problems After two of the semifinal sessions the leaders are Leaving Lille on Saturday will pose serious problems for those attending this tourna- China's Wang Wenfei and Zhang Yu.They lead by almost ment. Lille will be host to Plan Semi-Marathon, a major festival this weekend, and more than 2% from America's Amalya Kearse and . a million people are expected. Driving will be very difficult early in the morning and impossible after 15.00 when all Elf Seniors Pairs automobile traffic will be banned in downtown Lille.This prohibition will continue until mid- Leading after two qualifying sessions are Great Britain's night Sunday. It is strongly suggested that you do any driving prior to 10.00.We suggest that Boris Schapiro and Irving Gordon. you pick up a map called "Braderie le Plan" from the Hospitality Desk.The map shows clear- ly all the streets from which automobiles will be banned. Cara IMP Pairs Special arrangements have been made for participants in the bridge tournament. Anyone with a car who needs to travel out of Lille MUST have a special pass.This pass can The three-session Cara Transnational IMP Pairs will be be obtained from the Stand in the foyer at the bottom of the main stairs.To obtain the pass held Wednesday and Thursday. The first session will start you must give your car registration number, your name and the hotel where you're staying. tomorrow at 14.00.The second and third sessions will be held Thursday at 11.00 and 16.00. Those who do not have cars may use taxis to get to the airport or the railroad station Registration will take place today at the Hospitality until about 9.00.After that, any taxi that accepts a fare will take his passengers to their des- Desk.The cost is $120 American.The event will be held on tination, but the taxi will NOT return to Lille.Therefore it is incumbent on all those who the 8th floor. need taxi service to use a taxi as early as possible. The first session of all of today's pairs events will start Rides on the Metro will be free from Friday through Sunday evening. at 11.00.The Vivendi Rosenblum Teams will get under way Any additional notices concerning this matter will appear in the Daily News as received. at 10.00. 2 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

VIVENDI (Semi-finals)

1 CHAGAS BRA LINDKVIST SWE 16 21 32 19 37 35 30 17 115 92 2 BRAMLEY USA ANGELINI ITA 1413 3326 2442 3124 102 105 LOUIS VUITTON McCONNELL CUP (Final)

1 AUKEN DEU ERHART AUT 4344 1846 2051 2146 93 187 LOUIS VUITTON WOMEN PAIRS (Semi-final result’s after 2 sessions) 1 WEN FEI W YU Z CHN 117.33 21 SUN M WANG H CHN 103.87 41 GAVIARD D GERMINEAU M FRA 96.49 2 KEARSE A MITCHELL J USA 115.59 22 CAPODANNO L D'ANDREA M ITA 103.71 42 LESGUILLER N DAS M FRA 95.24 3 KITA M KROGULSKA J POL 114.29 23 BLOOM V HOLROYD M ZAF 103.05 43 MOSS S GREENBERG G USA 93.48 4 ZUR-ALBU M LEVIT-PORAT R ISR 113.87 24 BURGER S SION B USA 102.63 44 LAMOUR B SCHURER N FRA 92.77 5 LOTTE M COUSSON M FRA 112.06 25 PINCUS C ROGERS B USA 102.55 45 PALMER B LYNN D USA 92.30 6 FAVAS A DE HEREDIA B FRA 110.93 26 ISOARD M RENOUX M FRA 102.38 7 JEANNIN-NALTET LEMAITRE E FRA 110.89 27 NEHMERT P MIROSLAW W DEU 101.22 46 GARDY U PASTERNAK M POL 91.23 8 CASTELLS L LEON P ESP 110.87 28 DEBETS M SPEELMAN B NLD 100.54 47 BLOUQUIT C LISE C FRA 90.89 9 MENIL R PIGEAUD F FRA 110.31 29 MODLIN M MANSELL P ZAF 100.36 48 MARCHESE A MATIENZO M ARG 90.46 10 YA-LAN Z LING G CHN 110.17 30 DEWASNE I VANDENBOSSCHE BEL 99.40 49 BIRR B GROMANN I DEU 89.92 11 FREY N REESS V FRA 109.12 31 TIBI-DESBOIS C KERLERO P FRA 98.87 50 PIPER Y ZHOU M 88.99 12 BESSIS V D'OVIDIO C FRA 109.04 32 CORMACK J HAVAS E AUS 98.76 51 MATHESON P PATRICK K GBR 87.18 13 WILLARD S CRONIER B FRA 109.03 33 VRIEND B ARNOLDS C NLD 98.61 52 TESSARO T BARRETT A USA 87.03 14 MAITOVA E PONOMAREVA T RUS 108.59 34 AXELROD B HAMMERSCHLAG UZAF 98.33 53 JEITS M CONTARINI K LUX 86.07 15 GIANARDI C ROVERA L ITA 108.49 35 VALENSI O DELOR E FRA 98.27 16 NAKAO T NISHIDA N JPN 108.43 36 MIDSKOG K MELLSTROM J SWE 98.24 54 FOSTER B VAN RENSBURG N ZAF 85.66 17 RADIN J EYTHORSDOTTIR USA 107.00 37 VERGE N LESUR S FRA 97.80 55 CLEMENT M DUMON S FRA 84.64 18 WEI-SENDER K CHAMBERS J USA 106.90 38 LACROIX E POULAIN C FRA 97.64 56 RICARD C RIBEROL C FRA 83.07 19 SUTHERLIN P HAMMAN P USA 106.20 39 MARECHAL N PETIT F BEL 97.13 57 KREMER C MORETTI R FRA 82.03 20 WEBER E VECHIATTO C DEU 105.68 40 POLLACK R GOLDBERG C USA 96.95 58 LANGER D GERSTEL M CHE 79.00 ELF SENIORS PAIRS (Positions after 2 qualifying sessions)

1 SCHAPIRO B GORDON I GBR 127.01 34 KATZ M RAND N ISR 104.79 67 FELTON R WEISMAN D USA 95.25 2 GIGLI G LATESSA A ITA 121.33 35 HUMBURG H MATTSON G DEU 104.70 68 LEIGHTON C LEIGHTON M GBR 94.29 3 MORIN J CHAVANNAZ P FRA 120.87 36 RIMON R HONKAVUORI R FIN 104.49 69 JULIEN J DAMEZ G FRA 94.11 4 JEZIORO A KLUKOWSKI J POL 117.97 37 LONGINOTTI E RESTA G ITA 104.40 70 LE CORRE J PREVOTEAU C FRA 94.10 5 MAGERMAN P V D MIJNSBRUGGE BEL 117.67 38 FUIORESCU M VON KLEIST G DEU 104.34 71 MURRELL J DALTON F GBR 94.01 6 DUPONT L GAROZZO B USA 117.17 39 DELMOULY C ROUDINESCO J FRA 104.09 72 FRANCES J MEYER J L FRA 93.96 7 RENOUARD J FARAHAT J FRA 116.97 40 JAMKA U JAMKA K POL 103.39 73 WHITE G HARRISON J GBR 93.92 8 HIRON M HIRON A GBR 116.00 41 MOSZYNSKI J TAENOWSKI W POL 103.24 74 BLOCH E WEIL G FRA 93.90 9 GROMOELLER W SCHNEIDER W DEU 115.15 42 BIGANZOLI G GAVINO G ITA 102.62 75 BOUERY J GIRONDON Y FRA 93.57 10 HAMILTON F SUTHERLIN J USA 113.44 43 EIDI G MERHY G LBN 102.35 76 SCHWARTZ P ROBINSON J CAN 92.43 11 JANICKI W POCHRON J POL 112.85 44 BOUIN H BOUIN J FRA 102.34 77 CANAL M MANDY C FRA 92.27 12 LEVINE M JABBOUR Z USA 111.69 45 BARONI F BELLI A ITA 102.31 78 SALAMEN C FAYAD M DEU 91.83 13 KAISER K SINT C NLD 111.63 46 AWAD M AWAD G FRA 100.58 79 ENANDER A JOHANSSON A SWE 91.39 14 AVON D MALIGNON R FRA 111.05 47 BARATTA F ROHAN K AUT 100.56 80 COUSIN P PIESSES M FRA 90.96 15 ABIKER J LASOCKI K FRA 110.26 48 SHANNON D BENETT H USA 99.74 81 HOOGEVEEN H BOELAARS C NLD 90.84 82 BLANQUER R CIOSI J FRA 90.16 16 VERHEES J KOKKES J NLD 109.68 49 PESONEN J STUBB S FIN 99.61 83 DIVIES S ALBARET G FRA 89.93 17 DUPUIS L DUPUIS B FRA 109.20 50 MILDE A STOBIECKI W POL 99.47 84 JAUNIAUX G WALA W BEL 89.67 18 FELLOUS J TASSAN J FRA 108.88 51 ORTIZ PATINO J BERNASCONI P CHE 99.07 85 CZYZKOWSKI C PUCZYNSKI K POL 89.41 19 KREIJNS H KLESSER C NLD 108.77 52 BORST P KAMERBEEK C NLD 99.00 86 O'HANA O'HANA MAR 88.68 20 MARUGGI A ROMANIN G ITA 108.64 53 BERTIN J REBILLE Y FRA 98.98 87 SANGLIER J SUSSEL P FRA 88.67 21 WEISMAN J SOLODAR J USA 108.62 54 HEROLD G KOSCHIER R AUT 98.73 88 VEHMEYER L VAN OGTROP J NLD 88.63 22 GUXUCHAI X TANGHOUZU H CHN 108.35 55 ACHTERBERG W BENHASSAT M CHE 98.30 89 OUDIZ S LANGLOIS L FRA 88.37 23 REVILL C HEICKLEN J CAN 107.74 56 GRIFFIN P COVRIGARU Z GBR 98.07 90 DAN O SAXON N ISR 87.66 24 MORTELMANS G ST GEORGES L BEL 107.56 57 KIRSH E KIRSH D CAN 97.47 91 BOSCHI V COHEN A FRA 86.24 25 SKOPINSKA E WITKOWSKI P POL 107.29 58 VON AVENSLEBEN B HOGER W DEU 97.29 92 BULTEZ R POULAIN T FRA 85.75 26 CASIAN E FRANCOS L ESP 107.08 59 HENDRICKX J AUDENAERT A BEL 97.05 93 BROWN C BROWN A GBR 85.60 27 BERNHEIM A DAMIANI J FRA 106.87 60 VALK T VAN BUREN N NLD 96.80 94 PROF.WADIABH SINGH U IND 83.99 28 NASR C BAROUDI N LBN 106.75 61 Mrs.GABILLARD A GERTGEN M FRA 96.78 95 LESTOILLE M DELVAL G FRA 83.91 29 CLEARY E CLEARY A IRL 106.59 62 HERTZ N HERTZ D USA 96.04 96 MC CORMACK J MC CORMACK J USA 83.13 30 PARASRAMPURIA B MANGO J IND 106.57 63 HALLEN H O REHLE L SWE 95.91 97 GABALIS P Miss PEARCY J USA 82.29 31 EISENBERG B JONAS D USA 106.38 64 HANRATTY P DOWLING S IRL 95.67 98 PRINCEN F SZEDNICSEK G DEU 80.79 32 SZENBERG S WILKOSZ A POL 105.95 65 ASQUITH E COCKROFT C GBR 95.55 99 MITCHELL E MITCHELL H GBR 78.50 33 ELSTON R GARYN S USA 105.74 66 BALLY G CASTELLON J ESP 95.31 100 RIBERI T RIBERI P FRA 76.07 Lille, France 1998 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 3

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE OPEN PAIRS (Results after 2 sessions, first 90 pairs) 1 WEINSTEIN S ROSENBERG M USA 123.91 31 WANG W ZHUANG Z CHN 110.07 61 GILL P COURTNEY M AUS 105.45 2 GAWRYS P LESNIEWSKI M POL 119.25 32 ABECASSIS M QUANTIN J FRA 109.53 62 MORSE D WILDAVSKY A USA 105.34 3 CUTHBERTSON M MATHESON J GBR 118.59 33 DEBOER W MULLER B NLD 109.34 63 TILMIN R KEAVENEY G IRL 105.12 4 BERGER H GUTTMANN D AUT 118.43 34 PULGA R RINALDI G ITA 109.10 64 CRONIER P SALAMA M FRA 105.02 5 ALLEGRINI P PALAU J FRA 117.26 35 KIERZNOWSKI R LUKASZEWICZ K POL 108.96 65 ROSS H LAWRENCE M USA 104.93 6 VAN MIDDELEM G JEUNEN F BEL 115.41 36 WOOLDRIDGE J CARMICHAEL T USA 108.69 66 KOSHI H NAKMURA Y JPN 104.92 7 CIMA L STOPPINI L ITA 115.18 37 M™ELLER M NIPPGEN G DEU 108.46 67 PAWLIK A GWINNER H DEU 104.64 8 KWIECIEN M PSZCZOLA J POL 114.64 38 COPE T MANSELL H ZAF 108.41 68 DERIVERY J PELLETIER J GLP 104.54 9 DEBUS E VANDEREET P BEL 114.01 39 MARI C LEENHARDT F FRA 107.87 69 OHNO K YAMADA A JPN 104.51 10 GOTARD T HOLOWSKI Z DEU 113.98 40 SAPORTA P MARLIER J FRA 107.42 70 MOUIEL H POIZAT P FRA 104.34 11 DE C STUTZ U CHE 113.75 41 WALLIS J DEL'MONTE I AUS 107.30 71 DUPRAZ P SALLIERE G FRA 104.31 12 SCHOU S RON J DNK 113.56 42 LEVY A CHEMLA P FRA 107.25 72 LEVIN R MOSS B USA 104.25 13 OLANSKI W STARKOWSKI W POL 113.48 43 BOCCHI N DUBOIN G ITA 107.21 73 ZAWISLAK S KRUPOWICZ M POL 104.20 14 MARTENS K SZYMANOWSKI M POL 113.47 44 LAIR M SCHWARTZ R USA 107.19 74 HOOGENKAMP E VERHEES L NLD 104.17 15 FRERICHS H WENNING U DEU 113.46 45 MRS HELLER C MOHAN L CAN 107.16 75 BURN D CALLAGHAN B GBR 104.13 16 JASSEM K TUSZYNSKI P POL 113.25 46 HAMPSON G GRECO E USA 107.05 76 SCHNITZER J BIEDER W AUT 104.01 17 BESSIS M ROMBAUT J FRA 113.10 47 SCHWEITZER H DECHELETTE N FRA 106.98 77 OZDIL M ZAREMBA J POL 103.89 18 WEICHSEL P SONTAG A USA 112.48 48 LOUCHART P DUGUET M FRA 106.78 78 COHEN A MUNHSGAARD L DNK 103.86 19 WINCIOREK T KWIECINSKI M POL 112.19 49 TERRANEO F SIMON J AUT 106.71 79 BERTENS H NAB B NLD 103.78 20 SADEK T NAGUIB S EGY 112.09 50 HAUKSSON B SIGURDSSON S ISL 106.50 80 LABORDE M DESAGHER M FRA 103.62 21 KOWALSKI A ROMANSKI J POL 111.98 51 LALANNE B SALEY C FRA 106.35 81 VLACHAKI M MAJ GRC 103.41 22 WOLPERT D CZYZOWICZ J CAN 111.91 52 HAMMAN R MAHMOOD Z USA 106.33 82 LAFOURCADE J MORREN R BEL 103.40 23 ROUSSEL N LAFFINEUR G FRA 111.42 53 HEGEDUS G VIKOR D HUN 106.25 83 LEBEL M SOULET P FRA 103.34 24 HOYLAND S O HOYLAND J NOR 111.39 54 POLET G KAPLAN A BEL 106.19 84 GUE P BILSKI G AUS 103.11 25 WOLD E ZECKHAUSER R USA 111.22 55 PARAIN Y DUBUS X FRA 106.15 85 SOLOWAY P ZOLOTOW S USA 103.08 26 MARTEL C STANSBY L USA 111.04 56 LANTARON L KNAP A ESP 105.96 86 HACKETT J HACKETT J GBR 103.02 27 SHARMA V SADHU A IND 110.73 57 HENRI J LABAERE A BEL 105.77 87 LEVY R TEYLOUNI F CHE 102.93 28 GARDYNIK G WITEK M POL 110.63 58 LEVIN A ROLL J ISR 105.62 88 FINGER B FOLLET D FRA 102.89 29 LAMBARDI P CAMBEROS H ARG 110.38 59 COMPTON C KATZ R USA 105.57 89 LE PODER J SOLARI J C FRA 102.81 30 CALDERWOOD G SHEK D GBR 110.08 60 COHEN L BERKOWITZ D USA 105.46 90 MAYBACH R SCHWENKREIS T DEU 102.77 ELF ZONAL OPEN PAIRS (Results after 2 sessions, first 60 pairs) 1 KITA M LESIECKI B POL 123.74 21 GANIVET J NEGREL E FRA 111.95 41 ICARD R LAUGIER G FRA 108.28 2 DAGHER H ALOSTAZ R EGY 122.77 22 NOGUEIRA H MANDELOT A BRA 111.91 42 LESSELLS G MC CARTHY P IRL 108.26 3 COHNER G FRECHE P DEU 118.33 23 DE SMET H VAN DE VEN A BEL 111.90 43 SMITH L SMITH R USA 108.10 4 PARAIN V DUJARDIN P FRA 117.36 24 JIN J JIANG Y CHN 111.78 44 DEBERNARDI A SEGUIN P FRA 107.89 5 HEDGE U HAROUNI J GBR 117.17 25 KULOVIC E BLAZENCIC D HRV 111.41 45 MOHANDES S BOWLES A GBR 107.78 6 CARRE M GRAGLIA C FRA 116.93 26 SORENSEN D VERNAY G USA 111.33 46 LESGUILLIER R KREMER J FRA 107.57 7 PENICK M BRYANT J USA 116.61 27 EKEBLAD R ROBISON J USA 111.16 47 RAYNAUD J FLACASSIER F FRA 107.50 8 RAY D KUSHARI P IND 116.06 28 BUBU A COMBEAU V FRA 110.77 48 BARAN N BENUZILLO M MEX 107.48 9 YADLIN D YADLIN Y ISR 115.60 29 GUILLON C MARCOMBES F FRA 110.63 49 WAKSMAN S NAHMIAS A FRA 107.47 10 HARASIMOWICZ E HOCHEKER D POL 114.85 30 BUSSE P NOWAKOWSKI A POL 110.35 50 MEDUSEI A GUARIGLIA R ITA 107.30 11 MIYAKUNI K IMAKURA T JPN 113.69 31 INO M TERAMOTO JPN 110.34 51 CROMER R MONNIER R FRA 107.26 12 BARBAROUX D BREABAN L FRA 113.42 32 BOBOTOWICZ A MAMON M POL 110.18 52 VILLANI C CONTI F ITA 107.23 13 THYS A GOTTCHEINER A BEL 113.15 33 GASCHEN A CALAME Y SWE 109.72 53 RICHMAN B KONIG S AUS 107.14 14 BAKKE S RIISMES S NOR 112.95 34 CASTANET J HENAFF G FRA 109.55 54 THEELKE M LEDGER J GBR 107.08 15 VENKATARAMAN K GHOSE S IND 112.84 35 BOJOH L MANDOLANG J IDN 109.02 55 HARDEMAN A SESERS G BEL 107.01 16 HANSEN K ZEEBERG U DNK 112.78 36 BAMBERGER J TERRANEO C AUT 108.93 56 PEDERSEN S VILLINGER L DNK 106.97 17 SEILLER J DESAGES O FRA 112.63 37 BORIN K EFRAIMSSON B SWE 108.93 57 KOLODA P CIECHOMSKI J POL 106.83 18 DAM V KROSGAARD M DNK 112.54 38 KLAR R BATES R USA 108.80 58 BEYER M TESSELAAR J NLD 106.49 19 DALVI D CONCESSIO I IND 112.36 39 PERFILOV K ARTAMONOV RUS 108.41 59 RAYMOND H THADANI S IND 106.45 20 KHAZANOV I PROKHOROV D RUS 112.08 40 BROCHARD A ROUSSELLE P FRA 108.31 60 POPPER R MILLER J USA 106.38 ELF ZONAL TEAM WINNERS BY ZONE

Zone 1 DENMARK: Hans Graversen, N. Krojgaard,A. Ostergaard, S.Andersen (overall winners of the Elf Zonal Teams). Zone 2 UNITED STATES: Jeff Wolfson, Neil Silverman, Lew Stansby, Chip Martel, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood (overall runners-up in the Elf Zonal Teams). Zone 3 ARGENTINA: Ricardo Poleschi, Giovanna Widlaszewski, Gustavo Alujas, Diana Budkin, Ernesto Muzzio. Zone 4 INDIA:Ashok Ruia,Ashok Kumar Goel, J. Shah, K.R.Venkataraman, J. Solani. Zone 5 GUADELOUPE: Philippe Mathieu, Dominique Gerin, Pierre Picard, Francois Picard. Zone 6 CHINA: Zhong Fu, Chuangcheng Ju, Xueliang Cao, Lixin Yang, Jianming Dai, Haojun Shi. Zone 7 AUSTRALIA: Paul Marston, John Roberts, Peter Fordham, Malcolm Mayer. 4 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

SEVENTH HEAVEN by Tony Gordon (GB) n the semifinal of the Louis Vuitton 20.All Vul. Dealer West. In the Open Room, the Americans reached McConnell Cup, the German team cap- [ Q 4 3 the popular contract of 4] and von Arnim led I tained by led the American the {6.There was less excitement here com- ] K 10 7 6 team captained by Nadine Wood by 12 IMPs {5 4 pared with what happened on , as (64-52) at the three-quarter mark. However, } 9 7 3 2 Lewis simply ruffed a diamond and then played the last quarter was mostly one-way traffic [ A K 6 5 [ J 7 2 two rounds of trumps to go one down when and Auken eventually triumphed by 50 IMPs to N trumps did not behave. ] A 2 W E ] Q J 9 5 set up an all-European final against Maria { A Q 9 7 6 2 { K 3 Clearly, the ideal contract is 3NT, and that Erhart's Austrian team. } AS } K 6 5 4 was the contract reached by Katrin Farwig On their way to winning the last set 48-10, [ 10 9 8 and Barbara Stawowy in the Closed Room. Sabine Auken and broke ] 8 4 3 West North East South one of their own personal records. In the { J 10 8 semifinal of the in Beijing, they had } Q J 10 8 Michaels Stawowy Wood Farwig bid to 6[ with spades being mentioned for the Pass first time at the six-level. Early on in the final West North East South set they went one better. v.Arnim Tornay Auken Lewis Pass 1} Pass 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2NT Board 17. Nil Vul. Dealer North. 1} Pass 1] Pass Pass 3NT All Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass [ 8 7 6 5 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 3NT made 11 easy tricks for another 11 ] 10 6 5 4 2 4{ Pass 5{ Pass IMPS to Germany. {9 5 6{ All Pass }6 2 After the strong club opening and positive [ A J 10 4 2 N [ K Q response,Auken's subsequent 2NT showed 8- ] K 9 8 3 ] A Q 10 or 13+ and 3NT put her in the lower Internet Traffic W E { 10 8 3 2 { A K Q 6 4 range. Von Arnim might well have passed 5{, } –S } K Q J 7 but she went on to slam with her control-rich These championships, in line with hand. However, when Tornay led a and previous events, are being followed not [9 3 dummy appeared, she must have wished she only by the people present here but ]J 7 was in 6NT rather than 6{. {J 7 In 6{ she had a choice of plays. She could also by thousands of others in the } A 10 9 8 5 4 3 win the first trick in hand and play to pitch her comfort of their own homes. second heart on dummy's }K and subsequent- The WBF Internet site: West North East South ly try to make three spade tricks.Alternatively, v.Arnim Tornay Auken Lewis she could cash the rounded aces and then play www.bridge.gr a second heart, intending to discard her losing Pass 1} 3} spades on dummy's }K and a winning heart. is the source of information for results 3] Pass 3[ Pass There doesn't seem to be much to choose from the tournament, all of which are 4] Pass 4NT Pass between these two lines and, of course, they available within moments of their being 6} Pass 7} Pass both work. Eventually, she chose the second made available. In addition the Daily 7{ All Pass line and duly chalked up +1370 for a 13-IMP News can be read long before the gain as the contract in the other room was 5{. printed version is available her in Lille. After Ellee Lewis had overcalled Auken's Auken led by 44 IMPs at this point and the match was as good as over. Board 27 put the Moreover, material from the WBF strong club opening with a weak jump final nail in the coffin. server is regularly copied by numerous in clubs, von Arnim's 3] was game forcing with other sites around the world, helping spades and her subsequent 4] was natural. In Board 27. Nil Vul. Dealer South. to spread the information further response to 4NT she then showed one ace [ K Q 10 4 afield to those not travelling to Lille. and a club .That was enough for Auken to ] A 8 3 We do not know the exact amount offer her partner a choice of grand {Q of traffic that these secondary loca- slams with her 7} bid. However, von Arnim } A K 10 5 2 tions attract. However, at the halfway then showed that she had a further string to [ 8 5 3 2 N [ A 7 6 mark of the championships, around her bow when she introduced her diamonds 24,000 people (an average of 3,000 per ] K Q 10 4 W E ] 2 for the first time at the seven-level. It took { 7 6 2 { K 10 9 8 5 3 day) have received information from some time for the bidding tray to come back } 4 3S } 9 7 6 the WBF's primary site. at this point as Auken had to decide if she, in [J 9 Computer or Information Technol- turn, was being asked to choose between the ] J 9 7 6 5 ogy specialists use the term 'hit' to majors. Eventually she decided that 7{ was { A J 4 measure the total number of requests bound to be a good contract and duly passed. }Q J 8 of any kind received by the server and Claire Tornay led a heart, but there were no here we had a record on Thursday 27 problems in the play and +1440 was worth 10 West North East South August of 122,000 'hits'. Over the first IMPs as Nadine Wood and Terry Michaels v.Arnim Tornay Auken Lewis eight days we have received over stopped in 6[ in the other room. Pass 600,000 hits, an average of 75,000 per Three boards later, there was another slam Pass 1} 2{ 2] day. swing to Germany. Pass 4] All Pass Lille, France 1998 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 5

The Olympic Grand Prix

A major breakthrough ranch will hand out the prizes to bridge event will take place in the winners at the Victory Ban- Lausanne, , immedi- quet on Friday September 11th. ately following the end of these ---Bridge players from around championships. the world will doubtless wish to The WBF, in partnership visit Lausanne in order to with the International attend this unique competition Olympic Committee (IOC), between some of the World's are organising a top-level tour- best teams.All visitors are most nament to mark the strong link welcome. developing between the two ---There will be a VuGraph organisations. presentation every day where Taking part are the teams that have won the Bridge leading analysts will be covering the most interesting match. Olympiad: France, 4 times; Italy, 3 times; Brazil, Poland At the same time visitors will enjoy the beautiful sur- and the USA once each. China, nowadays the most rapidly roundings of Lausanne, a peaceful and picturesque city on the expanding bridge organisation, joins them thereby ensuring shores of Lake Geneva. global representation. Those people from around the world who are unlucky They will play a Round Robin from which the top two enough to be unable to come to Lausanne will be able to fol- teams will go forward to contest the IOC Grand Prix Final. low the tournament through the WBF Internet site: The tournament will be staged in the Olympic Museum in www.bridge.gr Lausanne and the President of the IOC, Juan Antonio Samaranch, will preside over the event.The Opening Cer- while the most important matches will be shown on Inter- emony will be held on Monday, September 7th, and Mr Sama- net VuGraph at: www.bridgeplaza.com 6 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Beineix, Jafri and Wignall named to Committee of Honor

Three leading figures in world bridge have He became a member of the WBF Exec- became very much involved with the WBF been named to the Committee of Honour by utive in 1987 after serving as a member of hopes of seeing bridge become an Olympic the . They are Jean- the New Zealand management committee sport. He realized that, if this hope came to Claude Beineix of France, Mazhar Jafri of Pak- since 1974 and as president for two years.A fruition, it would be much easier to con- istan and John Wignall of New Zealand. WBF vice-president since 1994, he serves vince the leaders of Third World countries on several key WBF committees - Manage- that bridge is, after all, a sport - a sport of ment, Systems, Laws, Finance and Rules and importance sufficient to be Olympian. (A Regulations. He is also president of Zone 7 separate article about what is happening on (South Pacific including Australia and New the Olympic front will appear in a later edi- Zealand). tion of the Daily News.) He is also a bridge journalist - he has Jafri has held many major positions been writing bridge columns for the two through the years. He was president of the largest newspapers on the South Island for Pakistan Bridge Federation for six years and more than 30 years. is now president emeritus of this organiza- He is accompanied on all his bridge tion. After serving as secretary of Zone 4 excursions by Adele, the woman who for 15 years, he became president in 1995. John Wignall became his wife in 1975. "Adele has given He has been a vice-president of the WBF me considerable support in my bridge activ- since 1991. John Wignall has been a major factor in ities over the years," said John. They have making New Zealand one of the most active three children, "but only the youngest, Keith, bridge nations in the world. He helped form shows any interest in bridge." the Christchurch Club way back in 1953, and he served as club presi- dent from 1958 to 1978. During that period club membership increased from 100 to 800. How did this come about? First of all, he instituted teaching programs that proved highly successful. But there was a problem - when students graduated from their bridge Jean-Claude Beineix classes, they found they were outclassed by the regulars at the bridge club. So they came Jean-Claude Beineix of France, first vice- a few times and then stayed away. Mazhar Jafri president of the Wignall was one of the first in the world and former president of the French Bridge to find the solution - he set up separate Mazhar Jafri, who became a member of Federation, now is a member of the WBF grades of games so that players were able to the WBF Executive in 1979, has helped Executive. He was instrumental in the play with their peers in ability and experi- Zone 4 (Africa, Asia and the Middle East) preparations for the Championships here in ence.This program brought back a lot of the make giant strides in the advancement of Lille, with primary responsibility for logis- students who had been scared away. bridge. Most of the countries in his zone are tics. John also thought it was important to Third World developing nations, and he He has worked closely with WBF Presi- have a good place to play, and in 1968 he faced many problems in making bridge a dent José Damiani since 1982, where he was oversaw the building of a clubhouse for the part of the culture of these nations. part of the group that staged the Olympiad Christchurch club.This was one of the first What kind of problems did he face? In in Biarritz. In the French Bridge Federation, bridge clubhouses ever built in the world. some nations card playing is considered to he is delegate general with responsibility for Problem - the club burned down in 1974. be akin to gambling and therefore is severe- everything technical. That includes tourna- Solution - immediately the club set about ly frowned upon. The government has to ment organization. building a new clubhouse, the building recognize a game as a sport in many of the He has been playing bridge since 1962. where Christchurch players compete countries as well. He is a good player, "but I'm not in the top today. The WBF was a major help in some level of French players." He enjoys the men- Wignall is not just an administrator - he areas. The WBF provided technology to tal stimulation he gets from the game. "And has represented New Zealand on many many nations, and these countries in turn I enjoy the sociability as well. I love to get occasions in world play. He has competed in began to develop interest in bridge. Books together with friends for dinner, then play three Olympiads and three Bermuda Bowls. were supplied, and interested persons were some bridge afterwards." He also has played in eight Far East Cham- taught to teach bridge. Seminars were set His wife Odile also is a good player.At this pionships. He is a Grand Master in New up to train tournament directors. Classes tournament she is in charge of the Hospi- Zealand. This year he was given the New were then set up by the newly trained tality Desk. They have two sons - and they Zealand Honour of Merit for his outstand- teachers. are eagerly awaiting the birth of their first ing contributions to the "sport of bridge". But there still was much work to do. Jafri grandchild in about three months. Lille, France 1998 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 7

L'imagination au pouvoir Par Philippe Brunel

Il aura fallu attendre le 11ème bulletin pour enfin avoir le droit à quelques lignes en français. Cette donne, illustre l'imagination d'un jeune français,Thierry van Reeth (associé à Philippe Taguère) au volant, en Ouest au contrat de 3SA. Donne 3 - Est/Ouest Vul. Sud donneur European [ 9 7 6 ] R D V 7 { R D 8 6 }V 8 [ R V 8 5 4N [ D 10 ] 10 9 8 4 ] A 6 3 W E { 7 { A V10 3 2 } 10 6 5S } A D 2 Championships [A 3 2 ]5 2 { 9 5 4 10th Open Pairs (9 sessions) } R 9 7 4 3 and Contrat: 3SA par Est Entame: 4 de T. 5th Senior Pairs (6 sessions) Sur le 5 du mort, Nord, Philippe Soriano, mit le Valet, carte qui allait s'avérer fatale quelques minutes plus tard car le déclarant (Thierry van Reeth) prit la levée de l'As. Il joua ensuite la Dame de Pique qui fut duquée et continua du 10 pris du Roi. Du mort main- tenant, il avança le Valet pour l'As de Pique de Sud. Mettez-vous à la place du malheureux J.Gozlan, en Sud, lorsqu'il dut rejouer. Il n'imagina pas la diabolique présence de will be held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland table de son adversaire et revint du 3 de T. pour le 10 du mort ! Quelques Piques plus tard, grâce à un gise- March 15 - 20, 1999 ment favorable des Carreaux, le déclarant avait aligné 9 levées. L'extra-lucide Soriano n'a pas imaginé fournir le 8 de Trèfle sur l'entame qui aurait ruiné les espoirs du déclarant.

The Palace of Culture and Science is situated in the centre of Warsaw Bridge fanatic and its spacious halls will provide excellent playing conditions Germany's Elke Webber and her There will be substantial cash prizes partner were surprised to find they had a sit out in one of the Louis Vuitton Women's Pairs qualifying rounds.While Please Contact your NCBO for further information or write to: Elke stayed at the table her partner excused herself. In due course the Information of Entries Local Information Director called the move for the next EUROPEAN BRIDGE LEAGUE POLISH BRIDGE UNION round. Two minutes later she hurried back to the table, apologising for being Bill Pencharz, President 00-019 Warsaw, ul. Zlota 9/4, Poland late. Later she explained that she had 8 Bell Yard, London WC2 A2JU, Great Britain Tel:+48-22-827 2429 been playing against a computer during Tel:+44-171-242 3001 / Fax: +44-171-242 3002 Fax: +48-22-827 3488 her sit-out! She won 13 IMPs! e-mail: [email protected] 8 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Final Set One Louis Vuitton McConnell Cup

Erhart (Austria) v Auken (Germany) ruffed in dummy as East pitched a diamond. trians in the Closed Room. Erhart was able to The next club was ruffed with the ten and double the no trump opening then make a lively set of deals saw a lot of swings over-ruffed with the ace. Now Erhart ruffed of 2] on the next round. A in the first session of the Louis Vuit- another spade in dummy and Stawowy threw Sylvia Terraneo now jumped to 4[ and that ton McConnell Cup final, but at the her }K. When Erhart now played a winning contract lost just two trump tricks; +650 and end of the 14 boards there was only 1 IMP club, Stawowy ruffed and could draw trumps 14 IMPs to Austria, putting them into the lead. between the teams. and cash her {J to defeat the contract by one First blood went to the Germans. trick; -50 and 10 IMPs to AUKEN. Board 3. E/W Vul. Dealer South. Board 1. Nil Vul. Dealer North. Board 2. N/S Vul. Dealer East. [A Q ] Q 8 4 2 [ A 6 3 2 [ K 8 4 3 {K ] A 8 7 5 ]A } A K 8 7 5 3 { A 8 4 3 {A K 10 [ K 10 8 7 6N [ J 4 3 }5 } A K 9 8 4 ] K ] A J 10 9 6 3 W E [ K Q J 10 7 5N [ 8 4 [ A Q J [ 10 { 9 6 4 3 { Q J ] 10 3 ] K 9 4 N S W E ] 5 4 ] Q J 9 6 3 } Q J 10 } 6 4 { 10 9 5 { Q J 6 2 W E [ 9 5 2 S { Q J 8 { 9 7 6 4 3 } J 8 } K 10 9 3 } Q J 6 5 2 S } 10 7 ]7 5 [9 [ 9 7 6 5 2 { A 10 8 7 5 2 ] Q J 6 2 ] K 10 8 7 2 }9 2 {K 7 {5 2 Open Room } A Q 7 6 4 2 }3 Open Room West North East South Open Room Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim West North East South West North East South Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim Pass Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim Pass 1} 2{ Pass 1] Pass 2{ Pass Pass 2] 3} Pass 3{ 2[ Pass Pass 4] 1{ Dble 3{ 3] Pass 3NT All Pass All Pass Pass 3NT Pass 4{ 1} was strong and the 2{ overcall was The 2{ response was at least invitational in Pass 6} All Pass hearts and Sabine Auken's pass over 2[ said that weak in an unspecified major. When Auken freely rebid 3}, von Arnim felt she had to she did not hold a minimum hand. Daniela von It seems to me that von Arnim might have Arnim closed proceedings with a jump to 4]. show her diamonds and the almost hopeless been better advised to bid 3[ rather than 3] 3NT was reached. Doris Fischer led a spade and Auken won over the pre-emptive diamond raise. Had Fischer led the ]10 to Weigkricht's bare king. the ace and played a club to the ace then ruffed Auken's majors been reversed and she had Weigkricht switched to a spade and Auken put a club. She cashed the king and ace of diamonds again bid 3NT,that would have allowed a com- in the queen then played out three rounds of then ruffed a spade. Now the third club was fortable 4] continuation.As it was, 4{ was an clubs, Fischer throwing a heart. Back came ruffed by Terry Weigkricht with the ]10,forcing intelligent shot, attempting to show a sec- another spade and Auken won and ran the clubs. Auken to over- with the ace. Declarer was ondary spade suit. Unfortunately,Auken could It seems that the defence should be virtu- in control, however. She ruffed a diamond then not imagine that her partner had five spades ally double dummy now, as declarer's shape is another club followed by a spade, and still had and imagined that she was facing a three-suit- known and her singleton diamond has to be to make another trump in dummy for +420. ed hand. 6} was not what von Arnim wanted the king to justify her bidding. East has, there- Closed Room to see, but her disappointment was nothing fore, to come down to [J, ]A, {QJ and West compared to Auken's when dummy went West North East South must keep at least one other spade with the down. A spade lead to the ace saw the [K king. Inexplicably, Fischer, who had been dis- Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo ruffed out at trick two and the slam eventual- carding smoothly with the air of someone 1] Pass 2NT ly drifted four down; -400. who knew exactly what was going on, threw Pass 4] All Pass Closed Room the {Q on the last club. Auken could now overtake the {K and made an overtrick; +430. The 2NT forcing heart raise shut Katrin West North East South Closed Room Farwig's spades out of the auction and this Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo was to have an important bearing on the play West North East South Pass Pass as Maria Erhart had less information to go on Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo than her opposite number. Barbara Stawowy 1NT Dble 2{ Pass led the {Q and Erhart won the king and 2] Dble Pass 4[ Pass played a diamond to her ace then played ace All Pass Pass 1} 1] Pass of spades and a spade ruff. Next came ace of Pass Dble Pass 3{ clubs and a club ruff then another spade, The auction went much better for the Aus- Pass 3NT All Pass Lille, France 1998 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 9

This time the overcall of the strong club Farwig did not open the West hand but Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. was only at the one-level and Erhart reopened made a weak jump response over the takeout with a double when 1] came back to her. double of 1}. Now Erhart bid her spades, a [ A Q J 3 2 When Terraneo jumped to 3{, the 3NT con- dubious decision on such a weak suit vulnera- ] 10 8 5 3 2 {5 2 tinuation was inevitable. ble with a badly placed }K. 2[ went two }A Again the lead was a heart to the bare king. down for -200 and 7 IMPs to AUKEN, back in [ K 10 5 4 [ 9 7 6 Here, declarer had not disclosed her clubs in the lead. N the auction, except perhaps by implication. ] K J 9 6W E ] A Q 7 4 Board 5. N/S Vul. Dealer North. { 3 { Q J 8 Farwig switched to the queen of clubs and S Erhart ducked. She won the club continuation } Q 7 3 2 } K 9 5 and rattled off the clubs. It seems that she was [A 8 5 [8 in a worse position than Auken in that she had ] 9 8 7 6 4 ]– not even had the spade taken for her. {A { A K 10 9 7 6 4 However, on the run of the clubs, Stawowy } A 10 9 8 } J 10 8 6 4 Open Room was throwing hearts away. By the time the [ K 7 4 2 [ J 10 9 3 N clubs were exhausted, she had come down to ] K 10 3 ] A 5 West North East South only two hearts. Erhart could lead a heart, win { K Q 10 7W E { J 6 2 Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim the spade return, and play a second heart to } 4 2S } Q J 7 3 1] 4{ establish her queen. That was nine tricks for 4] Dble All Pass +400 but 1 IMP to AUKEN. [Q 6 ] Q J 2 Board 4.All Vul. Dealer West. The 4{ overcall was perfectly timed, giving { 9 8 5 4 3 Weigkricht little option but to bid 4].When }K 6 5 [ 9 8 7 5 Auken doubled that the Austrians were in ]K 4 trouble. Open Room Von Arnim led the {K and switched to the { 10 9 5 }J.At this early stage in the play, Fischer knew } K 7 6 5 West North East South very little about the opposing hands and [ Q 6 4N [ A J 10 Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim thought it possible that the switch was from ] Q 10 7 6 5 3 ] 2 W E 1] Pass 1NT }Jx. Accordingly, she covered with dummy's { Q 7 3 { K 6 4 queen, losing to the bare ace.Auken returned Pass 2} Pass Pass } 9S } A Q 10 4 3 2 a low trump which Fischer won on table to Dble Pass 2[ All Pass [K 3 2 play a club. Auken discarded a spade so the ] A J 9 8 king won. The {Q was covered and ruffed North's auction would usually be canapé { A J 8 2 with the ]J and now declarer played the third so it was normal for von Arnim to pass 2}. club. Von Arnim won and played a spade }J 8 That meant that West had the right shortage through. There were now various possible Open Room to make a normal double and Fisch- routes, all leading to three down; -800. West North East South er responded 2[. Closed Room Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim Von Arnim led the ]Q against 2[. Fischer won in hand and played the [J, running it to West North East South 2{ Pass 2] All Pass the ace. Auken cashed the {A and underled Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo Would you open a vulnerable multi on that the }A to put von Arnim in to give her a dia- 1NT 5{ emaciated suit? Well, the Austrian style is to mond ruff. That went to the queen and king. Dble All Pass open whenever possible and worry about it Though von Arnim led a high diamond back, Terraneo's full-blooded jump to 5{ left Far- later.Von Arnim led the }J against 2] and Fis- suggesting no second club , Auken underled again in the vain hope of defeating wig with what looked to be an obvious double. cher won the queen, cashed the ace of clubs If so, she was swiftly disillusioned.After a spade the contract.That got Fischer back up to nine and ruffed a club. On that trick von Arnim lead,Terraneo could play to ruff two clubs in the tricks; +140. pitched a spade. Now Fischer led the [Q and dummy and just concede one club and one dia- ran it to the king.Von Arnim returned a spade mond; +550.Terraneo was probably mildly dis- and Fischer tried to cash her other spade win- Closed Room appointed with the comparison on this deal; 6 ner.When that got ruffed she had no way to West North East South IMPs to AUKEN who was back in the lead. recover and finished down one; -100. It might have been better for declarer to Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo Board 7.All Vul. Dealer South. play a diamond to the queen at trick three. 1] Pass 1NT [A Now she takes the spade finesse and the Pass 2} Pass 2] ] A K 9 8 7 4 3 defence has to be very careful to prevent her All Pass { 10 9 from being able to cash two spade tricks. Still, } K 10 3 it looks as though the timing may not be quite One would have thought that North's [ 8 5 4 2 [ Q 7 3 right to allow declarer to scramble eight tricks. N sequence would again have been canapé in the ] 2W E ] J 10 6 5 Closed Room Austrian style, but perhaps not. { 3 2 { K J 7 6 } J 9 8 7 6 4 S } A 5 West North East South Anyway, Terraneo gave preference to hearts and now it was less obvious for [ K J 10 9 6 Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo East/West to protect. 2] was a fairly straight- ]Q Pass Pass 1} Dble forward make; +110 and 6 IMPs to ERHART, { A Q 8 5 4 2] 2[ All Pass back in front at 20-18. }Q 2 10 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Open Room Weigkricht put in the {8 and Auken won the Closed Room ten and switched back to clubs, the ten being West North East South West North East South covered by the jack and ruffed. Weigkricht Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim finessed the ]J next, losing to the queen.Von Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo 1[ Arnim played a low club and Weigkricht threw 1NT Pass Pass 2{ Pass 3{ a diamond as Auken ruffed. Now came the ace Pass 2] Pass 4] Pass 3] Pass 4] of diamonds and another diamond for von All Pass Pass 4NT Pass 5} Arnim to ruff. When she returned the }Q, Pass 5{ Pass 5[ ruffing with the eight would have got The auction panned out much better for Pass 6] All Pass Weigkricht out for down two, but she not North/South in the Closed Room. When unreasonably ruffed high and that meant down Erhart balanced with 2], Terraneo had suffi- cient trump support and distribution to justi- 2{ was a transfer to hearts and 3{ showed three; -300. fy a raise to game. Game is poor but success- a decent five-five. When von Arnim next ful. In practice, Erhart made twelve tricks on a admitted to heart tolerance, Auken used Closed Room low club lead for +680 and 9 IMPs to RKCB then bid the fair slam. This time, the West North East South ERHART. slam had to fail by a trick due to the bad heart Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo break; -100. Board 14. Nil Vul. Dealer East. 3{ Pass Pass Closed Room 3[ All Pass [ A K Q 9 6 5 West North East South ]A K 7 Maria Erhart picked a good time to open {2 Farwig Erhart Stawowy Terraneo with a chunky pre-empt. Katrin Farwig over- } J 8 6 1[ called 3[ and played there.After a heart lead, [ 7 4N [ J 10 2 Pass 2} Pass 2{ Farwig did well to make eight tricks for just ] 8 ] J 10 9 5 4 3 W E Pass 2] Pass 2[ one down and 5 IMPs to AUKEN. { K J 8 3 { Q 10 4 Pass 4] All Pass } K 10 9 7 5 4S } Q Board 10.All Vul. Dealer East. [8 3 Erhart started with 2} to set up a canape [ 10 4 3 ] Q 6 2 sequence then bid her hearts and stressed { A 9 7 6 5 them at her third bid with a jump to 4].Ter- ] Q J 7 5 4 }A 3 2 raneo had no reason to move on and 4] {7 5 made eleven tricks for +650 and 13 IMPs to }A K 9 Erhart/Terraneo bid quickly to the normal Austria. Once again the lead had changed [ A Q 7N [ K J 8 5 4[ in the Closed Room; +480. The Germans hands. ]9 6 ]K 3 were more adventurous in the Open Room. { J 8 6W E { K 9 4 Board 9. E/W Vul. Dealer North. Open Room } 10 8 5 3 2 S } Q J 6 4 [ 7 5 4 [ 9 6 2 West North East South ]7 5 ] A 10 8 2 Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim { A Q J 10 7 2 { A Q 10 3 2 Pass 1NT }K 7 }7 Pass 2] Pass 2[ [ A K Q 8 3N [ 2 Pass 4{ Pass 4] ] K 6 3 ] A J 9 8 2 Open Room W E Pass 4NT Pass 5] { K 9 8 4 { 6 3 West North East South Pass 6[ All Pass } 6S } 10 9 5 4 2 Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim [ J 10 9 6 1[ Pass 1NT was a mini and 2] a transfer. 2[ ] Q 10 4 showed a minimum for spades and now 4{ 1NT All Pass {5 was a self-agreeing splinter. With two key } A Q J 8 3 cards, von Arnim wanted to show some suit- The defence began with five rounds of ability for slam without going past game.When Open Room hearts, on the fifth of which von Arnim threw partner is not prepared to make a more posi- a discouraging [9 while Weigkricht came West North East South tive acceptance of the slam try, it looks a little down to a bare {J. Weigkricht Auken Fischer v Arnim over-aggressive for North to drive to slam, but Auken cashed one top club then switched that is what Auken did, and she got very lucky. 1{ 1] 2} to a diamond. Declarer thought for a while The lead was a heart to the ace. Auken 3} 3{ Pass Pass then played low. The queen won and von drew three rounds of trumps then played a 3[ All Pass Arnim could exit with a spade and wait to be diamond to the ace and ruffed a diamond, given two more diamond tricks in the ending; heart to the queen and ruffed another dia- Terry Weigkricht did not look very -300. mond.When she next played a club to the ace, impressed when her partner passed what Had Auken cashed the second top club, she had a complete count on the hand and was surely a forcing sequence, and she didn't dummy would have been squeezed. Had knew that the }Q had to be singleton rather look any happier when the dummy went declarer thrown a diamond, banking on their than from }KQ so there was no guess; +980 down. being guessable to keep her four spade tricks and 11 not unfortunate IMPs to AUKEN. Auken led the }K and von Arnim over- intact, a diamond switch now would have led At the end of an action packed first set took to switch to her singleton diamond. to six down. ERHART led by 44-43 IMPs. Lille, France 1998 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 11

Semifinal - Set Two By Bramley v Angelini

he semifinal between BRAMLEY and Differing weak two opening styles created and the contract had to fail by a trick. Bramley T ANGELINI was very close after one a swing on this deal. Lazard's 2] opening switched to the [3. When Versace played low set and continued to be so during the showed 6-10 and Bramley just passed it. 2] from hand he had no spade loser and so made second stanza. The swing on this first deal was one down for -100. his contract; 12 IMPs to ANGELINI. could have gone either way; For Buratti/Lanzarotti, 2] promised 8-12. Board 29.All Vul. Dealer North. Board 19. E/W Vul. Dealer South. South responded 2NT, showing spades, and North showed his club feature then raised to [A Q 4 [ 10 9 3 2 4[, which was duly made with an overtrick for ] Q 8 5 4 ]9 5 +650 and 13 IMPs to ANGELINI. { Q 10 2 { A K J 2 }A 7 3 Board 22. E/W Vul. Dealer East. } J 10 2 [ J 7 3 2N [ K 10 6 [ A K J 7 6 [ 5 ] J 9 3 ] K 10 7 6 2 N [K Q 4 W E ] K J 8 7 3 ] A Q 10 2 { K 5 { J 8 W E ]6 4 { 10 { 5 4 S { 9 7 4 } K 9 4 2 } Q 10 5 } 8 7S } A K Q 9 5 4 [ 9 8 5 } K J 8 6 2 [ Q 8 4 ]A [ J 3 2 [ A 10 9 8 7 5 ]6 4 N { A 9 7 6 4 3 ] J 8 5 3 ] A 10 2 { Q 9 8 7 6 3 W E } J 8 6 }6 3 { J 5 { K 10 6 2 } Q 10 7 4 S } – Bramley played in 3{ on a heart lead to the Pollack and Casen missed 6] when they bid: [6 ace. He played ace and another diamond to West East ] K Q 9 7 West's king and back came a heart, ruffed. 1[ 2} { A Q 8 3 Bramley ducked a club to the ten and back 2] 3] } A 9 5 3 came the }Q. Bramley took this and eventu- ally went one down, West having the neces- 4] 5} West North East South 5] Pass sary entry to push through a spade to secure 1[ Dble two defensive spade tricks. But suppose that 2[ 2NT 3{ 3NT Bramley ducks the }Q. He wins the club con- Why didn't West bid 5{ over 5}? We will All Pass tinuation, ruffs a heart and plays a diamond to never know; +680. But in the other room: the queen.The end position is this: West North East South This was +400 for BRAMLEY when Lazard [A Q 4 Lazard Bramley won the spade lead and picked up the clubs successfully.At the other table it went: ]Q 3{ {Q 4{ 7{ 7] All Pass West North East South }– 1[ Dble irrelevant [ K 10 6 The Italian East put too much trust in the 2[ 3} 3[ 4} N ]K 10 fact that his opponents had bid all the way to All Pass W E the seven-level and bid 7] over 7{. Perhaps a {– S would have been better advised This made eleven tricks despite the 4-0 }– because Bart Bramley had found a great time trump split but that was still only +150 and 6 [ 9 8 5 to open a desperately thin 3{ pre-empt.When IMPs to BRAMLEY. ]– Bramley followed that up by leading a dia- {9 7 mond that was one down and 13 IMPs to Board 23.All Vul. Dealer South. }– BRAMLEY. 7{ doubled would have cost 1700, [K 4 East must discard on the trump queen. If he which would have meant a 14 IMP swing in the ] J 8 5 4 2 pitches a spade,declarer can play ace and anoth- opposite direction. { 6 5 4 er spade to establish the queen. If East pitches a Board 20.All Vul. Dealer West. }A 7 2 heart, declarer simply exits with the ]Q and [ Q 10 7 [ A 8 5 2 [K 4 3 N pitches a spade, and East must lead into the ] A K 10 7 6 3 ] Q 9 spade tenace. Either way, that is nine tricks. ] A Q 7 5 4 3 W E { J 3 { A 10 8 { J 10 3 } K 6S } Q 8 4 3 }2 [ J 9 6 3 Better Luck Next Time! [ Q 2N [ 10 8 6 ] K 8 6 2 ] J 10 9 ]– W E If you did not do well in the { Q 9 4 2 { K 6 { K Q 9 7 2 tournament, you can replay the } 10 5 4S } A Q J 9 6 } J 10 9 5 deals in the 'Computer Jungle'. [ A J 9 7 5 ANGELINI gained a game swing on this The scoring is in matchpoints for ]– deal. Both tables saw West declarer in 4] on the pairs and IMPs for the teams. { A 8 7 5 the lead of a diamond, ducked to South's } K 8 7 3 queen.The Italian South switched to a club now 12 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Final Set Two Louis Vuitton McConnell Cup

Austria v Germany they must have been slightly surprised to gain had to be played at the first legal opportunity. 11 IMPs, putting them 40 IMPs ahead. East had no problem on this trick, parting with ustria started the third quarter with a Germany suffered on the next deal. a heart, but the next diamond was a killer. healthy 29 IMP lead and within the Releasing a heart or a club would allow A Board 2. N/S Vul. Dealer East. declarer to cash her tricks in that suit, at the space of four boards they had effec- tively put themselves out of reach. [K 6 same time squeezing East again. Auken released a club and was eventually thrown in ] Q 10 7 8 Board 1. Nil Vul. Dealer North. with a spade to lead into declarer's heart {K 5 2 [ 8 6 4 tenace. } Q 9 6 2 That cost another 11 IMPs;Austria by 51. ] A K J 10 8 3 2 [ 9 8 5N [ A Q J 4 Both teams were at fault for not using Eng- {A ] A 9 4 ] J 5 3 2 W E lish at the table which may well have con- } 10 4 { J 10 8 7 6 { 9 tributed to this disaster. [ 10 3 2N [ Q 9 7 5 } K 3S } J 7 5 4 Fischer/Weigkricht bid an excellent slam ]6 ]Q 9 W E [ 10 7 3 2 on the next board and the German pair must { J 9 8 6 2 { Q 10 7 5 ]K 6 have been relieved to see it reached in the S } 9 8 7 2 } J 6 5 { A Q 4 3 other room. It was only a temporary [A K J } A 10 8 reprieve. ] 7 5 4 {K 4 3 West North East South Board 4.All Vul. Dealer West. Erhart Stawowy Terraneo Farwig } A K Q 3 [A 10 West North East South Pass 1NT ]9 Erhart Stawowy Terraneo Farwig Pass Pass 2} Pass { 9 8 6 3 2 2] All Pass } 8 6 5 4 2 1] Pass 2NT [ 5 2 [ K Q 8 7 6 4 3 Pass 3{ Pass 3] N East's reopening bid promised the majors ] A J 6 3 ] K Q 7 5 Pass 3NT Pass 4} W E and West gave preference. North must surely {J 5 {10 Pass 4] Pass 6] have been tempted to wield the axe but in the } J 10 9 7 3 S } Q All Pass event she went quietly. The contract drifted [J 9 two down for +100 to Germany. The short interval between sessions makes ] 10 8 4 2 it difficult to obtain exact details with regard West North East South { A K Q 7 4 to the meaning of every single bid, but this is Von Arnim Fischer Auken Weigkricht }A K what we think was happening.After South had Pass 1{ West North East South made a game forcing response to the opening Pass 1] Dble 1[ Erhart Stawowy Terraneo Farwig bid the rebid showed a shortage and the sub- Pass 2NT Pass 3NT sequent 3NT was of the 'serious' variety, All Pass Pass Pass 4[ Dble implying slam interest. When North failed to All Pass cuebid over 4} (or was that a reply to We have no idea why Terri Weigkricht bid RKCB?) South could hardly be blamed for set- 4[ can be defeated but its not easy. South tling for the small slam. 1[ and it had the effect of letting von Arnim off the hook. 3NT is clearly too high but the has to switch to a heart after cashing one trick West North East South bridge Gods were about to smile on the Aus- in either minor.Then she can get in with the Von Arnim Fischer Auken Weigkricht trians. other minor to give North a heart ruff. Not easy and after cashing the }A she 4} Pass 4NT With a difficult lead East selected the ]2 which went to the six, nine and ten.With no fatally took a top diamond; Pass 5] Pass 5NT place to go declarer tried a club to the ace +790 for Austria. Pass 6] Pass 7NT and another club.West won with the }K and West North East South All Pass played the [8. North tried the [K and East Von Arnim Fischer Auken Weigkricht This was soup for the Austrians and won with the ace. East could not be sure her partner had the ]A so she switched to the Pass Pass 1[ Dble {9. Declarer went up with dummy's ace and Pass 2{ 2[ 3[ Correction called for a card from dummy. The players Pass 4} Pass 4{ were speaking in German and clearly von Pass 5{ All Pass In the report on the Senior Teams Arnim thought it was a diamond for she put final in Monday morning's Daily News, the {6 on the table. When it transpired that Well bid by the Austrians who recorded Mr Szenberg should have been West declarer had asked for the ]K von Arnim sub- +600 and 16 huge IMPs. and Mr Wilkosz East throughout. Our stituted the ]A. It was by now clear that they would be the apologies for the misinformation. The Director, Richard Grenside confirmed new Louis Vuitton McConnell World Champi- that the {6 was a major penalty card and so ons. Lille, France 1998 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 13

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A ruff in a notrump contract? Mellow Mexican music Maintaining control by Yildiz,Turkey As an involved auction by your opponents George Rosenkranz and Miguel Reygadas enjoyed these hands from the fourth qualifying ses- continues, your RHO bids 5NT.You pass and I found myself with a 4-3 trump suit on sion of the Société Générale Open Pairs. push the bidding tray to the other side. A this deal, so I knew I had to be careful and short time later the tray comes back with the Board 11. Nil Vul. Dealer South. keep control. bidding cards from the other side removed. [ J 10 6 4 3 2 [A Q 2 The contract is 5NT, right? ] 8 5 3 Well, you cash an ace and then lead the ] 10 8 5 { K 10 8 7 5 ]A and ]K.And declarer ruffs! Really!! {4 What happened? While the tray was on the }A 8 6 }A 4 other side, your screenmate's partner bid 6[, [ A 8N [ K Q 7 5 [ 10 6 3N [ 8 7 4 ] A Q 7 6 ] 3 ] K J 10 4 ] A Q 9 7 6 but both players pulled their bidding cards W E W E before sending the back. { A K 8 { Q J 10 9 2 { J 6 2 { Q 8 3 S No problem - 6[ also was set a trick of } K J 7 3 } Q 4 2 } J 10 5S } 9 2 course - your two aces. [9 [ K J 9 5 ] K J 9 4 2 ]4 { 7 6 5 3 {A 7 } 10 9 5 A sure trick! } K Q 8 7 6 3 West North East South As declarer was playing his con- West North East South Rosenkranz Reygadas tract, his LHO discarded a small dia- Mouiel Aydogdu Multon Yildiz mond, then discovered he could follow 2{ (1) (1) suit. Penalty card. Two tricks later his Dble (2) 4] 4[ Pass 2[ RHO discarded a small diamond, then 4NT Pass 5{ Pass Pass 2NT (2) Pass 3} found he could follow suit. Another 5] (3) Pass 5NT (4) Pass Pass 3{ (3) Pass 3[ (4) penalty card. "A sure trick!" said 6NT All Pass Pass 4[ All Pass declarer as he called for dummy's sin- (1) Weak heart suit (1) Four spades and a longer minor,11-16 points gleton {J and both opponents had to (2) Either 16-18 or 19-plus HCP (2) follow with their penalty cards. Relay (3) Do you have the [Q? (3) Values in diamond suit (4) I do indeed! (4) Two honours in spades but no heart stopper Making 12 tricks was easy - the position of the A real Belgian slam ]K was marked so of course the finesse worked.This East won the ]J with the ace was worth a large proportion of the matchpoints. by Herman De Wael and continued the suit. I discarded two clubs Board 20.All Vul. Dealer West. on the second and third rounds of the suit. Playing in 6}, a Belgian declarer was happy Mouiel, after winning the third heart, switched to see both opponents leading an ace at the [ 10 3 to a small club to dummy's ace. I played the same time. Usually, when you now call the ] 6 5 2 [A and [Q and then led dummy's other club. Director,you will find some way of seeing one { 8 7 5 4 With both black suits behaving, I had my game. of these aces disappear.And so it did! Which } A J 9 7 By refusing to ruff a heart, I kept open the said nothing about the ace of trumps, which [ 9 7 6N [ A Q J 5 4 2 possibility of making my game even if the was also outstanding. ] A K 10 3W E ] J 8 7 trumps broke 4-2. I couldn't afford to short- Actually I came across the hand again that { A 6 { 10 3 en my trumps by ruffing a heart. evening – in the Appeals Committee, where } 6 5 4 3S } K 8 they were studying the hand played in 6]. [K 8 Despite being off three aces, including the ace ] Q 9 4 of trumps, that slam happens to be cold. For { K Q J 9 2 the full story of that board, see the Appeal } Q 10 2 that will be published some day soon. West North East South Rosenkranz Reygadas Pass Pass 1[ 2{ 3{ 4} Pass Pass Dble 4{ Pass Pass Dble All Pass When Rosenkranz started with the ]K, Rey- gadas played the eight, suggesting a switch. Rosenkranz led a spade to partner's ace, and Rey- gadas tabled his ]J, leading to two more tricks for the defence. Rosenkranz switched to a club, and declarer ducked to the king. Reygadas led a club Rendezvous with the World Bridge back to the queen, and declarer went after trumps. Championships very day at 18:40 on But Rosenkranz rose with the {A and led a club for Radio France Frequence Nord 94.7 or his partner to ruff. That capped an 1100-point set in Lille 87.8 Darty provides the video screens for virtually all the matchpoints. Lille, France 1998 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 15

The return of Moyse The things world Croatian Pseudo-squeeze champions are made of, by Vladimir Biondic When 3NT does not look attractive, the best hope for game often can be located in a follow-up Opens Pairs Qualifying Session 4. 4-3 major suit fit. by David Stevenson (England, GB) Board 2. N/S Vul. Dealer East. Board 19. E/W Vul. Dealer South. In Daily News Issue 9 there is a hand bid [ J 10 5 4 2 [ A Q 9 6 5 4 boldly and played excellently by Fred Hamil- ton – but did you notice that the defence ] K 7 4 2 ] J 7 5 { K 10 2 { J 6 4 helped? [– }5 }4 ] 10 4 [ A Q 9 8 [ K 3 [ K [ J 8 7 3 N N { J 8 7 5 3 ] 8 ] Q J 10 3 ] A K 6 ] Q 10 8 2 W E W E } A K J 6 3 2 { J 9 { A Q 7 6 4 { A 9 3 2 { 8 7 5 } A Q J 9 4 2 S } K 6 S } A K J 7 2 } 10 5 N [7 6 [ 10 2 W E ] A 9 6 5 ] 9 4 3 S { 8 5 3 { K Q 10 [K 6 3 } 10 8 7 3 } Q 9 8 6 3 ] A Q J 9 8 7 6 Davor Blazencic and Esad Kulovic of Croa- West North East South {– tia overbid to 6NT from the East hand. Vortmann Weber } Q 9 4 Kulovic received the lead of the [7 to the Pass eight, ten and king. He thought he had a 2{ 2[ Pass Pass The write-up says: 'Hamilton ruffed the chance to win his contract if the heart hon- 3[ Pass 4] All Pass opening lead and immediately played a heart ours were divided. In that case he had to play to the 10. The slam is unbeatable now.' Is it? a heart to his queen and, if left-hand-oppo- The 2{ opening was either strong, 21-22 The writer now considers what happens after nent won with the ]K or ]A, there might or 4-9 HCP with 4+[ and a longer minor. a defender has taken his ]K, but consider the later be a squeeze. If South held both heart South led the [10 and after North won hand if the ]10 holds. Declarer plays another and spade length he might duck to try to pre- with the ace he switched to his singleton club. heart, East follows, and declarer plays ??? vent declarer from setting up and reading a Declarer played the }10 from his hand, cov- Either a defender has ducked brilliantly from squeeze ending. ered by the queen and ace. He now cunning- Kxx with the East hand or with Kx with the Kulovic led a spade to dummy followed by ly played the }2 from dummy and North West hand. If declarer guesses which correct- a heart to the queen.The first hope failed to ruffed with the ]5. He switched to the {4 and ly, he makes 13 tricks - and if he misguesses materialise when South took the ace and dummy won with the ace. Declarer now he goes off! What a shame that a defence returned a club. Declarer won in hand and played the }7 from dummy and North decid- equally brilliant to Fred's play was not found rattled off the remainder of the clubs. North ed to ruff with the ]7. Declarer overuffed and at the table! had big problems with his discards, having played a heart to the ace. Now he could cash important holdings in all three suits. Kulovic's two winning clubs discarding diamonds from first two discards were the {4 and {7 and, as his hand and take four more tricks on a he had shown five diamonds in the auction, it crossruff. The Book appeared to North that he must therefore of the Par Contest still hold the {AQ8. In reality, South's {8 was guarding the suit, All the Problems so that North needed only to keep the bare All the Solutions {K to defeat the contract. However,he threw his ]K to hang on to the diamonds and now Kulovic had two heart tricks and made his slam for a huge score. Of course, North's defence doesn't stand Annual General Meeting up to analysis.After six rounds of clubs, three spades and a heart, he can keep only two dia- On Tuesday September 1st 1998, monds, even if he relies on his partner to 10.00 a.m. guard the hearts, as he must also keep a spade In "Eurotop" room 3rd floor, guard. Once you are coming down to two dia- Starting with the presentation of the monds, you might just as well come down to Annual IBPA Awards a singleton. Still, well played by Kulovic to visualise the opportunity to give his oppo- nents a problem. J.M. Weston spon- sors the J.M. Weston Available NOW from Jannersten's Mixed Pairs. shop or the Le Bridgeur shop in the main hall. Weston in Lille: Price US$ 7 or 40 FF. 34-36 rue Grande, Chaussée, Lille Coralia sponsors the Continuous Pairs 16 Tuesday, 1 September 1998 1998 World Bridge Championships

Master Bidders Club The Aberlour VIP Club News Canada's Joey Silver is well known not only as a top class player but also as one of the best panellists taking part in the bidding features of several bridge magazines. He dropped into the Daily News office to provide details of the fol- lowing deal from the first qualifying session of World News the Société Générale Open Pairs Champi- onship. It featured an excellent bidding sequence. Shark alert Board 2. N/S Vul. Dealer East. The spectacular Steven Spielberg film [ A K 9 6 4 3 2 'Jaws' immediately sprang to mind when thir- ] 10 4 ty miles of Italy's coast were closed to swim- {Q 7 mers after a 20-foot great white shark Visit from Hébrard }J 3 attacked a cabin cruiser 12 miles off shore. Antoine Hébrard, President of both [5 [J 7 It is the first time a great white shark has the world famous French magazine le N been sighted in the Mediterranean. Experts ] K 9 6 ] A 8 5 Bridgeur and the French edition of 'Who's W E said global warming was affecting the territo- { A 10 9 8 { K 6 4 3 Who', called in at the club after making rial spread of the shark and predicted that it sure everything was running smoothly at } A K 8 7 4 S } Q 9 6 5 would move into British waters within 10 his company's stand located outside the [ Q 10 8 years. playing room.Then it was time to return ] Q J 7 3 2 to Paris to look after the visitors to the { J 5 2 Cuban plane crash magazine's shop which is located in the } 10 2 1st arrondissement, 28 rue de Richelieu. West North East South kills 78 Gitelman Silver A Cuban plane carrying 90 people burst into flames at take-off at , , on 1997 World Pass Pass Saturday killing 78 people, including five chil- 1} 2[ Dble Pass dren playing football. Championship Book 3{ Pass 4} Pass At least 19 foreigners were killed, includ- 4] Pass 5{ All Pass ing Cubans, Chileans, Italians, Spaniards, an Argentinean and a Jamaican. After Fred Gitelman opened with a natur- al 1} North made a weak jump overcall of 2[. He probably considered bidding 3[ but Big Mac's attack the vulnerability and his poor 7-2-2-2 shape No, not an advert for McDonald's, but were strong factors. Joey Silver made a nega- confirmation that Baseball star, Mark McG- tive double that by agreement promised real wire is homing in on a place in the record values. books as the 1998 season winds down. As an aside, many partnerships now play He is on a streak that has made him the that in this situation a redouble by South fans favourite to overtake Roger Maris, who would promise a high spade honour but this in 1961 hit the existing record of 61 home was clearly not an appropriate moment. runs in one season. Maris overtook the Fred introduced his diamond suit and Joey record set by the legendary 'Sultan of Swat', showed his primary support for clubs. When 'Babe' Ruth.With 52 home runs by August 23, Fred now bid 4] it was clear his shape was 1- he was the clear leader of a pack that also The book of the Hammamet World 3-4-5. The obvious bid was 5} but Joey includes Sammy Sosa of the Cubs, Championships is on sale at the Le realised that the fifth club in his partner's hand and Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. Bridgeur shop in the main hall. would provide a potentially vital discard.That In 1998 the 6 foot 5 inch, 225-pound McG- Edited by Brian Senior,the 304 page enabled him to find the winning bid of 5{. wire has hit home runs in every National book includes coverage of all three Proof, if it were needed, that he bids just as League park except Atlanta's Turner Field and teams championships, a full results ser- well at the table as he does on paper! Cinergy Park in Cincinnati. He hit 52 home vice and listing of all participants.There runs in 1996 and is likely to become the first is also cross-imping of both round hitter to score at least 50 home runs three robins and many photographs. years in a row, something not even Babe Ruth The main analysts are Eric Kokish, ever did. Brian Senior and Barry Rigal, with sec- tions by , , Walter Walvick, Geir Helgemo and Alain Levy. As always, the best value bridge Vivendi sponsors the Vivendi Rosenblum Cup book of the year!