1st1st WorldWorld MindMind SportsSports GamesGames YouthYouth TeamTeam ChampionshipsChampionships Beijing-ChinaBeijing-China 33rd-18-18th OctoberOctober 20082008 Chief Editor: Brian SENIOR Editors: Micke MELANDER - Jan van CLEEFF Layout Editor: Panagiotis PAPADOPOULOS Photographer: Wattanai CHANAKOT Bulletin 12 Thursday, 16 October 2008 YOUNGYOUNG TURKSTURKS WINWIN PAIRSPAIRS he new World Junior Pairs champions are Melih Osman Sen and Mehmet Remzi Sakirler from Vugraph Turkey. The last two boards proved to be decisive T There will be a vugraph since the young Turks were almost equal with Ron presentation from today’s Schwarz and Lotan Fisher from Israel. On the penulti- Individual Championship, mate board the Israelis went down in slam while the morning session only. Turkish pair made 3NT with three overtricks. The last board, however, looked splendid for Ron and Lotan, as they made 6NT with an overtrick, while with good def- Today’s Schedule ence only twelve tricks were available. Israel high fived, 10.30 Individual, Session 1 but the party all of a sudden stopped, when rumours spread that Sen and Remzi bid and made 7NT on the 15.30 Individual, Session 2 board. And so it proved to be. After winning the Euro- pean Senior Championships this year in Pau, this meant a second huge success for Turkish bridge. 1st WORLD MIND SPORTS GAMES Beijing, China MIRZA ASFANDIYAR HUSSAIN The Youth event has come and gone but one remark- able player of only 15 years came, played and went back What’s your strength and weakness without being noticed exc- as a bridge player? ept by those who played against him. He is Mirza As- Olivier Bessis, France fandiyar Hussain from Pak- — This wasn’t easy to answer. I istan who represented Pak- think I have the same since my istan in the Under 21 Cate- strength is also my weakness. I’m gory and first played the filled with fighting spirit when I youth pairs in Bangkok at the age of 13. Born in a play and never give up, but that family of bridge players, both his parents have rep- means that I can get overheated resented Pakistan in World Championships. This when playing and maybe not so remarkable student could not stay on due to his kind to my partner, making him create mistakes. studies, but let us tell you that he has all the mak- ings of another Zia Mahmood style of player. So be warned, bridge world, of this new star. Asf-andiyar Sara Kapo, Albania — My strength is to be able to un- is passionate about bridge and want to specialize derstand my partner and simply in Biogenetics. He works hard to balance his time know what’s going on. But I’m between his studies and bridge. very emotional and can easily get Asfandiyar plays in one Open Team from Lahore nervous, which may make me cre- and holds his own in this competition against some ate bad things. of the top players from Pakistan. He has been sel- ected for special grooming so as to be the emerg- ing player from our region. Ricardo Serrano, Spain — I don’t know, hmm, don’t write that! I still have a lot to learn about this game but I think dec- laring is my strength. The weak- InvitationInvitation ForFor ness is that I get crazy and over- bid sometimes. We call it “Avalan- ClosingClosing CeremonyCeremony cha” in Spanish. The Closing Ceremony for the 1st World Mind Sports Games will be held at 17.00 on Jason Feldman, USA — I’m good at card reading and bid- Saturday October 18th. The Chinese Organis- ding judgement. I get very frustrated ing Committee welcomes captains, coaches and which can make me make more mis- players participating in all the Youth Bridge takes when the opponents do bad events: U28, U26 and U21 Teams, Youth Pairs plays or bids that prove to be a good board for them. and Youth Individual, the International Federa- tions’ officials, and Technical personnel to the ceremony. Aniket Sanghvi, India — I stay cool with my partner Captains of the teams are kindly requested to whatever happens and I know my register on Thursday the 16th (11.00 to 19.30) system, that’s for sure two of my the number of people wishing to be present at better things. I’m also the aggres- the ceremony and to pick up the invitation let- sive player in the pair so I’m good at creating swings, but this is also ters on Friday the 17th (11.00 to 19.30), at the the really bad thing because very desk of the Chinese Organising Committee in often I end up losing too much. No.1 Meeting Hall of the BICC. ii 3-18 October 2008 YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS IndividualIndividual ChampionshipChampionship SystemsSystems Of course, in an Individual competition, it is necessary for Defensive Bidding: everyone to use the system — even if you happen to play a few boards with a regular partner. Negative doubles through 3[ It has been decided to use two different systems for the Weak Jump overcalls Individual Championship in Beijing, according to which Unusual no trump, 2NT overcall for two lowest unbid suits, group you are in. natural, 19-21 in balancing seat The top group, ‘A’, will use the same system as was played 1NT overcall 16-18 with same responses as to 1NT opening, in the Generali Masters events for the Open and Women 10-14 in balancing position earlier in the tournament. It is assumed that those who Michaels Cuebids, except 1} — (2}) is both majors have qualified for this top section will be familiar with the Landy against 1NT, 2} shows both majors conventions involved. The other sections will use a more Take-out doubles of pre-empts through 4] basic system. This is to reflect the fact that we have some very inexperienced players at these championships and we Other Bidding: do not wish to see them forced to play methods that are unfamiliar to them. Roman Key Card Blackwood: 0/3, 1/4, 2 no trump queen, 2 plus trump queen Copies of the systems will be put out on every table before Lebensohl after two-level overcall of 1NT play this morning. Responsive doubles to 4] after opening, to 4[ after overcall Fourth-suit GF System for Section ‘A’ Leads: 3rd and 5th against suit contracts, 4th against NT, top of Opening Bids: doubleton AKx(x…) KQx(x…) QJx(x…) HJ10x(x…) Longer minor (1} if three-three) Five-card majors Signals: Hi/Lo encouraging, Hi/Lo even number of cards, trump Two-over-one response promises a rebid, strong jump shifts, Hi/Lo shows ability to ruff, Lavinthal/McKenney discards splinters Limit jump raises Further details can be found on the convention cards that will 1NT response 6-9 NF; 2NT response to 1]/[ game-forcing be distributed to all tables. with support; 2NT response to 1}/{ natural 10-12 invita- tional System for All Other Sections: ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘E’ 1NT = 15-17 with Stayman and Jacoby Transfers, 4} Gerber 2} opening strong, near GF, with 2{ response neutral The same basic structure will be in use as in Section ‘A’. How- 2{/]/[ 6+ cards, 6-10 HCP, new suit response forcing, 2NT ever, the following will not be played: asks for high-card feature if maximum 2NT = 20-22 with same responses as to 1NT Michaels Cuebids 3NT opening, gambling with running minor Lebensohl 4}/{/]/[ natural pre-emptive Negative doubles will only be up to 2[. IndividualIndividual Thursday & Friday 10:30 & 15:30 Sections “C, D, E etc” Players ranked from both the Final & Consolation of the Pairs, with “C” as A & B. The field will be divided into sections of 13 tables Entries are still being received and will close this morn- (52 players) on the following basis: ing. Section “A” Players who finished in the top 24 po- The 1st 3 places in the Section A will win the Gold, Sil- sitions from the final of the Pairs + players from the ver and Bronze medals. top 2 positions of the Consolation of the Pairs. Re- serves will come from the next ranked positions from The top placed players in all the other sections will be the Final only. awarded Diplomas. Section “B” Players from the next 24 positions in NOTE: the final of the Pairs, after the A group is filled + the Once you start in Session 1 you must play all 4 Ses- top 2 positions from the Consolation. sions and may not withdraw. iii 1st WORLD MIND SPORTS GAMES Beijing, China PairsPairs FinalFinal SessionSession 22 by Micke Milander Welcome to the second session of The World Junior Eide led the queen of clubs and Nowosadski had a lot Pairs. A lot of strong pairs were added before the start two to think about. He finally decided to duck the opening days ago, dropping in from the team finals. We decided to lead, which took away communications for the defence. follow Nowosadzki/Wiankowski for their first eight The second trick was won by the ace of clubs. boards, as they were top of the table after Session One. Nowosadzki then finessed successfully in trumps. When the jack of hearts held the trick he could have made the contract if he had pulled trumps and ducked a spade. He Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. picked another line, which basically meant that he should play the diamonds for only two losers. He played [ 10 9 7 a spade to the ace, took a second heart finesse and ] Q 9 8 ducked a diamond.