WK(8523($123(1%5,'*(&+$03,216+,36 &RRUGLQDWRU (GLWRU &R(GLWRUV -RXUQDOLVWV /D\RXW 3KRWRJUDSKHU Issue No. 14 Friday, 28th June 2013 ALL EYES ON THE BAROMETER The women responsible for printing the Daily Bulletin – Ann Chappelle (left) and Leentje Daenen – can play bridge, too. Here they are in action in the Women’s final against Sally Brock and Anita Sinclair. Slemr & Vozabel headed the pairs making it to the final in the Open Pairs Championship, followed by Auken & Welland and Jansma & Zia . The entry for the Women’s Championship is such that they are able to have an all-play-all event over three days, so the need for a qualification round was eliminated - they are all finalists now. Leading the way are Faivre & Magis , Madsen & Yavas and Neve & Rossard . In the Senior Pairs, Polish pairs occupy three of the top four places in the race to the final. Cabal & Ilnicki lead from Bergheimer & Fouassie and Czyzowicz & Kowalski . Press Conference Today’s Schedule Attention all Journalists Open, Women, Seniors Pairs The President of the EBL will host a press conference today, Friday 28th June at 11.00 a.m. on the 5th floor in the 10:00 - 11:30 Ostend Queen Restaurant (Press 2nd floor button in the lift). 11:45 - 13:15 Together with Yves Aubry, 14:15 - 15:45 Marc De Pauw, David Harris & Geert Magerman will jointly chair 16:00 - 17:30 the conference and answer questions from journalists. 17:45 - 19:15 A cocktail will be served. Same for the Open MP Pairs and BAM Teams 6th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Ostend, Belgium Important Information Bits and Pieces Badges Partnership Desk At the start of play of each round, you need to enter There is no formal partnership desk, but there is a the code on your badge in the Bridgemates. Please don’t board in the tent next to the registration where one can search for partners/team-mates. forget your badges!!!! Internet access Side Events Please note that all side events are open which There is free wifi in the whole building, including the means that pairs and teams can be composed of tent and its immediate vicinity. The network name is players of any age or gender ebl-bridge-1 or ebl-bridge-2. No password is necessary. Winners of the side events are asked to stay at their Payment at the registration desk playing area for a few minutes after the results are known in order to be photographed and to collect their We accept cash or Credit Cards with a chip. certificates. Food and beverages Closing Ceremony There is a stand selling sandwiches, soups and The closing ceremony and prize giving for the Open, beverages in the tent, open at least until the start of the Women and Seniors Pairs will take place Saturday June final playing session each day. A more substantial but 29th at 18:30 in the Old Post Office. quickly served lunch will be available at special attractive (Hendrik Serruyslaan 18a, 300 meters from the Kursaal) prices at the Aqua del Mar and Ostende Queen restaurants. The latter is also providing a specially priced A cocktail will be served. dinner menu for our participants. GRATIS CARDS Those with very tight economy can apply for a number of used EBL cards free of charge at the bookstall on the Mezzanine level. New and old EBL cards are also sold cheaply. New Mobile Device Policy Please take note that we are using a new policy for mobile phones at these championships. It is allowed to bring your mobile phones to the table provided they are completely switched off at all times. When going to the rest rooms however, they must be left at the table or with the person escorting you to the restrooms. Any breach of these rules (such as a phone ringing or vibrating) will be penalized in accordance with the General Conditions of Contest (available at http://www.eurobridge.org/Repository/competitions/13OOstende/ Microsite/EBLGeneralCoC2013.pdf ). Such penalties are automatic and compulsory for the first offense. 2 15 - 29 JUNE 2013 6th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Master Point Races incl. June 25 th Cumulative Contents 1 LANZAROTTI Massimo .146 La Rubrique.FR . .4 2 TUSZYNSKI Piotr . .125 MAZURKIEWICZ Marcin 125 A touch of the Blarney . .5 GAWRYS Piotr . .125 JASSEM Krzysztof . .125 The Joy Of Bridge . .5 WOJCIESZEK Jakub . .125 JASSEM Pawel . .125 Open Pairs Qualification, Session 7 . .6 8 MANNO Andrea . .108 9 ZALESKI Romain . .106 WBF Women’s Bridge Club . .9 10 INTONTI Riccardo . .100 D' AVOSSA Mario . .100 Open Pairs Qualification, Session 8 . .10 GAROZZO Benito . .100 13 VERBEEK Martine . .90 BERTENS Huub . .90 On The Cusp . .13 SMEDEREVAC Jovanka . .90 Championship Diary . .14 Side Events Only Double-Dummy Defence . .15 1 CRONIER Benedicte . .28 2 BRENNER Anne . .20 Smoke Screen . .15 WILLARD Sylvie . .20 WERNLE Sascha . .20 Open Pairs Semi-Final, Session 1 . .16 CAPRERA David . .20 PILON Dominique . .20 The world’s stupidest lead . .18 MARILL Philippe . .20 TOFFIER Philippe . .20 Results . .19 SMEDEREVAC Jovanka . .20 CRONIER Philippe . .20 11 VAN DE VEN Armand . .15 DE SMET Hans . .15 LAENEN Rene . .15 KALITA Jacek . .15 BBO Matches HAYMAN PIAFSKY Jessica 15 KLUKOWSKI Michal . .15 http://www.bridgebase.com ZMUDA Justyna . .15 SOONTJENS Louis . .15 3 6th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Ostend, Belgium La Rubrique.FR La séquence de Zia et de Jan Jansma, son champion Zia et moi hollandais de partenaire en Belgique, fut tout à fait classique : Le caractère « open » de ces championnats permet à des joueurs de nationalité non européenne de participer. C’est Sud Ouest Nord Est ainsi que le contingent américain, déjà bien pourvu de Zia Jansma nombreux champions et championnes, s’est enrichi de passe 1} l’arrivée de Zia Mahmood pour le tournoi par paires. Dès passe 1[ passe 3} les éliminatoires, le grand champion a prouvé qu’il était en passe 3] passe 3[ forme en face du mort. Regardez-le en action sur la passe 4[ Fin première donne de la 9ème série de mercredi : Qualifications — Donne n°21 Zia reçut l’entame du {3 pour l’As du mort. Son objectif Nord donneur — Nord-Sud vulnérables était évidemment de réaliser douze levées, mais il lui fallait [6 aussi tenter d’en assurer onze si quelque chose allait de travers. Il commença par jouer le [Roi du mort. Ayant fait ] V 8 3 la levée, il rejoua la carte clé pour réussir, le [4 du mort. { D 10 8 4 3 2 Sud n’aurait eu aucun intérêt à plonger de l’As, aussi } D 5 2 fournit-il un petit et le déclarant fit la levée du Valet en [ V 10 9 7 5 N [ R D 4 découvrant le mauvais partage des atouts. Il décida alors de ] A D 7 ] 10 4 2 couper son deuxième Carreau, coupant les W E { V 9 {A communications entre les flancs (1). Il encaissa le }As, S notant l’apparition du 10 et rentra en main en réussissant } V 9 3 } A R 8 7 6 4 l’impasse à Cœur avant de rejouer atout pour l’As de Sud. [ A 8 3 2 Il coupa alors le retour à Carreau, purgea le dernier atout ] R 9 6 5 de la défense et termina en réussissant l’impasse à Trèfle. { R 7 6 5 Douze levées lui rapportèrent environ 90% sur la donne et } 10 les félicitations des kibbitz. Le seul petit défaut de ce coup est qu’il fut réalisé à mes dépens ! – Philippe Cronier (1) À la table d’Alain Lévy, le déclarant, après avoir encaissé le }As, rejoua tout bonnement la [Dame du mort. Le partage 4-1 eut raison de ses espoirs. Alain Lévy laissa passer, prit le Pique suivant et rejoua son {Roi pour rendre la main à son partenaire. Celui-ci ne manqua pas de lui offrir une coupe à Trèfle pour réduire le déclarant à dix levées. LE NOUVEAU BRIDGE MASTER VOLUME 2 FRED GITELMAN 27 rue du 4 Septembre 180 NOUVELLES DONNES ! 75002 Paris Pour commander : +33 1 42 96 25 50 ou sur www.lebridgeur.com 4 15 - 29 JUNE 2013 6th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS A touch of the Blarney By Maureen Hiron The Joy of Bridge Board 10. Dealer East. All Vul. What a pleasure being back in Oostende, enjoying [ J 9 4 Belgian hospitality (they even have my favourite Douwe ] 10 3 { K 4 3 Egberts coffee available these days), good food and high- } K 10 7 4 2 level bridge competition. [ A K 10 5 N [ 8 7 3 The standard of play is impressive. Playing the third ] Q 2 ] A K 8 7 6 4 round of the Open Teams for instance at a lowly table in W E { Q 6 5 { A 10 8 7 the back of the Knights Hall, the Dutch junior world S } A Q J 8 } – champions played on the right and the German [ Q 6 2 champions on the left. ] J 9 5 { J 9 2 } 9 6 5 3 And this is only one of the many aspects that makes bridge the incredible sport it is. Playing against actual They call it the luck of the Irish. Maybe so — but the Irish and former national, European and world champions make their own luck. and giving it everything you’ve got. West North East South What sport compares with that? Who gets a regular Porteous Barry opportunity to play soccer against Chelsea or 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass Barcelona, tennis against Nadal or Roger Federer, 3} Pass 3[ Pass snooker against Steven Hendry or golf against the likes 4} Pass 4{ Pass of Tiger Woods? As a young player, for example, I got to 6NT All Pass play my heroes the Blue Team a few times in the The hand was given to me by yet another Irishman, Bob Pattinson — who incidentally happened to be my first-ever Caranza and Hoechst tournaments.