Co-ordinator: Jean Paul Meyer – Editor: Mark Horton – Assistant Editors: Brent Manley & Brian Senior French Editor: Guy Dupont – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis – Photographer: Ron Tacchi Issue No. 3 PDF version, courtesy of EBL Wednesday, 24 October 2001 Von Arnim & Helgemo Steal The Limelight VUGRAPH MATCHES Venice Cup – ROUND 7 – 10.00 Netherlands v USA I Bermuda Bowl – ROUND 8 – 14.00 USA I v Russia Bermuda Bowl – ROUND 9 – 17.20 USA II v France Audi you like that? Contents Yesterday's VuGraph matches attracted huge audiences, particularly the encounter between Poland & Norway Bermuda Bowl Program & Results . 2 Venice Cup Program & Results . 2-3 (which will be featured in our next edition), which was Bermuda Bowl & Venice Cup Ranking . 3 standing room only.The spectators saw some spectacular Seniors Bowl Program . 3 action and two brilliantly played deals, one by Germany's Venice Cup (India v Japan) . 4 Daniela von Arnim, the other featuring Geir Helgemo. Seniors Bowl Results . 7 Pietro Bernasconi . 8 Venice Cup (USA II v Germany) . 10 Bermuda Bowl Seniors Bowl Ranking . 13 Despite tasting defeat for the first time in the last match England take the Early Lead . 14 of yesterday, Egypt sit proudly on top of the table after six Slambition Two . 15 rounds.They are followed by USA II who are the only un- Championship Diary . 15 defeated team. Echos du Stade . 16 Interview with Lorenzo Lauria . 17 A Team Effort . 18 Venice Cup France are the only team who have avoided defeat in the Venice Cup and they have taken over the lead, with Press Conference China in second place. There will be a Press Conference tomorrow Thursday 25 October at 11.00 in the Chorum - access via entrance E - Seniors Bowl given by Marc Hodler, IOC Vice President, Jimmy Ortiz Patiño, President Emeritus of the WBF and José Damiani, France have won all their matches to lead from USA President of the WBF. I who also remain undefeated. WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Paris, France RESULTS RESULTS Bermuda Bowl Venice Cup ROUND 4 ROUND 4 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 GUADELOUPE EGYPT 16 - 53 7 - 23 10 INDIA JAPAN 59 - 54 16 - 14 2 INDONESIA NORWAY 28 - 24 16 - 14 11 FRANCE CANADA 52 - 34 19 - 11 3 POLAND INDIA 29 - 32 14 - 16 12 SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA 50 - 44 16 - 14 4 USA II ISRAEL 76 - 38 23 - 7 13 USA II GERMANY 87 - 80 16 - 14 5 AUSTRALIA RUSSIA 33 - 47 12 - 18 14 ISRAEL BRAZIL - 19 - 11 6 JAPAN NEW ZEALAND 45 - 32 18 - 12 15 INDONESIA NETHERLANDS 45 - 46 15 - 15 7 ITALY USA I 39 - 49 13 - 17 16 CHINA USA I 26 - 73 6 - 24 8 ARGENTINA BRAZIL 29 - 78 5 - 25 17 ITALY VENEZUELA 76 - 20 25 - 4 9 HONG KONG FRANCE 10 - 49 7 - 23 18 ENGLAND AUSTRIA 28 - 53 10 - 20 ROUND 5 ROUND 5 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 EGYPT INDONESIA 72 - 23 25 - 5 10 JAPAN FRANCE 8 - 70 3 - 25 2 NORWAY POLAND 43 - 64 11 - 19 11 CANADA SOUTH AFRICA 12 - 38 10 - 20 3 INDIA USA II 42 - 60 11 - 19 12 AUSTRALIA USA II 25 - 25 15 - 15 4 ISRAEL AUSTRALIA 50 - 19 21 - 9 13 GERMANY ISRAEL 46 - 51 14 - 16 5 RUSSIA JAPAN 34 - 81 6 - 24 14 BRAZIL INDONESIA 96 - 12 25 - 0 6 NEW ZEALAND ITALY 21 - 58 7 - 23 15 NETHERLANDS CHINA 7 - 64 4 - 25 7 USA I BRAZIL 46 - 40 16 - 14 16 USA I VENEZUELA 57 - 28 21 - 9 8 GUADELOUPE HONG KONG 61 - 44 19 - 11 17 INDIA ENGLAND 41 - 48 14 - 16 9 FRANCE ARGENTINA 34 - 45 13 - 17 18 AUSTRIA ITALY 61 - 16 24 - 6 ROUND 6 ROUND 6 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 POLAND EGYPT 64 - 44 19 - 11 10 SOUTH AFRICA JAPAN 41 - 38 16 - 14 2 USA II NORWAY 24 - 26 15 - 15 11 USA II CANADA 48 - 36 17 - 13 3 AUSTRALIA INDIA 39 - 31 15 - 15 12 ISRAEL AUSTRALIA 63 - 18 24 - 6 4 JAPAN ISRAEL 13 - 69 4 - 25 13 INDONESIA GERMANY 26 - 28 15 - 15 5 ITALY RUSSIA 44 - 11 22 - 8 14 CHINA BRAZIL 72 - 18 25 - 4 6 BRAZIL NEW ZEALAND 56 - 34 20 - 10 15 VENEZUELA NETHERLANDS 59 - 27 22 - 8 7 ARGENTINA USA I 17 - 36 11 - 19 16 ITALY USA I 39 - 15 20 - 10 8 HONG KONG INDONESIA 19 - 51 8 - 22 17 ENGLAND FRANCE 43 - 44 15 - 15 9 FRANCE GUADELOUPE 42 - 14 21 - 9 18 AUSTRIA INDIA 14 - 34 11 - 19 PROGRAM Bermuda Bowl ROUND 7 10.00 ROUND 8 14.00 ROUND 9 17.20 Table Home Team Visiting Team Table Home Team Visiting Team Table Home Team Visiting Team 1 Egypt USA II 1 Australia Egypt 1 Egypt Japan 2 Norway Australia 2 Japan Norway 2 Norway Italy 3 India Japan 3 Italy India 3 India Brazil 4 Israel Italy 4 Brazil Israel 4 Israel USA I 5 Russia Brazil 5 USA I Russia 5 Russia New Zealand 6 New Zealand USA I 6 Argentina New Zealand 6 Australia Hong Kong 7 Poland Hong Kong 7 Hong Kong USA II 7 USA II France 8 Indonesia France 8 France Poland 8 Poland Guadeloupe 9 Guadeloupe Argentina 9 Guadeloupe Indonesia 9 Indonesia Argentina 2 22nd October - 3rd November WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM Bermuda Bowl Seniors Bowl Ranking after 6 rounds ROUND 6 10.00 1 EGYPT 119 Table Home Team Visiting Team USA II 119 19 Bahrain USA I 3 POLAND 114 20 Poland Egypt/S Africa 4 ITALY 112 21 USA II France 22 Italy Guadeloupe 5 FRANCE 105 6 USA I 98 ROUND 7 14.00 7 BRAZIL 97 Table Home Team Visiting Team 8JAPAN 96 19 USA I France 9 NORWAY 92 20 USA II Egypt/S Africa 21 Poland Italy 10 ISRAEL 90 22 Bahrain Guadeloupe 11 INDONESIA 87 12 INDIA 86 PROGRAM 13 ARGENTINA 81 14 RUSSIA 71.1 Venice Cup 15 GUADELOUPE 64 ROUND 7 10.00 16 AUSTRALIA 62.9 Table Home Team Visiting Team 17 NEW ZEALAND 61 10 Japan USA II 18 HONG KONG 57 11 Canada Israel 12 Australia Indonesia 13 Germany China 14 Brazil Venezuela 15 Netherlands USA I Venice Cup 16 South Africa England 17 France Austria Ranking after 6 rounds 18 India Italy 1 FRANCE 123 ROUND 8 14.00 2 CHINA 119 Table Home Team Visiting Team 3 ENGLAND 111 10 Israel Japan 4 SOUTH AFRICA 111 11 Indonesia Canada 5 AUSTRIA 109 12 China Australia 13 Venezuela Germany 6 USA I 108 14 USA I Brazil 7 ISRAEL 104 15 Italy Netherlands 16 England USA II 8 USA II 92 17 Austria South Africa 9 GERMANY 90 18 India France 10 ITALY 81 ROUND 9 17.20 11 BRAZIL 77 Table Home Team Visiting Team 12 CANADA 74.6 10 Japan Indonesia 13 AUSTRALIA 74 11 Canada China 12 Australia Venezuela 14 JAPAN 73 13 Germany USA I 15 NETHERLANDS 71 14 Brazil Netherlands 15 Israel England 16 INDIA 62.4 16 USA II Austria 17 INDONESIA 61 17 South Africa India 18 France Italy 18 VENEZUELA 55 3 WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Paris, France ROUND 4 Venice Cup India v Japan his session featured a very lively set of boards and almost In the open room, Feroza Chothia's 2} opening was Preci- Tevery match was high-scoring. The Asian match-up of Japan sion-style and Bimal Sicka just blasted into the most likely game and India was no exception. contract. Most likely, perhaps, but unsuccessful from her side as Makiko Hayashi had an automatic spade lead. Sicka ducked the spade queen but had to win the continuation, on which Yuko Ya- mada unblocked her king. Sicka cashed out the clubs then tried a heart but Yamada won that and returned her last spade for one down; -50. In the other room, Hiroko Ota opened a natural 1} and a fourth-suit forcing auction saw her declare 3NT from the oppo- site seat.Yvette Singapurin chose to lead the seven of diamonds. Ota won the ace and played a heart for the queen and ace. Back came a spade but it was too late for the defence.Taking no risks, Ota settled for her contract; +400 and 10 IMPs to Japan. Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ A Q 6 4 2 ]K 9 { K 10 6 }A K 4 [ 10 9 8 5N [ J 7 ] A Q 7 3 2 ] J 10 8 W E { 5 4 { Q 9 3 2 Marianne Karmarkar, India } Q 9S } J 10 8 5 [K 3 Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. ]6 5 4 [ 10 8 7 { A J 8 7 ] K 10 2 } 7 6 3 2 { A K 6 5 West North East South }Q 5 4 Yamada Sicka Hayashi Chothia [ K 6 5 [ Q J 9 3 2 N Pass Pass ] A J 7 4 ] 8 5 W E Pass 1} Pass 1NT { 10 8 7 2 { Q J 3 Pass 2[ Pass 2NT } 3 2S } 9 8 6 Pass 3NT All Pass [A 4 ] Q 9 6 3 West North East South {9 4 } A K J 10 7 Singapurin Setoguchi Karmarkar Ota Pass Pass West North East South Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Yamada Sicka Hayashi Chothia Pass 3NT All Pass 2} The Indian strong club methods led to a slightly different Pass 3NT All Pass auction but the opening leader had much the same information at both tables.