1 s t S W E IN M T A E R G Daily Bulletin Jean-Paul Meyer, Coordinator, Editor www.eurobridge.org Mark Horton, Editor www.facebook.com/europeanwintergames Francesca Canali, Lay out editor, Photographer @wintergames2016 THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11 2016 WG8 DOUBLE WIN FOR ZIMMERMANN Winning combination Pierre, Jean-Charles (FMB) & Yves (EBL) k ZIMMERMANN CUP WINNERS CONTENTS CLICKABLE ON WEB Team Zimmermann Dominik Filipowicz, Tor Helness, Geir Helgemo, Franck Multon, How to play in B-a-M tournament Krzysztof Martens, Pierre Zimmermann with Yves Aubry and Jean-Charles Allavena p. 4 Divide and rule The first Winter Games are over. Vive les deuxièmes Winter games. p. 5 EBL, FMB together with Pierre Zimmermann won their bet to launch a new high level event. The location was very much appreciated, the Your lead partner p. 6 organization was fautless. The 60 board final was breath taking, very hard fought with many The opener very interesting deals. p. 8 Team Black a British combination with one Swede -15 th seeded - was Diamonds are forever not favourite against the top seeded Monaco-Poland squad captained p. 9 by Pierre Zimmermann. Going into the last segment the lead was only 6 IMP and the outsiders The final countdown p. 11 moved ahead at one point during last set. But finally the favourites prevailed and the Gold medal went to: The time machine Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, p. 13 Krzysztof Martens, and Dominik Filipowicz. Results Congratulations to the winners and also the silver medalists, p. 14 Andrew Black, Gunnar Hallberg, Willie,Whittaker, Perter Bertheau, PhilipKing and Andrew McIntosh. Bracket The FMB BAM went to ERA team: Erikas Vainokonis, Andrej Arlovich, p. 15 Piotr Zatorski, Ron Pachtman, Bas Drijer & Sjoert Brink. (JPM) 1st European Winter Games - Monaco, 5-11 February 2016 ZZIMMERMANNI M M E R M A N N CCUPU P 22ndn d Team Black Andrew Black, Gunnar Hallberg, Willie Whittaker, Peter Bertheau, Philip King, Andrew Mcintosh FMBF M B BAMB A M WINNERW I N N E R FinalFiF i n a llA A Team ERA Andrei Arlovich, Erikas Vainikonis, Piotr Zatorski, Sjoert Brink, Ron Pachtman, Bas Drijver FFMBM B BBAMA M WINNERW I N N E R FFinali n a l B Team Bell No third place! There will be no bronze medallist in the Zimmermann orr nnot.ott LLoLoserssers ooff sesemi-finalsmii-ffiinalls araree ususuallyually ddidisappointedsappoiinttedd Cup. and not in the right mood to play much more. The bronze medal was supposed to go to the winner Here, apart from masterpoints and medals, there of a play-off match, but neither Lavazza or Assael was was a € 5000 difference between 3rd and 4th. eager to play. Let us say that in sport, most of the time for individual We have to say that the EBL officials wished the match sports (boxing, tennis or fencing) there is no match to take place as stated in the the conditions of contest. for third place but in collective sports (football, rugby, So the decision was to treat both teams as losing handball etc) a play- off is usual. semifinalists. More! Teams entering a competition are supposed This is a long time debate: should we have a play-off to accept conditions of contest. 2 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 11 122 13 RRESSUULLTTS BBRRAACCKKEET 1st European Winter Games - Monaco, 5-11 February 2016 FFMBM B BAMB A M 2nd2 n d FinalF i n a l A Team Netherlands Blue Milan Macura, Tobias Polak, Maarten Schollardt, Tom van Overbeeke, Anton Maas, Ton Bakkeren FFMBM B BBAMA M 3rd3 r d FinalF i n a l A Team Noname Tur Sedat Dinc, Suleyman Kolata, Ismail Kandemir, Okay Gur, M.Gokhan Yilmaz Many players attended the prize giving Not only Pierre Zimmermann imagined the event and won it, but also helped the workers when needed GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 11 122 13 RRESSUULLTTS BBRRAACCKKEET 3 1st European Winter Games - Monaco, 5-11 February 2016 HOW TO PLAY IN A BAM TOURNAMENT by Jean-Paul Meyer Very common in the USA, BAM only recently came The full deal was: to light in Europe. It is becoming very popular because it is fun. A Board 29 Dealer North. All Vul. mere 10 points difference wins the board and it is not [ J 5 3 always the most academic bid than wins the pot. ] 6 4 { 6 Match Formidables against Young Swedes. All are } K Q J 9 7 6 4 vulnerable and you hold: [ A Q 9 6 [ K 7 2 ] A 3 ] K Q 10 8 [ A Q 9 6 ] A 3 { A K 9 7 4 3 } 5 { A K 9 7 4 3 { Q J 10 8 5 2 } 5 } — Nice hand, so you open? [ 10 8 4 No that is not the question, because your opponents ] J 9 7 5 2 had something to say first. { — LHO opens 3}, your partner doubles and RHO } A 10 8 3 2 bids 7}! It would be a losing option and a loss if 7{ was That is the sort of thing that happens at BAM. reached in the other room by the Formidables pair. It was all in Ekenberg ‘s hands. However, EW stopped in 6{, for +1390 and the 2 He decided to double and hope for the best. He points went to Young Swedes. collected +1400. Played at 22 tables only 5 pairs reached 7{, 6 sacrificed in 7} as in this room, 2 pairs played a small slam in spades scoring 1430 and 1460 and 9 times the score was +1390. 1 s t S W E IN M T A E R G The staff at your service since 8 days - Tournament directors, caddies and operators (yellow shirts), responsibles for video, scoring, duplication and bulletin. They are 27 altogether, only one is missing: Francesca Canali. She is the one who took this photo and all the other ones you found in the Bulletins. 4 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 11 122 13 RRESSUULLTTS BBRRAACCKKEET 1st European Winter Games - Monaco, 5-11 February 2016 DIVIDE AND RULE by Mark Horton Do you recall the deal I mentioned in Bulletin 2 where you had to decide what to lead from ]KQ864 against 3NT? In Session 3 of the BAM, the East players found themselves on lead against 3NT with an almost identical holding. Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ Q 10 Maris Matisons ] A 9 2 TEAM LATVIA { A J 7 6 3 } A 9 4 An interesting battle developed at one table, where [ 8 6 5 2 [ J 7 East found a different approach: ] 10 5 4 ] K Q 8 6 3 Open Room { 10 { K Q 9 8 West North East South } K J 8 6 5 } 7 3 Matisons Romanovska [ A K 9 4 3 — 1NT Pass 2]* ] J 7 Pass 2[ Pass 3NT { 5 4 2 All Pass } Q 10 2 East led the queen of diamonds and when that held If East starts with a low heart declarer can put up the the trick, she switched to the six of hearts. Declarer jack and will take at least nine tricks. Leading an honour played low from dummy (the jack would have spared avoids the loss of a second heart trick, but declarer can him some angst) and ducked when West produced the duck twice, then cash five spades and play the queen ten. After ducking next heart, declarer took the third of clubs. round with the ace and cashed five rounds of spades. Declarer might go wrong, attempting to endplay As he played the last of them, this was the situation: East, but that is only likely to be attractive if East has bid at some point. [ — ] — { A J } A 9 4 [ — [ — ] — ] K 3 { — { K 9 } K J 8 6 5 } 7 [ 9 ] — { 5 } Q 10 2 The combination of ducking in both red suits had taken East out of the game; the winning line now is to pitch a diamond on the nine of spades and then play the queen of clubs, but this is by no means obvious, and when declarer pitched a club and tried for an endplay Maija Romanovska he finished two down - a loss when 3NT failed by only TEAM LATVIA one trick at the other table. GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 11 122 13 RRESSUULLTTS BBRRAACCKKEET 5 1st European Winter Games - Monaco, 5-11 February 2016 YOUR LEAD PARTNER by Mark Horton We have encountered a number of fascinating lead problems in these Championships and the semifinal between Black and Lavazza produced two more which had a common theme - what to lead against a no-trump contract from a five card suit headed by the AK10. Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ J 8 3 ] 10 8 3 { A K 10 9 5 } 10 6 [ A Q 10 4 [ K 9 6 ] Q 5 ] J 9 6 4 { Q 8 7 { J 6 3 } K Q 8 5 } J 7 3 [ 7 5 2 ] A K 7 2 { 4 2 Giorgio Duboin } A 9 4 2 TEAM LAVAZZA Open Room When he tabled the ace of diamonds, the damage West North East South was already done, but things got worse when North Duboin King Bilde McIntosh continued with the ten of diamonds. — — Pass 1} Declarer won with dummy’s jack and played a heart 1NT Dble Pass Pass to the queen, followed by a club to the jack and ace.