Bulletin 7 Thursday, 19 July 2007 IT’S A BLUE DAY TEAM PHOTOGRAPHS Today it is the turn of the following teams to have their photographs taken for the EBL database. Would the captains please ensure that all players of the team plus the npc are present outside the front door of the Palace as follows: Netherlands 12.40 Schools Hungary 12.40 Schools Turkey 13.45 Schools Wales 13.45 Schools Does this remind you of your partner? Maria Ploumbi Wednesday belonged to the Blues in the Junior Series. Italy, The Azzuri, EBL Photographer strengthened their position at the top of the rankings with 60 VP on the day, despite losing 10-20 to Czech Republic in Round 14. Meanwhile France, Les Bleus, had a perfect day, 75 VPs out of 75, to move up from tenth to sixth in the standings. Italy now leads with 295 VPs from Nether- lands 285.5, Poland 270, Germany and Norway 268 and France 260. VUGRAPH In the Schools Championship, Poland scored 58 VPs from three matches MATCHES against other teams in the top half of the field: 25-4 against Bulgaria, 16-14 against Germany, and 17-13 against England. The biggest total for the day, however, was achieved by Latvia, who took 25 against both Sweden and Netherlands - France (Juniors) 10.00 Wales plus 15 against Italy to score 65 and move up four places in the Norway - Italy (Juniors) 14.00 overall rankings. Poland leads with 147 VPs from England 132, Sweden 127, Germany - Bulgaria (Schools) 17.30 Bulgaria 118.5, Denmark 116 and Israel 114. 21st EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Jesolo, Italy JUNIOR TEAMS TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND 13 ROUND 16 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 CZECH REPUBLIC GREECE 1 GREECE AUSTRIA 53 - 54 15 - 15 2 BELGIUM ROMANIA 2 SCOTLAND NORWAY 42 - 36 16 - 14 3 ENGLAND SWEDEN 3 LATVIA FRANCE 7 - 55 5 - 25 4 POLAND SLOVAKIA 4 TURKEY NETHERLANDS 47 - 62 12 - 18 5 HUNGARY CROATIA 5 CROATIA PORTUGAL 40 - 53 12 - 18 6 DENMARK TURKEY 6 SLOVAKIA ITALY 17 - 78 3 - 25 7 RUSSIA LATVIA 7 SWEDEN GERMANY 19 - 86 2 - 25 8 ROMANIA RUSSIA 34 - 77 6 - 24 8 GERMANY SCOTLAND 9 CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK 34 - 48 12 - 18 9 ITALY AUSTRIA 10 BELGIUM HUNGARY 51 - 23 21 - 9 10 PORTUGAL NORWAY 11 ENGLAND POLAND 34 - 33 15 - 15 11 NETHERLANDS FRANCE ROUND 14 ROUND 17 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 GREECE NETHERLANDS 1 HUNGARY GREECE 49 - 49 15 - 15 2 FRANCE PORTUGAL 2 DENMARK POLAND 44 - 42 15 - 15 3 NORWAY ITALY 3 RUSSIA ENGLAND 35 - 38 14 - 16 4 AUSTRIA GERMANY 4 GERMANY BELGIUM 45 - 55 13 - 17 5 SCOTLAND RUSSIA 5 ITALY CZECH REPUBLIC 24 - 50 10 - 20 6 LATVIA DENMARK 6 PORTUGAL ROMANIA 32 - 59 9 - 21 7 TURKEY HUNGARY 7 NETHERLANDS SWEDEN 51 - 17 22 - 8 8 FRANCE SLOVAKIA 78 - 15 25 - 3 8 CROATIA POLAND 9 NORWAY CROATIA 41 - 30 17 - 13 9 SLOVAKIA ENGLAND 10 AUSTRIA TURKEY 17 - 65 5 - 25 10 SWEDEN BELGIUM 11 SCOTLAND LATVIA 31 - 64 8 - 22 11 ROMANIA CZECH REPUBLIC ROUND 15 ROUND 18 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 DENMARK GREECE 1 GREECE SCOTLAND 56 - 36 19 - 11 2 RUSSIA HUNGARY 2 LATVIA AUSTRIA 98 - 16 25 - 0 3 GERMANY POLAND 3 TURKEY NORWAY 68 - 57 17 - 13 4 ITALY ENGLAND 4 CROATIA FRANCE 35 - 84 5 - 25 5 PORTUGAL BELGIUM 5 SLOVAKIA NETHERLANDS 23 -113 0 - 25 6 NETHERLANDS CZECH REPUBLIC 6 SWEDEN PORTUGAL 53 - 75 10 - 20 7 FRANCE ROMANIA 7 ROMANIA ITALY 16 -136 0 - 25 8 CZECH REPUBLIC GERMANY 43 - 92 5 - 25 8 NORWAY SWEDEN 9 BELGIUM RUSSIA 83 - 63 19 - 11 9 AUSTRIA SLOVAKIA 10 ENGLAND DENMARK 32 - 68 8 - 22 10 SCOTLAND CROATIA 11 POLAND HUNGARY 80 - 14 25 - 2 11 LATVIA TURKEY 2 11-21 July 2007 21st EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHOOLS TEAMS TODAY’S RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND 5 ROUND 8 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 FRANCE LATVIA 1 LATVIA SWEDEN 83 - 34 25 - 5 2 CZECH REPUBLIC ISRAEL 2 DENMARK HUNGARY 26 - 38 13 - 17 3 HUNGARY NORWAY 3 NETHERLANDS CZECH REPUBLIC 42 - 28 18 - 12 4 SWEDEN BULGARIA 4 TURKEY FRANCE 31 - 65 8 - 22 5 DENMARK GERMANY 5 ENGLAND ISRAEL 11 - 49 7 - 23 6 ITALY NORWAY 34 - 73 7 - 23 6 NETHERLANDS WALES 7 POLAND BULGARIA 82 - 27 25 - 4 7 TURKEY POLAND 8 WALES GERMANY 7 -100 0 - 25 8 ENGLAND ITALY ROUND 6 ROUND 9 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 LATVIA HUNGARY 1 WALES LATVIA 13 -110 0 - 25 2 SWEDEN CZECH REPUBLIC 2 GERMANY POLAND 46 - 51 14 - 16 3 DENMARK FRANCE 3 BULGARIA ITALY 60 - 26 22 - 8 4 NETHERLANDS ISRAEL 4 NORWAY ENGLAND 27 - 65 7 - 23 5 TURKEY NORWAY 5 ISRAEL TURKEY 53 - 17 22 - 8 6 ENGLAND BULGARIA 6 FRANCE NETHERLANDS 40 - 49 13 - 17 7 CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK 34 - 62 8 - 21 7 ITALY GERMANY 8 HUNGARY SWEDEN 37 - 37 15 - 15 8 POLAND WALES ROUND 7 ROUND 10 Match IMP’s VP’s 1 DENMARK LATVIA 1 LATVIA ITALY 38 - 38 15 - 13 2 NETHERLANDS SWEDEN 2 POLAND ENGLAND 62 - 51 17 - 13 3 TURKEY HUNGARY 3 WALES TURKEY 22 -107 0 - 25 4 ENGLAND CZECH REPUBLIC 4 GERMANY NETHERLANDS 70 - 65 16 - 14 5 ITALY FRANCE 5 BULGARIA DENMARK 59 - 79 11 - 19 6 NORWAY SWEDEN 42 - 63 11 - 19 6 POLAND ISRAEL 7 ISRAEL HUNGARY 34 - 65 9 - 21 7 WALES NORWAY 8 FRANCE CZECH REPUBLIC 57 - 49 16 - 14 8 GERMANY BULGARIA Today’s Schedule SAVE WATER! 10.00 Schools Teams, Round 8 A lot of half-full water bottles are left 10.00 Junior Teams, Round 16 lying around the playing area each day. 14.00 Schools Teams, Round 9 This is a terrible waste and our supplies 14.00 Junior Teams, Round 17 will run out if it continues. Please, you are very welcome to take 17.30 Schools Teams, Round 10 water, but take it with you and finish it, 17.30 Junior Teams, Round 18 don’t waste it. 3 21st EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Jesolo, Italy JUNIOR TEAMS Insufficient Bid Laws David Burn, many-time English international player and RANKING AFTER ROUND 15 coach, sent this regarding the article in yesterday’s bulletin about new ways to lose IMPs. Just read an article in the bulletin from Jesolo, which you 1 ITALY 295 will find on page 17 of Bulletin 6. 2 NETHERLANDS 285,5 This was part of the auction: 3 POLAND 270 West North East South 4 GERMANY 268 1{ 2[ Dble 2NT NORWAY 268 3{ 4[ 4] 6 FRANCE 260 The article says that, if South had not accepted this bid 7 RUSSIA 247,5 and 4[ had been passed out, East would have led a dia- 8 DENMARK 241 mond, won by West. Declarer could then have required 9 LATVIA 232 West to lead a heart. The Laws say this: 10 ENGLAND 230 27B. Insufficient Bid Not Accepted 11 SWEDEN 225,5 2. Conventional, or Corrected by Any Other Sufficient Bid 12 TURKEY 216,5 or Pass. 13 BELGIUM 213 If either the insufficient bid or the lowest sufficient bid in the same denomination may have been conventional or if 14 CZECH REPUBLIC 211,5 the bid is corrected by any other sufficient bid or by a pass, 15 CROATIA 209 (penalty) the offender's partner must pass whenever it is 16 HUNGARY 200 his turn to call (apply Law 10C1 and see Law 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side; and the lead penalties 17 GREECE 196 of Law 26 may apply). 18 SCOTLAND 189 26A. Call Related to Specific Suit 19 PORTUGAL 184 If the withdrawn call related to a specified suit or suits and 1. Suit Specified 20 ROMANIA 170 if that suit was specified by the same player, there is no 21 SLOVAKIA 144 lead penalty, but see Law 16C. 22 AUSTRIA 139,5 2. Suit Not Specified if that suit was not specified in the legal auction by the same player, then declarer may (penalty) either require the offender's partner to lead the specified suit (or one partic- SCHOOLS TEAMS ular specified suit) at his first turn to lead, including the opening lead, or prohibit offender's partner from leading RANKING AFTER ROUND 7 the specified suit (or one particular specified suit) at his first turn to lead, including the opening lead, such prohibi- tion to continue for as long as offender's partner retains 1 POLAND 147 the lead. 2 ENGLAND 132 “In what circumstances does East’s double of 2[ (a take- 3 SWEDEN 127 out double) ‘specify’ hearts? If it promises at least four of 4 BULGARIA 118,5 them? If he ‘normally has at least four of them’? If West will 5 DENMARK 116 always bid them with four?” 6 ISRAEL 114 I am not an expert on the intent behind the law, however, my 7 GERMANY 113,5 opinion is that even if the double promised four hearts it does 8 LATVIA 112 not specify hearts in the sense that I would intend or understand 9 FRANCE 105 by the meaning of the word specify. The disallowed 4] bid 10 NORWAY 102 showed a clear preference for hearts and gave a definite mes- sage about that suit, while the double was merely a general take- 11 ITALY 91 out call and gave little more information about hearts than 12 TURKEY 85,5 would have, say, a 1NT opening bid (after which the lead penal- 13 CZECH REPUBLIC 85 ties would certainly have applied).