3rd World University Bridge Championship Bulletin No.5 October 25, 2006 Tianjin P.R.China Organizing Committee of 3rd WUBC Tangle on the third day After the Samba time on the second and Norway are in the 3rd and 4th day, the third day turned to tangle. place respectively. The record shows Every teams played normally and clearly that they did not make displayed their true strength. China obvious mistakes and behaved A won all its matches and is on the normally. Here the fifth-placed USA top of the list, with 20.56VPs should be mentioned since it was in averagely. It seems that this team the 9th position on the first day has great potential to bring into play because of Jet-leg. However, it has in the successive matches. Following gone up gradually. Maybe the is Sweden with 18.94VPs averagely. members have adapted to the time It is obvious that the gap between difference and displayed their true the two teams is quite big. Poland B strength. WELCOME MR. DAMIANI! It is such a great honor and privilege to receive Mr. Jose Damiani, the President of the World Bridge Federation, who comes to Tianjin Normal University with profound and amicable sentiments for young people. Mr. Damiani possesses very high good reputation in the world, especially in the field of mental sports education. This time he takes time off from his busy schedule to come to enjoy the 3rd World Bridge Championship, which displays his concern for the university students and their athlete activity. 1 Today’s Vu-Graph Matches Vu-Graph Table 1 (VG1) Vu-Graph Table 2 (VG2) Rd. Time (Open Room ONLY) (Open Room ONLY) 19 09:30-10:35 Italy vs. China A Denmark vs. Poland A 20 10:55-12:00 Poland B vs. Sweden Poland A vs. USA 21 12:20-13:25 Sweden vs. Netherlands Denmark vs. Norway 22 14:40-15:45 Poland B vs. Great Britain Norway vs. USA 23 16:05-17:10 Belgium A vs. China A Poland A vs. Norway 24 17:30-18:35 China A vs. Sweden Germany vs. USA Ranking after Round 18 Change of 1 China A 370 20.56 Schedule 2 Sweden 340 18.94 3 Poland B 334 18.59 Workshop on 4 Norway 331 18.41 5 USA 328 18.29 25th October 6 Poland A 314 17.41 7 Italy 304 16.89 20:15 hrs. To 8 Netherlands 295 16.39 9 Denmark 288 15.88 21:00 hrs 10 Great Britain 281 15.47 10 France B 281 15.47 12 Hong Kong 280 15.41 Dear Team Captains and Players, 13 Czech Republic 275 15.28 14 Germany 276 15.18 Please be informed that the Workshop 15 France A 269 14.94 which has been scheduled to 16 China B 268 14.71 commence at 18:45 hours is now 17 Belgium A 264 14.47 postponed to 20:15 hours after the dinner. The workshop will be held at 18 Canada 256 14.22 the View Graph Room on the 1st Floor 19 Chinese Taipei B 256 14.00 of Yifu Building. It is estimated that 20 Indonesia 253 13.82 the workshop will finish at about 21:00 21 Serbia 243 13.24 hours. Mr. Damiani will appreciate the 22 Japan 240 13.06 presence of you all at this important 23 Turkey 229 12.72 workshop for FISU and WBF. 24 Chinese Taipei A 220 11.88 25 Belgium B 169 9.39 26 Thailand 164 9.11 The Organizing Committee 27 Botswana 133 6.76 2 ‘Thank you China’ Geert Magerman Last year, I came to Tianjin to prepare this championship to do a FISU inspection visit. This visit has as major objectives to look at all the different aspects of the championships such as accommodation, medical services, technical aspects… in the aim to work with the Organizing Committee (OC) to make a good championship. When I met the Organizing Committee (OC) for the first time, not only did they show me their enormous hospitality, but also it became very quick clear that they were very motivated to make it a big success. I agreed with the OC that we should try to have as much participants as possible to enjoy their stay in China! When we are here today, I’m very happy that my impression at that time has become reality, and even more than that! We are living till now a wonderful championships, with a impressive traditional cultural program at the opening ceremony, good accommodation and food, good organization … and last but not least, a very nice competition! As a result, these championships are competed in a good university spirit and a lot of friendship. I can only thank very hardly the Organizing Committee and everybody that is working and supporting this Championship. I’m sure that one day, we will all come back to this country again! The hospitality of the Chinese people is charming us all. Especially all the assistants of each team are helping us every hour and every day to make are stay in China very comfortable. They are all volunteers and I would like to thank them very warmly. I finally thank all students and officials for coming this Championship, and I wish you all a very nice championships. Enjoy your stay in China! Chairman of Technical Committee Bridge FISU President Jin Runcheng Visited Judgments Personally! In the morning of the 23rd, Jin Runcheng, the President of 3rd World University Bridge Championship and the President of Tianjin Normal University, came to the spot and showed his concern for judgments and staffs. Guiding by others, the President visited judgments and asked something about the match. He said that he was glad to learn China A was in the leading position now, and the members should continue their best standard, exchanging with other teams. 3 Match of the day: the Netherlands vs Italy Open Room In round 16, we have The Netherlands N E S W against Italy on viewgraph. For the Dutch, Wortel Presti Michielsen Boldrini I know them quite well since I spent 6 P 1NT P 2NT* years in the country from 1995 to 2001. P 3♦ P 3♥ At the time, these youngsters were little P 4♥ All pass. boys and girls but now they have all grown up. I don’t know the Italian players Closed Room very well but was told that they just N E S W ended up 2nd in the recent world junior Sangiorgio Drijver Ferrari Bruggeman championship in Bangkok, Thailand. P 1NT P 2♣ Presumably this should be an exciting X 2♥ P 4♣* match and as it turned out, there was P 4♥ P 4NT more than expected. Both teams P 5♦ P 6♥ produced some really high standard All pass. bridge for their age. I don’t remember what I were doing at the time, but The Dutch W thought he had enough to certainly would give up my bridge dreams drive to slam despite the fact that partner because of them! How should I know that denied his slam trial the first time. I like I must play the game so well at this age? the Italian auction in the open. They had the method to show 5+♦ with 4♥ and Let’s go back to our match. On board 1, when he discovered that partner doesn’t the Dutch boys bid a sharp slam that have any fit in his main side suit, he made after some helpful information’s stopped in game sensibly. The hand is a from the opponents. lucky make however. Looking at 2 hands, once you can finesse ♦K successfully you Board 1 ♠ Q are almost home. The Italian managed None / N ♥ T86 11 tricks but he was only in 4. The Dutch ♦ KJT9 E, Bob Drijver, had a much more difficult ♣ KT632 task in 6♥. After the X, he got a favorable ♠ KT7 N ♠ AJ4 lead ♣7 to his Q. The contract can be ♥ KQ94 ♥ A752 made now if he guessed the position. E W ♦ AQ872 ♦ 64 Seeing all 4 hands, he had to reject the ♦ ♣ 4 S ♣ AQ95 f inesse. But instead, he should ruff a ♣ in ♠ 986532 dummy and after finding the ♠Q, he could ♥ J3 run all trumps, strip squeezing N in ♦ and ♦ 53 ♣. Then he had to read the ending ♣ J87 position, throw in N or drop ♦K for his 12th trick. However, he took normal ♦ finesse Their biddings: to the K. Had N switched to his singleton ♠Q, he had to play for the strip squeeze 4 for his contract. We would never know if N E S W he would find it or not. But N played back Wortel Presti Michielsen Boldrini a snaky ♦9 to his A and he was in control. Sangiorgio Drijver Ferrar Bruggeman Drijver drew 2 rounds of trumps to 1♠ dummy, and then he ruffed a ♦ in hand. P 1NT All pass. When this was not over ruffed he was released. He could now enter dummy Nowadays, a lot of players abandoned with ♠K and ruffed the last ♦ high. Ruffing the forcing 1NT but playing semi-forcing a ♣ to dummy and drawing the last trump, 1NT response to one major opening. he had 12 tricks for a handsome 980 and However, this hand would give the 11 imps gained. forcing 1NT lovers something to say. Both tables ended up in 1NT after a semi forcing 1NT from E. It started with 3 down and the Dutch in the closed managed 5 tricks for down 2.