2016 Budapest, Hungary 53rd European Bridge Team Championships 16th to 25th June 2016 Editor : Mark Horton Co-Editors : Jos Jacobs, Brian Senior Journalists : David Bird, John Carruthers, Dániel Gulyás, Christina Lund-Madsen,ndd--M Ram Soff er, Ron Tacchi Lay-out Editor & Photographer : Francesca Canali ALLALL GOGO ATAT GROUPAMAGROUPAMA ISSUE No. 5 MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 CLICK TO NAVIGATE Matches today p. 2 The race for Lyon 2017 is in full swing as all three Championships are now Championship Diary underway. Mark Horton, p. 4 In the Open Championship, France consolidated its position at the top of the table and Adventures with Ottlik they have a handy lead over Germany, who in turn are well clear of third placed Sweden. Mark Horton, p. 5 News from round and about After day one of the Women's Championship, Israel has stormed into the lead Barry Rigal, p. 6 ahead of Turkey and England. Germany vs Ireland In the Senior's Championship, things are very tight at the top, with Italy, Denmark Jos Jacobs, p. 7 and Israel being the early leaders. Russia vs Finland David Bird, p. 10 VERY IMPORTANT: ONLY AUTHORIZED STAFF Iceland vs Norway ALLOWED ON THE 3RD FLOOR DURING PLAYING SESSIONS! Jos Jacobs, p. 13 A bid too far TIME TABLE AND BBO SCHEDULE TODAY Mark Horton, p. 15 10.00: 13.20: 16.00: 18.40: Meet the Monaco Team O/W/S Teams O/W/S Teams O/W/S Teams O Teams p. 16 BBO: BBO: BBO: BBO: Houdini FIN - ISR (O) TUR - ITA (O) HUN - IRE (O) GER - NED (O) Mark Horton, p. 17 POL - BEL (O) ICE - ISR (O) POL - FRA (W) FRA - ISR (O) No happy ending... FRA -POL (S) FIN - DEN (O) FIN - NOR (O) POL - ENG (O) Jan van Cleeff, p. 21 SWE - DEN (S) EST - ENG (O) NOR - POL (S) SWE - BUL (O) England vs Monaco NED - CRO (O) ENG - ITA (S) ITA - FRA (S) NOR - SPA (O) Ram Soffer, p. 22 HUN - BUL (O) HUN - MON (O) ISR - HUN (W) HUN - CRO (O) Rosters & Results p. 29 ON SITE VG + BBO BBO ONLY VOICE + BBO 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary MATCHES TODAY OPEN R. 16 OPEN R.17 OPEN R. 18 OPEN R. 19 ROM WAL SWE ROM ROM AUT UKR ROM FAR SWE WAL LAT BLR FRA NOR SPA IRE LAT FAR IRE TUR LAT LAT ITA FRA SPA FRA UKR POL FAR SWE BUL TUR UKR TUR ITA SWI WAL SER EST AUT ITA AUT NOR HUN IRE WAL BEL BLR NOR BLR SPA GEO SWE FAR MON POL BEL SWI BUL GER UKR FRA ISR HUN BUL HUN MON ICE SPA TUR SCO GEO MON GEO BEL FIN NOR AUT POR GER POR GER SCO SER ITA BLR DEN ICE SCO ICE ISR EST BEL POL ENG FIN ISR FIN DEN GRE MON SWI CYP SER DEN SER POR CZE BUL HUN CRO NED CRO NED CYP ENG SCO GEO RUS EST CYP EST ENG RUS POR GER NED GRE ENG GRE RUS CRO DEN ICE CZE CZE RUS CZE CRO CYP ISR 1FIN GRE SWI Byey POL Byey NED Byey IRE Bye TIME: 10.00 TIME: 13.20 TIME: 16.00 TIME: 18.40 WOMEN R. 5 WOMEN R. 6 WOMEN R. 7 FIN FRA SPA FRA POL FRA ENG RUS DEN RUS EST RUS ISR SCO POL SCO SPA SCO GRE SMR EST SMR DEN SMR SWE SER NOR TUR NED ITA GER NED BUL ITA NOR POR IRE NOR SER POR SER TUR HUN BUL ENG IRE ENG SWE ITA EST ISR GER ISR HUN TUR POL GRE SWE GRE IRE POR SPA FIN HUN FIN GER DEN Bye NED Bye BUL Bye TIME: 10.00 TIME: 13.20 TIME: 16.00 SENIOR R. 5 SENIOR R. 6 SENIOR R. 7 FRA POL AUT POR NOR POL FIN HUN DEN IRE SCO HUN GER ROM SCO SPA WAL FINL BUL ENG SWE NOR SPA ROM ISR WAL ISR EST DEN TUR TUR ITA BUL TUR AUT ISR EST BEL GER FIN IRE BUL SWE DEN FRA NED POR EST SCO POR BEL WAL ENG NED NOR IRE ENG ITA BEL GER SPA AUT HUN ROM ITA FRA NED SER SER POL SWE SER TIME: 10.00 TIME: 13.20 TIME: 16.00 2 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 110 11 12 13 1144 15 1166 1177 18 1199 19 220 21 222 23 224 25 RROOSTTEERRS RREESSUULLTTS FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY by Mark Horton Maureen Hiron, games inventor extraordinaire has written to tell us that Erno Rubik didn't invent the Rubiks Cube. She has seen that described in a book of Victorian puzzles of 1892. But this was a sort of stick and band contraption that unravelled if turned too much. What Erno invented was the mechanism by which the thing could be turned ad infinitum. She's seen his patent in the patent office - whilst she was researching her best selling game Continuo. Erno came to see her in the World Games Fair in Nuremberg back in 1983 when she was just launching Continuo Seres(s) is a common Hungarian (Hungarian- worldwide and he begged a Jewish) name, I'm sure you know Rezso-Seress, who signed Continuo from her! composed the famous song "Szomorú vasárnap– Gloomy Sunday". Groupama Arena, the multi- By the way, Seres can be interpreted as a man who purpose stadium and venue for the Championships is likes beer or who has beer! the third home of Ferencváros. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators in UEFA matches and 23,700 in There is general agreement that the venue for these Hungarian League matches. Ferencváros have been Championships is outstanding - indeed many observers the most successful club in the history of Hungarian are suggesting they may be the best ever. For example, football winning, 28 Hungarian League titles, the air-conditioned Bulletin Room boasts its own his and 21Hungarian Cup titles and 2 Hungarian League Cup hers washrooms, a coffee machine, and a Eurocave! titles. As the Women's and Senior Károly Kelen (npc of the Championships are now under Hungarian Woman Team, way, we can finally say the and Hungarian translator of Championships are in full swing. Adventures in Card Play with In the Open Series I am pleased Géza Hommonay) points out to see that France is living up that Geza Ottik interpreted The to my prediction in Bridge Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Magazine that they will be strong Hemingway into Hungarian (and contenders. It is also great to see she would like to say, it's better Italy performing well at this level. than the original short story...) With so many powerful teams Plus Tim Seres (aka: Seres taking part it is easy to see why Tamás) was born in Budapest many observers consider the 1925, and learnt bridge during European Championships to be World War II in a cellar when the toughest tournament in bridge Russian planes bombed the town... - including the Bermuda Bowl. VIDEOS FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Readers who are interested in more detailed view of the Championships whether it is news, interviews or simply looking at the surroundings can find it on youtube on the EBL channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN6ZMmC9FxsgBVn9PermDuw 4 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 110 11 12 13 1144 15 1166 1177 18 1199 19 220 21 222 23 224 25 RROOSTTEERRS RREESSUULLTTS 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary ADVENTURES WITH OTTLIK by Mark Horton SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY'S PROBLEM Dealer West [ Q J 10 8 2 [ A 3 [ K ] 6 2 ] K J 10 8 5 ] Q 9 7 4 3 { A 3 { Q 10 6 { K J 9 5 } K 9 8 3 } A Q 6 } J 7 5 [ A 3 [ K ] K J 10 8 5 ] Q 9 7 4 3 West North East South { Q 10 6 { K J 9 5 1] 1[ 2] 3[ } A Q 6 } J 7 5 4] All Pass [ 9 7 6 5 4 ] A Play Instructions: { 8 7 4 2 Against 4] by West, North leads {A, {3. } 10 4 2 Over to you. You cannot prevent a diamond ruff by North if South has the blank ace of hearts. But you can force him to ??? give back the stolen trick through an endplay, if you play the spade ace and ruff a spade before leading trumps. When South wins the ]A he can either lead a club and give up on the diamond ruff, or give his partner the ruff and simultaneously endplay him. NEW PROBLEM Dealer South.E/W Vul. [ Q 9 6 [ A 7 ] K Q 10 2 ] J 9 5 { Q 4 { K J 10 9 3 } K 9 6 4 } Q 10 7 West North East South — — — 1{ Dble Pass Pass Rdbl Pass 1[ Pass Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass Play Instructions: 3NT by West. N/S play Acol and a weak no-trump. North to lead [4. GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 110 11 12 13 1144 15 1166 5 1177 18 1199 19 220 21 222 23 224 25 RROOSTTEERRS RREESSUULLTTS 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary NEWS FROM ROUND AND ABOUT by Barry Rigal When England played Latvia in round six, the match Both English pairs did extremely well here. Forrester score was virtually level with two deals to go. These and Robson reached 3NTx by East and ended with an were the two deals.