Pagina 1 43rd WORLD BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS LYON, FRANCE • 12th-26th AUGUST 2017 “Bridge for Peace” rd 43 BERMUDA BOWL Coordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer • Editor: Mark Horton 21st VENICE CUP 11th WORLD DAILY Co-Editors: Barry Rigal, Brian Senior 9th D’ORSI SENIOR TROPHY TRANSNATIONAL OPEN TEAMS Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacobs BULLETIN Lay-Out Editor: Monika Kümmel • Photos: Ron Tacchi Issue No. 3 Tuesday, 15th August 2017 THE JUNIORS ARE COMING! Today’s Programme BB, VC, OT Round 7 11:00 - 13:20 Round 8 14:30 - 16:50 Round 9 17:20 - 19:40 Let’s Play Bridge! Contents The Opening Ceremony of the Funbridge World Youth Open Bridge Championships will take place today in the VuGraph Theatre (Salle Pasteur), immediately after play has Schedule . .2 finished (approximately 19.45). Come along to welcome the next generation of Rankings . .3 Champions. Robots battle in Lyon . .3 Don't forget that NPC's, Journalists & WBF Officials can nominate one Junior, one Youngster, one Girl and one Kid to receive the Joan Gerard Youth Award, which Le (bon) coin francophone . .4 rewards, aptitude for fair play, good sportsmanship and a friendly international Misclick this Hand with Me . .6 spirit, rejecting any discrimination. After two days play in the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and d'Orsi Trophy any initial IBPA announcements . .6 nerves should have been dispelled and the teams can settle down to the task of Match Report RR 2 . .7 ensuring that they qualify for the knock-out rounds. The Desert Song: Rules & Regulations/Systems Committees There will be a meeting of the Rules & Regulations Committee on Wednesday, France v Egypt . .11 16th August at 11:00 in the WBF Executive Room (Rhone 3A on the 1st floor of the Italy v France (BB) . .14 venue) to be followed immediately by the Systems Committee in the same room at 12:00. Results . .15 Seniors’ Committee There will be a meeting of the Seniors’ Committee on Wednesday, 16th August at 10:00 Championship Diary . .16 in Room Rhone 5 on the first floor at the venue. 43rd WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Lyon, France Schedule 11:00 - 13:20 14:30 - 16:50 17:20 - 19:40 Bermuda Bowl 1 MONACO MEXICO 1 INDIA NEW ZEALAND 1 BULGARIA INDONESIA 2 BANGLADESH GERMANY 2 GUADELOUPE BRAZIL 2 USA1 USA2 3 USA2 ARGENTINA 3 CHINA CHINESE TAIPEI 3 CHINA SWEDEN 4 INDONESIA NETHERLANDS 4 EGYPT BANGLADESH 4 CHINESE TAIPEI MONACO 5 BULGARIA SWEDEN 5 GERMANY USA1 5 BRAZIL MEXICO 6 USA1 AUSTRALIA 6 AUSTRALIA BULGARIA 6 NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA 7 INDIA ITALY 7 SWEDEN INDONESIA 7 INDIA ARGENTINA 8 CHINESE TAIPEI EGYPT 8 ITALY MEXICO 8 GUADELOUPE NETHERLANDS 9 BRAZIL CHINA 9 NETHERLANDS USA2 9 ITALY GERMANY 10 NEW ZEALAND GUADELOUPE 10 SOUTH AFRICA MONACO 10 EGYPT AUSTRALIA 11 FRANCE SOUTH AFRICA 11 ARGENTINA FRANCE 11 BANGLADESH FRANCE Venice Cup 21 SWEDEN BRAZIL 21 AUSTRALIA ISRAEL 21 EGYPT ITALY 22 MOROCCO USA2 22 INDIA ARGENTINA 22 NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND 23 ENGLAND USA1 23 EGYPT RUSSIA 23 CANADA MOROCCO 24 CANADA CHINESE TAIPEI 24 JORDAN CANADA 24 RUSSIA SWEDEN 25 NETHERLANDS ITALY 25 CHINESE TAIPEI NEW ZEALAND 25 ARGENTINA BRAZIL 26 NEW ZEALAND POLAND 26 POLAND NETHERLANDS 26 ISRAEL USA2 27 AUSTRALIA CHINA 27 INDONESIA ENGLAND 27 AUSTRALIA USA1 28 RUSSIA JORDAN 28 CHINA BRAZIL 28 INDIA INDONESIA 29 ARGENTINA EGYPT 29 USA1 MOROCCO 29 CHINA CHINESE TAIPEI 30 ISRAEL INDIA 30 USA2 SWEDEN 30 JORDAN POLAND 31 FRANCE INDONESIA 31 ITALY FRANCE 31 NETHERLANDS FRANCE d’Orsi Trophy 41 POLAND PAKISTAN 41 CANADA AUSTRALIA 41 USA1 CHINA HKG 42 TURKEY SWEDEN 42 FRANCE SOUTH AFRICA 42 EGYPT INDIA 43 INDIA USA2 43 BRAZIL ARGENTINA 43 NEW ZEALAND TURKEY 44 CHINA HKG CHINA 44 JAPAN NEW ZEALAND 44 ARGENTINA POLAND 45 USA1 GUADELOUPE 45 AUSTRIA EGYPT 45 SOUTH AFRICA PAKISTAN 46 EGYPT ISRAEL 46 ISRAEL USA1 46 AUSTRALIA SWEDEN 47 CANADA ITALY 47 GUADELOUPE CHINA HKG 47 CANADA USA2 48 ARGENTINA JAPAN 48 ITALY PAKISTAN 48 FRANCE CHINA 49 SOUTH AFRICA BRAZIL 49 USA2 TURKEY 49 ITALY AUSTRIA 50 AUSTRALIA FRANCE 50 SWEDEN POLAND 50 JAPAN ISRAEL 51 NEW ZEALAND AUSTRIA 51 CHINA INDIA 51 BRAZIL GUADELOUPE VuGraph SCHEDULE The VuGraph Theatre is located in the Salle Pasteur 11:00 14:30 17:20 BRAZIL-CHINA (BB) VG/BBO1 NETHERLANDS-USA2 (BB) VG/BBO1 ITALY-GERMANY (BB) VG/BBO1 BULGARIA-SWEDEN (BB) BBO 2 GERMANY-USA1 (BB) BBO 2 BULGARIA-INDONESIA(BB) BBO 2 ENGLAND-USA1 (VC) BBO 3 POLAND-NETHERLAND (VC) BBO 3 USA1-USA2 (BB) BBO 3 CANADA-ITALY (SD) BBO 4 USA2-SWEDEN (VC) BBO 4 RUSSIA-SWEDEN(VC) BBO 4 FRANCE-SOUTH AFRICA (BB) BBO 5/ FB ISRAEL-USA1 (SD) BBO 5/ FB BANGLADESH-France(BB) BBO 5/ FB FRANCE-INDONESIA (VC) BBO 6/ FB ITALY-FRANCE (VC) BBO 6/ FB NETHERLANDS-FRANCE (VC) BBO 6/ FB AUSTRALIA-France (SD) BBO 7/ FB ARGENTINA-FRANCE (BB) BBO 7/ FB ISRAEL-USA (VC) BBO 7/ FB AUSTRALIA-CHINA (VC) BBO 8/ OG CHINA-INDIA (SD) BBO 8/ OG CHINA-SWEDEN (BB) BBO 8/ OG courtesy of 2 August 12th - 26th 2017 43rd WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Bermuda Bowl Venice Cup d’Orsi Trophy After Round 6 After Round 6 After Round 6 TEAM VP TEAM VP TEAM VP 1 FRANCE 77.91 1 NETHERLANDS 86.25 1 USA2 92.45 2 GERMANY 74.70 2 CHINA 82.58 2 FRANCE 88.10 3 NETHERLANDS 73.77 3 ENGLAND 78.40 3 AUSTRALIA 85.54 4 USA1 72.63 4 POLAND 75.02 4 ISRAEL 83.71 5 USA2 72.09 5 INDONESIA 74.22 5 ITALY 76.80 6 SWEDEN 70.13 6 EGYPT 74.12 6 SWEDEN 70.44 7 EGYPT 69.81 7 FRANCE 64.90 7 USA1 65.77 8 AUSTRALIA 64.89 8 BRAZIL 63.48 8 AUSTRIA 63.64 9 ITALY 64.87 9 ISRAEL 63.29 9 JAPAN 63.41 10 BULGARIA 61.90 10 SWEDEN 63.20 10 ARGENTINA 59.42 11 INDONESIA 61.75 11 ARGENTINA 62.93 11 SOUTH AFRICA 59.08 12 NEW ZEALAND 61.30 12 ITALY 62.65 12 TURKEY 57.84 13 BRAZIL 59.72 13 RUSSIA 62.47 13 POLAND 56.32 14 MONACO 55.70 14 AUSTRALIA 61.33 14 INDIA 55.95 15 ARGENTINA 52.77 15 USA1 61.01 15 CHINA HONG KONG 54.77 16 BANGLADESH 51.22 16 USA2 54.53 16 CANADA 52.92 17 CHINESE TAIPEI 50.94 17 NEW ZEALAND 54.37 17 CHINA 51.10 18 CHINA 47.23 18 MOROCCO 45.58 18 EGYPT 48.73 19 INDIA 47.06 19 CANADA 39.96 19 NEW ZEALAND 41.58 20 SOUTH AFRICA 46.05 20 INDIA 33.61 20 PAKISTAN 37.18 21 MEXICO 40.05 21 CHINESE TAIPEI 29.14 21 BRAZIL 31.34 22 GUADELOUPE 39.26 22 JORDAN 26.96 22 GUADELOUPE 23.66 Robots Battle in Lyon The 21st World Computer Bridge Championship, hosted by the World Bridge Federation and supported by the American Contract Bridge League, will take place here in Lyon, August 19-24. Seven top robots will compete in the six- day event including last year’s champion, Wbridge5, developed by Yves Costel from France and last year’s silver medalist, Micro Bridge developed by Tomio Uchida from Japan. Come visit and watch the action live at a room to be announced. Follow the results at www.computerbridge.com as well as view past results, and the many articles written on past play at these championships. Al Levy coordinator Results are subject to official confirmation 3 43rd WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Lyon, France Le (bon) coin francophone Jean-Paul Meyer LE QUATRIEME POUVOIR enchères après intervention. Le bridge autorisé à tous les Lyon est la troisième ville de France avec plus de 500.000 publics (P. Schmidt ), Les cours de bridge (P. Marmion ) habitants, l’agglomération a une population triple. Le Enfin, last but not least Les dossiers Rodwell , en français Progrés est le quotidien local le plus lu. Les organisateurs naturellement, avec la dédicace d’ Eric Rodwel l - USA1. du championnat ont pu mesurer l’impact des informations Réservez vos exemplaires au stand rapidement car il ne publiées. sera pas ouvert que cette semaine. En première page, le 10 août le journal lyonnais avait annoncé une «fan zone» pour ces championnats du TECHNIQUE ET PROBABILITE Monde ainsi que des journées portes ouvertes. La donne du jour est extraite du match France-Italie open Depuis, c’est un plus d’une centaine de visiteurs par jour Donne 23 qu’a vu se présenter l’accueil, débordé pour la confection des badges réclamés par la sécurité. [– Il a été organisé des ] A V 9 7 visites groupées et on en { D V 9 4 a profité pour organiser } R V 10 9 2 des séances de [ A D 8 4 3 [ V 7 5 découverte du bridge. N ] R 3 2 ] D 10 8 5 4 Un joli succès pour la O E notoriété du bridge. { 6 3 2 { 10 8 } 6 4 S } A 5 3 UNE SECURITE TOP [ R 10 9 6 2 Certes, il vous est demandé d’ouvrir vos sacs ou vos ]6 sacoches à l’entrée, certes de nombreux agents de sécurité { A R 7 5 surveillent les très nombreux mètres carrés du Palais mais } D 8 7 ils ont tous un point commun, une très grande amabilité. Cela méritait d’être écrit. Dans les deux salles, le contrat fut Cinq Carreaux par Sud, après qu’Est ait montré un intérêt pour les Cœurs. En salle ELECTION fermée, Donati entama en Ouest le deux de Carreau contre Le prochain Président de la WBF ne prendra ses fonctions le déclarant Jean-Christophe Quantin.