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Daily Bulletin

Editor: Mark Horton / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francesca CanaliPhotographer : Arianna Testa

FRIDAY,JUNE 23 2017

ISSUE No 14CLICK TO NAVIGATE

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Roll of Honour

Baker vs Denmark Red

Filling in the Blanks

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A view of the Bridge

High Level Bidding

La Pagina Italiana

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Today a pressconference will be held at 11:00 (see the map for the location).Attendants:Yves Aubry Jan KamrasJosef Harsanyi Barry RigalFIGB President F. Ferlazzo NatoliJournalists and players are welcome.Cocktail to follow

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

Open Pairs Final10.30 - 13.20 Session 110 minutes hospitality break after 7th round

14.30 - 19.00 Session 210 minutes hospitality break after 7th round

A. M. Torlontano Open Pairs10.30 - 12.50 Session 112.50 - 14.00 Lunch break14.00 - 16:20 Session 216.40 - 19:00 Session 3

Press Conference11.00 See the map --------------------------------->

Women Pairs WinnersMagdalena Ticha & Wietzke Van Zwol

PRESS CONFERENCE

VENUE

CAFETERIARESTAURANT

1st FLOOR PRESS CONFERENCE

After yet another heart stopping finish it was The Netherlands Wietske Van Zwol & Magdalena Ticha who took the Women's Pairs Championship by just 0.15%. It was Wiestke's second win, the first coming in 2009 and the fourth time the title has been won by a pair from The Netherlands. Poland's Justyna Zmuda & Katarzyna Dufrat finished second, adding another medal to Justyna's already extraordinary collection. Third place went to Jennifer Mourgues & Anne-Laure Huberschwiller from France.

In the Senior Pairs Germany's Reiner Marsal & Herbert Klumpp were dominant, taking the lead during the second session and maintaining it to the end. Second place went to France's Philippe Toffier & Pascal Gombert while Poland's Jerzy Michalek & Wlodzimierz Wala finished third.

In the Open Pairs England's Artur Malinowski & David Bakhshi topped the table en route to the final.

Senior Pairs WinnersHerbert Klumpp & Reiner Marsal

China vs Greece

Greece vs Highlanders

Masterpoint Race

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Vide Cor Meum

Puppet, Muppet or Scrubbit?

Putting on a Show

Results

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8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy

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Women Pairs 2ndKatarzyna Dufrat & Justyna Zmuda

Senior Pairs 2ndPascal Gombert & Philippe Toffier

Women Pairs 3rdJennifer Mourgues & Anne-Laure Huberschwiller

Senior Pairs 3rdJerzy Michalek & Wlodzimierz Wala

The Duplimates used for the duplication during the championship are sold old but the special price of EUR 1999 will be kept today and tomorrow (Friday) for a new unit. Shipment will be from Sweden afterwards.

The cards that has been played in Montecatini are now available.

Contact Jannerstens in the Bridge Plaza (tent next to playing area), or drop a line to [email protected] if you are interested in these offers.

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The French pair Thomas Bessis (one of the holders) and Cedric Lorenzini were in quite a good position in the Open Pairs Semi-final A when the sad news arrived that Cedric's father had died. They have retired from the event. We sympathise deeply.

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A VIEW OF THE BRIDGEThe EBL have appointed David Bird, Bill Jacobs, Larry Cohen, Graham Osborne, Mark Horton and Roland Wald to act as BBO commentators. They may be joined from time to time by Jon Cooke and Stephen Kennedy.These are the assignments for today (Women / Seniors Pairs Finals):F-1-1 BBO1 Roland Wald - Bill JacobsF-1-1 BBO2 David Bird - Mark HortonF-1-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Bill JacobsF-2-1 BBO1 Mark Horton - David BirdF-2-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Larry Cohen

Update after the open/senior/women teams:Of the medalists in the Open teams, only Krzystof Jassem and Marcin Mazurkiewicz

had won medals in an Open European previously. The silver medal was Greece's first in a European Open. There are now 34 countries that have won medals at this set of championships.

Of the Women winners, Helle Rasmussen and Stense Farholt are previous medalists, having won bronze in the 2007 Women teams. The silver medalists of team Baker had won the title in 2015, and this medal is Meike Wortel's fifth, and Marion Michielsen's eighth.

The bronze medal is Carla Arnold's ninth, Wietske van Zwol's eighth and Martine Verbeek's sixth.

Of the six women on the Chinese team, four had previously won a medal (Wang Wen Fei gold in the 2013 Women teams, Wang Nan bronze in the 2015 Women teams, and Lu Yan and Liu Yan bronze in the 2015 Women pairs).

All the Israeli winners of the Senior teams had previously won medals. Leonid Podgur and Avi Kalish were among the winners in the very first Open teams in Menton 2003. Amos Kaminski, Adrian Schwartz and Yeshayahu Levit won the Senior teams in 2007, when Shalom Zeligman won the bronze. Schwartz and Kaminski also won bronze in 2009.

Benito Garrozzo has won his second silver medal, after the Open teams of 2013.Jaap Trouborst and Nico Doremans had already won bronze in the Senior Pairs

in 2015.Tony Rusev is the only one from the Vito team to have won previously, after being a

member of the bronze-winning team of the same name in 2009.These medals put Carla in second place in the all-time medal table, Marion in fourth place, Wietske in fifth,

while Meike enters the top 10.The Netherlands have now won 105 medals in the eight championships combined.

1) Sylvie Willard 3+3+4= 102) Carla Arnolds 3+5+1= 93) Catherine D'Ovidio 4+0+4= 84) Marion Michielsen 3+5+0= 85) Wietske van Zwol 1+4+3= 86) Bep Vriend 4+3+0= 77) Philippe Cronier 3+1+3= 78) Anneke Simons & Jet Pasman 1+4+1= 610) Meike Wortel 3+2+0= 511) Martine Verbeek 2+3+0= 512) Bénédicte Cronier 2+1+2= 5

ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE

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Open Teams Semifinal - Segment 3

Set three started with China leading by 12 IMPs and with a question of judgment for the top West players when both Chen and Kontomitros heard their partner overcall 1[ over 1{. Holding:

[ K Q 6] A K 4{ 8 4} Q 10 9 7 2

Both cuebid 2{ and heard 3{ to their left, passed back to them. If 2{ promised spades, you would think the choice was between 3[ and a last-train 3] call. Double as suggested by at least one editor seems way too dangerous to me, with a spade suit that rates to be worthless on defence. However as the cards lie you collect 100 against 3{x, (so long as partner finds the best lead to allow you to prevent a club ruff in dummy – or -470 if he does not). If you bid, you have +140 in 3[ as Kontomitros discovered, and -50 in 4[, as Chen found, the hard way. Put me down for 3]. That made it 56-49 for China.

Two boards the two Norths Li and Filios held this hand of power and quality:

[ K J 8 3 ] A K Q J 9 5 3{ ---} 3 2

Their unopposed auction started 1{-1]-2}-2[-3}. What next?

Filios bid 4] – solid hearts and not much outside, a reasonable if slightly pessimistic shot. Li bid 3] and was reassured to hear partner bid 3NT. Now he probed delicately for slam with 6], and he was a little unlucky that the man on lead had five hearts to the ten AND the club ace. The defenders cashed the first two clubs and still had a heart trick to come. To be fair, on a non-club lead the slam does come home; but even so… Those 11 IMPs gave the Greeks a 3 IMP lead. After an overtrick went the other way, the spotlight shifted round the table one more place: this time it was Zhao and Koukoselis as East in the hot seat.

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A strong(ish) no-trump to your right; how many hearts do you wish to bid? Say you bid 2] and hear 2[ to your left, passed back to you; what now? If you bid 3] you hear RHO balance with 3[ and you get one more chance.

Koukoselis didn’t have that problem; he doubled to show a one-suiter. Over a call showing spades to his left his partner (optimistically) bid 2NT asking for his suit, so he naturally leapt to 4]. By contrast, Zhao bid 2] then 3] and sold out to 3[. +100 was a poor return against the 420 from hearts, (partner has }KQxx plus the {K and two small hearts with trumps 2-2). Greece now led by 10 IMPs, but then it was time for China to go on a tear.

It started when Zhao opened in first seat vulnerable with a 3-3-5-2 11-count and was raised in due course to 3NT by Chen with a balanced 15-count, making 600. No drama there; but when Koukoselis passed the 11-count, his LHO opened a 13-16 no-trump and stole the pot, after Li’s 0-count Stayman response, in 2[. The +50 for Greece against 2[ was an unsatisfactory return, and China had 11 IMPs to lead by 1 IMP.

Barry RigalCHINA vs GREECE

TEAM CHINA OPENJie Zhao

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Both N/S pairs successfully led the unbid suit to defeat a game, then came this strange affair:

Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. [ Q J 10 9 7 ] 7 3 { J 7 4 } J 6 3 [ 6 4 [ 5 3 ] A 6 4 ] Q J 5 2 { 10 8 6 2 { A Q 9 5 3 } A 7 5 2 } 8 4 [ A K 8 2 ] K 10 9 8 { K } K Q 10 9

Open Room West North East South Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ Pass Pass 1{ Dble 2{ 2[ Pass 4[ Dble All Pass

Closed Room West North East South Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang Pass Pass Pass 1}(16+) Pass 1{ Pass 1] (18+) Pass 2] Pass 4[ All Pass

Zhao may not have been enthused about his opening lead of the ]Q when dummy hit the deck, but the defenders cashed their four winners with the minimum of discomfort after this start. In the other room, where South’s hand was largely unknown, West led the {8. Those unbiased readers who share this writer’s aversion to MUD will be delighted that East could not read the lead. Even if ducking the trick looks wrong, that was what Koukoselis did, and declarer was now safe for his game and actually emerged with 11 tricks. Note that after the diamond lead East might well have shifted to clubs, after winning his {A and that still lets the game through.

The next deal saw the possibility for a big swing in either direction.

Board 9. Dealer North. E-W Vul. [ A 8 6 5 4 ] 10 7 { A Q 10 4 } A 8 [ 9 2 [ K ] K J 9 8 6 ] A Q 5 3 2 { K J 9 5 { 8 } J 6 } K 9 7 4 3 2 [ Q J 10 7 3 ] 4 { 7 6 3 2 } Q 10 5

Open Room West North East South Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ 1[ 2[ 4[ 5] Pass Pass 5[ All Pass

Closed Room West North East South Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang 1[ 2[ 4[ 5] Dble All Pass

I would not have been able to resist duplicating Li’s action from the closed room, and collecting 200. But when Filios passed 5] his partner saved in 5[. The ]A lead saw West signal for a diamond shift. Back came the {8, to West’s king (might East have underled {Q8 – I suppose so). Declarer ruffed a heart to dummy and played a trump to West’s nine and …a low one from hand. That was -200, and 6 IMPs for China, leading by 18 IMPs now.

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Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. [ J 7 5 4 3 ] A 5 4 { K 10 7 6 4 } — [ Q 6 [ A K 10 9 8 ] K 7 6 ] J 2 { Q 9 8 5 { A 3 } Q 10 9 2 } J 8 7 4 [ 2 ] Q 10 9 8 3 { J 2 } A K 6 5 3

Open Room West North East South Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2} Pass 3] All Pass

Closed Room West North East South Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang 1] Pass 1[ 2[ Pass Pass 4] All Pass

In the closed room the defence started with the [Q, ducked all round, and a shift to a low trump. That doesn’t look especially incisive, but when declarer captured the jack with his queen and advanced the {J, covered all round, for a trump back to his ten, he had no tricks at all. He tried to ruff out the clubs, but emerged with just eight tricks.

Against 3], Chen’s low diamond lead did not paralyze declarer. When East ducked, South won in hand and returned a diamond to the ten. Back came a low heart, and declarer’s eight forced the king. Now declarer cross-ruffed to 11 tricks and had 7 IMPs.

The next board saw a quiet 4[ in both rooms, making ten tricks before Greece tied up the match on the penultimate deal.

Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ 10 7 5 ] A Q 10 9 6 5 { — } A K 7 4 [ K 9 3 [ Q 8 4 2 ] K J 3 ] 7 { A 5 2 { K Q J 9 8 6 4 } Q J 9 2 } 5 [ A J 6 ] 8 4 2 { 10 7 3 } 10 8 6 3

Open Room West North East South Chen Filios Zhao Papa’ 1] 3{ Pass Pass Dble Pass 3] All Pass

Closed Room West North East South Kont’os Li Kouk’is Zhang 1] 2{ Pass 3NT All Pass

Which of the two Easts’ actions do you prefer? Put me with the closed room – a sure sign of obstinacy, I suppose when even after you see the consequences of your actions, you cannot be persuaded that they are wrong. Having said that, maybe Chen might have bid 3NT over 3{ anyway?

There is no easy way to make 3] after a top diamond lead. Declarer ruffed the diamond and tried a spade to the jack, later losing a trump, two clubs and a second spade for down one.

But equally, the defence to 3NT was not so easy to spot. Li led a top club – so far so good. The discouraging eight persuaded him to shift to spades; seven, two, jack, king. Declarer returned a low spade at once: ten queen ace. Now Zhang knew declarer surely had the spade nine, so would have nine tricks ready to run. Was the [10 suit preference for hearts or did partner have }AKJ and ]A so that a club was necessary?

Zhang went with a club and was wrong. I think the suit preference argument coupled with the fact that partner just might have led the club king from }AKJx on this auction was enough reason to go right. Regardless that was 11 IMPs to Greece instead of 5 IMPs the other way and we were tied up again with one set to go.

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The soft tones of an Italian opera permeate the air as the camera scans a panoramic view of Florence and the Ponte Vecchio. Later transitioning displays an outdoor stage, lit up in the night. People painted in white walk across the stage in Grecian costumes, in front of flowing sheer cloths that reveal the façade of a building beyond. The audience and orchestra are in an open courtyard which lit with flickering torches displaying the atmospheric green grass and stone brick building. As the camera enters the audience it rests first on a couple, man and wife, and a lone man across the aisle. The two men share a challenging look, but soon return their attention to the opera. The camera returns to the actors as they softly finish their duet.

This beautiful sequence is in fact a scene from the 2001 film Hannibal, starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore and Giancarlo Giannini. The opera, “Vide Cor Meum”, was composed specifically for the film by Patrick Cassidy and was performed by Danielle de Niese, Bruno Lazzaretti, and the Lyndhurst Orchestra. The libretto was based on a sonnet from Dante’s “La Vita Nuova” which follows the Florentine poet and his beloved Beatrice.

The opera scene was filmed on the grounds of Santa Croce in the courtyard in front the Pazzi Chapel. It demonstrates the dedication of the film writers and director in composing a somewhat historically insightful scene. The scene connects character background stories with both history and contemporary use of Santa Croce facilities.

On this deal from Round 22 of BAM II 19 declarers attempted to make 6], but only one, Romania's Constantin Dobroiu was successful...

Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. [ K J 2 ] J 9 2 { 9 8 7 4 } 8 7 4 [ 6 [ A Q 3 ] A 10 8 5 ] Q 7 4 3 { Q J 10 5 { A 6 3 2 } A K 9 3 } Q 2 [ 10 9 8 7 5 4 ] K 6 { K } J 10 6 5

Open Room West North East South Dima Dobroiu 1{ Pass 1] 1[ 2[* Dble* 3{ Pass 4}* Pass 4[* Pass 5}* Pass 6] All Pass

2[ Heart fitDble A high spade honour4} Cue bid4[ Cue bid5} Cue bid

Following a refreshingly stylish bidding sequence (not a hint of Blackwood in sight) EW reached a contract that defeated so many declarers at the table.

South led the ten of spades and declarer took North's king with the ace and played a heart to the ace and a second heart ducking to South's king. He won ruffed the spade exit in dummy, drew the outstanding trump, cashed three rounds of clubs and relying on the inference that South's overcall must include the {K, played a diamond to the ace to land his contract in spectacular style.

Mark Horton

VIDE COR MEUM*

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David Bird

Women's Teams Final - Session 1

Denmark Red had beaten two very powerful teams to reach the final. Even so, they must have started as underdogs against an all-star Baker team (USA/Netherlands). If so, nobody told them. They played a blinder in the first of four 14-board sessions. Roland Wald and I were watching in the Closed Room.

Board 1 Dealer North None Vul [ 10 ] A K 6 5 { A J 9 6 4 2 } K 6 [ K Q 8 6 3 [ J 7 5] Q J 4 3 2 ] 7{ — { K Q 8 3} Q 10 3 } J 7 5 4 2 [ A 9 4 2 ] 10 9 8 { 10 7 5 } A 9 8

Closed Room West North East South Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 2] Pass 2NT Pass 3{ Pass 4} Pass 4NT Pass 5] Pass 6{ All Pass

The diamond game was a good contract, albeit one that would meet a hostile trump break. Six Diamonds was too much. Declarer had a very likely heart loser and at least one trump loser, in fact more than that. The club lead was won in dummy and the {10 drew a depressing discard from West. The slam eventually drifted three down and North/South had to hope that 5{ would fail at the other table.

Open Room West North East South L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker 1{ Pass 1[ 2] 3{ All Pass

The 2] overcall worked in North/South’s favour and they stopped in 3{. A heart lead allowed declarer

to pick up that suit and +130 was scored for an early 7-IMP swing to Baker.

Board 2 Dealer East N/S Vul. [ Q 7 5 2 ] J 10 4 { 8 4 3 2 } 7 5[ A K 8 [ J] 7 6 5 3 ] A K Q 8 2{ 9 { 6} Q 9 8 4 2 } A K J 10 6 3 [ 10 9 6 4 3 ] 9 { A K Q J 10 7 5 } —

Closed Room West North East South Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege 1}* 1{ Dble* Pass 4{ 4[ 6} All Pass

West’s double was a transfer, showing 4+ hearts. I was expecting an immediate 4NT from East now. Why not? Over the chosen 4{ splinter-bid, some continuations might prevent you from asking for aces later.

West leapt to 6} over South’s 4[ and that ended the auction. The {A was followed by a spade switch and declarer soon claimed her +920. Against a contract of 6], South might perhaps have ventured a lead of the {5, seeking a club ruff.

Open Room West North East South L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker 1} 1{ Dble* Pass 3[ Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6] All Pass

West’s double again showed hearts, East choosing a spade splinter bid on this occasion. Lynn Baker compromised with a lead of the {10 against 6], continuing with the {A. The resultant +980 was worth 2 IMPs to Denmark Red.

BAKER vs DENMARK RED

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Board 7 Dealer South Both Vul. [ J 10 4 3 ] A 5 2 { K } A 9 8 7 4 [ Q 8 [ A K 7 2] J 9 4 ] K Q 7{ J 10 7 6 5 3 2 { Q 4} 5 } K Q J 10 [ 9 6 5 ] 10 8 6 3 { A 9 8 } 6 3 2

Closed Room West North East South Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege Pass Pass 1} Dble Pass 1{ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ All Pass

Meike Wortel had the chance to express her strength at the one-level and Marion Michielsen ended in a comfortable 2{. She won the [J lead and ditched her club loser on a third round of the suit. Only two trumps and a heart had to be lost and that was +130. Perhaps they would reach 3NT at the other table. Let’s see.

Open Room West North East South L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker Pass Pass 1} Dble 1] 2{ Dble 3NT All Pass

I assume that Karen McCallum’s double showed 3-card support for hearts. A heart lead would beat the contract, since North would win the first round of diamonds and clear the suit. The defenders would score two hearts, two diamonds and the }A.

Lynn Baker led a club to partner’s ace and this was not necessarily fatal. If McCallum could read the lead, she could switch to hearts in time or indeed to a spade, to remove dummy’s side entry. Can you sense a ‘but’ coming? The problem was that Baker had led the }2, low from three small, and it seemed quite possible to North that the lead might be from }Q-6-3-2 (declarer had played the }10 on the first trick.

McCallum persevered with clubs, returning the }4, and the game was home. Declarer had time to set up the diamond suit and reach the winners with the [Q.

That was 11 IMPs to Denmark instead of 6 IMPs the other way.

Board 12 Dealer West N/S Vul. [ 7 ] Q { A K J 5 } A K 10 8 7 3 2 [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2{ 10 6 { 9 8 3} 9 5 } Q J 6 [ A K Q 8 6 ] A 10 6 { Q 7 4 2 } 4

Closed Room West North East South Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5[ Pass 7{ All Pass

North might have stretched to a RKCB bid on the third round. She sought reassurance and bid it two rounds later. Two key-cards and the {Q would do nicely, thank you, and 7{ was duly reached. The {3 was led to the 4, 6 and ace. What was the best line of play to survive against a 4-1 break in one of the minors?

It seemed to me that survival was unlikely (although not impossible) against a 4-1 club break. On that basis declarer should perhaps play the }A and ruff a club low. If clubs broke 3-2, she could then draw trumps and land the slam against a 4-1 trump break.

Farholt continued with a trump to the queen and a third trump to the ace. Ace of clubs and a club ruff then allowed her to claim the slam. On this line of play, she would have gone down against a 4-1 break in either minor.

Open Room West North East South L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker 2] 2[ Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 5[ Pass 6[ Pass 7{ All Pass

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Lone Bilde opened with a modified Ekren 2], showing both majors. The Americans then did wonderfully well to reach 7{. McCallum’s 6[ asked South to select a minor for the grand slam. Baker won the spade lead and played the {A-K. She then played the }A and ruffed a club with the {Q. Once again, this line of play would have failed against a 4-1 minor-suit break. The favourable divisions in both minors meant that it was a push in +2140.

Michielsen had a bidding problem on our last deal. Look only at the West cards and decide what action you would have taken? (East’s double is for take-out).

Board 14 Dealer East Neither Vul. [ J 9 8 2 ] 7 { 8 7 } A K J 9 5 2 [ A K Q [ 10 7 6 4] 10 9 8 4 ] A K 6 3{ K Q 6 { J 10 5 3 2} Q 10 8 } — [ 5 3 ] Q J 5 2 { A 9 4 } 7 6 4 3

Closed Room West North East South Michielsen Farholt Wortel Ege Pass Pass 1NT 3} Dble Pass ?

West’s options are Pass, 3] and 3NT. Bidding 3] has much to commend it. If partner then says 3[, you can bid 3NT. Michielsen opted to pass for penalties and must have wilted somewhat when the dummy appeared.

The contract could not be beaten and the Danes capped their excellent session with a further +470.

Open Room West North East South L.Bilde McCallum Rasmussen Baker Pass Pass 1NT 3} Dble 4} 4] All Pass Lone Bilde reached 4]. Would she be able to survive

the 4-1 break? She ruffed the }A lead and saw that she would have to set up the diamond suit while there were still trumps out. She played a diamond to the queen, winning the trick.

One successful line now was to cross to the ]A before playing another diamond. In that way she would avoid losing three trump tricks (one to North and two to South).

Declarer chose to ruff the }10 with the ]6 instead. She played the ]A and it was still possible to land ten tricks by reverting to diamonds.

No, She played the ]K and was then two down. It was still a handsome 9 IMPs to Denmark Red, who took the first set by 38 IMPs to 10.

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TEAM BAKER

TEAM DENMARK RED

Marion Michielsen

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Micke Melander

Halfway through the match between Greece and the Highlanders the Greeks were up by 14 IMPs, leading 54-40.

Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 9 8 3 ] J 5 { K 6 } A K J 10 8 7 [ 7 5 2 [ 10 6 4 ] 9 6 4 2 ] A K 10 8 3 { 10 7 4 { A Q 8 3 } 4 3 2 } Q [ A K Q J ] Q 7 { J 9 5 2 } 9 6 5

Open Room West North East South L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros

1} 1] Dble Pass 1[ 2{ 2]* Pass 3NT All Pass

In the Open Room Koukouseli thought jack-second in hearts was enough as a stopper in hearts, only to realize that he was two down off the top, when East started by cashing the first six tricks, leading out hearts from the top.

Closed Room West North East South Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland

1} 1] Dble Pass 1[ Dble Rdbl 2] 3} Pass 3] Pass 3[ All Pass

When the Highlanders realized that they didn’t have a stopper in hearts, they stopped in the brilliant Three Spades part score. Actually, Four Spades was unbeatable since West didn’t have any entry and the club queen behaved in friendly fashion. In four spades I’m sure declarer would have finessed on the second round if the queen had not dropped.

Against three spades East cashed the ace and king of hearts and exited with a trump. Declarer won in dummy with the jack and immediately finessed

in clubs. When that lost to the stiff queen, another trump came back. Declarer now had the nine tricks he needed, and claimed.

So the Highlander’s won 6 IMPs on the first board, Greece still in the lead by 54-46.

South was then faced with a real problem. What’s your opening lead; with [KQ5 ]J964 {92 }10852 when the opponents has bid 1NT to the right and 3NT to the left?

Board 2. Dealer East. N-S Vul. [ 10 6 4 3 2 ] Q 10 3 { 6 5 4 } A 4 [ J 8 [ A 9 7 ] 8 7 2 ] A K 5 { A K Q 7 { J 10 8 3 } Q J 9 6 } K 7 3 [ K Q 5 ] J 9 6 4 { 9 2 } 10 8 5 2

Open Room & Closed Room West North East South L Eide Koukouseli H Eide Kontomitro

Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland

1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Identical bidding in both rooms. Somewhat to my surprise both South players found the killing lead of the king of spades, to defeat declarer by a trick.

On a question to Sam-Inge Høyland why he had led like that, he confessed that he thought for a good while at the table, but concluded that if West had made an invitational call and East had raised to game he would have led a heart, looking for a more passive approach. When West raised to game, it could be urgent to set up tricks for the defense – and he couldn’t have been more spot on with his analysis. Declarer stood no chance when spades did not break since he needed to set up the clubs to be able to make his contract and North had the entry.

Another push followed when both teams bid slam on the third board and the required finesse worked. Then the Highlanders won another IMP on the fourth

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board of the set when declarer managed to an extra overtrick in a club part score compared to the other table; 54-47. Board five was a push when both went one off in Four Spades -- which didn’t stand any chance when trump broke 3-1.

The first real swing of the set then arrived and it went to Greece.

Board 6. Dealer East. E-W Vul. [ 7 ] A Q J 5 4 3 { A 9 7 4 } A 10 [ K 9 5 4 3 2 [ A J 10 6 ] 6 ] K 9 7 2 { Q 8 { J 10 3 } Q 9 6 5 } 8 7 [ Q 8 ] 10 8 { K 6 5 2 } K J 4 3 2


Pass Pass Pass 1] Pass 1NT Pass 2}* Pass 2{* Pass 3] Pass 4] All Pass

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A great bidding sequence to a very good contract, not even king-fourth against in trumps helped the defense. The jack of diamonds was led; declarer won in hand with the ace, cashed the ace of hearts and played a low heart towards the ten. East went up with the king and played a shifted to the jack of spades, which held. When the ace of spades followed declarer ruffed, pulled trumps and cashed the ace of clubs to finish it all off with the club finesse. 10 tricks were then in the bag and 420 to N-S.


Pass Pass 2{* 3] 3[ All Pass

South was extremely passive when not bidding on over Three Spades. In standard bidding, his partner’s Three Hearts ought to be a serious game try not weak,

and with those values you simply have to bid on. To make things far worse Three Spades was a “good sacrifice” for the Greeks and a misfortune seldom comes alone, it proved not to be a sacrifice at all when the defense led a heart to the ace. They followed it up with three rounds of clubs, ruffed by North and overruffed by declarer. He could now pull trumps and discard a diamond loser on the king of hearts actually to make Three Spades.

11 IMPs to Greece, and a 65-47 lead. Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. [ Q 4 ] 9 6 3 { J 10 8 6 } A K 10 3 [ 6 5 2 [ A K 10 8 ] K J 2 ] Q 10 8 4 { 5 { 7 4 3 2 } Q J 9 5 4 2 } 7 [ J 9 7 3 ] A 7 5 { A K Q 9 } 8 6


1{ Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3} Pass 3{ All Pass

Lars Eide led the queen of clubs; declarer put up the ace and immediately fired a spade towards his hand. East won with the king and shifted to the eight of hearts. At this point Kontomitro could have made his contract since the defense slipped. To defeat the contract the defense needed to make sure that West would be able to win the third round of hearts, to stay in control.

What happened was that declarer played low from hand and West won the second trick. When he exited with a club, declarer called for the king, East ruffed and continued the attack on hearts before declarer could set spades for a discard. As a matter of fact, declarer wouldn’t have needed to set up the spades since he was still in control at this point if he had simply finessed in clubs, Then he could have pitched the losing heart on the king of clubs and pulled East remaining trumps while remaining in total control. One down was 100 to Norway.

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1{ Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

A very optimistic contract by the Norwegian brothers one that was certainly not favourite to succeed. Declarer’s hopes were raised, however when West led the five of clubs and declarer decided to run it to his eight. Declarer could view eight cashing tricks and tried to set a trick in spades by playing a low one to dummy’s queen. East captured it with the king and immediately attacked hearts. there was no way for declarer to get a ninth trick before the defense had five tricks in their bag. So no swing!

Then came the serious high level bidding.

Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. [ — ] K 10 5 3 2 { A J 10 } A Q 8 4 3 [ Q J 10 8 7 5 3 [ K 9 6 4 ] 6 4 ] 8 { — { 9 8 6 4 3 } K J 9 5 } 10 6 2 [ A 2 ] A Q J 9 7 { K Q 7 5 2 } 7


4[ 4NT* 5[ 5NT Pass 6} Pass 6{ Pass 6] Pass Pass Dble All Pass

West doubled for a diamond lead, which he also got, to keep declarer to twelve tricks. Why South didn’t redouble for blood when he knew that every IMP might count will have to remain a mystery – though

perhaps he feared a runout to 6[? The sacrifice is after all relatively cheap. 1210 was of course a decent score, but with South declaring, N-S were cold for a grand slam in either of the red suits or in NT so would it be enough?


4[ Dble Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 7{ All Pass

Here East never raised to Five Spades, leaving some space for the Norwegians.

Seven Diamonds wasn’t the dream contract to declare when trumps split 5-0 and again it’s a mystery – why on earth didn’t North bid Seven Hearts when South ought to have shown a red two-suiter when jumping to Seven Diamonds? His response – that the grand slam could be defeated on the ruff – might not be convincing, but it is a powerful defence!

Filios led the queen of spades, declarer pitched a club and played a diamond to dummy’s ace, discovering the bad break in trumps. Declarer unblocked dummy’s diamonds, played a heart to the queen and pulled the remaining trumps, five rounds of hearts followed leaving declarer in hand. When declarer’s club finesse worked he had the thirteen needed tricks in his bag for 1440 and 6 IMPs to the Highlanders who were nonetheless still down 65-53.

TEAM GREECETassos Koukouselis

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Board 9. Dealer North. E-W Vul. [ 9 5 ] Q J { 10 3 2 } A K J 8 4 2 [ 8 6 [ J 10 4 3 ] 9 8 7 6 5 2 ] A K 10 { A 5 4 { K 9 7 } 10 5 } Q 7 3 [ A K Q 7 2 ] 4 3 { Q J 8 6 } 9 6


1} Dble 1[ 2] Pass Pass 3] Pass 3NT All Pass

Koukouselis – Kontomitros had already tried for game in no-trumps on the very first board of this set. They then held queen – second facing jack – second in hearts. That was not a stopper then and on this hand they tried the very same contract with the stiff queen – jack opposite two small, still no stopper…unless the opponents lead something else.

But 3NT wasn’t a success this time either, when East started with three rounds of hearts and shifted to a diamond to West’s ace. that player cashed the remaining hearts and exited with a diamond to East’s king. Four down and 200 to E-W.


3} Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

Four Spades wasn’t a much better contract, West led a club, and declarer won in dummy and tried to pull trumps. When they broke 4-2 he had not only four red losers but also a trick in trumps. When the smoke cleared declarer had lost another trick, for three down.

That brought another 2 IMPs to the Highlanders who were catching up in the scores slowly but surely. 65-55.

Board 10. Dealer North. E-W Vul. [ 6 4 ] 7 5 { K 10 9 8 7 6 3 } 8 6 [ K J 10 7 2 [ A 9 8 ] A 10 3 ] J 8 4 2 { Q J { A 2 } Q 10 9 } J 4 3 2 [ Q 5 3 ] K Q 9 6 { 5 4 } A K 7 5


Pass 1} 1[ Pass 2}* Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

With two balanced hands it was right this time to avoid playing game in spades on the 5-3 fit. North led a diamond and declarer didn’t have much chance unless the finesse was working. When the jack scored the first trick, declarer played a spade to the ace and correctly finessed South for the queen of spades. Declarer cashed the remaining spades and exited with a club to South’s king who tried a switch to the king of hearts. Declarer won with the ace and fired back the ten of hearts. There was nothing the defense could do to prevent declarer from making nine tricks and +600.


Pass 1} 1[ Pass 2}* Pass 2NT Pass 3[ All Pass

Four Spades would have been mission impossible, since the defense could have kicked off with ace – king of clubs and a club ruff... and at some point would have had to get a heart trick. So what about Three Spades? Three rounds of clubs were played – the third ruffed by North. So far so good. North shifted to the seven of hearts which went to the queen and West’s ace. Declarer then played a spade to the ace and called for the eight of spades. The moment of truth arrived – Filios then played to drop the queen by putting the king on the table. When no queen was seen he was down. There was no way of escaping a trump and a

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heart loser. That was 12 IMPs to the Highlanders who were suddenly in the lead by 67-65.

They got another IMP on board 11 when N-S in the Open Room managed to score an extra trick in 3NT. An IMP that the Greek team immediately won back on board 12 from an extra trick in a partscore. That brought the score to 68-66 with two boards to play in the set.

Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ A Q 3 ] A Q 10 8 3 2 { A 6 2 } J [ K 10 8 4 [ 5 2 ] 7 4 ] J 6 { 7 { J 10 9 8 5 } A Q 9 7 6 4 } K 8 3 2 [ J 9 7 6 ] K 9 5 { K Q 4 3 } 10 5


1] Pass 2] Pass 4] All Pass

Closed Room West North East South Filios S-O. Høyland Papak. S-I. Høyland

1] Pass 2] Pass 4] All Pass

Neither of the tables had any higher visions than game in hearts. And yes, you might have to turn into a small Picasso to construct the hand South needed to hold for slam to be making. I suppose if South had held jack-ten fourth in spades instead of jack-nine fourth slam might have been made on a finesse. Another push when eleven tricks were scored on both tables.

One board to go and the score remained 68-66 to the Highlanders.

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ 10 9 7 6 ] 8 4 3 { Q 9 8 2 } A Q [ K Q J 2 [ A 5 4 3 ] J 9 2 ] A Q 6 { K J 7 6 { 5 } 8 7 } J 10 9 5 2 [ 8 ] K 10 7 5 { A 10 4 3 } K 6 4 3

Open & Closed Room West North East South L Eide Koukouselis H Eide Kontomitros

Filios S-O. Høyland Papakyriak. S-I. Høyland

1} Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 4{ Pass 4[ All Pass

With trumps 4-1 and not much else behaving kindly, declarer stood no chance even to come close to making the spade game. Filios got a trump lead. he won in dummy and tried to establish the clubs. North went up with the queen and fired a heart through dummy. Declarer finessed, losing to South’s king, who returned a second heart. Declarer won in dummy and played a trump, discovering the bad break. A second club followed, and North won and returned his last heart. Declarer now made a ruffing finesse in clubs and finally settled for two down.

The play went the same in the Open Room up to the point when the ruffing finesse was made. There Lars Eide played a diamond, South went up with the ace and shifted to a club, whereupon North could overruff declarer and exit with his last trump. There was no way for declarer to escape for less than three down. 150 was 2 IMPs to Greece.

68 all – with one set to go and an amazing match for those following.TEAM GREECE

Yankos Papakyriakopoulos


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After the first 42 boards of the Open Teams final, both sides were once again perfectly balanced with the scores tied at 68-68. So one might say that the Greeks and the Norwegians were contesting a 14-board final at the moment the last segment got underway.

On the opening board of the set, after the N/S Multi neither E/W pair came anywhere near the excellent slam:

Board: 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ K J 10 9 8 3 ] 7 4 2 { 5 2 } J 3 [ A 7 6 5 [ 4 ] 10 ] K 6 5 { K Q 10 4 3 { A 8 6 } 9 8 2 } A K Q 6 5 4 [ Q 2 ] A Q J 9 8 3 { J 9 7 } 10 7

West North East South L Eide Papakyriak. H Eide Filios

— — — 2{ Pass 3] 3NT All Pass

3NT does not look like a scientific approach to me but the policy of bidding what you think you can make has often paid off in the past and will continue to do so in the present and in the future. Highlanders +490 when both minor suits broke.

West North East South Kontomitros Sv Hoyland Koukouselis Sa Hoyland

— — — 2{ Pass 3] Dble Pass 4[ Pass 5} All Pass

Should West have realised East might well hold quite a strong hand when he rebid 5} (though of course East might well bid 6} with a real powerhouse)? How strong would a direct 4} overcall have been and how valuable was that heart control? So many questions, so few answers. On the ]A lead, declarer made 12 tricks at this table as well to score +420 and lose 2 IMPs.

On the next board, a very high pre-empt led to a short auction in the Open Room:

Board: 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. [ 10 7 6 2 ] -- { K } A J 10 9 6 5 4 2 [ A K J 3 [ 5 ] 10 7 6 2 ] A K Q 4 { J 6 5 2 { A 9 8 4 3 } 3 } Q 8 7 [ Q 9 8 4 ] J 9 8 5 3 { Q 10 7 } K


Pass 5} Dble All Pass

Three down doubled proved to be a good sacrifice against the vulnerable game for E/W.

Highlanders +500.


Pass 1} 1{ Dble 2NT 3} 3] Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Dble 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass

South’s double explicitly showed hearts and 2NT promised diamond support. When East rebid 3NT, Sam Inge Høyland offered him a reverse Greek gift by doubling the only game contract that was cold for E/W. West accepted the gift by running to 4{. When East, after a long huddle, raised to 5{, it was up to N/S to find the killing defence of a heart by South before declarer could draw trumps.

Had North doubled, South might have found the “perfect defence” of leading a low heart, ruffed by North, a club back to South’s king and another heart on which North would have had no trumps left. So the actual defence of the }K lead on which North played the two, followed by the heart shift for a ruff by North, was more than adequate. Highlanders another +100 and 12 IMPs to them, instead of 3 IMPs away – a swing of 15 IMPs.

Jos Jacobs GREECE vs HIGHLANDERS

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The Norwegian lead had gone up to 12 when there was a slam in the cards:

Board: 21. Dealer North NS [ 7 4 ] A Q 4 3 { J 9 4 } 10 7 4 2 [ A K J 10 9 8 [ 5 3 2 ] K J 2 ] 10 { A Q { K 10 8 2 } K 8 } A Q J 6 5 [ Q 6 ] 9 8 7 6 5 { 7 6 5 3 } 9 3


— Pass Pass Pass 2} Pass 2NT Pass 3[ Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 5{ Pass 5[ Pass 6[ All Pass

As East’s 2NT had already promised a fair hand, West opted for the spade slam although he knew that the trump queen was missing. As it happened, 12 tricks were there without a guess in the trump suit. On a club lead, West made all the tricks for a score of +1010 to Highlanders.


— Pass 2[ Pass 3NT All Pass

Over the 2[ opening bid (minors and less than an opening bid), West bid what he thought he could make so the slightly odds-in favour slam stayed out of sight. (you can negotiate 4-0 trumps onside as well as the 2-2 breaks and singleton queens.) On a low heart lead, Kontomitros also made all 13 tricks but lost 10 IMPs in the process.

So the Norwegian lead had gone up to 22 when the Greeks hit back immediately:

Board: 22. Dealer East EW [ 10 8 6 4 ] 9 6 { 5 3 } K Q 9 6 3 [ K Q 5 [ A J 3 ] A J 7 5 3 ] 8 4 2 { K 6 { J 10 9 4 } A 10 2 } J 8 5 [ 9 7 2 ] K Q 10 { A Q 8 7 2 } 7 4


— — Pass Pass 1NT All Pass

When South did not open his hand, West chose 1NT (15-17) as his opening bid, and there it rested. Even when holding J109x in a suit, 7 HCP are not quite enough for a raise. North led a spade to dummy’s jack, heart to the king and ace and a heart back to South’s ten. When South returned the {2 rather than a club, declarer could win the {6 and clear the hearts. South won his ]Q, and when he cashed his {AQ, declarer had nine tricks. Highlanders +150.


— — Pass 1{ Dble 2} Pass Pass 2] Pass 3{ Dble 3NT All Pass

When South opened the bidding, West showed his strong hand by doubling first and then rebidding his

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TEAM HIGHLANDERSSven-Olai Hoyland


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hearts. East did well to enquire with 3{ and then pass the alternative game contract of 3NT.

On this auction, North led the {5 to the nine and South’s ace. South returned a club which went to North’s queen and back came another diamond to declarer’s king. From here, declarer could cross to dummy twice to lead hearts, restricting his losses in the suit to just one. Four hearts, three spade tricks and a trick in each minor gave him a comfortable nine tricks and 10 IMPs, to reduce the Greeks’ deficit to 12 again.

Greece picked up 3 IMPs on overtricks so when we arrived at the last board of the final, the score stood at 93-84 to Highlanders. This was the last board:

Board: 28. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ A Q J ] A J 9 4 3 { A K 10 3 } A [ 7 [ K 10 9 5 4 3 ] K Q 10 8 7 6 2 ] -- { 8 4 { 7 5 2 } K 7 2 } 9 8 4 3 [ 8 6 2 ] 5 { Q J 9 6 } Q J 10 6 5


4] All Pass

Now what should North do over this 4] opening bid, first in hand? Rumours are that the tension was too high for North, playing the last hand of a European final. If these rumours are correct, his pass instead of a double, is understandable.

Had he doubled, South would no doubt have tried 4NT which would have led to North rebidding 6{ and a reasonable chance of picking up a slam swing on the board with the European title as a consequence of it.

When he passed and collected 300 at a rate of 50 per trick, Greece could do little else than wait for the other room to finish play, as they were well ahead of them at this point. Any reasonable plus score to Greece at the other table, might give them either the match or the shoot-out extra board(s).

As 6{ would be an easy enough make, declarer being able to ruff away West’s }K for no losers in the suit, it was quite unlikely that N/S would go minus in the replay.

It became even more unlikely when West opened just 3]. Now the Highlanders could stick once again to their effective rule of bidding what you think you can make.


3] 3NT All Pass

When Sven-Olai Høyland simply bid 3NT over 3], it was all over. East led a spade, so declarer won the jack, cashed the }A and crossed in diamonds to establish the clubs. Eleven tricks and +660 to Highlanders for an 8-IMP swing to make the final score 101-84 to them – the worthy new Open European Team Champions. Congratulations to them!

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After the first four rounds of qualifying in the Open Pairs, Jeff Meckstroth and Zia Mahmood were running away with the event. Their cumulative score was 65.61%. In round five, they came back down to earth, scoring just 36% and dropping to fourth.

There was no danger that they would miss the cut, but they wanted to regain momentum in the sixth and final qualifying round. They succeeded, scoring 62% to go into the semifinal as the leaders.

This board was one of their early successes.

Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ A K Q ] A 10 3 { 10 7 6 } J 9 6 2 [ J 8 6 5 4 2 [ 10 7 ] Q 7 ] J 9 { A Q 4 3 { K J 9 2 } 8 } Q 10 5 4 3 [ 9 3 ] K 8 6 5 4 2 { 8 5 } A K 7

West North East South Maluish Meckstroth Mill Zia— — — 2]*2[ 3NT All Pass

2] Explained as a “good weak two-bid.”

East started with the }3: 7, 8, 9. The ]A was next, followed by the ]10, which collected the jack from East and the queen from West as declarer played the king. With six heart tricks, three clubs and three spades assured, Meckstroth ran the hearts, forcing each opponent to find four discards (he discarded diamonds). East-West did not discard accurately and in the end Meckstroth produced the }2 for trick number 13. Plus 520 was good for 95.41%.

This board was even better:

Board 21. Dealer North. N/S Vul. [ 4 ] A 10 8 7 3 2 { K 5 3 } A J 7 [ 7 3 [ K Q 10 2 ] 9 ] Q J 5 4 { A Q 10 9 4 { J 6 2 } K Q 9 8 2 } 6 4 [ A J 9 8 6 5 ] K 6 { 8 7 } 10 5 3

West North East SouthSuicmez Meckstroth Kopuz Zia— 1] Pass 1[Dble 2] Pass PassDble All Pass

East no doubt thought West was showing extra values, so he took a chance that his heart holding was sufficient to produce a plus score.

The opening lead was the {2. West won the ace and shifted to the }K. Meckstroth played low and took the club continuation with the jack. He played a spade to dummy’s ace and ruffed a spade, then played the }A. East ruffed and exited with the [10. Meckstroth put up the jack, which was ruffed by West. Meckstroth overruffed, cashed the {K and ruffed a diamond in dummy. After cashing the trump king, Meckstroth claimed nine tricks, conceding a heart to East. Plus 870 was worth 99.16%.

On board 26, the opponents got too high and paid a steep price.

Brent ManleyPUTTING ON A SHOW

Jeff Meckstroth


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Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. [ K 10 5 3 ] A K 6 2 { 10 } A Q 9 4 [ A 4 [ Q J 6 ] J 10 7 4 ] 9 8 3 { K 7 3 { A Q J 6 4 } J 7 5 3 } 10 8 [ 9 8 7 2 ] Q 5 { 9 8 5 2 } K 6 2

West North East SouthMilman Meckstroth Stelmashenko Zia— — Pass PassPass 1} 1{ Pass1] Dble Pass 1[2{ Dble All Pass

Zia described Meckstroth’s first double as showing extras, so West was warned that bidding on was risky. He bid on anyway, perhaps on the theory that it was just the two level. How bad could it be? He soon found out.

Zia started with a low diamond, which went to the 10 and East’s jack. At trick two, East led a low heart from hand. Zia won with the ]Q, cashed the }K and continued with a heart to his partner’s ace. The }Q won the next trick and Meckstroth cashed the ]K

and played another heart. Declarer discarded a spade, Zia ruffed and got out with the {9. Declarer won and tried a spade finesse. When that lost, it was minus 500 for East-West and a 90.83% score for Meckstroth and Zia. North-South can make 4[ for plus 620, but only nine pairs got to the game.

Near the end of the session, Meckstroth and Zia suffered one of their poor scores at the hands of Alberto Grillo, playing with Riccardo Vitale.

Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. [ 10 ] J 10 8 6 5 { K 10 } K Q 10 6 2 [ A J 9 4 2 [ Q 8 5 ] A 2 ] K 9 7 3 { A 9 7 6 3 { J 8 2 } 5 } A 7 3 [ K 7 6 3 ] Q 4 { Q 5 4 } J 9 8 4

West North East South Grillo Meckstroth Vitale Zia— Pass Pass Pass1[ 2} Dbl 3}3{ Pass 4[ All Pass

Meckstroth led the }K, taken by Grillo in dummy. At trick two, Grillo played the [5: 3, jack, 10. After considering his next play for some time, Grillo played a low diamond from hand. Meckstroth won the {K and played the }Q. Grillo ruffed, played a heart to dummy’s king and called for the [Q, which held the trick. Grillo then continued with the {J. Zia covered with the queen and the ace took the trick as Meckstroth again followed with a 10.

The {8 was now an entry to dummy, and Grillo used it to take another spade finesse and record plus 680 for a 86% board. Note that it wouldn’t have helped for Meckstroth to play the {10 instead of the king when Grillo played the low diamond from hand. Grillo would play the jack, losing to the queen, but Meckstroth’s king would drop under the ace and Grillow would still have the extra entry to dummy for the second spade finesse.

Zia could only congratulate his opponent on a well-played deal, with an additional comment: “You will be in the Daily Bulletin.”

Zia Mahmood

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We asked Liz McGowan, World & European Champion (oh yes she has won a few other things as well) to write a piece on a relatively new convention that is gaining in popularity.

Who could not love a convention called Muppet?Take Puppet Stayman (though some, such as David

Burn, prefer to leave it) and exchange the 3]and 3NT responses to 3}. And you have Muppet.

Why? There is a perceived problem over a 2NT opener when responder has a weak hand with five spades and four hearts. Opener may be 2-2 (even 1-3) in the Majors, so if you transfer to 3[, then bid 4] over 3NT, you may reach a silly spot. And when opener has four hearts you have made sure the strong hand is dummy.

Some Puppeteers get round this by using a 3[ response to show the weak 5-4. Opener will choose the best contract, but if that happens to be 4[ the wrong hand is declarer.

Others use 3NT. This ensures that opener will declare. But, as Muppeteers point out, it is forgettable. When only one member of the partnership remembers a conventional response, the result is generally poor.

Muppet ensures that the strong hand will always declare. Furthermore, it solves the 5-3 conundrum (responder has five spades and three hearts and transfers into spades only to find that opener has two spades and five hearts.)

This is how it works:2NT 3} An enquiry showing interest in opener’s Major suit holdings3{ ‘I have at least one 4card major’3] ‘Sorry, no 4+card Major’3[ ‘I have five spades’3NT ‘I have five hearts’

Further bidding is averagely complicated.2NT 3}3{ With one 4-card Major responder bids the one he does not have. With 4-4 in the Majors he bids 4} (slam interest) or 4{ (no slam interest)

Over 4{ opener bids his major and all is well.Over 4} he can do the same, expecting partner to

cue – or, if you like artificiality, you can bid the suit below your real suit, since it may not matter who is declarer and responder can still cue, though we have not saved any space.

Over responder's rebid of 3] opener bids 3[ with four hearts and three spades, 3NT with four hearts and two spades, something at the 4-level with four spades. Over opener's 4 minor responder retransfers with 4], then passes or investigates slam.

Similarly over 3[ opener bids 3NT with 4 spades, something at the 4-level with four hearts.

2NT 3}3] Opener has no majors, but responder may still be 5-4, or 5-3 in the majors. Responder bids 3[, puppet to 3NT, without 5 spades, and 3NT to show five spades allowing opener to choose, and declare, the final contract.

2NT 3}3[ Most play that 4] is the only slam try for spades and 4minor is natural

2NT 3}3NT To play in 4] responder transfers with 4{. 4} could be a mild slam try….

Muppeteers plead their cause further. With five hearts and four spades you transfer to

hearts, and if partner bids 3] you bid 3NT, showing four spades. Without four spades you relay with 3[.

After 2NT-3{ if opener has five spades and only two hearts he can bid 3[, thus finding a 5-3 fit.

With 5-5 in the Majors responder bids 3}, and over the expected 3] he bids 4].

(You are NOT worried about what happens when opener shows a 4-card major! See 4}/4{ above…)

So Muppet uncovers every possible 5-3 fit and ensures that the strong hand is always declarer.

“Coupled with the use of 2NT – 3[ for a minor slam try, Muppet always brings home good results.”

Ron KoshoshekWell, it does if you remember it all…. Is

it worth it?2NT auctions are quite infrequent,

perhaps one a session if you also use your methods after a natural 2NT overcall of a Weak Two opener.

The 5-3 fit is overrated when both hands are balanced. To quote Hugh Kelsey: ‘3NT is the contract most often let through when it could be defeated’.

So some experts have given up on the whole Pup-Mup thing, and simply play Stayman and Transfers.

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John Carruthers ran this deal from the senior final yesterday, without having access to the Israeli auction to the grand slam. Amos Kaminski kindly supplied the details.

Board 12. Dealer West. Both Vul. [ 7 ] Q { A K J 5 } A K 10 8 7 3 2 [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3 ] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2 { 10 6 { 9 8 3 } 9 5 } Q J 6 [ A K Q 8 6 ] A 10 6 { Q 7 4 2 } 4

Open RoomWest North East SouthPodgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero2]1 Dble 3] 4]Pass 6} All Pass1. Hearts and any other suit, weak

Podgur/Kalish made life difficult, if not impossible, for Garozzo/Masoero. Plus 1370.

In the other room life was still not exactly easy but the Israelis had decent methods to find the fit.

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWolfson Levit Silverman KaminskiPass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 3{ Pass 4{Pass 4NT Pass 5[Pass 6{ Pass 7{All Pass

3{ showed a reverse with extra club length. After Levit used keycard he decided to sign off rather than bid 5NT. This is normally the end of the auction but Kaminski decided that if his partner had enough to ask for aces he surely had three key-cards (since a two ace response without the trump queen would get them to slam). So his own second round club control and solid spades must give the grand slam play; right he was!

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Francesca CanaliLA PAGINA ITALIANA

"NON CONTATE I PUNTI"

"Non contate i punti" è un libro di Marty Bergen in cui viene spiegato come valutare una mano di Bridge al di là del suo valore assoluto in Milton Points.

Board 32. Dichiarante Ovest. E/O in zona. [ A 8 ] K Q 10 9 7 4 { 10 6 3 } A 7[ J 9 7 2 [ K Q 10 5 4 3] A 8 ] J 2{ Q J 8 { A 4} J 10 5 4 } Q 9 6 [ 6 ] 6 5 3 { K 9 7 5 2 } K 8 3 2

In Nord, Alfredo Versace ha aperto di 1], Est è intervenuto di 1[ e Mustafa Tokay ha appoggiato a 2]. Ovest ha dichiarato 2[.

Ovest Nord Est Sud Versace Tokay 1] 1[ 2]2[ ?

In questa stessa sequenza, molti giocatori, in Nord,

hanno detto 3], ma Alfredo, non limitandosi a calcolare il mero punteggio della mano, ha valutato che due assi e la sesta di cuori di KQ10 valessero un tentativo di manche.

Ha quindi optato per il contro. Est ha dichiarato 3[. Mustafa, pur avendo solo due re, ha a sua volta

rivalutato la mano grazie anche al singolo di picche e ha dichiarato 4].

"Anche se fossimo andati un down a 4], la mano sarebbe stata buona comunque, perché Est/Ovest possono fare 3[." ha dichiarato Alfredo, che anche grazie a questa mano ha conquistato serenamente l'accesso alla Semifinale A del Campionato a Coppie.

Alfredo Versace e Mustafa Tokay

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MASTERPOINT RACE

1 Harald EIDE 1501 Lars EIDE 1501 Sam Inge HOYLAND 1501 Sven Olai HOYLAND 1505 Justyna ZMUDA 1256 Georgi MATUSHKO 1227 Chris WILLENKEN 1217 Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE 1219 Aris FILIOS 1209 Konstantinos DOXIADIS 1209 K KONTOMITROS 1209 Michal KLUKOWSKI 1209 Petros ROUSSOS 1209 Tassos KOUKOUSELIS 1209 Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS 12016 Marion MICHIELSEN 11517 Anna GULEVICH 11218 Elena RUDAKOVA 11118 Evgeni RUDAKOV 11120 Olga PAVLUSHKO 10020 Sergei ORLOV 10022 Johan UPMARK 8322 Roy WELLAND 8322 Sabine AUKEN 8325 Andrew ROSENTHAL 8025 Magdalena TICHA 8027 ZHAO Jie 7528 CHEN Yunlong 7229 DAI Jianming 7029 Krzysztof JASSEM 7029 LI Jianwei 7029 Marcin MAZURKIEWICZ 7029 S GOLEBIOWSKI 7029 W STARKOWSKI 7029 YANG Lixin 7029 ZHANG Bangxiang 7037 Richard RITMEIJER 6738 May SAKR 6639 HU Junjie 6339 WANG Jian 6341 Michal NOWOSADZKI 6042 Andrey GROMOV 5943 Atanas IVANOV 5643 HU Linlin 5643 Steliana IVANOVA 5643 SUN Yanhui 5647 Pierre ZIMMERMANN 5548 Franck MULTON 5348 Krzysztof MARTENS 5350 Lone BILDE 5250 Tatiana DIKHNOVA 5252 Adrian SCHWARTZ 5052 Amos KAMINSKI 5052 Avi KALISH 5052 Helle RASMUSSEN 5052 Katarzyna DUFRAT 5052 Leonid PODGUR 5052 Namik KOKTEN 5052 Shalom ZELIGMAN 5052 Stense FARHOLT 5052 Tina EGE 5052 Tuna ALUF 5052 Yeshayahu LEVIT 50

64 Philippe CRONIER 4865 Catherine D'OVIDIO 4565 Meike WORTEL 4565 Sylvie WILLARD 4568 Arno LINDERMANN 4468 Susanne GRUMM 4470 Dennis BILDE 4071 Giorgio DUBOIN 3971 Jacek PSZCZOLA 3971 Thomas BESSIS 3974 Adi ASULIN 3874 Gilad OFIR 3876 Karen McCALLUM 3777 Benito GAROZZO 3577 Franco MASOERO 3577 Jeff WOLFSON 3577 Kathrine BERTHEAU 3577 Lynn BAKER 3577 Neil SILVERMAN 3577 Thor Erik HOFTANISKA 3584 Andrzej JASZCZAK 3384 Cathy BALDYSZ 3386 JIN Ke 3186 ZHU Ping 3188 Agustin MADALA 3088 Alejandro BIANCHEDI 3088 Alexander DUBININ 3088 Andrei ARLOVICH 3088 Andrzej PAWLAK 3088 Antonio SEMENTA 3088 Erikas VAINIKONIS 3088 Francois COMBESCURE 3088 Georges IONTZEFF 3088 Jerome ROMBAUT 3088 Lech OHRYSKO 3088 Maciej DABROWSKI 3088 Marek JELENIEWSKI 3088 Nicholas DECHELETTE 3088 Norberto BOCCHI 3088 Pawel SZYMASZCZYK 3088 Piotr ZATORSKI 3088 Rafal MARKS 3088 Ron PACHTMAN 30107 Alain LABAERE 29107 Valerie C.-LABAERE 29107 Victoria GROMOVA 29110 Geir HELGEMO 28110 Tor HELNESS 28112 Alfredo VERSACE 26113 Christal HENNER 25113 Steve GARNER 25115 Ayse OZGUNES 23115 Dogan UZUM 23115 Ricco VAN PROOIJEN 23118 Emmanuelle MONOD 22118 Eric MAUBERQUEZ 22120 Aida JANSMA 20120 Benedicte CRONIER 20120 Cedric LORENZINI 20120 Dana BERKOWITZ 20120 David BERKOWITZ 20120 Dmitri PROKHOROV 20120 Ed HOOGENKAMP 20

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1 MALINOWSKI Artur BAKHSHI David ENG - ENG 62.762 HELGEMO Geir HELNESS Tor MON - MON 60.393 FREDIN Peter BERTHEAU Peter SWE - SWE 57.984 HOYLAND Sam Inge HOYLAND Sven Olai NOR - NOR 57.535 ALLERTON Jeffrey JAGGER Chris ENG - ENG 57.286 VAN LANKVELD Joris VAN DEN BOS Berend NED - NED 56.857 MAHMOOD Zia MECKSTROTH Jeff USA - USA 56.518 HOFTANISKA Thor Erik HELNESS Fredrik NOR - NOR 56.459 VERSACE Alfredo TOKAY Mustafa Cem ITA - TUR 56.4310 NANEV Ivan STEFANOV Julian BUL - BUL 56.3611 STRZEMECKI Wojciech ZAWADA Przemyslaw POL - POL 56.2912 KOLATA Suleyman KANDEMIR Ismail TUR - TUR 55.7913 ROBSON Andrew ALLFREY Alexander ENG - ENG 55.5514 HOMONNAY Geza WINKLER Gabor HUN - HUN 55.5215 STAMATOV Jerry DANAILOV Diyan BUL - BUL 55.5116 ROMBAUT Jerome COMBESCURE Francois FRA - FRA 55.4817 HAMPSON Geoff TCHAMITCH Haig USA - LIB 55.1518 VANDERVORST Mike BAHBOUT Sam BEL - BEL 54.7319 MIHAI Geta MIHAI Radu ROM - ROM 54.6620 GRIGORIU Mihai PIROI Andrei ROM - ROM 54.3921 JOHNSEN Sverre STOKKELAND Lsmund NOR - NOR 54.3922 STOKKVIK Dag-Jorgen SIVERTSEN Are NOR - NOR 54.2623 BERSET Ole LIE Terje NOR - NOR 54.2324 BOMPIS Marc VINCIGUERRA Herve FRA - FRA 54.2025 NORGAARD Tom PEDERSEN Jan DEN - DEN 54.1326 IMAMOGLU Levent GUNDOGDU M Guney TUR - TUR 54.0027 SZABO Csaba HODOSI Peter HUN - HUN 53.6628 EZION Amir ZAMIR Ami ISR - ISR 53.6329 SILVERSTEIN Aaron ROSENTHAL Andrew USA - USA 53.4630 NAWROCKI Piotr WIANKOWSKI Piotr POL - POL 53.0931 VOLL Roar KINDSBEKKEN Asbjorn NOR - NOR 53.0232 ROHOWSKY Roland GRUENKE Paul GER - GER 53.0033 BOWLES Andy MOHANDES Shireen ENG - ENG 52.8234 HYDES Alexander MOSSOP David ENG - ENG 52.7735 KOVALCHUK Rodion KOLYADENKO Sergey UKR - UKR 52.7636 SANDQVIST Nicklas GROSSET Christophe ENG - FRA 52.7037 CHUMAK Yuliy ROVYSHYN Oleg UKR - UKR 52.6638 DAI Jianming YANG Lixin CHN - CHN 52.3739 CONTI Fabrizio VILLANI Claudio ITA - ITA 52.2440 SUZER Ugurcan USLUPEHLIVAN Sarper TUR - TUR 52.0741 IONITA Marius STEGAROIU Marina ROM - ROM 51.7942 LEWIS Marshall WILDAVSKY Adam CRO - USA 51.7243 TEMBOURET Romain LHUISSIER Nicolas FRA - FRA 51.4744 KOLESNIK Alex SCARAMUZZI Roberto USA - USA 51.4445 LOUCHART Pierre-Jean CRESTEY Gilles FRA - FRA 51.1946 DRAGANOV Zhivko DONEV Grozio BUL - BUL 51.1947 PEREIRA P Goncalves PALMA Antonio POR - POR 51.1848 MAAT Roeland DE MEER Mark NED - NED 51.1149 JOHANSEN Lars Arthur GRUDE Tor Eivind NOR - NOR 51.0850 MARTENS Krzysztof FILIPOWICZ Dominik MON - POL 50.9751 IVANOV Ivan IVANOV Antoni BUL - BUL 50.9352 BYRNE Michael DYKE Kieran ENG - AUS 50.57

53 MICHAUD-L Xavier DE MENDEZ Thierry MON - SUI 50.4354 NAB Bart DRIJVER Bob NED - NED 50.4255 VERBEEK Tim BILDE Dennis NED - DEN 50.2956 FELMY Matthias EGGELING Marie GER - GER 50.2257 VAN MIDDELEM Guy DEBUS Eric BEL - BEL 49.8158 GROMOV Andrey ORLOV Sergey RUS - RUS 48.9959 HANLON Tom CARROLL John IRL - IRL 48.9160 TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav RON Jacob NZL - DEN 48.8161 ZHMAK Maksim CURLIN Igor CZE - SER 48.6562 MULTON Franck ZIMMERMANN Pierre MON - MON 48.6163 KVANGRAVEN N Kare TUNDAL Ulf Haakon NOR - NOR 48.6064 VANCHEV Angel ZAHARIEV Zahari BUL - BUL 48.4865 LI Jianwei ZHANG Bangxiang CHN - CHN 48.3766 RUBINS Karlis LORENCS Martins LAT - LAT 48.3667 FILIOS Aris PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS GRE - GRE 48.0368 SHUSTER Michael DINKIN Sam USA - USA 47.8669 LUIS Carlos TEIXEIRA Miguel POR - POR 47.7770 TOWNSEND Tom PADON Dror ENG - ISR 47.7571 HONYEK Andras SZENTANDRASI G HUN - HUN 47.6572 VULCAN Bogdan TEODORESCU Cornel ROM - ROM 47.4873 JANSMA Jan BERKOWITZ David NED - USA 47.4774 VOLHEJN Vit MACURA Milan CZE - CZE 47.4075 DINC Sedat UNAL Serkan TUR - TUR 47.3676 CORNELL Michael BACH Ashley NZL - NZL 47.3277 KONTOMITROS K KOUKOUSELIS Tassos GRE - GRE 47.2078 KHAZANOV Igor LEBEDEVA Maria RUS - RUS 47.0479 CHEN Yunlong ZHAO Jie CHN - CHN 46.7580 BIZON Piotr KOWALSKI Dariusz POL - POL 46.2581 JELENIEWSKI Marek MARKS Rafal POL - POL 46.1682 SARMENTO Paulo BARBOSA Joao POR - POR 45.9183 RYSKIN Alexander RYSKINA Natalia RUS - RUS 45.9084 PROKHOROV Dmitri VOROBEI Pavel RUS - RUS 45.7385 FASTING Espen C. DRANGSHOLT Stig NOR - NOR 45.3686 JASSEM Krzysztof MAZURKIEWICZ Marcin POL - POL 45.1287 BOREVKOVIC Goran MARINOVSKI Kiril CRO - CRO 44.6788 ROMANOVSKA Maija JANSONS Ugis LAT - LAT 44.5589 ELLINGSEN Kristian SYRRIST Andre NOR - NOR 44.3390 SERPOI Gheorghe STIRBU Calin ROM - ROM 44.0691 KHANDELWAL Himani KHANDELWAL Rajeev IND - IND 43.8992 RASMUSSEN Arild FYRUN Kjell Gaute NOR - NOR 43.6993 BAREKET Ilan LENGY Assaf ISR - ISR 43.6894 DONCIU Sabin-Horia COTESCU Darrian B ROM - ROM 43.6495 PIGEAUD Fabienne RENOUARD J-Claude FRA - FRA 43.6196 DOXIADIS Konstantinos ROUSSOS Petros GRE - GRE 43.4897 GOLEBIOWSKI S TUSZYNSKI Piotr POL - POL 42.9698 LUCCHESI Giovanni FERRO Giuseppe ITA - ITA 41.7799 BALDI Matteo MURGIA Francesco ITA - ITA 41.16100 COLDEA Ionut MARINA Bogdan ROM - ROM 40.09101 WADEMARK Olle ORNERDAL Niclas SWE - SWE 39.36102 BARANTIEV Nikola RALEV Georgi BUL - BUL 39.12103 EIDE Harald EIDE Lars NOR - NOR 38.74104 MIHOV Vladimir KARAKOLEV Georgi BUL - BUL 38.28

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1 JONES Edward PASKE Thomas ENG - ENG 62.792 KUBAC Nezih ZORLU Nafiz TUR - TUR 62.153 ROLL Yossi LEVIN Amir ISR - ISR 61.774 ROBERT Quentin FRANCESCHETTI P FRA - FRA 61.735 DRAGAN Volodymyr PORKHUN Volodymyr UKR - UKR 59.366 BRUNET Frederic ANCESSY Arnaud FRA - FRA 59.057 GADDI Camillo ROSSI Carlo SMR - ITA 58.938 ARONOV Victor DAMIANOVA Diana BUL - BUL 58.739 COKGOR Tamer KAYA Erdogan TUR - TUR 58.5810 SALMAN Yusuf SALMAN Yalcin TUR - TUR 58.3811 KONIG Siegfried MILL Justin AUS - AUS 57.9812 PUGLIA Alessandro ZAMPINI Fabio ITA - ITA 57.2313 GOLD David CASTNER Kevin ENG - GER 57.1314 NYMOEN Arnstein PALAGI Marcello NOR - NOR 57.0115 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 56.9316 IAVICOLI Federico DELLE CAVE Giuseppe ITA - ITA 56.8117 KNOB Markus WANHA Clemens AUT - AUT 56.6618 WINKEL Marcel VAN HOOIJDONK M NED - NED 56.2819 SCHOLLAARDT M VAN OVERBEEKE Tom NED - NED 55.9120 ROSENTHAL Lee GREEN Marcia ISR - ENG 55.3821 SIMONSEN Steffen F BAKKE Christian NOR - NOR 55.3722 EKINCI Orhan KAHYAOGLOU Yusuf TUR - TUR 55.2023 STRETZ Francois MORAWSKI Dariusz FRA - FRA 55.1524 LEVINGER Asa HETZ Nathan ISR - ISR 55.1125 POPOV Borislav SKORCHEV Stefan BUL - BUL 55.0426 ZORIC Vedran STANICIC Ognjen CRO - CRO 55.0327 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 54.9728 VELICHKOV Veselin VELICHKOV Ivan BUL - BUL 54.9629 VAINIKONIS Vytautas OLANSKI Wojtek LTU - LTU 54.9130 DABROWSKI Maciej PAWLAK Andrzej POL - POL 54.4931 ZUBAN Vitaly LUKKE YURY UKR - UKR 54.3832 PRESTI Matteo ZANASI Gabriele ITA - ITA 54.2133 MORITSCH Massimo BORTOLETTI Carlo ITA - ITA 53.9834 CAPPELLINI Paolo PAONE Alessandro ITA - ITA 53.6135 KUCHARSKI Piotr KLIS Maciej POL - POL 53.3836 DESMOULINS Jean P COUNIL Jean-Louis FRA - FRA 53.3637 NARKIEWICZ Grzegorz INGIELEWICZ Zdzislaw POL - POL 53.3238 HAUGE Rune MCINTOSH Daniel NOR - ENG 53.2339 SIELICKI Tomasz TUCZYNSKI Piotr POL - POL 53.1840 COLOTTO Giuseppe POCHINI Claudio ITA - ITA 53.1341 PESSOA Sofia PAZ Nuno POR - POR 52.8642 SADAR Joze RASULA Bogdan SLO - SLO 52.7043 ADAD Pierre MATEOS-RUIZ Franck FRA - FRA 52.5144 TACIUC Lucian STANCESCU C ROM - SUI 52.3045 DOBRIN Florin BACALU Iancu ROM - ROM 52.1846 LANZAROTTI Massimo ZALESKI Romain ITA - ITA 52.1647 URMAN Lior TOLEDANO Oren ISR - ISR 52.1448 ELIASSEN Erik ANFINSEN Espen NOR - NOR 52.0949 DOBROIU Constantin DIMA Ionut Claudiu ROM - ROM 51.9050 ZACK Yaniv COHEN Ilan ISR - ISR 51.8851 GOTZOV Svetomir TAKOV TIHOMIR BUL - BUL 51.8552 CARIC Jurica BLAZENCIC Davor CRO - CRO 51.7353 SPANU Carlo DOLIA Mauro ITA - ITA 51.6654 MARTINUSSEN Stig PAULSEN Dag Heldal NOR - NOR 51.5055 STOLINSKI Robert KRASNICKI Mariusz POL - POL 51.4356 NIKOLCHEV Klimentin SIMEONOV Krasimir BUL - BUL 51.3257 PRATESI Andrea BONINSEGNA Paolo ITA - ITA 51.1558 BRANDSNES Finn RYNNING Erik NOR - NOR 51.0159 DUMITRASCU Florin MARCU Codrin ROM - ROM 50.9860 GRINBERG Nir COVALIU Sergiu ISR - ISR 50.5161 PIEDRA Fernando IGLA Bartlomiej SUI - SUI 50.4162 MEDUSEI Andrea BOBBIO Giovanni ITA - ITA 50.4063 IONESCU Sorin S SIRB Marius Titus ROM - ROM 50.0364 BROCCOLI Franco GIANNINI Silvia ITA - ITA 49.94

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