2019 ASIA CITY BRIDGE OPEN TOURNAMENT

Hosted : Chinese Taipei Contract Bridge Association

Sponsor : USI Corporation 、Bibble Education Institute

Date : 8-10 November 2019

Venue : Kaohsiung Arena

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President of

Chinese Taipei Contract Bridge Association

Opening Address for 2019 Asia City Bridge Open Tournament

A very warm greeting to our honored guests and participants,

Representative of Sports Administration ,Ministry of Education,

Representative of Kaohsiung City,

Representative of the sponsors of this Tournament,

and bridge players from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Sichuan and Taiwan.

In the previous speech by Mr. Gianarrigo Rona, President of World Bridge

Federation, he said, “Bridge for Peace – The Bridge Federations in the Third

Millennium,” and “to make the fascinating experience in bridge playing to an ever

greater number of people”. By organizing this Tournament, the Chinese Taipei

Contract Bridge Association hopes to make a contribution to this aspiration.

Now, I wish to thank the Kaohsiung City Government for their assistance to arrange

this arena and their support in communication and transportation.

Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Nakatani for accepting our invitation to be the Head

Referee of this Tournament. His experience and support are essential to the success of

today’s program.

On behalf of the Chinese Taipei Contract Bridge Association (CTCBA), many thanks

to all of our fellow bridge player for your participation. I welcome you and your team

members to Kaohsiung, this warm and beautiful southern city of Taiwan. I wish

everyone great success in this Tournament ,and enjoy the beautiful culture in Taiwan.

Wu, Ching-Liang President

Chinese Taipei Contract Bridge Association

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Championship Officials and Staff

Hosted : Chinese Taipei Contract Bridge Association

Sponsor : USI Corporation 、BIBBLE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

Organized :

Sports Development Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government、

Kaohsiung Bridge Center、Jiayi City Sports Club Bridge Committee、

National Sun Yat-sen University、

Kaohsiung Municipal Shou Shan Junior High School

Tournament Director：Tadayoshi Nakatani(Chief)

Sheng-Chun Lo (Snow Lo)

Chun-Ming Chou

Zing-Ying Tsai (Eric Tsai)

Yuan-Nien Chen

Kuo-Wen Chen

IT & Scoring： Chiang Lin Chang (Chief)

Yu-Fen Wu

Po-Yuan,Cheng

Tournament Operation：Jin-Sen,Wu

Yin-Lin,Chen

Exeutive：Sandy Hsueh

Chung-Chieh, Yu

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Rules and Regulations

Conditions of Contest

The tournament will follow the WBF Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017. Unless stated explicitly, the

General Conditions of Contest governing APBF tournaments will also apply.

Systems & Conventions

HUM and Brown Sticker Conventions are not allowed for all the matches. All pairs are required to

bring 2 copies of completed WBF convention card to the tournament. Pairs failing to do so may

incur penalties.

Alerts and Explanations

The APBF Alerting Policy will be adopted. It is the responsibility of the alerting player to alert

promptly and clearly. No explanation should be made unless requested by an opponent.

Hotel Room Rates(NTD)

We offer these information for hotel after

Entry Fees

NTD 5,200 per team

Prize(NTD)

Winner 2nd 3rd 4th

50,000 NTD 20,000 NTD 10,000 NTD 5,000 NTD

Swiss(NTD)

Winner 2nd 3rd

6000NTD 4000NTD 2000 NTD

Seating

Teams play according to the schedule. Home tables are fixed and pre-assigned.

The Home Team sits NS in the Open Room, and EW in the Closed Room.

The Visiting Team sits NS in the Closed Room, and EW in the Open Room.

So NS always play at their home table at each round. Team matches schedule will posted before

each round.

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Rules and Regulations

Procedural and Disciplinary Penalties

The procedural penalty will be imposed for violation of Law 90 or tournament regulations. Penalty

is 1 VP for Swiss team event and 3 IMP for quarter-final, semi-final and final team matches. In

performance of duty to maintain order and discipline, a Tournament Director(TD) can assess

disciplinary penalties which is 2 times larger than procedural penalty.

Late Start

0 - 5 mins.

1st offence: warning

2nd offence or + : 1 VP each

5 - 10 mins. 1 VP

10 - 15 mins. 2 VPs

15 - 20 mins. 3 VPs

20+ mins. Walkover

Slow Play

The time allowed for each match or session shall be computed from the moment when play in a

match or session is announced by a Tournament Director. If play continues beyond the time

allowed, either one or both of the pairs will be subject to penalty, according to the amount of delay

for which such pair was judged responsible, as follows:

Excess time apportioned to a pair during the Swiss or Round Robin

0-5 minutes: warning; 5-10 minutes: 2 VPs

Beyond 10 minutes: the Head Tournament Director will terminate the match forthwith and the result

will be scored using the VP table for 9 boards, irrespective of how many boards were actually

played.

Excess time apportioned to a pair during the Knockout Phase; 0-15 minutes: 1 IMP and 1 IMP for

each minute beyond 15 minutes. The Head Tournament Director could also shorten the match.

A Tournament Director or an official appointed by the Head Tournament Director shall determine

the responsibility of slow play. A partnership which considers opponents are playing slow shall

inform the Tournament Director who may appoint a monitor. The partnership is only protected from

the time at which the Tournament Director is informed. A Tournament Director may install a

monitor without request by the players. In case of forfeiture of a match the Head Tournament

Director may recommend more severe action by the Championship Committee.

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Rules and Regulations

Request for Appeal Procedure

A request for appeal of the TD’s ruling must be lodged with the TD within 30 minutes of the posting

of the official score for the match. The request must be submitted with a deposit of NTD 1,500, to

the TD for delivery to the Appeal Committee. The deposit will be forfeited if the Appeal Committee

found the appeal to be frivolous, otherwise it will be refunded.

Screens and Bidding Boxes

Bidding boxes will be used throughout Open Tournament events. Screens will be used in the

quarter-final, semi-final and final team matches.

Smoking

By government regulation, smoking is prohibited in the playing area.

Electronic Devices

During the matches, all the electronic devices including mobile phone should be turned off.

Violations will be penalized.

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Time Schedule

Date Event Start Finish

11/8 Friday Captains meeting(13:10~)

R1 13:30 14:50

R2 15:05 16:25

R3 16:40 18:00

11/9 Saturday R4 9:00 10:20

Opening Ceremony(10:30~11:00)

R5 11:10 12:30

Lunch Time

R6 13:30 14:50

QF-1/SwissR1 15:10 16:30

QF-2/SwissR2 16:45 18:05

11/10 Sunday SF-1/SwissR3 9:30 10:50

SF-2/SwissR4 11:05 12:25

Lunch Time

Final-1/SwissR5 13:30 14:50

Final-2/SwissR6 15:05 16:25

Closing ceremony

＊10 Boards per Round

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Participant

1 葉氏 YBS

葉澄 Yeh Chen

施瑞佑 Juiyu Shih

林志謀 Chihmou Lin

鍾仁謙 Jonky Chung

鄭國寶 Kuopao Cheng

朱耀明 Yaoming Chu

2 Charada

Kazuko Kawashima

Misako Fukazawa

Sumiko Sugino

UNO

3 宏儒 Hongru

吳清亮 Chingliang Wu

郭傑儀 Chiehyi Kuo

顏世紋 Shihwen Yen

吳樹榮 Shujung Wu

陳輔弼 Fupi Chen

蘇柏諺 Poyen Su

4 Cool Beans

蘇皓沂 Ho-Yee SO

陳立錚 Sigma Chen

郭立翔 Li-Hsiang KUO

鄭宇翔 Yu-Shiang CHENG

三浦裕明 Hiroaki MIURA

小野想真 Soma ONO

5 錦美 Jinmei

葉秉釗 Pingchao Yeh

夏秀慶 Hsiuching Hsia

林國峰 Kuofeng Lin

楊茗清 Mingching Yang

孫政顯 Chenghsien Sun

陳世芳 Shihfang Chen

6 Drago-Wiz

Elora Wong

Helen Yeung

Joyce Tung

Gordon Ho

Patric Yum

Lo Wing Ho

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Participant

11 山海 A Shanhai A

陳桂蘭 Kueilan Chen

曹偉偉 Wei Wei Tsao

鍾琦榮 Chijung Chung

高綸宇 Lunyu Kao

胡小鳳 HsiaoFeng Hu

余哲良 CheLiang Yu

12 微笑 Wei Siao

何為 Wei Ho

李舜偉 Shunwei Li

嚴定明 Tingming Yen

李榮福 Jungfu Li

張偉明 Weiming Chang

吳明瑄 Minghsuan Wu

13 L&T

陳正傑 Chengchieh Chen

郭燦輝 Tsanhui Kuo

趙文德 Wente Chao

許仁厚 Jenhou Hsu

許秋霞 Chiuhsia Hsu

劉佩華 Peihua Liu

7 昇峰 Sheng feng

吳昇峰 Shengfeng Wu

楊昌彪 Changpiao Yang

陳守良 Shouliang Chen

陳律謀 Lumou Chen

黃光輝 Patrick Huang

葉政宏 ChengHung Yeh

8 HKSG

Kelvin Ong

Edwin Lau

Daniel Chui

Laurance Lo

9 去ㄏ牛奶 Kanpai Milk

莊濱綺 Pinky Chuang

魏瑞榮 J.J. Wei

何宗勳 Tsunghsun Ho

蕭恆毅 Hengyi Hsiao

陳俊安 Chun-an Chen

陳延暐 YenWei Chen

10 Happy Bridge

Iynryung Hwang

Eunjoo Yea

Miran Yea

Hyunhee Kim

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Participant

14 山海 Shanhai

陳桂蘭(leader)

林添良 Tienliang Lin

林志忠 Chihchung Lin

莊順和 Shunho Chuang

鄭得臣 Techen Cheng

鄭得統 Tetung Cheng

陳宏裕 Hungyu Chen

15 神話 Shen Hua

謝文明 Wenming Hsieh

張德藩 Tefan Chang

鄧文明 Wenming Teng

黃永楠 Yungnan Huang

程俊峰 Chunfeng Cheng

葉建宏 Chienhung Yeh

16 群友 Chyun You

羅龍鴻 Lunghung Lo

祁任理 Jenli Chi

劉冸水 Panshui Liu

張山泰 Shantai Chang

17 旭日東昇

Syu Rih Dong Sheng

林昆輝 Kunhui Lin

韓旭東 Hsutung Han

鄭偉 Wei Cheng

徐政彥 Chengyen Hsu

陳再新 Tsaihsin Chen

18 先鋒 Sian Fong

胡希真 HsiChen Hu

陳冠瑄 KuanHsuan Chen

劉名謙 MingChien Liu

賴永和 YungHo Lai

19 西星 Si Sing Duei

李鎮鄂 Chen-e Li

黃國展 Kuochan Huang

鄭恩輝 Enhui Cheng

王鎮嶽 Chenyueh Wang

方興台 Hsingtai Fang

紀季岑 Chitsen Chi

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Participant

20 龍捲風

Long Jyuan Fong

陳建興 Chienhsing Chen

林育群 Yuchun Lin

鄭凱文 Kaiwen Cheng

張炫化 Hsuanhua Chang

涂嘉明 Chiaming Tu

張仁信 Jenhsin Chang

21 台南府城

Tainan Fu Cheng

吳榮坤 Jungkun Wu

簡嘉佑 Chiayu Chien

王建國 Chienkuo Wang

陳泓翔 Hunghsiang Chen

吳弘仁 Hungjen Wu

22 JM

陳瀅守 Yingshou Chen

蕭冠筑 Kuanchu Hsiao

陳燕晟 Yencheng Chen

蔡孟宜 Mengyi Tsai

江家帆 Chiafan Chiang

23 台南 CNBC

Tainan CNBC

吳仁舜 Jenshun Wu

張家源 Chiayuan Chang

林于正 Yucheng Lin

許明煌 Minghuang Hsu

林璟寬 Chingkuan Lin

黃瑞彬 Juipin Huang

24 高竹聯隊

Gao zhu Lian Dui

黃國良 KuoLiang Huang

陳傳誠 ChuanCheng Chen

汪碧瀾 PiLan Wang

楊建榮 ChienJung Yang

陳國文 Kuo Wen Chen

劉文齡 WenLing Liu

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Score Boards & VP Scale

VP Scale(10 Boards)

Margin Winner Loser Margin Winner Loser Margin Winner Loser

0 10.00 10.00 17 15.29 4.71 34 18.44 1.56

1 10.39 9.61 18 15.52 4.48 35 18.58 1.42

2 10.77 9.23 19 15.75 4.25 36 18.72 1.28

3 11.14 8.96 20 15.97 4.03 37 18.85 1.15

4 11.50 8.50 21 16.18 3.82 38 18.98 1.02

5 11.85 8.15 22 16.39 3.61 39 19.10 0.90

6 12.18 7.82 23 16.59 3.41 40 19.22 0.78

7 12.51 7.49 24 16.78 3.22 41 19.33 0.67

8 12.83 7.17 25 16.97 3.03 42 19.44 0.56

9 13.14 6.86 26 17.16 2.84 43 19.55 0.45

10 13.44 6.56 27 17.34 2.66 44 19.66 0.34

11 13.73 6.27 28 17.51 2.49 45 19.76 0.24

12 14.01 5.99 29 17.68 2.32 46 19.86 0.14

13 14.28 5.72 30 17.84 2.16 47 19.96 0.04

14 14.54 5.46 31 18.00 2.00 48 20.00 0.00

15 14.80 5.20 32 18.15 1.85 16 15.05 4.95 33 18.30 1.70

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Quarterfinal

Team c/o R1 R2 Total

Team c/o R1 R2 Total

Team c/o R1 R2 Total

Team c/o R1 R2 Total

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Semifinal

Team c/o R1 R2 Total

Team c/o R1 R2 Total

final

Team c/o R1 R2 Total Rank

Team c/o R1 R2 Total Rank

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Swiss

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Notice

Food and drink are NOT allowed in the competition venue!

Hanshin Arena Shopping Plaza-where you can have lunch

Hanshin

Arena

Shopping

Plaza

You are here

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Located in the southern part of

Taiwan, the city of Kaohsiung is the

island's largest industrial center.

Kaohsiung is a thriving

international metropolis at the

southern tip of Taiwan. Due to the

regulating effects of the marine

climate, Kaohsiung is generally

sunny and enjoys pleasant weather

year-round. Known as "Taiwan's

Maritime Capital," the city has

worked hard in recent years to

develop its tourism industry,

including through beautification of

the urban landscape.

Kaohsiung is home to several

popular visitor sites, including the

Love River, Shoushan (Mt. Shou),

Xiziwan Bay, Lotus Pond, Qijin,

and the Old City of Zuoying. It also

is an ethnic melting pot, joining

Hokkien and Hakka communities, the Pingpu, Tsou, Rukai, Bunun, and Paiwan

indigenous tribes, and a military community culture. Kaohsiung also offers

scenic mountains, ocean views, and rivers, as well as port, cultural, and historic

attractions. Visitors to the city can experience the beauty of nature and savor

fine cuisine, or head to the nearby Hakka village of Meinong to experience

traditional oil paper umbrella art. The Neimen Songjiang Battle Array and the

Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastery in Dashu further add to the ethnic richness

of Kaohsiung. Taiwan's biggest mall and well-known night markets complete the

scene for a thoroughly satisfying trip.

Kaohsiung

Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

About 3 Hours

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Ruifeng Night Market Food and fun galore await at this

popular night market in

Kaohsiung . With over a thousand

vendors, the market offers an

amazing variety of fashionable

items, fun amusements, and tasty

snacks at a fair price. This is a

popular place for Kaohsiung

residents to enjoy an evening walk

and bite to eat.

Transportation

10 minutes by WALK

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The area becomes a

romantic place for

lovers to date with,

therefore, the river was

reputed as Love River.

Transportation

25minutes by WALK

15 minutes by MRT

From

Kaohsiung Arena

To Aozihdi

Love River The river was also called

Kaohsiung Canal.

Love River is a very

distinct river in

Kaohsiung. It was

previously used for

shipping, transportation

and leisure.

At night, lights sparkle

on Love River. Visitors

can take the boats on

the east and west coast

to look at the romantic

and charming sights of

Love River.

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自創業初始一路走來，台聚五十多年的成長歲月，計累積資本額達新台幣

一百一十六億餘元。公司成立之初乃由美商國民製酒及化學公司獨資設立，並

在高雄市仁武區建立台灣第一座 LDPE 工廠，而後逐年擴建增產，並遞增

EVA、HDPE 及 LLDPE 等產品行列。

台灣聚合公司主要業務

為製造與銷售聚乙烯塑膠

粒。所生產的高品質 LDPE

及 HDPE 廣受市場歡迎，在

市場保有高度佔有率，並持

續致力於產品研發，尋求在

觸媒及配方上的突破。此

外，另一項主力產品 EVA 則與下游加工廠密切配合，以開創製造海灘鞋、浮

板、鞋底、鞋中底、熱熔膠等產品的無限商機。

近年來公司致力於多角化經營，轉投資電子、材料、金融、創投等各項事

業，成果頗為良好，具體強化台聚在國際市場的競爭角色。

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About

Mr. Antonio T. Chong

1927年 2月 6日~1998年 3月 3日

1981年在台北來來飯店獲亞太賽公開組冠軍後代表領獎(圖中)

藉台聚公司的贊助，中華民國橋藝協會(以下簡稱本會)連續 20年

辦理「植鑑杯」全國橋賽，來緬懷張先生在橋壇的貢獻。

張先生一面擔任台聚集團的董事長，一面長期擔任本會理事長，

及財團法人國際橋藝基金會董事長。從 1975-1995 他擔任了二十年的

中華隊隊長，出錢出力的全力支持臺灣橋藝活動，二十年中率隊獲得

六次亞太公開組冠軍，及多次世界賽的名列前茅。

張先生自 1976 年起多次任本會常務理事，發起成立國際橋藝基金

會，設置國際橋藝中心。忠孝東路國際橋藝中心現址，及其在仁愛路

舊處，都是在其任內購置，讓橋友有一寬敞舒適的場所來打牌。