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EUROPEAN BRIDGE LEAGUEwww.eurobr idge.org

ISSUE NO 1 • Friday, July 5th, 2019

27TH EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS4th - 11th July 2019 • Stokke, Norway

Brian Senior: EditorJos Jacobs: JournalistFrancesca Canali: lay-out Editor & Photographer

Round 1:Czech Rep. vs Norway U26Sweden vs Poland U21

Round 2:Estonia vs Slovakia U26Turkey vs Ireland U26

Round 3:Sweden vs Croatia U26Finland vs Poland U26

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GIANARRIGO RONAWBF PRESIDENT

Dear young bridge Friends,It gives me great pleasure to offer both my personal greetings and those of the WBF to all the participants in the 27th European Youth Team Championships, being hosted by the Norsk Bridge-forbund in Stokke, Norway, from 4th to 11th July 2019.

I want to congratulate my dear friends and colleagues Jan Kamras, EBL President, and Kari-Anne Opsal, NBF President. I am confident that this will be another very successful bridge event, thus rewarding their enthusiasm and attention to detail.

I am sure that Stokke and Norway will welcome and host you in accordance with their highstandards of tradition, history and culture.

I congratulate all of you on your participation, and am confident that once again, with yourexemplary behaviour, you will greatly contribute to the success of the event and demonstrate once again the values of fair-play, friendship and solidarity of our beloved discipline, maintaining our motto “Bridge for Peace”.I look forward to welcoming the teams who will qualify to compete in the 2020 Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Trophy, José Damia-ni Cup, Gianarrigo Rona Trophy and Koç University Trophy.

Enjoy your stay and your play,

Un abbraccio.

JAN KAMRASEBL PRESIDENT

Dear participants, officials, staff and guests,On behalf of the EBL I have the pleasure of welcoming you to the 27th European Youth Team Championships held at the Oslofjord Sports and Convention Centre near Stokke, Norway.

I am grateful for the co-operation of the Norwegian Bridge Federation in undertaking to host these championships and particularly to its President Kari-Anne Opsal and General Manager Allan Livgård, without whom this would not have been possible. Thank you my friends.

It is particularly satisfying to note the record participation in the U16 category, certainly in part helped by the EBL’s financial support to those teams. I am convinced that this will ultimately also increase the participation in the U21 category. You may note some changes compared to past editions – reduced entry fees for U26 Women and larger discounts for teams not having attended the previous two championships, amongst others.

The EBL is emphasising high ethical standards and good table manners, which I trust you will live up to and serve as a good example for the “grown-ups”. Show the opponents the same respect that you want them to show you, and you will make many new friends for life.

Of course you will be fierce competitors at the same time!

I wish you lots of success in the competition and a great time during these championships.

DAY ONE BBO MATCHES

27th European Youth Team Championships Stokke, Norway • 4 - 11 July 2019

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KARI-ANNE OPSALNORWEGIAN BRIDGE FEDERATION PRESIDENT

Dear Friends,The Norwegian Bridge Federation is very pleased to welcome you to Oslofjord Convention Center in Stokke, Vestfold for the 27th European Youth Bridge Team Championships.

The Norwegian Bridge Federation undertook to organise these championships at the request of the EBL. Norway is a high-cost country, and that makes it challenging to

organise everything at a cost that is affordable to all participants. We have put a lot of effort and money into just that, and hope that you will have a good time here at Oslofjord.

It’s no secret that organising these championships is a lot of work. Nevertheless, we think it is worthwhile because of the good work being done over the last few years in Norway to recruit junior players. We now have 50% more juniors than just 3 years ago, and that number is still rising. By organising these championships in conjunction with our annual youth camp, we can show all our new juniors the possibilities that lies ahead – all of them can be potential bridge stars of the future!

Oslofjord CC and the surrounding area have a lot to offer. We hope you will take a swim, go for a hike along the ocean front trail or play some kind of sports while you’re here. Playing in a junior championship is not all about winning – it’s important to have fun, make new friends from all over the world and experience the thrill of representing your country.

We wish all of you a good championship. Not all of you can win, but by playing and having fun, you are still winning. Play fair, play well and give your opponents a smile!

Kari-Anne OpsalPresidentNorwegian Bridge Federation

PLAYERS’ CONTACTS ON-SITE

EUROPEAN MASTERPOINT AWARDS

Championship Chairman Eitan LevyOn-site Manager Allan LivgårdOperations Director Gianluca BarreseHead Tournament Director Marc van BeijsterveldtReviewer P-O SundelinHospitality/Registration Desk Silvia ValentiniSecretariat Catherine VitryScoring Fotis SkoularikisDaily Bulletin Brian Senior

EMPs will be awarded according to the scales available at the following link:http://www.eurobridge.org/regulations/european-master-points/emp-scales/#table-5In order to qualify for EMP awards, a player must have played at least one third of the boards played by his team.

PROGRAMME AND SCHEDULE OF PLAYFRIDAY 5TH

SATURDAY 6TH

SUNDAY 7TH

MONDAY 8TH

TUESDAY 9TH

WEDNESDAY 10TH

THURSDAY 11TH

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00 TO 19.00

20.30

UNDER 26

UNDER 26

UNDER 26

UNDER 26

UNDER 26

UNDER 26

UNDER 26

UNDER 26 WOMEN — REGISTRATION

UNDER 26 WOMEN

UNDER 26 WOMEN

UNDER 26 WOMEN

UNDER 26 WOMEN

CAPTAIN'S MEETING

UNDER 21

UNDER 21

UNDER 21

UNDER 21

UNDER 21

UNDER 21

UNDER 21

UNDER 16— REGISTRATION

UNDER 16

UNDER 16

UNDER 16

UNDER 16

CAPTAIN'S MEETING

16.00

16.00

16.00

16.00

16.00

16.00

16.00

18.35

18.35

14.50

14.50

14.50

14.50

16.55

16.55

16.55

16.55

19.00

19.00

19.00

12.40

12.40

12.40

12.40

12.40

12.40

12.40

12.05

12.05

12.05

12.05

20.00CLOSING CEREMONY


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LIST OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

Austria

Greece

England

Latvia

Romania

Croatia

Ireland

Finland

Norway

Scotland

Bulgaria

Hungary

Estonia

Netherlands

Russia

Czech Republic

Israel

France

Poland

Slovakia

Denmark

Italy

Germany

Portugal

Sweden

Turkey


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U26 TEAMSAUSTRIA

Patricio CRISAFULLI SFelix EDERSophie HERMANNJohanna PIIBORPhilip SCHEBERANStephan THORPEFlorian WEISS (npc)

BULGARIAMark ANDONOVDobromir LAZAROVTodor PAVLOVGergana TENEVANikolay YANINSKIViktor YOTOVTenyu TENEV (npc)

CROATIAIvan BILUSICEmanuel EVACICMatko FERENCAMatea GRGURICAnte MIJICKristijan STEFANECMarshall LEWIS (npc)

CZECH REPUBLICMichael BOTURErik KLEMSLucie KOHUTOVALukas KOLEKMartin MELCAKJakub VOJTIKMilan MACURA (npc)Lars A JOHANSEN (coach)

DENMARKSophie BUNESoren BUNESoeren Veel CASPERSENChristian LAHRMANNAndreas PLEJDRUPEmil BUUS THOMSENSoren RASMUSSEN (npc)Simon ORTMANN (coach)

ENGLANDStephen KENNEDYShahzaad NATTBen NORTONIan ROBSONEshan SINGHALJunyuan YEDavid BAKHSHI (npc)Andrew McINTOSH (coach)

ESTONIAMirjam IHERSusanna LAANRasmus MAIDETiit Hendrik PIIBELEHTMartin VASARRao ZVOROVSKMeelis KULDKEPP (npc)Peep PEDMANSON (coach)

FINLANDGabriella AHLVIKHermanni HUHTAMAKIAarne KOIVUOskari KOIVUMaria MYLLAERIAapo NIEMINENSeppo SAUVOLA (npc)

FRANCEJulien BERNARDArthur BOULINBaptiste COMBESCUREColin DEHEEGERTheo GUILLEMINThibaud VINCENOTChristophe OURSEL (npc)Wilfried LIBBRECHT (coach)

GERMANYFlorian ALTERMaximilian LITTERSTLauritz STRECKSibrand VAN OOSTENHartmut KONDOCH (npc)

IRELANDStephen BARRJohn CONNOLLYMichael DONNELLYNathan DOYLEConor FARRELLJarleth MCDONNELLThomas MACCORMAC (npc)

ISRAELIlai Ilan BANIRIAmir EZIONOren TOLEDANOLior URMANAsaf YEKUTIELIAmi ZAMIRBar TARNOVSKI (npc)

ITALYAlessandro CALMANOVICIGiovanni DONATIAndrea MANGANELLAGiacomo PERCARIORoberto SAUSebastiano SCATADario ATTANASIO (npc)Valerio GIUBILO (coach)

POLANDBlazej KRAWCZYKPiotr MARCINOWSKIJakub PATREUHAPatryk PATREUHAMateusz SOBCZAKMarcin SZYMANSKIMarek MARKOWSKI (npc)Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI (coach)

SLOVAKIARichard GABRIELJakub JAKABSICJuraj KVOCEKMartin VODICKA

LATVIAMartins BALODISJanis ILZINSMartin MAASIKKarl-Markus PRUULIlze MIKELSONE (npc)Karlis RUBINS (coach)

PORTUGALMiguel FERREIRAJose MORAESCarolina PIMENTAMiguel RIBEIROAntonio PALMA (npc & coach)

SWEDENIda GRONKVISTSimon HULTJohannes MATSSONJohan SAFSTENAxel SELVENTom GARDS (npc)Daniel GULLBERG (coach)

NETHERLANDSVeri KILJANGuy MENDES DE LEONThibo SPRINKHUIZENLuc TIJSSENTom VAN OVERBEEKERicardo WESTERBEEKAgnes SNELLERS (npc)Wubbo DE BOER (coach)

RUSSIAIlia POSTOVALOVNikolay SKARZHINSKIYPolina SMIRNOVAMaria VINOGRADOVAIvan VYSHESLAVOVZigfrid ZVEZDINTatiana DIKHNOVA (npc)Tatiana PONOMAREVA (coach)

TURKEYAhmet Emir ACARSelen Buke AKDASEnes GULSENEren IMDATHakan KUSCUTugrul Utku SARIErdem OZTURK (npc)Tezcan SEN (coach)

NORWAYChristian BAKKEEspen FLATTThea Hove HAUGEJoakim SAETHERMarcus SCHEIESofie Grasholt SJODALLars EIDE (npc)

SCOTLANDAthena CHOWGlen FALCONERJun NAKAMARU-PINDERLiam O’BRIENStewart PINKERTONRonan R.J. VALENTINEElizabeth McGOWAN (npc)


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U21 TEAMS

U26 WOMEN TEAMS

ENGLANDSamuel ANOYRKATISElizabeth GAHANHarry MADDENLiam SANDERSONOscar SELBYDaniel WINTERMichael BYRNE (npc)Alex ROBERTS (coach)

ENGLANDOlivia BAILEYDaisy DILLONLaura ERSEKIndia LEEMINGHanna TUUSEwa WIECZOREKSally BROCK (npc)David BURN (coach)

FRANCELuc BELLICAUDMaxence FRAGOLARomaric GUTHVictor LE LEZHugo RABOURDINNao TABATAThibault DELMAS-S (npc)Wilfried LIBBRECHT (coach)

FRANCESarah COMBESCUREMarie-Valentine COUPELBeryl DUFRENEEmeline JOUNINAnais LELEUMathilde THUILLEZVanessa REESS (npc)Wilfried LIBBRECHT (coach)

GERMANYFelix DOERMERKarl DRANSFELDMarius GUENDELJannik LEPPERViktor OTTOPhilipp PABSTHartmut KONDOCH (npc)

HUNGARYMaria BEKOBrigitta FISCHERHanka LAJOSHanna REVAIVillo SZUCSAndras HONYEK (npc)

ISRAELAmit KATZNir KHUTORSKYOr MANZURGal MATATYAHOUYonatan SLIWOWICZAviv ZEITAKMoshe MEYOUHAS (npc)

ISRAELGal FIBERTAmit KURANTAdel PETELKOLia PETELKOZiv ROITMANShira SCHAROAdi ASULIN (npc)

ITALYLuca DRAGHIGabriele GIUBILOGianmarco GIUBILOAntonio LOMBARDIMatteo LOMBARDIFederico PORTAValerio GIUBILO (npc)Dario ATTANASIO coach)

ITALYSophia CAPOBIANCOEleonora DALPOZZOFederica DALPOZZOValentina DALPOZZOAgnese DI MAUROIrene MONTALTIDario ATTANASIO (npc)Margherita CHAVARRIA (coach)

NETHERLANDSXavier FRIESENRonald GOORDieter GOUDZWAARDOscar NIJSSENTim VAN DE PAVERDTobias WESTERVELDRuben BUIJS (npc)Berend van den BOS (coach)

NETHERLANDSJuliet BERWALDMalene Holm CHRISTENSENSandra KOLENMette LEJEUNEEsther VISSERJanneke WACKWITZAnneke SIMONS (npc)Aarnout HELMICH (coach)

NORWAYMarius Dalemark AUSTADCarl-Otto CURRANArne Osnes DEVIKChristian Fredrik JOHNSENMarkus LUNDMagnus SAETRELars EIDE (npc)

NORWAYKaja BREKKEKatarina EKRENThea Lucia INDREBOAgnethe Hansen KJENSLIIda Marie OEBERGSven Olai HOYLAND (npc)Elisabeth Grasholt SJODAL (coach)

POLANDPawel HULANICKIPiotr JASINSKITomasz KIELBASAKacper KOPKARoman MADEJRyszard ROSIKIEWICZMarek MARKOWSKI (npc)Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI (coach)

POLANDZofia BALDYSZJoanna KOKOTDominika OCYLOKMonika SUCHODOLSKAJoanna ZALEWSKAAnna ZAREBARafal MARKS (npc)Zuzanna MOSZCZYNSKA (coach)

SWEDENSanna CLEMENTSSONErik HANSSONCastor MANNHjalmar SANDBLOMAlexander SANDINDaniel GULLBERG (npc)Tom GARDS (coach)

TURKEYEge BULBULBuket BULUTEsin ERGUNBusra GULENCBuse TURKYILMAZOzge UZUNErdem OZTURK (npc)Emine KONDAKCI SEN (coach)

TURKEYCem Barkin GULEZEren GUNESAhmet Cagdas KALAYCIEfecan OZBANYigit OZCELEPAsya Su SENSuleyman KOLATA (npc)Emine KONDAKCI SEN (coach)


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U16 TEAMSCROATIA

Franko BACICVanja CIZELEliza DRAGCEVICMia GRUBISICKaya Fay PROBSTTristan Nicholas PROBSTSandra KULOVIC-P. (npc)Vjekoslav ZEPIC (coach)

CZECH REPUBLICFilip CHROBOKLaura Luiza GILLARMikulas KRASAIvo WALACHVladimir MACHAT (npc)

DENMARKAmalie Rosa BUNELine HENRIKSENAlma Ertbjerg RASMUSSENAron TYLVADDaniel TYLVADGeorg WURTZMorten R. BUNE (npc)Torsten E. RASMUSSEN (coach)

ENGLANDJasmine BAKHSHIDido Mari Mirabelle COLEYJamie FEGARTYKimberley Rachel HUDSONHenry ROSETheodore Cosmo SINCLAIRGiorgio PROVENZA (npc)Laura COVILL (coach)

ESTONIATrevor MAEAlbert PEDMANSONHerman PEDMANSONTonu UUSTAREJasper VAHKMeelis KULDKEPP (npc)Tonno VAHK (coach)

FRANCEClement BENSLouis BONINSeverin GALLARDMaxence ROCHESArmans SUDROTPhilippe TCHOULKINEBenoit DEVEZE (npc)Wilfried LIBBRECHT (coach)

GERMANYJannik HOLZINGERHagen LOMMELKathrin SCHWALBACHKevin STAUSStefan WEBER (npc)Hartmut KONDOCH (coach)

GREECEOlga CHATZIDAKIIoannis FOTEINAKISNikoleta KONSTANTINIDOUKanellos SKOURTSIDISPanagiotis Ioulios TYPALDOSIoannis VIRVIDAKISMarianna KORONI (npc)Vasilis VIRVIDAKIS (coach)

HUNGARYDaniel BOHMJulia HEGEDUSLorinc MATEAndras ZOLLER

ISRAELLavi BATZIA GREENBERGNoam BERGERIdo MOSKOVITZDaniel MSIKAOfek SABBAHTal SAMOELOVDanny LOONSTEIN (npc)

LATVIASandra Elvira BROKARainers KREITALSOlivers LIGERSPauls Olafs STRAUMEKarlis RUBINS (npc)Diana KAMPARA (coach)

NETHERLANDSLotte DE WIJSSarah DE WIJSJorn ESSINKGabor FRIESENMartijn GOORWout KLARENBEEKMadelon SPEK (npc)Dennis STUURMAN (coach)

NORWAYAnders BROGELANDNicolai HEIBERG-EVENSTADLinus HJELVIKAre Borgar LANDSVIKJorgen Lindaas NORDBYThomas TOESSEKristian ELLINGSEN (npc)Liv Marit GRUDE (coach)

SWEDENAndreas ABRAGIMarkus BERTHEAUMayalo BJOERK HEEDIvar LICHTENSTEINIsis LUNDQVISTAndrea NILSSONKathrine BERTHEAU (npc)Lars NILSSON (coach)

POLANDMaciej BETLINSKILukasz KASPERCZYKKacper KUFLOWSKIFranciszek KURLITMichal STASIKSebastian ZIMORSKIRoland LIPPIK (npc)Marcin KUFLOWSKI (coach)

TURKEYTuana ALTUNSerdal BORAEgemen CIVICIIzzet Cagan ERDuru Naz MUTIAhmet Furkan TOZCUTuncay ALTUN (npc)Suleyman KOLATA (coach)

ROMANIARazvan BARLUTCosmin DARAMUSRobert DARAMUSDaria OJOGAndreas RITEADiana ZAHARIEMonica GARNEATA (npc)

RUSSIAFedor DEMINIvan GOVAKOVKaterina LEONOVADanil SHCHUKINEgor STOLYAROVIvan TATARKINTatiana DIKHNOVA (npc)Olga FRAMPOL (coach)


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SCHEDULE OF MATCHES — U26

BYEBULGARIAFRANCEESTONIANETHERLANDSSLOVAKIAIRELANDLATVIAPOLANDPORTUGALCZECH REPITALY

SWEDENDENMARKENGLANDGERMANYCROATIAISRAELRUSSIASCOTLANDTURKEYAUSTRIANORWAYFINLAND

BYESLOVAKIACROATIAGERMANYENGLANDITALYSWEDENNORWAYFRANCEESTONIASCOTLANDIRELAND

RUSSIALATVIATURKEYAUSTRIACZECH REPDENMARKFINLANDBULGARIAPORTUGALPOLANDNETHERLANDSISRAEL

BYEENGLANDDENMARKSWEDENBULGARIATURKEYESTONIACZECH REPISRAELIRELANDNORWAYPORTUGAL

GERMANYCROATIASLOVAKIARUSSIALATVIAFRANCEAUSTRIANETHERLANDSITALYFINLANDSCOTLANDPOLAND

BYETURKEYLATVIARUSSIASLOVAKIAPORTUGALGERMANYSCOTLANDDENMARKSWEDENNETHERLANDSESTONIA

AUSTRIACZECH REPITALYFINLANDNORWAYCROATIAPOLANDENGLANDIRELANDISRAELBULGARIAFRANCE

BYEITALYCZECH REPAUSTRIATURKEYIRELANDRUSSIANETHERLANDSCROATIAGERMANYBULGARIASWEDEN

FINLANDNORWAYPORTUGALPOLANDSCOTLANDLATVIAISRAELSLOVAKIAESTONIAFRANCEENGLANDDENMARK

BYESWEDENBULGARIAFRANCEESTONIARUSSIAISRAELTURKEYSCOTLANDPOLANDITALYFINLAND

DENMARKENGLANDGERMANYCROATIASLOVAKIANETHERLANDSLATVIAIRELANDAUSTRIACZECH REPPORTUGALNORWAY

BYERUSSIASLOVAKIACROATIAGERMANYFINLANDDENMARKPORTUGALBULGARIAFRANCEIRELANDISRAEL

LATVIATURKEYAUSTRIACZECH REPITALYENGLANDNORWAYSWEDENPOLANDSCOTLANDESTONIANETHERLANDS

BYEGERMANYENGLANDDENMARKSWEDENAUSTRIAFRANCEITALYNETHERLANDSISRAELPORTUGALPOLAND

CROATIASLOVAKIARUSSIALATVIATURKEYBULGARIACZECH REPESTONIAFINLANDNORWAYIRELANDSCOTLAND

BYEAUSTRIATURKEYLATVIARUSSIAPOLANDCROATIAIRELANDENGLANDDENMARKESTONIAFRANCE

CZECH REPITALYFINLANDNORWAYPORTUGALSLOVAKIASCOTLANDGERMANYISRAELNETHERLANDSSWEDENBULGARIA

BYEFINLANDITALYCZECH REPAUSTRIAISRAELLATVIAESTONIASLOVAKIACROATIASWEDENDENMARK

NORWAYPORTUGALPOLANDSCOTLANDIRELANDTURKEYNETHERLANDSRUSSIAFRANCEBULGARIAGERMANYENGLAND

BYEDENMARKSWEDENBULGARIAFRANCELATVIANETHERLANDSAUSTRIAIRELANDSCOTLANDFINLANDNORWAY

ENGLANDGERMANYCROATIASLOVAKIARUSSIAESTONIATURKEYISRAELCZECH REPITALYPOLANDPORTUGAL

BYELATVIARUSSIASLOVAKIACROATIANORWAYENGLANDPOLANDSWEDENBULGARIAISRAELNETHERLANDS

TURKEYAUSTRIACZECH REPITALYFINLANDGERMANYPORTUGALDENMARKSCOTLANDIRELANDFRANCEESTONIA

BYECROATIAGERMANYENGLANDDENMARKCZECH REPBULGARIAFINLANDESTONIANETHERLANDSPOLANDSCOTLAND

SLOVAKIARUSSIALATVIATURKEYAUSTRIASWEDENITALYFRANCENORWAYPORTUGALISRAELIRELAND

BYECZECH REPAUSTRIATURKEYLATVIASCOTLANDSLOVAKIAISRAELGERMANYENGLANDFRANCEBULGARIA

ITALYFINLANDNORWAYPORTUGALPOLANDRUSSIAIRELANDCROATIANETHERLANDSESTONIADENMARKSWEDEN

BYENORWAYFINLANDITALYCZECH REPNETHERLANDSTURKEYFRANCERUSSIASLOVAKIADENMARKENGLAND

PORTUGALPOLANDSCOTLANDIRELANDISRAELAUSTRIAESTONIALATVIABULGARIASWEDENCROATIAGERMANY

ROUND 1

ROUND 7

ROUND 4

ROUND 10

ROUND 13

ROUND 2

ROUND 8

ROUND 5

ROUND 11

ROUND 14

ROUND 3

ROUND 9

ROUND 6

ROUND 12

ROUND 15


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BYEPORTUGALNORWAYFINLANDITALYESTONIAAUSTRIABULGARIALATVIARUSSIAENGLANDGERMANY

POLANDSCOTLANDIRELANDISRAELNETHERLANDSCZECH REPFRANCETURKEYSWEDENDENMARKSLOVAKIACROATIA

BYEESTONIANETHERLANDSISRAELIRELANDGERMANYPOLANDSLOVAKIANORWAYFINLANDTURKEYAUSTRIA

FRANCEBULGARIASWEDENDENMARKENGLANDSCOTLANDCROATIAPORTUGALRUSSIALATVIAITALYCZECH REP

BYEIRELANDSCOTLANDPOLANDPORTUGALSWEDENFINLANDENGLANDCZECH REPAUSTRIASLOVAKIARUSSIA

ISRAELNETHERLANDSESTONIAFRANCEBULGARIANORWAYDENMARKITALYGERMANYCROATIATURKEYLATVIA

BYEPOLANDPORTUGALNORWAYFINLANDFRANCECZECH REPSWEDENTURKEYLATVIAGERMANYCROATIA

SCOTLANDIRELANDISRAELNETHERLANDSESTONIAITALYBULGARIAAUSTRIADENMARKENGLANDRUSSIASLOVAKIA

BYEFRANCEESTONIANETHERLANDSISRAELCROATIASCOTLANDRUSSIAPORTUGALNORWAYAUSTRIACZECH REP

BULGARIASWEDENDENMARKENGLANDGERMANYIRELANDSLOVAKIAPOLANDLATVIATURKEYFINLANDITALY

BYEISRAELIRELANDSCOTLANDPOLANDDENMARKNORWAYGERMANYITALYCZECH REPRUSSIALATVIA

NETHERLANDSESTONIAFRANCEBULGARIASWEDENPORTUGALENGLANDFINLANDCROATIASLOVAKIAAUSTRIATURKEY

BYESCOTLANDPOLANDPORTUGALNORWAYBULGARIAITALYDENMARKAUSTRIATURKEYCROATIASLOVAKIA

IRELANDISRAELNETHERLANDSESTONIAFRANCEFINLANDSWEDENCZECH REPENGLANDGERMANYLATVIARUSSIA

BYENETHERLANDSISRAELIRELANDSCOTLANDENGLANDPORTUGALCROATIAFINLANDITALYLATVIATURKEY

ESTONIAFRANCEBULGARIASWEDENDENMARKPOLANDGERMANYNORWAYSLOVAKIARUSSIACZECH REPAUSTRIA

ROUND 16

ROUND 22

ROUND 19

ROUND 17

ROUND 23

ROUND 20

ROUND 18

ROUND 21


SWEDENNETHERLANDSFRANCEITALYNORWAY

POLANDISRAELENGLANDGERMANYTURKEY

SWEDENENGLANDISRAELGERMANYNETHERLANDS

ITALYTURKEYNORWAYPOLANDFRANCE

SWEDENNORWAYTURKEYPOLANDENGLAND

GERMANYFRANCENETHERLANDSITALYISRAEL

SWEDENPOLANDNETHERLANDSTURKEYGERMANY

ISRAELENGLANDITALYFRANCENORWAY

SWEDENITALYENGLANDFRANCEPOLAND

TURKEYNORWAYGERMANYISRAELNETHERLANDS

SWEDENGERMANYNORWAYISRAELITALY

FRANCENETHERLANDSPOLANDTURKEYENGLAND

SWEDENISRAELPOLANDNORWAYFRANCE

ENGLANDITALYTURKEYNETHERLANDSGERMANY

TURKEYITALYNETHERLANDSISRAEL

GERMANYFRANCEENGLANDPOLAND

SWEDENFRANCEGERMANYENGLANDTURKEY

NETHERLANDSPOLANDISRAELNORWAYITALY

ROUND 1

ROUND 4

ROUND 7

ROUND 2

ROUND 5

ROUND 8

ROUND 3

ROUND 6

ROUND 9

Draw for Rounds 10-18 to be determined after round 9


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Draw for Rounds 10-18 to be determined after round 9

SCHEDULE OF MATCHES — U26 WOMEN

BYENORWAYFRANCEPOLANDHUNGARY

ITALYENGLANDNETHERLANDSISRAELTURKEY

BYENETHERLANDSENGLANDISRAELNORWAY

POLANDTURKEYHUNGARYITALYFRANCE

BYEHUNGARYTURKEYITALYNETHERLANDS

ISRAELFRANCENORWAYPOLANDENGLAND

BYEITALYNORWAYTURKEYISRAEL

ENGLANDNETHERLANDSPOLANDFRANCEHUNGARY

BYEPOLANDNETHERLANDSFRANCEITALY

TURKEYHUNGARYISRAELENGLANDNORWAY

BYEISRAELHUNGARYENGLANDPOLAND

FRANCENORWAYITALYTURKEYNETHERLANDS

BYEENGLANDITALYHUNGARYFRANCE

NETHERLANDSPOLANDTURKEYNORWAYISRAEL

BYETURKEYPOLANDNORWAYENGLAND

HUNGARYISRAELFRANCENETHERLANDSITALY

BYEFRANCEISRAELNETHERLANDSTURKEY

NORWAYITALYENGLANDHUNGARYPOLAND

ROUND 1

ROUND 4

ROUND 7

ROUND 2

ROUND 5

ROUND 8

ROUND 3

ROUND 6

ROUND 9

2017 WINNERS

UNDER 26 WINNERS: SWEDEN Tom Gards, Ida Grönkvist, Mikael Grönkvist, Adam Stokka, Ola Rimstedt, Simon Hult, Mikael Rimstedt and Martin Loefgren

UNDER 21 WINNERS: SWEDEN Lars Nilsson, Alexander Sandin, Teo Bodin, Sanna Clementsson, Erik Hansson, Castor Mann and Martin Loefgren

WOMEN UNDER 26 WINNERS: NETHERLANDSEsther Visser, Sandra Kolen, Merel Bruijnsteen, Wubbo De Boer, Anneke Simons, Janneke Wackwitz, Aarnout Helmich and Mette Lejeune

UNDER 16 WINNERS: POLANDMarcin Kuflowski, Kacper Kuflowski, Adam Pigulski, Katarzyna Dufrat, Maciej Racewicz, Franciszek Kurlit, Przemyslaw Pasinski, Bartosz Zbik and Roland Lippik


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IMPORTANT NOTES FOR PLAYERSGENERAL

BIDDING, ALERTS AND EXPLANATIONS

DURING AND AFTER PLAY

Smoking is prohibited in the playing area.

Mobile phones and electronic devices capable of communication must be switched off in the playing area and bevisible at the table at all times. Random checks will be made.

All participants at the Championship venue must visibly wear their official identification badge. Players must wear their NBO uniforms/shirts.

Players are requested to be seated 5 minutes before the scheduled start of play. Any team not seated and ready toplay at the start of a period of play will be subject to automatic VP penalties.

During play, players (and NPCs) may converse only in English unless all agree to use some other common language at their own risk. TD adjudication is in English only.

Line- up procedure : Both captains submit their line - ups without knowing the line- up of their opponents. The procedure will be announced at the captains’ meeting and in the Daily Bulletin.

Each opponent must be given a System Card at the start of a session.

It is the responsibility of the alerting player to ensure that their screen-mate is aware of the Alert. Requests for explanations, and the responses thereto, shall be made in writing.

A player’s first call should touch the extreme left of their own segment of the bidding tray, with subsequent calls overlapping neatly and evenly to the right.

Dummy or Declarer removes the bidding tray from the table, and Dummy or Declarer puts the board back in the centre of the table.

The opening lead must be made before the screen aperture is opened and Declarer or Dummy opens the aperture or calls for it to be opened.

A card should be played towards partner in a consistent manner and placed on the table in the same position eachtime. Once played, the player should not vary the orientation of the card.

Quitted tricks should be placed consistently in a neat row in front of the player, evenly overlapping.

If a player finds an opponent not following any of these rules, even after a warning, the proper recourse is to call aTD.

If a player should claim that the responsibility for the slow play is with their opponents, they will do so by calling a TD.

TDs are authorized to remove boards when play has not finished in the allotted time or when slow play may lead toplay not being finished in time.

If a player on the side of the screen receiving the tray considers there has been a break in tempo, creating possibleunauthorised information, they should call the Director and may do so at any time before the opening lead is madeand the aperture opened.

Players should agree the score, ensure it is entered correctly in the bridgemate and leave the playing room as quickly and quietly as possible. Players are strictly forbidden to watch play at any table.In respect of scores the protest time of all matches played in a day ends at the starting time of the first match on theday following, and for the final day’s play two hours after the official finishing time of the final match but, in any case, not later than the official starting time of the Closing Ceremony. In respect of scores which are manifestly incorrect, protest time ends prior to the start of the penultimate round.

The time for a request for a TD ruling or for a review of a ruling already received ends, respectively, 30 minutes after the end of the match or 30 minutes after receipt of ruling.


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DUTCH DIARIES EXTENDEDKees Tammens

My activities in junior bridge started in 1982 when I was appointed, together with Hans Kreijns (in 1966 the first Dutch world champion), as member of the Dutch Youth Committee. In the eighties my dear friend and formidable partner Erik Kirchhoff acted as trainer of the Dutch juniors, winning the European title in 1986 followed by victory in the first Junior World Championships in 1987 (around the corner from my home in Amsterdam!). Erik always insisted that I performed as sparring partner for the juniors. At the end of 1990 Erik resigned and probably convinced the Dutch Bridge federation that I should succeed him. The rest is history and until my own retirement in 2015 my life was fully connected to junior bridge.

With N/S vulnerable, The Greek junior opens as North 2] (5]+4 in a minor, less than an opening bid. What do you overcall as East with:

[ 6 5 ] A 10 { A K 9 8 6 3 2 } A 7

1992: One day before we travelled to Palaiseau, close to Paris, my captain called me with the stunning announcement he withdrew from the team in my first Junior European Championships. No reason was given so I had to combine the duties of npc and coach. Luckily Martin Pattenier drove one of the juniors to France and agreed to stay some days to assist me in the daily activities. Unfortunately (not for him but for me) Martin had to get back to work and I was left with a busy job in my first championship as junior coach. I had big expectations (like always) for my team consisting of Vincent, Dejan, Jaap, Mark, Onno, Jean Paul. However, the opposition proved to be very strong; with great fighting spirit we managed to keep the top-three in sight. Black Saturday (with losses against Finland, Germany and Estonia) became our Waterloo and we tumbled to a modest tenth place. I collected interesting boards and published this in a small booklet: in Dutch: ‘10 voor ons, 10 weg’ (ten imps for us and ten for them).

NE TIMEATIS DANAOS

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

West North East South — 2} 3NT All Pass

Onno Eskes as East followed the ‘Hamman-rule’(when you are in doubt what to bid and one of the choices is 3NT, bid it!). After a heart lead for the ace declarer however had to choose which minor would break. He decided to rely on opponents signals by playing {A. South as well as North played the smallest diamond. So unless both opponents were lying, diamonds would not break as they were playing reverse count signals. Onno switched to }A and a second club for ten tricks.


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

SOUTH [ Q 3 ] J 10 8 { A K 9 3 2 } A Q 6

How do you play 3NT on the lead of [4?‘Have you seen Board 9 in round twelve”. You

can be sure one of the editors of the daily bulletin has spotted a great bid or play. A special room in every event is reserved for the writers for the bulletin. In that way I (since 1977 I publish bridge stories on a regular basis) got acquainted with very diligent men as Patrick (RIP), Brian, Mark, Philip and local bulletin editors. Usually, when I enter the hall where the junior championships are played, I meet and greet Brian Senior who is always very cooperative in publishing my stories as ‘Dutch Diaries’. During those championships in Antalya (2000) daily bulletin editor Mark Horton invented the name ‘Kees for the defence’ for a series of articles about exquisite defensive plays. I still have the idea of writing a book with that title. Enormous swings (16 or 17+ IMPs) got the nickname ‘Dinosaurus’ with the advice for juniors NOT to look for these numbers.

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

Declarer, Maarten Schollaardt, won the first trick with {Q, East encouraging with {5. After some thought declarer played a small spade from dummy to queen and ace in West, who returned a second diamond for jack and ace. The heart jack was

covered with queen and ace. A small club from dummy went to the queen and king in West. The moment of truth. West was completely unaware of the devilish coup by declarer so played a third diamond and with help of the }J finesse declarer was home with nine tricks. Antalya 2000 ended with the silver medal and Bas, Sjoert, Maarten, Marcel, Niek, Bart and yours truly celebrated this at the prize-giving including a fine rock-and-roll band (rumours state I danced with the wife of the major of Antalya; of course I completely have forgotten that).

West North East South— 2}* Pass 2{ 2] Pass 4] ?

2} Weak two in diamonds, or some strong hand

At favourable vulnerability, have you anything to bid after 4] as South holding:

[ Q 8 ] 4 { A K 10 } K 10 7 6 5 4 3

In 2007 we travelled to Jesolo. For the first time with girls on the Dutch junior team. This created new problems. Of course the girls did not play in the morning match since they were entitled to a beauty sleep. Late in the evening they dressed up handsomely, went out on the town and caused many juniors from other countries to go to bed very late. Marion Michielsen and Meike Wortel gave the event a special accent and employed a special weapon: the length (better shortness) of their skirts. Many a junior from abroad could not keep his eyes off our beautiful girls and – what is very important – allowed them to take the major part of the IMPs. The championship went very well for us and we were heading for the silver medal, at a respectable distance from a very strong Italian team. With two rounds to be played Italy took on the Estonian/Latvian team and we met Austria. After a couple of boards we were up some 20 IMPs and Italy was down the same number. Could it be possible? Yes, 23-7 for us and the Italian juniors went under water with 3-25. We were leading! In the last match we faced Norway, traditionally a high obstacle for us: it ended in a draw (14-16) and we kept Italy at 5 VPs distance: it became very, very late that night in Jesolo when Marion, Meike, Bob, Merijn, Jacco, Vincent celebrated their golden medal.


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

West North East South — 2} Pass 2{ 2] Pass 4] 5} Dble All Pass

West's lead was a small trump for the ace in South. Declarer, Marion Michielsen, played a small spade to the king in dummy. A club from North and East put in the jack, declarer ducking for West's ace. The junior West rather innocently continued with a trump for the ace. The {10 was overtaken with jack in dummy and a flying finesse for }Q gave declarer an overtrick! Comparing scores: “650. A push we have also 650”. With a closer look it turned out both 650s could be added. Now you understand why the bulletin editor described the Dutch girls as ‘handle with care’.

For myself as a coach there were still the European Championships of 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 to come and, although the Dutch juniors fought a fierce battle and sometimes came close, there was no place for us on the podium. With, from 2009, Agnes Snellers and Wubbo de Boer as fantastic captains, the Dutch juniors looked for higher goals, winning the Junior World Championships in 2012, followed by silver in 2014 and bronze in 2018. With, after 2015, myself in the role of supporter and kibitzer, in which capacity I will also be present in Stokke, I wish all participants, coaches, captains, organisers, officials and, last but not least, the daily bulletin staff, a great tournament.

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THE 2019 APBF CHAMPIONSHIPSBrian Senior

The 2019 APBF Zonal Championships, qualifiers for this year's World Championships in Wuhan, China, were held in Singapore in the middle of June. These were a few of the more interesting deals from the championships.

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

In an early round of the Open series, East declared 3NT on the lead of the queen of spades. For most it was a question of cashing the top clubs to see if the queen fell and, when it did not, falling back on the heart finesse, a classic combining of chances. But how would you play if North won the ace of spades and returned the two?

That is how Australia's Sartaj Hans defended, and his opponent fell for it. Assuming that the two was an honest card, the spades were either four-four, when a loser could be afforded to either opponent, or six-two, when a loser could be afforded to North. So declarer won the second spade and played ace, king and ten of clubs, and the five-three spade break meant that he was one off in what most would claim was a laydown contract as the cards lie.

Hans was again the star on this next deal, from Australia's match with arch-rivals New Zealand.

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

West North East South Gill Tislevoll Hans Ware

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

West North East South Bach Milne Cornell Nunn

— — 1[ 2} 4} Pass 4[ All Pass

Nunn overcalled 2} and Bach splintered in clubs then accepted his partner's sign-off in 4[. Nunn led his singleton heart to the jack and ace and Cornell drew trumps in three rounds then knocked out the king of hearts. He had 11 easy tricks with the aid of the diamond finesse for +450.

Michael Ware did not overcall and watched his opponents get to the dangerously high level of 5[. Ware led a trump, Sartaj Hans winning dummy's queen and leading a club to the king and ace. Back came a second spade, again won in dummy, this time to lead a heart to the nine. That held the trick – good news for Hans, who still had work to do. He drew the outstanding trump then took the diamond finesse, cashed the {A, ruffed a diamond, ruffed a club, and exited with dummy's last diamond.

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Tislevoll won that and, down to nothing but hearts, had to lead round to dummy's queen to give the contract. That was a nice recovery from Hans to flatten the board at +450.

Had Tislevoll put in the jack on the first heart play, declarer would have won and drawn trumps then set up two more heart tricks, and the diamond finesse would again have provided the eleventh trick.

This next deal comes from Japan v China Hong Kong in the Mixed series.

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

West North East South T. Ueda Mok M. Ueda Fu

— — Pass 1{ Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

West North East South Kon H. Noda Ho Y. Noda

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

The Nodas got to what looks to be the normal contract of 3NT. Kon led the seven of clubs to the king and ace and Ho continued with the eight of clubs to dummy's queen. Yuko played a third club to hand followed by four rounds of spades, pitching two diamonds. Ho won and returned the nine of diamonds to the ten and jack, and all Kon could do was to cash the ace of diamonds; nine tricks for +400.

Mok became declarer in 4[, against which Mariko led the nine of diamonds to the ten and jack and Tetsuya switched to the ten of spades. Mok won the king and played a club to the queen and ace, won the spade return with the ace and played king

of clubs and another club to the ten. Next he ruffed a diamond before playing a heart to the ace and taking a heart discard on the jack of clubs. Mariko ruffed that and played back her remaining trump and Mok had to concede a heart at the end for down one; –50 and 10 IMPs to Japan.

Suppose that, after ruffing a diamond, declarer had played the queen followed by his last trump to East. Down to only hearts, East must return that suit and declarer wins dummy's ace and cashes the jack of clubs. That squeezes West in the red suits and either the {K or, in practice, the ten of hearts, becomes declarer's tenth trick.

This next one comes from China v Chinese Taipei in the Open.

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

West North East South Chen Luo Zhuang Liu

1NT Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass 3{ Pass 3[ Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5[ Pass 5NT Pass 6[ All Pass West North East South Fong Shi Zhang Ju

1NT Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 6[ All Pass

Both E/W pairs bid to the decent spade slam. Chen/Zhuang followed a fairly standard transfer sequence, while there was a lot of artificiality in the sequence of Fong/Zhang.

Shi led the king of hearts against Fong, who won the ace and ruffed a heart, led a diamond to his jack, and ruffed another heart. A diamond to the ace allowed him to take a third heart ruff, after


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which he cashed the ace and queen of spades, came to hand with the king of clubs and cashed the [K. The three-three diamond split meant that he had shown us all how to make 7[; +1010.

Luo too led the king of hearts to declarer's ace. Chen followed exactly the same line to 13 tricks and a flat board.

The simple line of drawing trumps appears to need four diamond tricks or a squeeze for the twelfth trick, which is not great odds. Superficially, the dummy reversal, as played by both our declarers, requires trumps three-two and the {Q with South – declarer is an entry short if the diamond is with North – but when diamonds play for four tricks he will usually survive a four-one trump break, just losing to the long trump at the end, which improves the overall chance of success.

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

West North East South Gill Zen Hans Wan

— Pass Pass 2} Pass 3} Pass 3[ Pass 4] Pass 5} Pass 5] Pass 6}

West North East South Lau Hung Ng Edgtton

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

Not for the first time in our bridge lives, we see a strong and artificial 2} opening pre-empt our own auction. Maybe that South hand is just too strong to not open 2}, but N/S would surely be better placed if they could start 1[ – 1NT – 3{ – 3NT. South would continue with 4{, but they should then be able to stop at a lower level than was actually achieved. The auctions at our two tables after opening 2} may have been perfectly reasonable, in context, but neither could be described as a thing of beauty, which also applies to the final contracts reached.

The slam didn't last long. Gill led his singleton spade and collected a ruff. Though Samuel Wan got the trumps right, that was only to allow him to escape for down one and –100.

Tony Lau led a heart against the inelegant 5[ contract in the other room, Nabil Edgtton winning the ace, perforce. Edgtton played the king of spades and, when the jack appeared on his left, continued with a low spade to Ng's ten. Ng returned the jack of hearts but Edgtton could win the ace and cross to hand with a diamond to play another spade. With no heart left with which to force declarer, Ng was powerless to come to more than just the ten and ace of trumps. Edgtton had done well to come to 11 tricks for +650 and another 13 IMPs to Australia.

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Board 25. Dealer North. E/W Vul. [ A J 7 ] Q 9 4 { A 9 8 3 } J 6 5 [ Q 4 3 [ K 10 8 6 2 ] A K J ] 8 7 2 { K 7 4 2 { 6 5 } A 9 7 } Q 10 4 [ 9 5 ] 10 6 5 3 { Q J 10 } K 8 3 2

West North East South Gontha Lai Supeno Mak

— 1NT Pass Pass Dble Pass 2[ All Pass

West North East South Wan Parisian Zen George

— 1NT Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Both Norths opened a weak no trump and both Wests doubled when it came around to them. While Zen was willing to stand the double on the East cards, Supeno preferred the security of his five-card spade suit and removed the double to 2[.

Mak led the queen of diamonds against 2[ and continued with the jack when that held the trick.

When that too scored, he switched to the six of hearts and Supeno rose with the ace and led a spade to his ten. That won, of course, so he continued with a second spade for the queen and ace, and Lai got out with the jack of spades to declarer's king. Supeno led a heart to the king and tried to ruff out the ace of diamonds but that didn't work so he exited with a heart, hoping for an endplay. No, Lai won the heart and had the ace of diamonds to play so Supeno ruffed that and led a club to the nine. Though that lost to the jack, now he had the hoped for endplay and the club return ensured two club tricks and eight in all for +110.

Zen led the six of spades against 1NT doubled, Parisian ducking Wan's queen and also ducking the spade return. Zen won the [K and played the eight of spades to the ace. Parisian, with no likeky entry to the dummy, led a low diamond from hand, the ten losing to the king. Wan played three rounds of hearts, Parisian winning the queen and crossing to dummy with a diamond to cash the thirteenth heart before taking two more diamond tricks. the contract was down only one for –100, so there was no swing on the board.

Had Zen returned the two of spades at trick three, suit-preference for clubs, Wan might have found the low club switch instead of three rounds of hearts. that goes to the ten and queen, and the best declarer can do is to cash out the diamonds for down two. Of course, even with such a signal, a club switch may look too dangerous from West's perspective.

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