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Tuesday, 20 June 2006Issue No. 11

Co-ordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer – Editor: Brent Manley – Assistant Editors: Mark Horton, Brian Senior& Franco Broccoli – Layout Editor: Akis Kanaris – Photographer: Ron Tacchi

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Rosenblum Cup (Semi-Final)McConnell Cup (Final)

10.30 Boards 1-15 (Session 1)13.45 Boards 16-30 (Session 2)16.15 Boards 31-45 (Session 3)18.45 Boards 46-60 (Session 4)

Open and Women’s Pairs (Semi-Final)10.30 Session 215.30 Session 3

IMP and Senior Pairs10.30 Session 115.30 Session 2

TODAY’S PROGRAMME

ContentsResults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7Cose di Casa Nostra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Heart Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Knockout Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10‘100% Solution’ & ‘Surrounded’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13China Smeg - Yadlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Championship Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Cartier Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The winning squad in the Senior Teams, Markowicz

A Clio, one of the cars provided by Renault, a tournament sponsor

The nervous and faint of heart would not have fared well asobservers of three matches on Monday that were settled asthe figurative time was running out on them.The most dramatic occurred in the McConnell, where the

Steiner team trailed China Global Times by 7 IMPs with oneboard to go. Steiner scored a game swing to win a match inwhich they had trailed by 27 IMPs in the fourth quarter.The winning Senior Team, led by American Victor Markow-

icz, was tied with their finals opponent, captained by LewFinkel, with two boards to go. The American-Israeli-Polishteam scored 6 IMPs on the next-to-last board and survivedwhen the final deal was a push, winning 59-53.

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VuGraph ProgrammeTeatro Verdi

10.30 McConnell Final13.45 TBA16.05 TBA18.25 TBA

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12th WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Verona, Italy

SENIOR TEAMS

ROSENBLUM CUPQuarter-Final Phase

McCONNELL CUPSemi-Final Phase

33 Katt-Bridge Narasimhan 27 - 18 8 - 43 38 - 23 24 - 43 97 -127

34 Steiner China Global 28 - 2 6 - 37 23 - 43 34 - 6 91 - 88

Final PhaseBoards Boards Total

1-12 13-2421 Markowicz Finkel 11 - 33 48 - 20 59 - 53

Play-Off PhaseBoards Boards Total

1-12 13-2422 Netherlands 1 Jean-Marsha 19 - 42 52 - 18 71 - 60

Boards Boards Boards Boards Total1-14 15-28 29-42 43-56

1 Nickell Meltzer 42 - 18 13 - 26 26 - 27 5 - 38 86 -1092 Mahaffey Henner 24 - 25 12 - 41 9 - 61 56 - 19 101 -1463 Yadlin China SMEG 22 - 42 23 - 34 55 - 27 48 - 28 148 - 1314 Soulet Welland R 22 - 22 32 - 31 31 - 46 33 - 45 118 -144

Semi-Final PhaseBoards Boards Total

1-12 13-2421 Netherlands 1 Markowicz 4 - 19 28 - 30 32 - 4922 Finkel Jean-Marsha 21 - 28 40 - 22 61 - 50

WBF Systems Committee

There will be a meeting of the WBF Systems Com-mittee at 09.30 on Thursday 22 June in the WBFMeeting Room (Sala Mozart) on the first floor ofthe Verona Fiere.

EPSON FREE SERVICE

Epson will promote a free service in Player Plazabasement to print your pictures on June 20th andJune 24th.

Take home a Souvenir of the WorldBridge Championships in Verona

WBF bar-coded cards are for sale at the HospitalityDesk. The cost is 1 Euro per pack, and they are sold insets of 10 packs.

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12th WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS9 - 24 June 2006

Rank Names Total1 Ashok Kumar GOEL - Kamal MUKHERJEE 59.422 Patrick GRENTHE - Michel DUGUET 58.683 Jean-Paul BALIAN - Philippe TOFFIER 58.024 Tomasz GOTARD - Josef PIEKAREK 57.935 Bryan MAKSYMETZ - Lars ANDERSSON 57.886 Jens AUKEN - Soren CHRISTIANSEN 57.407 Giovanni ALBAMONTE - Riccardo INTONTI 57.368 N.K.GUPTA - Sandeep THAKRAL 57.049 John KRANYAK - Ron SMITH 56.57

10 Tim COPE - Glen HOLMAN 56.5611 Raju TOLANI - Ajay KHARE 56.4712 Jerome ROMBAUT - Lionel SEBBANE 56.3213 Wei Dong LIU - Hong Lu ZHONG 56.3014 Jean-Jacques PALAU - Pierre-Yves GUILLAUMIN 56.1815 Franck MULTON - Pierre ZIMMERMANN 56.1416 Tezcan SEN - Okay GUR 55.8617 Keiran DYKE - David WILTSHIRE 55.7918 Rafal JAGNIEWSKI - Boguslaw PAZUR 55.7119 Marc BOMPIS - Thierry De SAINTE MARIE 55.7020 Jon Egil FURUNES - Per Erik AUSTBERG 55.5321 Maris MATISONS - Andris SMILGAJS 55.3822 Jorgen MOLBERG - Terje AA 55.3123 Aubrey STRUL - Bobby JONES 55.2024 Carel BERENDREGT - Bert PAPING 55.0525 Stefano CATA - Giancarlo MARINI 54.9926 Andreas GLOYER - Wolfgang LAUSS 54.9527 Assaf LENGY - Gadi LEBOVITS 54.9128 Jason HACKETT - Justin HACKETT 54.8429 Rene STIENEN - Ernst WARENDORF 54.8030 Tom TOWNSEND - David GOLD 54.8031 George JACOBS - Alfredo VERSACE 54.7532 Jose Carlos HENRIQUES - Juliano BARBOSA 54.7533 Alain DELFOUR - Francois STRETZ 54.7334 Igor CURLIN - Dmitri PROKHOROV 54.7235 Fried WEBER - Martin LOFGREN 54.6836 Yossi ROLL - Ilan BAREKET 54.6537 Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI - Tomasz SIELICKI 54.6538 Adam WILDAVSKY - Doug DOUB 54.5839 Olivier BESSIS - Godefroy De TESSIERES 54.5440 Moza PANAHPOUR - Ishmael DELMONTE 54.5241 Rajendra GOKHALE - Sk IYENGAR 54.4942 Julien GAVIARD - Thomas BESSIS 54.4543 Sven Olai HOYLAND - Sam Inge HOYLAND 54.3144 Ismail KANDEMIR - Suleyman KOLATA 54.2545 Dominique GERIN - Patrick DADOUN 54.2446 Jacques POTIER - Richard NAIGARD 54.1847 Desislava Borissova POPOVA - Georgi KARAKOLEV 54.0948 Enrico LONGINOTTI - Giampaolo FRANCO 54.0549 Tor BIRKELAND - Espen LINDQVIST 54.0450 David KENDRICK - Patrick COLLINS 54.0251 Paulo Goncalves PEREIRA - Antonio PALMA 53.8252 Giuseppe FABBRINI - Niccolo FOSSI 53.7953 Michael ROSENBERG - Ralph KATZ 53.7454 Michael PRESCOTT - Stephen BURGESS 53.7255 Alan NELSON - Kath NELSON 53.7256 Zu Qiang TIAN - Song He ZHOU 53.7257 Harriette BUCKMAN - George RETEK 53.7058 Ahu ZOBU - Victor ARONOV 53.6959 Alex KOLESNIK - Roberto SCARAMUZZI 53.6960 John ARMSTRONG - John HOLLAND 53.6961 Nils Kare KVANGRAVEN - Tom HOILAND 53.6862 Alejandro BIANCHEDI - Ernesto MUZZIO 53.6863 Pritish KUSHARI - Sumit MUKHERJEE 53.6764 Maxim ZHMAK - Denis DOBRIN 53.6765 Jan JANSMA - Louk VERHEES JR 53.5966 Llia VASILEV - Ivan NANEV 53.5567 Krzysztof MARTENS - Vytautas VAINIKONIS 53.54

68 Bang Xiang ZHANG - Jia Xiang SHEN 53.4669 Konrad ARASZKIEWICZ - Dariusz KOWALSKI 53.4570 Paul CHEMLA - Philippe CRONIER 53.4471 Giulio BONGIOVANNI - Jacek ROMANSKI 53.4372 Sartaj HANS - Tony NUNN 53.3173 Roman GRZELAK - Tadeusz RALKO 53.2574 Jacek KALITA - Krzysztof KOTOROWICZ 53.2375 Steve ROBINSON - Peter BOYD 53.2276 Marian RADULESCU - Marina STEGAROIU 53.1777 Vadim KHOLOMEEV - Jouri KHIOUPPENEN 53.1378 Lucian TACIUC - Mihai STAVRACHE 53.1279 Andrzej JASZCZAK - Piotr WALCZAK 53.1180 Hans-Herman GWINNER - Andreas PAWLIK 53.0581 Arno LINDERMANN - Martin SCHIFKO 53.0582 Thibault MALARME - Romain TEMBOURET 53.0383 Bobby RICHMAN - Zoltan NAGY 53.0284 Gitte HECHT-JOHANSEN - Valentin Dgiassim AL-SHATI 53.0185 Kamal Kumar ROY - Debashish ROY 52.9986 Aymeric LEBATTEUX - Nicolas LHUISSIER 52.9787 Maija ROMANOVSKA - Karlis RUBINS 52.9088 Jacek CIECHOMSKI - Piotr JUREK 52.8789 Vasil BATOV - Ilko BONEV 52.8090 Jaanus MARIPUU - Tanel KOIVUPUU 52.7891 Maria Joao LARA - Manuel d' OREY CAPUCHO 52.7792 John DAVIDSON - Michael WHIBLEY 52.7693 Arnaud ANCESSY - Frederic BRUNET 52.7194 Larissa PANINA - Michael ROSENBLUM 52.6895 Herve VINCENT - Federico GODED 52.6496 Wojciech OLANSKI - Wlodzimierz STARKOWSKI 52.6297 Piero ARGANINI - Grant BAZE 52.5198 Martin REINERTSEN - Erik RYNNING 52.5099 Robert LEBI - Nader HANNA 52.49

100 Badal Chandra DAS - Sibnath Dey SARKAR 52.42101 Craig GOWER - Henry MANSELL 52.37102 Apolinary KOWALSKI - Piotr TUSZYNSKI 52.33103 Gianpaolo CENTIOLI - Angelo VIOLA 52.33104 Rossen Geourgiev GUNEV - Julian STEFANOV 52.30105 Gianni RUSPA - Luigi FERRARI 52.28106 Stephen BLACKSTOCK - Stephen HENRY 52.24107 Guy LAFFINEUR - Jean-Christophe QUANTIN 52.18108 Pablo LAMBARDI - Adolfo Daniel MADALA 52.16109 Matilda POPLILOV - Lilo POPLILOV 52.13110 Alain NAHMIAS - Dominique BEAUMIER 52.09111 David BIRMAN - Alon BIRMAN 52.06112 Jason FELDMAN - Ari GREENBERG 52.03113 Rene HERMANS - Willem Van EIJCK 52.02114 Jean Francois ALLIX - Eric MAUBERQUEZ 52.00115 Simon GILLIS - Boye BROGELAND 51.98116 Bo NORGREN - Jan OLSEN 51.96117 Antonio SEMENTA - Giovanni DELFINO 51.95118 Nick SANDQVIST - Artur MALINOWSKI 51.88119 Ulli JAHR - Berthold ENGEL 51.83120 Rui WANG - Sheng Hong CHEN 51.82121 Giordano SCULLIN - Paolo BAGHETTI 51.79122 Roberto MINERO - Piercarlo MUSSO 51.77123 Connie GOLDBERG - Wafik ABDOU 51.77124 Yu Xiong SHEN - Ya Fu LIN 51.69125 Kazuo FURUTA - Kyoko SHIMAMURA 51.68126 Michel BESSIS - Maurice SALAMA 51.65127 Giorgio MENINI - Mauro SALVETTI 51.63128 Nikola BARANTIEV - Ivan IVANOV 51.41129 Antonio LARDO - Francesco NATALE 51.40130 Marcin LESNIEWSKI - Jean-Michel VOLDOIRE 51.37131 Boguslaw GIERULSKI - Jerzy SKRZYPCZAK 51.37132 Heinrich BERGER - Ulrich SPAUR 51.35133 Federico IAVICOLI - Giuseppe DELLE CAVE 51.35134 Avi KANETKAR - Nigel ROSENDORF 51.28135 Valerie GARDINER - Peter GILL 51.27

OPEN PAIRS QUALIFYINGFinal Standings (After 5th Session)

136 Eli SOLHEIM - Ivar M.ANFINSEN 51.21137 Archie SEQUERA - Ramawatar AGARWAL 51.20138 Alexandru ELIAN - Dan ZARA 51.19139 Pierre SAPORTA - Jean-Louis MARLIER 51.17140 Guillaume GRENTHE - Jerome GRENTHE 51.14141 Larry MORI - Venkatrao KONERU 51.12142 Zvonko PETROVIC - Zeljko PINTARIC 51.12143 G_ VENKATESH - Krishna Kumar KANNINGAT 51.07144 Linda LEWIS - Paul LEWIS 51.07145 Paul D HACKETT - Tony WATERLOW 51.03146 Didier PIGNOL - Frederic LACROIX 51.03147 Yalcin ATABEY - Salvador ASSAEL 50.92148 Francesco FIORETTI - Luigi FRAZZETTO 50.85149 Tien-Chun YANG - Robert TODD 50.84150 Michael ROCHE - John RAYNER 50.84151 Arun BAPAT - Ramamurti SRIDHARAN 50.79152 Tadashi IMAKURA - Masayuki INO 50.79153 Erik SAELENSMINDE - Ingvar ERGA 50.77154 Tommy GARVEY - John CARROLL 50.75155 Sajid ISPAHANI - David GREENWOOD 50.73156 Frederic VOLCKER - Quentin ROBERT 50.68157 Sheng Yue GUI - Xiao SHI 50.64158 Per JANSSON - Niclas JOHANSSON 50.62159 Harumi SHIBANO - Yoshiyuki NAKAMURA 50.60160 Warren SPECTOR - Michael SEAMON 50.60161 Laurent THUILLEZ - Wilfried LIBRECHT 50.60162 Michael CORNELL - Ashley BACH 50.56163 Henrik-Carl NOBERIUS - Arvid WIKNER 50.56164 Jacques HENRI - Jean-Pierre LAFOURCADE 50.55165 Alexandra NIKITINA - Sergei SYTSEVICH 50.44166 Mustafa AKGUL - Toros YUKSEL 50.43167 Danny SPRUNG - Kitty MUNSON COOPER 50.38168 Tony FORRESTER - Mike MOSS 50.37169 Rashid JAFER - Nishat ABEDI 50.37170 Thanos KAPAYANNIDIS - Petros TRIANTAFILLIS 50.36171 Petros AGGELOPOULOS - Sotiris NINOS 50.28172 Kit WOOLSEY - Fred STEWART 50.27173 Krzysztof BURAS - Grzegorz NARKIEWICZ 50.26174 Tony WATKINS - Dave BLACKMAN 50.25175 Marlene DUGUET - Pierre-Jean LOUCHART 50.25176 Shireen MOHANDES - Andrew BOWLES 50.24177 Otto RUTHENBERG - Jerzy KOZYCZKOWSKI 50.13178 Keyzad.ANKLESARIA - Vinay DESAI 50.11179 Dipak PODDAR - Anand K S SAMANT 50.10180 Justin LALL - Hemant LALL 50.09181 Xiao HU - Jun CHEN 50.08182 George TORNAY - Phillip ALDER 50.05183 Peter LAKATOS - Balazs SZEGEDI 50.02184 Michael YUEN - Michael GAMBLE 49.94185 Patrick NAELS - Sabine BERG 49.86186 Jeff SAPIRE - Neville EBER 49.84187 Christian ZACH - Alexander WERNLE 49.79188 Jan Petter SVENDSEN - Rune HAUGE 49.72189 Bernard DONDE - Alon APTEKER 49.71190 Anil PADHYE - Rajesh DALAL 49.68191 Oscar NETTL - Maarten SCHOLLAARDT 49.64192 Sedat PARACIK - Ayhan COSKUNOL 49.62193 Vincent KROES - Jan Van CLEEFF 49.62194 Pauline GUMBY - Warren LAZER 49.61195 Geza HOMONNAY - Miklos DUMBOVICH 49.61196 Francois BOUCHER - Marc LACHAPELLE 49.59197 Paolo PASQUINI - Jose Maria VALDES 49.59198 D.g.SIMEONI - Henri NICOLAI 49.57199 Vincent VIDALAT - Simon POULAT 49.48200 Jan MARTEL - Sally WOOLSEY 49.37201 Eugenio ALZATI - Domenico ZUCCO 49.34202 Stefan CABAJ - Wlodzimierz ILNICKI 49.31203 Giuseppe MASSAROLI - Amilcare POZZI 49.29204 Adrien VINAY - P SEGUIN 49.28205 Alexander F LEWIS - Anal SHAH 49.21206 Marious FERENTIU - Gabriel NEAMTU 49.10207 Gyorgy MARJAI - Ferenc ZOLD 49.09208 Enrico GUERRA - Massimo MORITSCH 49.06209 Maria LEBEDEVA - Igor KHAZANOV 49.06210 S.K.HOODA - Rana ROY 49.05

211 Dan MANEA - Gabriel BALITA 49.02212 Valerio GIUBILO - Guido BONAVOGLIA 48.97213 Robert STOLINSKI - Adam HINTERTAN 48.96214 Mckenzie MYERS - Joel DATLOFF 48.92215 Fabienne PIGEAUD - Lewis KAPLAN 48.89216 Anna MATWIJOW - Bernard JADCZAK 48.85217 Janet DE BOTTON - Gunnar HALLBERG 48.68218 Tadashi TERAMOTO - Shunsuke MORIMURA 48.60219 Gene FREED - Bill WICKHAM 48.54220 Serge CHEVALIER - Andre GIGNAC 48.52221 Marc SMITH - Peter CZERNIEWSKI 48.50222 Vincenzo BURGIO - Salvatore GATTO 48.49223 Farid ASSEMI - Edward WOJEWODA 48.48224 Khawar Saeed ANSARI - Saeed Hasan ANSARI 48.47225 Sven SESTER - Olavi OJA 48.45226 Furio MENEGHINI - Roberto SALTARELLI 48.43227 Perla SLIMAK - Steve HAMAOUI 48.41228 Maciej DOBRZYNSKI - Wojciech ARCZEWSKI 48.40229 Christine BERNARD - Michel REBILLARD 48.40230 Henri SCHWEITZER - Dominique JOEGNE 48.37231 Jelena ALFEJEVA - Vladimir GONCA 48.36232 Leonardo CIMA - Cristiano MIOZZI 48.35233 Marie-Claude GOUVERITH - Alain SAMY 48.35234 Evgueni SOLNTSEV - Pavel VOROBEI 48.29235 Erwin OTVOSI - Marek BOREWICZ 48.17236 Arturo SALTELLI - Clodomiro MUROLO 48.13237 Francesco NATALE - Marco VILLANI 48.12238 Franco GUSSO - Corrado DI FABIO 48.11239 Eric DEBUS - Piet VANDEREET 48.09240 Paolo COMUNIAN - Claudio BIANCHINI 48.07241 Fahri GUNER - Mehmet AKKASOGLU 48.05242 Jun ZHANG - Jin Sheng BOAM 48.01243 Victor GOLDBERG - Willie COYLE 47.99244 Bojan AMBROZ - Miro NOVAK 47.99245 Cian HOLLAND - Gay KEAVENEY 47.94246 Giorgio ZANARDI - Giuseppe De MONTIS 47.91247 Reinert AMUNDSEN - Paul BANG 47.85248 Ange AGNETTI - Franck MATEOS-RUIZ 47.83249 Antonio TOMADINI - Luciano ZANETTE 47.77250 Gerardo DE MARCO - Francesco DE GENNARO 47.71251 Patrick ALLEGRINI - Jean Michel HUC DE BAT 47.62252 Janice ANDERSON - Richard ANDERSON 47.60253 Lydie TRAJMAN - Shapour MOHTASHAMI 47.57254 Tung LI MEW - Pierre PHILOGENE 47.54255 Abdellah LAGHRARI - Khalil BENSOUDA 47.50256 Cosmin MINDRUTA - Dan VOINESCU 47.47257 Irina LADYZHENSKY - Alexander LADYZHENSKY 47.41258 Brigitte AUBONNET - Christophe CARDE 47.40259 Zoraida DIEBOLD - Eduardo ROSEN 47.36260 Michael ELINESCU - Stefan HAAS 47.28261 Louise MITCHELL - Diarmuid REDDAN 47.27262 Josef̀ OREN - Paul WEINSTOCK 47.23263 Fabio SAMPAIO - Albert HAHN 47.16264 Abdelkamal RERHAYE - Said Mohamed BERRADA 47.13265 Pierre ADAD - Pascal RINGUET 47.06266 Davor BLAZENCIC - Dean POKORNY 47.04267 Josef HARSANYI - Georg WEISZ 47.03268 Jyotindra SHAH - Sandeep KARMARKAR 46.91269 Hans FRERICHS - Ulrich WENNING 46.75270 Alexandra BERTRAN - Paul WENS 46.67271 Sam KATZ - Martha KATZ-BENSON 46.64272 Maurizio ROSCIANO - Leandro POLITANO 46.61273 Cate HUGHES - Stanislav NEDKOV 46.60274 Jungyoon PARK - Ilsub JUNG 46.55275 Teodorescu CORNEL - Aldo Giovanni GERLI 46.51276 Rita MUCHA - Alexandru PANA 46.43277 Agnes TRIOMPHE - Isabelle MAGIS 46.34278 Niso ESKINAZI - Namik KOKTEN 46.31279 Themis ROUVIS - Antonis KOMODROMOS 46.26280 Orlando PURGATORIO - Manlio TOMASSINI 46.22281 Karl LICHTENEGGER - Konrad WINKLER 46.15282 Vanna MENDITTO - Mario CAJANO 46.08283 Philippe MARILL - Didier MASSE 46.07284 Marita MAI - Francesco Ariatta 46.05285 Vassili LEVENKO - Prit HALLER 45.99

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286 Veronique VENTOS - David FORGE 45.89287 Steve SIDELL - Dan ROMM 45.87288 Francesc MURGIA - Lelio BATTAGLIA 45.80289 Mario D'AGOSTINO - Gaetano MASSA 45.59290 Alessio CECCHI - Carlo DEGLI INNOCENTI 45.59291 Tonno VAHK - Joel AASMAE 45.56292 Rosetta AMMIRATA - Eduardo SCANAVINO 45.44293 Gastone MOTTA - Tiziano BRIZIO 45.34294 Shalh MOFAHKAMI - Giorgio ODELLO 45.18295 Lutz DOHNERT - Miguel FENTE 45.17296 Pierluigi IOTTI - Giancarlo GIACHETTI 45.05297 Mauro MASTRETTA - Vincenz LA NOVARA 44.75298 Adolfo Andres MADALA - Shivam SHAH 44.73299 Hakan TABAK - Sevinc ATAY 44.69300 Peter FEHER - Csaba CZIMER 44.39301 Guido TOLETTI - Massimo FERRARI 44.32302 Giovanni Carlo PRINCIPE - Luigi MELCHIORI 44.21303 Alvin FITZPATRICK - Joseph HOWARD 44.11304 Catherine RITTER - Paul GOSNEY 43.98305 Tore GUNDERSEN - John Arthur FROGE 43.93306 Annamaria PIROVANO - Dino VIOTTI 43.78307 Jean-Marc BOLOMEY - Guillaume FREJACQUES 43.78308 Franco CIBRARIO - Franco TROMBETTA 43.72

309 Andrew CRUISE - Melvin CARVALHO 43.70310 Gila EMODI - Roy RESHEF 43.64311 Nicky INNISS - Hugh WILLIAMS 43.51312 Jose L NADER - Guilherme JUNQUEIRA 43.45313 Marlene WATTS - Adam SARTEN 43.40314 Barry NOBLE - George BILSKI 43.23315 Bela BENEDEK - Peter BOZZAI 42.90316 Lillian MORGANTI - Ugo MORGANTI 42.87317 Mine BABAC - Aydin UYSAL 42.66318 Husnu UYGUN - Nail YAVUZ 42.58319 Renate HANSEN - Fabio COLASANTE 42.33320 Nicole SCHULMANN - Jacques GONFREVILLE 42.29321 Jp GOENKA - Alok SADHU 41.65322 Roberto PADOVANI - Luigi MOLINAROLLI 41.57323 Ezio TRAGHIN - Antonio SABBATINI 41.35324 Stephane SANT - Christophe MARRO 40.60325 Aldo MOSCA - Antonio PASQUARELLA 40.26326 Albert MUGGIA - Aldo MUGGIA 39.29327 Maria Rosa STERZA - Roberto TOLUZZO 39.15328 Aldo CORRADO - Vincenzo CRISPO 38.44329 Christiane LEBRETON - Serge HENRY 38.18330 Kyounghea SUNG - Iynruyng HWANG 36.61331 Carole VAN WIECK - Francine WINHAM 36.22

Rank Names Total1 Yan HUANG - Yan Hong WANG 59.692 Joann GLASSON - Lisa BERKOWITZ 57.833 Ruth ARAMI - Kohava SCHWARTZ 56.224 Sally BROCK - Heather DHONDY 56.165 Debora CAMPAGNANO - Irene BARONI 55.736 Catherine FISHPOOL - Claude BLOUQUIT 55.667 Luigina GENTILI - Maddalena SEVERGNINI 55.528 Nur CINAR - Sevil AKIN 55.119 Katherine WEI-SENDER - Linda GREEN 53.97

10 Gemma MARIANO - Tina J.Del GALLEGO 53.7411 Pascale THUILLEZ - Dominique JEANIN-NALTET 53.5212 Ana Maria De ALONSO - Monica ANG.De BALDASARRE 53.4913 Chantal HAMMERLI - Maria ERHART 53.3714 Vanessa REESS - Nathalie FREY 53.0915 Ruth FARKAS - Ora DAN 53.0116 Ora LOURIE - Sally STRUL 52.9017 Pat MEEHAN - Rose O'FARRELL 52.7918 Gianna ARRIGONI - Gabriella OLIVIERI 52.6419 Monica BURATTI - Darinka FORTI 52.6320 Barbara NIST - Helen ABBOTT 52.6121 Petra MANSELL - Merle MODLIN 52.6122 Carla GIANARDI - Laura ROVERA 52.4523 Christine BOYLSON - Michelle BRUNNER 52.3224 Emanuela CAPRIATA - Cristina GOLIN 52.2425 Vera TAGLIAFERI - Monica AGHEMO 52.0226 Faith MAYER - Victoria EGAN 51.9127 Jo MORSE - Susie MILLER 51.8628 Margie GWOZDZINSKY - Cathy STRAUCH 51.7929 Gloria COLOMBO BRUGNONI - Mietta PREVE 51.6730 Donna COMPTON - Gigi SIMPSON 51.6431 Antonella BACOCCOLI - Tiziana ROSI 51.5332 Natalija VEKSA - Liga BRIKMANE 51.3733 Lila PANAHPOUR - Benedicte CRONIER 51.0834 Judy BUSSELL - Stephanie KYME 51.0035 Nevena SENIOR - Janine FORD 50.9836 Nadine WOOD - Linda MALONEY 50.9137 Renee LEGER - Laurence RIMBAUD 50.8738 Martine ROSSARD - Johanna RACZYNSKA 50.8239 Nicola SMITH - Kitty TELTSCHER 50.6840 Patrizia CECCONI - Paola RONCHI 50.44

41 Daniela BALDASSIN - Beatrice MORGANTE 50.2042 Annette HENRY - Pamela NISBET 50.0543 Harriet SESSELI - Susanne HOCHULI 49.7744 Rozanne POLLACK - Maggie SHENKIN 49.7045 Anna BOZZO - Livia CIGNOLINI 49.6646 Loukia TRIANTAFYLLI - Despina KANELLOPOULOU 49.2947 Gilda PENDER - Patricia KELLY 49.2648 Lale GUMRUKCUOGLU - Belis ATALAY 48.7349 Monica MAINOLDI - Rita GIBERTONI 48.5250 Belle AXELROD - Ursula HAMMERSCHLAG 48.4151 Valerie BLOOM - Maureen HOLROYD 48.2952 Silvia BOLDT - Gloria IRIBARREN 48.2953 Yvonne HULETT - Val STEPHENSON 48.1654 Karin WENNING - Gerda HEINRICHS 48.1555 Mileva JOBIN - Ala SOBOL 48.0956 Di GMUR - Carol VAN RENSBURG 48.0857 Estera LISKER - Amanda JEGER 48.0258 Kotomi ASAKOSHI - Akiko MIWA 47.8159 Yasuko KOSAKA - Hideko TAKEUCHI 47.7960 Deborah FLETCHER - Lisa DE MEILLAC 47.7461 Ena CLEARY - Jeannie FITZGERALD 47.3962 Diana BALKIN - Peta BANDUCCI 47.3963 Hilary DOWLING-LONG - Ann Marie HORAN 47.3764 Adriana ANDRETTA - Wilma SCALCO 47.2865 Astrid DEKKER - Rosalien BARENDREGT 47.2766 Lynn BAYMAN - Usha KOTHARI 47.2767 Denise JOSA - Pat HOWARD 46.8868 Angela DE BIASIO - Donatella GIGLIOTTI 46.8169 Pony Beate NEHMERT - Ulrike MULLER 46.7870 Meta GOODMAN - Margaret MILLAR 46.7871 Madlene GERSTEL - Elisabeth WAELCHLI 46.2472 Stacy JACOBS - Shannon CAPPELLETTI 45.9373 Bodil FOSSAN - Vigdis MOEN 45.7874 Audrey SMITH - Lyn O'NEILL 44.8675 Fethiye TAGA - Zuhal ATALAY 44.4976 Di ADRAIN - Margie HULETT 44.3377 Nadia BERTOCCHI - Elisabetta SIZZO 41.7978 Gupta RAJESH - Promila SARAF 41.7379 Vicki BENN - Gabi BENN-NISSAM 39.25

WOMEN’S PAIRS QUALIFYINGFinal Standings (After 5th Session)

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Rank Names Total1 Ahu ZOBU - Victor ARONOV 63.122 Bjarni EINARSSON - Sigurbjorn HARALDSSON 62.943 Joe GRUE - Curtis CHEEK 62.594 Konrad ARASZKIEWICZ - Dariusz KOWALSKI 62.325 Michael PRESCOTT - Stephen BURGESS 62.066 Jens AUKEN - Soren CHRISTIANSEN 61.457 Jon Egil FURUNES - Per Erik AUSTBERG 60.668 Piero ARGANINI - Grant BAZE 60.579 Michael ROSENBERG - Ralph KATZ 60.43

10 Andreas GLOYER - Wolfgang LAUSS 59.7211 Wojciech OLANSKI - Wlodzimierz STARKOWSKI 59.5712 Paul CHEMLA - Philippe CRONIER 59.4913 Sartaj HANS - Tony NUNN 59.1514 Waleed El AHMADI - Tarek SADEK 58.6715 Alex KOLESNIK - Roberto SCARAMUZZI 58.2216 Norberto BOCCHI - Giorgio DUBOIN 58.1217 N.K.GUPTA - Sandeep THAKRAL 58.1018 Giordano SCULLIN - Paolo BAGHETTI 57.8519 Bang Xiang ZHANG - Jia Xiang SHEN 57.8220 Julien GAVIARD - Thomas BESSIS 57.7621 Michel BESSIS - Maurice SALAMA 57.6022 Jose Carlos HENRIQUES - Juliano BARBOSA 57.3623 Bengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON - Anders MORATH 57.0724 Tom TOWNSEND - David GOLD 57.0425 Giulio BONGIOVANNI - Jacek ROMANSKI 56.6926 Moza PANAHPOUR - Ishmael DELMONTE 56.6727 Win ALLEGAERT - Jaggy SHIVDASANI 56.6228 Paulo Goncalves PEREIRA - Antonio PALMA 56.4329 Michael BAREL - Yaniv ZACK 55.9030 Thibault MALARME - Romain TEMBOURET 55.7431 Archie SEQUERA - Ramawatar AGARWAL 55.7232 Fred GITELMAN - Brad MOSS 55.5033 Marian RADULESCU - Marina STEGAROIU 55.2034 Jean-Paul BALIAN - Philippe TOFFIER 55.2035 Jan JANSMA - Louk VERHEES JR 55.1736 Jerome ROMBAUT - Lionel SEBBANE 54.9937 Vasil BATOV - Ilko BONEV 54.8938 Luca DARBI - Claudio BRUNELLI 54.8539 Jason HACKETT - Justin HACKETT 54.6540 Hans Christian NIELSEN - Lars BLAKSET 54.5541 David KENDRICK - Patrick COLLINS 54.5242 Enrico LONGINOTTI - Giampaolo FRANCO 54.5143 Sjoert BRINK - Bas DRIJVER 54.4544 Jacek CIECHOMSKI - Piotr JUREK 54.3945 Jacek KALITA - Krzysztof KOTOROWICZ 54.3446 Matthias THORVALDSSON - Magnus MAGNUSSON 54.2947 Rossen Geourgiev GUNEV - Julian STEFANOV 54.1648 Jason FELDMAN - Ari GREENBERG 54.0849 Larissa PANINA - Michael ROSENBLUM 53.8750 Gordon CAMPBELL - Piotr KLIMOWICZ 53.8051 Kamal Kumar ROY - Debashish ROY 53.5552 Jacques POTIER - Richard NAIGARD 53.5453 Alejandro BIANCHEDI - Ernesto MUZZIO 53.4854 Rafal JAGNIEWSKI - Boguslaw PAZUR 53.4455 Marc BOMPIS - Thierry De SAINTE MARIE 53.4256 Guido FERRARO - Agustin MADALA 53.1957 Assaf LENGY - Gadi LEBOVITS 53.1858 Vincent RAMONDT - Berry WESTRA 52.9459 Maris MATISONS - Andris SMILGAJS 52.8660 Stanislaw GOLEBIOWSKI - Tomasz SIELICKI 52.8261 Gabriel CHAGAS - Miguel VILLAS-BOAS 52.7462 Krzysztof MARTENS - Vytautas VAINIKONIS 52.5363 Andrei GROMOV - Alexander DUBININ 52.3064 Mario D'AVOSSA - Stelio DI BELLO 52.2365 Alain LEVY - Herve MOUIEL 52.1966 Matilda POPLILOV - Lilo POPLILOV 52.0867 Fulvio FANTONI - Claudio NUNES 52.0568 Ilan HERBST - Ofir HERBST 52.0169 Pierre SAPORTA - Jean-Louis MARLIER 51.9370 Valerie GARDINER - Peter GILL 51.91

71 Stephen BLACKSTOCK - Stephen HENRY 51.8972 Steve ROBINSON - Peter BOYD 51.6073 Tim COPE - Glen HOLMAN 51.5974 Roberto MINERO - Piercarlo MUSSO 51.5375 Boris BARAN - Mark GORDON 51.5176 Maija ROMANOVSKA - Karlis RUBINS 51.2277 Avi KANETKAR - Nigel ROSENDORF 51.2178 Kazuo FURUTA - Kyoko SHIMAMURA 51.2079 Antonio SEMENTA - Giovanni DELFINO 51.1580 Herve VINCENT - Federico GODED 51.1181 Rui WANG - Sheng Hong CHEN 50.8982 Tomasz GOTARD - Josef PIEKAREK 50.8883 Ismail KANDEMIR - Suleyman KOLATA 50.6584 Boguslaw GIERULSKI - Jerzy SKRZYPCZAK 50.5485 Alain DELFOUR - Francois STRETZ 50.4886 Philippe COENRAETS - Olivier NEVE 50.4587 Lucian TACIUC - Mihai STAVRACHE 50.3288 Paolo CLAIR - Carlo TOTARO 50.3189 Ton BAKKEREN - Huub BERTENS 50.2890 Jacek PSZCZOLA - Cezary BALICKI 50.2691 Raju TOLANI - Ajay KHARE 50.2292 Vadim KHOLOMEEV - Jouri KHIOUPPENEN 50.1593 Jean-Jacques PALAU - Jean-Jacques PALAU 50.1394 Nils Kare KVANGRAVEN - Tom HOILAND 49.9995 Patrick GRENTHE - Michel DUGUET 49.9596 John KRANYAK - Ron SMITH 49.7697 Aymeric LEBATTEUX - Nicolas LHUISSIER 49.6398 Giuseppe FABBRINI - Niccolo FOSSI 49.6199 Arnaud ANCESSY - Frederic BRUNET 49.57

100 Fried WEBER - Martin LOFGREN 49.52101 Adam WILDAVSKY - Doug DOUB 49.43102 Howard WEINSTEIN - Steve GARNER 49.41103 Pablo LAMBARDI - Adolfo Daniel MADALA 49.26104 Franck MULTON - Pierre ZIMMERMANN 49.22105 Jaanus MARIPUU - Tanel KOIVUPUU 49.19106 Bryan MAKSYMETZ - Lars ANDERSSON 49.12107 Geoff HAMPSON - Eric GRECO 49.11108 Pritish KUSHARI - Sumit MUKHERJEE 48.93109 Tor BIRKELAND - Espen LINDQVIST 48.86110 Arno LINDERMANN - Martin SCHIFKO 48.57111 Apolinary KOWALSKI - Piotr TUSZYNSKI 48.53112 Richard SCHWARTZ - Chris WILLENKEN 48.51113 Yu Xiong SHEN - Ya Fu LIN 48.48114 Keiran DYKE - David WILTSHIRE 48.42115 Kiran NADAR - Bachiraju SATYANARAYANA 48.33116 Desislava Borissova POPOVA - Georgi KARAKOLEV 48.26117 Rajesh TIWARI - Bo PRABHAKAR 48.25118 Stephen LANDEN - Pratap RAJADHYAKSHA 48.20119 Ro VENKATRAMAN - Sunit CHOKSHI 48.15120 Rene STIENEN - Ernst WARENDORF 47.93121 Guy LAFFINEUR - Jean-Christophe QUANTIN 47.81122 Stefano CATA - Giancarlo MARINI 47.76123 Maria Joao LARA - Manuel d' OREY CAPUCHO 47.74124 Dominique PILON - Gerard IZISEL 47.43125 Craig GOWER - Henry MANSELL 47.35126 Badal Chandra DAS - Sibnath Dey SARKAR 47.28127 Gilles-Rene QUERAN - Jean-Gilles HERVE 47.23128 Giorgio MENINI - Mauro SALVETTI 47.15129 John DAVIDSON - Michael WHIBLEY 47.07130 Tezcan SEN - Okay GUR 47.00131 David BIRMAN - Alon BIRMAN 46.90132 Olivier BESSIS - Godefroy De TESSIERES 46.61133 Rajendra GOKHALE - Sk IYENGAR 46.34134 Yossi ROLL - Ilan BAREKET 46.21135 Judith GARTAGANIS - Nicholas GARTAGANIS 45.80136 Nick SANDQVIST - Artur MALINOWSKI 45.79137 Calin STIRBU - Gheorghe SERPOI 45.79138 Marcelo BRANCO - Diego BRENNER 45.61139 Andrew ROBSON - Zia MAHMOOD 45.55140 Bart BRAMLEY - Chris COMPTON 45.50141 George JACOBS - Alfredo VERSACE 45.31142 Larry N.COHEN - David BERKOWITZ 45.20

OPEN PAIRSSemi-Final Phase (After 1st Session)

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143 Jean Francois ALLIX - Eric MAUBERQUEZ 45.13144 Gitte HECHT-JOHANSEN - Valentin Dgiassim AL-SHATI 45.10145 Gianpaolo CENTIOLI - Angelo VIOLA 45.01146 Andrzej JASZCZAK - Piotr WALCZAK 44.97147 Maxim ZHMAK - Denis DOBRIN 44.90148 Igor CURLIN - Dmitri PROKHOROV 44.60149 Marcin LESNIEWSKI - Jean-Michel VOLDOIRE 44.53150 Robert LEBI - Nader HANNA 44.45151 Alain NAHMIAS - Dominique BEAUMIER 44.28152 Ulli JAHR - Berthold ENGEL 44.16153 Sven Olai HOYLAND - Sam Inge HOYLAND 43.92154 Connie GOLDBERG - Wafik ABDOU 43.81155 Tobias TORNQVIST - Johan UPMARK 43.75156 Hans-Herman GWINNER - Andreas PAWLIK 43.48157 Jorgen MOLBERG - Terje AA 43.38158 Peter HECHT-JOHANSEN - Knut BLAKSET 43.30159 Antonio LARDO - Francesco NATALE 42.70160 John DUQUETTE - Dave COLBERT 42.67161 Alexandru ELIAN - Dan ZARA 42.60162 Rene HERMANS - Willem Van EIJCK 42.58

163 Aubrey STRUL - Bobby JONES 42.33164 Llia VASILEV - Ivan NANEV 42.29165 John ARMSTRONG - John HOLLAND 42.15166 Wei Dong LIU - Hong Lu ZHONG 41.88167 Bobby RICHMAN - Zoltan NAGY 41.67168 Nikola BARANTIEV - Ivan IVANOV 41.66169 Simon GILLIS - Boye BROGELAND 41.61170 Martin REINERTSEN - Erik RYNNING 41.11171 Ashok Kumar GOEL - Kamal MUKHERJEE 40.61172 Marlene KIRSTAN - Niels KROEJGAARD 40.24173 Piotr BIZON - Michal KWIECIEN 39.91174 Eli SOLHEIM - Ivar M.ANFINSEN 39.67175 Carel BERENDREGT - Bert PAPING 39.67176 Alan NELSON - Kath NELSON 39.19177 Giovanni ALBAMONTE - Riccardo INTONTI 39.08178 Roman GRZELAK - Tadeusz RALKO 38.93179 Federico IAVICOLI - Giuseppe DELLE CAVE 38.25180 Dominique GERIN - Patrick DADOUN 37.40181 David BAKHSHI - Andrew MCINTOSH 33.86182 Bo NORGREN - Jan OLSEN 31.29

Rank Names Total1 Ewa HARASIMOWICZ - Malgorzata PASTERNAK 66.852 Gloria COLOMBO BRUGNONI - Mietta PREVE 62.143 Sylvie DUMON - Muriel CLEMENT 61.594 Yan HUANG - Yan Hong WANG 60.145 Sally BROCK - Heather DHONDY 59.246 Carla ARNOLDS - Bep VRIEND 58.617 Joann GLASSON - Lisa BERKOWITZ 58.158 Ruth FARKAS - Ora DAN 57.889 Gemma MARIANO - Tina J.Del GALLEGO 56.52

10 Vanessa REESS - Nathalie FREY 56.4311 Nikica SVER - Marina PILIPOVIC 55.8912 Pamela GRANOVETTER - Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE 55.8013 Petra MANSELL - Merle MODLIN 54.8914 Renee LEGER - Laurence RIMBAUD 54.7115 Anne-Frederique LEVY - Blandine De HEREDIA 53.8016 Emanuela CAPRIATA - Cristina GOLIN 53.7117 Veronique BESSIS - Sylvie WILLARD 53.2618 Marion MICHIELSEN - Meike WORTEL 52.4519 Nevena SENIOR - Janine FORD 51.7220 Gianna ARRIGONI - Gabriella OLIVIERI 51.2721 Luigina GENTILI - Maddalena SEVERGNINI 51.1822 Grazyna BREWIAK - Anna SARNIAK 50.9123 Natalija VEKSA - Liga BRIKMANE 50.4524 Barbara NIST - Helen ABBOTT 50.3625 Catherine FISHPOOL - Claude BLOUQUIT 49.8226 Carla GIANARDI - Laura ROVERA 49.64

27 Pat MEEHAN - Rose O'FARRELL 49.5528 Ewa SOBOLEWSKA - Anna SZCZEPANSKA 49.2829 Maria Grazia BETTINI - Morella PACHECO 48.6430 Debora CAMPAGNANO - Irene BARONI 48.4631 Nur CINAR - Sevil AKIN 48.2832 Shawn QUINN - Mildred BREED 47.8333 Janine Elise PECCOUD - Renata SAPORTA 47.5534 Antonella BACOCCOLI - Tiziana ROSI 47.0135 Lila PANAHPOUR - Benedicte CRONIER 46.8336 Vera TAGLIAFERI - Monica AGHEMO 46.5637 Faith MAYER - Victoria EGAN 46.2938 Pascale THUILLEZ - Dominique JEANIN-NALTET 46.2039 Judy BUSSELL - Stephanie KYME 45.3840 Monica BURATTI - Darinka FORTI 44.9341 Margie GWOZDZINSKY - Cathy STRAUCH 44.8442 Jo MORSE - Susie MILLER 44.6643 Ana Maria De ALONSO - Monica ANG.De BALDASARRE 44.5744 Lynn DEAS - Beth PALMER 44.4744 Nadine WOOD - Linda MALONEY 44.4746 Ora LOURIE - Sally STRUL 44.2047 Jet PASMAN - Anneke SIMONS 43.8448 Minnie TANANBAUM - Elisabeth HUGON 42.3948 Katherine WEI-SENDER - Linda GREEN 42.3950 Christine BOYLSON - Michelle BRUNNER 42.1251 Elke WEBER - Ingrid GROMANN 41.9452 Donna COMPTON - Gigi SIMPSON 40.2253 Sylvia MOSS - Judi RADIN 39.8653 Lynn BAKER - Karen MCCALLUM 39.86

WOMEN’S PAIRSSemi-Final Phase (After 1st Session)

Open and Women's Pairs Semi-Finals

There are 182 pairs playing in the Open, of which ap-proximately 58 will qualify for the final. In the Women's,54 pairs are playing the semi-finals, of which approxi-mately 27 will qualify for the final.There will be approximately 14 pairs in the Open and

nine pairs in the Women's coming from the knockoutteams, for a total of 72 pairs in the Open and 36 in theWomen's.The Open final will be played over five sessions, finishing

Saturday. The women play four sessions, finishing Friday.Both will be played in barometer style.

Senior Pairs

The Senior Pairs will be played over four days – twodays of qualifying and two days of a Final A and a Final B.The Final A will be played as a barometer.The number ofqualifying pairs is to be decided.

IMP PairsThe IMP Pairs will be played in four qualifying sessions today

and tomorrow.Thereafter, we will play a final over three daysin a Final A and two days in a Final B.The format for the finalis to be decided.The event will be played in the middle room (sections Ato

J). Players will get their starting positions in the playing room.

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Nel quinto turno del seniores la formazione di Ezio Forna-ciari (Arturo Franco/Paolo Farina in aperta, FrancoBaroni/Marco Ricciarelli in chiusa ed il capitano in panchinacon Carlo Mariani) ha incontrato la squadra indiana del Dr.Wadia, vincendo per 20 a 10.

Nel silenzio avversario

Board 6. Dich. Est. E/O in zona.

[ A 9 5] A 6 4{ A 6 3 2} Q 5 2

[ 4 [ K J 8 6 3 2] J 10 8 7 ] Q 5 2{ Q 5 4 { K 9} K 10 9 8 3 } A 7

[ Q 10 7] K 9 3{ J 10 8 7} J 6 4

Ovest Nord Est SudFranco Dr. Wadia Farina Kalianiwala

1[ Passo1SA Contro 2[ Fine

La risposta di 1SA di Ovest, sull'apertura di 1[ del compag-no, e' forzante. Nord ha deciso di annunciare il suo punteggio

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con il contro e quest'azione, in seguito, ha condizionato ilgioco. Kalianiwala, in Sud, ha attaccato piccola cuori, per l'As-so del compagno che e' tornato nel colore. In presa col Re dicuori Sud ha virato a quadri, di Fante, che ha percorso indi-sturbato il tavolo fino al Re di Est. Paolo Farina ha rigiocatoquadri lasciando in presa il 10 di Sud.Tagliato il terzo giro nelcolore, Farina si e' trasferito al morto a cuori (se ci fossestato in giro il taglio a cuori, gli avversari l'avrebbero gia'trovato. In piu' non mancherebbe certo l'occasione per farloanche in seguito) e da li' ha giocato picche per il Re. L'Asso dipicche e' fortemente sospetto in Nord. 2[ mi. Stesso con-tratto nell'altra sala, ma Ricciarelli, con le carte di Nord, hadetto sempre passo in licita e, al momento del dunque, ildichiarante ha giocato picche per il Fante andando down (3picche, 1quadri e 2 cuori incassate in verticale).

Impasse a carte viste

Board 7

[ K Q] A K 9 6{ Q J 4 2} A K 9

[ 10 8 7 6 5 4 [ 9 3] Q 8 7 4 3 ] 2{ – { A 10 8 5 3} J 5 } 8 6 4 3 2

[ A J 2] J 10 5{ K 9 7 6} Q 10 7


1SAPasso 2[ Passo 2SAPasso 4SA Passo 5{Passo 6SA Fine

Il 2[ del Dr. Wadia chiede se l'apertura di 1SA (11/14) e'minima o massima. 2SA, chiaramente, mostra il minimo(11/12). A questo punto Nord ha preso la via breve per loslam, anche se, in assenza di indagini un po' piu' sofisticate,potrebbero mancare Asso e Re di quadri. Arturo Franco haattaccato 8 di picche, per un pezzo del morto. La conti-nuazione Fante di quadri e' stata catturata dall'Asso di Farinache e' tornato nel colore d'attacco. Dama di picche, Asso dicuori, quadri a superare la carta di Est e Fante di cuori a gi-rare. 12 prese. Nell'altra sala la coppia Baroni/Ricciarelli haraggiunto lo stesso contratto, anche se con licita piu' appro-fondita. Marco Ricciarelli, alla manovra in Nord, prima di affi-darsi all'impasse a cuori, ha contato la mano muovendo glialtri colori in modo di piazzare con certezza il singolo di cuoriin Est. Il gancio, percio', e' stato fattto a carte viste.

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COSE DI CASA NOSTRA

Arturo Franco, Italy

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Nel buio

Board 9. Dich. Nord. E/O in zona

[ K 10 4] K 3{ A K 9 4} K 7 6 5

[ A Q 9 8 7 2 [ J 6] Q J 9 8 7 ] A 10 6 5 4{ 2 { Q 7 6 5} 4 } Q J

[ 5 3] 2{ J 10 8 3} A 10 9 8 3 2


1} Passo 4}4[ Fine

Posto alle strette, Arturo Franco non si e’ certamente riti-rato, dichiarando a livello il suo nobile piu' lungo. Nord, con ilpoker di Re rinforzato da un Asso, ha ritenuto di contrare.

Ovest Nord Est SudRicciarelli Baroni

1SA Passo 2[Contro 2SA Passo 3SA

4] Passo Passo 5}Passo Passo 5] PassoPasso Contro Fine

Il 2[ trasferisce, il contro mostra, il 2SA gradisce, il 3SA con-clude, il 4] completa, il 5} non permette, il 5] prova, il con-tro dissente, concludendo. Un down.

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Paolo Farina e Franco Baroni, Italy

Heart Attackby Mark Horton

This deal from the third session of the Rosenblum andMcConnell produced all sorts of drama, but also offered anopportunity for a classic piece of defensive play.

Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul.

[ K J 10 4 3] 8 5{ K 5} J 8 4 3

[ Q 8 [ 2] J 10 9 ] 7 4{ 10 4 2 { A Q J 9 8 7 6 3} A K Q 10 5 } 9 6

[ A 9 7 6 5] A K Q 6 3 2{ -} 7 2

West North East SouthSteiner Daryanani Letizia Tagliavia1NT Pass 5{ 5]

All PassAfter West's mini no trump and East's jump to game

South, with the best hand at the table must have been de-lighted to have to see the auction had already escalated tothe five level by the time the bidding tray got back to herside of the screen.Resisting temptation to do anything speculative she close

proceedings with her bid of Five Hearts.West, Carlin Steiner, cashed the ace and king of clubs and

continued with the five of clubs. East, Marinesa Letizia,made no mistake, ruffing with the seven of hearts, therebypromoting a trump trick for her partner.

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Thanks

The Canadian Bridge Federation wishes to thank the PaulDesmarais family of Montreal for their kind considerationin supporting the Canadian University Team.

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Entering the third quarter against the favored Nick Nickellteam, the Gartaganis squad from Canada was down only 5IMPs.A good third quarter would put them in position for anupset win and put them in the quarter-final round.Unfortunately for the Canadians, the Nickell team was also

aware of the possibilities for an upset, and they brought theirA game to the match, taking the set 49-11 and ending with acomfortable win.Both teams missed an opportunity on the second deal of the

set.

Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul.

[ K] Q 6{ A J 10 5} A K Q J 5 2

[ 8 4 3 2 [ J 10 6 5] 9 7 5 4 2 ] K 10 8{ Q 8 4 3 { K 9 7 2} – } 9 3

[ A Q 9 7] A J 3{ 6} 10 8 7 6 4

West North East SouthRodwell Nick G. Meckstroth Judith G.

Pass Pass1] Dble 2{ (i) 3[

Pass 4} Pass 4]Dble (ii) 6} All Pass

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(i) Heart raise.(ii) Not interested in a heart lead.Rodwell’s psychic opening in third seat seemed to have done

the trick, keeping Nick and Judith Gartaganis from the coldgrand slam. On the other hand, Paul Soloway and Bob Ham-man did not appear to come close to the grand despite thefact that Hamman opened the South hand.

West North East SouthBalcombe Soloway Colbert Hamman

Pass 1[Pass 2} Pass 3}Pass 4{ Pass 5}Pass 5{ Pass 6}

All Pass

The result was plus 1390 – no swing.There was a swing on the next deal, however.

Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul.

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

[ K [ 10 7 6 4 2] A K Q J 9 8 7 4 ] 10{ A 9 2 { Q 4} 2 } 10 9 8 5 4

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


Pass1} 1{ Pass 1[4] All Pass

Eric Rodwell’s 1} was strong and artificial.With nine tricksin hand, took a shot at the vulnerable heart game. Nick Garta-ganis started with the }K and continued with the }A. Rod-well ruffed and played a diamond from hand to dummy’squeen and Judith Gartagainis’ king. She correctly switched toa trump, which Rodwell took in dummy. His only chance wasto sneak a spade past the ace, should South hold it. Indeed, Ju-dith did hold the ace, and when Rodwell tried a low spade, Ju-dith did play low. Oops! Rodwell claimed at that point for plus620.


1} 1{ Pass 2{4] All Pass

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Knockout Punchby Brent Manley

Jeff Meckstroth, USA

The defense went the same way up to the point where KeithBalcombe led a low spade from dummy. Soloway shot up withthe ace, and that was one down and 12 IMPs to Nickell.Gartaganis gained an overtrick IMP on the next deal and

added 6 more IMPs in an unusual way on the deal after that.

Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul.

[ 8] K Q 9 6 5 3{ A K 6 4 3} 5

[ Q 10 9 6 5 [ K 7 2] A 4 ] 2{ Q J 7 5 2 { 10 9 8} J } K Q 10 9 8 3

[ A J 4 3] J 10 8 7{ –} A 7 6 4 2


1] 3} 4}Pass 4NT Pass 6{Pass 6] All Pass

The board was played 16 times, all but one in 6] by North(you will see the exception below), and no one found the leadthat would trouble declarer the most – a trump.Who wouldthink of a trump holding a club suit such as East’s? Even on atrump lead and continuation, however, North can always take12 tricks in hearts via a double squeeze.After a trump to theace and a trump return, declarer wins in dummy, cashes the}A and ruffs a club, then cashes his high diamonds and ruffsa diamond, followed by a club ruff, diamond ruff and anotherclub ruff.This is the ending:

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[ 8] K { 6 } –

[ Q 10 [ K 7 ] – ] –{ Q { –} – } K

[ A J ] –{ –} 7

North plays the ]K, and East must discard a spade to keepdummy’s }7 from becoming a winner. Declarer then discardsthe club from dummy and West is done. If he discards his lastdiamond, declarer’s 6 is good, so West also parts with a spade.Declarer then leads a spade to dummy’s ace, felling the kingand queen and taking trick 12 with the [J.At the other table, the auction did not develop as one might

expect.


1] 2} 4]Dble All Pass

It isn’t known whether Hamman or Soloway considered re-doubling (that would have been plus 1880 if they sat for it, a10-IMP gain for Nickell), but perhaps Soloway was too happyto be doubled with such a good hand. At any rate, 12 trickswere made for plus 1190 and a strange 6-IMP gain for Garta-ganis.The next big swing for Nickell (it could have been a small

one) occurred on the following deal.


[ K J 10 4 3] 8 5{ K 5} J 8 4 3

[ Q 8 [ 2] J 10 9 ] 7 4{ 10 4 2 { A Q J 9 8 7 6 3} A K Q 10 5 } 9 6

[ A 9 7 6 5] A K Q 6 3 2{ –} 7 2


1{ 1[ 2{ 3{Pass 3[ 4{ 6[Dble All Pass

The Rodwell-Meckstroth system requires a 1{ opener withthe West hand – 1} is strong and artificial and a natural, lim-ited 2} opener requires a minimum of six clubs. Meckstroth’s

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2{ was natural but non-forcing. Judith had a massive handafter her partner’s 1[ overcall, so at her second turn she sim-ply shot out the slam. Rodwell doubled for a non-diamondlead, and the club lead by Meckstroth was normal consideringthat their 1{ openers often contain strong clubs.The contractwas quickly one down for plus 100 to Nickell. At the othertable:


1NT Pass 5{ 5]All Pass

Balcombe led two high clubs and could have scuttled thecontract by continuing the suit – East can uppercut with the]7, promoting a trump trick in the West hand. After longthought, however, Balcombe played the {10 at trick three andHamman was soon claiming plus 450 for an 11-IMP gain. HadBalcombe made the club play, the swing would have been only2 IMPs.The following board turned out badly for Gartaganis.

Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul.

[ Q 10 3] 9 8 3 2{ Q 9 8 6} Q 3

[ 7 4 2 [ K 8] Q J 10 ] A 7 6{ A K J 4 2 { 3} K 6 } J 10 9 8 5 4 2

[ A J 9 6 5] K 5 4{ 10 7 5} A 7


1NTDble 2{ 3} All Pass

Over Judith’s weak 1NT, the double showed values, so Meck-stroth was happy to try a contract in his seven-card suit. Helost one spade, one heart and one club for plus 130.The bid-ding didn’t go so well at the other table.


1[2{ Pass 3} Pass3[ Dble 3NT All Pass

Hamman started with a low spade to the queen and king.David Colbert could see that it would take a miracle and anunlikely series of defensive errors for him to even come closeto nine tricks with the East/West cards, but he soldiered onwith an unsuccessful diamond finesse.The final result in thisugly contract was three down, and the Canadians could bethankful they weren’t doubled.The final swing of the set occurred on the last deal.

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Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul.

[ 2] 10 7{ J 5} A J 8 7 5 4 3 2

[ J 10 9 5 4 3 [ A K 8 6] 3 ] K Q J 4 2{ A 9 7 { K 8 6 2} K 10 9 } –

[ Q 7] A 9 8 6 5{ Q 10 4 3} Q 6


1} Dble1[ Pass 4} Pass4{ Pass 5} Pass5] Pass 6[ All Pass

Over the strong 1}, Judith’s double apparently showed twosuits of the same color. Nick could deduce from the auctionand his hand that it was the red suits, so he went quietly de-spite his eight-card suit.Meckstroth’s 4} showed club shortness, and Rodwell coop-

erated with a diamond cuebid, enough to convince Meck-stroth to employ exclusion Key Card Blackwood, and thegood slam was reached. Nick led the ]10, which went to theking and ace. On the return of a low heart, Rodwell ruffedwith the [J as North followed. Rodwell led a spade to the aceand claimed when both opponents followed – plus 980.


1}(i) Pass1{ 4} Dble Pass4[ Pass Pass 5}

Dble All Pass(i) Strong, artificial.Hamman’s 5} cost his team 1 IMP and might have cost the

entire swing had the Canadians pushed on to their slam, buthe bid on anyway. Soloway always had eight tricks and he fin-ished three down for minus 500.

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In a large pairs field it is very difficult to achieve an out-right top, particularly when you are opposed by one of theworld's greatest players.


[ Q 9 3 2] K 6 5 2{ 6} J 7 5 3

[ A K 10 8 [ 7] A 9 4 ] Q J 10 8 3{ 8 7 3 2 { Q 10 9} 8 4 } K 9 6 2

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

West North East SouthVersace Kovachev Jacobs Hecht-Johansen

1{ Pass 1] DbleRedble* 1[ 2] Pass

Pass Dble 3] 3[Dble All Pass

After a typical matchpoint auction West must havethough he was on to a good thing when he got to doubleThree Spades.East led the seven of spades and West decided to play the

eight. Declarer won with the nine of spades and played aclub to the queen. When that held he played dummy'sheart and put up the king when West ducked. Now heruffed a heart, cashed the ace of diamonds and ruffed a di-amond.A heart ruff was followed by the king of diamonds,declarer discarding a club and when East delivered thequeen, another diamond winner, discarding a second club.When declarer played dummy's last diamond West dis-carded a club, but so did declarer, and now the ace of clubsensured a trick for the queen of spades. Two overtricksand +730 – a complete top for North/South.George Jacobs parting shot to the large crowd of kib-

itzers was 'A typical Italian double.'

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SurroundedMaureen Hiron

This was a textbook defence, from round 8 of the SeniorTeams.

Board 20. Dealer West. Game all.

[ Q 9 7 5 3] K 3 2{ Q 7 4 3} 9

[ A K [ J 10 4 2] Q 8 7 ] 10 5 4{ K 8 { A 10 9 6} A K J 7 4 2 } 8 5

[ 8 6] A J 9 6{ J 5 2} Q 10 6 3

West North East South2} Pass 2{ Pass

2NT Pass 3} Pass3{ Pass 3NT All Pass

North, Irving Gordon, aka Haggis, led a fourth highest spade,to the 2, 8 and ace. Declarer set about clubs, the ace fetch-ing the nine from North, and the diamond eight to the ace fora finesse of the club jack brought good news and bad news.On lead with the fourth round of clubs, Ian Panto learnedlyreturned the jack of hearts – the surrounding play – to thequeen and king, and the heart return from Haggis, throughdummy's ten, gave the defenders the four heart tricks that setthe contract.

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Be CarefulIt is always a good idea in an unfamiliar town to be waryof pickpockets.The same applies in Verona.

NEC Festival6-12 February 2007

Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel

Contact:Tadayoshi [email protected]

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Once you have selected a match to cover the material youwill be given to work with is in the lap of the gods and thepredilection of the Great Shuffler.After all, you cannot expectthe players to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.With that in mind, let’s see how things developed in the first

session of our featured match.

Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul.

[ 8 3] 10 8 3 2{ A 8 5 4 3} A J

[ A 10 4 2 [ K J 5] A Q J 9 4 ] 7 5{ – { Q J 10 6} 8 7 6 5 } Q 10 4 2

[ Q 9 7 6] K 6{ K 9 7 2} K 9 3

Open Room

West North East SouthShi Ginossar Zhang Ozdil

Pass Pass1] Pass 1NT Pass2} Pass 2] All Pass

North led the two of hearts and declarer took South’s kingwith the ace and played two more rounds, dummy discardinga club and South a spade. Declarer played a club and Northwent up with the ace and switched to a diamond, covered bythe queen and king, declarer ruffing and playing a spade to thejack and queen.South played back a diamond and declarer discarded a club.

North could win, draw the last trump and play a club toSouth’s king, but declarer had the rest, +110.

Closed Room

West North East SouthKalish Ming Dai Podgur Yang

Pass 1{*Dble 1] 1NT PassPass 2{ Pass Pass2] 3{ Dble All Pass

Do you think it would be correct to describe West’s ‘text-book’ double as old fashioned? When North took the pushEast applied the axe.At this point you might expect a description of the play –

well, I think West cashed the ace of hearts and continued witha heart to dummy’s king. Then declarer tried a club finessethat lost, won the club return, ruffed a heart and discarded a

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spade on the king of clubs. Obviously the contract is notgoing to make, the only issue being one or two down, but thescore was posted as +870 – that’s an overtrick!As you may have guessed at some point one of the defend-

ers revoked – but I have not as yet managed to discover ex-actly when.

Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul.

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

[ 5 3 [ 9 8 7 6] J 6 4 3 2 ] A Q 10 5{ Q 10 6 4 { J 2} Q 4 } A 10 5

[ K J 4 2] K 8 7{ A 8 3} K 9 3

Open Room


Pass 1} Dble1{* Dble 2] PassPass Dble Pass 2[

All Pass

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China Smeg – YadlinQuarter-Final Rosenblum Cup

by Mark Horton

Eldad Ginossar, Isreael

I do not propose to dwell on South’s decision to double –you either love this style or hate it.The 4-3 spade fit playedtolerably well.West led the queen of clubs to declarer’s kingand he immediately played back a club. East won and playedback a trump and declarer won in dummy and played a club.The contract was not in danger and declarer made ten tricks,+170.

Closed Room


Pass Pass 1NTPass 2} Pass 2[Pass 4[ All Pass

Here, with rather more at stake, West led the three ofhearts, East taking the ace and returning the ten, ruffed indummy by declarer who ran the jack of clubs.West won withthe queen and returned the suit, East winning with the aceand giving his partner a ruff, one down, -100 and 7 IMPs

Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul.

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

[ Q 3 2 [ K J 6 4] A Q 9 8 6 5 3 ] 10 2{ 3 { 10 6 2} J 5 } A 6 4 3

[ A 10 7] 4{ Q 8 7 5 4} K Q 9 7

Open Room


Pass 1{2] 3NT All Pass

East led the ten of hearts and West put up the ace andswitched to the two of spades, giving declarer no chance ofmore than eight tricks, -100.

Closed Room


Pass 1{2] 3NT All Pass

This time West put the queen of hearts on his partner’s tenand declarer won with the king. He played the eight of clubsto dummy’s queen, a diamond to hand and the ten of clubs,running it to East’s jack. Without pause for thought Westcashed the ace of hearts and declarer could claim nine tricks,–400 and an unnecessary loss of 10 IMPs.

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Board 9. Dealer North. E/W Vul.

[ J] J 10 7 3{ A Q J 7 2} K J 5

[ A 7 4 [ K Q 10 8 3 2] A ] K 9 8 2{ 8 5 4 3 { 6} Q 10 7 3 2 } 9 4

[ 9 6 5] Q 6 5 4{ K 10 9} A 8 6

Open Room


1{ 2[ Dble4[ Pass Pass Dble

All Pass

South led the five of spades and declarer won in hand andplayed a club to the ten and jack. Back came a heart todummy’s ace and a club went to the nine and South’s ace . Hecashed the king of diamonds and then played the six ofspades. Declarer put in dummy’s seven and when that held hehad secured the vital entry to be able to ruff a club and wasstill able to get back to dummy with the ace of spades to cashthe winning clubs, +790.The clue to the winning play in spades was perhaps North’s

failure to return a spade at trick, although if he had startedwith [J9 his best chance of defeating the contract would beto defend as he did, hoping declarer would go wrong in thespade suit.

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Shi Hao Jun, China

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Closed Room


1{ 1[ Dble2NT* 3] 3[ All Pass

South led a spade and declarer won in hand and played a di-amond. South took the trick with the nine and played a sec-ond trump. Declarer won in dummy, unblocked the ace ofhearts, ruffed a diamond, cashed the king of hearts and ruffeda heart. He came back to hand with a diamond ruff and drewthe outstanding trump, +140, but a loss of 12 IMPs.

Board 13. Dealer North.All Vul.

[ K J 7 4] 6 4 3 2{ A} K Q 9 4

[ Q 2 [ 9 6] A 7 5 ] Q J 9{ Q 5 4 3 { K J 9 8 2} A 10 6 3 } 8 7 2

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

Open Room


1} Pass 1[Pass 2[ All Pass

West’s opening salvo was the five of hearts, which ran to de-clarer’s king. He knocked out the ace of clubs and the de-fenders cashed two heart tricks.The 2-2 spade break meantdeclarer had the rest, +170.

Closed Room


1NT All Pass

Two strange decisions combined to deliver a poor result.East led the two of diamonds and declarer won and tried tosneak a club past the ace. Unluckily it was in the West handand the defenders were not slow to cash their diamond tricksand then switch to the queen of hearts, one down, –100 anda useful 7 IMP pickup at the end of the set.

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Championship Diary

When Mrs.T spotted this bidding sequence she re-marked, 'Isn't that a bit amateurish to use so manybids to get to Seven Hearts?'

When Sabine Auken paid one of her infrequent visitsto the Daily Bulletin a passing acquaintance asked herwhy she wasn't playing in the Pairs.'Well, we are still in the McConnell.'A short while later her inquisitor returned with an-other question.'So why aren't you playing now?''We are a team of six.''Make sure that the Americans don't take the trophyhome this time.'(Commiserations to her teammates, Lynn Baker, LynnDeas, Beth Palmer & Kerri Sanborn - all representingthe USA!)

We were amused (it doesn't take much) to note thatone of the VuGraph commentators on Bridgebase de-scribed himself as world-class. Certainly when he iscommentating he can clear the theatre in 30 seconds!

Patsy Mehan dropped by to ask if we wanted a storyabout the best bid she had ever made. 'When wereyou at Sotheby's?' was our tactless reply.

Some of the players are known to be a little volatilefrom time to time. One of the best of them once toldoff a waiter for passing.

There is no truth in the rumour that news of the non-arrival of one of the VuGraph commentators has beengreeted with dismay by members of the InsomniacsSociety.

When I mentioned that one of my ex-wives was pre-sent at the tournament Tacchi interjected 'Well, thatdoesn't narrow it down much.'

Test your defence on this deal:

[ K Q 10 9] 8 7 3 2{ K 6} 8 4 3

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

South opens a strong club and ends in 6{.You lead the [3,king, ace, ruffed. Declarer crosses to the {K and returns the{6 to the jack.Then comes the {A, dropping East's {Q. De-clarer continues with the ]A, ]K, ]Q, East playing the ]6, ]4,]10 (reverse count) and you discard a club.South now plays the }2. How would you defend? The complete deal, reported previously in Daily Bulletin #8,

looked like this (hands rotated for convenience):

Round 11: Board 4 Dealer South. Both Vul.

[ K Q 10 9] 8 7 3 2{ K 6} 8 4 3

[ J 6 3 [ A 8 7 5 4 2] J 5 ] 10 6 4{ 9 3 2 { Q 10 7} K 10 9 7 6 } J

[ –] A K Q 9{ A J 8 5 4} A Q 5 2

Via a sequence that need not be preserved for posterity,Bob Hamman had opened a strong club as South and finishedin 6{.West started with the [3 and Bob played dummy's king.He ruffed East's ace, drew trumps thanks to the favourablelayout and cashed the hearts.This was the position:

[ Q 10 9] 8{ –} 8 4

[ J 6 [ 8 7 5 4 2] – ] –{ – { –} K 10 9 7 } J

[ –] 9{ 8 } A Q 5 2

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Bob exited with the }2. Had West been a good counter, hewould have known that declarer had started with no spades,four hearts and five diamonds. Therefore South had to havefour clubs and hence East had a singleton. It was thereforevital to rise with the }K (a 'crocodile') and return the }10,leaving South with another club loser.To rise with the }K was safe whether East had the }J or

}Q. South would not have started with the }A-Q-J-x, as hewould have discarded the low club on the [Q when indummy with the {K. In practice West played an automaticsecond-hand-low on the }2, East won but had only spadesleft and away went South's two club losers."It is very close whether to play the [9 at trick one," said

Bob later, "but I was concerned that East might have the [Aand the [J. It was lucky that I did not play a low spade. If I had,I would ruff East's ace, play {A, diamond to the king and dis-card two clubs on the [K, [Q.That would rely on the club fi-nesse and diamonds behaving, but then the slam would havebeen one down."

Countermeasuresby Ron Klinger

World Championship Book 2006

The official book of these championships inVerona will be available before the end ofthe year at a price of US$34. However, forthose present in Verona, the book can bepre-ordered at the very special reducedprice of US$25 or 20 Euros, including sur-

face mail to anywhere in the world (Airmail is extra).To order and pay for your copy, please see Jan Swaan

in the Press Room – go through the door marked Staffand Guests only, one floor down from the main playingarea, and the Press Room is through the Bulletin Room.Please, when you fill in the form, write your name andaddress very clearly in capital letters, as every year Ihave to guess at several addresses.The book will be 336 large pages, its usual size, and will

include a full results listing and many photographs.Therewill be coverage of every championship, with the princi-pal analysts being Eric Kokish and Brian Senior. BarryRigal is taking a year off, but there will be one or twospecial guest contributors to look forward to.

...Continued from page 1

In the Meltzer-Nickell match, Meltzer trailed by 10 IMPsgoing into the final quarter, took the lead but then fell be-hind again late only to rally with 23 IMPs to 2 for Nickellover the final four boards.The McConnell final today will be an all-American affair

as teams captained by Hansa Narasimhan and CarlynSteiner play 60 boards for the championship.

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Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Final Semi Final Final / Play offNickell Nickell 115/88Texans

Jokish Romania 133/105 Nickell 164/80Romania

Russia Russia 160/83 Nickell 148/99Robinson Gartaganis 126/111

Bessis Gartaganis 118/100Gartaganis Meltzer 109/86

Meltzer Meltzer 138/64Altshuler

Cornell Izisel 127/67 Meltzer 110/94Izisel Meltzer 143/123

Ekeblad Ekeblad 161/102Borekovic Ekeblad 128/120

Gwinner Nadar 112/72Nadar

Welland Welland 132/91.5Strul

Herbst Herbst 141/94 Welland 142/104Canada

Zimmerman Morath 81/59 Welland 133/105Morath Allfrey 172/89

Allfrey Allfrey 100/70 Welland 144/118Szilagy

Gillis Gordon 123/122Gordon

Soulet Soulet 138/116 Soulet 126/115de Botton Soulet 123/54

Jacobs Bridge+ 122/113Bridge + Belgium 1 122/74

Assemi Belgium 1 146/80Belgium 1

Lavazza Lavazza 120/42Pont

Hecht-Johansen Hecht Johansen 125/122 Hecht Johansen 146/31Grenthe

Lynch Lynch 143/57 Yadlin 120/112Agener Yadlin 122/112

Yadlin Yadlin102/78.5Allana

China China 126/107Teltscher Yadlin 148/131

Akgul Clair 116/88 China 137/75Clair China 183/127

Milner Milner 128/115Tananbaum Milner 133/97

Chang Berg 137/125Berg

Chagas Chagas 173/11011 diamond

Iceland Iceland 187/60 Chagas 133/120Vasilev

Henner Henner 130/100 Henner 124/114.5Bareket Henner 123/87

Tornay Villa Fabriche 101/81Villa Fabriche Henner 146/101

Orange Orange 128/77Cope Mahaffey 115/113

Mullanphy Mahaffey 103/87Mahaffey Mahaffey 111/103

Pharmacy Service T Pharm.Serv.139/120

Popova Schwartz 162/91

Parioli Schwartz 124/92

The Rosenblum Cup Bracket

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Round of 16 Quarter Final Semi Final Final / Play off

Baker

Katt-Bridge 156/155Katt-Bridge

Katt-Bridge 171/109DanGer

DanGer 141/129

McGowan

Narasimhan 127/97Westheimer

Levy 135/82Levy

Narasimhan 143/122

BessisNarasimhan 139/114

Narasimhan

China

China 166/97Gruppo Midi

China 134/129Sver

Poland 138/123

PolandSteiner 91/88

Radin

Steiner 126/98Steiner

Steiner 159/76

VenezuelaVenezuela 110/105

Netherlands

Quarter Final Semi Final

Marino

Markowicz 77/50Markowicz

Netherlands 1Netherlands 1 78/64 Netherlands 1

Szenberg

Finkel

Finkel 62/61 Jean-MarshaIndonesia

KaminskyJean-Marsha 57/46

Jean-Marsha

Markowicz 59/53

Final / Play off

Markowicz 49/32

Finkel 61/50

Netherlands 1 71/60

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