England vs Netherlands England Netherlands Netherlands England N BROCK E ARNOLDS N Pasman E Senior S SMITH W VRIEND S Simons W Dhondy Board Contract By M D N-S E-W Contract By M D N-S E-W IMPs 1 N E 2 100 5 W 2 100 - - 2 1N N 00 2 S 2 200-4 E 1 100 4 E 4 620 12-4 4 W 5 650 4 W 6 680 1-5 E 2 100 4 E 150-2 6 4 N 5 450 4 S 5 450 - - 6 E 6 140 6 E 6 140 - - 8 4 N 5 450 4 N 6 480-1 9 N N 1 50 5 S 1 50 - - 10 4 N 10 4 N 6 680 1-11 4 W 4 420 4 W 5 450 1-12 2 S 2 110 1N N 2 120 - - 1 N S 2 200 4 N 5 650-1 14 S 4 10 2 W 1 50 4-15 1N S 2 120 1N S 2 120 - - 16 W 1 100 2N E 2 120 6-25 19 IMPs England Netherlands This segment 25 19 Penalty 0 0 Carryover 12 0 total 19-1 - References: BridgeBase online. Edited by M.Sugino
Board 1 this/total IMPs NS: England - 12 EW: Netherlands - 0 o N E -2 100 c 5 W -2 100 1 10 6 5 2 AQ J109 5 2 A 2 Q Q J 9 6 5 K 6 4 8 6 W N S E A J108 4 2 8 4 Q J 9 6 5 K 9 AK10 8 K10 5 4 6 6-5 6 10 8- N: BROCK W: VRIEND Open E: ARNOLDS S: SMITH W N E S 2 p p p N p p p #1 S:: 8,2,J,A #2 E:: 8,,A,4 # W:: Q,6,, 8 #4 W:: J,K, 4, #5 N:: Q,K,A,5 #6 S:: J,6,,9 # S:: T,, 5, 5 #8 S:: 4, 2, 6, #9 S:: 2,,, roswolf: hi all roswolf: Welcome to Veldhoven for the Venice Cup Bronze medal match. Although both teams will no doubt be disappointed about yesterday, there is much to play for today. Allez les blancs and... roswolf: team orange! roswolf: a straightforward weak 2..2..p..p roswolf: nt seems sensible from east now....p..n roswolf: maybe unlucky..p..p..p roswolf: let us see who is awake this morning.. 8.. 2.. J roswolf: south throwa winnera.. A.. 8.... A.. 4.. Q.. 6.... 8.. J.. K.. 4.. roswolf: surely a spade is "obvious".. Q Board 1 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands - 0 EW: England - 12 o N E -2 100 c 5 W -2 100 1 10 6 5 2 AQ J109 5 2 A 2 Q Q J 9 6 5 K 6 4 8 6 W N S E A J108 4 2 8 4 Q J 9 6 5 K 9 AK10 8 K10 5 4 6 6-5 6 10 8- N: Pasman W: Dhondy Closed E: Senior S: Simons W N E S 2 X XX 5 p p p #1 N:: Q,A,4,2 #2 E:: 8,,2,K # N:: Q,K,A,5 #4 S:: J,6,,9 #5 S:: 8,, 4, vugraphzpb: welcome to th 2.. K.. A.. 5.. J.. 6.... 9.. T.... 5.. 5.. 4.. 2.. 6.... 2 vugraphzpb: the 2nd round of the WK 2011 vugraphzpb: Brazil - India vugraphzpb: welcome to the closed room of this match; Iceland vs Japan vugraphzpb: welcome to the final round of today; round 12/21 vugraphzpb: of two teams close by vugraphzpb: welcome to the last round of today; 2 teams that are challenging for the first 8; Italy vs Poland penseur9: hi all penseur9: welcome to this last round of the day between Canada and Germany vugraphzpb: welcome all to the final day of the round robin vugraphzpb: this is an important match for both teams, especially Canada which is on 9th position and still can qualify for the Q-finals vugraphzpb: Welcome everyone, enjoy the play. - 2 -
vugraphzpb: sorry for the typo in Bulgaria ;) not my fault..2!..multi vugraphzpb: New Zealand play Standard American.. vugraphzpb: The Chinese women play Precision antoniz: witam serdecznie:) star6ija: hello everybody..r..* andyv: hello everyone..5 vugraphzpb: already an exciting first board ady: good morning all ryskiel_: dzieˆ dobry Paˆ stwu - po dwˆ ch dniach odpoczynku mamy znowu okazjˆ ogl da ˆƒ naszych zawodnikˆ w, tym razem walcz cych o medale vugraphzpb: Good morning david..p ryskiel_: witam w drugim segmencie pˆ fina u Seniors Bowl Polska - Francja andyv: first hand starting with a strong club and dbl for the majors..p vugraphzpb: Welcome evrybody, we just started the match vbman: hi all penseur9: after the previous round, Germany in 5th place with 292 VPs and Canada in th (tied with Indonesia in th place with 288 VPs...p.. Q vugraphzpb: 5 could have a chance here vugraphzpb: already a difficult board for N/S at the first game; curious in what contract they will end? ryskiel_: witam Paˆ stwa w z 6 segmencie pˆ fina u Seniors Bowl...narazie w wyniku do ˆƒ niefrasobliwej gry przegrywamy z seniorami Francji vugraphzpb: Running Scores: http://www.wkbridge2011.nl /live/scorebord-bermuda-bowl For VC and SB scroll to the bottom of the page, where you find the links to the scoreboards... A vugraphzpb: worldbridgesite is down ahalim: 6 is on for NS, but not so easy to bid vugraphzpb: the X makes life easier for N.. 4 ryskiel_: dzieˆ dobry Paˆ stwu - ogl daˆƒ bˆ dziemy 4 (z6) segementˆ w pˆ fina u Seniors Bowl pomiˆ dzy Polsk i Francj vugraphzpb: good morning everyone.. 2 antoniz: witam serdecznie:) ryskiel_: dzieˆ dobry witam w drugim dniu mistrzostw wiata - dzisaj bˆ dziemy mieli okazjˆ obejrzeˆƒ [polsk dru ynˆ jeszcze 0 1:45 z P d Afryk i o 16:0 z Bu gari.. 8 vbman: ----------------------b1-------------------- vugraphzpb: hi kursat ryskiel_: pierwszy segment by idealnie remisowy a prowadzenie 2 impami zawdziˆ czaj nasi reprezentanci carry over z eliminacji antoniz: cze ˆƒ Ryszard:) ryskiel_: komentujˆ Janusz Korwin Mikke, Antoni Zdzienicki i Ryszard Kie czewski...licz na doj cie z otoustego Karola Mykietyna andyv: 9 tricks for declarer once the opps stop cashing tricks.. ryskiel_: komentuj pierwsz fazˆ meczu Leszek Sztyrak i Ryszard Kie czewski...potem nadci gn posi ki...mam nadziejˆ vbman: good contract.. 2 lesio: witam serdecznie vugraphzpb: dzien dobry :) rmb1: Hi. Do we know what XX was? vugraphzpb: I suspect it was a "Bid your suit p" XX lesio: witam :).. K ryskiel_: Witam Ciˆ Antoni...dobrzez, e jeste... rmb1: ok rmb1: There seems to be no hurry for the defence. Eventually will take two spades vugraphzpb: with the X, this should make for N/ S.. Q antoniz: dziˆ ki za 2NT star6ija: hello again.. K nkgupt: hi ara / kibs vbman: hi kevin jkmjanusz: 2 x by oby bez trzech... ahollan1: running scores http://www.wkbridge2011.nl /nl/live/scorebord-venice-cup at bottom of page links for other 2 championship events.. A lesio: mo e i graja tutaj seniorzy ale ziewania nie ma:) ryskiel_: vugraf prowadzi Natalia Bana - nasza rodaczka przebywajaca w Holandii vugraphzpb: welcome the an exciting match of two teams close by in the ranking.. 5.. J vugraphzpb: I wish you all an exiciting match to see star6ija: thanks, Pim, and successful broadcast for you too ahollan1: other tables visible without login http:/ /www.bridgebase.com/client/vugraph.php ryskiel_: ciekawe czy Laska skorzysta z prawa 11-tu? lesio: po ca ym dniu mecz zaczyna sie od poczatku.. 6.. vbman: absent a cl lead will get a lot of tricks.. 9 - -
skaftij: Hello all.. 8 star6ija: hello, Rob :) star6ija: the declarer is going to prevail here, and 2 IMPs for Japan thanks to this wise stop ryskiel_: wygl da na to, e para L-R poddawana jest w tym segmencie lekkiej renowacji rmb1: But now there is a defensive ruff.. lesio: zobaczymy kto wytrzyma kondycyjnie.. 4 antoniz: Witaj Rysio:) antoniz: tylko pik redukuje lewy do 10-ciu ryskiel_: w poprzednim segmencie by o niema o emocji i hu tawki nastrojˆ w...herosem w naszej dru ynie by Wiktor Markowicz, ktˆ ry wniˆ s dru ynie lekka r czk ponad 20 impˆ w, a tak e... ryskiel_: poradzi sobie w trudnej sytuacji rozgrywkowej (grano kontrakt z innej rˆ ki) unikaj c straty 1 impˆ w...niestety pozostali zawodnicy w tamtym segmencie delikatnie mˆ wi c nie... ryskiel_: b yszczeli ryskiel_: witamy Grzegorza Gardynika - antoniz: cze ˆƒ grzesiu:) Board 2 this/total IMPs NS: England - 12 EW: Netherlands o 1N N - 00 c 2 S -2 200 2 110 Q4 5 K108 108 4 2 A J 8 5 K Q9 6 Q4 AQ W N S E 9 6 2 4 2 A 9 6 5 2 9 6 K10 A J108 J K J 5 6-4 6-5 66 N: BROCK W: VRIEND Open E: ARNOLDS S: SMITH W N E S 1 p 1 1N p p p 4 9 #1 E:: J,2,K,4 #2 W:: 8,Q,K,6 # E:: J,2,,Q #4 N:: Q,, 5, #5 N::,, A,8 #6 S:: 2,4,8,T # E:: J,9,,A #8 N:: 5,,9,Q #9 W:: T, 6, 5, 6 #10 W:: 4, J,K, 4 #11 W:: 2, A, 8, 6#12 W:: T,,, roswolf: it was but i still fancy a gain for team orange roswolf: i fancy with the netherlands team in the BB final - there may be a lack of interest in this match..1!..p..1! roswolf: north in the sandwich position shows a big hand..1n..p..p..p roswolf: I EXPECTED the other red jack to be led.. J roswolf: in the other room the english e/w tried 5 which went -2 also.. 2.. K.. 4.. 8 roswolf: on bd1.. Q.. K.. 6.. J.. 2.... Q.. Q.... 5.... roswolf: small spade to the 8 now!?.... A.. 8 roswolf: looks -2.. 2.. 4.. 8.. T roswolf: east is deadly accurate.. J.. 9-4 -
Board 2 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands EW: England - 12 o 1N N - 00 c 2 S -2 200 2 110 Q4 5 K108 108 4 2 A J 8 5 K Q9 6 Q4 AQ W N S E 9 6 2 4 2 A 9 6 5 2 9 6 K10 A J108 J K J 5 6-4 6-5 66 N: Pasman W: Dhondy Closed E: Senior S: Simons W N E S 1 1 X 1N p p X p 2 p p p #1 W:: 4,Q,K,6 #2 E::,9,2,A # N::,J,A, #4 S:: 6,4,8,T #5 E::,2,Q,A #6 N:: 5,,9, # W:: K,4, 5, 5 #8 W:: 8,Q, 8, 2 #9 E:: K,,, J andyv: 10 imps as 5 was final contract in OR, down 1.... A.. 5.... 9.. Q.. T.. 6.. 5.. 6.. 4.. J.. K.. 4.. 2.. A.. 8.. 6.. T vugraphzpb: Hi Naresh nkgupt: hi paul vugraphzpb: with 11 spades, normal case is not a finesse vugraphzpb: S apologized lebridgeur: Hi every one lesio: w otwartym graja 4 z kontra lesio: bedzie bez 2 lub ryskiel_: komentuj dla Paˆ stwa Leszek Sztyrak, Adam Wujkˆ w (debiut) i Ryszard Kie czewski (ju nie debiut) rmb1: Looks like declarer might have left 8 in dummy farrukh: hi all..1!..2+ cicus: NS can make a couple (probably ) p 4 9 here if they are not shoot out of the bidding cicus: hi Farrukh vugraphzpb: ok, wonderfull there is a commentator :) vbman: ---------------------18-------------------- dgame: hi all..p ahollan1: 1 =10-15 HCP, 4+, maybe longer /, not 4 & 4 [1 ] ritong: bonjour ryskiel_: mˆ j nick jest otwarty dla wszystkich - mo na wnosiˆƒ merytoryczne (nie osobiste typu "co ten cz owiek tur robi") uwagi ktˆ re mog zadowoliˆƒ Paˆ stwa vugraphzpb: sorry for the viewers that the name in the VU graph overview for Iceland is not spelled ok..1 vugraphzpb: Here at the board it is ok nkgupt: 4 seems to be a make penseur9: first blood for Canada as OR was - on a 1NT contract ahollan1: 1N=-11 HCP, 0- lebridgeur: a sort of lol skaftij: In this position, 1NT by East would have been 10-12.. pamela: this opening two suiters seems back in fashion again I see vugraphzpb: it seems but in my opinion its to strong for a weak opening... lesio: 2NT lebenshol w_adam: musz omin ˆƒ rafˆ NT - w_adam: a nad tym zastanawia siˆ zapewne Romaˆ ski lesio: jak nie omina to i tak pewnie wygraj w_adam: ze z ej rˆ ki zajˆ te, po za tym kiery s bezdoj ciowe - 8 lew na oko garden2005: ja czyta em pobie nie, w zwi zku z powy szym zachowam styl jazdy :) antoniz: staramy siˆ komentowaˆƒ rzeczowo i zyczliwie eweber: for those who want to see results: http:// www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/veldhoven.11/ Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp? redirect=1&qtournid=882..1n pamela: at this vulnerability I guess as in life the shape says it all but not much substance to the sp suit nice partner to have what she has :-) lebridgeur: EW should finish in 4! making one or two overtricks lebridgeur: 4 vbman: must have a way for a sp raise ryskiel_: mo e to powstrzymaˆƒ Jurka? ryskiel_: jak tu docz apaˆƒ siˆ do 4 pik i jak to ob o yˆƒ?..p - 5 -
ryskiel_: ze z ej rˆ ki to fakt, z rˆ ki E wygranie nie by oby niemo liwe lesio: juz mineli NT:) ryskiel_: ponadto oferujˆ ka demu mo liwo ˆ ƒ porozmawiania twarz w twarz, bo na forum ka da glista czuje siˆ jak s oˆ cicus: they are. 1 promising 4 came in handy for EW here..p farrukh: yes indeed cicus: if NS can find their ruff this goes down so no big deal vugraphzpb: Results: http://www.worldbridge1.org /tourn/veldhoven.11/results.htm star6ija: hello again, now we have all the information correct here, the names the results, etc, right Rob?.. lebridgeur: 2 nt is what we call mini cue bid pamela: not sure she meant the 2NT to be anything other than some leb auction but with the values she had I am surprised she did not bid H pamela: ah explain please? lebridgeur: in Nt 12 easy tricks lebridgeur: bidding a suit in response to the double would be weaker pamela: Ic a sort of rev Leb then :-) ryskiel_: Zalicytuj swˆ j koloe jakikolwiek masz partnerze? antoniz: gracz W ma trudn pozycjˆ po kontrze partnera andyv: NS should get to 4..p ahollan1: both pairs lead 2nd/4th ryskiel_: r baj wa ˆƒ ryskiel_: pos uszny...laska re? ritong: bonjour rmb1: Seems unnecessary to rebid 1NT on a ( flawed) weak NT when opponents have entered the auction ryskiel_: ojojoj - autostrada..2 vugraphzpb: 2 now showing a weak raise, a direct 2 would probably be constructive..p nkgupt: not really dec willl loose control i think lebridgeur: exactly Pamela pamela: what is the value of that way? lebridgeur: 2 nt is 8 to 12 hcp vbman: the lead matters though vbman: its one imp lesio: jakie re:) garden2005: bˆ d p czki antoniz: bˆ dzie podwˆ jny zapis dla nas,brawo ritong: on va la faire en franˆ ais, histoire de leur porter la chauffe ritong: la sˆ'quence est diffˆ'rente en salle ouverte, l ouverture ayant ˆ'tˆ' 1 ritong: soutenue a ahalim: depending who is on lead, they will make the first tricks..p ahalim: NS even make 8 tricks lebridgeur: no stopper promised ryskiel_: g o ne ritong: et quand je suis parti leenhardt rˆ'flˆ' chissait, en nord vugraphzpb: had to restart, sry, all ok now..p vugraphzpb: result of the first board is = vugraphzpb: welcome again to this session ahollan1: both pairs upside-down count & attitude vugraphzpb: Both USA 1 and China have qualified for the Q finals. USA 1 is 1st, China 4th now jkmjanusz: Kontrakt by i tak nie do zdarcia vugraphzpb: declarer now sees the 0-5 trump split and is not happy.. 4 skaftij: will be tough vugraphzpb: thinking how to play it now skaftij: finesse might see him through andyv: there is very little to the play of the hand star6ija: as one may guess, 1 was transfer and showing shortness with heart support star6ija: declarer has his chances but has to deal carefully with the board, because we have 4 trumps with W vugraphzpb: 2 teams that are very close in the ranking penseur9: there s also http://www.wkbridge2011.nl /nl/live/scorebord-venice-cup with live updates during the match vugraphzpb: not alerted mdgraham: Good afternoon all from sunny London vugraphzpb: Hi Mike aramesh_: hi Mike-wlc:) mdgraham: two spades from dummy can be discarded on the top hearts mdgraham: so eight tricks outside trumps - so it looks like South needs to avoid a trump loser pamela: any shape>? lesio: hohoho ryskiel_: dobrze, e przed parti garden2005: Grenthe znarszczyl brwi? ritong: il a dit ritong: pas contrˆ' nkgupt: but def will need to attack in time.. Q vugraphzpb: Kowalski mowi, ze popelnil blad... - 6 -
rhelle: hello everyone.. K ahollan1: south overcalled 1N in the other room ahollan1: and DBL ahollan1: north has shown length but hasn t passed yet vbman: hi all rhelle: I am a stand-in commentator, so not familiar with either pair - will do the best I can.. 6 vugraphzpb: wlc Rob mdgraham: a -2 break would be a guess, so declarer might be thinking about a possible 4-1 division - in which case she will come to the right conclusion lesio: wist pomocny vugraphzpb: Hey Kursat rmb1: hi farrukh: but even then e/w should pick up a few imps.. rhelle: this contract will not overly tax declarer, especially with this lead and the K right penseur9: difficult but this should make lebridgeur: yes could show her suit later here thought she did notneed pamela: ok thanks.. ryskiel_: a swoj drog proszˆ popatrzeˆƒ jak to jest z tymi konwencjami - nie sztuka ustaliˆƒ znaczenie pierwszego wej cia, trzeba jeszcze ustaliˆƒ dalsze kroki nkgupt: there it is.. 9 kamyk: na razie wszystko z kontr - chc sobie pokazaˆƒ nawzajem, kto rz dzi na stole? ahollan1: Hackett has been thinking a long time but she doesn t seem to have any winning options.. 2 mdgraham: dodgy start - still, there are 96 boards mdgraham: sry, priv ritong: deux dans le trou, a premiere vue ritong: ici, le poizillon devrait s en tirer mdgraham: you can pick up Q9xx in West, but not in East.. A mdgraham: so I predict that this will be 10 and 12 imps to the Chinese mdgraham: so, if declarer leads a small trump towards dummy, it would be good for West to play the nine mdgraham: there may be a clue in East s 4 bid - if East has length in the majors, possibly more likely to be short in diamonds - but I don t know how much can be read into that,... mdgraham: particularly at this vulnerability ahalim: oops ryskiel_: obie strony maj co nieco do roboty w tym rozdaniu antoniz: mam nadziejˆ, e nie znajdzie wygrywaj cej lini rozgrywki jkmjanusz: Wygrywaj ca jest nienaturalna skaftij: In OR, Jonsson overcalled with 1.. vugraphzpb: must prevent S from taking a trick, so he can draw trumphs vugraphzpb: thrumps vugraphzpb: each country has his or her own shirts here vugraphzpb: Iceland is in yellow, Japan in light orange star6ija: yes, bot are on the right side of the line, so we exect tight match here rhelle: however, there are some mild communication problems.. J ahalim: Hi all eweber: I assume they explained 2 as relay asking for hand type and forgot to alert the answer? star6ija: both*.. A.. vugraphzpb: E is playing with another partner today then yesterday star6ija: this play of the spades ensures only 1 loser if E was with 10x Q10, K10...the most persentage play ryskiel_: a je eli Kowalski mˆ wi, e pope ni b d, to trzeba jeszcze ustalenia zapamiˆ taˆƒ, co jest tym trudniejsze im rzadziej jaka sekwencja przychodzi ritong: une petite perte, donc lesio: mi sie wydaje ze Apekowi zamiast 4 wypod o 4 z biddingboxu.. 6 lesio: 4 powinni byc do koloru garden2005: jak siˆ widzi takiego dziada to kazdemu s abo sie robi ryskiel_:...dlatego czasami graj c pierwszy raz w yciu z nowym partnerem z zastosowaniem niewielkiej liczby prostych rodkˆ w czuje siˆ wiˆ kszy komfort ni przy grze z partnerem, z kt ˆ ym... 4 ryskiel_: mamy system na 400 stron lesio: taz moze wygrac w_adam: jak mnie m odzi adepci pytaja jaki system jest najlepszy - niezmiennie powtarzam, e taki jaki rozumiej i znaj tak samo roswolf: hi all.. 8 roswolf: http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/ Veldhoven.11/Results.htm for running scores in all matches. Select Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup - -
or d Orsi Senior Bowl.. T star6ija: at this high level declarer is warned somehow for bad trump break, because otherwise trump lead is obvious according to the bidding vugraphzpb: in the mean time, N is reading the extended version of the convention card of E/W vugraphzpb: a lot of chances for S to make this contract vugraphzpb: this is not well played by W; trump is much better vugraphzpb: E has to discard a now lebridgeur: 12 tricks in the bag a push jkmjanusz: Pata ach! mdgraham: oh well. I don t suppose my lottery numbers will come up either :(.. w_adam: jest na tropie - dobrze ritong: genre 2 imps ryskiel_: rozgrywajaˆƒy mujsi trafiˆƒ trefle (kiery powinien trafiˆƒ "z urzˆ du") jak bˆ dzie zagrany as trefl po eliminacji W misi odblokowaˆƒ siˆ waletem.. 2 rhelle: and declarer would do well to keep the... Q ahollan1: North will regret trick 1 10 ryskiel_: zapraszamy Karola Mykietyna - witaj Karolu lesio: jak wygra to zmiana lidera ryskiel_: powinien wygraˆƒ kamyk: witam - wygra swobodnie ahollan1: X in other room.. A pamela: magic hand really dgame: just enough.. 5 penseur9: sorry, going down, bad eval on my part :( ahollan1: J lead lebridgeur: this is the third segment of 16 boards in this 96 boards QF finishing to morrow vugraphzpb: some water spilled on the table, clean it up first before we continue... :) pamela: I think I read in the bulleting that this Chinese team has only one pair of their original group that seemed to take woman s bridge by storm a few years back.. ryskiel_: dobrze, e mieli my przewagˆ :).. dburn: for the benefit of anyone who has just joined (i.e. me) that was a strong club by East.. 9 ryskiel_: dlatego proponowa em rekontrˆ lesio: wygra:) vbman: final of the resentful teams:(.. vugraphzpb: a very sharp game made by S, she is relieved :).. K fluffy: hi all aramesh_: Hi Gonzalo:) eweber: sometimes seeing all hands doesn t make it easier... penseur9: no daid the blind man :) penseur9: *said nkgupt: nice switch and def.. 4 lesio: mecz zaczyna sie od poczatku:).. 5 kamyk: po wstˆ pnych uprzejmo ciach:) ritong: c eˆ»t pu ˆ tre plus douloureux next lesio: zaraz pokaze sie caly uklad.. 5.. 8 w_adam: w PO - niestety nie dali rozgr szansy na przegran - pierwszy kier zabity lesio: jak zagra A i A roswolf: looks like -1.. Q.. 8 vugraphzpb: west is taking a long pause to think about how to play star6ija: yes, he has enough time...i hope it isn t in Japanese.. 2 penseur9: OR also in witch made.. K roswolf: well not much going for him i m afraid...... J star6ija: very well done rhelle: you can follow the other tables on: http:// www.worldbridge.org/tourn/veldhoven.11/ Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp? redirect=1&qtournid=882 vugraphzpb: beer card coming up vugraphzpb: expensive for S penseur9: so looks like IMPs back to Germany pelu: Hi all - we have a key-match here the 2 teams are plaved 6 and and bort need VPs to stay over the cut-line eweber: Hi Peter penseur9: Hi Peter - 8 -
Board this/total IMPs NS: England 12 24 EW: Netherlands - o 4 E -1 100 c 4 E 4 620 620 A 8 AK109 K 9 6 5 K J 6 J 6 Q 4 2 A 8 6 2 W N S E K J 4 2 5 2 A J 8 105 4-5 4 Q109 5 Q8 4 10 Q9 4 6 5 8 9 10 8 N: BROCK W: VRIEND Open E: ARNOLDS S: SMITH W N E S p 1 p 1 p 2N p p 4 p 4 p p p #1 S:: 2,9,6, #2 W:: A,6,,2 # W:: 8,,5,J #4 S::,K,A,4 #5 N:: 2,Q,5, #6 E:: Q,4, T,J # N:: 2,T,A,5 #8 S::,6,Q, 4 #9 E:: 9,T,J,6 #10 W:: 9,4, 8, 8 roswolf: england had a 12 imp carryover from the RR roswolf: 4 looks very optimistic..p..1..p..1..p..2n..p....p..4!..p..4..p..p roswolf: game is no sinecure..p roswolf: trump lead is not unusual in expert circles.. 2.. 9.. 6.. roswolf: this should make.. A.. 6.... 2.. 8.... 5.. J roswolf: hmm i think a clear error by declarer and the first makor swing goes to the english.... K.. A.. 4.. 2.. Q.. 5.... Q.. 4.. T.. J.. 2.. T.. A.. 5.. Board this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands - EW: England 12 24 o 4 E -1 100 c 4 E 4 620 620 A 8 AK109 K 9 6 5 K J 6 J 6 Q 4 2 A 8 6 2 W N S E K J 4 2 5 2 A J 8 105 4-5 4 Q109 5 Q8 4 10 Q9 4 N: Pasman W: Dhondy Closed E: Senior S: Simons W N E S p 1 p 1 p 2N p p 4 p p p #1 S:: 5,,A,4 #2 N:: 2,T,A,5 # S::,6,, #4 E:: 9,T,J,2 #5 W:: 9,4, 8, 8 #6 E:: Q,2,9,6 # E:: 4,5,A, #8 W:: K,J,,2 6 5 8 9 10 8 vugraphzpb: he was quick the last.. 6.. Q.. 4.. 9.. T.. J.. 6.. 9.. 4.. 8.. 8 roswolf: big misfit danger lurks for everyone rhelle: this looks more interesting vugraphzpb: and the Netherlands in Orange of course :-) skaftij: Furuta plays 1NT in OR so pickup to Iceland skaftij: Nice play vugraphzpb: indeed, nicely played andyv: http://www.wkbridge2011.nl/nl/livestreamwk-bridge-2011 for live feed of another table in the bermuda bowl andyv: so declarer lost the aces and made her game for a push vugraphzpb: the first big win for usa vugraphzpb: open room: 4-1 vugraphzpb: some discussion in Swedish - 9 -
eweber: so after all Andrˆ' was right when he told the contract would make :) odysseus69: good morning all vugraphzpb: good morning :) aramesh_: Hi Victor-wlc:) odysseus69: 2 out of 2 finesses for slam - no good but unlikely to bid it ahollan1: at start of this match Germany th place Poland 12th lebridgeur: yes sun and ming pamela: wang and sun are formidable players.. played against them they are so intense and focused when they play vbman: --------------------19----------------------- vugraphzpb: 9 tricks for E/W jkmjanusz: Wygrywa o: dwa razy Kiery, Pika na Karo - i Dama! garden2005: kto s abo wchodzi ten na dudka wychodzi :) vbman: ------------------------------------- vbman: is this lead a co? andyv: N can make a couple of s..p..1 andyv: EW about the same in s vbman: board 19 lesio: tak jak bokserzy badaja przeciwnika:) ryskiel_: narazie skuteczno ˆƒ karnych kontr jest niedu a lesio: dobrze ze uzgodnili a nie :) ryskiel_: jak na taki rozjazd stracili tylko2 impy to musz ten mecz wygraˆƒ...inaczej bˆ d mieli bliskie spotkanie III stopnia ze mn :) vugraphzpb: Yup rhelle: looks like EW can make 6, whereas NS have a good save (-1) in 6..p rhelle: that save has been found at the other table odysseus69: fearless 2H overcall -too rich for my taste - maybe thats why I am not playing ahollan1: after 21 matches top 8 teams advance to knockout phase mdgraham: 2NT can be played as 19-21 in fourth seat mdgraham: which will probably lead to 4 vbman: when some one checks for the vu later they dont get for which board comments are made cicus: again not easy for NS to enter the bidding..1 andyv: 1 =xfer to pamela: bull dogs when they see an opening to cut you up! lol lebridgeur: now EW wuill not play a contract..p roswolf: no double - no trouble seems apt here..2n cicus: as usual, the hand with shortness acts andyv: 2 probably 5- with s star6ija: declarer in the open room had played trumps, but without finesse, so 1 IMPs for USA, thanks to safety play vugraphzpb: missing 4 by E/W? jaker: pretty routine n here fluffy: 1 opening in third position is quite normal at this vulnerability ahollan1: 1N=15-1 ahollan1: many pairs adjust responses after Stayman-DBL to clarify holding mdgraham: 0/2 on predictions so far antoniz: albo,po eliminacji blotka trefla do 8-ki dburn: and that is a weak hand with 5 spades and a minor by West..p dburn: the New Zealand pair using Moscito, a system that does not allow very many passes in first or second or third position lebridgeur: pass or correct in minor lebridgeur: Nt practical now by East pamela: looks like another three NTer ryskiel_: lub impas wewnˆ trzny w treflach rhelle: 2 is no doubt a transfer to.. dburn: some guesses for declarer - normal to pick up spades, will probably lose two hearts, so much will depend on clubs benjy: Hi all ahalim: this will be a partscore-battle vugraphzpb: D Ovidio giving up very fast hobakan: hi everybody ryskiel_: dobry wieczˆ r wszystkim...panowie nie dostarczaj nam chwil rado ci,mo e chocia panie siˆ nad nami zlituj vugraphzpb: vulnerable 2 overcall seems to be brave lesio: APEK BEZ ATU NA 14:) vbman: natural bidding skaftij: The convention card for EW does not explicitly say 16+..p star6ija: very high pressure by North fluffy: north rebids 1NT with 5422 wich is also very common nowdays penseur9: likely NT from E/W here penseur9: wrong :) pelu: oh NT was the last stop for EW eweber: open is playing nt pelu: and in OR von Arnim in NT pamela: the lack of Heart support from Lu should encourage her to bid it lebridgeur: not easy for West pamela: no she will be trying to decide if P - 10 -
wants the H support because the original double should show some diam surely roswolf: and rightly so since this will make on this layout..4 cicus: hmm, is that not a penalty bid? rhelle: lots of top players play transfers in these competitive situations star6ija: they may win some IMPs more, due to this s gadget ryskiel_: 2 Roudinesco cicus: true, N had no means to invite..p lebridgeur: a new chance for NT pamela: yes pamela: a girl could grow old here :-) lebridgeur: West is known to have long after Ns bids ryskiel_: takie wydarzenie powinno podnie ˆƒ morale pary na wysoko ˆƒ co najmniej Matterhornu ritong: j aime bien le support fort en mineure, mˆ me avec une majeure de 4 cartes rhelle: I m told that 2 is just a GF..p jaker: we ll probably see a range of opening leads across the various matches. I d try a heart myself dgame: lead sets the contract odysseus69: many different ways of raising spades these days - exactly what 2NT showed is a matter of p/ship agreement lesio: po naszemu magister rhelle: I can see the logic of that - 6 also looks a distinct possibility..p vugraphzpb: it was expl. as strong nkgupt: great lead!! pelu: -lead even better - would kill dummy pelu: only 8 toptricks - and hard work to setup the 9. nkgupt: cant see time to setup anything on the given lead nkgupt: infact cant see any other game but ofr 5 making on any decent def vugraphzpb: S is looking at the convention card of E/W for leads penseur9: it seems there s no way to recoup here.. pelu: in Nt the are only toptrick with s 5-2 - extra trick in S but the 9. tyrick if difficult not playing DD pelu: is 4Nt for Aces or last stop? vugraphzpb: I think W alerted it penseur9: I think last stop... something went wrong here in the bidding vugraphzpb: cant see what she has written eweber: theoretically W has the points for her jump to, but I assume most experts would find another bid pelu: easy for EW in OR after 1 strong mdgraham: well, the 4 guess was right :) mdgraham: West will have a pretty good idea where most of the oustanding high cards are vbman: makes 4cl, sp 2h, two dia ritong: qu on peut retrouver, comme c est le cas ici ritong: ˆ a a le mˆ'rite de placer la main immˆ' diatement ritong: avant que les adversaires commencent a faire les malins avec les s skaftij: 1NT would have been 15-1 in that pos... 5 skaftij: Using standard openings and relays after 1 opening - 1 promises 4 and unbal/semibal ahalim: contract is actually better for EW fluffy: despite being way behind on HCP NS get to play this hand, teh lie out is not very friendly, lets see what they can do copeyj: b2 copeyj: Sorry - private :( pamela: oh wow ryskiel_: a po anglosasku checkback Stayman lesio: z dobrej reki garden2005: przejmie i podegra? cicus: still, with a passed partner you don t have to pursuit nonvul games.. rhelle: now, have they agreed what to do over intervention of 4NT rhelle: 2 popular schemes are DOPI-ROPI and DEPO-REPO skaftij: Was intending to show 18-19 bal fluffy: the diamond suit is "frozen" wich means that any player who touches it will olose a trick fluffy: teh club suit is gonna be frozen soon also eweber: NT wouzld have been my choice with semibal hand and many points in the short suits vugraphzpb: W to S : I thought it would be to play pelu: one good news for W - no X :) ahollan1: might be possible to endplay East ahollan1: after a partial elimination but don t quote me ahollan1: the problem is vonarnim 10 vugraphzpb: i surely would have bid game after pass pass, weak opening ryskiel_: kiepsko zacz siˆ ten segment...w poprzednim zaczˆ li my od jednego jajka, teraz od dwˆ ch lesio: musi wybick - 11 -
w_adam: po pikowym chyba bez szans - musi Apek zmienic na karo teraz ryskiel_: bo jak siˆ otwiera BA podlimitowo, to musi byˆƒ dobra rˆ ka do BA ritong: ici, bien sˆ»r, ils avaient passˆ' tous les deux fluffy: sorry club suit is not frozen, 9 protects east s J.. A pelu: so as I expected: 4Nt to play ahalim: decl will lose 1,1 and 1 lesio: :) andyv: switch.. 4 mdgraham: South almost 100% to hold the spade ace, so no guess on the lead lesio: dobry wist lesio: 9 mogla pomoc rozgrywajacemu antoniz: kiery zablokowane ritong: mais l idˆ'e de fond est bonne, a mon humble avis vbman: trump lead cd be a choice vbman: but maybe she thought pard can overruff dummy cicus: maybe he expected 5-5.. 2 dgame: cold then ahollan1: so after A west can win rhelle: Double=0, Redouble=1 or Even / Odd.. T rhelle: it seems they didn t quite understand each other dburn: England rather fortunate on board 2, where they reached a somewhat ridiculous NT that had about eight or nine losers vugraphzpb: slyszy Was :) andyv: although N may continue with and expect S to be able to overruff dummy.. A pelu: 10 now - or work for defense pelu: against Nt: lead from N - and easy 9 tricks now vugraphzpb: 2 ahollan1: but then maybe 9 is powerful.. 5 mdgraham: and now it s virtually double dummy - expect West to drop the Q lebridgeur: Muidenberg is called the opening bid of 2 of a major with a 2 suiter vugraphzpb: probably NT instead of second double, vugraphzpb: same here fluffy: migry decides to go over diamonds, she loses 1 trick by touching the suit, but she stablishes 2 extra ticks for partner.. vbman: that makes 11 and maybe one from a h, sp squeeze after dia ace is drawn rmb1: Defence may hope for 2 aces, a spades and a spade overruff by North rhelle: so although EW miss slam, they still pick up 11 IMPs.. 6 vugraphzpb: now 10 tricks for E/W ryskiel_: na drugim stole BA gra E...ciˆ zko mu bˆ dzie wygraˆƒ po pikowym oj nielekko odysseus69: couhd have made 6 on heart lead but not now.. ryskiel_: wygra oby siˆ przez kara - ale to mniejsza szansa od impasu kier ryskiel_: za pˆ no...nie czas a owaˆƒ teraz... rhelle: so first blood to USA1.. ryskiel_: dziˆ kujˆ za uwagi oraz s owa poparcia i otuchy - wracam za kierownicˆ :) vbman: ah no,.. 9 ritong: chicken:) dburn: this will be a swing one way or the other, since the contract at the other table was a part score.. T dburn: so, 10 to NZ or to England depending on Wilkinson s view of the clubs dburn: not really all that much to go on - the only suit whose distribution she knows for sure is spades ahalim: sry 2, mistype.. J lesio: takie 2 rozdania mog troche zdolowac przeciwnikˆ w andyv: in W leads the Q and N ducks, W should lose 2 tricks.. 2 pelu:!10 would have been easy for EW - now they need to be alert mdgraham: doesn t need to now ahollan1: maybe now endplayw West?.. 9 vbman: heart q is doubleton sorry no connection for a sq.. 4 vugraphzpb: saving the beercard.. 8 vugraphzpb: Running Scores: http://www.wkbridge2011.nl /live/scorebord-bermuda-bowl For VC and SB scroll to the bottom of the page, where you find the links to the scoreboards. nkgupt: will need to play a or k to beat it now chmitty: On the bidding, NT would probably go down lesio: jak przez? vugraphzpb: will try to check their conv. card.. 8 fluffy: now pasman knows that hearts are certainly not breaking, since 10 switch is certainly a doubleton, prospects are bad - 12 -
ryskiel_: ciekawe czy Apeni zagra na nadrˆ bkˆ? chmitty: after a lead the natural play is to finesse and play... Queen from dummy.. Q.. 2.. 9 lebridgeur: it was something that could be foreseen this Qof after the bidding vugraphzpb: 11 of course vugraphzpb: sry lesio: musia trafic D jkmjanusz: Oni wistuja trzecia-pi ta??!? roswolf: a solid rresult for India.. 6.. 4.. 5 vbman: palmers discards stop the squeeze andyv: S tried for the uppercut which would have worked if N s s were A8x.. A.. andyv: 2 succeeded in OR for NS ryskiel_: ma j na widno ahollan1: throw in with trump then guess.. K pelu: a very fair plan - making if s 4-.. J vbman: hold what u see.. vbman: that is hearts vbman: n will get it right off course andyv: W will need to hold this to down one in order not to lose board...and now will do just that.. 2 benjy: If south is presumed to hold the king of diamonds then the ace of clubs rated to be with north else south might have opened the bidding, but the location of the jack would still be... benjy: unknown ahollan1: i missed the benefit of 1st round duck of so didn t see this line until declarer already made the play Board 4 this/total IMPs NS: England 1 25 EW: Netherlands - o 4 W 5 650 c 4 W 6 680 4 650 AK K Q9 8 K 6 5 4 Q9 6 105 4 J 5 2 Q J 9 J104 W N S E Q9 6 2 8 2 A 5 J 8 A106 4 A10 K 8 2 5 2 10 8 11 10 10 N: BROCK W: VRIEND Open E: ARNOLDS S: SMITH W N E S 1N p 2 p 2 p 4 p p p #1 N:: Q,,2,K #2 W:: K,2,4, # W:: 8,5,A, #4 E:: 6, 2, Q,J #5 W:: A,4,8,6 #6 W:: K,,J, # W:: 6,9,T,8 #8 E:: A,,4,J #9 E:: 2,5,Q,4 #10 W:: 5, 5,, 9 #11 W:: 6,T,8, roswolf: 12 tricks looks a lot..1n..p..2..p..2..p..4..p..p..p.. Q - 1 -
Board 4 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands - EW: England 1 25 o 4 W 5 650 c 4 W 6 680 4 650 AK K Q9 8 K 6 5 4 Q9 6 105 4 J 5 2 Q J 9 J104 W N S E Q9 6 2 8 2 A 5 J 8 A106 4 A10 K 8 2 N: Pasman W: Dhondy Closed E: Senior S: Simons W N E S 1N p 2 p 2 p 4 p p p 5 2 10 8 11 10 10 #1 N:: Q,,8,K #2 W:: Q,2,4, # W:: K,5,6, #4 W:: 8,J,A, 2 #5 E:: 2,,Q,4 #6 W:: 4,9,T,2 # E::,A,6,T andyv: N could have cashed the A but W would simply play the Q to the K on board in order to play a back.... 2.. K.. K.. 2.. 4.... 8.. 5.. A.... 6.. 2.. Q.. J.. A.. 4.. 8.. 6.. K.... J.... 6.. 9.. T.. 8.. A.... 4.. J.. 2.. 5.. Q.. 4.. 5.. 5.... 9.. 6.. T.. 8.. jaker: unlucky n...hearts 5- with the length on lead eweber: 4 and A1098 in with N would have helped though :) ahollan1: other table in N South ahollan1: that will be much easier contract for declarere pamela: long way to go but the gap has narrowed.. ryskiel_: czy te kiery musia y siˆ zblokowaˆƒ? pewnie tak wistu z -ch ma w kolor partnera vugraphzpb: wistuja inaczej w zaleznosci od tego, czy uzgodnili kolor partnera czy nie w_adam: Rysiu co w skarbczyku to w skarbczyku :) ryskiel_: nadrˆ bka nie dawa a adnego impa...gracz wie... ritong: d ailleurs, je fais pareil:) ˆ a doit ˆ tre un truc de montpellierains vbman: -------------------4---------------- vugraphzpb: played quick the last 5 tricks..1n andyv: about maximum for EW andyv: NS can make 4 dgame: 1nt 12-15 lebridgeur: danger for France again not a bad slam lesio: ciekawa karta vbman: ----------------20-----------------------..p cicus: I told he didn t. well, he just took a shot at game...2! cicus: I am told :) cicus: big club andyv: S has a very very light take out double here...good shape but low in hcp dburn: this will be a 1 opening, I guess dburn: four hearts, not four spades, minor suit canape possible dburn: choice of actions for South now vugraphzpb: was indeed a preemptive bid, making it imp. for E/W to find eweber: A109 instead of Q109 penseur9: that was a very costly misunderstanding mdgraham: a bit of violence on the other room, but 5 scores 650, so no huge matter roswolf: needs to play in here..p ritong: je ne me souviens pas d en avoir deja discutˆ' avec le poizillon, mais on est en phase sur ce coup la dburn: she can bid 1 as a distributional takeout, or double as a more balanced takeout, or overcall in her long suit..2 benjy: how do you feel about her choice david? dburn: would have doubled myself, with 1 as second choice - not all that keen on 2 benjy: I agree dgame: n-s miss a game 4 odysseus69: what action over 1D- double or 1H ryskiel_: w otwartym nast pi wist w karo i w konsekwencji vugraphzpb: karta konwencyjna: http://www.ecatsbridge.com /documents/files/conventioncards/2011veldhoven /dorsiseniorsbowl/poland/apolinary-jacek.pdf roswolf: hmm suggesting a heart lead (showing shortage)..p roswolf: and of course support vugraphzpb: even now is alerted vugraphzpb: late - 14 -
ahollan1: 1 =16+ unbal or 1+ bal 1 =5- zz, a) 5+, some shortness b) 4 (441) cicus: I can t be sure but I think S showed s and game forcing values ahollan1: zz points are: A= K=2 Q=1 [unless short] cicus: ah, thanks Al,you are prepared vugraphzpb: deas is not looking perfectly healthy; in a electrical chair, hand in bandage w_adam: 5 w praktyce -1 dburn: but double nd 1 lead to murkier later auctions than 2, which may have influenced matters..4 benjy: super agressive 2NT bid by Fiona star6ija: looks like no troubles for declarer here pelu: easy 4 - time to make coffee :) odysseus69: modern tendency is to bid 5 card major - ok when strong enough for second bid - but facing a passed partner and minimum with both majors I prefer double ritong: the correct bid is, for a french ritong: also for a german roswolf: east will probably double and in due course bid 4..p ahollan1: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents /docdefault.asp?page=2011veldhoven&start=c% A%5Cinetpub%5Cwwwroot%5Cecatsbridge% 5Cdocuments%5Cfiles%5CConventionCards pelu: give N K and not K - then plsy for slam fluffy: straightforward bidding for EW fluffy: stansby has to decide between rebidding her good hearts or bidding NT protecting K ahollan1: again limited 4+ possible canape [ longer] / westjava: hi every one! westjava: sry late:) lesio: wygra przez :) ale trafi :) lokaty: zanim zd yli otworzyˆƒ trefla, Apek trafi kiera i potem ustawi wpustkˆ ryskiel_:...apek zagra kiery gˆ r zak daj c, e karo jest nie do odebrania po ich dwukrotnym zagraniu ryskiel_: Francuzi ju nic nie trafiaj - BA jest z czapy jak podpowiada mi tu jeden z kibicˆ w:) lesio: naszym wypuscili roswolf: DONT LIKE EAST S PASS and 4 is not the best spot..p ahollan1: then pick event/country to get partnership convention card dburn: well, 2 is supposed to deliver more of a suit and / or more of a hand benjy: So you would bid over 2? dburn: just about - could well have enough for NT star6ija: so I would like to pay more attention to the previous board vbman: very cool its no time to dbl 2h for pen dburn: but this lead knocks out the entry to the clubs, so we may well not have enough for 2NT..p dburn: although other things are reasonably favourable (e.g. the diamonds), so this will be close pamela: seen worse but there is quite a bit of work to do on this hand.. vugraphzpb: with 2/1 split its made, 1 ruff and 1 discard. other chance if are /0 club 4/ or long with eweber: well, after 4 there wasn t a safe spot any more.. Q penseur9: this make easy vugraphzpb: good bid by W ahollan1: i thought 2 promised 4-fit :( vugraphzpb: East looking at the conv card vbman: a heart underlead? vbman: no vugraphzpb: now N/S seem to miss their best fit in ritong: nevertheless, lasserre will drive this to at least 5 imo jkmjanusz: Jakby wistowali jak ludzie: normalnie, odwrotnie lub odmiennie - to by ob o yli... vugraphzpb: did east want a double from w?.. sfoxa: hello to all andyv: now N have to cash out immediately andyv: NS odysseus69: which heart to lead - having raised top of is right westjava: hi pak Arifin! ahalim: hi Liliek lesio: wiedzia ze wist by z dubla i moze odda ˆƒ 2 bo dostanie lewe na andyv: and the contract allowed to make.. 8 lesio: tutaj raczej tego nie bˆ dzie vugraphzpb: she is moving now to get a good seat, if possible.. K star6ija: As Radoslav Radev pointed, in Major weak is used by Eric Kokisch, who is a kind of advisor of strongest US players fluffy: sh picks the right one, NT is doomed on a spade lead pelu: but also 4NT would be a hard work to make - 15 -
vugraphzpb: W is asking how many N has with the 2 raise vugraphzpb: can she have 4? vugraphzpb: which seems about 80%ish andyv: a sizeable swing for EW.. Q fluffy: it takes a diamond lead to beat 4 quickly ryskiel_: swoj drog by o w tym sporo pecha... antoniz: to prawda garden2005: dobry wieczˆ r wszystkim :) antoniz: witaj:) ryskiel_: witaj Grzesiu antoniz: bardzo ciekawe rozdanie benjy: if she wins in dummy and leads a spade up east has to duck to give the defence a chance.. 2 odysseus69: got to develop club trick - interesting to see what happens odysseus69: cashing the diamonds will cause pain to all vugraphzpb: small to the J seems a way to go pamela: they are on their way lebridgeur: alas very unfortunate ryskiel_: w a nie odysseus69: small club to jack looks better.. 4 ryskiel_: 11 lew fluffy: declarer can t avoid a diamond ruff.. vbman: can underlead later but must not help ritong: good stop ahollan1: Upmark had option to Relay to get information about South hand, but elected to show with some shortness.. K dburn: East opened at the other table also, and South elected to double jkmjanusz: Witamy ritong: romanski suspecte que passe d abord et ensuite est dˆ» aux s ritong: il connaˆfit donc a priori au moins dix cartes majeures en ouest et probablement onze vugraphzpb: indeed!.. 5 odysseus69: that looked right from here vugraphzpb: with 8,9 of this seems ok odysseus69: spade Q best but no good westjava: it s true, from decl? ahalim: yes that s the 9th trick westjava: ohh ya:) westjava: 2, 6 and 1 lesio: z taka rozgrywka seniorzy do OPEN dburn: West bid 1NT, which ended the auction, and eight tricks were taken.. 6 dburn: but they were taken by the defenders, so NZ have a useful plus 200 benjy: this is cold now odysseus69: not many will bid and make game here w_adam: wbrew pozorom nie jest to takie oczywiste lesio: teraz w_adam: Jak Jacek szarpnie asa karo to na pewno ob o lesio: I GRAJ SE PAN SAM:) ryskiel_: my lisz, e bˆ d mieli k opoty z wziˆ ciem dwˆ ch asˆ w? ryskiel_: zw szcza, e Apek zalawinthalowa asa trefl graj c ni szym kierem w_adam: raczej z tej pozucji to juz nie ma takiej mozliwosci jak Apek zagra kiera fluffy: there was still a chance for the defence if simons had switched to spades.. penseur9: one looser in, and ahalim: too late jaker: if north had chosen to overcall EW might stumble into spades, which I think makes 10 tricks, rather luckily.. 8 fluffy: cos declarer needs to guess if she has to paly K or J ahollan1: EW do not canape with majors 1 could be 4 4 so maybe Auken guessed that wasn t happening and liked preemptive value of 2 over 1N ahollan1: her 1N would have shown 0- ritong: basiquement 411 garden2005: Antoni, w cz francuski :) garden2005: witam wszystkich ponownie :) westjava: the late lead.. J westjava: she cant find, cause of 1 respond I think kamyk: i odwrotnie:) ahollan1: unfortunately I don t know any of the NS meanings after the 1st 2 or bids.. A cicus: seems they do dburn: sure - it may well have been cold anyway, but winning the first spade has certainly done no good for the defence cicus: perfect contract.. 2 sfoxa: with this defence, declarer has his life easy vugraphzpb: her life, it s the Venice Cup fluffy: again there will be a chance if Stansby doesn t cash J soon to discard her J lesio: odwrotnie to chyba sie nie da roswolf: a spec suggests west should pass - THAT GOOD EASILY BE RIGHT - but east isnt guaranteed to have the hand he has - east failure to double should have cost him a packet.. 2 sfoxa: in OR, defenders cut spade communication - 16 -
with the opening lead fluffy: stansby is afraid of clubs breaking badly obviously westjava: one of basic I was learn is, attack dummy suit ritong: d autre part, les s d ouest sont laids, donc il a une grosse carte a cˆ tˆ' ritong: qui n est pas l as de, visiblement donc le roi de ryskiel_: przepraszam za spˆ nienie, ale dzisiaj mˆ j kamerdyner ma wolne i musia em sobie sam poradziˆƒ:) mpeti: Nie za ma co... antoniz: witamponownie:) roswolf: and actualyy has:).. roswolf: another good result for India vugraphzpb: they are discussing the explanation roswolf: seems ideal to me - and n/s have only themselves to blame for the disaster vugraphzpb: TD is called vugraphzpb: by Brazil roswolf: sorry i meant e/w roswolf: ty roswolf: a spec asks why td called vugraphzpb: TD is asking sw for explanation vugraphzpb: W / S vugraphzpb: about bid and explanation; it was only alerted for E, not for W roswolf: i think it is sour grapes and e/w are trying to win back the board in the appeals room vugraphzpb: 4 was 1 down roswolf: imo e/w were crazy in not doubling OR INDEED NOT PASSING out vul vugraphzpb: could be hearts and clubs roswolf: they played in the wrong suit and they should have just played bridge vugraphzpb: already some interesting first boards odysseus69: well done NZ kamyk: czas zrobi swoje w_adam: brawo ryskiel_: Grzesiu i Antoni proszˆ do komentowania garden2005: my juzsiedzimy :) lesio: ;.. Q ahalim: can make but shd play carefully.. 4 pamela: they will not be rewarded on this unfortunately.. and so the gap narrows even more antoniz: teraz ma y pik ze sto u.. 4.. 9 dburn: but it will be a few more IMPs to New Zealand, who started this tournament very well, have faded a little, but are still comfortably in the hunt for a qualifying spot.. T.. 2 vbman: dia ace is well played, vbman: placed sfoxa: ty, Dennis, my apologizes.. fluffy: but in the end she went over it garden2005: rozruszam ten stˆ, tchnˆ w Apka z Jackiem wia.rˆ antoniz: bardzo prosimy:) eweber: but counting tricks... A.. 6 ryskiel_: i teraz odbˆ dzie siˆ gra na tzw, przymus ogˆ lny ahollan1: if you go to the site for CC EW card is listed under khaled-mubashir.pdf.. T garden2005: tam jest kropka ryskiel_: nie? fajnie ritong: nos amis polonais prennent possession du terrain, wald me le confirme - 1 -
Board 5 this/total IMPs NS: England - 25 EW: Netherlands 2 5 o E -2 100 c 4 E - 150 5 60 Q108 5 10 J104 J109 K 6 4 2 K 6 8 4 2 W N S E A J Q9 5 AQ9 8 5 AQ 10 66 10 9 9 2 AK J 8 6 4 2 K 6 5 N: BROCK W: VRIEND Open E: ARNOLDS S: SMITH W N E S p 1 X 2 p p p p #1 S:: A,,6,2 #2 S:: J,Q,K,9 # N::,2,Q,4 #4 S:: A,T,6, #5 E:: A,5,T,2 #6 E:: K,9, 5, # E:: 4,Q,, 4 #8 S:: 5,J,K, 6 #9 E:: 5,Q,9,2 #10 S:: 8, 8,, 8 #11 E:: 6,A,T, roswolf: a more sensible opening than in the other room where 4 was chosen..p..1.. roswolf: however e/w appear to be following the lemmings as well..2..p.. roswolf: imo the e/w game is so lucky thay to be in it is a sin against bridge..p..p..p.. A.... 6.. 2.. J.. Q.. K.. 9.... 2.. Q.. 4.. A.. T.. 6.. 6 Board 5 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands 2 5 EW: England - 25 o E -2 100 c 4 E - 150 5 60 Q108 5 10 J104 J109 K 6 4 2 K 6 8 4 2 W N S E A J Q9 5 AQ9 8 5 AQ 10 66 10 9 9 2 AK J 8 6 4 2 K 6 5 N: Pasman W: Dhondy Closed E: Senior S: Simons W N E S p 4 p p p #1 S:: A,4,,2 #2 S:: 5,T,K, # E:: A,5,T,2 #4 E:: K,9,, #5 E:: 2,J,Q,K #6 N:: 4,5,Q,9 # S:: A,T,2,K roswolf: in which case east was crazy not to double - HE BID BADLY and now trys to retrieve some imps by rules-lawyering.. A.. 5.. T.. 2.. K.. 9.. 5.... 4.. Q.... 4.. 5.. J.. K.. 6.. 5.. Q.. 9.. 2.. 8.. 8.... 8.. 6.. A.. T.. vugraphzpb: TD left, will take a decison later and inform us alunand14: hi all... skaftij: Welcome to ˆ sak andyv: with suit dividing no worse than 4-2 it s claim time andyv: and 12 imps to USA1 vugraphzpb: N claims 9 tricks vugraphzpb: a good pass from E don_kapu: there is a gambit theory westjava, give 1 take all westjava: so, 10 imps to USA westjava: hello sir! ahalim: hello don don_kapu: helluhaa 6-18 -
vbman: -----------------------21------------------- ritong: so, farewell and merci a tous mpeti: Siedzimy od dawna! garden2005: ni bˆ dˆ wymienia nicka bo siˆ pokapuje, ale po francusku i w jednego, to trzeba mieˆƒ silne parcie... by pisaˆƒ komentarze :) mpeti: Merci! pelu: and 4 again :)..p ahollan1: multi-purpose Polish 1 usually weak NT mdgraham: gosh - another penalty w_adam: raczej prosty szlemiczek roswolf: ok thx Rob..4 jaker: over 1s opening, choice between 2d and x fluffy: the hand ended up with 11 tricks fluffy: because after ruffing 9 fluffy: and running all trumps penseur9: how high will N/S go here? pelu: will we see a fight on the 5-level? penseur9: quite possible lebridgeur: I am told that if decalrer had played king of first she could make it on adouble squeeze I did not check ryskiel_: mo e byˆƒ kolejna powa na strata lesio: tera6 :) ryskiel_: i kto by po licytacji w 1 rozdaniu pomy la, e za 4 rozdania uciekniemy Francuzom na 2 oczek? rmb1: Scary NT :) fluffy: north is subject to a - squeeze..p pelu: 1 S = + odysseus69: Slam on a finesse - the hand I hate most vugraphzpb: N-S congratulate Palmer with her nice play of board 4 odysseus69: how many spades/ westjava: where r u come from, don? vugraphzpb: TD is collecting the written expl of :-)..p roswolf: west has a nice hand for the majors over a strong nt dburn: North-South play a weak no trump, so this may be an upgrade star6ija: and Wests in both rooms chose diferent ways of acting, as well as Norths. US tactics was winning in both rooms, so deserved 10 IMPs odysseus69: i like 4 mdgraham: however, with a correct diamond guess, EW can make twelve tricks in diamonds or spades pamela: yes but to play the K first is odd.. roswolf: ah hah..p vugraphzpb: and leaves again vugraphzpb:!:-) ahollan1: 1N=14-16 [1/2/nv] 15-1 [vul/4] ahalim: two easy slams to id fluffy: unable to hold 4 and A she must drop a trick odysseus69: double-then 5D rmb1: Or even 4NT? benjy: If i was playing a weak NT here then I would open one with the south hand.. A benjy: Ok you have 14 HCP and a couple of 10s but the 4 is enough to keep me in range ahalim: bid tomi2: good morning to all jaker: the modern trend is more towards overcall and then double next with this hand type. pelu: D= dont bid partner - but sje is weong:) odysseus69: may have pushed then to slam ritong: an other possible shock for NS ryskiel_: odwrotka?:( ryskiel_: o co wiˆ kszego... lesio: jaka sztuczka w licytacji ahollan1: 2 =4 NOT 4.. 4 fluffy: stansby is trully loaded, she might be thinking about slam now fluffy: the best way to handle the hand now is with 4 splinter, migry will then know that her K is useless and sing off in 4 quickly fluffy: splinter avoids the club duplication pamela: but no there is only one club in Lu hand lebridgeur: yes agreed pamela: she cannot do it no matter what she plays needs a cl ruff surely vugraphzpb: 1--5 is outcome baldfriede: hello to thisd match vugraphzpb: S is pleased with the 4 trumps of his partner ryskiel_: kurde eby to nie by miscklick ryskiel_: grzecznie pan Henry siˆ wycofa... roswolf: if the td rules in Brazil s favour it will almost certainly be appealed.. andyv: 5 will require guessing the suit or a lead benjy: and X in the pass out seems normal benjy: north will prob be glad to go back to clubs ritong: good move lokaty: dobrze, e nie zdecydowa siˆ na inwit, bo ju na treba by o trafiˆƒ ryskiel_: nie mia z czym inwitowaˆƒ, chocia ci g do przodu Laski jest ogˆ lnie znany kamyk: jak sie poprawnie rozgrywa taki kolor - 19 -