SEE YOU IN OPATIJA NEXT YEAR - European Bridge Leaguechampionships.eurobridge.org/EYTC2017/Bulletins/Bul_08.pdfHanna Ciunczyk, Katarzyna Dufrat (npc), Anna Zareba, Justyna Zmuda (coach)

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SATURDAY EVENING,JULY 15, 2017

ISSUE No 8

Sweden won the U26 Open series with Poland and France taking the silver and bronze medals respectively. The other qualifiers for the 2018 World Championships are Netherlands, Italy and England.The U21 Championships was decided by the narrowest of margins, just 0.15 VP, with Sweden taking the gold, Israel the silver and England the bronze, after Israel had led for part of the final round. The other World Championship qualifiers are Bulgaria, Netherlands and Italy.Netherlands led going into the final round of the U26 Women and also led at the end of the match, which is when it matters, of course, but Poland held the overall lead briefly and took silver, with England winning bronze. The other three teams who qualified for China 2018 are France, Hungary and Turkey.Congratulations to all who have achieved or surpassed their pre-tournament goals, and commiserations to those who have fallen short. But I hope we can all agree that these championships have been a great success, at what many think is the best venue we have ever had for the European Youth Championships.Farewell and safe home to all.

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UNDER 26 • GOLD MEDAL • SWEDENMartin Loefgren (npc), Tom Gards (coach), Ida Gronkvist, Mikael Gronkvist,

Adam Stokka, Ola Rimstedt, Simon Hult, Mikael Rimstedt

WOMEN UNDER 26 • GOLD MEDAL • NETHERLANDSEsther Visser, Sandra Kolen, Merel Bruijnsteen, Anneke Simons (npc),

Janneke Wackwitz, Aarnout Helmich (coach), Mette Lejeune, Wubbo De Boer

UNDER 21 • GOLD MEDAL • SWEDENLars Nilsson (coach), Alexander Sandin, Teo Bodin, Sanna Clementsson,

Erik Hansson, Castor Mann, Martin Loefgren (npc)

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26th European Youth Team Championships Samorin, Slovakia

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UNDER 26 • SILVER MEDAL • FRANCEThomas Sanchez, Thomas Bessis (npc), Florian Lierhmann, Edouard Du Corail,

Julien Bernard, Gregoire Lafont, Baptiste Combescure

WOMEN UNDER 26 • SILVER MEDAL • POLANDJustyna Duszynska, Dominika Piesiewicz, Zuzanna Moszczynska, Zofia Baldysz, Hanna Ciunczyk, Katarzyna Dufrat (npc), Anna Zareba, Justyna Zmuda (coach)

UNDER 21 • SILVER MEDAL • ISRAELDanny Loonstein (npc), Nir Khutorsky, Aviv Zeitak, Asaf Yekutieli,

Tomer Loonstein, Shahaf Avital, Ilai I. Baniri, Eitan Levy

On behalf of the Danish delegation, and probably most of the participants I would like to congratulate SBZ and President Peter Belcak for the organisation of these championships.The Venue is the best I can remember for any Junior event, actually I can't really remember any open events with facilities like this.

I can only encourage you to try again, but I am aware that it is a big job, and you will probably need to rest for a year or two after this ☺

Credit also to the EBL for their part in this, the directors were friendly and competent as usual, and I have not noticed any problems for players or captains/coaches.

I am happy to see the rise of participation in the U16, I believe we have to put lots of effort in promoting the game to the youngest ages, and I know that many countries are working hard on this – keep up the good work.

Thank you also to all players captains and coaches, I look forward to meeting you all again soon.

Morten Bilde (Denmark U26)

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UNDER 26 • BRONZE MEDAL • POLANDWojciech Kazmierczak, Jakub Zawada, Kamil Nowak, Marek Markowski (npc),

Mateusz Sobczak, Arkadiusz Majcher, Piotr Marcinowski

WOMEN UNDER 26 • BRONZE MEDAL • ENGLANDYvonne Wiseman, Bryony Youngs (coach), Alex Birchall, Sally Brock (npc),

Olivia Bailey, Siyu Ren, Hanna Tuus, Ewa Wieczorek

UNDER 21 • BRONZE MEDAL • ENGLANDBen Norton, Liam Sanderson, Daniel Winter, Sam Behrens, Michael Byrne (npc),

Kripa Panchagnula, Jonathan Clark, Bryony Youngs (coach)

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CLOSING SPEECHby EBL Pres i den t

Mr Gabriel Bárdos – Mayor of Šamorín,Mr Peter Belčák – President of the Slovak Bridge Association,Dear Young Bridge Friends,

I am pleased to welcome you to the EBL Youth Team Championships Closing Ceremony.

This year, you have been 70 teams coming from 29 countries to compete in the four Series.

All of you played in a very good spirit and with a lot of fair play.

These U26, U21 and U26 Women competitions are a qualification step for the World Championships. In 2018, these World Championships will be held in Suzhou, Wujiang District, China from 8th to 18th August. From Europe, there will be 6 teams qualified in U26, U21 and U26 Women Series.As usual, in U21 and U26 Women series (but not in U26) there will probably be some additional teams qualified in case of any withdrawal from other zones.The 12 medals are being shared between 6 countries.

11 countries have qualified at least one team to represent Europe in the 2018 World Championships.

All my personal congratulations go to England, the only country to qualify 4 teams.

I would like to emphasize two important criteria:the country, and not the players, is qualified to represent Europe in the World Championships,the dates of birth for qualification are of course different for 2018:to participate in U26 and U26 Women Series, the players have to be born on or after the 1st of January 1993,to participate in U21 Series, the players have to be born on or after the 1st January 1998.to participate in U16 Series, the players have to be born on or after the 1st January 2003.

Next year the 14th EBL Youth Pairs Championships will be held in Opatija (Croatia) from 11th to 19th July with a five day Pairs competition followed by an EBL four day Camp with the support of the Croatian Bridge Federation and in particular Jurica Carić.

I want to thank the Slovak Authorities for their great support in the organisation of these Championships and in particular the Mayor, Mr Gabriel Bárdos, who honours us tonight with his presence.

Finally, I want to thank the Slovak Bridge Association, the Organising Committee, the Championship Committee and the staff who have worked with enthusiasm and professionalism to make this event in Slovakia such a success.

I will now make an award to some Authorities and Members of the Slovak Bridge Association andI ask Gabriel Bárdos – Mayor of Šamorín to come to the stageThank you Gabriel Bárdos

I ask Radúz Dula – On-site Organiser to come to the stage.Thank you Radúz Dula.I ask Peter Belčák – SBZ President to come to the stage.Thank you Peter Belčák.

I hope that you will all keep a great memory of your Slovak Bridge-week experience.

Tomorrow, you will go back home.Have a safe journey and enjoy your evening.

I officially declare closed the 26th European Youth Bridge Team Championships.

Yves Aubry

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CLOSING SPEECHby Sl ovak Br idge Ass oc ia t i o n Pres i den t

Dear Yves, dear colleagues from European Bridge League, dear Mr. Bardos, the Mayor of Samorin, ladies and gentlemen, dear young friends,

We were given the opportunity to organize the 26th European Youth Team Championship here in Slovakia. At the opening ceremony I wished you to enjoy your B-week party. After this week full of bridge we have come to the end of the marvelous adventure. For some of you this B-week party will continue as your teams qualified for the world championship which will be held in China - let me congratulate you. Just don’t get distracted there by the fact that the town itself has actually more inhabitants than our entire country.

For the rest the party is almost over, you also showed an outstanding level of discipline and fair play contributing to the EBL’s motto of ‘Bridge for Peace’. On our side as the local partner, we tried to do our best to help EBL in running the championships. One week ago we were absolute beginners in organizing a bridge event with about 500 participants coming from 29 European countries.

So, of course, a big thank you goes to every member of the local crew. There were caddies, BBO operators, assistants, drivers - well, with limited resources of a small NBO most of you have multiple roles – so my gratitude for your good will, patience, behavior, creativity, enthusiasm, professionalism and dedication is

even greater – you played a big role in the overall success of the championship.

Dear friends, the curtain falls and, as usual, we are a little bit sad to leave our old and new friends but, in the meantime, after having spent together the recent intensive days we are happy to return to our homes and to our families. I do believe that you all take the best of the memories from Samorin with yourselves. On behalf of the Slovak Bridge Association and personally, I want to wish you success in your future bridge carriers and to meet you at some other occasion at some other place and recall all the good you witnessed here. Thank you.

Peter Belcak

Mr. Bardos, Mayor of Samorin, Yves Aubry, EBL President, and Peter Belcak, President of the Slovak Bridge Association


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VIDEOS FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

BEFORE THE START

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THE MAGNIFICENT TEN...WOMEN UNDER TWENTY SIX

BULGARIAN GRAN SLAM BY N. YANINSKI

THE NEXT GENERATION

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HOW TO DEFEAT 3NT BY S. INDREBO

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When you watch the vugraph (or these days, BBO), what do most people want to see? Slams, of course – and the cream of those, grand slams. In the first few days there was drought – at least I could not recall any successful grand slams we could report. Then came Friday, and with it, we had a downpour! OK, maybe drizzle is the right word... Or was it because we switched to an U21 match?

U 21 Round 26Board 19. Dealer South, E/W Vul. [ A 2 ] A K 7 6 5 2 { 8 4 } Q J 4 [ 7 6 5 3 [ Q 10 8 ] J 10 ] Q 9 4 3 { 10 7 6 { J 9 5 3 } 10 9 7 6 } 3 2 [ K J 9 4 ] 8 { A K Q 2 } A K 8 5

Most tables ended up in 6NT and made it, usually by ducking a heart, hoping for the 3-3 split, or planning to squeeze anyone with four hearts and four diamonds or the spade squeen. Since all these beauties were with East, he usually succumbed to the four rounds of clubs, everyone scoring up their slam. Those less sophisticated played 7NT, which can also roll home via the three-suited squeeze against East or simply taking the spade finesse for four lucky tricks in the suit...

The English found a more interesting contract against their Italian opponents, that was much better than 7NT.

West North East SouthGaiotti Norton Scatà Behrens– – – 1} Pass 1] Pass 2[ Pass 3} Pass 3{ Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 5NT Pass 7} All Pass

Essentially 2[ promised 5-4 in the blacks, so Norton had every reason to be optimistic about the grand.

While waiting for the opening lead, we (PO and I) were making plans on what is the best play of the hand. After an expected trump lead, we figured the best play should be ruffing a spade in dummy for the 12th trick, and later trying to squeeze someone(s) with the above mentioned values in the three plain suits if the queen doesn’t fall. Apparently Gaiotti did not like our plans much as he led a heart, which immediately took out the vital entry to dummy, therefore killing all chances of a squeeze. Behrens figured, though, that all chances for a squeeze are probably worse than 50%, so time to finesse! He played spade ace, finesse, ruffed a spade low and was home – now that is simple, isn’t it?

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Coming to the last round of the day, Round 24 of both U26 series, it was time to break the rules again:

U 26 Round 24Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. [ A K ] A 6 4 { 8 7 5 } K J 7 3 2 [ 9 8 6 3 [ J 10 7 4 2 ] 10 7 3 ] 9 { J 6 3 { K 9 2 } 10 8 5 } Q 9 6 4 [ Q 5 ] K Q J 8 5 2 { A Q 10 4 } A

A possible bidding sequence:

West North East South Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4[ Pass 5{ Pass 5[ Pass 7] All Pass

(Short explanation: strong no trump, transfer, followed by natural bids, cuebids, 4} being last train, 4[ kickback RKCB, 5[ grand slam try).

At several tables, East glanced into his or her textbook at ’What to lead against grand slams?’, and found ’Rule #1: Lead a trump!’. So they did, with disastrous consequences, as this was won in dummy, saving the vital entry to hand, and the long club was the thirteenth trick when the diamond finesse worked at the end. Those less fortunate had opponents that figured this is not going to be about crossruffing, so maybe a spade lead could throw a wrench into the works – and it did! Some declarers still got home when West decided their whole diamond suit was not worth holding onto, and the squeeze on East was complete...

In the same match, there was a simple-looking endplay that was missed by most declarers, about half the field going down, despite it looking very automatic – well, maybe it takes a few more years for these juniors to reach that level.

U 26. Round 24.Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. [ J 9 8 5 4 ] 8 7 5 { 4 } A 10 8 2 [ 7 6 [ K Q 10 2 ] A K Q J 10 4 3 2 ] 6 { J 9 { 8 7 3 } J } Q 9 7 6 5 [ A 3 ] 9 { A K Q 10 6 5 2 } K 4 3

At most tables, the bidding went:

West North East South– – – 1{4] Pass Pass 5{All Pass

There are a few things you can deduce from the bidding and play. First of all, West has eight hearts, and probably not much else – if he has a spade honour you do not stand much of a chance anyway. Secondly, after drawing trumps, it is free to cash the king of clubs from hand (those even luckier had the jack of clubs played, either after the heart ace or even before! In that case you should give up a heart to rectify the count for the endplay, and also discover if hearts are, in fact, 8-3-1-1 around the table). Note: it does not matter whether West continues hearts, or switches to the club jack, or even leads the club jack, as you can always play a heart from hand to rectify the count. Only an immediate spade lead beats the contract, as you can play a second spade when in with the heart and the squeeze is positionally wrong.

Now the play is simple: you cash all your trumps, and watch out for East’s discards. These should be the last five cards:

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Casinò PalaceLido di Venezia 8 11 November 2017

ProgramNational Mixed & Ladies Pairs TournamentWednesday 8 – from 4.00 pm 2 session 20/22 boards

First prize 1.200 euroEntry Fee 25 euro per player (junior 15)

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Total guaranteed prize money30.000 euro

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other foreign Bridge FederationsThursday 9 Evening with dinner in the Rooms of the Municipal

Casino Ca Vendramin on the Grand Canal

When you play your last trump you discard a club from dummy and East is helpless. If he discards a spade, your spades are high. If he keeps them, you play two rounds of spades, and enjoy the last two tricks in clubs.

Of course, if West can control spades, you are helpless, but then you had no chance anyway.

At one table, declarer tried ducking one club in this position – maybe West started with two clubs, who knows? East returned the spade king, of course, and this was the position:

[ J ] – { – } A 10 [ 7 [ Q ] Q J ] – { – { – } – } Q 7 [ 3 ] – { 2 } 4

It looks like East can be sqeezed now, but dummy must discard first! You can discard the spade jack, but he will discard the queen! If only West had held on to his seven of spades at our table... (Interestingly, West cannot be squeezed out of his spade guard, as he does not have to keep clubs, and the club ace cannot be cashed, as it is the entry suit, of course).

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Under 26 Teams, Round 25

Third met fifth in the morning match of the U26 Open Championship. Poland needed a solid day to win a medal, while England needed a solid day to ensure a top six finish and a big one to challenge for a medal. As England were over 20 VPs behind their opponents, a good win in this match was crucial to their medal hopes.

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

Both Easts became declarer in 4] against silent opponents and both Souths led the king of diamonds. How should you play after drawing trumps?

For England, Alex Roberts played on spades, hoping to find the suit three-three, when he would have a discard for his club loser, or that his first play would be through ace-doubleton. As we can see, neither chance materialised so he was down one, losing two spades and a trick in each minor, for –50.

For Poland, Kamil Nowak essentially played for South to have the ace of spades, a straight 50% proposition. He won the diamond, drew trumps and played three rounds of clubs. At first sight, South can avoid the endplay by unblocking the queen of clubs, but that defence is not good enough. North can win and play a spade through but declarer wins dummy's king and exits with a diamond and South is endplayed after all to lead away from the [A. That was worth +420 and 10 IMPs to Poland, a good way to start a new day, and especially such an important day.

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

West North East South Kazmierczak Kennedy Nowak Alishaw

– Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3NT All Pass West North East South Shah Marcinowski Roberts Sobczak

– Pass 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3NT Pass 4] All Pass

Poland doubled their lead when Nowak, for Poland, chose to play in the cold 3NT, seeing no reason to play in hearts with his 4-3-3-3 shape, while Roberts chose 4] because he had strong three-card support, and found there were four tricks to be lost. That gave Poland +420 and +50, so 10 IMPs.

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


Pass Pass 1} Pass 1{ 1] Pass 4] All Pass

West North East South Shah Marcinowski Roberts Sobczak

Pass Pass 1} 1NT Pass 2{ Pass 2] All Pass

Both Easts opened 1}, Polish in Nowak's case, two-plus cards for Roberts.

For Poland, Mateusz Sobczak overcalled 1NT and, with five hearts and a six-count, Piotr Marcinowski transferred to hearts then passed the completion. Shivam Shah led a spade to the queen, king and ace. Sobczak cashed the ace of clubs then continued with the king and queen, throwing diamonds from dummy. Next he led a spade to Roberts' nine and could ruff a spade in hand. There were two diamonds and a trump to be lost so the contract made with an overtrick for +140.

For England, Michael Alishaw passed over 1} and Wojciech Kazmeirczak responded 1{, various hands including all negatives. When Stephen Kennedy scraped up a 1] overcall, Alishaw simply raised to game. With the spade position protected from the opening lead, Nowak kicked off with the ace of diamonds, liked what he saw and continued with king and a third round. Kazmeirczak tried ruffing with the king, hoping that declarer would play for this to be a singleton, then returned a spade to dummy's ace. Alas for Kazmeirczak, his excellent defense was unsuccessful because Kennedy could not find a way to get to and from to play East for all the remaining hearts. After much thought. He led a low heart and was charmed to see the jack appear on his right. Now he could draw trumps and discard the spade losers on the top clubs; ten tricks for +420 and 7 IMPs to England.

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Piotr Marcinowski

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


– 1[ Dble 2{ Dble Pass Pass 2] 3{ All Pass


– 2[ Dble All Pass

Kennedy made another aggressive call, opening 1[ on that pile of filth, and Alishaw bid 2{, transfer to hearts, over the double. Kazmierczak doubled to show diamonds then competed with 3{ when Alishaw bid the hearts. West was a bit heavy for his bidding, but spades had been bid on his left and both opponents were bidding, so he was prepared to give up on game unless partner could bid on anyway. Kennedy led the king of hearts. Kazmierczak won the ace and played the king of diamonds. That lost to the ace and back came a heart but Kazmierczak could ruff high and draw the missing trumps and the ruffing spade finesse provided the two extra tricks required to avoid a club loser; 12 tricks for +170.

Marcinowski opened 2[, weak with five cards and at least a five-card minor on the side, and Roberts doubled. Though the vulnerability may have suggested bidding, Shah saw no guarantee of making a game in the face of the likely bad breaks so passed and hoped to collect a nice penalty. Roberts led the king of diamonds and continued with a low diamond when Marcinowski ducked. Declarer led a heart to the king and ace and now Roberts found the best play of the king of spades. What now? Because shah's spades were so good, a second spade would have worked out best – the defence comes to four spades, four diamonds and two aces for down five – but Roberts couldn't know that the spades were quite that good so forced declarer with a diamond. Now Marcinowski played the queen of clubs round to Shah's ace and Shah surely should have played ace and ten of spades, which would have meant down four and +800. No, he forced declarer with another diamond and Marcinowski still had to make the }K and [Q so had five tricks and had escaped for –500. That was still worth 8 IMPs to England, but it could have been worse.

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


– – – Pass 1] 2{ 2] 3{ 3] 4{ All Pass


– – – Pass 1] 2{ 3{ Pass 3] All Pass

After Kennedy's overcall, Nowak made a simple bid of 2] and Alishaw in turn raised diamonds. That enabled Kennedy to compete with 4{ over 3], ending the auction. Nowak led the ten of diamonds so Kazmierczak won the ace and switched to the queen of hearts. That picked up two heart tricks for the defence and there was no way to avoid a spade loser so Kennedy was down one for –50.

Roberts was more optimistic about the East hand and cuebid 3{ to show a constructive three-level raise. Sobczak did not double – perhaps that would not have shown that his bid had been taken from him – and when he passed and Shah signed off in3] Marcinowski had no reason to bid again. He led his singleton club against 3]. Unable to read that this was indeed a singleton, Sobczak put in the seven, forcing Shah's king. Shah led the queen of hearts, which held the trick, and got the suit right by continuing with the jack. That too won so he played a third heart to the king and ace followed by a spade to the ten. Marcinowski won the [A and returned the king of diamonds, which Shah won. He played a second spade so Sobczak won that and returned the jack of diamonds, overtaken by Marcinowski to lead a third diamond. Shah knew what was going on so pitched a spade winner from dummy, ruffed the diamond, and led a club to the queen.

When Sobczak won the ace he was endplayed to either give dummy the [Q or lead away from the ten of clubs round to dummy's nine. Either way, there were nine tricks for +140 and 3 IMPs to England.

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


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


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

Given a free run, the English N/S pair had an easy time getting to 3NT. Two Spades was an invitational club raise, 2NT was strong and 3[ showed the spade shortage. The lead was a low heart to the eight and ten, ducked, and a heart back to the queen. The king of hearts forced the ace, but Kennedy had nine tricks for +600.

Roberts and Shah made life much tougher for the Polish N/S but, though they could not get to 3NT, they were content to agree clubs and even included a mild slam try on the way to game. Roberts led a diamond, won in dummy for a spade play. When Shah went in with the [A, Marcinowski had two discards for dummy's hearts and an overtrick; +620 and 1 IMP to Poland.

The match ended in a 27-19 IMP, 12.44-7.56 VP win for Poland, who remained on course for a medal. England, meanwhile, were still fifth and yet to secure their place on the plane to China next summer.


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C O U P O F T H E D A Y : V I E N N A C O U P by Br ian Sen i o r

ThThe Vienna Coup is so named because it was first

performed back in the heyday of Whist in Vienna

in the 1860s. The coup is an unblocking play, the

cashing of a winner, in preparation for a squeeze

against one of the defenders.

To make the situation as clear as possible, we will

look at only a partial hand diagram:

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

Declarer in a no trump contract requires all the

remaining tricks but has only three winners. However,

East is guarding both the major suits so could come

under some pressure.

Say that declarer cashes the {A at this point. West

and North follow suit and East does indeed have to

give up her stopper in one of the majors. However,

she can afford to pitch a heart because declarer will

have no way back

to hand to cash

the queen after

taking the heart

ace. Though East

was squeezed out of her

heart stopper, this was

of no benefit to declarer.

Now see the difference

if, in the diagram position,

declarer cashes the ace of hearts

before leading to the diamond

ace. Now East is truly squeezed. If

she unguards the heart, declarer is in the

correct hand to cash the queen while, if she

instead discards a spade, the remaining honour

falls under the ace and the [J is a winner.

Cashing the ace of hearts was the Vienna Coup

and would have been both necessary and successful

whichever defender was guarding both major suits.

If North’s small diamond had actually been a heart,

there would have been a positional squeeze against

West even without cashing the ]A, so long as declarer

read the position correctly, but East would again not

have been under pressure. The Vienna Coup would

again have made the squeeze effective against either

defender, the low heart being discarded from dummy

when declarer cashes the {A.

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P L A Y L I K E A C H A M P I O Nby Micke Melander

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SIMPLY WORLD CLASS ............................................................

The Best Bridgefestival in the World

ÖREBRO | SWEDEN | JULY 28 - AUGUST 6, 2017 www.svenskbridge.se/festival-2017

Bzzz, was the sound coming from the phone late in the evening. “Do you want a board to report?” “Always”, was the prompt reply. “See you at breakfast and I'll get the details for you.”

Round 24. Board 21. Dealer North. N/S Vul. [ 3 ] Q J 4 3 2 { A 5 4 } A Q 7 2 [ 7 [ A Q J 10 6 5 2 ] A K 10 9 ] 8 7 { K 8 6 3 2 { J 10 9 } J 5 4 } 3 [ K 9 8 4 ] 6 5 { Q 7 } K 10 9 8 6

West North East South O. Rimstedt M. Rimstedt

– 1] 4[ Dble All Pass

South led a heart to dummy's ace and Sweden's Mikael Rimstedt led a spade to his ten. South paused before playing low, surely indicating possession of the king, and presumably also that there was a four-one split, else why duck? Mikael could see what was going to happen – if he continued with ace and queen of spades, South would win the king and play a second heart to dummy. With no quick entry to hand to draw the last trump, declarer would have to let North gain the lead and now a third heart would promote the nine of spades for the setting trick. Mikael therefore decided to try something different.

Mikael led a low club from hand to the jack and queen. Had North returned the ]Q, there would have been no escape for declarer, but he instead tried to cash the ace of clubs. That was all Mikael needed. He ruffed, played ace and queen of spades, and won South's heart return in dummy, ruffed a club and drew the outstanding trump before taking the diamond finesse to hold his diamond losers to just one. That gave Mikael ten tricks and his contract for a fine +590.

That's how to think and play if you want to be a champion.


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Hungarian Horror

Women under 26 Teams, Round 26

The Hungarian U26 Women went into their Round 26 match with leaders, the Netherlands, in fourth place and chasing England for the bronze medal. They came out of the match battered and bruised, and completely out of the medal hunt, having conceded no fewer than 56 IMPs on four slam (sort of) deals.

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

West North East South Fischer Visser Lajos Kolen

– – – Pass Pass 1[ 3} 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6[ All Pass West North East South Wackwitz M. Beko Bruijnsteen Revai

– – – Pass Pass 2} 3} 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 6] Pass 6[ All Pass

For the Netherlands, Esther Visser opened 1[ and Hanka Lajos made a weak jump overcall. When

Sandra Kolen now cuebid 4} to show a genuine 4[ bid – a somewhat optimistic assessment, you might think – Visser checked on key cards then bid the small slam.

For Hungary, Maria Beko didn't fancy a one-level opening with such a good hand so instead opened 2}. Merel Bruijnsteen overcalled 3} to take some space away from her vulnerable opponents and Hanna Revai introduced her hearts. When Revai could follow up with a cuebid in support of spades, Beko was off to the races and, after an exchange of cuebids, offered a choice of small slams. Rather unluckily, Revai picked the one that could be defeated while the suit she rejected would have seen a successful slam.

Six Spades was all about the lead. For Netherlands, Bruijnsteen cashed the ace of clubs, and now the four-one trump split doomed the contract to down one; –100.

For Hungary, Lajos led the ten of diamonds. Visser won the diamond in hand and cashed two top spades, getting the bad news. She was not dead yet, however. She played king and another heart, intending to finesse the ten and making the contract if East held either ]Qx or ]Qxx, either of which would permit her to take two club discards in time. Good news; +1430 and 17 IMPs to Netherlands.

H U N G A R Y v s N E T H E R L A N D SbyBrian Sen i o r

NETHERLANDSEsther Visser

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Board 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ J 5 3 ] 10 6 2 { Q 4 3 } 9 7 6 2 [ 10 9 6 4 2 [ K Q 7 ] Q J 9 7 5 3 ] A { 7 { A J 10 } A } K Q J 10 8 3 [ A 8 ] K 8 4 { K 9 8 6 5 2 } 5 4


– – 2} Pass 2{ Pass 3} Pass 3] Pass 3NT Pass 5] All Pass

West North East South Wackwitz M. Beko Bruijnsteen Revai

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

Lajos opened a strong and artificial 2} then showed the clubs. When Fischer now introduced her long hearts, Lajos suggested 3NT. Fischer felt that she had to make a slam try after her partner's strong opening so jumped to 5], Lajos declining the invitation. Visser led a club to declarer's bare ace. Fischer led a heart to the ace then played ace of diamonds and came back to hand with a diamond ruff. The jack of hearts lost to the king and back came a club, ruffed with the nine. The ]Q drew the remaining trumps (phew!) and Fischer led a spade to the queen and ace. Her spade losers went away on the clubs and she had 11 tricks for +650.

Bruijnsteen also opened 2} but she preferred to rebid 2NT to limit her hand as a good 22 to 24. Janneke Wackwitz had no comfortable way to show her hand and chose to transfer to spades then introduce the hearts. When that collected spade preference from Bruijnsteen, Wackwitz made a club cuebid and, though she signed off at her next turn, Bruijnsteen went on to the small slam.

Six Spades is not a great spot. As the cards lie, a heart lead and later continuation defeats it, while on any other side-suit lead declarer has to negotiate the trump position. Revai led ace and another trump and there was no problem. Bruijnsteen chalked up +1430 and Netherlands another 13 IMPs.

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Merel Bruijnsteen


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


– 3} Dble Pass 4] Pass 5] Pass 6] All Pass West North East South Wackwitz M. Beko Bruijnsteen Revai

– 3} 3NT All Pass

Both Norths opened 3}, which is considered to be down the middle bridge in the modern game. Once upon a time, three-level pre-empts were based on

seven-card suits. Now East had an ugly choice of calls. She could overcall 3{, but 18 HCP seemed rather a lot for that, or could make a take-out double, but that was unattractive with only five cards in the majors. Bruijnsteen tried something else – 3NT with no club stopper. This is much less dangerous than it might at first appear. After all, nobody has a running suit for a favourable vulnerability first in hand pre-empt, do they? Three No Trump ended the auction and Revai cashed the ace of clubs then switched to a low diamond, perhaps reading her partner's }3 as suit preference, not that it mattered. That gave a third diamond trick and Bruijnsteen had nine in all for +600.

Lajos went for the take-out double and Brigitta Fischer jumped to 4] in response. Now Lajos got greedy and invited slam by raising to 5]. That looks to be too much of a gamble with that club holding and only three-card heart support. Mind you, quite what Fischer thought she had to spare to justify going on to slam is hard to see. Visser led the king of clubs to her partner's ace and Sandra Kolen switched to a low trump. Fischer won and drew the trumps then led a diamond to the ten, losing to the queen. Kolen returned a spade, Fischer going wrong by putting up the queen, and covered by the king and ace. That meant that there was another trick to be lost at the end for down two; –200 and 13 IMPs to Netherlands.

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


– – Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass West North East South Wackwitz M. Beko Bruijnsteen Revai

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

Kolen opened 2{, weak with a major, 24+, or strong with diamonds. Two Hearts was pass or correct, 3[ showed the strong hand with diamonds and also spades, and Visser raised to game. Fischer's choice of

attack, ace and another heart, speeded things up a bit and Kolen came to an overtrick for +650.

Revai opened at the one level then made a game-forcing natural jump rebid. When Beko raised to 3[, Revai cuebid then, seeing a diamond cuebid in response, asked for key cards, then for the queen of trumps. Having the latter, Beko bid the small slam. For what it's worth, I think North should bid 4[ rather than 3[ over the 2[ rebid. North has no ace or king and is void in partner's main suit. It looks better to make the less encouraging jump raise as, surely, when slam is good, partner will still go on. The diamond cuebid was also dangerous – I would have assumed that it showed the king, not a void.

Anyway, Wackwitz led the three of spades and Revai went up with dummy's queen, crossed to the ace of clubs and ruffed a diamond. A heart to the king and ace came next and Wackwitz returned the nine of spades. Revai won in hand and played ace of diamonds then ran the queen of diamonds to Bruijnsteen's king. There was still a third trick to be lost at the end due to the tangled trump suit, and that meant down two for –200 and another 13 IMP swing to Netherlands.

The Dutch had scored 17, 13, 13 and 13 on these four boards, going a long way towards their maximum win by 75-7 IMPs, 20-0 VPs. With one match to play they led by 7.38 VPs from Poland, and the two teams would meet in that final match. Poland would need to win the match by 12 IMPs to snatch the title from the Netherlands.

Janneke Wackwitz


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FINAL RANKING

1 SWEDEN 405.572 FRANCE 384.703 POLAND 374.754 NETHERLANDS 350.155 ITALY 348.256 ENGLAND 346.667 ISRAEL 314.108 DENMARK 310.929 CZECH REPUBLIC 301.1010 NORWAY 299.5911 TURKEY 290.8912 RUSSIA 284.9913 BELGIUM 277.5914 LATVIA 275.3015 SLOVAKIA 274.1016 SCOTLAND 268.0217 GREECE 263.6018 SERBIA 254.2419 AUSTRIA 252.0220 CROATIA 236.6421 ESTONIA 234.1022 GERMANY 233.8923 HUNGARY 199.0424 IRELAND 173.9825 PORTUGAL 169.1326 SPAIN 112.3527 ROMANIA 103.33

ROUND 251 ENGLAND POLAND 19 27 7.56 12.442 GERMANY ITALY 20 28 7.56 12.443 DENMARK HUNGARY 26 19 12.16 7.844 RUSSIA BELGIUM 26 13 13.72 6.285 ROMANIA ISRAEL 13 87 0.00 20.006 PORTUGAL AUSTRIA 44 4 18.41 1.597 SPAIN FRANCE 26 40 6.04 13.968 SLOVAKIA ESTONIA 27 9 14.85 5.159 IRELAND CROATIA 51 13 18.17 1.8310 SCOTLAND NETHERLANDS 37 22 14.19 5.8111 SWEDEN GREECE 41 17 16.03 3.9712 LATVIA SERBIA 7 20 6.28 13.7213 CZECH REPUBLIC NORWAY 14 32 5.15 14.8514 TURKEY Bye 0 0 12 0.00

ROUND 261 POLAND DENMARK 85 15 20.00 0.002 RUSSIA TURKEY 16 38 4.34 15.663 ROMANIA ENGLAND 19 87 0.00 20.004 PORTUGAL ITALY 16 73 0.00 20.005 FRANCE HUNGARY 62 25 18.04 1.966 ESTONIA BELGIUM 26 83 0.00 20.007 ISRAEL CROATIA 78 24 19.83 0.178 AUSTRIA SCOTLAND 17 53 2.09 17.919 SPAIN SWEDEN 10 88 0.00 20.0010 SERBIA SLOVAKIA 36 8 16.72 3.2811 CZECH REPUBLIC IRELAND 49 15 17.63 2.3712 NETHERLANDS NORWAY 31 41 7.03 12.9713 LATVIA GREECE 75 33 18.65 1.3514 GERMANY Bye 0 0 12 0.00

ROUND 271 GERMANY RUSSIA 30 37 7.84 12.162 ROMANIA POLAND 15 45 2.96 17.043 PORTUGAL TURKEY 9 36 3.45 16.554 FRANCE ENGLAND 19 39 4.74 15.265 ESTONIA ITALY 0 42 1.35 18.656 CROATIA HUNGARY 78 9 20.00 0.007 BELGIUM SCOTLAND 23 22 10.33 9.678 ISRAEL SWEDEN 27 14 13.72 6.289 AUSTRIA SERBIA 53 10 18.76 1.2410 CZECH REPUBLIC SPAIN 40 21 15.06 4.9411 NORWAY SLOVAKIA 24 28 8.72 11.2812 IRELAND LATVIA 21 37 5.58 14.4213 GREECE NETHERLANDS 14 46 2.66 17.3414 DENMARK Bye 0 0 12 0.00

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26th European Youth Team Championships Samorin, SlovakiaU N D E R 2 1 R E S U L T S

ROUND 3121 NETHERLANDS FRANCE 25 1 16.78 3.2222 GERMANY BULGARIA 11 49 1.03 18.9723 ENGLAND SWEDEN 23 35 6.00 14.0024 ITALY POLAND 26 5 16.18 3.8225 ISRAEL IRELAND 82 15 20.00 0.0026 FINLAND TURKEY 18 18 10.00 10.0027 CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA 63 6 20.00 0.0028 BELGIUM NORWAY 7 34 2.66 17.3429 HUNGARY Bye 0 0 12 0.00

FINAL RANKING1 SWEDEN 456.412 ISRAEL 456.263 ENGLAND 450.724 BULGARIA 429.765 NETHERLANDS 427.426 ITALY 425.357 FRANCE 419.808 GERMANY 400.359 POLAND 385.5310 FINLAND 351.1011 CZECH REPUBLIC 330.1812 NORWAY 292.2613 TURKEY 280.6814 SLOVAKIA 205.2415 BELGIUM 194.4616 HUNGARY 192.7417 IRELAND 146.74

ROUND 3221 BULGARIA NETHERLANDS 12 8 11.50 8.5022 FRANCE ENGLAND 3 36 1.70 18.3023 GERMANY ISRAEL 15 10 11.85 8.1524 HUNGARY ITALY 11 27 4.95 15.0525 POLAND SWEDEN 12 12 10.00 10.0026 SLOVAKIA FINLAND 0 28 2.49 17.5127 TURKEY NORWAY 11 32 3.82 16.1828 IRELAND CZECH REPUBLIC 25 12 14.28 4.7229 BELGIUM Bye 0 0 12 0.00

ROUND 3321 ENGLAND BULGARIA 39 28 13.72 6.2822 NETHERLANDS GERMANY 30 19 13.72 6.2823 FRANCE POLAND 19 27 7.17 12.8324 SWEDEN BELGIUM 56 5 20.00 0.0025 HUNGARY IRELAND 20 37 4.71 15.2926 NORWAY SLOVAKIA 24 25 9.61 10.3927 FINLAND CZECH REPUBLIC 19 16 11.14 8.8628 ITALY ISRAEL 19 25 7.82 12.1829 TURKEY Bye 0 0 12 0.00

ROUND 3421 GERMANY ENGLAND 20 25 8.15 11.8522 BULGARIA FRANCE 24 6 15.52 4.4823 NETHERLANDS ITALY 27 10 15.29 4.7124 ISRAEL SWEDEN 28 15 14.28 5.7225 IRELAND BELGIUM 1 37 1.29 18.7126 CZECH REPUBLIC NORWAY 29 18 13.72 6.2827 SLOVAKIA TURKEY 24 36 6.00 14.0028 FINLAND HUNGARY 16 25 6.86 13.1429 POLAND Bye 0 0 12 0.00

W O M E N U N D E R 2 6 R E S U L T S

ROUND 2541 NETHERLANDS CZECH REPUBLIC 37 35 10.66 9.3442 POLAND FRANCE 40 37 10.97 9.0343 NORWAY GERMANY 41 11 17.04 2.9644 ENGLAND HUNGARY 44 15 15.88 2.1245 LATVIA TURKEY 19 41 4.34 15.66

FINAL RANKING1 NETHERLANDS 349.842 POLAND 339.303 ENGLAND 309.734 FRANCE 294.265 HUNGARY 290.656 TURKEY 285.317 NORWAY 275.908 CZECH REPUBLIC 246.579 GERMANY 160.6510 LATVIA 143.35

ROUND 2741 NETHERLANDS POLAND 28 23 11.58 8.4242 NORWAY CZECH REPUBLIC 18 14 11.28 8.7243 HUNGARY FRANCE 18 11 12.16 7.8444 GERMANY LATVIA 34 20 13.96 6.0445 TURKEY ENGLAND 14 23 7.29 12.71

ROUND 2641 NETHERLANDS HUNGARY 75 7 20.00 0.0042 LATVIA NORWAY 20 63 1.24 18.7643 TURKEY POLAND 17 53 2.09 17.9144 CZECH REPUBLIC ENGLAND 41 40 10.33 9.6745 GERMANY FRANCE 27 55 3.28 16.72


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PLA1 PLA2 Butl Boards CountryRIMSTEDT Mikael RIMSTEDT Ola 1,50 294 SwedenALISHAW Michael KENNEDY Stephen 1,30 238 EnglandKAZMIERCZAK Wojciech NOWAK Kamil 1,21 266 PolandCOMBESCURE Baptiste BERNARD Julien 1,15 322 FranceGRONKVIST Ida GRONKVIST Mikael 1,08 196 SwedenKVOCEK Juraj VODICKA Martin 0,87 182 SlovakiaTIJSSEN Luc KILJAN Veri 0,85 237 NetherlandsHULT Simon STOKKA Adam 0,78 238 SwedenMARCINOWSKI Piotr SOBCZAK Mateusz 0,76 266 PolandCHAVARRIA Margherita PERCARIO Giacomo 0,73 182 ItalySAU Roberto PERCARIO Giacomo 0,67 112 ItalySPRINKHUIZEN Thibo MENDES DE LEON Guy 0,62 237 NetherlandsBOTUR Michael MELCAK Martin 0,60 84 Czech RepublicURMAN Lior TOLEDANO Oren 0,57 350 IsraelDONATI Giovanni MANGANELLA Andrea 0,57 182 ItalyLAM Kyle NONNENMACHER Toby 0,55 196 EnglandILZINS Janis PELSIS Nauris 0,50 336 LatviaMAJCHER Arkadiusz ZAWADA Jakub 0,49 168 PolandEZION Amir ZAMIR Ami 0,48 350 IsraelCHAVARRIA Margherita DONATI Giovanni 0,45 181 ItalyGUNDERSEN Anders SAETHER Joakim 0,40 112 NorwayLAFONT Gregoire DU CORAIL Edouard 0,40 224 FranceDJILOVIC Josko MIJIC Ante 0,39 308 CroatiaBAKKE Christian FLAATT Espen 0,39 280 NorwaySHAH Shivam ROBERTS Alex 0,38 294 EnglandVOJTIK Jakub KOLEK Lukas 0,37 224 Czech RepublicSANCHEZ Thomas LIERHMANN Florian 0,36 182 FranceBUUS THOMSEN Emil PLEJDRUP Andreas 0,36 210 DenmarkKLEMS Erik MELCAK Martin 0,35 210 Czech RepublicBUNE Soren TODD-MOIR Victor 0,29 266 DenmarkBAHBOUT Sam KHOMIAKOV Robert 0,27 294 BelgiumZVEZDIN Zigfrid POSTOVALOV Ilia 0,27 196 RussiaVANDEWIELE Emiel DE WIT Dennis 0,27 224 BelgiumPOLAK Tobias VAN OVERBEEKE Tom 0,23 252 NetherlandsAYDIN Fatih AKBIYIK Ahmet Onur 0,23 280 TurkeyARSENTYEVA Elizaveta POSTOVALOV Ilia 0,20 168 RussiaOIKONOMOPOULOS I VOVOS Konstantinos 0,17 308 GreeceTUKENMEZ Can Erdem AKKAYA Emre Can 0,16 280 TurkeyVODICKA Martin RUMANCIK Jakub 0,15 126 SlovakiaZORANOVIC Jovana PEPIC Selena 0,12 280 SerbiaFREIMANIS Gints PINKERTON Stewart 0,12 238 ScotlandHAHN Frederik STRECK Lauritz 0,07 364 GermanySAETHER Joakim SCHEIE Marcus 0,06 140 NorwayZVEZDIN Zigfrid VAKHRANEVA Elizaveta 0,06 126 RussiaVAKHRANEVA Elizaveta NEVMERZHITSKIY Anton 0,05 196 RussiaRUMANCIK Jakub KOVAC Ondrej 0,05 154 SlovakiaNAKAMARU-PINDER Jun WILSON Abigail 0,01 252 ScotlandIHER Mirjam MAIDE Rasmus -0,02 252 EstoniaLEMBER Manglus MAASIK Martin -0,04 280 EstoniaSCHEBERAN Philip WEISS Christine -0,07 196 AustriaVAZIC Stojan JOVANOVIC Boris -0,08 111 SerbiaHERMANN Sophie EDER Felix -0,09 98 AustriaVALENTINE Ronan R James OBRIEN Liam -0,10 238 ScotlandGUNDERSEN Anders SCHEIE Marcus -0,10 112 NorwayBAKKE Christian GUNDERSEN Anders -0,11 84 NorwayBARR Stephen DONNELLY MICHAEL -0,17 224 IrelandBILDE Majka Cilleborg JEPSEN Peter -0,19 252 DenmarkFODOR Daniel VAGI Mate -0,19 84 HungaryBALODIS Martins PRIEDITIS Gatis -0,21 154 LatviaKAPAYANNIDI Katerina KARYOFYLLIDOU Zoe -0,24 210 GreeceTUBAK Daniel VAGI Mate -0,30 98 HungaryERSEK Laura HOMONNAY Balint -0,30 182 HungaryWEISS Florian PIIBOR Johanna -0,34 280 AustriaZVOROVSKI Rao PIIBELEHT Tiit Hendrik -0,35 196 Estonia

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PLA1 PLA2 Butl Boards CountryMOSZCZYNSKA Zuzanna PIESIEWICZ Dominika 0,79 308 PolandFISCHER Brigitta REVAI Hanna 0,66 210 HungaryWISEMAN Yvonne BIRCHALL Alex 0,63 350 EnglandWACKWITZ Janneke BRUIJNSTEEN Merel 0,59 350 NetherlandsCIUNCZYK Hanna ZAREBA Anna 0,55 168 PolandSCHULZOVA Kristyna LAPCIKOVA Renata 0,42 308 Czech RepublicKOLEN Sandra VISSER Esther 0,39 364 NetherlandsLAJOS Hanka SZUCS Villo 0,36 280 HungaryTHUILLEZ Mathilde COMBESCURE Sarah 0,26 308 FranceSJODAL Sofie Grasholt INDREBO Thea Lucia 0,26 308 NorwayIKIZKAYA Basak GURER Emine Nigar 0,20 350 TurkeyYILDIZ Busra Aslihan AKDAS Selen Buke 0,16 294 TurkeyBALDYSZ Zofia DUSZYNSKA Justyna 0,15 280 PolandJOUNIN Emeline BESANCON Helene 0,12 196 FranceREN Siyu WIECZOREK Ewa 0,07 322 EnglandLELEU Anais COUPEL Marie-Valentine 0,04 252 FranceHAUGE Thea Hove EKREN Katarina -0,02 168 NorwaySTRBOVA Barbora KUPKOVA Barbora -0,09 224 Czech RepublicBAILEY Olivia TUUS Hanna -0,10 84 EnglandTASLAK Burcu YAVUZ Ecem -0,11 112 TurkeyHAUGE Thea Hove KJENSLI Agnethe Hansen -0,15 182 NorwayKAMPERMANN Mareille DAMMANN Alexandra -0,32 238 GermanyGAVRILOVA Elizaveta SKURULE Karina Meta -0,72 378 LatviaRIEGER Mona NORDMANN Leonie -0,74 238 GermanyBEKO Maria REVAI Hanna -0,76 98 HungaryVILIMKOVA Ester TOMASTIKOVA Julie -0,83 224 Czech RepublicKAMPARA Diana SALMINA Sintija -1,01 378 LatviaNORDMANN Leonie VON JAN Isabella -1,07 98 Germany

STEFANEC Kristijan FERENCA Matko -0,35 294 CroatiaKRITSALIS Philippos KARAPANOS Nikolaos -0,35 210 GreeceJAKABSIC Jakub KOVAC Ondrej -0,37 126 SlovakiaTUBAK Daniel KOVACS Marton -0,39 84 HungaryCEKIC Sabri Efe SEZER Kadir Berkay -0,40 168 TurkeyTRNAVAC Vuk VELJA Stefan -0,52 167 SerbiaTRNAVAC Vuk VAZIC Stojan -0,56 98 SerbiaJAKABSIC Jakub KVOCEK Juraj -0,57 140 SlovakiaCOUTINHO Francisco MORAES Jose -0,57 294 PortugalVAN OVERMEIRE Jens DEHAYE Clovis -0,69 154 BelgiumILDEIKINS Viktors BALODIS Martins -0,70 168 LatviaJESSE Stig PIEPER Jonathan -0,75 364 GermanyVAGI Mate KOVACS Marton -0,76 84 HungaryPIMENTA Carolina BROCHADO Marta -0,79 112 PortugalHERMANN Sophie SCHEBERAN Philip -0,83 84 AustriaDOYLE Nathan BOLGER Arran -1,01 84 IrelandCONNOLLY John CHILDS Laurence -1,06 98 IrelandTOMA Anca RETZLER Rainer -1,10 263 RomaniaSILBERBERG A-Cristian ORDOG Akos -1,18 95 RomaniaCHECA ALBARRAN Victor BOADA FARRAS Ricard -1,19 238 SpainDOYLE Nathan CONNOLLY John -1,20 154 IrelandPIMENTA Carolina CORTE-REAL Luis -1,27 98 PortugalVIDOVIC Toni EVACIC Emanuel -1,32 126 CroatiaMAROT SORRIBAS Marc ALEXIA Jou Elena -1,34 252 SpainCORTE-REAL Luis BROCHADO Marta -1,58 154 PortugalORDOG Akos DAIAN Andrei -1,60 168 RomaniaPENALBA Esther GEMENO DIAZ Guzman -1,73 238 Spain

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PLA1 PLA2 Butl Boards CountryKHUTORSKY Nir BANIRI Ilai Ilan 1,20 240 IsraelSCATA Sebastiano GIUBILO Gabriele 1,16 120 ItalyHANSSON Erik MANN Castor 1,05 300 SwedenLOONSTEIN Tomer ZEITAK Aviv 0,99 150 IsraelYANINSKI Nikolay LAZAROV Dobromir 0,97 290 BulgariaDUFRENE Melic FRAGOLA Maxence 0,93 160 FranceWINTER Daniel SANDERSON Liam 0,87 190 EnglandCLARK Jonathan PANCHAGNULA Kripa 0,86 160 EnglandGIUBILO Gianmarco PORTA Federico 0,83 320 ItalyNIJSSEN Oscar VAN DE PAVERD Tim 0,78 260 NetherlandsNORTON Ben BEHRENS Sam 0,77 270 EnglandCARIS Youp DUPONT Pim 0,76 230 NetherlandsALTER Florian VORNKAHL Leonard 0,70 300 GermanyIGNATOV Daniel TENEVA Gergana 0,66 200 BulgariaKRAWCZYK Blazej JASINSKI Piotr 0,61 250 PolandBOULIN Arthur GUILLEMIN Theo 0,57 210 FranceSANDIN Alexander CLEMENTSSON Sanna 0,53 320 SwedenVAN OOSTEN Sibrand PABST Philipp 0,43 240 GermanyANDRUSZKIEWICZ Jakub SUCHARDA Edward 0,40 260 PolandYEKUTIELI Asaf AVITAL Shahaf 0,37 250 IsraelOTTO Viktor LITTERST Maximilian 0,36 100 GermanySTOUGIE Leen FRIESEN Xavier 0,31 150 NetherlandsKOSTOVA Liya PAVLOV Todor 0,28 150 BulgariaKINDL Jan KVACEK Robert 0,22 110 Czech RepublicKOIVU Oskari HUHTAMAKI Hermanni 0,15 250 FinlandSCATA Sebastiano GAIOTTI Alvaro 0,13 200 ItalySAMMALISTO Tatu AALTO Aleksi 0,12 240 FinlandPYSZKO Adam TOMIS Zdenek 0,03 270 Czech RepublicDUZEL Ugur BAYRAM Tunc -0,08 230 TurkeyKOHUTOVA Lucie OTRADOVCOVA Zuzana -0,21 260 Czech RepublicCURRAN Carl-Otto DEVIK Arne Osnes -0,39 180 NorwayCOBAN Hamza RAMYAR Aylin -0,43 190 TurkeyHELGEBY Simen Soerlie LUND Markus -0,44 250 NorwayGABRIEL Richard GABRIEL Lukas -0,51 250 SlovakiaKOPKA Kacper CICHY Krzysztof -0,52 130 PolandMOMMAERTS Laure VAN VELTHOVEN Bjorn -0,58 110 BelgiumACAR Ahmet Emir GULSEN Enes -0,59 220 TurkeySZELES Mark BURLACU Peter -0,62 210 HungaryHUYBRECHT Emile LUYCKX Kamiel -0,98 130 BelgiumPAVLIK Tomas PLOSCICOVA Lenka -1,09 170 SlovakiaTOTH Andrea JALSOVSZKY Janka -1,11 180 HungaryVAN VELTHOVEN Bjorn LUYCKX Kamiel -1,41 120 BelgiumMOMMAERTS Laure MASSAR Arthur -1,51 140 BelgiumBEKO Zsuzsanna SZUCS Leo -1,72 190 HungaryMCDONNELL Jarleth FARRELL Conor -1,76 100 IrelandREADE Mark HIGGINS James -2,37 170 Ireland

Documents

SEE YOU IN OPATIJA NEXT YEAR - European Bridge Leaguechampionships.eurobridge.org/EYTC2017/Bulletins/Bul_08.pdfHanna Ciunczyk, Katarzyna Dufrat (npc), Anna Zareba, Justyna Zmuda (coach)