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標題第十屆奧林匹亞世界大賽Ａ組初賽

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有人抱怨(還會是誰呢?當然是滷教授啦!)從臺灣連線不但速度太慢而且還常常連不上去, 所以要我從美國轉播目前於希臘舉行的四年一度奧林匹亞世界大賽. 是!遵命! 這次參賽的國家多達72個, 創下自1960年開賽以來的新高. 公開組共71隊, 分兩組大循環, 各取前四名進入八強單淘汰賽. Ａ組35隊, Ｂ組36隊, 中華臺北隊在Ｂ組. 初賽每場16牌, 一天進行四場, 因此初賽共計舉行九天. 今天初賽已經全部結束, Ａ組最後成績是: 名次國家總分(VP) 1 France 691 2 Indonesia 676.5 3 Poland 642 4 Denmark 633 5 N.Zealand 632 6 Sweden 615 7 Spain 607 8 Japan 602 9 Austria 593 10 S. Africa 586 11 China 580.2 14 Canada 563 21 Germany 513 紐西蘭離第四名晉級的丹麥只差一分而已, 全隊大概難過得幾晚睡不著覺了. 中國大陸隊這次成績不夠好. 去年百慕達盃銀牌加拿大隊也表現欠佳. 反倒是印尼隊仍然如去年十月百幕達盃, 今年五月澳門亞太橋藝大會一樣強勁, 以分組第二名佳績晉級半準決賽. 印尼隊的陣容是: Lasut - Manoppo, Sakul - Karwur, Panelewen - Watulingas. 其中前兩對是近年來印尼國家隊的主將. 印尼隊可能把第三對換掉, 但是 Lasut - Manoppo, Sakul - Karwur 絕對是印尼國家代表隊名單之中的不動天王, 在各場重要戰役上場. 五月在澳門的時候, Karwur這個字我不會唸, 但又覺得直接問他本人不太禮貌. 聽說 Sakul的英文很好, 我就跑去問 Sakul他同伴的名字怎麼唸了. Sakul 很好心地大聲唸了幾遍, 還對我說Karwur的first name是Franky, 叫他Franky就行了. 好了, 不再說這些題外話吊大家胃口了, 來看看大家所關心的Ｂ組初賽成績吧. Ｂ組的故事可精彩了...... 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: 第十屆奧林匹亞世界大賽Ｂ組初賽發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Tue Oct 29 08:20:26 1996) 轉信站: cis_nctu 初賽第33場結束, 只剩下最後兩場的時候, 在Ｂ組暫時領先的前十二名是: 1 Italy 654 2 Iceland 627.9 3 Israel 624.5 4 Ch.Taipei 616.6 5 Gt.Britain 598 6 Russia 596 7 Netherlands 587 8 U.S.A. 585 9 Norway 580 10 India 567 11 Brazil 566.5 12 Australia 543 義大利, 冰島, 以色列, 和中華臺北這四隊從初賽賽程進行差不多一半時, 取得了領先的地位. 有時第四名和第五名很接近, 而前四名的順位也常調換, 但是換來換去總還是這四隊居前四名. 現在這四隊和其他隊伍大幅拉開了差距, 晉級半準決賽應該就是這四隊, 大概不會有任何橋評家有意見了. 如果要說哪一隊比較危險, 那就是和第五名英國隊最接近的中華臺北隊吧. 不過, 事情並非如此. 初賽第34場, 也就是倒數第二場, 風雲變色 ...... Open Series / Group B / Round 34 IMP Score VP Score Rankings Home Visiting Team Team H V H V Pos. Country Score Thailand Gt.Britan 0 97 0 25 1 Italy 677 Ch. Taipei Israel 69 8 25 2 2 Ch.Taipei 641.6 Netherlands Finland 67 41 21 9 3 Iceland 633.9 Bulgaria Mauritius 23 30 14 16 4 Israel 626.5 Mexico Hungary 52 29 20 10 5 Gt. Britain 623 India Latvia 46 22 21 9 6 Russia 620 Kenya Yugoslavia 31 67 7 23 7 U.S.A. 610 Norway Jordan 78 24 25 3 8 Netherlands 608 Switzerland U.S.A. 22 74 4 25 9 Norway 605 Fr.Polynesia Cyprus 73 42 22 8 10 Brazil 591.5 Hong Kong Slovenia 11 62 4 25 11 India 588 Italy Turkey 64 29 23 7 12 Australia 568 Estonia Portugal 53 38 18 12 13 Finland 534 Iceland Russia 33 71 6 24 14 Hungary 524 Brazil Guadeloupe 69 27 25 5 15 Yugoslavia 520 Greece Egypt 38 13 21 9 16 Turkey 515.5 Venezuela Tunisia 61 31 22 8 17 Greece 515 Australia Monaco 61 19 25 5 18 Slovenia 506.5 看到發生什麼事情了嗎? 中華臺北隊扮演超級殺手的角色, 以２５：２ＶＰ痛宰以色列隊. 最後一場中華臺北隊的對手是弱隊Monaco, 因此進入分組前四名晉級八強已經非常篤定. 而曾經在Ｂ組36隊高居第一傲視群雄一段時間的以色列隊, 此刻遭遇前所未有的危機. 最後一場以色列隊的對手恰好是暫居第五的英國隊, 這是個有趣的巧合, 現在好戲上演了. 那麼, 最後搶到第四個晉級機會的是誰? 以色列? 還是英國? 答案是: 都不是!!! Open Series / Group B / Round 35 IMP Score VP Score Rankings Home Visiting Team Team H V H V Pos. Country Score Turkey Switzerland 60 20 24 6 1 Italy 692 Cyprus Jordan 31 57 9 21 2 Ch.Taipei 659.3 Yugoslavia Hong Kong 42 53 13 17 3 Iceland 652.3 Latvia Italy 31 32 15 15 4 Russia 645 Portugal Mexico 42 35 16 14 5 Israel 643.5 Iceland Bulgaria 42 23 19 11 6 Gt. Britain 636 Guadeloupe Netherlands 17 60 5 25 7 Netherlands 633 Gt.Britain Israel 34 42 13 17 8 Norway 629 Tunisia Greece 14 41 9 21 9 U.S.A. 620 Monaco Ch. Taipei 50 62 12 18 10 Brazil 608.5 Finland Australia 82 30 25 4 11 India 601 Mauritius Venezuela 48 49 15 15 12 Australia 572 Hungary Thailand 48 25 20 10 13 Finland 559 India Brazil 41 51 13 17 14 Hungary 544 Russia Kenya 70 21 25 4 15 Turkey 539.5 Estonia Norway 27 68 6 24 16 Greece 536 U.S.A. Egypt 7 27 10 20 17 Yugoslavia 533 Slovenia Fr.Polynesia 61 20 24 6 18 Slovenia 530.5 以英相爭, 俄羅斯得利. 毫無疑問, 和中華臺北隊的這場戰役, 將讓以色列隊所有隊員畢生難忘. 只要中華臺北隊手下留情一點點, 只要多兩分就好, 只要多施捨他們兩分就好, 只要讓他們以 4:25 VP輸就好, 那麼以色列隊就可以保住晉級資格了. 半準決賽64牌, 將於10月29日一天分四節賽完. 中華臺北代表隊陣容是: 黃光輝, 郭哲宏, 戴明芳, 吳錦祥, 沈治國, 林宏時. 有沒有人願意幫個小忙, 等這些大國手從希臘回國之後, 問一問俄羅斯人是如何向他們道謝的? :-) 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: 第十屆奧林匹亞半準決賽發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Wed Oct 30 07:40:46 1996) 轉信站: cis_nctu 好消息 !!!!!!!!!! 自1960年奧林匹亞橋賽舉辦以來, 中華隊首度進入前四名. 半準決賽上半場中華臺北隊領先波蘭隊 10 IMPs, 下半場完全打平. 最後比數 132 : 122, 這是四場半準決賽之中比數最接近的一場. 義大利隊於上半場取得大幅領先, 但是第三節出現大地震, 拱手將準決賽權讓給丹麥隊. 印尼隊從頭到尾壓著曾獲百慕達盃冠軍的冰島隊打, 輕鬆晉級. 俄羅斯隊於上半場給予衛冕的法國隊相當大的威脅, 但是法國隊於下半場擺脫對手的糾纏. 晉級準決賽的四隊有兩隊來自遠東區. 繼去年北京百慕達盃之後, 亞洲橋手再度引起全世界橋壇的注目. Quarter Finals, Open Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score France 55 31 86 57 143 60 203 Russia 40 37 77 22 99 29 128 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score Denmark 32 24 56 76 132 29 161 Italy 50 47 97 11 108 26 134 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score Iceland 16 23 39 39 78 37 115 Indonesia 47 35 82 58 140 40 180 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score Poland 35 21 56 34 90 32 122 Ch.Taipei 51 15 66 29 95 37 132 -------------------------------------- Quarter Finals, Ladies Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score Israel 11 21 32 25 57 29 86 China 53 46 99 31 130 21 151 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score Netherlands 25 36 61 9 70 37 107 U.S.A. 47 30 77 47 124 27 151 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score Canada 33 53 86 39 125 15 140 Germany 37 19 56 35 91 24 112.5 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Final Segment Segment Segment Segment score Gt. Britain 17 35 52 30 82 26 108 Austria 52 26 78 29 107 27 134 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: 準決賽還剩32牌發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Thu Oct 31 09:33:17 1996) 轉信站: cis_nctu 後勁十足的中華臺北隊將比數追成只落後11 IMPs. 用e-mail post老是出狀況, 若是貼了同樣的東西造成各位板主的不便, 還請多包涵. Semi-Finals, Open Teams Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Total Segment Segment Segment Segment Indonesia 52 25 77 40 117 44 161 Denmark 42 31 73 29 102 25 127 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Total Segment Segment Segment Segment Ch.Taipei 8 28 36 42 78 44 122 France 51 31 82 26 108 25 133 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Semi-Finals, Ladies Teams Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Total Segment Segment Segment Segment Austria 55 64 119 26 145 30 175 U.S.A. 75 33 108 15 123 65 188 Team 1st 2nd Total 3rd Total 4th Total Segment Segment Segment Segment China 59 38 97 89 186 83 269 Canada 34 11 45 6 51 38 89 發信人: jllin@cis_nctu (...), 信區: bridgegame 標題: 奧林匹亞準決賽結果發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Thu Oct 31 23:45:59 1996) 來源: 202.39.216.58 Semi-Finals, Open Team Total 5th Total 6th Final Segment Segment Score Indonesia 161 25 186 31 217 Denmark 127 47 174 43 217 Team Total 5th Total 6th Final Segment Segment Score Ch.Taipei 122 45 167 23 190 France 133 13 146 63 209 -------------------------------------- Semi-Finals, Ladies Team Total 5th Total 6th Final Segment Segment Score Austria 175 10 185 40 225 U.S.A. 188 36 224 38 262 Team Total 5th Total 6th Final Segment Segment Score China 269 37 306 * 306 Canada 89 17 106 * 106 * Canada concedes the match 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: 決賽前八十牌發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Sat Nov 2 02:02:57 1996) 轉信站: cis_nctu 公開組剩 48 牌, 法國隊衛冕成功的希望濃厚. 女子組只剩最後 16 牌, 大勢底定. 大陸女子隊在第三, 四這兩節的三十二牌總共輸掉 112 IMPs , 有點嚇人. 實在非常可惜. 不過這是大陸與印尼橋隊首次進入世界大賽的冠亞軍賽, 已經是歷年來最好成績. Final, Open Team Total 3rd Total 4th Total 5th Total 6th Segment Segment Segment Segment France 96 26 122 51 173 22 195 Indonesia 45 43 88 24 112 30 142 Final, Ladies Team Total 3rd Total 4th Total 5th Total 6th Segment Segment Segment Segment China 91 22 113 9 122 16 138 U.S.A. 71 88 159 55 214 18 232 發信人: jllin@cis_nctu (...), 信區: bridgegame 標題: 法國隊奪得公開組冠軍發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Sun Nov 3 00:26:30 1996) 來源: 202.39.216.47 Final, Open Team Total 7th Segment Total 8th Segment Final Score France 239 77 316 42 358 Indonesia 183 24 207 62 269 發信人: terrorist@cis_nctu (Prof.Who), 信區: bridgegame 標題: Re: 不幸的結果發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Fri Nov 1 02:32:56 1996) 來源: 140.112.50.234 法國最後一圈贏 63-23，聽說是台灣鐵人們終於累垮了, 在最後七牌連丟近五十分。法國以 209-190 獲勝。另一場丹麥苦苦追趕之後 217-217 平手，原本因記分錯誤誤為丹麥反敗為勝，隊員們已經在旅社的酒吧慶祝了，卻又被叫回來加打八牌，加賽的最後一牌丹麥隊衝上兩Ａ不對位的滿貫，而以 13:9 落敗。看來我跟有些棒球迷一樣，我替誰加油誰就會輸哩。我真的這麼衰嗎﹖ 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: 沒意思...... 發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Sat Nov 2 01:07:01 1996) 來源: sobolev.math.purdue.edu 中華臺北第四. Results Play-off, Open Team 1st 2nd Final Segment Segment score Ch.Taipei 38 33 71 Denmark 45 39 84 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: Daily Bulletin #13 發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Mon Nov 4 04:43:22 1996) 轉信站: cis_nctu 這次是波蘭隊上訴. 這些不服Tournament Director判決的對手上訴之後, 下場一個比一個慘. 大快人心. :-) Appeal Committee 包括好幾位在世界橋壇是重量級人物的美國人. 他們給波蘭隊一記當頭棒喝: 自己笨, 主打失誤, 就別來亂煩我們上訴委員會. :-) 準決賽的最後階段與掃把因的敘述有些出入. 不過不能怪他, 他是從 OKbridge 道聽途說來的. :-) 雖然出現一些致命失誤, 可以看得出來中華臺北隊的大國手們在準決賽仍然努力奮戰到比賽結束, 也還沒累到一口氣丟掉 50 IMPs. 另一場丹麥隊和印尼隊的準決賽, 丹麥隊所叫到反勝為敗的滿貫其實並不算差, 並非有兩張Ａ在敵方手上的兩Ａ不對位. 如果丹麥隊停在五黑桃, 或是北家的單張換成10或Ｑ, 就要由丹麥隊與法國隊爭冠軍. 在水準這麼高的橋牌比賽裡, 有時候勝與負的差別其實是沒有理由的, 只能聽天由命. ********************************************************** Friday, 1st November 1996, Issue: 13 1996 World Bridge Olympiad Rhodes, Greece Metropolitan Capsis Resort Hotel Editors: Henry Francis and Brian Senior Text Layout Editors: Chyah Burghard and Yvan Calame ********************************************************** FRANCE LEADS INDONESIA; CHINA 20 UP ON U.S. ----------------------------------------------------------- Open Olympiad Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in the history of bridge. At the conclusion of the semifinals, Denmark whooped and hollered because they had just beaten Indonesia and had earned a berth in the Open Olympiad final. France had staved off a tremendous comeback on the part of Chinese Taipei to keep their chances for a repeat victory in the Open competition. And then it happened -- the Indonesians compared scores and they discovered the match was a dead tie. When the Danish fans heard this, they found it hard to believe -- why, the Vugraph plainly showed that they had won by 5. And that was the problem -- one of the early boards had been incorrectly reported to the Vugraph room, and Denmark had been credited with 5 more IMPs than they were entitled to. The official scorecards of both teams showed the same result --a 217-217 tie. That meant an eight boards playoff. Going into the final board of the playoff, more drama! Denmark apparently had the match won, but the Danish adherents suddenly became apprehensive. It appeared that Dennis Koch-Palmund and Jens Auken were probing for slam -- and the Vugraph screen indicated that the slam would NOT make. Sure enough, Denmark got to the slam while Indonesia stopped in game. The swing was enough to make Indonesia the winner, 230-226. In the other semifinal, France made a huge gain on Board 93 -- bidding a grand slam that made while Chinese Taipei stopped in 3NT. That put the match just about out of reach of the Far East team, and France went on to win, 209-190. Nevertheless, it was a fine showing by a spirited Chinese Taipei team. (Incidentally Denmark made the same 16-IMP gain against Indonesia on Board 93 -- Denmark making the grand slam at one table and Indonesia stopping in 3NT at the other.) Of course the final between France and Indonesia was late in starting. France came roaring out of the starting gate, taking a 59-10 lead after 16 deals. They picked up another 2 IMPs in the second segment, so they will begin today's 64 boards with a lead of 96-45. This is a 128-board match -- the final 32 boards will be played tomorrow. ----------------------------------------------------------- Bronze medal playoffs Chinese Taipei and Denmark decided to play only 32 boards to determine third place and the bronze medal in the Open competition. Denmark was the victor, 84-71. ========================================================== APPEALS CASE 23 By Tommy Sandsmark and Rich Colker Olympiad Open Teams Quarterfinals Poland vs. Chinese Taipei The Committee: Bobby Wolff, USA (Chairman); Ron Anderson, USA; Barbara Nudelman, USA; Joan Gerard, USA; Edgar Kaplan, USA; George Retek, Canada, and Tommy Sandsmark, Norway (Scribe). Board 21 S A 3 Love All H K Q J 3 Dealer N D T 7 5 C K T 5 4 S Q T 5 2 S J 8 7 4 H 9 7 6 4 H A T D A K 3 2 D 6 C J C A Q 8 7 6 2 S K 9 6 H 8 5 2 D Q J 9 8 4 C 9 3 West North East South Huang Balicki Kuo Zmudzinski - 1C 2C 2D Dbl All Pass Table result: down two = +500 E/W. ----------------------------------------------------------- TD's statement of facts: TD was called to the table at the end of the play. South claimed there had been different explanations on either side of the table as to the double of 2D. East had explained to North: "Penalty". West to South: "Probably take-out - has not been discussed". North claimed that if his partner had had the same info as he was given by East, he would go only one down. The play went: CJ to the CK and CA. CQ (heart discard from West) and C2 to the DQ (another heart discard from West). South then played the S6 to the SA, another spade to the SK and South's last spade, ruffed with the D5. The HK was played and East won the HA leaving this position: S - H Q J 3 D T 7 C T S Q S J H 9 H T D A K 3 2 D 6 C - C 8 7 6 S - H 8 5 D J 9 8 4 C - Now followed the C6 from East. South ruffed with the DJ. West pitched his last heart, and the contract had to go two down, the defense winning two club tricks, four diamond tricks and one heart trick. ----------------------------------------------------------- TD's ruling: The TD believed the wrong explanation not to be of consequence to the bad score. The result stands. North/South appealed. ----------------------------------------------------------- The parties involved: South maintained that he thought that West had 5-5 or 5-4 in the major suits and therefore misplayed the hand. He knew that East was likely not to hold more than three diamonds, as West turned out to hold only a single club. E/W stated that they thought South had misplayed the hand at trick eight (diagram). If South simply discards a heart on East's C6, West will have to ruff, and Declarer will have one more trick. ----------------------------------------------------------- The Committee: The Committee believed E/W when they said that they had no agreement as to the double of 2D. This is confirmed by the fact that East did not pull out in spite of his poor diamond holding. In addition,West had told South that he was in doubt himself. West had made a bid which was clear- cut to him, and it didn't matter how his partner would perceive it, as he also held both the majors. The committee agreed with the TD that South's claim of damage was not the cause of the bad score. South misplayed the hand at trick eight. ----------------------------------------------------------- The final result: The Committee upheld the TD's decision. If you misplay your hand, you should never try the double shot of a replay by the Appeals Committee. The deposit was therefore forfeited. ========================================================== ========================================================== OPEN SEMIFINAL - THE FINAL SET After an excellent morning set, Chinese Taipei went into the last 16 boards of their semifinal match against defending champions, France, with a useful but hardly impregnable lead of 21 IMPs. Meanwhile, Indonesia's lead over Denmark had shrunk to just 12 IMPs. ----------------------------------------------------------- FRANCE v CHINESE TAIPEI France picked up an overtrick IMP on the first board. Then, after two pushes, came something a little more substantial. Board 84 S A K 8 4 3 Game All H Q T 6 Dealer West D T 9 4 3 C 6 S J 9 5 S 7 2 H 7 H A K J 4 3 2 D A K Q 2 D 7 6 C J T 9 8 2 C K 5 3 S Q T 6 H 9 8 5 D J 8 5 C A Q 7 4 In the Closed Room, Lin opened a Precision 1D as dealer and Christian Mari overcalled 1S. Shen bid 2H and competed to 3H over Marc Bompis' raise to 2S. Bompis led a spade and Mari won, cashed a second spade and switched to his singleton club. Three rounds of clubs meant one down; -100. In the Open Room, Herve Mouiel did not open the West hand and now his side had a free run to 3H. With no spade bid from partner, there was no reason for Patrick Huang to lead the suit and 3H came home with an overtrick; +170 and 7 IMPs to France, trailing now by only 13 IMPs. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 85 S A K 6 5 North/South Game H T 9 Dealer North D 9 3 C A K 8 5 3 S 7 2 S J 9 4 H J 8 7 6 4 2 H 3 D K J T 2 D Q 8 7 5 4 C 7 C Q T 6 4 S Q T 8 3 H A K Q 5 D A 6 C J 9 2 Disaster for Chinese Taipei! After eight rounds of bidding in a strong club auction, 6H was bid as a grand slam try in spades and was passed! That was five down. In the other room, Bompis opened a strong no trump out of turn and nobody noticed. He bid 2NT over Mari's Stayman enquiry, showing both majors. Mari bid 4D now, a transfer to 4S, and then he raised to 6S. He hoped that by giving West a blind lead the slam would make sometimes even when it was a bad one. Lin led his club and Bompis won, drew trumps, gave up a club and ruffed them out for +1430 and 18 huge IMPs to France, who were now in the lead. INDONESIA v DENMARK Open Room West North East South Manoppo Koch-P Lasut Auken - 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Dbl Rdbl Pass 4S All Pass Closed Room West North East South Blakset Sacul Christiansen Karwur - 1D Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 3C Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 5S Pass 6S All Pass The natural auction in the Open Room didn't get the job done. Auken used the fourth suit but then just jumped to game when Koch-Palmund showed no extra distributional feature. I always thought that this fourth suit then jump to game sequence showed a hand too good for 4S on the previous round but without a diamond control. Obviously not in Denmark. Sacul had to open a Precision 1D so clubs became the fourth suit and he raised to show length in the suit. He was happy to cuebid when Karwur agreed spades and now a jump to 5S asked for good trumps, making it automatic for Sacul to bid the slam. There were no problems in the play, of course, so that was 13 IMPs to Indonesia. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 90 S K J 7 Game All H 8 Dealer East D T 6 3 C K Q 9 4 3 2 S A 9 8 3 2 S Q T 5 H K 9 7 5 H Q 2 D K 5 2 D 9 8 4 C 7 C J T 8 6 5 S 6 4 H A J T 6 4 3 D A Q J 7 C A FRANCE v CHINESE TAIPEI Open Room West North East South Mouiel Kuo Levy Huang - - Pass 1H 1S 1NT Pass 3H Pass 3NT All Pass Closed Room West North East South Lin Mari Shen Bompis - - Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 5C Pass Pass Dbl All Pass In the Open Room, Herve Mouiel's 1S overcall simplified the auction as Che-Hung Kuo was happy to play no trump now that his spades appeared to be well placed. But 3NT was swiftly beaten. A spade to the ace and a spade back to the jack and queen and the suit was cleared. A losing diamond finesse let West in to cash his spades, though at least the D10 was an entry to hand after unblocking the clubs so Kuo was only one down; -100. Lin did not overcall in the Closed Room, and I confess to finding the French auction a little puzzling. What is Mari doing bidding 3S, presumably asking, when he has a good stopper in the suit and could just bid 3NT? Perhaps Mari was right, but certainly Bompis was not on the same wave- length. He bid 4C and Mari raised himself to five. With two nicely placed kings, a sure spade trick and evidence of a bad trump break, Lin doubled 5C. A spade to the ace and a spade back gave Mari a problem. He took the king then finessed in diamonds but that lost and a third spade forced him to ruff with dummy's ace. That left him with three trump losers; -800 and 12 IMPs to Chinese Taipei, who were back in the lead. In our other match, Indonesia played 4H -2 and Denmark 3NT- 1 for 3 IMPs to Denmark. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 91 S K 7 Love All H 7 Dealer South D J T 9 7 5 2 C A K 6 4 S J T 9 5 3 S 2 H J 4 2 H A K Q T 9 5 3 D 8 D A Q 3 C Q 5 3 2 C 9 8 S A Q 8 6 4 H 8 6 D K 6 4 C J T 7 There were major swings in both semifinals on this board. FRANCE v CHINESE TAIPEI Closed Room West North East South Lin Mari Shen Bompis - - - Pass Pass 1D 4H Pass Pass 4NT Pass 5D Pass Pass Dbl All Pass Mari did well to bid 4NT, two places to play, over Bompis' value showing double. Bompis chose diamonds, of course, and Shen thought his defense merited a double. He led a heart and switched to a spade to Mari's king. Mari led the D10 and ran it then a second diamond to Shen's ace. Mari ruffed the heart continuation, cashed the DK and played a club to hand. Knowing that East was short in the black suits, Mari cashed the other top club and ran the trumps, squeezing West; +550. In the other room, Kuo passed Huang's double but they could not find the difficult defense to beat 4H so that was another 590 to France and 15 IMPs, again we had a new leader. --------------------------------------------------------- INDONESIA v DENMARK Denmark declared the same two games as had France, but only 5D was doubled. In the Closed Room, Blakset opened 2S, weak with spades and a minor, and raised Christiansen's forcing 3H response to game. Franky Karwur led CJ, ducked, and he switched to a trump. Christiansen won and played a club to the queen and king and Denny Sacul switched to his low spade to put Karwur in for another trump lead. But Karwur didn't read the position and tried to cash a second spade instead, now Christiansen was home; +420. The Open Room saw the more popular start to the auction of 1D from North, 4H from East. Jens Auken now made the intelligent bid of 4S, rather than double. His passed hand status meant that he could not really have more than five spades so there was an implication that he had tolerance for some alternative strain. Dennis Koch-Palmund bid 4NT for the minors over Manoppo's penalty double of 4S and Henky Lasut doubled both that and the run out to 5D. It is all very well to double 5D, but it is another thing to beat it. No problem to Lasut. He led his singleton spade and Koch-Palmund won in hand to run the D9. But Lasut won the next diamond and underled his heart honors to put Manoppo in to give him his spade ruff; one down for -100 but still 8 IMPs to Denmark. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 93 S A K T 8 2 Game All H 6 4 Dealer North D A Q 5 C A 9 7 S 9 7 3 S J H Q 9 H K J T 8 7 5 3 D J 6 3 D 8 C K Q 8 5 4 C J T 6 2 S Q 6 5 4 H A 2 D K T 9 7 4 2 C 3 FRANCE v CHINESE TAIPEI Closed Room West North East South Lin Mari Shen Bompis - 1S 3H 4H Pass 5C Pass 5NT Pass 6S All Pass The weak jump overcall made life difficult for the French pair as the diamond suit, the crucial source of tricks, could never be shown. Mari/Bompis had had a reasonable set up to now with the exception of the -800 in 5C doubled, but it was nothing spectacular and it was clear that they were worried that they had missed an important chance. They need not have been concerned as +1460 proved to be worth +13 IMPs to France. In the other room, Kuo opened a strong no trump and, with East remaining silent, Huang just used Stayman then raised the 2S response to game. No slam was under consideration, let alone the grand. As it turned out, that was the last swing of any note in the match and France had turned it around, winning the set by 63-23 IMPs and taking the match by 19 IMPs overall. The reigning champions had made it back to the final once more. INDONESIA v DENMARK Sacul also opened a strong no trump with the North hand. Here, Christiansen did intervene with 3H and Karwur, who presumably did not have a takeout double available, made a fairly surprising bid of 3NT. There were 13 tricks, of course, but +720 looked rather inadequate. And so it proved to be. Koch-Palmund opened 1S and Lasut did not intervene, or at least not immediately. Auken made a forcing raise via 2NT and Koch-Palmund now bid 3C, denying any shortage but also saying that he was not minimum. Now Lasut wandered in with 3H and Auken bid an encouraging 3S, showing a singleton club. Koch-Palmund asked with 4H, getting 4NT showing first-round heart control and one ace in total. Next, Koch-Palmund asked with 5D and heard 5NT, second-round diamond control plus the trump queen. Finally, Koch-Palmund asked for a further heart control, but Auken could see the potential of his diamond suit. Since he knew the partnership held all the controls, he jumped to 7S. An excellent effort to bid the cold grand and it earned the Danes 16 IMPs. The scores were tied with three boards to go! ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 94 S K 7 Love All H Q 5 2 Dealer East D 6 Q T 5 C Q J 9 8 5 S A 6 4 3 S Q 5 H J T 9 3 H A 7 4 D A K D J 7 6 3 2 C 6 3 2 C A 7 4 S J T 9 8 2 H K 8 6 D 9 8 4 C K T In the Open Room, Lasut did not open the East hand and Manoppo opened a Precision 1D in third seat. Lasut respond- ed 2NT, showing diamonds, and Manoppo passed. Auken led a spade, ducked to the king, and back came a club. When Auken won that with the ten, the suit was blocked. Lasut could duck the next club then go about his business and he eventually established eight tricks; +120. In the other room, Christiansen did open the East hand, with a weak no trump. Blakset used Stayman and that gave Sacul a chance to double for the lead. They subsided in 2NT but that was too high as Karwur obediently led the CK. Christiansen was two down and Indonesia had a 6 IMP swing and a 6 IMP lead. Two boards to go. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 95 S A 9 8 2 North/South Game H Q T 9 4 2 Dealer South D K C J 8 3 S 6 3 S K Q H J 8 H A 5 D A 7 3 2 D Q T 9 6 5 4 C A Q T 9 5 C 7 6 4 S J T 7 5 4 H K 7 6 3 D J 8 C K 2 Karwur passed as dealer and Blakset opened 1C. The Danes had a free run to 3NT by Christiansen and that made exactly when the DK obligingly fell under the ace; +400. Auken opened the South hand with 2D, showing a weak hand with at least 4-4 in the majors. Manoppo overcalled 2H, takeout with better clubs than diamonds, and Koch-Palmund preempted with 4H. Lasut tried 5D and that ended the auction. Auken led a heart and Lasut led the DQ at trick two, trying to pin a bare jack offside. That was not a success, but with a loser in each side suit, it only meant an extra undertrick; -100 and 11 IMPs to Denmark and a 5-IMP lead. ----------------------------------------------------------- The final board was a dull 3NT+1 for East/West at both tables; no swing. So Denmark were in the final! Or were they? As the crowds were streaming out of the Vugraph theater congratulating the Danes, the unhappy Indonesians got together and scored up. According to their calcula- tions, the match was an exact tie! It transpired that a wrong score had been transmitted to the Vugraph technicians and an early board had come in as 1NT+1 instead of 1NT-1. That made a 5-IMP difference. Sure enough, the scores really were tied. You can imagine how the two teams felt. A great reprieve for Indonesia and a sudden crash down to earth for the Danes. The conditions of contest stated that in the event of a tie the two teams would play a further eight boards. Meanwhile, it was decided to put back the start of the finals to allow time for the teams to have a break between the extra eight boards and the start of the finals. ----------------------------------------------------------- THE LAST EIGHT The Vugraph crew were hurriedly put back on duty and the first board appeared on the screen. To allow comparisons throughout, the Closed Room began with Board 8. At the time, we could never have imagined how perfectly that was going to work out. Board 8 S Q J Love All H 7 5 Dealer West D A Q 7 5 4 C A 9 7 2 S A T 8 6 3 2 S 9 7 5 H 9 4 H K Q J 3 D T 3 2 D K 8 C K 3 C Q J T 4 S K 4 H A T 8 6 2 D J 9 6 C 8 6 5 Jens Auken was West on Vugraph and he opened 2S, weak. Henky Lasut made one of the most miserable 3D overcalls I have seen and Dennis Koch-Palmund competed with 3S. Eddy Manoppo had a go at 3NT and that was that. Manoppo won the low spade lead in hand and took the diamond finesse. When that lost the defense took five spade tricks; two down for -100. Giovanni Watulingas opened 2D, multi, and Soren Chris- tiansen doubled, either 13-16 balanced or some big hand. Sance Panelewen bid 2S, showing interest in hearts, and Lars Blakset bid a natural 2NT. When that got round to Panelewen, he competed with 3H. Watulingas gave that a bit of a dirty look, after all, his partner had shown interest in hearts and not spades on the previous round. He eventually got it right and converted to 3S, ending the auction. Blakset led a diamond to the ace and Christiansen switched to a heart to the king and ace. Back came a club for the ace then a second heart. Panelewen won and played a spade to the ace, unblocked the CK and played a second spade; +140 and first blood to Indonesia, albeit only 1 IMP. Board 1 was flat then the respective West's had a bidding problem. At favorable vulnerability, you pick up: S K876543, H 3, D 8, C K865 Partner opens 1H and you respond a spade. Over 2D from partner you bid 2S and now Panelewen bid 2NT and Koch- Palmund 3D. What do you fancy in each case? Opposite the 2NT bid, Watulingas jumped to 4S, while facing the 3D bid Auken bid only 3S. Partner was 0-5-5-3 and there were two aces and three spade tricks to be lost; 2 IMPs to Denmark, ahead by 1 IMP. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 3 S T 9 East/West Game H 5 2 Dealer South D A 6 4 C K 7 6 5 3 2 S 8 7 4 S A K 6 2 H K T 8 3 H Q J 9 7 6 4 D 9 8 D 7 3 C A J T 9 C 8 S Q J 5 3 H A D K Q J T 5 2 C Q 4 Open Room West North East South Auken Lasut Koch-P Manoppo - - - 1D Pass 1NT 2H 3D 4H 5D Dbl All Pass Closed Room West North East South Watulingas Christiansen Panelewen Blakset - - - 1D Pass 2C 2H 2S 3H Pass Pass 5D All Pass In the Open Room, it rather sounded as though North/South were saving against 4H, so Koch-Palmund doubled. A heart was led and Manoppo won, drew one round of trumps, and played SQ to the king. Koch-Palmund cashed his other top spade then switched to the singleton club and got his ruff; two down and 300 to Denmark. In the Closed Room, it sounded as though Blakset was bidding to make - he was. Nobody saw fit to double 5D and Watulingas also led a heart. Blakset led his low club at trick two and Watulingas rose with the ace in case it was a singleton. It was not easy to give the club ruff now and Blakset must have felt a surge of hope when a second heart hit the table. He ruffed, drew two rounds of trumps, and cashed the CQ. The 4-1 break meant he could not establish the clubs so he led a spade and was one down. But that was worth 6 IMPs to Denmark who led by 7 IMPs at the half-way point in the set. ----------------------------------------------------------- Denmark picked up an overtrick IMP on the next board to lead by 8 IMPs, then came a flat game and a flat partscore. That left one last chance for Indonesia. Board 7 S 3 Game All H K J T 2 Dealer South D T 6 C A Q J T 7 3 S A K 7 4 S J 9 8 5 2 H - H A 9 4 3 D A K 8 7 5 4 2 D Q J C K 8 C 6 2 S Q T 6 H Q 8 7 6 5 D 9 3 C 9 5 4 What a final deal! Both Wests began with 1D and their partners doubled the 2C overcall. Both cuebid 3C. Panelewen bid the obvious 3S and Watulingas had to decide how to try for slam. He bid 4D and Panelewen cuebid 4H. Even the five level is dangerous for East/West and Watulingas must have been sorely tempted, but he bid a quiet 4S, leaving any further move to his partner because of his worrisome club situation. Panelewen passed 4S and Blakset led a club. That held the contract to ten tricks; +620. In the other room, Koch-Palmund responded 3D to the cuebid. So far as I am aware, that was just a very good bid, rather than systemic, in that it allowed Auken to bid his major, if he had one, and right-side the final contract. Sure enough, Auken bid 3S and Koch-Palmund raised to 4S. Auken thought how best to proceed then and (I think) decided to bid 4NT and assume that a one key card response would be the HA rather than the CA. Sure enough, Koch-Palmund bid 5C, consistent with one key card. Now Auken bid 5D to ask for the trump queen. Had Koch-Palmund denied the trump queen, Auken would have settled for 5S and Denmark would have been in the final, but Koch-Palmund had only promised four spades so far and judged that the fifth trump made it correct to claim possession of the queen. He bid 6S and the Vugraph audience erupted. Lasut led ace and another club and Auken had no reason to do other than lay down the ace of trumps. Indonesia had gained 12 IMPs on the final board (shown on Vugraph) of the extra eight to win by 4 IMPs. In a match which had been "won" by both teams, it was Indonesia who would go through to their first ever final. They would take on France, the defending champions, over 128 boards for the title of World Team Olympiad Open Champions. ========================================================== 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: Daily Bulletin #14 發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Wed Nov 6 07:14:41 1996) 轉信站: cis_nctu 這是能由網路上取得的最後一份Bulletin. 照理來說, 這些國際大賽在頒獎閉幕之前應該還會再出一份Bulletin, 於勝利晚宴之前分發給所有參賽者. 或許他們認為沒有必要為最後這一兩張薄紙另外再弄個檔案吧. 此份Bulletin對於大陸女子隊如何在32牌之內輸掉112 IMPs有詳細的紀錄. 這些牌局讓人越看越覺得心痛, 所以我看完之後就delete了, 免得有人看了之後和我一樣難過. 或許有人在看了這些牌局的報導之後, 認為這些世界第一流的專家也沒什麼了不起. 某些牌如果換成你我處在相同情況下, 似乎是可以做出正確決定的, 但實際上他們卻做了錯誤判斷導致失分. 這裡提醒大家: 看著四家牌檢討, 當然比臨場做判斷容易得多. 橋牌本來就是一項 "犯錯" 的競技, 誰犯的錯誤較少, 誰就贏得勝利. 在馬不停蹄地連續比賽這麼多天之後, 肩負著國家榮譽的壓力, 在眾目睽睽之下轉播. 如果換成你我坐上他們的位置, 一定犯更多更嚴重的錯誤. 留下來的是法國與印尼冠亞軍之戰的報導. 大家應該也注意到了. 就如前面提過的, 這次獲得奧林匹亞銀牌的印尼隊, 看來看去也都還是 Lasut, Manoppo, Sacul, Karwur 這四人, 第三對上場的機會很少. 其中前三人是上了年紀的老將 , 已為印尼國家隊征戰二十年以上. Lasut 的女兒今年24歲, 今年五月代表印尼女子隊參加澳門 PABC. 而 Manoppo 的一個姪子則是印尼青年隊隊員, 也參加了 PABC. 三十多歲的 Karwur 則還年輕, 是1989年遠東盃青年組亞軍--印尼青年隊的主將. 1989年遠東盃於印尼首府雅加達舉行. 中華臺北代表隊無視於仗著天時地利人和的印尼隊威脅, 毫不客氣地於印尼人家裡抱走所有冠軍盃--公開雙人賽冠軍 , 隊制賽公開組冠軍, 女子組冠軍, 及青年組冠軍. 當時獲得雙人賽隊制賽雙料冠軍的是名噪一時的"陳胖吳瘦", 很可惜幾年之後這對搭檔成為絕響. 在臺灣的遠東盃橋賽史上, 四冠王是項空前的成就. 是否為絕後? 希望不是. 而這就需要大家的共同努力了. ********************************************************** Saturday, 2nd November 1996, Issue: 14 1996 World Bridge Olympiad Rhodes, Greece Editors: Henry Francis and Brian Senior Text Layout Editors: Chyah Burghard and Yvan Calame ********************************************************** U.S. WINS WOMEN'S OLYMPIAD; FRANCE LEADS INDONESIA BY 56 Open Olympiad Indonesia faces an uphill battle today during the final 32 boards of their 128-board match against France in the Open Olympiad final. Indonesia had a couple of good sets yesterday, but France still has a substantial lead of 56 IMPs, 239-183. Playing for France are Alain Levy, Christian Mari, Herve Mouiel, Frank Multon, Henri Szwarc and Marc Bompis, with Jean-Louis Stoppa as non-playing captain and Pierre Schemeil as adviser. The Indonesia team is made up of Henky Lasut, Eddy Manoppo, Denny Sacul, Franky Karwur, Giovanni Watulingas and Sance Panelewen. =========================================================== =========================================================== FRANCE v INDONESIA OPEN FINAL - BOARDS 49-64 France led Indonesia, 122-88, after 48 boards. The session was dull at first, but it livened up tremendously from Board 53 on. Board 53 S A K Q 5 North/South Game H - Dealer North D K 9 8 7 C J 8 7 5 2 S T 9 S 6 4 3 2 H K Q J 6 H T 8 4 D Q J 6 5 4 D T 3 2 C 9 4 C A K 6 S J 8 7 H A 9 7 5 3 2 D A C Q T 3 Open Room West North East South Manoppo Mouiel Lasut Levy - 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 2NT Pass 3H Pass 3NT All Pass Closed Room West North East South Szwarc Sacul Multon Karwur - 1D Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 3C Pass 4S As you can see, neither contract is a favorite to make. The spade game actually did go down - two tricks as a matter of fact. There was just too much work to do. The chances of making 3NT increased tremendously when East led the CA. He switched to a diamond, but it was too late. Herve Mouiel attacked clubs, setting up two tricks in the suit to go with four spades, a heart and two diamonds. That was 13 IMPs to France. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 55 S Q T Game All H Q 9 8 7 4 2 Dealer South D J 9 4 C K 9 S 9 8 4 2 S A K 6 3 H T 5 H K D A Q T 7 2 D K 8 5 3 C 7 5 C Q T 6 4 S J 7 5 H A J 6 3 D 6 C A J 8 3 2 West North East South Manoppo Mouiel Lasut Levy - - - Pass Pass Pass 1D Dbl Pass 4H Dbl All Pass Manoppo had good support for diamonds, but he passed over 1D doubled and then again when Henky Lasut doubled 4H. 4S looks like a good save, but E/W never bid spades. This was a 5-IMP gain for France because both declarers had no trouble taking 10 tricks with hearts as trumps. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 56 S Q T 6 3 Love All H J T 5 Dealer West D A 6 5 4 C T 9 S J 9 8 7 S 5 H K 9 7 H A Q 6 3 2 D J 7 3 2 D T 9 C Q 6 C A J 8 5 3 S A K 4 2 H 8 4 D K Q 8 C K 7 4 2 In the Closed Room Karwur bought the hand for 3S, and he had no trouble pulling in nine tricks for plus 140. But things went differently in the Open Room. West North East South Manoppo Moueil Lasut Levy Pass Pass 1H Dbl 2H 2S 3H 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Dbl All Pass It's a bit difficult to understand Mouiel's raise to the spade game. The auction was competitive - in no way does it appear that Alan Levy was making a try for game when he bid 3S. The play was interesting. The opening lead of the D10 went to the king, and declarer pulled two rounds of trumps. When he discovered he was facing a 4-1 break, he switched to hearts, the ten losing to East's queen. West won the heart continuation and returned a third heart - a trump at this point would have been better. Declarer ruffed the HA, cashed the DQ and led D8 to the jack and ace. When Mouiel now led a club, the French fans in the Vugraph crowd thought maybe Mouiel was going to make his doubled contract because Lasut rose with the ace. But it wasn't long before their hopes were dashed. Lasut returned a club to dummy's king, and declarer was able to pull Manoppo's trumps. Declarer and Manoppo each had a diamond left - Manoppo had tenaciously held onto the seven, and that took the setting trick - declarer's spot was the six! 6 IMPs to Indonesia. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 57 S A T 4 2 East/West Game H 9 8 7 4 3 Dealer North D K 5 4 3 C - S K J 9 7 6 S Q 8 H Q J T 6 H - D Q J 2 D A 9 C 3 C A K Q J 8 7 5 4 2 S 5 3 H A K 5 2 D T 8 7 6 C T 9 6 Both Easts had no problem getting to 6C with their solid nine-card suit. The play in the Closed Room was unrecorded, but there was lots of action in the Open Room. Declarer ruffed the opening HA lead and ran seven clubs. Both North and South did a lot of thinking as they made discard after discard, wondering when the club barrage would ever end. Finally Lasut led his SQ and overtook with the king. Mouiel took with the ace and returned the D5 - he had discarded down to the king doubleton of diamonds and a couple of spades. Lasut, who had been making his opponents think a lot during the play of the clubs, now was faced with a crucial decision - should he go up with the ace and hope the spades would fall? Or should he play low and hope Mouiel was leading from the king? After several minutes he pulled a card from his hand and placed it on the table - it was the D9! He had made his contract for a push! ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 59 S J T 9 6 5 3 Love All H 6 2 Dealer South D K 7 5 C K J S A K 7 S Q 4 2 H K 7 4 H Q T D T 6 4 D Q J 8 2 C A 7 6 2 C Q 9 5 3 S 8 H A J 9 8 5 3 D A 9 3 C T 8 4 West North East South Manoppo Mouiel Lasut Levy - - - 2H Dbl Pass 3C Pass 3NT All Pass This was a hopeless contract - when he saw dummy Manoppo wished that he had passed 3C. The opening lead was a heart, and declarer had no chance whatsoever. Manoppo won the HK on the third trick and resignedly led a diamond. Levy won and cashed out his hearts, then led a club. Declarer went down four, 6 IMPs to France, because Denny Sacul, North, was beaten one trick in 3H at the other table. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 60 S 3 North/South Game H Q 8 6 5 2 Dealer West D 6 C A K 9 7 6 5 S Q T 9 5 2 S A H 9 7 H A K T 4 3 D K 2 D A Q 9 7 4 C T 8 4 3 C Q 2 S K J 8 7 6 4 H J D J T 8 5 3 C J Both East/Wests were sure they had picked up a few IMPs on this deal - but it was a push at plus 800. Here's how the auctions went: Open Room West North East South Manoppo Mouiel Lasut Levy Pass Pass 1C 2S Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass 3C Pass Pass Dbl All Pass Closed Room West North East South Szwarc Sacul Multon Karwur Pass Pass 1H 2S Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass 3C Dbl 3D Dbl 3S Dbl All Pass Neither contract had even a remote chance. In fact Mouiel had to play well to hold the set to 800 in the Open Room. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 62 S 9 6 3 Love All H A K 7 6 3 Dealer East D 9 6 2 C K Q S K T 8 4 S J 7 2 H J H T 9 D T 8 7 5 D A Q 3 C 8 7 3 2 C J T 9 6 5 S A Q 5 H Q 8 5 4 2 D K J 4 C A 4 This looked like a routine board in the Open Room - 4H making four. But the Indonesians got too enthusiastic and wound up in a bad slam. West North East South Szwarc Sakul Multon Karwur - - Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 3NT Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass 4S Pass 5H Pass 6C Pass 6H Dbl All Pass After doubling, Frank Multon led the DA, and later Henri Szwarc won the SK when declarer took the finesse. That was another 11 IMPs to France. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 63 S A 2 North/South Game H A K 9 8 Dealer South D A K 5 C J 9 6 5 S K J 9 3 S 8 4 H J H T 6 5 4 2 D Q 9 8 7 4 D T 3 2 C A K 4 C T 3 2 S Q T 7 6 5 H Q 7 3 D J 6 C Q 8 7 France struck again on this board, arriving in 3NT. The Vugraph commentators thought declarer had bitten off more than he could chew, but it didn't work out that way. West North East South Manoppo Mouiel Lasut Levy - - - Pass 1D Dbl 1H 1S Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass Since the Indonesians were playing a Forcing Club system in which the opening diamond is amorphous, Lasut decided not to lead a diamond, the lead that probably would have broken the contract. Instead he led a heart, which turned the tempo over to the French. Mouiel immediately went after the clubs, and when Manoppo won the king, he was stuck for a lead - anything he tried would give away at least a trick. He finally tried a diamond, but this ran to the jack. Declarer went wrong in the club suit, finessing the nine when Manoppo played low. Lasut shifted to a spade that Mouiel won. He then led the H9 and let it ride. When it lived he had nine tricks. Indonesia tried 4S in the Closed Room, and clearly this had no chance the way the cards were distributed. In fact 4S went down two; 13 IMPs to France. ----------------------------------------------------------- Board 64 S K 5 2 East/West Game H A 3 Dealer West D K Q J 9 2 C 9 4 2 S J 9 8 6 S T H J 8 H K Q 9 7 5 4 D T 6 5 D 8 4 3 C Q 8 6 5 C A 7 3 S A Q 7 4 3 H T 6 2 D A 7 C K J T Indonesia got some of this back on the last hand of the set. Both Souths got to 4S, but the French forced declarer to make a guess in the Open Room - and he guessed wrong. Manoppo led the HJ, and Lasut overtook to fire back a club. Levy put in the jack, so the defense took two clubs, a heart and of course a trump for down one. The opening lead at the other table also was the HJ, and declarer rose with the ace. He cashed three rounds of trumps, then began to run the diamonds. West was able to ruff the fourth round, but by that time Karwur had disposed of two clubs and was able to claim his contract for a 10-IMP gain. =========================================================== 發信人: jmc@cis_nctu (貪玩的小孩), 信區: bridgegame 標題: Daily Bulletin #12 發信站: 交大資科_BBS (Sat Nov 2 03:29:06 1996) 轉信站: cis_nctu 準決賽第二節中華臺北與法國之戰有些奇怪的平牌. :-) 印尼與冰島之戰的牌局留著沒有delete. 在遠東區, 臺灣與印尼是宿敵, 也是老友. 這二十多年來的遠東盃最後經常是臺灣與印尼兩雄爭霸的局面. 印尼勝得較多, 臺灣較少. 但是臺灣在世界賽曾經有很好的成績 (包括這份Bulletin提到的1969年震驚世界的百慕達盃亞軍) , 而印尼隊取得遠東區代表權後總是在百慕達盃打不出好成績. 今年五月在澳門的 PABC (Pacific Asia Bridge Congress), Lasut和Manoppo 等人告訴我們說: 他們天不怕, 地不怕, 臺灣不管去哪一隊他們都不怕, 他們就只怕黃光輝先生和臺聚隊. 這次臺聚隊沒去澳門, 他們覺得非常可惜, 但是也很高興. 最強的對手沒來, 他們覺得自己拿冠軍完全沒問題了. 實際上的確如此, 印尼國家隊在 PABC 公開組隊制賽封王之路上, 沒有任何一隊能夠阻擋. 以往 Lasut 和 Manoppo 是很少參加公開雙人賽的. 他們看到 Patrick Huang 沒有參加 PABC Open Pairs, 就抱著姑且一試的心理報名參賽, 結果拿下冠軍. 在獲得公開雙人賽冠軍之後, Lasut - Manoppo 希望我們回臺北後向黃光輝先生轉達謝意, 因為這個雙人賽冠軍是拜黃光輝先生沒有參賽之賜. ********************************************************** Thursday, 31th October 1996, Issue: 12 1996 World Bridge Olympiad Rhodes, Greece Metropolitan Capsis Resort Hotel Editors: Henry Francis and Brian Senior Text Layout Editors: Chyah Burghard and Yvan Calame ********************************************************** CHINA IN WOMEN'S FINAL; OTHER MATCHES ARE CLOSE Women's Teams One match is all but over but the other three semifinals are still very much in contention. In the Women's Olympiad, China is assured of its first finalist berth in history. The Chinese won each of the four 16-board segments by a wide margin, and they lead Canada by 180 IMPs going into today's last 32 boards. China Open and Women's teams have advanced to the play-offs many times in the Olympiad, the Bermuda Bowl and the Venice Cup, but they never have reached the final. Playing for China are Gu Ling, Zhang Yalan, Sun Ming, Wang Hong Li, Wang Wen Fei and Zhang Yu. In the other Women's match, defending champion Austria and the United States have been exchanging the lead back and forth. The Americans came up with a strong fourth segment, gaining 35 to overcome a 22-point deficit and take the lead by 13, 188-175. ---------------------------------------------------------- Open Teams Some old-timers will remember that Chinese Taipei reached the Bermuda Bowl final in 1969, shocking the bridge world by finishing second. The star of that team 27 years ago was one Patrick Huang. And now here he is again in Rhodes, spearheading his team in the Open semifinal against France. After the first 32 boards, it looked as if it was going to be all France --the French actually led by 66 at one point. But Chinese Taipei has slowly cut into that lead, and going into today's play they trail France by only 11 IMPs, 133- 122. It's the closest of the four matches. Don't forget that the French are the defending champions -- it's not going to be an easy road for Chinese Taipei. In the other Open semifinal, Indonesia has a 34-point lead on Denmark, but that is not a big lead when there are still 32 boards to play. Nevertheless, the possibility definitely exists that the Open final will be an all Far East affair - - Indonesia and Chinese Taipei. ========================================================== ICELAND V INDONESIA OPEN QUARTERFINAL - SET THREE Down 43 at half-time, Iceland needed a good start in the third quarter to get back into the match, but the first significant swing went the way of Indonesia. Board 35 S A K Q J 8 6 East/West Game H - Dealer South D 8 4 C Q J T 8 4 S - S 7 2 H T 8 6 5 4 H K 9 3 D J T 9 6 3 2 D K Q 5 C K 9 C A 7 6 3 2 S T 9 5 4 3 H A Q J 7 2 D A 7 C 5 Slam is, of course, completely solid for North/South. Eddy Manoppo and Gudmundur Arnarson both opened 1S, which must have been something of a surprise to their respective partners. Thorlakur Jonsson contented himself with a 4H splinter response and passed Arnarson's sign-off. Henky Lasut used everyone's favorite convention and bid 6S when he discovered two key cards. The club singleton was the key to slam and it has to be said that Lasut was lucky in that regard; 11 IMPs to Indonesia. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 36 S J 4 3 Game All H K 8 5 Dealer West D A 4 C A K J 4 3 S A K T 5 2 S Q 9 8 7 H J T 4 H A 7 6 D Q 6 3 2 D T 9 8 7 C 2 C 7 5 S 6 H Q 9 3 2 D K J 5 C Q T 9 8 6 In the Closed Room, Jonsson/Arnarson had a free run to 5C via a 1NT opening and Staymanic enquiry. Arnarson tried for a favorable heart position and fell back on the diamond finesse when a heart to the king lost and a heart came back. That meant two down, losing a spade, a diamond and two hearts. Sevar Thorbjornsson opened the West cards 1S and Lasut overcalled 2C. Jon Baldursson made a preemptive raise to 3S and Manoppo bid 5C. Baldursson led a spade and Thorbjornsson switched to a club. Lasut won in hand, ruffed a spade, played a club to hand and ruffed the last spade. Now he played a heart to the king and ace and back came the D10. The opening bid pretty well marked the position of the missing queen so Lasut won his ace, cashed the HQ and ran the clubs. Thorbjornsson was squeezed in the red suits and Lasut had eleven tricks. Another example of what Cornel Matei wrote about in a recent bulletin; too much aggressive bidding gives a lot of information to declarer. Anyway, that was worth another 13 IMPs to Indonesia. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 39 S K J T 9 6 5 Game All H K 2 Dealer South D K 4 3 2 C K S 4 3 S A 2 H 8 7 6 4 H A Q 3 D A J 7 6 D Q 8 5 C J 7 3 C A Q 9 8 6 S Q 8 7 H J T 9 5 D T 9 C T 5 4 2 The Closed Room bidding was not very exciting: 1S from Jonsson, 1NT overcall from Sacul and 2S from Jonsson. And that contract was just made as East found the defense rather difficult; +110. In the other room, Baldursson doubled 1S. Thorbjornsson responded 1NT, showing 0-6 HCPs and Baldursson bid 2NT, natural. Thorbjornsson tried 3S to offer a choice of games and Lasut doubled. 3NT from Baldursson was also doubled, this time by Manoppo who thought it would go down on a normal spade lead. He was mistaken. Lasut led SK then a small spade and Manoppo unblocked the queen. Thorbjornsson played a diamond to the ace and a club to the king and ace. Lasut would have played king from K T doubleton, of course, but Thorbjornsson got it right by finessing the C7 next and now only needed the heart finesse for his ninth trick; +750 and 13 much needed IMPs to Iceland. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 41 S 9 East/West Game H J 6 5 2 Dealer North D A Q 9 5 2 C K Q 8 S A 7 5 S Q T 8 2 H A K Q 9 4 H T 8 D T 3 D K 8 6 4 C A T 9 C 7 5 3 S K J 6 4 3 H 7 3 D J 7 C J 6 4 2 After 1D - Pass - 1S, Karwur overcalled 2H and played there for +110. Thorbjornsson preferred a takeout double and, when Baldursson responded 1NT, natural in this sequence, raised to game. Manoppo led DJ and Baldursson took his king and tried to split the hearts.When they proved to be 4-2, he had nowhere to go and simply gave up a heart, settling for two down when diamonds were 5-2; -200 and 7 IMPs to Indonesia. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 42 S K 8 4 Game All H J 7 Dealer East D K 2 C K Q J 8 4 2 S A T 6 3 2 S Q 9 5 H 2 H T 9 5 3 D T 8 6 4 3 D A J 7 C A 9 C T 5 3 S J 7 H A K Q 8 6 4 D Q 9 5 C 7 6 Open Room West North East South Thorbjornsson Lasut Baldursson Manoppo - - Pass 1H 1S 2C 2S 3H Pass 4H All Pass Closed Room West North East South Karwur Jonsson Sacul Arnarson - - Pass 1H 2H 3C 3S 4H Pass Pass 4S Pass Pass Dbl All Pass Thorbjornsson's choice of a simple overcall left him with the final decision and he chose to defend 4H. He led a diamond to the king and ace and Baldursson returned the DJ. Manoppo won the queen and ruffed his third diamond then cashed the HJ, followed with CK and, when that was ducked, the CQ to the ace. Thorbjornsson didn't bother to underlead the SA to try to beat the contract as he was sure Manoppo would get it right even if he had the guess. He played ace other spade and Manoppo soon had ten tricks; +620. In the other room, Karwur's choice of a Michaels Cuebid left Sacul with the final decision over 4H and he decided to save. The play went well for Sacul and he lost just one trick in each suit for -200 but a 9 IMP gain for Indonesia. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 43 S A Q J 9 Love All H K 9 8 5 Dealer South D J 9 2 C K Q S T 8 5 S K 7 3 H Q 3 2 H A T D 8 6 D A K Q T 4 3 C A J 9 4 3 C 7 6 S 6 4 2 H J 7 6 4 D 7 5 C T 8 5 2 Both auctions began 1NT - Dbl - 2C. For Manoppo that showed clubs and any other suit, while for Arnarson it was clubs and a major. Both Norths converted to 2D. Baldursson saw that a penalty double would merely allow North to redouble for rescue and the defense would have a better chance of finding the best lead against an eventual 3NT contract, so he jumped to 3NT now, expecting partner to have some values as he had not bid over 2C to show weakness. Sure enough, Manoppo led a diamond and Baldursson eventually took eleven tricks; +460. Sacul passed over 2D and Arnarson bid 2H. Karwur doubled but Sacul removed to 3D, feeling he did not have a defensive hand. When Karwur passed 3D, the good game had been missed. +130 meant 8 IMPs to Iceland. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 46 S J 7 6 Love All H J 7 Dealer East D A J T 7 3 C A 4 2 S A K Q 4 3 S T 8 2 H A Q 8 6 H K 9 4 D K Q D 9 5 4 2 C T 3 C Q 9 7 S 9 5 H T 5 3 2 D 8 6 C K J 8 6 5 Both Easts declared 4S. Lasut led HJ against Thorbjornsson and he won in hand and drew trumps then tried a club to the nine and jack. Back came a diamond to the king and ace and Lasut returned the D10, trying to conceal the true position in the suit. Declarer won and led a second club and Lasut rose with the ace and exited with a third club, ruffed. I thought Thorbjornsson might finesse the H9 now, given that South seemed to be marked with the club length for North's club plays and so rated to be shorter in hearts, but he got closer than that, perhaps being suspicious of the true diamond position. He played a heart to the king then led the nine and....put the queen up; one down. At the other table, the lead was a trump. Karwur sniffed out the heart position and made his game and that was 10 IMPs to Indonesia, ahead by more than 70 with two boards to go in the set. Iceland picked up an overtrick IMP on the next board then a badly needed 11 IMPs on Board 48. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 48 S K 5 East/West Game H K J 5 3 Dealer West D A K J 3 C A T 4 S A 6 S 8 2 H Q 9 7 H T 2 D T 9 6 4 D Q 8 5 2 C Q J 5 3 C K 9 8 7 2 S Q J T 9 7 4 3 H A 8 6 4 D 7 C 6 Lasut/Manoppo bid one strong club, 1S natural positive, 1NT rebid and a jump to 4S from Manoppo. He played for a squeeze in the end-game and made only eleven tricks; +450. Jonsson opened 1D, natural, and rebid 2NT over the 1S response. Arnarson rebid a forcing 3S then a self-agreeing cuebid of 4C over 3NT. When that got him a 4D cuebid, he checked for key cards then bid the slam. On the lead of the H7, Arnarson put in the jack and that solved his only problem; +980 and 11 IMPs. Despite that last board, Iceland had a mountain to climb in the last quarter, 62 IMPs behind and only 16 boards to go. ========================================================== CHINESE TAIPEI V FRANCE OPEN SEMIFINAL - SET TWO During the first 16 boards of this match, it was was quite close most of the way. But then France started piling up double-digit swings. As a result France carried a 43-IMP lead into the second set of boards. The first of many pushes that deserve attention occurred on the very first deal. Board 17 S K Q T 8 6 4 Love All H T Dealer North D A 8 7 6 4 C 7 S 5 2 S A 9 H Q J 8 5 4 H A 9 3 2 D K J 9 2 D Q 5 C K 4 C J T 8 6 2 S J 7 3 H K 7 6 D T 3 C A Q 9 5 3 West North East South Levy Huang Mouiel Kuo - 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 4S All Pass Although there are only three sure losers, this is not an easy contract. France had scored up the game in the Closed Room, and now it was up to Patrick Huang to duplicate the feat. The opening lead was the C2, and after careful considera- tion, Huang went up with the ace. He crossed to the DA and led a second diamond. Levy overtook his partner's queen with the king to lead a trump. Mouiel cashed the HA before leading a second trump to the jack. Next Huang called for a small club, and when the king came up he was home - he could get rid of two of his diamonds on the CQ and the HK. There was still a trump in dummy to ruff the fifth diamond. A push board. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 19 S 8 5 East/West Game H J T 8 Dealer South D A K Q 9 3 C A 5 2 S K Q J 3 S 9 H 6 2 H A K Q 7 5 4 D 5 4 2 D J 7 6 C Q 6 4 3 C J 8 7 S A T 7 6 4 2 H 9 3 D T 8 C K T 9 Closed Room West North East South - - - 2S Pass 2NT 3H Pass 3NT All Pass Brave bidding - neither East nor West had anything like a diamond stopper. The defenders quickly took their eight tricks to inflict a 400-point set. What would happen at the other table? Open Room West North East South Levy Huang Mouiel Kuo - - - 2H (1) Pass 2S 3H Pass 3NT All Pass (1) Spade suit or hearts and a minor Yes, it happened again. And once again the defense quickly took five diamonds, two clubs and a spade - another of the unusual pushes that highlighted this match. The American Women's team did not fare as well here - the Austrian North doubled when the U.S. got to 3NT, and of course that was beaten 1100. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 21 S A Q T 4 3 North/South Game H 9 7 6 2 Dealer North D T 4 C T 3 S K S J 8 7 6 2 H A K 3 H T 8 D Q 9 8 5 2 D A 3 C Q 9 7 4 C A K J 5 S 9 5 H Q J 5 4 D K J 7 6 C 8 6 2 West North East South Levy Huang Mouiel Kuo - Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 3NT All Pass Both Wests declared 3NT here. H.S. Lin was beaten one trick in the Closed Room. In the Open Room Huang surprised the Vugraph spectators by leading the C10 - they thought he would lead a heart based on the auction. The club lead gave up a valuable tempo. Levy won in dummy with the ace and went after diamonds, leading the ace and another. Che-Hung Kuo ducked so the queen won. Another diamond went to the jack. After considerable thought Kuo cashed the other diamond and led the S9. Huang was able to take two spade tricks, but Levy had the rest for his game and an 11-IMP pickup. An opening heart lead would have given the defense time to set up a couple of heart tricks to set the contract. The lead at the other table had been a heart. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 24 S T 8 7 6 Love All H K Dealer West D 9 7 5 4 C Q 8 5 3 S K Q J 5 2 S A H A T 6 H Q J 9 7 4 3 D Q J 8 D K 6 3 2 C K J C T 7 S 9 4 3 H 8 5 2 D A T C A 9 6 4 2 Chinese Taipei bid and made 4H with an overtrick in the Closed Room, but for a while Huang and Kuo were on their way to beating 4H. West North East South Levy Huang Mouiel Kuo 1S Pass 2H Pass 2NT Pass 4H All Pass Kuo got off to an effective lead - the DA - then shifted to a club. The Vugraph commentators were unanimous that Levy would rise with the king -but he didn't! He put in the jack and lost to the queen. At this point, Huang can practically guarantee setting the contract by leading a second club to partner's ace. Probably declarer would have taken the heart finesse, since he was missing four, and that would have been the setting trick. But Huang decided to play partner for a singleton diamond - he returned a diamond to the jack. Levy was quick to unblock the SA and lead a heart to his ace. The fall of the king was an unexpected bonus. After drawing trumps he was able to get rid of his losing club on a good spade. Another push. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 25 S A K J 9 East/West Game H A 9 4 2 Dealer North D 8 6 3 C 8 5 S 4 2 S T 8 7 H Q J 3 H K T 8 7 5 D A T 5 D 4 2 C K J 9 6 4 C T 3 2 S Q 6 5 3 H 6 D K Q J 9 7 C A Q 7 West North East South Levy Huang Mouiel Kuo - 1D Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass 4H (1) Pass 4NT Pass 5D Pass 6S All Pass (1) Splinter The question is: what is the best way to play the slam? The simple way after getting the HQ lead is just to take the club finesse. As you can see, that loses. Another line is to win the HA, ruff a heart, cross to a trump, ruff another heart and draw the rest of the trumps. Next you drive out the DA - and everything is all right as long as the player with the DA doesn't have another heart! As you can see this line works. Kuo thought about this for quite a long time, then finally took the simple approach, finessing in clubs. Down one - 11 more IMPs to France since the French stopped in game at the other table. Now France held a 61-IMP lead. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 26 presents an interesting question. After hearing three passes, what do you do in the pass-out seat? You hold: S K85, H T9876, D K, C AT63 Well, do you open or do you pass? Huang passed and Christian Mari opened 1H. He bought the contract for 2H and actually took 11 tricks. The defense slipped a bit, but this was one time it was right to open. The deal was passed out at several tables in the semifinals. And of course there are very good reasons to pass - you certainly don't want partner to lead a heart with certain holdings if he eventually has the opening lead. In addition, it's entirely possible the spade suit belongs to the opponents. ---------------------------------------------------------- Board 28 S A J T 4 North/South Game H Q 5 4 Dealer West D 7 4 3 C K 6 4 S 9 7 6 5 S K 8 3 2 H K 3 H 9 2 D A 8 6 D K J 9 C A Q 8 5 C J T 9 7 S Q H A J T 8 7 6 D Q T 5 2 C 3 2 Closed Room West North East South Lin Mari Shen Bompis 1NT Pass Pass 2H Pass 3H All Pass Marc Bompis lost a trick in each suit - making 3H exactly - plus 140. Open Room West North East South Levy Huang Mouiel Kuo 1C Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass Pass 3H 3S All Pass Declarer went up with the ace on the opening club lead and led a trump to his king. When he led a second spade, the roof fell in. Huang drew the rest of the trumps, then shifted to a heart that rode to the king. But on the club return Huang rose with the king, and the defense quickly cashed the rest of their hearts. Declarer won the last three tricks in diamonds, but still was beaten three tricks - minus 150. Still another unusual push. ==========================================================