Issue No 4

Stephane Tardy, Coordinator, Editor Francesca Canali, Lay out & Social Media ditor, Photographer Liz Wright, reviewer

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17th 2017

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Daily Bulletin

14 - 19 FEBRUARY 2017

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Cavendish Auctionpage 6

A Wonderful Auction!page 6

ZIA MAHMOOD’S TEAM WINS THE DAY!

Vincent Demuy, John Hurd, Steve Weinstein, Zia Mahmood

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The verdict’s in after the first three days of the competition. In the final Zia Mahmood’s American team won against that of Charles Widoger, an Englishman playing with three Polish team-mates. It was a very close thing: up to the last board Mahmood was only one point ahead!

One point – it was also by only one point that Mahmood beat the Mossop team in the semi-final.

Today, it’s the open pairs, including some ladies’ pairs, mixed pairs and juniors who take the floor. Good luck to everyone!

TOP BIDS OF THE AUCTION

Geir HELGEMO Tor HELNESS 25.000 €John HURD Vince DEMUY 21.000 €Zia MAHMOOD Steve WEINSTEIN 18.000 €

Details on page 6

The Semifinalspage 2

Resultspage 5

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THE SEMIFINALSby Stephane Tardy

Mossop is one point ahead...

The semi-finals (20 boards) yesterday morning saw the winners of the qualifying rounds, Mahmood, play Mossop at table one and the Zimmermann team against Wigoder at table two.

At half-time Mahmood was leading easily by 34 to 6, whilst in the other match there was very little in it (5-7).

Several boards could have made a difference.

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

West North East SouthKlukowski Martens Zatorski Multon 2{ 2] 3[ 5] Pass 5[ Pass 7] All Pass

West North East SouthHelgemo Pszczola Helness Wigoder 2[ 3] Pass 5] Pass 5[ Pass 7] All Pass

Piotr Zatorski, in the open room, and Tor Helness, in the closed room, make the same bid on partner’s 5]: 5[, which shows ace of the suit. Klukowski and Helgemo both go for a Grand Slam. The amicable distribution of hearts and clubs endorsed their decision…

Hellness said at half-time: “It’s a poor result, but it was very difficult not to find the slam!”

However, in the other match both pairs stopped at game.

Board 7 also widened the gap.

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

West North East SouthKlukowski Martens Zatorski Multon 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2] All Pass West North East SouthHelgemo Pszczola Helness Wigoder 4] Pass Pass Dble Pass 5{ All Pass

In the open room Franck Multon thought he would score on the deal. He stopped at 2], after making a somewhat pessimistic bid.

After the lead of }Q, he made nine tricks. Noting that 3NT would go down three on a clubs

lead, he hoped to win six imps. Not at all! In fact he lost four, which could have been 12.

On a 4] opener, Helness made a take-out double which sent his partner to 5{, fortunately not doubled.

In the other match, Zia Mahmood, on a trump lead and a not very inspired defence, managed to make 4] whilst his opponent made only 140.

We thought, at half-time, that only the first semi-final would provide some suspense. But no, because Wigoder took more points from Zimmermann and went through to the final.

At table 1, the Hackett brothers haven’t thrown in the towel. Against John Hurd et Vincent Demuy, they take some good decisions , as on board 13.

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Steve WeinsteinTEAM MAHMOOD

Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul [ J 10 6 2 ] 9 8 7 6 { 10 8 2 } Q 10 [ — [ 8 7 5 4 ] 10 2 ] K Q 4 3 { A K Q 9 5 { 7 6 4 } A J 9 7 3 2 } 6 5 [ A K Q 9 3 ] A J 5 { J 3 } K 8 4

West North East SouthJ.Hackett Hurd J.Hackett Demuy Pass Pass 1[ 2SA 3[ Pass 4[ Dble All Pass

West North East SouthZia P.Hackett Weinstein Mossop Pass Pass 1[ 2SA Pass 3{ Dble 3] 3[ 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass

After bidding his two minors, Jason Hackett doubled 4[ which his brother transformed for one down.

In the other room, 5{ were bid, also for one down , because of {10. (40-15)

Board 14 also gave seven points to the Hacketts.

Board 14. Dealer East. Vul None [ 6 5 ] 6 4 { A K 7 6 5 } 10 9 7 5 [ A Q 9 8 [ J 3 2 ] J 5 ] Q 10 9 8 7 3 2 { Q 10 4 2 { — } A K 2 } J 8 4 [ K 10 7 4 ] A K { J 9 8 3 } Q 6 3

West North East SouthJ.Hackett Hurd J.Hackett Demuy 2] Dble 4] Dble All Pass

Jason was declarer. After the lead of ]K, followed by {J, he trumped, lead a trump, trumped the {9, lead the [J,covereed by the king and the ace, goes back to hand by trumping a (]Q, and finessed the [10. He played the Ace, trumped the last diamond and played the last trump to squeeze his opponent in the black suits. (40-22).

It was Jason again who profited from a present on Board 15.

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

In 3NT, on the [3 lead, his opponent played the king and the led the jack, covered by the queen. After long reflection, South ducked. Nine tricks and 11 imps. (40-33).

Another six imps on Board 16 when, in the open room NS stop at 3] whilst Paul Hackett et David Mossop go for game. (40-39).

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It’s Board 17 which completely changes the match.

Board 17. Dealer North. Vul None [ J 6 ] Q { A K 9 4 } A Q J 10 6 3 [ K 9 8 7 4 [ A Q 10 5 ] 8 7 2 ] A J 6 4 { J 10 2 { 7 5 3 } K 2 } 9 8 [ 3 2 ] K 10 9 5 3 { Q 8 6 } 7 5 4

In 4}, John Hurd won, after having ceded two spades and one heart, and a winning finesse against king of trumps.

Paul Hackett went down one (45-39).

Another point for Mahmood on Board 19 (46-39), but Board 20 is still to play.

Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul [ K Q 10 4 2 ] 8 { A K 10 5 4 } A 8 [ A 9 8 7 6 [ 5 3 ] J 9 7 6 ] A K { 9 8 { Q J 6 } 9 4 } Q J 7 6 3 2 [ J ] Q 10 5 4 3 2 { 7 3 2 } K 10 5

In the closed room, Hackett and Mossop stop at 2{+2 whilst Hurd and Demuy play 2].

Justin led in the }9, taken with the ace, and spades towards the jack. Justin won, led back a club for the king, clubs trumped (Justin threw a diamond) [K throwing a diamond) [Q). Jason trumped with the king and played }Q, trumped with the ten and over-trumped by the jack) trumped with the ace and clubs again. The defence makes five trumps and the [A. Down one and six imps (46-45).

On the screen, Mossop team was declared the winner... but one score had been entered in the wrong column! The final in the afternoon was therefore Mahmood against Wigoder.

Team Wigoder - Charles Wigoder, Michal Klukowski, Piotr Zatorski, Jacek “Pepsi” Pszczola

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CAVENDISH TEAMS - FINAL RESULTS

SEMIFINALS 1 2 TotMahmood 34 12 46 Mossop 6 39 45

Zimmermann 5 18 23Wigoder 7 22 29

FINAL 1 2 3 TotMahmood 54 15 18 87Wigoder 30 32 12 74

GROUP A - FINAL RANKING

1 De Botton 64.68 Hoftaniska T.E., Malinowski A., Sandqvist N., Townsend T.

2 Lavazza 59.03 Bocchi N., Madala A., Duboin G., Sementa A., Bianchedi A., Bilde D.

3 Sredni Vashtar 57.28 Castner K., Gold D., Stamatov J., Danailov D.

4 Bridge24 PL 55.65 Chmurski B., Tuczynski P., Wiankowski P., Nawrocki P.

5 Vinciguerra 43.48 Vinciguerra H., Levy A., Bompis M., Abecassis M.

6 Blue Chip Sweden 42.38 Gullberg D., Andersson G., Gronkvist M., Stokka A., Allavena J.C., Frey N., Helness F.

GROUP B - FINAL RANKING

1 Ireland 83.08 Hanlon T., Garvey T., Moran M., Mcgann H., Carroll J., Boland R.

2 Baba 60.65 Tokay M., Versace A., Birman A., Padon D.

3 Snellers 60.16 Snellers A., Van Lankveld J., De Boer W., Van Den Bos B.

4 Ward-Platt 40.63 Ward-platt K., Rombaut J., Guilmet P., Combescure F.

5 Metric Gaming 39.26 Bocchi N., Madala A., Duboin G., Sementa A., Bianchedi A., Bilde D.

6 Street 38.72 Tokay M., Versace A., Birman A., Padon D.

GROUP C - FINAL RANKING

1 Pharmaservice 74.11 Lund Madsen C., Graversen H.C., Bakkeren Ton, Clemmensen P.

2 Marill 63.88 Marill P., Toffier P., Cronier P., Pilon D.

3 Black 62.15 Black A., Whittaker W., Hallberg G., Bertheau P.

4 Scandi Connection 56.32 Hansen G., Rimstedt M., Rimstedt O., Sivholm T.

5 Park Lane Apts 36.94 Green M., Toledano O., Rosenthal L., Urman L.

6 Maari 29.10 Marill P., Toffier P., Cronier P., Pilon D.

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Geir HELGEMO Tor HELNESS 25.000 €John HURD Vince DEMUY 21.000 €Zia MAHMOOD Steve WEINSTEIN 18.000 €Thomas BESSIS Frederic VOLCKER 17.000 €Alon BIRMAN Dennis BILDE 16.000 €Ola RIMSTEDT Mikael RIMSTEDT 16.000 €Mustafa Cem TOKAY Alfredo VERSACE 15.000 €Andrea MANNO Max di FRANCO 12.000 €Louk VERHEES Ricco van PROOIJEN 12.000 €Jerry STAMATOV Dylan DANAILOV 12.000 €Gunnar HALLBERG Peter BERTHEAU 12.000 €Andrey GROMOV Agustin MADALA 11.000 €Graham OSBORNE Tony FORRESTER 11.000 €Nick SANDQVIST Tom TOWNSEND 11.000 €Giovanni DONATI Alessandro GANDOGLIA 10.000 €Federico GODED Gonzalo GODED 10.000 €Tom HANLON John CARROLL 9.000 €Joris van LANKVELD Berend van den BOS 9.000 €Franck MULTON Pierre ZIMMERMANN 8.000 €Peter FREDIN Martin de KNIJFF 8.000 €Michel BESSIS Giorgio DUBOIN 8.000 €Thor-Erik HOFTANISKA Fredrik HELNESS 8.000 €Matteo MONTANARI Giuseppe delle CAVE 7.000 €Mario d’AVOSSA Stelio di BELLO 7.000 €Philippe CRONIER Philippe SOULET 6.000 €Adam MESBUR Nick FITZGIBBON 6.000 €Fernando PIEDRA Luis LANTARON 6.000 €Daniel GULLBERG Mikael GRONKVIST 6.000 €Jérôme ROMBAUT François COMBESCURE 6.000 €Paul STREET Nicolas L’ECUYER 6.000 €Nikica SVER Marina PILIPOVIC 6.000 €Danny MOLENAAR Tim VERBEEK 6.000 €David GOLD Kevin CASTNER 6.000 €Alain LEVY Michel ABECASSIS 5.500 €Marc BOMPIS Hervé VINCIGUERRA 5.000 €Charles WIGODER Jacek PSZCZOLA 5.000 €Udo KASIMIR Peter JOKISCH 5.000 €Karlis RUBINS Martins LORENCS 5.000 €Valérie LABAERE Alain LABAERE 5.000 €Krzysztof MARTENS May SAKR 5.000 €Dominique PILON Philippe TOFFIER 5.000 €Juan-Carlos VENTIN Antonio PALMA 5.000 €Maarten SCHOLLARDT Tom van OVERBEEKE 5.000 €Cezary SEREK Wlodek STARKOWSKI 5.000 €Laurent THUILLIEZ Nicolas LHUISSIER 5.000 €Bjorn WENNEBERG Gunnar ANDERSSON 5.000 €Poul CLEMMENSEN Hans GRAVERSEN 5.000 €Simon GILLIS Boye BROGELAND 5.000 €Alex HAYES David MOSSOP 5.000 €Heinrich BERGER Wolfgang LAUSS 5.000 €Jean-Jacques PALAU Jean-Claude SOLARI 5.000 €Herman DRENKELFORD Jan van CLEEFF 5.000 €Christina LUND MADSEN Ton BAKKEREN 4.000 €Adam STOKKA Simon EKENBERG 4.000 €Janet de BOTTON Artur MALINOVSKI 4.000 €Pierre SAPORTA Renata SAPORTA 4.000 €Gustav HANSEN Thomas SIVHOLM 4.000 €Carla ARNOLDS Martine VERBEEK 3.000 €Ugo JANSONS Maija ROMANOVSKA 2.000 €Anna GULEVICH Tatiana DIKHNOVA 2.000 €Maria YAKOVLEVA Olga PAVLUSHKO 2.000 €Nathalie FREY Katia LORMANT 2.000 €Marcia GREEN Lee ROSENTHAL 2.000 €

A Wonderful Auction !

Once the teams tournament had finished, the players were invited to a cocktail party in the Hotêl Méridien.

The reception was also an agreeable setting in which to hold the auction for the pairs who will be starting their com-petition this morning.

Jean-Charles Allavena congratulated the winners of the teams event, Team Mahmood, before explaining how the bidding was to take place.

“We will not be putting all the pairs in the auction this evening. We have chosen those who are the most likely to put up a good fight during the competition.”

And the fight was already on at the auction! Animated in turn by Christina Lund Madsen and Zia Mahmood, it created many a set to! By whom? Pierre Zimmermann, Gus Hansen, Alfredo Versace and Romain Zaleski were the most lively bidders.

Helgemo-Helness was the pair who attracted the most bids – finally Pierre Zimmermann won the day over Alfredo Versace at 26.000 euros.

The Rimstedt juniors saw Gus Hansen go up to 16.000 euros.

You can find the details of the prices for each pair on this page.

Who got a good deal? We'll find out on Sunday evening.

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CAVENDISH AUCTIONS