No 15 Ł January - June 1994 Editor: Panos …db.eurobridge.org/repository/publications/ebl_review/PDF/Review/... · PHILIP MORRIS EUROPEAN BRIDGE LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSOR This issue

� Editorial 2� David Bardach dies 2� Tournament round-up 2� PHILIP MORRIS Mixed Championships 3� PHILIP MORRIS Simultaneous 3� Letter from the President 4� 1994 World Championships 5� 1993 World Junior Championship 6-7� 1993 NEC Bermuda Bowl & Venice Cup 8-9� 1993 European Junior Camp 10� 1993 European Junior Pairs 11� Interview with Sabine Zenkel 12� European Ladies Jamboree 13� Master Points 14� New Books 14� Competition Calendar 15

INSIDE

PHILIP MORRISEUROPEAN BRIDGE LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSOR

1 EBL Hon. SecretaryDavid Bardach dies ......... 2

1 1994 PHILIP MORRISEuropean Mixed Cham-pionships to take place inBarcelona, 22-27 March .... 3

1 1994 NEC WorldChampionships: a firstclass opportunity for Euro-peans to visit unknownAmerica ............................. 5

1 Thanks to Germany,Europe recaptures WorldJunior title ...................... 6-7

1 Bermuda Bowl re-mains in Europe - andVenice Cup in the U.S. .. 8-9

1 European JuniorCamp: once again a highlysuccessful event ............. 10

1 Bridge Universiadlaunched ......................... 10

1 Denmark winsEuropean Junior Pairs .. 11

1 Channel Trophy: a suc-cessful Junior regional ..... 11

1 Meet Germany's risingstar Sabine Zenkel ......... 12

1 European LadiesJamboree to take place inCapri ................................ 13

Bermuda Bowl goes Dutchas Venice Cup stays in America

¯̄ Medals for Norway, Brazil, Germany &Sweden in 1993 NEC World Championships

Joy and celebration at the end of the 1993 WorldChampionships matched the great success of the youngDutch national team to keep the Bermuda Bowl in Europe.They had just finished ahead of the world's best teams whichcompeted in Santiago, Chile, representing all geographicalareas of the globe. Norway came second winning the silvermedal, while the bronze went to 1989 champion, Brazil.

In the women's series, the United States successfully de-fended their world title and scored a major triumph by re-taining the Venice Cup which they have won continuouslysince 1987, and overall 7 times out of 9! However, the Euro-pean teams also did well here: Germany finished second andSweden, the reigning European women's champions, third.

No 15 � January - June 1994 Editor: Panos Gerontopoulos


This issue is full of reports from suc-cessful international championshipsthat have taken place since July, and oftournaments scheduled for the forth-coming months. It is a row of eventswhose frequency and quality is consis-tent with the ever growing path of in-ternational bridge in general, and ofEuropean bridge in particular.

Among the various tournamentscontained in this issue, events especial-ly concerning young players occupy aprominent place.

Junior bridge differs substantiallyfrom activities designed for other par-ticular groups of players. Whereas thelatter mainly aims at servicing thosewho belong to the group, junior bridgeis essentially an investment in the fu-ture of the game: an investment with atwofold anticipated return, in terms ofboth quantitative and qualitative devel-opment.

Europe has shown the way. A quar-ter of a century has passed since the in-troduction of the European Junior pro-gramme in the late sixties, and the re-sults are obvious and quite satisfacto-ry. Our membership is growing contin-uously at a steady healthy rate. At thesame time, the quality of the game isalso improving, in theoretical andpractical fields.

The contribution of junior bridge tothe quality of the game was clearlydemonstrated in the recent BermudaBowl competition. More than half ofthe members of the two top teamsstarted their careers as participants inthe Junior Camps and Championshipswe regularly hold.

The progress achieved so far pro-vides courage and motivation for fu-ture initiatives. Schoolbridge is EBL'snew venture - as outlined by the Pres-ident - which will be launched with thefirst Championship next July.

The stage has also been set for Ju-nior bridge development worldwide.Together with North America, whererecent progress is substantial, Europeshould and will help other zones to en-joy the enormous benefits we were for-tunate - and prudent - to have.

Editorial

2 EBL Review January-June 1994

David BardachHonourary Secretary,European Bridge League

President,Israel Bridge Federation

The Honourary Secretary of the European Bridge League, David Bardach ofIsrael, died from a heart attack, 17 July 1993.

David Bardach served bridge in Israel and international bridge for manydecades. As Chairman and recently President of the Israel Bridge Federation,he helped in the development of the International Festival held in Tel Avivevery year, which is now one of the biggest tournaments in the EBL membercountries.

In 1979 he was elected Honourary Secretary of the European Bridge Leagueby the Congress in Lausanne. He was re-elected to the same post in 1983(Wiesbaden) and again in 1987 (Brighton) and 1991 (Killarney). Besides his du-ties as Secretary, he served on various Committees like the Finance & Budget,Philip Morris Competitions, Protocol, etc.

He was a member of the Executive Council of the World Bridge Federationand European delegate since 1981, and contributed to the work of the WBFAdmissions & Zoning, Finance, and Master PointsCommittees.

With David Bardach's passing international bridge loses a loyal officer, andhis colleagues a dedicated friend.

Tournament round-up

'The Monte Carlo Team Tournamentwill take place 18-20 November 1994.

'The 28th Israel International BridgeFestival will take place at the Israel Con-

vention Centrein Tel Aviv, 10-19 February1994.

The Festival programme includes MixedTeams, Men& Women Pairs, IMP Pairs,Mixed Pairs, Open Pairs, Swiss TeamsandRegional Simultaneous Pairs competitions.There is also an International InvitationalTournament, the Rixi Markus Cup, for topclass players.

Computer dealt hands will be used through-out. The entry fee is 35 shekels per sessionand the total prize money $20,000.

For information, contact David Birman, 50Pinkas Street, IL-62261 Tel Aviv, Israel.( 972-3-605 8355, 2 972-3-546 5582.

'The 53rd International Bridge Tour-nament of Saint Moritz, Switzerland,

will take place, 10-21 January 1994.

'Bridge Clubs throughout the world areinvited to take part in the 1994 Charity

Challenge Cup simultaneous pairs contestwhich will be played on Thursday 17 March.Entry is by donation (minimum £2.30 orequivalent per player). To enter, club secre-taries should contact David Parry, P.O.Box3096, London N14 7BZ, Great Britain(( &2 44-81-749 4352), by 6 February 1994.

'The 14th annual Marbella Bridge Fest-ival will be held at the Casino & Hotel

Andalucia Plaza, 27 January-6 February1994.

There is a variety of tournaments, includingthe Costa del SolOpen Pairs, Mixed Pairs,Barclays BankTeams and the MarbellaTrophyOpen Pairs.

Only one session will be played every day,starting at 4.30 pm. For information, contactLillian Mathews, Apartado 90, San Pedro deAlcantara, E-29670 Marbella, Spain. ( &2 34-52-882 922.

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3RD

PHILIP MORRISEUROPEANMIXED CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hotel Princesa Sofia, Barcelona, Spain � 22-27 March 1994

French & Danes win 19th PHILIP MORRIS Simultaneous PairsWith over 20,000 players participating

in 600 clubs across Europe, the annualPHILIP MORRIS Simultaneous Pairscompetition was once again a great suc-cess.

The 1993 event, held on Friday, Novem-ber 19, was won by Betti-Molinier ofFrance and Novrup-Thomsen of Den-mark. In the smaller Howell section,Demirel-Sen of Turkey placed first.

Playing North-South, Betti-Molinierscored 74.92%. They were followed byanother French pair, Marganne-Thom-azet, who achieved 73.88%, and the Greek

pair Altinis-Zozis finished third with72.67%

The Danish winners of the East-Westdi-rection are hardly unknown. Svend Nov-rup is a top bridge author and journalist,while 25-year old Jesper Thomsen wonthe 1993 European Junior PairsChampionshipwith partner Jesper Dall(see report on page 11). As a pair, Novrup-Thomsen achieved a very high score(77.44%) and easily won first place, aheadof Turks Assael-Yalman (73.70%) andItalians Grattirola-Parolaro (73.33%).

In a few clubs, small Howell heats were

held with a separate overall classification.First in this category came the TurksDemirel-Sen who scored 65.96%, andKowalski-Ziach of Poland finished sec-ond with 63.96%

The best international performance wasundoubtedly that of the Franco-Italiancombination of Barone-Ferraro, whoplaced fourth in the East-West directionafter scoring 70% in a heat in Israel.

High participation percentages wererecorded in Israel (35% of its total mem-bership competing), Turkey(30%) andIceland (20%).

MIXED TEAMS

H FormatTeams may comprise 4, 5 or 6 players (play-ing in mixed partnerships); they will play 12rounds of Swiss followed by a semifinal anda final for the four leading teams and 3 morerounds of Swiss for the other teams, with 10boards per match.

H ProgrammeTuesday 22 March 2 roundsWednesday 23 March 6 roundsThursday 24 March 4 roundsFriday 25 March 3 roundsFriday 25 March semifinals/final

H Entry FeeSFr 750 (swiss francs) per team

H PrizesWill be given to the first 25 teams. First team:SFr 10,000. Total prize money: SFr 50,000.

H AccommodationHotel Princesa Sofia***** (see next column)

MIXED PAIRS

H FormatThe tournament will be played in four ses-sions, ending with a championship final anda consolation final.

H ProgrammeFriday 25 March 1 sessionSaturday 26 March 2 sessionsSunday 27 March 1 session

H Entry FeeSFr 200 (swiss francs) per pair

H PrizesWill be given to the first 50 pairs of the finaland 20 pairs of the consolation. First pair:SFr 5,000. Total prize money: SFr 40,000

H AccommodationHotel Princesa Sofia*****Double room with breakfast: Pt 15,000Reservations: Mrs Tatiana Loaiza Capriles,

( 34-1-564 77042 34-1-564 6859


I would like to say how happy andproud I was to be associated withthe launching of bridge in school in

Italy, after France has shown the way.President Gianarrigo Ronaand his

team must be thanked and congratulatedfor this initiative, which brought togeth-er the leaders of both the Ministry ofEducation as well as the provinces; thegroup met in the great halls of theItalian Olympic Committeein Rome.This is a strong indication that this coun-try, considered the cradle of civilization,recognizes what bridge can engender inmatters of intellectual, moral and humaninstruction.

Much like music, bridge is the univer-sal language. And it is its privilege tosee, seated at one and the same table. afather and son, a man and a woman, anemployer and his employee, a doctorand a workman, an Australian and anIcelander, a Chinese and an American,an African and a European.

I am sure you will agree, therefore,that bridge deserves to be developed andperpetuated. Obviously, it is throughteaching bridge in school that this willcome about.

To start with, it was necessary to con-vince a number of doubters in our ranks;playing parents were scared of seeing anormal practice of bridge transform it-self into a devastating passion. I, myself,had to fight for years to prepare theground for the remarkable feat achievedby J.C.Beineixand R.Beurtey, in France,over the last four years.

In fact, our modern society is more orless ruled by the laws of statistics and Isee no reason, either here or elsewhere,why it should introduce any particulardeviationist tendencies. Many youngpeople practise other sports or variousactivities and each can show a specialinterest in one or other activity simplyfor pleasure without any ambition to be-come a champion, which is not our pur-pose either in this field.

Nevertheless, it is possible to creatediverse parallel careers and, throughthem, to find a way of offering a certain

number of jobs, which is not to be ignor-ed in view of the present economic crisiswith which we are faced. Already alarge number of people make a livingfrom bridge, as teachers, directors, in-structors or even players, writers andjournalists. And this is only a small facetof the beneficial aspect which the teach-ing of bridge in school will bring.

Effectively, this intellectual sport hasproven to be extraordinarily formativefor the young today. It encourages ob-servation and concentration, which arefollowed, after deduction, by a numberof decisions. It is like a doctor who, inorder to reach a diagnosis, carries outanalyses before reaching a synthesis.

Over and above the aspect of play,bridge is a very convivial activity whichbrings together partners and opponentsin a competitive dialogue. Isn't this amarvellous preparation for active life,for greater social harmony, as opposedto the solitary and passive pleasure oftoo much television? If bridge can prideitself on being the precursor of interac-tive software, it is also the perfect exam-ple of communication, a major preoccu-pation in our time.

Finally, I would add that bridge seemsto me to be the game with is nearest tothe psychology of the passage from the20th to the 21st century; one which hastruly integrated the �probability� side of

Banco del Lavoroand Generaliin Italy.This collection of recognized qualities

has opened the way for the teaching ofbridge in school in some countries.

The French are probably ahead atpresent with 500 school establishmentshousing 1,000 instructors who have al-ready trained 15,000 students. To makea success of such a challenge, they need-ed a definite consistency between themini-bridgetaught to students and acomplete teaching system of training forthe instructors. René Beurteyhas alreadyhad the opportunity, in Amsterdam andRome, to describe the rigorous methodsused to obtain the magnificent resultswhich the French Bridge Federationshares with the sponsors I have associat-ed with this operation: BP France,Tropicoand Larousse Diffusion.

In Holland, a similar approach hasgiven excellent results and, if the aim ismuch more far-reaching than the forma-tion of future champions, the fact re-mains that the new world championsLeufkens and Westra were taught bridgein school.

The Poles succeeded in setting up aschools' championship with more than3,000 finalists, contributing to theprogress the EBL is making in its pro-ject for organizing a junior champion-ship for the under-20s in the near future.

It is clear that bridge presently is help-ing China to achieve a transition fromcollectivity to a certain form of socialliberalism, as desired by Deng XiaoPing who encouraged the latest genera-tion to learn and practise our sport.

If chess, or other sports, have unfortu-nately been used in the Kriegspiel(theart of war), I am certain that these teach-ing programmes will contribute to thismarvellous �bridge for peace� which willmake up the world of bridge players.

Bridge for peace is the creed I wish toshare with your future students, and Ihave no doubt that each of the 40 mem-

1994 with bridge in schools

many aspects ofour life. Bridge, isthe best prop ofthe calculation ofprobabilities andprepares us, asnothing else can,to the gains andlosses which eachof us in his lifemust garner or as-sume.

This explainsthe interest bank-ers and insurershave for bridgeplayers, such as

ber countries of the EBL will includebridge in school in their developmentprogramme. This is my hope in wishingyou a happy and peaceful 1994.

Bridge, like music,is the universal language

Letter

from

the Pre

sident


In the second fortnight of September,Albuquerque, the capital of the State ofNew Mexico, will become the centre ofinternational bridge, as thousands ofplayers from all over the world willgather there to take part in the 9th NECWorld Championships.

This is the most celebrated event ofthe tournament calendar. It takes placeevery four years and includes competi-tions of all kinds and for allplayers.

the New Mexico State Fair. It is widelyregarded as one of the better state fairsheld in the U.S. and it comes completewith rodeo, midway, carnival rides,horse races and a lot of entertainment.

Albuquerque (pop. 480,000) lies onthe banks of Rio Grandeand the foot-hills of the Sandiamountains, at thesame latitude as Tokyo, and its terrainresembles parts of Greece and

Spain. Its

ProgrammeSep. 16 Opening Ceremony

17-19 Mixed Pairs17-21 Continuous Pairs

(1st segment)20-21 Par contest20-27 McConnell

Women's Teams

20-28 RosenblumOpen Teams

22-24 Zonal Teams*(open & women)

22-26 Continuous Pairs(2nd segment)

24-27 Senior's Teams(swiss)

25-1/10 Open Pairs25-1/10 Women's Pairs

27-28 Zonal Pairs*(open & women)

27-1/10 Continuous Pairs(3rd segment)

28-1/10 Senior's Pairs29-1/10 America Cup

(swiss teams)Oct. 1 Prizegiving

* fon non-qualifiers only



Especially for the Europeans, theforthcoming Championship presents afirst class opportunity for visiting amostly unknown but nevertheless quiteinteresting area of the United States.With air fares over the Atlantic being ascompetitive as they are and with rockbottom hotel rates, one can hardly affordto miss the country of Santa Feand Billythe Kid- and site of one of the most ex-citing top class bridge tournaments.

All championship events will be play-ed in the Albuquerque Convention Cent-er. Besides the main tournaments, thereis a variety of competitions for all play-ers, including the Continuous Pairsandan american-style Regionalwith tourna-ments running all day long.

The Championships are sandwichedbetween two other premier events in Al-buquerque. The International Hot AirBalloon Festivalbegins October 1 andthere will be over 300 balloonists fromall over the world competing in variousballon races. Just before the Champion-ships, Albuquerque will be the scene of

Hotels & Rates(double room per night)

Hyatt Regency $94La Posada $83-93Double Tree $87Plaza Inn $55-60Friendship Inn $30-45

Reservations($100 deposit required)

Albuquerque Housing BureauAttn.: Valerie Anzalone, WBFP.O. Box 26866Albuquerque, NM 87125,U.S.A.2 1-505-243 3934

high altitude results in a mild, dry cli-mate, with summer temperatures averag-ing about 31ºC and humidity at 43%.The sun shines 259 days a year.



NorwayL.Aaseng, G.Helgemo, S.Kalberg, E.Kvam,J.Molberg, K.Thomassen, S.Johnsen (npc)

United States

Chip Martel (npc), Eric Greco, Kevin Wilson,

Debbie Zuckenberg, Leonard Holtz,

Jeff Ferro, Richard Pavlicek

Denmark: a Universal ExampleYour country has been very unlucky inlosing several major internationals bytiny amounts, the smallest being the halfIMP by which your junior team lost thesemifinal of the recent World Cham-pionships held in your own country.How can a country with a population ofonly 5 million stage a World Champion-ship?

We had the ideal venue in the Sports school inÅrhus, and we have 17,000 individual memberswho supported the project. IIbb AAxxeellsseenn was OnsiteOrganizer with 50 volunteers and we were veryproud of the result.

What is the history of the DanmarksBridgeforbund?

Before the war there were two organizations bothof which started around 1932. They began to co-operate in 1939 so we had only one of each na-tional championship, but it was not until 1963that they formally merged to create the DanmarksBridgeforbund. We held a European Champion-ship in 1948 in Copenhagen, and a Junior Euro-pean there in 1975. In 1977 the Europeans wereheld in Helsinor, and then the World Juniors thisyear in Århus.

What is the structure of the DanmarksBridgeforbund, and your part in it?

We have 11 districts who elect a Council whichmeets once a year. The Council chooses a Board ofDirectors who are responsible for running theorganization. By 1970 we were big enough to jus-tify the purchase of a headquarters, which we stillhave now in Hillerød near Copenhagen. I workedas Editor of the Danish Bridge Magazine whichgoes free to every member, and in 1983 I also be-came the Secretary, in charge of the office. Wehave six full time staff, including myself.

Interview with

Ib LundbySecretary of

Danmarks Bridgeforbundby Patrick Jourdain

Do you have government support?Recently we have made a breakthrough, after along struggle.

There was enough political pressure to persuadethe Danish Sports Organization to change itsrules and create a new mindsports section whichcontains chess and bridge. This change was great-ly assisted by the increased income due to the suc-cess of our National Lottery.

The mindsports section starts formally in De-cember 1993, and should lead to us receiving agrant each year of anything up to 2 million Dan-ish kroner (about $300,000).

How is your membership going?We have 350 affiliated clubs. Their combined22,500 members must be registered as members ofthe DBF. (As people belong to more than oneclub, we actually have some 17,000 individualmembers.)

Inspired by the EBL Promotion Week in Am-sterdam a couple of years ago, we decided to dou-ble our club membership from what was then20,000 with a target of 40,000 by the year 2000.We call it ‘Plan 2000’. It has these key elements:

(a) A Bridge Teachers Organization with 400members who receive a course by mail and a week-end course at our centre, in teaching a standardsystem (a natural system based on strong no-trump);

(b) A scheme to encourage all people learningbridge to become members of the DBF - they payhalf the normal subscription and in the first yearreceive two of our standard textbooks (which arethemselves worth more than the fee), and thebridge magazine, which now has 8 pages aimed atbeginners, to their home address;

(c) A youth scheme which is aimed at schoolsand colleges.

How good is publicity for bridge?The leading newspapers all have bridge columnswith hands and tournament news. We have not yetsucceeded with television programmes but for justover a year we have had four pages on teletextwhich are very popular.

Is there anything special about your na-tional championships?

We have all the usual championships and a verysuccessful National League. The League is strati-fied, and the top Division of 12 teams is a majorinfluence on the selection of our national teams, aswe do not usually hold trials.



Europe recaptures World Junior title

Germany

Klaus RepsGuido HopfenheitRoland Rohowsky

Marcus JoestMichael Gromöller

(npc)

RESULTS

FINAL & PLAYOFF

Germany - Norway 254½ - 203USA 1 - Denmark 173 - 137

SEMIFINALS

Germany - Denmark 103½ - 103Norway - USA 1 208½ - 93

ROUND ROBIN

1 Germany 2832 Norway 2833 USA 1 2694 Denmark 250½5 Chinese Taipei 247½6 China 2457 Italy 2428 Canada 2219 Australia 220½

10 Central America 2 211½11 New Zealand 21112 USA 2 20013 Argentina 17714 Central America 1 168½15 Pakistan 146

After the 1991 disaster, Europe succeeded in regaining the world supremacy inthe field of Junior bridge. In the 4th World Junior Championship, held in Århus,Denmark, 3-12 August 1993, the European representative teams, spearheaded byGermany, captured three of the four top positions including the gold and silvermedals. The only other semifinalist was the United States, the defending champi-ons, who ended up in third place. The Championship was very well organized byDanmarks Bridgeforbund, and was played in a particularly warm atmosphere.

All zones of the World Bridge Federationwere represented in the fourth event of the se-ries which was initiated as a biennial event in1987. Europe and North America were enti-tled to participate with three teams each, theother zones with two, and the host countrywith one. Asia and South America sent oneteam each, but the rest filled their quota, mak-ing the event the best attended ever.

The format of the competition was a roundrobin of 20-board matches, acting as qualifierfor the 64-board semifinals and playoff andthe 96-board final - all played as knockoutmatches.

After the opening ceremony which tookplace during a reception given by the Mayorof Århus - Denmark's second largest city - thetournament went under way. USA 1took anearly lead which they kept until halfway inthe round robin. The second half was a battlebetween Germanyand Norwayfor first place,and a struggle for Denmark, threatened byAustraliaand China, to make it to the semifi-nals. At the end, Germany qualified first onsplit tie, while the host country succeededover the Chinese.

Germany picked Denmark to play in thesemifinal, thinking that this was the easiestopponent. The result was a most exciting andincredibly close match; the final margin willsurely go on record as the smallest ever re-corded: ½ IMP! - in Germany's favour. At the

same time, Norwaystarted well against USA1 and never looked back.

The final was less exciting. After two ratherflat sets, Germany struck building up a con-siderable lead which they lost in the fifth setmaking the match a close one. The last setwent heavily to Germany who captured theOrtiz-Patiño Trophydespite playing for 10days with only four players. USA 1 had nodifficulty beating Denmark in the playoff forthird place.

The Championship was splendidly orga-nized by Danmarks Bridgeforbund, thanks tothe efforts of President Bent Hæstrup, Secret-ary Ib Lundby, onsite organizer Ib Axelsenand a staff of some 50 volunteers. Idrætshøj-skolenproved an excellent venue for theevent; it gave the young players many oppor-tunities for mixing up - and they lost none!The well-planned outings to LegolandandSkanderbogoffered rest, interest and room forcloser contact, while the �night of the na-tions�, where all delegations performed enter-taining numbers, added a most welcome cosydimension.

International bridge clearly showed its keeninterest on Junior bridge: the tournament wasattended by WBF President Bobby Wolff, thePresident Emeritus Jaime Ortiz-PatiñoandEBL first Vice President André Boekhorst.

All in all, Århus '93was a wonderful tour-nament that will be remembered for long.


The Netherlands

A fter a fine performance, European teamssucceeded in winning four of the sixavailable medals at the 1993 NECWorld

Championships held in Santiago, Chile, 29August-10 September.

Thanks to the Netherlands, the Bermuda Bowl- symbol of world bridge supremacy - remainedin Europe; and so did the silver medal, won byNorway. The bronze medal went to Brazil.

In the women's series, the United States onceagain retained the Venice Cup, but Europe wonthe other medals thanks to Germany andSweden.

The NEC Bermuda Bowl

16 teams took part in the open series, represent-ing all WBF zones. Europe fielded the four topteams of the recent Championship in Menton:Poland, Denmark, Norwayand the Netherlands.

The competing teams were split intotwo groups and played a double roundrobin to decide four quarter-finalistsfrom each group. Matches thereafterwere knockout.

There were no surprises at the quali-fying stage. USA 2, the Netherlands,Poland and Brazil from one group -

and China, Norway, Denmark and USA 1 fromthe other, made it to the quarterfinals.

Then, the situation became more tight. 1989champion Brazil outscored China, and Norwaybeat Poland decisively. The other two matcheswere sensational: Denmark was leading USA 2for most of the 96-board match, while USA 1 hadthe best of the ups and downs against the Dutch.However, both losing teams came from behind towin their matches at the very end.

The excitement continued in the semifinals.The matches were very close and the results weredetermined by the same incredibly small marginof 3 IMPs! When the smoke cleared, the scenehad been set for an all-European final betweenNorway and the Netherlands.

The final was hard-fought all the way. TheDutch led most of the time but suffered a greatloss near the end, which reduced their lead to 15IMPs with 5 boards to go. At the end, however,all was well for the Netherlands who won theirfirst Bermuda Bowlever, thanks to a very youngteam (average age just over 32 years). It is worthmentioning that their Norwegian opponents werealso quite young (average age 34 years; the teamincluded Geir Helgemo aged 23).

At the same time, Brazil beat USA 2 in theplayoffand won the bronze medal.

Wubbo de BoerPiet Jansen

Enri LeufkensBauke MullerJan WesterhofBerry Westra

Henk Schippers (npc)Jaap Trouwborst (npc)

2. Norway3. Brazil

4 medals for Europe in


United States

The NEC Venice Cup

The women's series was played under exactlythe same format, and once again Europe was rep-resented by Menton top performers: Sweden,France, Italyand Germany.

The first surprise was the elimination of Franceat the round robin qualifying stage. The otherEuropean teams did well to make it to the quar-terfinals: Sweden, USA 2, Germany and Argent-ina advanced from one group; Chinese Taipei,Canada, USA 1 and Italy from the other.

In the quarterfinals, it was Italy's turn to leavethe competition, being outscored by USA 2. Inthe other matches, Sweden narrowly beat Canadaand Germany eliminated USA 1 without difficul-ty. The fourth semifinalist was Argentina whohad the better run against Chinese Taipei.

Argentina had already cheered local fans whenthey were defeated by USA 2 in the first semifi-nal match. In the other, Sweden developed whatwas initially considered to be a �healthy lead�against Germany; this was gradually reduced andsubsequently reversed, giving Germany a spec-tacular victory.

The 128-board final started with a small carry-over in favour of USA 2. Some points won andthen lost left the American advantage almost un-

changed at half-way. At the beginning of the sec-ond half, however, USA 2 scored well and movedahead. Germany fought back and recovered someof the losses, but it was not enough. At the end ofthe day, the United States were worthy winners ofthe world women's title, which they have hadcontinuously since 1987. Meanwhile, Swedenhad no difficulty getting the bronze medal in theplayoff.

Splendid Tournament

The 1993 NEC World Championships hadsome additional winners: the South AmericanFederation, the Bridge Federation of ChileandRoberto Gracia, the Chief Organizer.

They all worked hard for a long time to presenta magnificent tournament, and there is no doubtthat they fully succeeded.

Thanks to the support of numeroussponsors, the government of Chile andthe authorities of Santiago - but mainlythanks to the numerous local volun-teers who worked seemingly tirelesslythroughout - they were able to providean exceptionally warm hospitality anda splendid tournament for which theyhave every reason to feel most proud.

Karen McCallumJill MeyersSharon OsbergSue PicusKerri SanbornKay SchulleJo Morse (npc)

2. Germany3. Sweden

World Championships



1993 WBF Youth Awards Great success ofEuropean Junior Camp

The 10th European Bridge Junior Camp, which took placein Oberreifenberg, Germany, 19-25 July 1993, was yet an-other successful event of the series instituted in 1976 for thebenefit of non-champion young players.

130 Juniors from 13 countries gathered in a picturesqueyouth hostel in Taunus' national park, and enjoyed a week-long bridge holiday which gave them the opportunity tomake new friends and renew older relationships.

Student Championship launched

The 1st European University Bridge Championship was held inAntwerp, Belgium, 30 August-4 September 1993.

Representative teams from 10 member countries of the European Unionand Israel took part. The format was a round robin qualifier, followed bysemifinals and a final.

After a poor start, Germany just managed to advance to the semifinalswhere they defeated Israel by a small margin. At the same time, GreatBritain had an easy game against the Netherlands. The final was close formost of the time, but Germany had their day and became the firstUniversity champions thanks to 5 IMPs. The final rankings were:

1. Germany, 2. Great Britain, 3. Israel and the Netherlands, 5. France,6. Greece, 7. Italy, 8. Portugal, 9. Denmark, 10. Belgium, 11. Spain.

The Championship, organized by the University of Antwerp with thesupport of the International University Sports Federation(FISU) and theEuropean Community Bridge League(ECBL), was a great success. It isbelieved that the stage has now been set for future events of the series.

� Brian Powell (Great Britain)

� ... In a quiet way, he has become someone every-one knows, testifying to his ability to make friendswith all nationalities, and every type of character�.

� Panos Papadopoulos (Greece)

� ... A man with an immediate friendliness andopenness towards even the most completestranger... �

� Ruth Sorel (Israel)

� ... She has a gentle, quiet, almost shy demeanourwhich hides a strong determination to help others�.

� Marco Pengov (France)

� ... If you ask for his assistance, you can be surethat nothing is too much trouble. And even of youdon't ask, you can expect an offer�.

ww The WBF Youth Awards are given every two years to par-ticipants at the EBL Junior Camps who distinguish them-selves in aptitude, diligence and friendly behaviour ratherthan performance at the bridge table.

AAmmiirr LLeevviinn of Israel, 20,winner of the Youth Cup for thebest performance with a variety

of international partners

The programme of a typicalday at the Camp includes lec-tures in the morning, sports inthe afternoon and a bridge tour-nament in the evening. How-ever, there are many other orga-nized activities, and the Juniorsare free to arrange things be-tween them at all other times.

Traditionally, the Camp startswith an individual tournament.This is an excellent opportunityfor the participants to get toknow each other at the bridgetable. It also helps them toarrange their partnerships for theother tournaments, where one ofthe few Camp rules applies: noone is allowed to play with apartner of his own nationality.

This rule reflects well theCamp's objective, which is tocreate friendly relationshipsamong young Europeans andimprove international under-standing rather than provide yetanother competition.

The Juniors enjoyed the Camptremendously. This was evidentthroughout, and was especially

visible during the campfire, thetreasure huntand the outing tothe Rhine area, arranged by Dirk& Kareen Schroeder.

As always, the last night wasunforgettable. Each delegationperformed live to entertain theothers; the games, songs, num-bers, etc. were quite humorousand innovative. The only seriousmoment was when the WBFAwardswinners were announc-ed. The warm applause was an-other optimistic sign from theyoung generation.



Results

1 Dall-Thomsen DEN 58.602 Puczynski-Puczynski POL 58.153 Skoglund-Torhaug NOR 57.734 Mauberquez-Oursel FRA 57.505 Chmurski-Wyszynski POL 56.946 Helgemo-Molberg NOR 56.077 Bryder-Jacobsson SWE 55.388 Markovic-Ramondt NTH 55.339 Filios-Matziaris GRE 55.27

10 Brogeland-Kristiansen NOR 55.2011 Bruun-Ron DEN 55.0712 Berg-Vis NTH 55.0713 Borgesson-Knijff SWE 54.9214 Bouscarel-Rombaut FRA 54.8415 Gerdin-Stattin SWE 54.6616 Bakker-Brulleman NTH 54.6317 Dumenil-Prospert FRA 54.4918 Berg-Olsen NOR 54.4619 Aplund-Westermark SWE 54.2520 Doussot-Harari FRA 54.1921 Joest-Reps GER 54.1122 Busacchi-Intoni ITA 54.0423 Gantar-Kranjc SLO 53.9324 Prooijen-Wijs NTH 53.5925 Kierulff-Nohr DEN 53.44

The Dutch Junior team wonthe 1993 Channel Trophy,the annual regional competi-tion for Juniors arranged be-tween and held in turn in Bel-gium, France, Great Britainand the Netherlands.

The winning team consistedof Timo van den Berg, Ricovan Prooijen, Jean Paul Vis &Simon de Wijs. Kees Tammenswas the non-playing captain.

The Dutch beat all their op-ponents and finished comfort-ably ahead of Great Britain,

the runners-up. Belgium andFrance followed.

In recent years, a new serieshas been added to the competi-tion, for players up to 20 yearsold.

The winner in this serieswas the team of France, con-sisting of Laurent Bouscarel,Félicien Daux, Eric Esposito,Dominique Fonteneau, JulienFeitner and Jérôme Rombaut,under the captaincy of Jean-Christophe Quantin.

Great Britain was once

again the runner-up, followedby France and Belgium.

The Channel Trophyis oneof the well established region-al competitions for youngEuropeans. Other such eventsdesigned to keep the Juniors inclose contact are: the Euro-pean Community Champion-ships, the Nordic Champion-ships, the Mediterranean Cup,the Alps Cup, etc. An effort tosetup a competition for EastEuropean Juniors has yet tomaterialize.

Denmark triumphs in European Junior Pairs

The Netherlands & France win Junior Regional

Happy medal winners:Skoglund-Torhaug (Norway), Dall-Thomsen (Denmark), Puczynski-Puczynski (Poland)

� Medals forPoland & Norway

� Honours for France

Thanks to Jesper Dall, 22, and Jes-per Thomsen, 25, Denmark scored amajor triumph by winning the goldmedal at the 2nd European JuniorPairs Championship, held in Oberrei-fenberg, Germany, 16-18 July 1993.

The Polish brothers Mariusz, 23,and Tomasz Puczynski, 25, fell justshort of the first place and won the sil-ver medal, while Tore Skoglund, 21,and Ole Torhaug, 25, of Norway placedthird.

France shared the honours with 19-year olds Laurent Bouscarel and Jérô-me Rombaut, who were the best �un-der-20s� pair of the competition.

This was the second event of the se-ries initiated in 1991 in Fiesch, Switzer-land, as a biennial tournament. 100 pairsfrom 19 countries took part, playing foursessions without qualifiers and final overa weekend.

First to take the lead after the first ses-sion were Dutch internationals Berg-Viswho scored 63.71%. They were followedby Skoglund-Torhaugand Geitner-Fon-teneauof France.

The second session was won by theSlovenian pair Gantar-Kranjc, but highscores were also achieved by Brogeland-Kristiansenof Norway, Bryder-Jacobs-sonof Sweden and the Puczynskibroth-ers.

The Swedes Bostrom-Gustavssonfin-

ished ahead of the field in the third ses-sion, followed by Dall-Thomsenwhocombined their good scores to top theoverall classification. However, Skog-lund-Torhaugand the Puczynski's wereclose behind.

As expected, the battle of the fourthsession was tough. Dall-Thomsenhad arather shaky start; then things got a littlebetter, but the final word was not to bewritten until the very last board. Playing7NT, one declarer had to guess whetherto play for the drop or finesse against aJack. When he opted for the finesse,Jesper Dall was happy to win the Jack -and the gold medal!



Sabine, congratulations on the sil-ver medal you won in Santiago.Are you disappointed to havemissed the world title?

The team was so thrilled to have made the fi-nal, after being well behind to Sweden in thesemis, that we were not depressed by the end-ing. It just wasn't our year to win.

Can we start with something aboutyour family in Germany?

I was born in Bavaria and am an only child.My father has worked for many years in thePurchasing Department of Bosch, and mymother is employed by a health organisation.

When did you start bridge?At the age of 14, and my parents didn�t ap-prove! I was in the same class as MichaelGromöller, who in August won the world titlecaptaining the German Junior team. His fatherwas a bridge-player; in a quiz he asked �whatis bridge?� I was the only one who knew andMr Gromöller was so pleased that he taughtme with Michael. We were soon playing atthe local club in Bamberg. I left school in1984 and went to Augsberg University, butby then was already playing in many tourna-ments.

When did your international ca-reer begin?

I partnered Michael in the Juniors at the ECChampionships in Ostend. Then in 1983,partnering Anne Möller, won the EC WomensPairs in Bordeaux. We tried, with Danielavon Arnimand Pony Nehmert, for the Germanwomens team for the 1984 Olympiad inSeattle but were not selected. I started my

partnership with Daniela the next year. Wewere never selected for the Junior team, butwent to Miami for the Womens Pairs in 1986,and were very pleased to finish 7th overall.

This was your first visit to theStates?

Yes. I remember, in the �never ending Swiss�we played against the American, RonAndersen. He was very impressed by a leadof mine (knowing partner had no entriesagainst 3NT I led the ace from AQxx, andseeing Jx in dummy, followed with the queen... and partner held 10xxx). Three years laterwhen I moved to the States we became regu-lar partners.

What came after Miami?From then on we were in the German wom-en�s team. We came 5th in Europeans inBrighton in 1987, and in 1989, won in Turku.We went to the Venice Cupin Perth but lost tothe Dutch in the semi-finals. Daniela and Ihad one of the most publicised disasters everin bridge when, after a misunderstanding, weplayed 4Ê doubled in a 2-1 fit!

1989 was a big year for you, then?Yes. As well as becoming European cham-pion, I left University and moved to the Unit-ed States. I had, and still have, a job as anOptions trader on the Chicago Exchange.

You made a sensational start,bybreaking the record for becominga Life Master set by Jeremy Flint?

Yes. Almost at once I played in the ACBLNationals. I was given special permission toplay in the Lifemaster Womens Pairs with

Rhoda Walshand we won it. I became a LifeMaster in 8 weeks, a record which still stands.

How do you compare Europeanbridge with American?

American organisation is very good. Euro-pean standard varies more from event toevent. The Americans have the best knockoutevents, but for a Round Robin I like the Euro-pean Womens teams where you meet all thedifferent nations. American Nationals are be-coming more international in nature, which Ilike, of course.

If you had a magic wand, andcould change something aboutworld bridge, what would it be?

Womens bridge should be taken more seri-ously. In the Salsomaggiore Olympiad it wasvery noticeable that we had second classtreatment. In Germany we don�t feel we getthe support we deserve from the home organ-ization, and the German press give very littleattention to bridge.

What about the future?

I love my partnership with Daniela, and wantto continue representing Germany. We are allvery good friends in the German team, andthis helps us get over the difficult times.

Would you like to end with anymessage for the bridge world?

Yes. Don�t give partner a hard time! We alltry our best, and all have disasters. You needto help your partners over these, not maketheir a life a misery.

FACTFILE

Meet...

Sabine ZenkelPPaattrriicckk JJoouurrddaaiinn iinntteerrvviieewwssGGeerrmmaannyy''ss rriissiinngg bbrriiddggee ssttaarr

� Born 1965 in Bavaria

� EC Womens Pairs winner in Bordeaux

� European champion 1989 Turku

� Moved to America 1989, became Life Master in 8 weeks

� Options trader on Chicago Exchange

� Venice Cup silver medal 1993 Santiago

The 1st Ladies Jamboree was organiz-ed in Budapest by the European BridgeLeagueand staged by the HungarianBridge Federation. Over 300 ladies frommany different European countries join-ed us in Hungary for 5 days of excellentbridge and a lovely holiday. Most ofthose who attended asked us to repeat theevent and the Ladies Committee, togeth-er with the Italian Bridge Federationandthe Ketty Fazio Organization, very muchlook forward to extending a warmwelcome to Lady players from allover Europe.

Programme

� Tuesday 31 MayOpening Cocktail Re-ception at Hotel LaResidenza- Dinner

� Wednesday 1 JuneMorning free forshopping - Indi-vidual tournament

� Thursday 2 JuneSpecial one-dayexcursion

� Friday 3 JuneMorning free -Pairs tournament(sessions 1 & 2)

� Saturday 4 JuneMorning free - Pairstournament (session 3)- Victory banquet withprizegiving ceremony

� Sunday 5 JuneDeparture after breakfast

The international rules for smokingwill be followed. There will be optionalrubber bridgeavailable after dinner, eachevening.

Accommodation

The venue for the Jamboree will be theHotel La Residenzaand special rateshave been arranged for the whole period.Accommodation is available in the fol-lowing hotels:

� Hotel Palatium****46 de luxe rooms and suites. Air-con-ditioning - hydromassage, sea waterswimming pool. La Scoglierarestau-rant. All kinds of water sports. Boats torent. Private descent to the beach. Baby

sitting facilities on request. Bus andtaxis free of charge every 15' to thefabulous Piazzettafrom where 5' walkis the venue La Residenza.For 6 days and 5 nights, the cost of adouble room will be Lit (Italian Liras)1,300,000.This

i n -cludes breakfast buffet and dinner,wine and mineral water free of charge,welcome cocktail reception (ResidenzaHotel), a full-day excursion with lunchincluded, a very special VictoryBanquet and prizegiving that will beheld in the Hotel Palatium.

� Hotel La Residenza****Venue of the Jamboree. Hospital-ity/Registration/Tourist desks. Thepackage will be the same as in Pala-tium and the price is Lit 1,200,000 in adouble room with a surcharge of Lit200,000 for single occupancy.

� Hotel La Certosa***Distance from the venue 50m. Thesame package will be offered at a priceof 1,000,000 for persons sharing aroom, or Lit 1,100,000 for single occu-pancy. The meals must be taken at theHotel La Residenza.

Cheaper HotelsLit 600,000 (double room) -

Lit 700,000 (single occu-pancy). The price includes

5 nights and breakfast. Thefull-day excursion with

lunch is included as is thewelcome cocktail. The victory

banquet is not included in thepackage and the cost for partic-

ipants is Lit 100,000.

Entries

Entries must be made to the Hotel LaResidenzano later than 1 May 1994.Late entries can only be accepted if thereis sufficient accommodation available inthe hotels. For Hotel reservation and anyfurther information please contact:

Roberto Fiorentini,Hotel La Residenza,Via F.Serena B116,I-80073 Capri (NA),Italy.( 39-81-837 0833 2 39-81-837 7564

For any reservation you mustsend a deposit for at least 30% ofthe package or of the total

amount in the cheaper hotels. Thedeposit will be refunded for cancella-

tions made until 20 May 1994.

Fees and Prizes

The entry fees per player are Lit25,000 for the Individual tournament (1session) and Lit 60,000 for the Pairs (3sessions).

Marvellous prizes in kind - objects d'art and other luxury goods - will beawarded to the first 3 places of the Indi-vidual and the Pairs, the first 6 places ofthe combined classification and the Jam-boree Champion.

Side games will be arranged for hus-bands, friends, etc., provided there aresufficient numbers.

There will be a partnership desk for theconvenience of all participants.

Therewill be a won-

derful tournament,a full-day excursion,

sunbathing and swim-ming, most interesting

and convenient shopping,warm hospitality, friendship,6 unforgettable days on one ofthe most beautiful islands inthe world. Can you imagineanything better?

Anna MariaTorlontano



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TOP SCORERS 1992-93

1 LÉVY Alain FRA 1532 MOUÏEL Hervé FRA 1463 BALICKI Cezary POL 1434 CHEMLA Paul FRA 1375 PERRON Michel FRA 136- ZMUDZINSKI Adam POL 1367 GAWRYS Piotr POL 128- LASOCKI Krzysztof POL 1289 AUKEN Jens DEN 115

10 KOCH Dennis DEN 11311 HELGEMO Geir NOR 11212 BOER Wubbo de NTH 111

- MULLER Bauke NTH 11114 WESTRA Berry NTH 10615 LEUFKENS Enri NTH 10416 SCHALTZ Dorthe DEN 10317 FISCHER Doris AUT 101

- WEIGKRICHT Terry AUT 101

correct on 30 June 1993

TOP JUNIORS

1 HELGEMO Geir NOR 3382 VERSACE Alfredo ITA 2453 HERBST Ofir ISR 1304 BRUUN Mathias DEN 1035 FREDIN Peter SWE 666 PUCZYNSKI Mariusz POL 58- GROMOV Andrej RUS 588 REPS Klaus GER 559 SZALAY György HUN 52

10 FOHRER David ISR 48

correct on 30 November 1993

NNeeww GGrraanndd MMaasstteerrssThe EBL Master Points Secretary Paul

Maris reports:

Eight European players - four men andfour women - were promoted to the rankof Grand Masterduring the 1992-93 sea-son, which ended 30 June. They are:

Men

� Hervé MOUÏEL (France)� Cesary BALICKI (Poland)� Adam ZMUDZINSKI (Poland)� Anders MORATH (Sweden)

Women

� Danielle GAVIARD (France)� Véronique BESSIS (France)� Carla ARNOLDS (The Netherlands)� Beb VRIEND (The Netherlands)

To attain the rank of Grand Master, aplayer must have won a European or aWorld Championship. In addition he/sheneeds a minimum number of EuropeanMaster Points(EMPs), which is 500 formen players and 300 for women.

t The EBL Master Points Secretary has anew address:

Ch.P. Maris,Karveel 46-27,NL-8242 VG Lelystad,The Netherlands.

( 31-3200-42 573

& PROCEEDINGS OF THE2ND EBL BRIDGE PROMOTION WEEKEditor: P.Gerontopoulos

In 1993, the EBL organized a bridge promotionseminar in which international experts presentedtheir experience in fields such as sponsorship andpublic relations, education for the beginner and theteacher, etc. The volume constitutes the mostcomplete set of our knowledge on these subjects.

Published by the EBL and distributed by the Editor ofEBL Review (96 pages, paperback, SFr 40).

& PREEMPTS FROM A TO Zby Ron Andersen & Sabine Zenkel

This books guides you in a very comprehensivemanner into the dangerous world of preemptivebidding. Traditional and modern openings, as wellas defence are covered, and there are many ex-amples ensuring that the reader will be much morecapable of handling this fragile part of the game.

Published by MAGNUS BOOKS (290 pages, paper-back, $14.95).

& TEST YOUR BIDDING JUDGEMENTby Barry Rigal

A most instructive book which involves the read-er in facing and solving problems instead of justwatching them. 33 test cases for your game, writ-ten in a style reminiscent of Reese's old classic.

Published by CADOGAN BOOKS (174 pages, paper-back, £9.99).

& HAND READING IN BRIDGEby Danny Roth

How more effective your game would havebeen, had you been able to see through your op-ponents' cards. The book helps you to develop le-gal X-ray eyes through a series of 55 stimulatingproblem hands.

Published by VICTOR GOLLANCZ (125 pages, hard-back, £10.99).

1st EUROPEAN SCHOOLSBRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

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