Editors:
Carla Martins Soares
Pedro Nunes

Web edition (Edição em rede da responsabilidade de):

12th November 2004
 WELCOME TO MADEIRA 2004

7th International Bridge Festival

What a turn out

Everything changed dramaticly after those 28 boards!

Knap and de Miguel, with some 56.26% on the last session, won the tournament with 58.66%!

This spanish pair was the most regular of the first five. In the other sessions they had made 61.44 and 58.27%.

Ants Olev and Jaan Linnamagi only made 51.50%, and saw their average drop to 58.32%, losing 1st place to the spanish.

Carlos Pimenta and Mario Reis, who had a good 3rd session (4th with 60.75%) rose from 10th to 3rd place. They were the first portuguese pair.

Check out the final results next on the page.

Eiriksson and thorvaldsson won yesterday’s session with 67.98%, getting the 4th place overall.

Robert Snapper and Ricardo Fernandes, after two shye sessions, got 62.65% (2nd on the sesson) and ended up in 21st place – 1st local pair.

Wim Hink and Jan de Winter were third on this last session with 61.61%. They got 15th place.

Madeira

Funchal, November 8-14, 2004

FINAL RESULTS

R nr name mp(3) % % % % (0) (1512) (3) (2) (1) (0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 206 Knap-De Miguel 850.7 56.26 58.27 61.44 58.66 2 14 Ants Olev-Jaan Linnamagi 780.2 51.60 61.13 62.24 58.32 3 11 Carlos Pimenta-Mario Reis 918.5 60.75 57.37 53.89 57.34 4 201 Eiriksson-Thorvaldsson s2x 1027.8 67.98 55.01 48.39 57.12 5 106 Ascencao-Schweitzer 803.5 53.14 54.75 60.78 56.22 6 204 Rolf Olsson-Rune Hilding s 865.1 57.22 51.62 59.80 56.21 7 8 Joke Kelderman-Rene Ammers dx 813.4 53.80 57.80 57.01 56.20 8 103 Paula Lima-J.P.Rocha Pinto x 879 58.13 52.52 56.38 55.68 9 102 Schutz-Verhoef sdx 881.1 58.27 53.64 54.06 55.33 10 101 Manuel Oliveira-J.Cruzeiro 751.9 49.73 56.62 59.13 55.16 11 211 Anders Palmgren-C.Ragnarsson 837.6 55.40 52.72 55.99 54.70 12 301 Tiago Canelas-Nuno Matos 706.9 46.75 59.73 57.47 54.65 13 306 P.G.Pereira-Nuno Paz 728.1 48.15 58.80 56.79 54.58 14 104 Dan Stratan-Radu Mihai 816 53.97 55.44 54.03 54.48 15 202 Wim Hink-Jan de Winter d 931.6 61.61 51.22 50.34 54.39 16 209 Koetser-Bouscher sd 858.5 56.78 59.54 45.57 53.96 17 309 Bjartmarsson-Thorvaldsson 746.7 49.38 56.54 55.79 53.90 18 313 Sveinkels-Kamerbeek x 769.2 50.87 57.02 53.17 53.69 19 311 Ria Sallsten-Inger Sallsten xs 819.4 54.19 50.32 55.48 53.33 20 111 JO Andersson-G.Petersson 793.6 52.49 50.95 53.96 52.46 21 113 Robert Snapper-R.Fernandes m 947.2 62.65 44.12 47.82 51.53 22 15 Nuno Lacerda-IsabelLacerda s2x 753.6 49.84 52.09 52.28 51.40 23 105 Metselaar-Swinkels sd 831.6 55.00 51.02 46.81 50.94 24 304 Joao Machado-Jose Macedo m2s 673.9 44.57 57.20 50.81 50.86 110 Miguel Teixeira-R Soares m 808.7 53.49 47.98 51.11 50.86 26 307 Mike Beyer-H.v.Beek xd 719.8 47.61 47.76 55.13 50.16 27 308 Wil Stoop-H.Sprenkeling sd 713.2 47.17 55.93 47.13 50.08 28 6 M.Thunberg-Mart Altmae sx 837.7 55.40 46.10 47.98 49.83 29 1 M.Estorson-I.Frances s 733.4 48.51 49.82 51.00 49.78 30 215 Gerard Limmen-Jan Tulp sd 720.1 47.63 48.66 51.73 49.34 31 107 Valen-Balder sx 870.2 57.55 48.21 41.63 49.13 32 314 Teixeira Lopes-Jose P.Sousa s 782.5 51.75 41.86 53.63 49.08 33 310 HildingDynesius-H.Persson s 821.7 54.35 42.78 50.07 49.07 34 303 Pedro Morgado-Ricardo Luiz m2 788.7 52.16 54.23 40.71 49.03 35 212 Jaime Sousa-Ricardo Sousa m2 842.5 55.72 48.92 42.39 49.01 36 13 Nuno Mata-Fernando Ribeiro 2m 749.1 49.54 55.42 41.56 48.84 37 203 Bergsson-G.Sveinsson 643.7 42.57 53.72 49.77 48.69 38 213 Mart Maastik-Jaak Strandberg 722.4 47.78 49.72 48.12 48.54 39 205 Taru Suppula-Jussi Tamminen x 828.5 54.80 47.51 42.92 48.41 10 H.Robbe-C.E.Brands x 643.1 42.53 52.33 50.36 48.41 41 305 Kirsi Virtanen-Vesa Leskela x 647.2 42.80 45.15 54.63 47.53 42 207 Hege Falster-Asle Lutken x 672.4 44.47 50.40 47.70 47.52 43 108 Dag Mangset-Anne Rydning x 663.9 43.91 50.14 47.65 47.23 44 12 Stuart Coggrave-PamCoggrave xs 703.5 46.53 45.67 47.91 46.70 45 3 Godric Dearing-JuliaDearing xs 626.7 41.45 50.75 47.84 46.68 46 114 VirgilioMota-J.A.Fernandes s2m 703.8 46.55 46.95 44.89 46.13 47 208 H.Jenny-R.Schouten xd 630.9 41.73 47.27 48.61 45.87 48 109 Brian Penton-Vera Frances x 626.1 41.41 45.63 50.52 45.85 49 9 Pedro Nunes-G.Esmeraldo m2 612.1 40.48 46.51 49.93 45.64 50 210 Martins Soares-J.M.Gouveia s2m 560.1 37.04 47.65 50.67 45.12 51 7 Carla Soares-FlipGoncalves x2m 627.3 41.49 36.75 57.08 45.11 52 5 AcacioMatias-AngelaMatias sx3m 722.1 47.76 36.82 50.30 44.96 53 4 Ritva Launne-Marti Launne x 796.8 52.70 42.18 39.95 44.94 54 315 Bartelomy-Hoes l 661.4 43.74 42.10 48.61 44.82 55 312 van der Meulen - P.Linssen dx 774.1 51.20 47.01 35.55 44.59 56 302 Dirk Balder-M.Stoop dx 681.7 45.09 45.64 41.31 44.01 57 2 AldaFernandes-J.Fernandes s2xm 716.7 47.40 47.18 34.40 42.99 58 112 HenriqueRibeiro-J.Trindade sm3 688.7 45.55 38.88 42.40 42.28 59 115 Natercia Grade-I.Rodrigues xs2 591.3 39.11 41.08 45.04 41.74 60 214 Mihkel Juhkami-Tarmo Lindmaa 664.4 43.94 39.86 40.34 41.38

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"SLAMMING"

By Rodrigo Martins Soares

VUL W/E
Dealer S
ª 9 8 5
© J 6 3
¨ Q 9 6 5 3
§ 5 3
 
ª A K Q J 3 
© A Q 5 4
¨ A K 7
§ A

N
W       E
S
ª 4
© 8 2
¨ J 10 8
§ Q J 10 9 7 4 2 
  ª 10 7 6 2
© K 10 9 7
¨ 4 2
§ K 8 6
 

How often do you get a hand with 27 HCP? Well… if you sat West in the last two sessions of the pairs event you got it twice in two days. After the 2nd session board 7, you get the 3rd session’s board 3.

As you would expect from this freakish distribution, results varied a lot - from +300 to –1460. There were 3 pairs managing to make slam in spades. On a diamond lead you can make the
¨ J from dummy, finesse the © K and ruff a heart with dummy’s singleton trump. One declarer ended up with a thirteenth trick when the defence, surely annoyed with the lead, fell asleep. Only 7 out of 28 pairs managed to get to the best contract of 6§ , and from the best side (West – protecting against a heart lead) since in most systems the strongest opening bid is either 1§ or 2§ .


Board 7. seemed like a misfiting hand for EW, but if you manage to find your 5-3 diamond fit you can bid a very good small slam.

Playing in diamonds you just have to ruff 2 small spades in dummy, discard another on the © K and West’s hand is high. Only 4 pairs managed to get to this slam, but one eventually went one down. With the favourable lie of the Hearts (QJ onside, although a 3-3 split or a doubleton honor with North would also work) and the ¨ K, 6© and 6NT are also on, as three other pairs found out.

VUL ALL
Dealer S
ª Q 9 8
© Q J 6 4
¨ K 9 8
§ 9 8 6
 
ª A K 10 7 4  © 9
¨ Q J 10 7 6
§ A K

N
W       E
S
ª 
© A K 10 8 5 3 
¨ A 5 4
§ 10 5 3 2
  ª J 6 5 3 2
© 7 2
¨ 3 2
§ Q J 7 4
 


There was another slam on for EW on board 13. Nobody managed to bid this excelent small slam, but playing in Clubs or Diamonds you can quickly discard a heart on the spades and just give away one diamond when both the minors behave.

VUL ALL
Dealer N
ª J 10 8 3 2
© K 4
¨ K 10 8
§ J 10 9
 
ª K Q 7
© 7 6 5
¨ Q J 9 7 
§ A Q 2

N
W       E
S
ª A 9
© A 9
¨ A 6 4 2
§ K 8 7 6 5 
  ª 6 5 4
© Q J 10 8 3 2
¨ 5 3
§ 4 3
 

VUL ALL
Dealer S
ª J 5 4 3 2
© 8 7
¨ Q 8
§ 10 4 3 2
 
ª A K Q 8 7 6 
© K J 6 3 2
¨ 10 5
§ 

N
W       E
S
ª J 9
© A 9
¨ A K 6 4 3 2 
§ A K Q
  ª 
© Q 10 5 4
¨ J 9 7
§ J 9 8 7 6 5
 
Board 23 is another monster for EW. Most players sitting East were surprised by a one spade opening from their partners when they were holding a 21 count. 14 of 28 pairs managed to climb up to 7NT, one ended in 7© (ooops!), 11 ended in 6NT and one in 6ª . I don’t known what happened at the other tables but I’m guessing most declarers that ended in 6NT saddly put their cards down claming 13 tricks after the opening lead, as I did. When opponents explained that spades were 5-0 on the wrong side we had to concede to making only 12 tricks. Some declarers in 7NT did the same and ended up one down. Other, more careful declarers, waited to cash the ª J and see the news before claiming. Now a more technical line of play had to be followed. You cash your top four spades, come to hand with a red Ace and cash your top clubs. South is squeezed in Hearts and diamonds. However, if South holds on to the diamonds you still have to make the correct guess in Hearts (wether you play for the Queen onside or doubleton offside). The Rabi, sitting as usual on a table corner would say that it was easier to just play a spade to the nine, finessing the 10. Sorry there, Rabi, but that wouldn’t cut it, for you would need two entries to West’s hand outside the spades (one to finesse and another one to cash the spades) and there is only one – the © K.


Next is board 26. This one seems more like a bidding contest for everyone in the room managed no more and no less than 12 tricks for EW in hearts. This was the easiest slam to bid and two thirds of the EW pairs did bid it. Interference by south in spades made more difficult and a few pairs missed it.

VUL ALL
Dealer E
ª 9 6
© J 9 2
¨ Q 10 9 7 5 3
§ 4 2
 
ª 3
© Q 10 8 6
¨ A K J
§ K Q 8 7 3 

N
W       E
S
ª A K Q 10
© A K 7 5 3 
¨ 8 6
§ 6 5
  ª J 8 7 5 4 2
© 4
¨ 4 2
§ A J 10 9
 

VUL ALL
Dealer N
ª A J 2
© 
¨ A K J 9 8 4 
§ K 8 6 2
 
ª 8 7 5
© K J 9 8 7 
¨ 10 6
§ 10 7 4

N
W       E
S
ª 10 3
© Q 10 5 4 
¨ 7 5 2 
§ A Q 9 3
  ª K Q 9 6 4
© A 6 3 2
¨ Q 3
§ J 5
 
NS finally had a chance to hit back. Here 12 tricks are solid when played by the North either in diamonds, spades or No Trumps. In spades you even end up with all thirteen tricks if you escape a club lead. If you bid spades from the South seat you either get 13 or 11 tricks depending on West finding (or not) a club lead. It might be a difficult lead to find, especially if, as it happened at my table, North manages to never mention his diamonds during the whole auction (!). One pair even got a Lightner double in 6ª and got -200. Nobody managed to play spades from the right hand but two pairs did do the sensible thing – if you are making either 13 or 11 tricks depending on the lead and you want to bid a slam then you should bid the Grand! They had quite different results: one went two down for a shared bottom and the other made the contract for a cold top.


The Kibitzer & his Friend's Disasters!!!

By Carlos Luiz

As you all know, kibitzing is one of the most "pleasant sport" for a bridge player, who, for some reason is not able (or even capable!!!) to play a bridge tourney.

The kibitzer "plays" in the South-West or North-East position, that is to say … the very comfortable (fifth) chair at the corner of the table!

Normally, the kibitzer to do his job chooses the following tables: The Experts, The Friends and/or The Enemies.

Yesterday, I did my best to sit at the table’s corner a.s.a.p. … but (as always) was a bit late. When I arrived the 3rd session of the pairs tournament was on its was, and when I was rushing in the venue, was welcomed by a very good friend that was not looking so well … I did what I had to do! "So – I asked the poor guy – How are you doing today ???" … the (expected) answer came before I ended the question … "Man … you cant imagine what these guys do to me all the time … they bid to a … and worst than that is THEY MADE IT !!!" … Perhaps I should have been quiet I thought !!!
 
Entering the playing room I looked for a Friend’s table, and saw the 5th chair at the right table … and run to sit next to Nuno Paz ! He didn’t looked so well pleased (and looked at me with that "yellow" smile in his face that tells everything) and Paulo was not in a good mood either … so I kept quiet They were starting board 24 and sitting at South-West position I was looking at:



I thought to myself … I agree with 3 clubs … and I agree with the pass … So it’s a good thing I am not playing because East’s hand was
ª 9 7 © Q J 6 4 3 ¨ K Q 8 7 4 § 3 … Aggressive bidding is required at Pairs; 2¨ was not the worst of the Multi’s I have seen, 3§ is aggressive (some post-mortem experts will say that 3§ is pointless) BUT sometimes disasters happen !!! In a hurry I went away … and Nuno Paz went for –1100 !!!

ª K 8 3 2
© 10 7
¨ 9
§ A J 9 5 4 2 

N
W       E
S

 VUL ALL
Dealer W
ª A 8 4
© K 9 5
¨ A J 2
§ K Q 10 6 

Paz

North

PGP

South

Pass

Pass

2 ¨ *

2NT

3 §

Double

Pass

Pass

Pass
     
* Multi-coulered: weak 2 in ª or ©

N
W       E
S
ª 4
© 8 2
¨ J 10 8
§ Q J 10 9 7 4 2 
ª 10 7 6 2 
© K 10 9 7 
¨ 4 2
§ K 8 6

 VUL E/W
Dealer S
Time to look for "another" Nuno (my esteemed friend Matos). There he was looking as sad as ever… and there I was, now sitting at the North-East chair to watch board 3. What I saw was as follows:

South passed and Tiago opened 2
§ (strong artificial). North passed and Nuno said the inevitable 2¨ (waiting). Tiago followed with a 2ª bid and Nuno was forced to bid an artificial 3§ (2nd negative showing a maximum of 4 hcp). Tiago said 3© and now Nuno started thinking … and I started looking for another kibitzing site !!! 3 NT he said … "well … he’s playing pairs and 3 NT is as good as any … I thought". Tiago as fast as he could said 4¨ and back to Nuno’s where he was in a sort of a … stucked position !!! He solved the "problem" by finding a bid of 5¨ (!) and was raised to six (!!). My chair was getting hot so I looked around once again !!! Before I saw dummy I was thinking … "This guy must hold 7 card suits everyday … that is the only reason I can find for not bidding them". South led a diamond and dummy went down; ª AKQJ3 © AQ54 ¨ AK7 § A … REAL NICE HAND TO DISPLAY

 … and I found that vacant chair elsewhere … Whispering a "good-luck-good-bye-see-you-when-I-see-you" went to fill the vacant place near Mário Reis and Carlos Pimenta that were facing my good madeirian friends Virgilio and José Fernandes. Board 16 was on the table and from my South-West position
I could see:
Virgilio is an amazing bidder … so I was expecting something grand from him !!! but either because he miscounted (the spade suit !!!) or because he looked at the board and saw how "red" he was he opened a rather shy 3 (!) spades. Carlos Pimenta doubled with the North cards, East passed (looking fairly comfortable I must say), and Mário did what everybody does with his cards. 3 NT he said. Now … yes now Virgilio counted his spade suit again and saw that he had more than he thought (or just because he cant resist !!!) … followed with a brave 4 spade bid, passed round to Mário. Stuck ? Mário paused a bit and placed the red card on the table.

ª A Q J 8 7 5 3 2 
© 10 7 6
¨ 6 2
§  

N
W       E
S

 VUL ALL
Dealer W
ª K 6
© J 4
¨ Q 10 7
§ A 8 7 6 5 4 
Everybody passed and Carlos Pimenta led the § 3. José Fernandes with his usual flair displayed the following: ª 9 4 © K Q 3 2 ¨ K J 9 8 § Q 10 9 … not very long after Mário was entering the inevitable –790 in the score sheet … and I was feeling rather badly !!! What do friends do at this stage ? What I did … went to the bar and promised everybody that I would stay there until the end of the session !!! No more Kibitzing !!!


Prizes 2004

Open Pairs

Open Teams

1st
3.000,00 €

1st
4.000,00 €

2nd
2.250,00 €

2nd
2.250,00 €

3rd
1.750,00 €

3rd
1.750,00 €

4th
1.150,00 €

4th
1.150,00 €

5th
900,00 €

5th
750,00 €

6th
750,00 €    

7th
600,00 €    

8th
500,00 €    

Special prizes Pairs

Special prizes Teams
1st Ladies 250 € 1st Foreign

500,00€
1st  Mixed 250 €  1st Portuguese

500,00€
1st  Senior 250 €  
1st  Junior 250 €
1st Foreign* 250 € 
1st Madeira 250 € 
1st FPB 2ª cat 250 €
1st FPB 3ª cat 250 €
* For every country represented by at least 8 pairs there will be a prize of 250 € for the winning pair

Program for the Teams Tournament

Friday

09:30
Tour around Funchal city, with ride on cable car

(12/11/2004)

21:00
Closing time for Teams Tournament Entries

21:30
Open Teams Tournament – 1º Session

Saturday

09:00
Free day for golf or other activities (*)

(13/11/2004)

15:30
Swiss Open Teams Tournament – 2º Session

21:30
Swiss Open Teams Tournament – 3º Session

Sunday

15:00
Swiss Open Teams Tournament – 4º Session

(14/11/2004)

20:00
Final Results

20:30
Closing Dinner and Prize Giving

(*) Golf may be arranged at the front desk of your hotel