[bidule5]

Board 20 of round 9, 2012 European Team Championship, Dublin.

Played at 32 tables in Open Teams, all took exactly 12 tricks.


Group A:
1 Israel Lithuania Open 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
Closed 6♥ S ♥3 12 1430
2 Ukraine Latvia Open 6♥ S ♣2 12 1430 13
Closed 5♥ N ♠4 12 680
3 Bulgaria Spain Open 6♥ N ♠3 12 1430 17
Closed 7♥x N ♥A 12 200
4 Norway Belgium Open 6♥ N ♠3 12 1430 13
Closed 5♥ N ♣4 12 680
5 Greece Ireland Open 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♦A 12 1430
6 Italy Germany Open 6♥ N ♠2 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
7 Scotland Portugal Open 6♥ N ♦A 12 1430 13
Closed 5♥ N ♦2 12 680
8 Hungary Sweden Open 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♦A 12 1430

Group A:
1 France Luxembourg Open 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♣7 12 1430
2 Cyprus Austria Open 6♥x N ♥A 12 1660 18
Closed 7♥x S ♦10 12 200
3 Poland Croatia Open 6♥ N ♠3 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
4 Monaco Switzerland Open 6♥ N ♠3 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♣4 12 1430
5 Wales England Open 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
6 Netherlands Russia Open 6♥ N ♥A 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♦A 12 1430
7 Romania Finland Open 6♥ N ♣4 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♦A 12 1430
8 Estonia Iceland Open 6♥ N ♦A 12 1430
Closed 6♥ N ♣4 12 1430

Auction & Play at the 8 tables that were on VuGraph:


Board 20 - Dealer West - Both vul.

S A Q 6
H Q J 10 8 5
D
C A K Q 8 3
S K 9 S 10 4 3 2
H 9 3 H A 6
D 10 9 8 7 2 D A Q 6
C J 10 6 5 C 9 7 4 2
S J 8 7 5
H K 7 4 2
D K J 5 4 3
C

Open Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
SMIRNOV SEMENTA PIEKAREK DUBOIN
Pass 1H Pass 3NT
Pass 5D Pass 5H
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

Play
1: E S2 S5 SK SA
2: N C3 C2 H2 C5
3: S H4 H3 HQ HA
4: E H6 H7 H9 HJ

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430
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Closed Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
VERSACE FRITSCHE LAURIA ROHOWSKY
Pass 1H Pass 2S!
Pass 4C! Pass 4D
Pass 4S Pass 4NT
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

Play
1: E HA H2 H3 H5
2: E H6 H7 H9 H10
3: N CA C4 S5 C5
4: N CK C2 S7 C6
5: N CQ C7

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430


Open Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
PIEDRA HELNESS WILDAVSKY HELGEMO
Pass 1H Pass 2NT
Pass 4D Pass 4H
Pass 4NT Pass 5D 1)
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

1) 1

Play
1: E S3 S5 SK SA
2: N C3 C2 H2 C5
3: S H4 H9 HJ HA

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430
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Closed Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
MULTON MAGNUSSON ZIMMERMANN NIKOLENKOV
Pass 1H Pass 3D
Pass 5D Pass 5S
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

Play
1: E C4 S5 C10 CQ
2: N CK C2 S7 C5
3: N CA C7 S8 C6
4: N C3 C9 H2 CJ
5: S SJ

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430

Open Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
Dubinin DRIJVER Gromov BRINK
Pass 1H Pass 4C!
Pass 5D! Pass 5S!
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

Play
1: E HA H2 H3 H5
2: E H6 H4 H9 HQ
3: N CA C2 D3 C5
4: N C3 C4 H7 C6
5: S S5 S9 SQ S2
6: N SA S3 S7 SK

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430
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Closed Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
WIJS KHIUPPENEN MULLER KHOLOMEEV
Pass 1H Pass 4H
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

Play
1: E DA D3 D8 H5
2: N CA C2 S5 C5
3: N CK C4 S7 C6
4: N CQ C7 S8 C10
5: N SA S2 SJ S9
6: N S6 S3 H2 SK
7: S DK D2 C3 D6
8: S D4 D10 H8 DQ
9: N C8 C9 H7 CJ
10: S D5 D9 HJ

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430

Open Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
FREDIN HOMONNAY FALLENIUS WINKLER
Pass 1H Pass 4C
Pass 5D 1) Pass 5S
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

1)

Play
1: E HA H2 H3 H8
2: E H6 H4 H9 HQ
3: N C3 C2 H7 C5
4: S D3 D2 H5 D6
5: N CA C4 D4 C6
6: N CK C7 S5 C10
7: N CQ C9 D5 CJ
8: N C8 DQ HK

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430
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Closed Room
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
LAKATOS SYLVAN SZILAGYI WRANG
Pass 1H Pass 4C
Pass 6H Pass Pass
Pass

Play
1: E DA D3 D2 H5
2: N HQ HA H2 H3
3: E S2 S5

6H by N, making 6, NS: 1430

[Hanoi5]

Wow! The first bridge book I read claimed 26 points were needed for a game. Here 26 HCP (and two voids) got most of the field to six!

[Phil]

Congratulations on making the longest post of 2012.