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

R nr  name                               mp(3)      %      %      %      % 

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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

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.

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 !!!