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End of the Third Day
DAY 3 Tuesday 17th September
Wuhan is 2 hours behind AEST. The BBO match times are shown in AEST as a 24-hour clock.
Match 7 12:00 to 14:30
Boards of interest in this match:
Board 3
Perhaps this board indicates the adage that ‘silence is golden’. It is not a winning strategy at bridge but every dog has its day.
Board 13
A competitive hand. Neither side can make game but who wins the high-level competitive battle?
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The Open Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
45 |
12.29 |
ISRAEL |
37 |
7.71 |
|
Current Position |
|
8th |
Current Total |
|
90.67 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
90.67 |
Board 3 was a big pickup for the Australian EW pair of Nabil Edgtton (W) and Andy Hung (E)
At favourable vulnerability, South opened 2♦ showing both majors, Andy doubled and North with a gun at his head bid 2♥. This was passed around to Nabil who bid 2NT and was raised to 3NT. North led the ♣T and Nabil was in dummy with the ♣K as South played the ♣Q perforce. Now the ♠Q from dummy forced South to duck and you now have 9 tricks. Nabil made more when he played a small ♦ to the ten which held (11 tricks in all).
So what was the effect of the 2♦ opening. It talked EW out of venturing further than 3NT (and highlighted how to make the contract). At the other table, South passed and EW reached a very reasonable 6♠ contract that was doomed.
Board 13
When Australia were EW, the bidding went as follows
A normal sort of auction but the effect of Andy bidding 1♥ gave a normal game being bid and no one having anything further to say.
When Israel were EW, the bidding went as follows
When East passed over 1♦, West could show the black 2 suiter by bidding 2♦ over South’s 1♥. Now when 5♦ came back to East, Israel decided to bid 5♠. This went three down on a ♣ lead and ruff.
East was criticized by the commentators basically saying that the old adage was “the 5 level is for the opponents”. Sometimes taking out insurance is not the right option. Anyway, that was 9 imps.
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The Women’s Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
31 |
11.20 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
27 |
8.80 |
|
Current Position |
|
19th |
Current Total |
|
53.12 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
84.28 |
Board 3 was a flat board when NS did not enter the auction.
South Africa were two off in 6♠ and Australia went two off in 3NT. The lead was the ♣10 each time. With no bidding to guide them, both contracts failed on ♠A and another ♠.
Board 13
This board was flat in the match 5♦ by North one off.
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The Mixed Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
12 |
1.45 |
ITALY |
56 |
18.55 |
|
Current Position |
|
15th |
Current Total |
|
62.24 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
85.60 |
Board 3 was a big loss for the Australian EW pair of David Beauchamp (E) and Jodi Tutty (W).
Like Israel in the open match, South did not open and they bid and failed in the same 6♠ contract.
At the other table, South passed and West opened a game forcing 2♦ and Renee Cooper at favourable vulnerability bid a frisky 3♣. East doubled showing some points and West converted this to penalties. This went 2 off.
Board 13
This was another loss for Australia. Both NS pairs were in 5♦ from North. Australia went one off doubled. Israel were allowed to make when one of the ♠ tricks disappeared on a long heart.
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The Senior Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
33 |
5.82 |
CHINESE TAIPEI |
49 |
13.93 |
|
Current Position |
|
6th |
Current Total |
|
83.04 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
82.17 |
A high scoring match against the leaders.
Board 3 was a flat board when NS did not enter the auction.
Each team were two off in 3NT. The lead was the ♣10 each time. With no bidding to guide them, both contracts failed on ♠A and another ♠.
Board 13
This board was relatively flat in the match 5♦ by North one off (Chinese Taipei doubled for a small pickup).
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Match 8 15:30 to 18:00
Australia did not appear on BBO. Therefore, we follow another match.
In the Open section, probably the match of the round was the Scandinavian derby where Sweden (1st) played Norway (5th).
We shall concentrate on the open room where NS for Norway is Lindquist and Brogeland and EW for Sweden is Upmark and Nystrom.
Boards of interest in this match:
Board 19
In this room South passed and then EW had a relay auction to 6♠ where West knew East was 5 2 3 3 with one ace, 2 kings and a queen. A good slam.
In the closed room, South opened a 9-12 1NT at favourable vulnerability and EW could not determine enough to go past 4♠. This is when aggressive interference stops a good slam (unlike match 1 where it stopped a 6♠ contract being reached that had to fail). This is much more like the modern successful approach to bidding.
Board 26
East opens 1♠, South passes and West bids 2♥ (a good raise of ♠s). North passes, East bids 2♠, South passes and East passes. North bids 2NT (2 places to play), East passes, South bids 3♣ and East passes. North bids 3♦ which South corrects to 3♥ and East doubles to end the auction.
The normal lead in these auctions is a trump so West leads the 5♥. North plays small and East wins the A♥ and plays the ♣5 to the ♣K and ♣A. West plays ♣Q and the ♣3. North throws a ♠ and it goes one off.
Do you see the defensive error? Even word champions do not maximise things.
For his good raise, West must have the ♣A. So at trick 2, East should play the ♠K showing the ♠A. Then play the ♣5. Now East can cash the 2 ♣s and the ♠Q before playing the last ♣. This beats the contract 2 tricks.
In the other room, East opened 1♠ and West bid 2♠ and North doubled and East passed South’s 3♣ bid as did everybody else and this went 3 off undoubled. So Norway picked up 3 imps when there was no double.
The final score was 55 -11 to Norway. This included playing in 6♦ rather than 6NT when there was a ♥ ruff late in the match.
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The Open Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
26 |
11.76 |
EGYPT |
20 |
8.24 |
|
Current Position |
|
7th |
Current Total |
|
102.43 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
94.24 |
Board 19
Egypt bid and made 6♠ and Australia played in game.
Board 26
This board was fairly flat NS 1 one off in 3♦ at one table and EW making 3♠ at the other.
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The Women’s Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
12 |
10.31 |
SWEDEN |
11 |
9.69 |
|
Current Position |
|
18th |
Current Total |
|
63.43 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
93.20 |
Board 19
This was flat in 4♠.
Board 26
This board was fairly flat NS 1 two off in 3♣ at one table and EW making 3♠ at the other.
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The Mixed Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
15 |
1.79 |
SWEDEN |
56 |
18.21 |
|
Current Position |
|
18th |
Current Total |
|
64.03 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
96.81 |
Board 19
Sweden bid and made 6♠ and Australia played in game.
Board 26
EW making 3♠ for Australia and 3♥ DBL two down for +500 for Sweden’s EW (the defence here must have been accurate).
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The Senior Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
3 |
3.42 |
CHINA HONG KONG |
32 |
16.58 |
|
Current Position |
|
10th |
Current Total |
|
86.46 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
90.59 |
Board 19
This was flat in 4♠.
Board 26
This board was a disaster for Australia where 3♠ made for Australia but in the other room Australia’s NS went for 1100 in 5♦ DBL.
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Match 9 18:10 to 20:40
Boards of interest in this match:
With the following scope in these 2 boards, there is potential for large swings in this match.
Board 4
The question here is can you get to 7♠ or 7♦?
A bidding sequence might be something like
East asks themselves what can West have to bid 5♥ missing all these minor suit cards.
Board 5
The question here is can you get to 7♠?
Now the intervention is harder to handle as East’s ♣ void might be hard to show.
A bidding sequence might be something like
Over 4NT RKCB, East can show 2 with a void and you may get there but is the void a help and also West needs ♣ fillers if ♦s is East’s void (also the void might be ♥s. So 6♠ is probably safer.
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The Open Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
9 |
0.39 |
POLAND |
64 |
19.61 |
|
Current Position |
|
10th |
Current Total |
|
102.82 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
107.39 |
Board 4
Poland’s EW bid 7♠ and Australia’s EW Defended 5♥ DBL to lose 16 imps.
Board 5
Poland’s EW bid 6♠ and Australia’s EW bid 4♠ to lose 11 imps.
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The Women’s Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
21 |
3.27 |
NORWAY |
51 |
16.73 |
|
Current Position |
|
18th |
Current Total |
|
66.70 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
107.49 |
Board 4
Norway’s EW bid 4♠ and Australia’s EW Defended 5♥ DBL (only 2 off).
Board 5
Norway’s EW and Australia’s EW bid 6♠.
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The Mixed Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
58 |
14.80 |
INDIA |
39 |
5.20 |
|
Current Position |
|
16th |
Current Total |
|
78.83 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
107.09 |
Board 4
Australia’s EW bid 7♦ and India’s EW bid 6♦.
Board 5
Australia’s EW bid 6♠ and India’s EW bid 7♠.
So these 2 boards cancelled each other out approximately.
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The Senior Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
18 |
5.40 |
NETHERLANDS |
36 |
14.60 |
|
Current Position |
|
13th |
Current Total |
|
91.86 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
106.97 |
Board 4
Each NS pair played 5H DBL for a flat board.
Board 5
Kanetkar and Neill bid 7♠ and Netherland’s EW bid 6♠.
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Posted by Chris on Tuesday, 17 September 2019 at 23:08