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End of the Fourth Day

DAY 4 Wednesday 18th September

 

Wuhan is 2 hours behind AEST. The BBO match times are shown in AEST as a 24-hour clock.

Match 10                        12:00     to            14:30

Australia were not on BBO, so we follow the Open match with the top two teams Sweden and USA1. In the open room for Sweden was NS the brothers Ola Rimstedt North and Mikael Rimstedt South and for USA1 was Rodwell West and Meckstroth East.

USA1 had a reasonable win by 19 imps but the match was of a high quality with good pressure bridge from both pairs (Levin and Weinstein for USA1 were exceptional in the closed room).

Boards of interest in this match:

Board 19

 

The idea is to get to 7NT.

West has 24 points but it plays much better than this because of the source of tricks in . If you play a strong system, West opens 1 and East shows a balanced 11-12 points. West will be off to the races so to speak. In a standard system, West must show a hand that is more than 24-25 balanced in playing strength with a solid suit. Then East can cooperate with the 11 points.

Both pairs bid artificially to get to 7NT.

Board 25

 

This hand looks like a straight forward (more or less) 3NT contract (maybe 5). The auction might go 1 by North and pass by East 1 by South and then 2NT and 3NT (East may bid 1, then 1NT, 3NT). The s behave a flat board.

However, in high level games, things can be made more difficult. This was the auction in the open room.

 

Ola Rimstedt upgraded as North to 2NT. South transferred to s. At this point, Rodwell doubled showing s. Ola passed having only a doubleton with minimum values and Mikael redoubled to show values and good s. Now Ola had to bid 3NT with only 1 stopper and no fit. He decided not to (which must be logically correct) and that was that. They found the fit but even 5 is beaten.

USA1 in the closed room bid 3NT.

Board 27

 

The bidding went as follows.

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North then thought a long while. Ola had bid only 2 originally with the 4 3 3 3 hand but now partner had a short and made a 5 (last train game try which must have controls) so his hand is very good. Ola eventually bid only 5.

USA1 bid 6 at the other table.

West, on the bidding, is favoured to have the A. On a lead (which knocks out your only sure entry to the second trick when West ducks the first one), then a 3 0 break beats you (no entry to the second for a pitch) but nothing else.

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The Open Team

AUSTRALIA

51

13.97

RUSSIA

36

6.03

Current Position

 

9th

Current Total

 

116.79

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

118.95

 

Board 19

Each pair bid 7NT.

Board 25

Australia bid and made 3NT and Russia went off in 5.

Board 27

Liam Milne and Tony Nunn bid 6 and Russia played in 4.

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The Women’s Team

AUSTRALIA

25

6.47

POLAND

37

13.28

Current Position

 

18th

Current Total

 

73.17

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

118.64

 

Board 19

Australia bid 6NT and Poland bid 7NT.

Board 25

Both pairs bid and made 3NT.

Board 27

Russia bid 6 and Australia played in 4.

 

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The Mixed Team

AUSTRALIA

58

15.74

EGYPT

34

4.26

Current Position

 

14th

Current Total

 

94.57

 

 

14th

Total of 8th Place

 

116.59

 

Board 19

Jodi Tutty and David Beauchamp bid 7NT and the opponents 6NT.

Board 25

Australia bid and made 3NT and Egypt doubled 2 one off.

Board 27

Both pairs played in 4.

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The Senior Team

AUSTRALIA

30

7.97

USA1

37

12.03

Current Position

 

12th

Current Total

 

99.83

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

119.29

 

Board 19

USA1 bid 7NT and Australia 6NT

Board 25

Both pairs bid and made 3NT.

Board 27

Bruce Neill and Avi Kanetkar bid 6 and USA1 played in 4.

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Match 11                        15:30     to            18:00On BB

On BBO was the Australian team versus USA2.

The open room was Andrew Braithwaite North and Arjuna De Livera South against Mike Lair West and Michael Rosenberg East.

Boards of interest in this match:

USA2 won quite convincingly and a large part of this was due to taking more aggressive action in non-competitive and competitive auctions

Board 2

 

A great defence by Andrew and Arjuna gaining 5 imps as they played 3 in the other room making. Arjuna led the A asking for attitude (the K would ask for count) and Andrew played the 2. A small to the Q and they got the ruff. Of course, they could always get the club ruff but looking at dummy at trick 2, Arjuna reasoned the best chance was to play Andrew for a honour (say the Q) and declarer to mis-guess or to play Andrew for QJ.

This was an unlucky game for USA1 (beaten on a ruff) but you must take what you are given.

Board 6

 

Where 4NT was RKCB in s and 5 was 0 or 3 (which did not surprise Mike Lair!). 5NT was asking for specific kings and 6 showed what Mike needed to hear.

The auction in the closed room diverted slightly and this caused the loss on the board.

 

North bid 4 here rather than 3 but if West bids 4 rather than double, it would have probably saved the board. West’s pass over 6 is forcing and guarantees all first round controls but East could not bid on comfortably.

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The Open Team

AUSTRALIA

36

14.39

CANADA

19

5.61

Current Position

 

8th

Current Total

 

131.18

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

131.18

 

Board 2

4 going off by both pairs.

Board 6

Australia bid and made 7 whereas Canada doubled 6 for 1100 – 15 imps for Australia.

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The Women’s Team

AUSTRALIA

33

8.24

BRAZIL

39

11.76

Current Position

 

18th

Current Total

 

103.68

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

128.49

 

Board 2

Brazil made 4 on the A lead and Australia went one off.

Board 6

Flat in 6.

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The Mixed Team

AUSTRALIA

33

6.48

CANADA

46

13.52

Current Position

 

15th

Current Total

 

101.05

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

129.41

 

Board 2

Australia went one off in 4 but NS were allowed to play 2 making for a flat board.

Board 6

Canada bid 7 and Australia 6.

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The Senior Team

AUSTRALIA

29

4.26

USA2

53

15.74

Current Position

 

13th

Current Total

 

104.09

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

135.26

 

The boards are discussed above.

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Match 12                        18:10     to            20:40

Boards of interest in this match:

Board 21

 

The aim is to get to 7.

An auction like this should get you there.

 

Where 2NT is Jacoby, 3 is shortage, 4 is natural good suit, 4, 4 are cues.

Then 5 shows 2 with the Q and 5NT says we have everything bid 7 with a source of tricks or show any further kings.

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The Open Team

AUSTRALIA

21

8.52

NEW ZEALAND

26

11.48

Current Position

 

9th

Current Total

 

139.70

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

143.99

 

Each team had one aberration on a board but otherwise it was a well fought tough match.

Board 21

Both pairs bid 7.

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The Women’s Team

AUSTRALIA

28

12.55

CHINA HONG KONG

19

7.45

Current Position

 

18th

Current Total

 

93.96

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

142.55

 

Board 21

Both pairs bid 6.

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The Mixed Team

AUSTRALIA

38

11.76

LATVIA

32

8.24

Current Position

 

15th

Current Total

 

112.81

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

141.08

 

Board 21

Australia bid 7 and Latvia bid 6.

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The Senior Team

AUSTRALIA

41

14.80

JAPAN

22

5.20

Current Position

 

13th

Current Total

 

118.89

 

 

 

Total of 8th Place

 

145.70

 

Board 21

Both pairs bid 7.

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Posted by Chris on Thursday, 19 September 2019 at 00:32