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End of Day 1
DAY 1 Sunday 15th September
Wuhan is 2 hours behind AEST. The BBO match times are shown in AEST as a 24-hour clock.
Match 1 13:00 to 15:30
Boards of interest in this match:
Board 8
Is 6♣ a contract you wish to reach?
Board 13
Is 6♣ a contract you wish to reach?
How do you play it from South on the ♥5 lead. You must play the ♥A in case you have a ♣ loser. There are a few lines that work but ruffing both of the ♦s in dummy will promote a trump trick for West. The simpler line that works is to ruff 1 ♦ in dummy, come back to the ♠A and hope the ♣Q comes down doubleton or the ♠ finesse works.
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The Open Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
43 |
15.00 |
BANGLADESH |
23 |
5.00 |
|
Current Position |
|
6th |
Current Total |
|
15.00 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
13.52 |
Board 8
In the Australian Open match, the Bangladesh North got in the auction (effectively showing a weak ♦ hand). Australia played in 3NT and the North hand, in essence, had no entry to run the ♦ suit. Whereas, the Bangladesh EW pair had an uninterrupted auction to 6♣ and played for ♣s to be 2 2. In the Open draw, 4 pairs out of 24 bid 6♣ and 1 pair were successful.
Board 13
In the Australian open match, neither NS pair bid 6♣.
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The Women’s Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
17 |
6.03 |
RUSSIA |
32 |
13.97 |
|
Current Position |
|
19th |
Current Total |
|
6.03 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
13.75 |
Board 8
In the Australian Women’s match, both pairs played 3NT. Overall, 4 pairs bid 6♣ with 2 making and 2 failing.
Board 13
In the Australian Women’s match, neither NS pair bid 6♣. Overall 3 pairs bid 6♣ both making.
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The Mixed Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
35 |
13.75 |
POLAND |
21 |
6.25 |
|
Current Position |
|
8th |
Current Total |
|
13.75 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
13.75 |
Board 8
In the Australian Mixed match, both Australia and Poland went off in 3NT. Overall 2 pairs bid 6♣ both failing.
Board 13
In the Australian Mixed match, Australia bid and made 6♣ and Poland played in game. Overall 3 pairs bid and made 6♣ (some pairs played in 6♠)
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The Senior Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
24 |
11.20 |
FRANCE |
20 |
8.80 |
|
Current Position |
|
10th |
Current Total |
|
11.20 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
13.04 |
This was a good result for Australia as France have a strong very experienced line up.
Board 8
In the Australian Senior match, neither NS pair bid 6♣.
In the Senior draw, 3 pairs out of 24 bid 6♣ and they all were defeated.
Board 13
In the Australian Senior match, neither NS pair bid 6♣. In the Senior draw, 3 pairs out of 24 bid 6♣ and 2 of them made (also 6♠ was made twice making).
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Match 2 16:30 to 19:00
Boards of interest in this match:
Board 20
The contract to get to of course is 7♦. The key to getting there is finding the big ♦ fit and South having second round ♥ control and there are no ♣ losers. This is not always easy in a standard 2♣ strong opening from North. A strong ♣ system finds the 10 card ♦ fit early and gets there comfortably.
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The Open Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
67 |
18.97 |
GUADELOUPE |
19 |
1.03 |
|
Current Position |
|
2nd |
Current Total |
|
33.97 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
24.22 |
Board 20
In the Open section, 8 pairs bid 7♦ (actually one of these pairs bid a poor 7NT) and 2 pairs didn’t get to slam. It was flat in 6♦ in Australia’s match.
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The Women’s Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
56 |
13.52 |
PAKISTAN |
43 |
6.48 |
|
Current Position |
|
14th |
Current Total |
|
19.55 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
25.25 |
Board 20
In the Women’s section, 8 pairs bid 7♦ including Australia’s opponents and all got to slam.
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The Mixed Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
41 |
16.73 |
CHINA |
11 |
3.27 |
|
Current Position |
|
3rd |
Current Total |
|
30.48 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
22.51 |
Board 20
In the Mixed section, 7♦ making was flat in the Australian match. 8 pairs bid the grand and only 1 pair did not get to slam.
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The Senior Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
17 |
3.12 |
CHINA |
48 |
16.88 |
|
Current Position |
|
17th |
Current Total |
|
14.32 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
27.86 |
Board 20
In the Senior section, 9 pairs bid 7♦ including Australia’s opponents and 4 did not get to slam.
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Match 3 19:10 to 21:40
Boards of interest in this match:
Board 10
A popular contract was 5♥ DBL. Where South opens 4♥, West 4NT and North bids 5♥ and West doubles. On the normal ♦K lead, the contract makes.
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The Open Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
24 |
9.69 |
ITALY |
25 |
10.31 |
|
Current Position |
|
4th |
Current Total |
|
43.66 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
35.84 |
A commendable result against one of the favourites and a great first day.
Board 10
For the Australian Open team, both NS pairs got to 5♥ doubled. With South declarer and West on lead, the Italian West led a ♦ and then lost a trick in defence and Australia made with an overtrick.
At the other table, South opened 3NT and North eventually played in 5♥ DBL. This time East was on lead but Australia led a ♦ as well. However, no tricks were lost in the play and it made exactly.
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The Women’s Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
23 |
4.26 |
SCOTLAND |
47 |
15.74 |
|
Current Position |
|
19th |
Current Total |
|
23.81 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
35.74 |
Board 10
For the Australian Women’s team, both Scotland and Australia allowed EW to play in 5♦ (Scotland made the contract doubled and Australia undoubled).
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The Mixed Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
55 |
16.09 |
MOROCCO |
29 |
3.91 |
|
Current Position |
|
2nd |
Current Total |
|
46.57 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
35.03 |
A sensational first day.
Board 10
For the Australian Mixed team, both Australia and Morocco played in a ♥ game making 11 tricks.
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The Senior Team
|
AUSTRALIA |
41 |
15.92 |
POLAND |
16 |
4.08 |
|
Current Position |
|
13th |
Current Total |
|
30.24 |
|
|
|
|
Total of 8th Place |
|
36.37 |
Board 10
For the Australian Senior team, Australia had a 13 imp pickup when North played 5♥ DBL and the Australian East led a small ♠ for 1 off. Well done.
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Posted by Chris on Sunday, 15 September 2019 at 23:17