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Sous le Haut Patronage de SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco
MONACO WELCOMES THE
CAVENDISH VI
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3 - 8 FEBRUARY 2019
CA
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Daily Bulletin
Vincent Labbé, Coordinator, Editor www.cavendish.bridgemonaco.com
Philippe Cronier, Editor www.facebook.com/cavendishmonaco/
Francesca Canali, Layout & Social Media Editor, Photographer @CavendishMonaco
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 th 2019 - EVENING Issue No 7
THOMAS AND JEFF, JUST THE RIGHT BLEND
At the beginning of the final, best performers in the were still far ahead, with now Mahmood-Gold second, as
qualifications benefited from a well-deserved carry-over (they Multon-Zimmermann suffered a catastrophic start (-343,3),
played 100 boards!). For exemple, Verhees-van Prooijen dropping from second to second-to-last place.
started with +346,89 points, Multon-Zimmermann with The second session, in 12 boards, saw the leaders
+256,59, Bessis-Meckstroth with 230,48 and De Wijs- preserve a comfortable margin (355 points) on their first
Muller, the last qualified, with… zero point. pursuers Thomas Bessis and Jeff Meckstroth.
Lauria-Versace were very happy, as they validated their Entering the third session, the Dutchmen had almost
precious ticket for the final on the very last deal when their exactly the amount of IMPs as 2nd and 3rd places
opponents managed to go down two at 6 Spades. combined… They rapidly enjoyed a gift from Palma-
The 22 finalists played 42 boards, following a Wrang who played 7 Spades (doubled) with a missing Ace
multiduplicate formula, so every deal was not a potential (of spades, oops!). But, then, they suffered successive bad
“tragedy” as in Pairs. hits. And at the end of this third session, we had: Verhees-
But tragedy is never far away. For example, on board van Prooijen (704,89), Bessis-Meckstroth (630,48) and
4, when Bruun-Schaffer played 6 Clubs one down on a Mahmood-Gold (573,64). Suddenly, all could happen.
finesse, like two other pairs, it costed them 102 points. Fourth session, last stretch, final efforts, extra focus.
Conversely, on the next deal, when Nabil-Salama, alone Three pairs for a title.
in the world, reached a tangent 6 Spades (Ace of diamond The steady Dutchmen made no mistake until the last
missing, finesse needed on a heart lead, losing no trump board where they were unable to beat 3 No-Trumps,
trick with the stiff Queen facing AK10983), the result - slam losing 98 points! And so, the French-American pair Bessis-
made with an overtrick (!) – meant an euphoric 133 points Meckstroth overtook them by the extremely thin margin
bonus and a temporary second place. of… 2 points.
At the end of the first session, Verhees-van Prooijen Congratulations to Thomas and Jeff!
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FINAL A - 2ND PLACE FINAL A - 3RD PLACE
Louk Verhees Zia Mahmood
Ricco van Prooijen (not pictured) David Gold
WINNERS OF THE TEAMS EVENT
Cedric Lorenzini, Hervé Vinciguerra, Philippe Soulet, Jerome Rombaut (not pictured)
BEST YOUTH PAIR BEST MIXED PAIR
Ola Rimstedt Meike Wortel
Mikael Rimstedt Jacco Hop
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8th February 2019 Cavendish VI
CAVENDISH PAIRS - RESULTS FINAL A
1 629,48 BESSIS Thomas MECKSTROTH Jeff
2 626,89 VAN PROOIJEN Ricco VERHEES Louk
3 612,64 GOLD David MAHMOOD Zia
4 335,62 PALMA Antonio WRANG Frederic
5 306,06 FILIPOWICZ Dominic MARTENS Krzysztof
6 196,48 DELLE CAVE Giuseppe GOLFARELLI Vittorio
7 132,23 MORARU Dan TEODORESCU Cornel
8 108,95 RIMSTEDT Mikael RIMSTEDT Ola
9 103,68 LEVIN Amir ROLL Josef
10 97,13 GROETHEIM Glenn TONDEL Petter
11 82,96 KHOKHLOV Jouri MATUSHKO Georgy
12 63,44 GAWRYS Piotr KLUKOWSKI Michal
13 38,89 BRUUN Mathias SCHAFFER Lauge
14 12 DE WIJS Simon MULLER Bauke
15 -6,52 NABIL Karim SALAMA Karim
16 -12,06 HOP Jacco WORTEL Meike M
17 -19,07 LAURIA Lorenzo VERSACE Alfredo
18 -66,41 MULTON Franck ZIMMERMANN Pierre
19 -146,97 BILDE Dennis MADALA Agustin
20 -161,04 D’AVOSSA Mario DI BELLO Stelio
21 -185,96 DRIJVER Bob NAB Bart
22 -302,29 CARROLL John HANLON Tom
CAVENDISH PAIRS - RESULTS FINAL B
1 1665,62 DANAILOV Diyan STAMATOV Jerry
2 1663,95 ZATORSKI Piotr ZMUDA Justyna M
3 1254,01 NARKIEWICZ Gregorz TUCZYNSKI Piotr
4 1250,63 ABECASSIS Michel CRONIER Philippe
5 908,42 APTEKER Alon GOWER Craig
6 785,99 DEMUY Vincent HURD John
7 763,19 BIRMAN Alon WINKLER Gabor
8 722,72 LANTARON Luis PIEDRA Fernando
9 685,83 KHIUPPENEN Yury KHOLOMEEV Vadim
10 648,8 ORLOV Sergey RUDAKOV Evgeni
11 629,92 EKENBERG Simon HULT Simon
12 569,74 DIKHNOVA Tatiana KRASNOSELSKIY Mikhail M
13 562,28 MAAMARBACHI Clement VROUSTIS Vassilis
14 528,08 MAUBERQUEZ Erik OURSEL Christophe
15 496,61 BERTHEAU Peter BLACK Andrew
16 404,35 HALLBERG Gunnar PATTERSON Derek
17 381,57 GROSSACK Adam GROSSACK Zachary
18 376,98 BELLICAUD Luc LE LEZ Victor
19 369,31 HOFTANISKA Thor MALINOWSKI Artur
20 262,5 SAPORTA Pierre SAPORTA Renata M
21 256,06 ARLOVICH Andrey VAINIKONIS Erikas
22 246,01 KING Phil MCINTOSH Andrew
23 244,64 PSZCZOLA Jacek WIGODER Charles
24 239,15 BOMPIS Marc D’OVIDIO Catherine M
25 198,24 BAKHSHI David SELIGMAN Martin
26 150,2 EIDI Michel SAKR May M
27 119,6 LAUSS Wolfgang WERNLE Sascha
28 59,19 BRENNER Diego VILLAS-BOAS Miguel
29 29,2 LORENZINI Cedric VENTIN Juan-carlos
30 5,24 LUPU Smaranda LUPU M M
31 -1,03 BARONI Irene DELIMPALTADAKIS Nikos M
32 -60,2 SOULET Philippe VINCIGUERRA Herve
33 -73,28 GROMOV Andrey GULEVICH Anna M
34 -168,09 ANDRESEN Martin HELNESS Fredrik
35 -240,73 BENOIT Alain GAVIARD Daniele M
36 -409,27 KILJAN Veri TIJSSEN Luc
37 -452,43 OLANSKI Woycech VAINIKONIS Vytautas
38 -453,3 FRONTAURA Frankie MADALA Adolfo
39 -575 BROGELAND Boye GILLIS Simon
40 -729,83 EDGTTON Nabil LUND Madsen M
41 -829,83 MENDES De SPRINKHUIZEN Thibo
42 -970,84 CAPUCHO Manuel LARA Joao M
43 -996,06 ANDERSSON Gunnar HEBERT Noomi M
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THE NEW FACE OF THE EBL: JAN KAMRAS AND ÉRIC LAURANT
by Philippe Cronier
In Ostend last year, the European Bridge League difficulties in Europe, fewer and fewer cities are ready
elected its new president and executive board. Welcome to host our championships in good conditions. Even
to Monaco to Jan Kamras, the new president. Jan is if the tourism benefits of our championships are
Swedish, he divides his time between Sweden and Tel undeniable, there are not many “good” candidates.
Aviv. He was the manager of the competitions in the On the other hand, the time of major sponsors, such
former team. as Philip Morris or Generali, who alone could ensure the
He came to visit the Cavendish, while meeting Pierre balance of the EBL’s budget, also seems to be behind
Zimmermann and Jean-Charles Allavena to finalize the us. We are committed to developing sponsorships on
last details of the Winters Games, the competition that a human scale, where bridge friends who can afford
takes place every two years in Monte Carlo, alternatly it will help an event or competition. We are therefore
with the Cavendish, under the high patronage of the exploring the possibility of sponsoring some of our
EBL. events with the name of a donor, which has long been
He is accompanied by Eric Laurant, until recently the the practice of the ACBL.
technical director of the Dutch bridge federation, who Moreover, even if there have been a few problems at
replaced Joseph Harsanyi as treasurer of the EBL since times, we have managed in recent years to maintain
last June. The two leaders have agreed to answer the the level of our competitions and even to offer
questions in the Bulletin... new opportunities to bridge players. For example,
the creation of the new mixed European team
Jan, what’s going to change at the EBL? championship, which will take place at the end of the
I had already explained a lot during the campaign about month in Lisbon. Thirty countries registered, more than
a modernized vision, more in line with the times, of the for the senior events of the European Championships
governance of the EBL. We have proposed changes in in Ostend. This guarantees us the financial balance of
three directions. the event. It wasn’t won at first!
1. First of all, financial control. Accounting processes
were often opaque, we have implemented a Apart from the organisation of the
new chart of accounts, each member of the championships, in which areas are you involved?
executive committee now has real-time access to The EBL has always wanted to support certain
expenditure commitments and can monitor what projects related to the development of bridge. At
is happening. the moment, two of them are receiving particular
2. Then, there is transparency in decision-making attention. The first, very original, is called “Keeping
and the follow-up of cases. The new committee bridge alive for the youth”. This is an approach to the
is open, modern. We share information in real scientific sociology of bridge, undertaken by a Scottish
time and everyone can react. The best example academic, Samantha Punch, as part of the University
of this state of mind is provided by Karri-Anne of Stirling.
Opsal. The former president of the Norwegian The second is the “60+ project”. Developed by
Federation is a female politician and member of the Dutch federation, it is a development tool for
Parliament. Her favorite sentence is “Tell me, municipalities that integrates bridge on the Internet
what’s going on?” And like her colleagues, she into the life of federations. The Dutch federation has
wants answers! recruited nearly 15,000 members in this way in recent
3. Finally, we looked for an optimal use of the EBL years, completely halting the decline in the number of
money. We examined all costs and sought to licence holders. We believe that the experience can be
reduce and optimize all the non-productive costs. extended throughout Europe.
The work is not yet complete, but we are already Finally, we would like to mention the technical
proud to present a non-deficit budget for the support that the EBL provides to the federations.
coming year, which was not the case in previous Thus, for many years, we have regularly organized a
years. training seminar for tournament directors, the “TD
course”. Over time, the excellence of the training
Do you still have the means to carry out your provided has been recognized everywhere. This year,
main missions? it is taking place in Antalya (Turkey), at the same time
The primary mission of the EBL is to organize the as the Cavendish. There are 70 participants. Members
various championships in the best possible conditions. of the delegations from the ACBL, India and South
Still for financial reasons, the task is getting harder and Africa have been added to the European TD! We are
harder. On the one hand, in these times of economic very proud of this success...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks a lot to all the devoted and lively staff: Tournament
directors:
BBO operators: Christian
Maxime Andrieux, Jean-Pierre Angelini, Grégoire Arnal Bordonneau,
and Frédéric Poggi. Henri Defranchi
and Antonio
Live webcams: Riccardi.
Powered by our friend from Australia, Traian Chira
(livebridge.net) Editors: Philippe
Cronier, Mark
Label de caddies: Horton and
Chloé Romano and Adrien Chalard. Vincent Labbé.
‘’Tontons flingueurs’’ and bodyguards: Layout, social
Roberto Crivelli and Giovanni Italiano. media editor and
photographer:
Duplication: Francesca Canali,
Monica Gorreri. with the precious help of her cute Margot. ↑
Technics: And last, but not least…
Gianluca Barrese. Ze Big Boss: Patrick Chalard.
DIVIDE AND RULE
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Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo because he failed West North East South
to keep the allied armies led by Wellington and Blucher — Pass 1[ Pass
divided. Taking on one opponent instead of two can also 3NT All Pass
be a sound strategy at the bridge table.
On this deal from the second session, those who played
Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. 3NT from the East hand had no realistic chance after the
[ Q64 lead of the {K. Those who declared from the West side
] 932 had an easy ride when North led the ]9, but one was
{ 32 faced with the lead of the }J.
} J 10 9 7 5 He put up dummy’s king and South won and switched
[ AJ8 [ K9532 to the {K. When it held he went back to clubs and
] K 10 7 6 ] AQ8 declarer won, crossed to the [K and took the spade
{ A96 { 10 7 4 finesse. North won and cashed his clubs for two down.
} Q83 } K2 Suppose declarer ducks the second club.
[ 10 7 Now if North plays a third club declarer can reject the
] J54 spade finesse, as he is happy to lose a spade trick to
{ KQJ85 South. If North goes back to diamonds, declarer wins and
} A64 can now take a spade finesse in safety.
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GOOD LEAD FOR THE LEADERS
by Vincent Labbé
The Dutchmen van Prooijen - Verhees gained 95 points
winning this slam: They played 6 Spades from the North hand and received
the 8 of diamond lead. They had time to ruff two hearts and
Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. that was it (there’s also an interesting possibility of ruffing
[ 532 only one heart, with a squeeze ending).
] K Lauria-Versace didn’t have this chance, against Bilde-
{ AJ2 Madala. Against 6 Spades, again by North (transfers are
} AQJ973 more and more popular and omnipresent), East attacked
[ 64 [ 10 8 with the 8 of spades, great lead. After a heart to Queen and
] 9843 ] A J 10 Ace and another trump, the only successful line is to finesse
{ Q 10 3 { K98764 in clubs, which is potentially inferior to the ruffing finesse.
} K 10 6 2 } 54 Still, the Italians went one down.
[ AKQJ97
] Q7652
{ 5
} 8
DOUBLE INFORMATIVE
by Vincent Labbé
Here is the auction: The Double, vulnerable against non vulnerable, can guide
you to the winning line.
West North East South
Madala de Wijs Bilde Muller The full deal:
— — — 2}
Double 2{ Pass 3] [ K2
Pass 3[ Pass 3NT ] AJ43
Pass 4} Pass 4] { A 10 5
Pass 4[ Pass 5[ } 8763
Pass 6} All pass [ Q J 10 6 3 [ 854
] K Q 10 7 ] 9862
*Double is for take-out. { 98 { QJ763
} K2 } 10
Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ A97
[ K2 ] 5
] AJ43 { K42
{ A 10 5 } AQJ954
} 8763
After the King of spades, you cash the Ace of clubs (the
King doesn’t fall) and sneakily present the 5 of heart. In this
situation, West should be prompt to split his honors. But
even if doesn’t do it, you win with the Ace, ruff a heart,
[ A97 ruff a spade, ruff a heart, plays a diamond to the Ace, ruff
] 5 the last heart, cashes the King of diamond and exit with
{ K42 a trump. West is caught in an elimination play, forced to
} AQJ954 return a spade and allowing you to crossruff the last two
tricks.
The lead is the Queen of spades. Bauke Muller follows this scheme of play but, strangely, is
said to go one down at the end.
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Swiss Open
“formerly Zurich Open”
Hotel Hilton Zurich-Airport
Tournament Director: Peter Eidt
Friday, April 05, 2019 – Imps (Butler)
Program: Mise en place 2.15 pm
Session starts 2.30 pm
Tournament fee: SFr. 40.—per player
Red points (Swiss Federation) awarded
Saturday, April 06, 2019 - Pairs
2 tournaments: Open I for all players and Open II for 2nd série players
Program: Mise en place 11.45 am
Session 1 starts 12.00 am
Session 2 starts 4.00 pm
Tournament fee: SFr. 60.—per player
Red and green points (Swiss Federation) awarded
Sunday, April 07, 2019 - Teams
Program: Mise en place 09.45 am
Session starts 10.00 am
Tournament fee: SFr. 60.—per player
Red points (Swiss Federation) awarded
Prize ceremony after each tournament
Accommodation: Accommodation has been reserved at the Hilton Hotel at the special
rate of SFr 160.-- per night including breakfast and VAT for double
or SFr 140.-- for single occupancy. For reservation please contact
Andrea Schoellkopf.
Registration: Andrea Schoellkopf – (+41) 79 222 11 18 - aschoellkopf@bluewin.ch
Fernando Piedra – (+41) 79 610 35 14 - ferpiedra@hotmail.com
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How you can help
We need players, bridge clubs and organisations and
other supporters to join us in the Keep Bridge Alive
campaign so we can publicise and promote bridge
more widely. We would also be delighted to hear from
you if you have research ideas, expertise or even time
to support the campaign.
Professor Samantha Punch,
UK Bridge Player Please contact us at @KTLMH RSHQ @B TJ
I totally support the Keep Bridge I welcome the Keep Bridge Alive
Alive Campaign which hopefully initiative to reach out to young
will become a global campaign by people - indeed everybody - informing
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