vg|6th EOBC-BBO1-Mixed Teams,Swiss 12_15,I,21,30,AUSTRIA,0,TROLL,0| rs|4SS=,3SS+1,3DN=,3DS=,3NS=,5DS-1,4HS+1,4HS+2,2HEx-1,3CS-1,3NE+1,3NE+1,2HE=,2HE=,3HN=,3SWx=,4HW-2,4HW-1,3NS=,3NN-2| pn|LINDERMANN,ERICHSEN H,GRUMM,ERICHSEN E,BROGELAND,SCHIFKO,BROGELAND ,WEIGKRICHT|pg|| qx|o21|st||md|3SKQT864HDK54CAJ53,S9HAT985DQJ8CK764,S72HKQ2DAT976CQT9,SAJ53HJ7643D32C82|sv|n|mb|1D!|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: 'Not bad for such a bunch of trolls' quips a kibitzers. He should be commentating.|pg|| mb|2C!|mb|2H|nt|BroLucius: North gives no thought to passing on his chunky 11-count |pg|| nt|BroLucius: Ah yes, 'her'..... my usual mistake. North and East.... I will try to remember.|pg|| mb|p|mb|4H|mb|4S|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: Or is it North and West?|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|pc|hA|nt|BroLucius: In mixed pairs events they force all males to sit in fixed seats, same for females - so that no-one can seek an advantage. This is mixed teams, so the rule does not apply. |pg|| pc|h2|pc|h6|pc|s4|pg|| nt|BroLucius: It was a fair enough shot at the opening lead, but West will not enjoy what he saw on the first trick.|pg|| pc|sQ|pc|s9|pc|s2|pc|sA|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Seems that declarer will escape for the loss of two trumps and one club. |pg|| pc|c8|pc|c5|pc|cK|pc|c9|pg|| pc|dQ|pc|d6|pc|d3|pc|dK|pg|| nt|BroLucius: West has no entry, so there will not be a club ruff now.|pg|| pc|sK|pc|h5|pc|s7|pc|s3|pg|| pc|sT|pc|h8|mc|10|pg|| qx|c21|st||md|3SKQT864HDK54CAJ53,S9HAT985DQJ8CK764,S72HKQ2DAT976CQT9,SAJ53HJ7643D32C82|sv|n|nt|petergill: NS plays Norwegian Standard with 1@C being 2+ clubs|pg|| nt|petergill: Hi Danilo|pg|| mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1S|nt|petergill: Scores after 11 rounds http://www.eurobridge.org/Repository/competitions/13OOstende/Microsite/runningscores/asp/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?qtournid=969&qshowflag=1|pg|| mb|d|nt|danilo1: Austrian team played excellend and has bulid quite a lead, but Troll team in in big run. We may see an exciting match|pg|| mb|p|mb|2H|nt|petergill: Troll played a great match to win almost 19-1 over Gotard in Round 11|pg|| mb|3S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|petergill: Martin Schifko has won one World Championship - the World Junior Pairs in 2001|pg|| pc|hT|nt|petergill: Martin had come 30th with Arno Linderamnn in the 1999 World Junior Pairs, but Arno was too old so Martin played and won in 2001 with Andreas Gloyer|pg|| pc|hK|pc|h3|nt|petergill: West was effectively endplayed on opening lead|pg|| pc|d5|pg|| nt|danilo1: difficult to beat 4@S ... strange enough, only @C lead did not give contract immediatelly (4@S) ... possible pick up for Austria since they stopped in 3@S|pg|| nt|petergill: and I think @H10 is the best lead due to the other options being even worse|pg|| pc|s2|pc|s3|nt|petergill: Do you think 3@S should be forcing in this auction?|pg|| pc|sK|pc|s9|pg|| pc|d4|nt|petergill: Helen Erichsen, faced with the same tough opening lead, reasonably enough tried @HA, which was unlucky/disastrous when defending 4@S|pg|| pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|d3|pg|| pc|s7|pc|s5|pc|sQ|pc|h8|pg|| nt|danilo1: Austrian team (with Schifko & Gloyer) won World Junior Chaphionship as well|pg|| pc|c5|pc|c6|pc|c9|pc|c2|pg|| pc|cT|pc|c8|pc|cA|pc|c4|pg|| pc|c3|pc|cK|pc|cQ|pc|h4|pg|| nt|petergill: Boye may have done what I sometimes do - when his opening bid collapsed to a 6 count (minus @HKQ), he may have passed a forcing bid on purpose |pg|| mc|10|nt|danilo1: I like 3@S inviting (in System) ... but here, I would bid forcing as South|pg|| pg|| qx|o22|st||md|4SAQ94HKJ73DAKJ2CJ,SK7532HT62D43CKQ8,SJT6H984DQ987C975,S8HAQ5DT65CAT6432|sv|e|nt|BroLucius: A trump lead or a diamond would have been helpful. No doubt declarer would survive a club lead too.|pg|| mb|1C|mb|d|mb|1H!|nt|BroLucius: If any kibitzer can give me the link to the current standings, that would be good.|pg|| mb|p|mb|2C|nt|BroLucius: Many pairs now playing transfer responses to 1@C.|pg|| mb|d|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: East's 2@C suggests no more than 2 spades.|pg|| mb|3D|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: http://www.eurobridge.org/Repository/competitions/13OOstende/Microsite/asp/roundteams.asp?qtournid=969&qroundno=11|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: This one is suggested. Thanks to kibs.|pg|| pc|s8|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s6|pg|| pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|d7|pc|d5|pg|| nt|BroLucius: After R13, 1st and 2nd play off for gold/silver, 3rd/4th play off for bronze|pg|| pc|dK|pc|d4|pc|d8|pc|d6|pg|| pc|d2|pc|s3|pc|dQ|pc|dT|pg|| pc|h4|pc|h5|pc|hK|pc|h2|pg|| pc|s4|pc|sK|pc|sJ|pc|c2|pg|| pc|cK|pc|c5|pc|c3|pc|cJ|pg|| mc|9|nt|BroLucius: People say that I am very untechnical (despite 30 years working for IBM), but I did recently master the secret art of cut-and-paste.|pg|| pg|| qx|c22|st||md|4SAQ94HKJ73DAKJ2CJ,SK7532HT62D43CKQ8,SJT6H984DQ987C975,S8HAQ5DT65CAT6432|sv|e|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|nt|danilo1: Running Scores: http://eurobridge.org/Repository/competitions/13OOstende/Microsite/runningscores/asp/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?qtournid=969&qshowflag=1|pg|| nt|petergill: Kit Woolsey wrote about when to do such things (break the "musts" of bridge) in an article in Bridge World magazine a couple of years ago|pg|| mb|p|mb|2C|mb|d|mb|2S|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cK|nt|levier17: i wonder if 2S had club tolerance |pg|| pc|c5|pc|c6|pc|cJ|pg|| nt|levier17: would E pass it or correct to 3C|pg|| pc|cQ|pc|c7|pc|cA|pc|d2|pg|| pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|d7|pc|d5|pg|| pc|dJ|pc|d4|pc|dQ|pc|d6|pg|| nt|danilo1: @HA located now, if West continues @CQ, than @H AQ (probably) located as well |pg|| nt|petergill: Important for North (with his shapeless rubbish) not to preemptively raise 1@D to 3@D at his first call, or else NS would probably get overboard|pg|| pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|h3|pc|h2|pg|| pc|s8|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s6|pg|| pc|dK|pc|s3|pc|d8|pc|dT|pg|| pc|s4|pc|sK|pc|sT|pc|c3|pg|| pc|c8|pc|c9|pc|cT|nt|petergill: Flat board, 110|pg|| pc|h7|pg|| mc|9|pg|| qx|o23|st||md|1SAHQJ7DKJT43CA874,SQ3HAK98DQ875CK53,SKJT76HT42DA62CQ2,S98542H653D9CJT96|sv|b|nt|BroLucius: So, a good start for N/S.|pg|| mb|1N|nt|BroLucius: I am told: for running scores it seems lik you need to go trough this one: http://www.eurobridge.org/competitions/13Oostende/Microsite/Results.htm|pg|| mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|nt|pitiful: looks like a misunderstanding at table 1 in the other room|pg|| mb|2S|mb|p|nt|pitiful: 21|pg|| mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|pitiful: board i mean|pg|| pc|hA|nt|BroLucius: North offers a choice of games, showing 5 spades with the transfer bid.|pg|| pc|h2|pc|h6|pc|h7|pg|| nt|BroLucius: South did not seem to take too long to make up his mind.|pg|| nt|BroLucius: West can guess that she (got it right) holds all the defenders' values.|pg|| nt|BroLucius: This is Table 1 of the Swiss. Austria lie 1st and Troll 4th. |pg|| pc|hK|pc|h4|pc|h3|nt|BroLucius: Austria have a huge lead, 182 over 159 in 2nd place. |pg|| pc|hJ|pg|| pc|h8|pc|hT|pc|h5|pc|hQ|pg|| pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|s2|pg|| nt|BroLucius: When the @SQ falls, declarer will have 8 top tricks.|pg|| pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|dA|pc|d9|pg|| pc|sK|pc|s4|pc|c4|pc|sQ|pg|| pc|sJ|pc|s5|pc|c7|pc|c3|pg|| pc|d2|pc|cJ|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pg|| pc|h9|pc|c2|pc|c6|pc|c8|pg|| mc|9|pg|| qx|c23|st||md|1SAHQJ7DKJT43CA874,SQ3HAK98DQ875CK53,SKJT76HT42DA62CQ2,S98542H653D9CJT96|sv|b|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4C|mb|p|nt|petergill: South at other table opened 1NT - both 1@D and 1NT openings look OK to me|pg|| nt|petergill: I think 3NT by South looks more normal over 3@D|pg|| mb|5D|mb|p|nt|petergill: I also would bid 3Nt over 3@S - not that 3NT makes - it probably doesn't|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|pc|hA|nt|petergill: sorry, I didn't see @SQ dropping- so 3Nt should make|pg|| nt|danilo1: surprised South did not bid 3NT, but 3@H over 3@D ... however rite @D guess in 3NT not so easy|pg|| nt|petergill: and 5@D will fail|pg|| nt|danilo1: 5@D is chanceless|pg|| nt|petergill: so Austria, with 38 boards to go in the event and a 17 VP lead over the field, are heading towards a Gold Medal|pg|| pc|h2|pc|h3|pc|hJ|pg|| pc|hK|pc|h4|nt|danilo1: good guess in 3NT in Open room, so new IMPs for Austria|pg|| pc|h5|pc|hQ|pg|| pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|s2|pc|sA|pg|| nt|petergill: Rounds 14 and 15 are not Swiss any more, I am told|pg|| nt|petergill: so in the last 20 boards, Austria is likely to play the other team who makes the 20 bd Grand Final|pg|| nt|petergill: while 3rd and 4th play 20 bds for Bronze Medal after Round 13|pg|| nt|petergill: Arno Lindermann played for @SQ to drop in 3NT at other table and got lucky|pg|| pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|d9|pg|| pc|dK|pc|d7|pc|d6|pc|h6|pg|| pc|d3|pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|s4|pg|| pc|sK|pc|s5|pc|c4|pc|sQ|pg|| pc|sJ|pc|s8|pc|c7|pc|dQ|pg|| mc|10|pg|| qx|o24|st||md|2SQJHAQ5432D4CAQ98,SA8753H98DKJ9C532,ST4HJT76DA8653CK7,SK962HKDQT72CJT64|sv|o|nt|BroLucius: No need to cash the last spade winner, as you see.|pg|| mb|p|nt|BroLucius: E/W are still looking for their first hint of IMPs.|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|1S|mb|2H|mb|2N!|nt|BroLucius: Troll lost 10 IMPs on board 1 through what seems to be a bidding misunderstanding. My sympathies are entirely with North.|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Many play 2NT to show a 4-card raise and the cue-bid a 3-card raise.|pg|| mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3D!|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: On Board one, South (at the other table) responded 1@S and later jumped to 3@S with game values. North passed on a flat 11-count, reading it as non-forcing. |pg|| pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s2|pc|sJ|pg|| nt|BroLucius: North had a huge hand for 2@H. Some would treat it as a mixed raise to 3@H.|pg|| pc|s8|pc|sT|pc|sK|pc|sQ|pg|| pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|d9|pc|dA|pg|| pc|h6|pc|hK|mc|11|pg|| qx|c24|st||md|2SQJHAQ5432D4CAQ98,SA8753H98DKJ9C532,ST4HJT76DA8653CK7,SK962HKDQT72CJT64|sv|o|nt|danilo1: he must play for @SQ to drop :) ... no other way ... but still no 9 trickd with only 2 @D tricks... but he was helped as @HAK (and not @HA and small) il led, so he had @D finess in ...|pg|| nt|danilo1: safe hand|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|danilo1: 2@C evidently Drury|pg|| pc|c2|nt|petergill: Can make 12 tricks if spade is not led, by setting up 5th @D |pg|| pc|cK|pc|c6|pc|c9|pg|| pc|hJ|pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h9|pg|| pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|hT|nt|petergill: with 2@D being the weak response to 2@C, and 2@H showing extras|pg|| nt|danilo1: 1IMP for Troll due to non @S lead|pg|| nt|petergill: one advantage of playing your "Drury" that way is that you can stop in 2@D wehn responder has 6 diamonds |pg|| mc|12|nt|petergill: Or can dump a spade on a club to claim 12|pg|| pg|| qx|o25|st||md|3SQ54HQ9742DQ5CKQ6,SAT73HKDAT876C854,S862H8DKJ94CAJT97,SKJ9HAJT653D32C32|sv|e|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: Only 2 rounds before the play-offs for the medals, so not a good moment to go 0-22 down on two such innocuous looking deals.|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Perhaps East opened 2@D multi|pg|| mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cK|nt|BroLucius: No, 2@H and he is declarer.|pg|| pc|c5|pc|cJ|pc|c2|pg|| nt|vugraphzaf: board was badly put on the table|pg|| pc|cQ|pc|c4|pc|c7|pc|c3|pg|| pc|c6|pc|c8|pc|c9|pc|h3|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Contract is touch and go.|pg|| pc|h5|pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h8|pg|| pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s9|pc|s4|pg|| nt|BroLucius: No reason to play South for @SQ.|pg|| pc|sT|pc|s6|pc|sK|pc|s5|pg|| nt|vugraphzaf: Sorry ! impossible to follow play with my head in my feet...:)|pg|| nt|BroLucius: To make the contract it seems that declarer needed to avoid a spade loser. |pg|| nt|BroLucius: Surely he must have finessed one way or the other. Probably the other...|pg|| mc|7|pg|| qx|c25|st||md|3SQ54HQ9742DQ5CKQ6,SAT73HKDAT876C854,S862H8DKJ94CAJT97,SKJ9HAJT653D32C32|sv|e|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|nt|petergill: previous board: At other table, Helen Erichsen overcalled 1@S, thus solving her opening lead problem when partner showed 4 card spade support|pg|| mb|2N|mb|p|nt|petergill: 2@D Multi|pg|| mb|3C|mb|p|nt|petergill: 2NT both minors|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|pc|hK|pc|h8|nt|danilo1: 2@H Dbled in Open room, evidently missguessed @S (quite normal after North T/O Dble), so -1|pg|| pc|hT|pc|h4|pg|| pc|c4|nt|petergill: Austria in 2@HX was lucky that @SQ was unguessable on the bidding at the other table|pg|| pc|c7|pc|c3|pc|cK|pg|| pc|dQ|pc|dA|pc|d4|pc|d3|pg|| pc|c5|pc|c9|pc|c2|pc|c6|pg|| pc|dK|pc|d2|pc|d5|pc|d6|pg|| nt|vugraphzaa: Im sorry, i lost the play.|pg|| mc|8|nt|danilo1: difficult to guess rite after t/o Dble by North :)|pg|| pg|| qx|o26|st||md|4S72H54DAJ8532CQ85,ST54HAKQJ63D74CK9,SKQJ963HT72DQTC42,SA8H98DK96CAJT763|sv|b|mb|1C|nt|BroLucius: Fault was the players', as the operator explains. They put the board on the table the wrong way round.|pg|| mb|1D|mb|d!|mb|1S|nt|BroLucius: Hence it was too difficult for poor VG-op to show us what happened.|pg|| mb|2C|nt|BroLucius: Dble a transfer to hearts|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Again 2@C denying three hearts|pg|| mb|p|mb|2D!|an|should show !d.. ask about !!s|nt|BroLucius: Erichsen takes no risk of 3@H being taken as non-forcing (similar to disaster on board 1 at the other table).|pg|| nt|BroLucius: North may mention his spades again.|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Yes 'her spades' of course. The @DQ may be a useful card.|pg|| mb|d|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3S|nt|BroLucius: Now West must decide whether he is happy with 3NT or needs to make a further noise in hearts.|pg|| mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d3|nt|BroLucius: Give East the @CA-Q and there could have been a slam on two running suits.|pg|| pc|d4|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg|| pc|h9|pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|h2|pg|| pc|hK|pc|h7|pc|h8|pc|h5|pg|| pc|hQ|pc|hT|pc|c3|pc|s2|pg|| pc|hJ|pc|s3|pc|d6|pc|s7|pg|| pc|h6|pc|s6|pc|d9|pc|d2|pg|| pc|h3|pc|s9|pc|s8|nt|BroLucius: A loss of this magnitude will see the Troll team tumble down the table. |pg|| pc|d5|pg|| mc|10|pg|| qx|c26|st||md|4S72H54DAJ8532CQ85,ST54HAKQJ63D74CK9,SKQJ963HT72DQTC42,SA8H98DK96CAJT763|sv|b|nt|petergill: Tonje Brogeland's only errors in this match or the previous match have been "trying too hard to make her partner declarer" e.g. not bidding 3NT on Bd 3 (she hoped partner would bid ...|pg|| nt|petergill: NT)|pg|| mb|2C|nt|petergill: the play was boring in 3@C - there were 5 obvious losers and she lost them|pg|| mb|p|mb|2D|nt|petergill: 2@C Austrian Club, like Precision|pg|| nt|petergill: 2@D forcing enquiry|pg|| mb|p|mb|2N|nt|danilo1: 11-15/16 with 6@C or 14/16 5-@C-4M|pg|| nt|petergill: Runnibg Scores for Rd 12 at http://www.eurobridge.org/Repository/competitions/13OOstende/Microsite/runningscores/asp/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp?qtournid=969&qshowflag=1|pg|| nt|danilo1: 2@D forcing relais, 2NT= 2 side stopps|pg|| nt|petergill: Martin Schifko knows from looking at his hand which suits those side stops are in|pg|| mb|p|mb|3H|nt|petergill: 3NT is best contract, 4@H is 2nd best contract|pg|| mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|nt|danilo1: at the moment,Austria has more than 1 match lead ... so, next round will probably be battle for second finalist|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg|| pc|h9|pc|h5|pc|hA|pc|h2|pg|| nt|petergill: Excellent bidding to best contract|pg|| pc|hK|pc|hT|pc|h8|pc|h4|pg|| pc|hQ|pc|h7|pc|s8|pc|d3|pg|| pc|hJ|nt|petergill: It's 25 years since Terry Weigkricht's last win (or placing) in a World or European Championship|pg|| pc|sK|pc|c3|pc|s7|pg|| pc|h6|pc|s3|pc|d6|nt|petergill: Make that 15 years. Tery won World Women's Teams in Lille in 1998|pg|| pc|s2|pg|| pc|h3|nt|petergill: and earlier in the 1990s she won another World Championship and one European Championship. |pg|| pc|c4|pc|d9|pc|d5|pg|| pc|cK|pc|c2|pc|c6|pc|c5|pg|| pc|c9|mc|10|pg|| qx|o27|st||md|1SQJ8HQJ6D9754CQJ3,ST2HKT9532DA83CT2,S943H874DKQ6CAK65,SAK765HADJT2C9874|sv|o|nt|BroLucius: At least they can console themselves that it was not due to bad luck. Perhaps they would prefer if it had been.|pg|| mb|p|mb|2D!|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cQ|nt|BroLucius: As I thought, they do play the multi. The VG-op changed the bidding to 2@H opener by East on the other board to survive the fact that they had the board wrongly placed.|pg|| pc|c2|nt|BroLucius: East responds 2@H because... let me think... he does not want to go any higher if partner's suit is hearts. |pg|| pc|c6|pc|c4|pg|| pc|sQ|pc|s2|pc|s3|pc|sA|pg|| nt|BroLucius: A kind kibitzer informs me that my pronoun usage has been 69.4% correct today. A bit below average but not so bad.|pg|| pc|hA|pc|h6|pc|h2|pc|h4|pg|| pc|c7|pc|cJ|pc|cT|pc|c5|pg|| pc|d7|pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|d2|pg|| pc|s4|pc|sK|pc|s8|pc|sT|pg|| pc|dJ|pc|d4|pc|dA|pc|d6|pg|| pc|hK|pc|h7|pc|s5|pc|hJ|pg|| mc|8|pg|| qx|c27|st||md|1SQJ8HQJ6D9754CQJ3,ST2HKT9532DA83CT2,S943H874DKQ6CAK65,SAK765HADJT2C9874|sv|o|nt|petergill: Well done by both EW pairs to reach the safest contract of 3NT on EW cards|pg|| mb|p|mb|2D|nt|petergill: previous hand: Weaker players would simply jump to 4@H on West cards|pg|| mb|p|mb|2H|nt|petergill: 2@D Multi|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|danilo1: I do not like weak (any kind) with West's hand, especially not second possition ... but I am too old fasioned|pg|| pc|cQ|nt|petergill: Iris Grumm is the youngest and best looking member of Team Austria|pg|| pc|c2|pc|c6|pc|c7|pg|| nt|petergill: @CQ lead is marginally preferred to @SQ lead because partner did not bid spades at 2 level, so is more likely to have clubs. |pg|| pc|d7|pc|d3|nt|petergill: @C6 is discouraging, playing UDCA|pg|| pc|dQ|pc|d2|pg|| nt|petergill: Hoping for a diamond switch|pg|| nt|petergill: Excellent @D switch|pg|| pc|c5|pc|c4|pc|cJ|pc|cT|pg|| pc|d4|nt|petergill: Excellent underlead of @CAK|pg|| nt|petergill: Nor bad for a team which is losing 1-28|pg|| nt|danilo1: excellent defense ... deserved @H to be 4-2 |pg|| nt|danilo1: lucky declarer|pg|| nt|petergill: What a pity for NS that 2@H seems to be cold anyway|pg|| nt|petergill: Iris Grumm has won one European Championship - the 2004 Euro Girls teams|pg|| nt|danilo1: but, when one is playing good, one also deserves a bit of luck ... and austrian team played really good all the time|pg|| pc|d8|pc|dK|pc|dT|pg|| nt|petergill: Boye Brogeland is one of the world's best players. His biggest win was the 2007 Bermuda Bowl. |pg|| pc|d6|pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|dA|pg|| pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|h6|pg|| pc|c8|pc|c3|pc|h3|pc|cK|pg|| pc|hK|pc|h7|pc|s5|pc|hQ|pg|| pc|hT|pc|h8|pc|s7|pc|hJ|pg|| mc|8|pg|| qx|o28|st||md|2ST3HAQ53D32CJ7654,S9742HTDJT75CAK98,SKQJ8HKJ974DQ64CT,SA65H862DAK98CQ32|sv|n|nt|BroLucius: Only 3 boards left for Troll team to cut a big slice off the deficit.|pg|| mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: Although they are displaying an 'England' flag in the results table, the 'Troll' team-name gives a hint as to their general origin.|pg|| mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dK|pc|d2|nt|BroLucius: Blue Club style opening bid in the 4-card major. (Which explains North's heavy raise to 2@H a few boards ago).|pg|| pc|dT|pc|d6|pg|| pc|h2|pc|h3|pc|hT|pc|hJ|pg|| pc|h4|pc|h6|pc|hA|nt|BroLucius: North risks a raise to 3@H on fairly limited values. That's the problem with normal methods facing a 1NT response. Many use 2@C as artificial to give more sequences.|pg|| mc|9|pg|| qx|c28|st||md|2ST3HAQ53D32CJ7654,S9742HTDJT75CAK98,SKQJ8HKJ974DQ64CT,SA65H862DAK98CQ32|sv|n|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|nt|petergill: previous hand: If declarer knows @DKQ are offside, declarer should play @C4 at Trick 1, not @C7. Declarer should give the same signals as the defenders ...if declarer wants to ...|pg|| nt|petergill: encourage clubs at Trick 1, declarer plays UDCA, = lowest club = @C4, to encourage S to continue clubs|pg|| mb|3H|mb|3S|nt|danilo1: I like south's bidding|pg|| nt|petergill: prev bd: but declarer - unable to see all 52 cards - did not know she didn't want a diamond switch, hence @C7|pg|| mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sK|nt|petergill: Me too. With E and W both having passed (thus 4@s not on for EW), there's no need for South to raise to 3 level at first bid|pg|| pc|s5|pc|s3|nt|levier17: seems like 3 spade tricks and a heart for defence|pg|| pc|s4|pg|| pc|h4|pc|h2|pc|hA|pc|hT|pg|| nt|petergill: Boye Brogeland also had fantastic wins in a 2008 Euro Championship (a thrilling win), in 2005, in Junior events a decade ago etc|pg|| nt|petergill: Trump control is the issue here|pg|| nt|danilo1: defence is on the lead ... so guess more than 1@H trick ... need to force with @H|pg|| nt|petergill: NS shorten declarer's trumps, and declarer cannot draw trumps. |pg|| nt|levier17: i think declarer doesn't need to draw trumps|pg|| nt|petergill: As Danilo says - NS can make long heart tricks or extra ruffs if they shorten West's trumps|pg|| nt|danilo1: but Tonje is thiking aboth showing @S10 to partner|pg|| nt|levier17: just take your winners and boye has to ruff and shorten himself or just watch|pg|| nt|petergill: I think she will play a 2nd trump|pg|| nt|danilo1: and tempo is needed ... she should avoid playing second trump|pg|| nt|petergill: she is 100% correct that whenever it's a doubled contract, a lot is at stake, so you take your time, double check, make sure|pg|| pc|c7|nt|danilo1: well, this was really unexpected|pg|| pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|cQ|pg|| pc|sA|pc|sT|nt|petergill: Boye falsecards in spades to try to trick West into thinking spades are 3-3|pg|| pc|s2|pc|s8|pg|| pc|dA|pc|d2|pc|d5|nt|petergill: Looks like 470 now|pg|| pc|d4|pg|| pc|c2|pc|c4|pc|cA|nt|petergill: @D finesse is marked by the bidding|pg|| nt|levier17: a finesse here and a finesse there and voila|pg|| nt|petergill: If Boye at Trick 3 plays a heart, I'm not sure if that beats 3@SX or not. A heart at Trick 2 surely gives NS trump control. I never use GIB nor Deep Finesse so I never know for ...|pg|| nt|petergill: sure. |pg|| nt|danilo1: still, I blame Boye for this board ... he should play @HK and @H and not small @H ... he knows West is singleton @H (sometimes, we must help partner, especially when weaker player ...|pg|| nt|danilo1: then ourself)|pg|| pc|h7|pg|| pc|dJ|nt|petergill: Perhaps Boye might lead @HK at Trick 1 - then he stays on lead and can play the 2nd heart. maybe. |pg|| pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|d3|pg|| pc|c3|nt|petergill: This event uses the new WBF VP scale which I like very much. |pg|| mc|9|pg|| qx|o29|st||md|3SJHJT3DQ543CQJT32,SA976HAQ7642DCK96,SQT832HKDJT762CA7,SK54H985DAK98C854|sv|b|nt|BroLucius: The good fit allows 3@H to sail home|pg|| mb|2S!|mb|p|nt|vugraphzaf: they are used to play just a very few cqrds and to claim very quickly|pg|| mb|3C|mb|3H|nt|BroLucius: Must leave for a minute or two to remove vole brought in by the cat (no joking)|pg|| mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dJ|pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|s6|pg|| pc|dK|pc|d3|pc|s7|pc|d2|pg|| pc|h5|pc|h3|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pg|| pc|d6|pc|d8|pc|dQ|pc|h2|pg|| nt|BroLucius: 3@C asks for partner's minor (2NT would have been a relay). The pre-empt does its work when EW now need to guess how high to go.|pg|| pc|hA|pc|s2|pc|h8|pc|hT|pg|| pc|h4|pc|s3|pc|h9|pc|hJ|pg|| nt|BroLucius: A pity that my first session of watching the bridge here (so much good cricket on) was a poor one for the Troll team, who have done well up to this point.|pg|| pc|sJ|pc|s9|pc|s8|pc|sK|pg|| pc|c4|pc|c2|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg|| pc|sQ|pc|s4|pc|c3|pc|sA|pg|| pc|h6|pc|d7|pc|d9|pc|d4|pg|| pc|h7|pc|c7|pc|c5|pc|cT|pg|| pc|c6|pc|sT|pc|c8|pc|cJ|pg|| pc|cQ|pc|c9|pc|dT|pc|s5|pg|| nt|BroLucius: It could be made if you read the cards perfectly. No reason to.|pg|| nt|vugraphzaf: why not ruffing the lead play A @H and go back to dummy with 1s K ?|pg|| pg|| qx|c29|st||md|3SJHJT3DQ543CQJT32,SA976HAQ7642DCK96,SQT832HKDJT762CA7,SK54H985DAK98C854|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|nt|petergill: This event also has replaced the Appeals process in its entirety by a Review method which I also think is a wonderful improvement. |pg|| nt|danilo1: me too, since it is back to old scale (20:0) when I started to play bridge ... just made even better with interpolation|pg|| mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|nt|danilo1: easy to count percentage even in team events|pg|| mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d6|nt|petergill: EW play Canape - open 4 card suit before longer suit on many hands|pg|| nt|petergill: 3@H = 5+ hearts and 4 spades|pg|| nt|petergill: Canape is popular in Austria but has died out (except in some Strong Club systems) in most parts of the world|pg|| nt|danilo1: cashing @HA here should be routine|pg|| pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|c9|pg|| nt|petergill: I think it's better to pitch 2 clubs than 2 spades on @DAK |pg|| pc|h9|pc|h3|pc|hQ|nt|BroLucius: At the other table, declarer pitched spades, lost two trump tricks and played a club to the @CK.|pg|| pc|hK|pg|| pc|dT|pc|dK|pc|d4|pc|c6|pg|| pc|s4|pc|sJ|pc|s7|nt|petergill: @HQ is normal. If you play low on @H9 here, your play of other hands might be scrutinised to check for the 10% chance that you have access to hand records. |pg|| nt|petergill: Declarer will go down one, ruffing his long spade in dummy|pg|| pc|sQ|pg|| pc|dJ|nt|petergill: The reason the other table;s pitching of 2 spades on @DAK seems inferior to me is:|pg|| pc|d8|pc|d5|pc|h2|pg|| pc|hA|pc|s3|pc|h5|nt|petergill: pitching one club is pitching a 100% loser|pg|| pc|hJ|pg|| nt|petergill: pitching the 2nd club is pitching a 50% loser|pg|| mc|9|nt|petergill: pitching the 2nd spade is pitching a 100% loser but|pg|| pg|| qx|o30|st||md|4SKQ964H3DAJ953CQT,SAT852H98DK4CK865,SJ7HKQJT54DQTCA73,S3HA762D8762CJ942|sv|o|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2C!|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: You can see why the Austria team head the table by such a large margin. Very accurate play all round. |pg|| mb|3N|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: I am told that Troll started yesterday's play in 67th place, rising to 6th.|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Again North shows her suit on the second round, in Blue Club style.|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: South could not rebid 2@D because that would have shown longer diamonds than spades.|pg|| pc|c5|nt|BroLucius: So, many thanks to Guy, our excellent VG operator. Not a job that I would do for less than a king's ransom per session.|pg|| pc|c3|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pg|| pc|h3|pc|h9|pc|hT|pc|h2|pg|| pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|s4|pc|h8|pg|| pc|c2|pc|cT|nt|BroLucius: My fellow commentators were absent on this occasion. But, looking on the bright side, it means that they could not correct any of my mistaken comments.|pg|| pc|cK|pc|c7|pg|| pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|s6|pg|| pc|hQ|pc|h6|pc|d3|pc|s2|pg|| pc|hJ|pc|h7|pc|d5|pc|s5|pg|| pc|h5|pc|d7|pc|dJ|nt|BroLucius: West must find two more discards.|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Or bare the @DK|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Should really think what to do much earlier in the play.|pg|| pc|s8|pg|| pc|h4|pc|d2|pc|sQ|nt|BroLucius: If West throws @S10, can be thrown in with a spade. |pg|| pc|sT|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Declarer could have set up a spade, since only one spade, two clubs and @HA to lose.|pg|| pc|sJ|pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sA|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Maybe he does not know clubs started 4-4|pg|| pc|c8|pc|dT|pc|c9|pc|d9|pg|| mc|9|nt|BroLucius: So, a massive win for Austria.|pg|| pg|| qx|c30|st||md|4SKQ964H3DAJ953CQT,SAT852H98DK4CK865,SJ7HKQJT54DQTCA73,S3HA762D8762CJ942|sv|o|mb|p|nt|petergill: pitching the 1st spade is pitching a card which might be a trick if @S 3-3 or might be ruffed in dummy i.e is more than 50% of the time a winner|pg|| nt|danilo1: if one decides to discards @C on @D as he did (so does not need to play @C towards K) ... he should first cash @HA and ev, play @H to Q later ... or/and try to ruff 4th @S later|pg|| mb|1S|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: This is close to a 20-0 blitz on the VP new table.|pg|| mb|2H|mb|p|nt|petergill: sorry if that sounds like gobbledygook - i couldn't think of any other way to explain it. |pg|| mb|2S|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3H|nt|petergill: Danilo - maybe - but if @HKJx or !K10x onside, he can win @HQ, duck spade and plan to ruff spade in dummy - that does not work if you go up with @HA|pg|| mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|nt|petergill: so after he led @H9 to tempt a cover, he was thinking about whether to play @HA or @HQ, and went for @HQ. |pg|| mb|p|mb|p|nt|BroLucius: Club lead at the other table.|pg|| pc|c4|nt|BroLucius: PLayed by South.|pg|| nt|petergill: prev hand: I think bare ten or bare jack are more likely than bare king, so I think (but am not sure) that Martin Schfiko's play was good play. |pg|| nt|BroLucius: Played by South, declarer won the club lead, cleared hearts. Club back and declarer then had time to set up a 9th trick in spades - losing 2 clubs, one spade and one heart.|pg|| nt|petergill: Other table, using canape where 2@C was 3 or 4 clubs and 3@h was long hearts, lucked in by rightsiding 3NT|pg|| pc|cQ|pc|cK|pc|c3|pg|| pc|c5|pc|c7|pc|cJ|pc|cT|pg|| pc|c2|pc|s4|pc|c8|nt|petergill: Declarer has to pick clubs, duck club, then set up @Hs, then use @SJ as entry to dummy|pg|| pc|cA|pg|| pc|dQ|pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|dK|pg|| pc|sA|pc|s7|pc|s3|pc|s6|pg|| nt|BroLucius: Score was already 19.44 against 0.56, so a further bid swing here will cost very little.|pg|| pc|c6|pc|h4|pc|c9|nt|BroLucius: ..big..|pg|| pc|d5|pg|| nt|petergill: I think he was right to try @CQ from dummy, but unlucky. |pg|| mc|7|nt|BroLucius: Yes, but most of the other swings were not down to luck.|pg|| pg||