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There have been eight tournaments in this series before Istanbul, and 779 medals have been handed out. The most successful nation in those events is, perhaps surprisingly, the Netherlands with 107 medals, 39 of them golds, also the record. Second on that list is France, with 91 medals and 31 tit-les. Players from a total of 17 nations have won European open titles, including the USA and China from outside of Europe. A total of 34 countries have contributed to the medallists, including players from Argentina and Bra-zil (zone 3), India (zone 4), China (zone 5), Australia (zone 7) and South Africa and Zimbabwe (zone 8). That only leaves zone 6. On the individual front, Sylvie Willard leads the pack with ten medals, ahead of Carla Arnolds and Wietske Van Zwol with nine. Catherine D'Ovidio and Marion Michielsen have eight medals, Bep Vriend has seven, which is also the total attained by Philippe Cronier, who is the most successful male player.

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Reess led 35:20 after the first session, and on Board 15 they took an extra overtrick. On 16 Reess went down in a part-score at both tables, but what was in store was much worse for them.

Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 10 3 ] 10 6 5 4 { 9 7 } K Q 10 6 4 [ J 9 7 [ A K ] 2 ] A K Q J 9 3 { A J 10 6 4 3 { K 5 2 } J 9 2 } A 3 [ Q 8 6 5 4 2 ] 8 7 { Q 8 } 8 7 5

West North East South Payen Krasnosselski Frey Dikhnova

— Pass 2{* Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 4{ Pass 4[* Pass 4NT Pass 6] All Pass Many French pairs play that 2{ is a strong opening,

like 2} in standard systems. 3{ was a positive, natural response. After 4{ West needs only {AQ for a grand

slam (and the {Q may be redundant), and every pair has at least one way of asking for those cards. Instead, after a pointless 4[ cue-bid, West had to do something. 4NT was alerted as an attempt to stop below slam, not a keycard ask. East no longer had an option to ask with 4NT, so she just closed the auction with 6]. Not a good contract, because if you wish to cater for a bad diamond break you have to play 6{, and if you make 6] after (the actual) club lead, you would also have made 7{, 7] and 7NT. In fact, 6] could go down due to a 5-1 trump break with 7NT and 7{ making. Actually, 6] made with an overtrick, but…

West North East South D'Ovidio Soulet Bompis Reess

— Pass 2}* Pass 2{* Pass 2]* Pass 2[* Pass 3NT Pass 4{ Pass 4[ Pass 5{ Pass 5[* Pass 6{ Pass 7} Pass 7{ All Pass

Here 2} was strong, 2] was either hearts or a strong balanced hand, 2[ was a relay and 3NT described a semi-balanced hand with hearts. 4{ was a natural slam try. It seems that Josephine's 5NT convention (or some version of asking for trump honours) is not popular in France. Instead, once again East started to cue-bid and poor West couldn't make any cue-bid in return. Impressed with his partner's persistence on diamonds, Bompis decided to go for a grand, and he was rewarded with a 2-2 diamond break. Making 7{ tied the score at 36:36.

On 18 North had to bid over a 1{ opening with a flat 18 count including 10842 in diamonds. Overcalling 1NT would have described the strength perfectly, and partner would have passed with 5 HCP. Instead both players were worried about the lack of a diamond stopper. They doubled and after a 1]/1[ response they had to bid 1NT, showing 19-20. As a result, both N/S pairs overbid. Soulet went two down in 3NT, while Krasnosselski exploited a defensive error to make 2NT, endplaying the opener. Good Six took the lead 44:36. Next board they conceded 5 IMPs when Bompis-D'Ovidio made a very optimistic 4[ contract, and then...

GOOD SIX vs REESSRAM SOFFER

MIXED TEAMSFINAL, R. 2/4

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Team REESSBernard PAYEN


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Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. [ 8 7 ] 9 { A 10 5 } Q J 9 8 7 3 2 [ J 3 [ K Q 6 4 2 ] J 7 6 5 3 2 ] A Q 10 8 { K Q 6 3 { 9 7 } 6 } K 4 [ A 10 9 5 ] K 4 { J 8 4 2 } A 10 5


Pass Pass 1[ Pass 1NT 3} Pass Pass Dble All Pass

This is one of those situations where disasters may happen, unless the partnership has clear rules about which doubles are for takeout and which are for penalty. All I can say is that a 3] bid by West might have been less risky. Of course, East might have a hand with four good clubs and a heart singleton, but you can't win them all.

To make matters worse, every finesse was on for declarer in 3} doubled. Frey led [K (the only way to prevent a second overtrick, provided they later cash ]A). Declarer won and continued spades. Eventually he finessed trumps successfully and even managed to discard a losing heart on dummy's diamonds for a whopping +1070.

West North East South D'Ovidio Soulet Bompis Reess 2{* Pass 4}* Pass 4{* 5} Dble All Pass

At the replay, West showed her hearts at the earliest opportunity with a multi 2{ opening. The 4} response asks opener to transfer into her long suit. At this point Soulet ventured a phantom sacrifice, but he was not that far from making 5}! Bompis led a natural [K and this time the defenders took all their tricks for +200 and 15 IMPs to Good Six.

Board 21. Dealer North. N/S Vul. [ K 9 3 ] 8 5 3 { A Q 8 3 } A 5 3 [ A 6 5 2 [ Q 10 ] K 10 6 ] A Q J 4 { 10 9 4 { K J 5 } 10 8 6 } K Q 9 2 [ J 8 7 4 ] 9 7 2 { 7 6 2 } J 7 4 West North East South Payen Krasnosselski Frey Dikhnova

— 1{ 1NT All Pass Most pairs open 1NT with 15-17 HCP and overcall

with 15-18, but partner still passes with 7. Was West's hand worth a bid with three ten-spots? Seeing all cards, it's always easier. Anyway, 3NT was cold. After any non-spade lead declarer finesses his way to ten tricks.


— Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

North didn't open with a decent 13-count. In bygone eras some theorists argued for passing such hands, but nowadays one would pass only if desperate to create a swing or just miscounting HCP. I would assume the latter, which might happen when you have to play five days in a row without respite. The five-handed Reess team had performed excellently up to this session, but North's unfortunate pass allowed East to show 18-19 (instead of 15-18), so the game was bid and six more IMPs went away. More damage was around the corner…

Nathalie Frey

Vanessa Reess


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Board 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ 5 ] 8 7 4 2 { 10 6 5 } A 10 8 4 2 [ A 8 [ Q J 10 9 7 4 ] A K J 3 ] Q 10 { J 4 2 { A K 9 7 } Q 7 6 5 } 3 [ K 6 3 2 ] 9 6 5 { Q 8 3 } K J 9


— — 1[ Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 3NT All Pass

Mikhail Krasnosselski could have beaten this contract at trick one with a small club lead, but he respected declarer's 2} bid and led a passive heart. His choice of ]7 indicated a poor suit, and when declarer gave up the lead in spades, his partner switched correctly to }K – two down.

Of course, West was at fault. A fourth-suit forcing bid of 2] could do no harm and then he would have discovered East's 6-4 shape.


— — 1[ Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2NT Pass 3] Pass 4[ Pass Pass Pass

Playing Two-over-One, West could also afford a 2NT waiting bid to find out more about his partner's hand. Three Hearts was probably a transfer to spades (a treatment suggested by Martens in one of his books).

Getting to the right contract netted Good Six another 13 IMPs.

Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. [ Q J 5 ] J 10 2 { Q 8 5 3 } 9 8 2 [ A K 9 4 2 [ 10 8 6 ] K 6 3 ] A 9 { 10 4 2 { A K 7 6 } K 5 } A Q 10 3 [ 7 3 ] Q 8 7 5 4 { J 9 } J 7 6 4


— — — Pass 1[ Pass 2} Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 4[ All Pass I doubt whether this is the right time to use the 2NT

waiting bid. In Two-over-One 3[ agrees trumps and asks for cue-bids, but the French probably have their own systems here. Anyway, at this table East never invited his partner to a slam, so they stopped in 4[, making six when trumps proved to be 3-2.


— — — Pass 1[ Pass 2} Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 6[ All Pass Bompis inserted a 4{ cue-bid before bidding 4[

- a mild slam invitation, but D'Ovidio had a good hand for her bidding so far with lots of controls, so she went on to 4NT and bid the good slam when all keycards were discovered. 13 more IMPs completed a 47:0 run in just four boards, making it 91:41.

Good Six extended the lead to 103:44 on Board 26 when D'Ovidio, holding Q6 in trumps, led her doubleton rather than the suit bid by her partner. She was rewarded with a trump promotion after finding AK in her partner's hand.

Catherine d'Ovidio


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Out of decency, I have to show at least one good board for Reess, and here it is. Up to that point the second quarter had been a rout – 83:9.

Board 27. Dealer South. None Vul. [ 9 8 4 ] 9 8 3 2 { 10 5 2 } Q 8 3 [ K Q J 10 7 5 2 [ A 3 ] 10 5 ] A Q J 7 { K Q { 8 4 3 } 9 5 } A J 10 6 [ 6 ] K 6 4 { A J 9 7 6 } K 7 4 2


— — — 1{3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

Nothing special here – a routine +450 after a somewhat heavy preempt by West.


— — — 1{1[ Pass 2} Pass4[ Pass 5[ Pass6[ All Pass

Two Clubs was forcing. In my opinion, 4[ shows a poor hand with excellent long trumps, just a little too good for a preempt (this is the standard treatment of a 4[ rebid in an uncontested Two-over–One auction). With a better hand West could jump to 3[ or cuebid 2{. Evidently, Bompis expected more. His 5[ bid asks partner to bid slam with a diamond control. D'Ovidio dutifully cooperated, but there were too many holes in hearts and clubs as well. A successful heart finesse through a hand marked with 0-2 HCP was too big an ask, and one down was -11 consolation IMPs to Reess.

Philippe Soulet

Marc BompisVanessa Reess

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After a monstrous second session Good Six had taken the lead from Reess by 103-55. Not an insurmountable lead but Reess would need a good third session, not only to bring them closer, but to have momentum for the final session. Some swingy boards would also be a help, not only for Reess but for this tired scribe.

As usual, you can't always get what you want. The Great Shuffler did not appear to consider this poor mortal’s wishes when the first five boards were the flat, in fact as Blackadder’s Prince Regent might have said: ‘They were flatter than a flat thing.’

Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ 6 ] 6 4 { A Q 10 9 5 4 } K 9 6 5 [ K J 7 4 2 [ Q 10 8 5 3 ] A Q J 8 5 3 ] 2 { 7 { K 3 2 } 10 } Q 8 7 2 [ A 9 ] K 10 9 7 { J 8 6 } A J 4 3

Open Room West North East South D’Ovidio Soulet Bompis Reess

— — Pass 1} 2{* 3{ 4[ 5{ 5[ 6} Dble Pass Pass 6{ Dble All Pass

2{ majors

North was not going to let E/W off lightly. However, that old and oft repeated Bols tip ‘The five-level belongs to the opponents’ was yet again true here. Both 5{ and 5[ were slated to fail. But 6{ doubled was still a good save against 4[. East led his singleton heart to West’s jack who continued with the ace and another which declarer ruffed with his ten. He crossed to the ace of spades and took a losing diamond finesse. Now with the help of the club finesse declarer had the rest of the tricks for -300.

Closed Room West North East South Frey Drijver Mauberquez L. Madsen

— — Pass 1NT 2NT* 4{ 4[ All Pass

2NT majors

South decided to take her chances defending. Declarer had little to do other than lose the three aces and write +620 in his scorecard, the first meaningful swing of the set, at 8 IMPs to Reess.

GOOD SIX vs REESSRON TACCHI

MIXED TEAMSFinal, R. 3/4

Marc Bompis


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Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. [ A K Q 7 ] K Q 8 3 { K Q J 8 } 2 [ 6 5 3 [ 10 8 ] 6 ] J 5 2 { A 10 7 5 3 { 9 6 4 2 } Q J 9 4 } 10 8 7 6 [ J 9 4 2 ] A 10 9 7 4 { — } A K 5 3


— — — 1] Pass 2NT* Pass 3{* Pass 4NT* Pass 5NT* Pass 7] All Pass

I am confident that the 3{ response showed a void and when the Blackwood enquiry showed two keycards North bid the grand slam. South immediately set about ruffing two clubs in dummy. There was no problem, but should she not have taken one round of trumps first to establish that they were not 4-0?

If so, a different plan would have been necessary.


— — — 1] Pass 2NT* Pass 4{* Pass 4NT* Pass 5]* Pass 7] All Pass

Here we required a bid of 4{ to show a void. The result was no different from the Open Room. West tried a sneaky small diamond lead but she was disappointed when she saw dummy. The idea was a good one and on some layouts may have been a contender for a brilliancy prize, as at least the chance of a swing, but with this set of deals no such outcome was likely.

Board 9. Dealer North. E/W Vul. [ K 8 4 2 ] 10 8 7 3 { A J 3 } 8 2 [ A Q 10 5 [ J 9 6 ] K Q 9 ] A J 2 { K 8 6 2 { Q 7 } 7 3 } K Q 10 9 4 [ 7 3 ] 6 5 4 { 10 9 5 4 } A J 6 5

Open & Closed Room West North East South D’Ovidio Soulet Bompis Reess

Frey Drijver Mauberquez L. Madsen

— Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Both declarers failed to make their contract after the lead of the {10. The editor has discussed this deal in his diary.

Bas Drijver

Eric MauberquezChristina Lund Madsen

Nathalie Frey


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Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ Q 10 ] Q 6 4 { 10 8 6 3 2 } A 4 2 [ 9 8 [ 7 5 3 ] 10 5 3 ] A K J 9 7 { A J 9 4 { K 5 } K 10 8 6 } 9 5 3 [ A K J 6 4 2 ] 8 2 { Q 7 } Q J 7


Pass Pass 1] 1[ 2] Pass Pass 2[ Pass 3[ All Pass

North’s attempt to try and create a swing by inviting a low point-count game came unstuck when there were only eight tricks available for N/S. Of course, had he passed and E/W continued to 3] a raise to 3[ would have been needed. Due to the fortunate position of the red queens, 3] is always a make?


Pass Pass 1] 1[ 2] Pass Pass 2[ All Pass

North made no effort here and West was not prepared to commit to the three-level, so 2[ rolled home for five IMPs to Good Six, the second highest swing in this set.

Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul. [ K 5 4 2 ] Q J 10 5 { 5 4 2 } 9 7 [ 10 8 7 [ A Q J 6 ] A 9 7 6 ] K 8 4 2 { A Q 9 6 { K J 3 } 6 4 } 5 3 [ 9 3 ] 3 { 10 8 7 } A K Q J 10 8 2

Open & Closed Room West North East South D’Ovidio Soulet Bompis Reess


— Pass 1{ 4} Dble Pass 4] All Pass

I had little enough to report on this session as it is, and the editor has again taken this deal and is discussing the merits of various lines of play and defence.

At the end of one of the dullest sets of deals that has been my misfortune to watch Reess shaded the session 11-10, not quite what they needed if they were to have a practical chance of winning the match.

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With 14 deals to go, Good Six had a comfortable lead of 47 IMPs over Reess. Both the trailing team and the spectators were hoping that the boards would not be as stultifyingly dull as in the previous set. A few voids, eight-card suits…we would give the Great Shuffler latitude to spice things up any way (s)he wanted.

We duly saw a swing on the first deal – but not in the direction that those who might have wanted a close match would have preferred

Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ 5 3 2 ] 8 5 3 { Q 9 2 } 10 4 3 2 [ Q 8 [ K 9 6 4 ] Q 6 ] 10 7 { K J 6 5 3 { A 10 4 } K Q 8 5 } A J 9 7 [ A J 10 7 ] A K J 9 4 2 { 8 7 } 6

West North East South D’Ovidio Soulet Bompis Reess

— — — 1] Pass Pass Dble 1[ 2{ Pass Pass 2] 3} All Pass

West North East South Frey Drijver Mauberquez L. Madsen

— — — 1] Pass Pass Dble 2] 3] Pass 4[ All Pass

Since none of us in the Bulletin Office had ever seen a 3] call on the sequence from the Closed Room it wasn’t easy to say that it clearly meant one thing or another (well it is easy to say, but not with any degree of accuracy). The consensus was that West’s failure to overcall in spades meant that her failure to bid spades at her second turn suggested the call had to be stopper asking. Mauberquez did not see things that way, and jumped to 4[. Had Lund Madsen

doubled Frey would no doubt have run? Maybe not, if the jump to 4[ showed self-supporting spades. In 4[ declarer lost control early, and emerged with two trump tricks and three minor-suit winners for down 250.

D’Ovidio handled the auction extremely well in the other room, deciding to get both her suits in efficiently and give up on game unless partner could contribute again voluntarily. She bought the hand in a safe partscore and wrapped up her contract for +130 when she played North for the {Q. Well done, and 9 IMPs to Good Six.

GOOD SIX vs REESSBARRY RIGAL

MIXED TEAMSFINAL, ROUND 4/4

Christina Lund Madsen and Bas Drijver


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The next deal was a grand slam whose chances came in at rather worse than a finesse; a good opportunity for a swing?

Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. [ Q J 7 3 2 ] J { K Q 5 } K 10 7 6 [ 9 5 4 [ K 10 6 ] 10 9 7 4 2 ] 8 6 5 3 { 8 7 4 { 10 6 } 3 2 } Q J 5 4 [ A 8 ] A K Q { A J 9 3 2 } A 9 8


Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3{ Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 5] Pass 6}* Pass 6] Pass 7{ All Pass


Pass 1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3NT Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4NT Pass 5} Pass 5] Pass 6}* Pass 7{ All Pass

*Trump queen and }K no [K

Both tables set diamonds early, the French being unable to raise diamonds immediately except with four or extra values. After keycard revealed one ace, both Souths asked for the trump queen and discovered it along with the }K but no [K. Lund Madsen with the ebullience of youth leapt to 7{, confident that facing for an opening bid opposite she would buy some play for the grand slam (though wasn’t a hand like [Qxxxx ]J {KQxx }KQx, or the like, a live possibility?). Reess took a more sedate approach, bidding 6] to give her partner an out at 6NT. Soulet’s spade jack and heart singleton gave him hope that he would have enough for the grand slam. Right he was. Both tables took the spade finesse (Madsen playing to pitch clubs from dummy

then ruff a club in the North hand, Reess playing two rounds of spades early and ruffing out the suit). No swing.

On the next deal both E/W pairs competed over 3{ to 3[ with a diamond void, on what rated to be an eight-card fit for their side, but was actually a seven-card fit. They gave up 50 in 3[ instead of collecting what might have been 300 from 3{x when their partner turned up with most of their hand suitable for offense and irrelevant on defence. Still 9-0 for Good Six, and the boards were ticking away. When the next deal saw both E/W pairs cash nine winners in their 3NT game, we had seen four deals go past without an IMP for the trailing team.

Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ K 5 4 ] J 9 7 { K Q J 9 5 } K 4 [ A Q J 8 7 [ 10 9 6 2 ] Q 5 ] A 10 2 { 7 { 10 6 3 } A Q 9 5 3 } J 6 2 [ 3 ] K 8 6 4 3 { A 8 4 2 } 10 8 7


— — — 2{* 4}* 4{ 4[ 4NT* Dble 5] Dble All Pass

*Multi


— — — Pass 1[ 2{ 2[ Dble 4[ Pass Pass 5{ Dble All Pass

I wonder whether Lund Madsen would have been better advised as a passed hand to bid 3] (fit showing) over 2[? As it was, she virtually committed herself to saving against a game where her side had a winner in every suit on normal defence. In the other room Reess got her side to the rather awkward 5] when Soulet did not read the 4NT call as showing diamond support. Still, neither defence could get a force going and both declarers tackled hearts by running the jack then leading up to the king, for down 300. Another opportunity gone begging; still 9-0 on the set, and a 56 IMP lead for Good Six.


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Finally, some action went Reess’ way.

Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. [ 4 ] K J 9 { Q 9 8 7 6 4 2 } 5 3 [ K J 9 6 2 [ 10 3 ] Q 10 7 4 2 ] 8 5 { K { J 10 } A 7 } Q J 9 8 6 4 2 [ A Q 8 7 5 ] A 6 3 { A 5 3 } K 10


1[ 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass


1[ Pass 1NT Dble 2] 4{ All Pass

Reess had an easy advance to 3NT, Lund Madsen a far harder call at her second turn. In theory the diamond game is nothing to write home about on the N/S cards but with the {K singleton and the heart finesse working, Drijver had no problem taking 11 tricks, but still losing 11 IMPs to the 660 from the other room. And yes, after a heart lead there is a strip-squeeze for 12 tricks.

The next deal saw another opportunity for swing coming along – but this time the apparent swing to Good Six went the other way.

Board 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ K 2 ] Q 10 8 5 3 { 10 8 6 4 } K 6 [ Q J [ 10 9 8 5 3 ] A J ] — { A Q 9 2 { K J 5 3 } A J 7 3 2 } 10 9 5 4 [ A 7 6 4 ] K 9 7 6 4 2 { 7 } Q 8


— — Pass Pass 1} 2] Dble 4] 4NT Pass 5} 5] Dble All Pass


— — Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3]* Dble Pass Pass 3NT All Pass

Reess’ decision to save turned +100 into -100 but it was obviously a sensible moment to sacrifice (unless Soulet’s pre-empt was along the lines of his actual hand). That meant Good Six was on their way to a big pick-up, with 3NT doomed on a heart lead. Up to a point, Lord Copper. The low heart lead from Drijver went to Lund Madsen’s seven and declarer’s jack, and now West had 10 tricks rather than six. It is very hard to find a hand where this play was necessary, and ‘third-hand high’ does seem the logical thing to do here. Still, that meant 11 IMPs more for Reess, trailing by 34 IMPs.

Waiting for the fi nal resultsTania Dikhnova, Pierre Zimmermann, Marc Bompis and Catherine d'Ovidio


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The N/S pairs then both played 3NT where a 3-3 club break meant that even had the defenders in either room found the best lead (they didn’t) game was always going to make. On the next deal Madsen passed out an aceless 13-count in fourth seat at one of the tables. That gave Good Six 2 IMPs (in the other room Reess/Soulet with a combined 23-count had not been able to make 1NT). But the next big swing got us in the immortal words of Sir Alex Ferguson to ‘squeaky-bum time’.

Board 25. Dealer North. E/W Vul. [ A 8 ] A Q 5 3 { Q 9 } A J 10 6 2 [ 9 4 3 [ Q 10 7 6 5 2 ] 9 ] 10 { 10 7 6 5 3 { A K 8 4 } Q 9 5 3 } 8 7 [ K J ] K J 8 7 6 4 2 { J 2 } K 4


— 1} 1[ 2] Pass 2[ Pass 4] Pass 6] Dble All Pass


— 1} 2[ 3] Pass 3[* Pass 4] Pass 4[* Pass 4NT* Pass 5{* Dble 6] All Pass

In the Open Room Bompis’ double was entirely consistent with a club void and D’Ovidio’ s club length did not argue against that. She suited the action to the word, and that was -1310. In the open room it appeared that the extra level of pre-emption might keep N/S out of the failing slam. The 3[ call wasn’t clearly setting hearts, though, so Drijver took a second effort. Well done in a sense, and cuebidding would have led to 5]…but Lund Madsen opted for keycard and ran into a bad hand for 1430 when Mauberquez could double for the lead. Again, Lund Madsen had a chance to escape below slam: after a keycard response is doubled one should play pass as denying a control. Responder can sign off without a control now and responder can redouble without the queen but with a control, other calls showing a control and the queen. When she actually jumped to slam the defence had no problem in collecting their two tricks. The match

margin was now 18 IMPs and as we shall see there was at least 18 IMPs worth of swing in the last three deals…

Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. [ K Q 3 2 ] Q 10 6 4 2 { 8 4 3 } 7 [ 5 [ A 10 7 6 4 ] 9 5 ] A 8 7 { A J 10 9 6 { 5 2 } Q 9 8 3 2 } A K J [ J 9 8 ] K J 3 { K Q 7 } 10 6 5 4



— — 1[ Pass 1NT Pass 2} Pass 3} Pass 3NT All Pass

Both Easts’ decision to refuse to open a strong no-trump got them to 3NT the wrong way up, as the cards lay. With a 16-count can you really hope to describe your assets accurately if you don’t make the value bid? Yes, the small doubleton and five-card major aren’t ideal, but this looks as if it is more about telling the smallest lie. Both Norths led a heart. D’Ovidio ducked the first two hearts, won the next, and took the top clubs to discover she had no re-entry to hand outside diamonds. She was thus reduced to her 25% chance of finding both honors onside. When Reess split her honors on the first round of the suit D’Ovidio ducked and when she finessed on the next round, she had 630.

Frey also received a heart lead and decided not to risk ducking two hearts and receiving a spade shift: not unreasonable? She led a diamond at once, and Lund Madsen hopped up with the king, so Frey won the ace, crossed to a club and played a second diamond. Madsen got this right again, winning her queen and cashing out.

You could argue that D’Ovidio earned her swing by reading her opponents well; but it certainly seemed that Frey was rather unlucky to have played the technically superior line and suffered a game swing in the process. The 12 IMPs made Good Six’s lead 30 IMPs, and on the penultimate deal of the match they added a further 6 IMPs when Drijver’ s opening bid of 4] on a 1-7-1-4 good hand ran into a takeout double, (converted to penalty by the Yarborough opposite for -690) while a slower auction saw 4] undoubled concede 450.

A final flat board saw Good Six win by what seemed a convincing margin, but they had been run closer than the score suggested.


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ISTANBUL DIARYMARK HORTON

The Editor presents his diary from the European Open Championships in Istanbul

20 JuneIt was a busy day yesterday, culminating in the first

awards ceremony of the Championships when medals were presented to the successful teams in the Mixed Teams Championship and the BAM. Although national anthems are not played at transnational events, the medallists gave an impromptu spirited rendition of the Marseillaise (there were 15 French nationals on the podium) and a foreshortened rendition of the Russian national anthem.

It was also an important day for the EBL Executive who discussed forthcoming Championships. Appreciating that it is important to embrace the latest technology we understand that they may be about to announce the introduction of VAR at every table which should be of enormous benefit to all the Tournament Directors. Paying homage to the Cricket World Cup, matches that are unable to be completed will be decided using the Duckworth-Lewis method. Disputed bidding matters will be resolved using a combination of Hawkeye, Sniko, Ultra Edge & Hot Spot.

In close matches, Formula 1's DRS system will be applied; as soon as a team gets within 2 IMPs all overtricks will count double.

With BBO unavailable, coverage of the Mixed Pairs Final will be intense (how else will the world learn of the many brilliancies and blunders that might occur).

Not quite so easy for our off-site reporters - we thought we might send them the hand records and ask them to predict the bidding. I have a vague recollection (these days most recollections are vague) that some years ago I proposed enlivening VuGraph presentations by giving each spectator a hand held gizmo on which they could attempt to predict the next bid - the system would be called Predict-a-Bid. One might even offer a prize for the spectator with the best percentage. It might work best by restricting it to the actions of one player - just imagine the fun you might have using Predict-a-Bid with Christina Lund Madsen.

Swedish legend PO Sundelin is, amongst other things, checking the convention cards of the teams who will contest next month's European Youth Team Championships in Norway. One pair, having a little room left of their card have included the following under 'Very Important Notes':Whiteboards are remarkableRussian Dolls are full of themselvesMoses had the first tablet that could connect to the Cloud

I expect by now you are becoming impatient to see a deal, so turning reluctantly to the bridge here is a deal from the first session of the EBL Cup. As they might have said in Monty Python - 'and now for something completely different'...

Celebrating the victory - Bas Drijver, Christina Lund Madsen Mikhail Krasnosselski, Tania Dikhnova, Pierre Zimmermann


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Dealer South. EW Vul [ A 10 9 5 ] — { 6 } A J 9 8 7 5 4 2 [ J 7 6 2 [ K Q 5 3 ] K Q J 7 5 ] A 10 9 { 9 7 5 2 { K Q J 10 3 } — } Q [ 4 ] 8 6 4 3 2 { A 8 4 } K 10 6 3

West North East South Alacakaptan Yuen Gungor Fenton

— — — Pass Pass 1}* Dble* 1] Dble* 1[* 2{ Pass 3}* Dble* 3NT* Pass Pass 4}* Pass 5} 5{ 5]* Dble Pass Pass 6} Dble All Pass

1} Cannot be criticisedDble Beyond reproachDble Penalties1[ Showing spades and real clubs3} AmbigousDble I should be able to defeat this3NT I have a partial stopper in clubs4} Worried they might have a club stopper and a quick nine tricks in the red suits5] Cue bid6} Hoping it's a cheap save

It might not win the IBPA award for auction of the year, but it is certainly entertaining and +1190 helped Canada's Michael Yuen and Angela Fenton to a 64.99% session and second place at the break.

Time to pay a visit to the first session of the Mixed Pairs final:

Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ K Q J 4 ] J 10 6 { K 10 8 } A 7 5 [ 6 3 [ 10 ] Q 9 4 3 ] A 7 5 2 { A Q 9 7 { 6 5 2 } 8 6 3 } K J 10 9 2 [ A 9 8 7 5 2 ] K 8 { J 4 3 } Q 4

West North East South Yilmaz J Jansma Gocen Jansma

— — Pass 2[ Pass 3[ All Pass

West led the }3 and East won with the king and after some thought returned the jack. The trouble with doing that was that it suggested to declarer that the ]A was on her right, and that meant the {A must be with West, so ten tricks were recorded. Obviously if East switches to a low heart at trick two declarer will need to guess well, I suspect she would have risen with the king. +170 was worth only 14/40 as 18 pairs bid game.


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Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. [ 10 9 4 ] 7 3 { A 8 7 3 } K Q 7 5` [ K J 8 6 3 2 [ A 7 ] A 5 ] 10 9 8 6 4 { K J 10 { Q 9 6 } 10 6 } A 8 4 [ Q 5 ] K Q J 2 { 5 4 2 } J 9 3 2

West North East South Osborne Demirev Hinden Meltzer

— — — Pass 1[ Pass 1NT* Pass 2[ 2NT* Dble 3} Pass Pass 3[ All Pass

1NT Up to 12, nearly forcing 2NT Minors

Faced with having to choose between 3[ and a double East went for the former and on this layout there were ten easy tricks. +170 gave NS 34/20. Doubling 3} would have left NS with only 6/48.

Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. [ 10 9 3 ] K Q 9 7 6 2 { 5 2 } J 6 { A Q 5 [ J 6 4 2 ] J 10 ] 8 { A K 7 6 { J 9 3 } 8 7 4 3 } A K Q 10 5 [ K 8 7 ] A 5 4 3 { 7 6 3 } 9 2

West North East South A Yalman Lara Yalman Capucho

— 2{* Pass 3]* Dble All Pass

2{ Multi, weak two in a major or 22/23 balanced3] Pass or correct

I was expecting West to pass 3]. In that scenario East could then double and West might decide to play for a penalty. The defenders took their tricks for +500 and a whopping 2/52.

Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. [ K Q J ] A 2 { Q 10 9 8 3 } 7 6 3 [ 10 8 4 [ 9 7 6 5 3 2 ] K Q 10 4 ] 9 8 { K 4 { 7 5 2 } 9 8 5 2 } K Q [ A ] J 7 6 5 3 { A J 6 } A J 10 4

West North East South A Yalman Lara Yalman Capucho

— — Pass 1] Pass 1NT* Pass 2} Pass 3NT All Pass

1NT One round force

East led the [7 and declarer won perforce in dummy and played the ace of diamonds, followed by the jack. Forced to win West fatally played a second spade (a top heart looks obvious) and now declarer had an easy route to eleven tricks, +460 and 45/9. Mind you, restricting declarer to ten tricks would have been worth only 37/17 - to really get on the scoreboard East needs to find a heart lead at trick one - when the points are distributed 21/33.

Dealer 8. Dealer West. None Vul. [ Q J 9 7 6 5 4 ] Q 9 4 { 10 } K 5 [ 8 2 [ K 10 ] A 10 3 ] K 7 6 2 { Q J 4 2 { K 9 8 6 5 } Q J 8 2 } 10 4 [ A 3 ] J 8 5 { A 7 3 } A 9 7 6 3

West North East South Paoluzi Hoftaniska Marina Brock

— 3[ All Pass

East led the ]6 and West took the ace and switched to the {Q, declarer winning in dummy, ruffing a diamond and playing the [J. East covered and declarer won and played dummy's [3. When he finessed East's ten gave the defenders a third trick. that gave EW 9/45, while +200 would have reduced their score to 23/31. If South had raised to game (not unreasonable opposite a second in hand preempt) declarer would have been playing for one of two results, 34/20 for +420 (which happened only once) or 45/9.

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TÜRKIYE’NIN SESIMURAT MOLVA

Avrupa Şampiyonalarında bugün nispeten sakin bir gün yaşıyoruz. Karışık Dörtlü Takımlar Şampiyonası sonuçlandı, dereceye giren ekiplere ödülleri ve madalyaları verildi. Madalya kazanan takımların fotoğrafl arını dünki günlük bültende görebilirsiniz. Daha önce de belirttiğimiz gibi Karışık Dörtlü Takımlar Şampiyonasında yarı fi nal aşamasına kalan Türk oyuncu bulunmuyor.

Bu Şampiyonalarda yarı fi nalin önemi büyük çünkü yarı fi nale kalan ekip madalyayı garantiliyor. Nasıl? Bütün kategorilerde yarı fi nalde yenilerek elenen takımlar arasında üçüncülük maçı yapılmıyor. Bunun yerine her iki takım da üçüncü ilan ediliyor ve bronz madalya alıyorlar.

Bence bu çok güzel bir uygulama çünkü öncelikle yarı fi nalde yenilen takımların her ikisi de fi nale kalamamış oldukları için gam, keder ve depresyon içinde oluyorlar ve üçüncülük maçını iyi oynayacak motivasyon düzeyine yükselmeleri mümkün olmuyor. Diğer taraftan üçüncülük maçı yapılsa bile, bu maç gerek yerel gerekse internet (BBO) seyircileri tarafından pek ilgi görmüyor.

Bizdeki TBF turnuvalarında veya nakavt aşaması içeren tüm festival etkinliklerinde benzer bir sistemin yürürlüğe konması düşünülebilir.

Karışık turnuvanın fi nal turu ise 56 çiftin katılımı ile 2 gün sürecek. Karışık İkili Final turuna kalan kalan ekiplerimizden Dicle Toker – Altuğ Göbekli çifti bültenimizin devamlı müşterisi haline geldi. Güney, Altuğ, 1 pik pik açıyor ve 2 karo cevabına 2 kör diyor, 2NT cevabına da 3 trefl diyerek elini kitabi bir şekilde tarif etmiş hale geliyor. Şimdi Kuzey’deki Dicle Toker 3 karo diyor. Sizce bu konuşma nasıl bir el gösterir?

Board 10. Dealer East. All Vul. [ 9 7 ] — { K Q J 10 7 6 5 2 } A J 3[ J 5 2 [ 8 6 4] Q 10 9 3 ] J 7 6 5 2{ 9 3 { A 4} 9 8 4 2 } K Q 7 [ A K Q 10 3 ] A K 8 4 { 8 } 10 6 5

Kendi ortağınızla bu sekanstaki 3 karo konuşmasının nasıl bir el gösterdiğini konuşmuş muydunuz? Aşağıdaki seçeneklerden hangisi size uygun:

(a) Ortak, yol yakınken pas geç te 3 karo oynayalım(b) Ortak, ben 3NT diyecek cesareti bulamadım ama sen dersen memnuniyetle pas geçerim(c) Ortak, 3NT’ye batarız gibi geliyor bana, istersen 5 karo mu oynasak?(d) Ortak, benim gerçekten kaliteli bir karo rengim var istersen şlem bile oynayabiliriz

Altuğ Göbekli, ortağı Dicle Toker’in yukarıdakilerden (d) seçeneğini tercih ettiğini bildiği

için 4NT ile keycard soruyor ve Dicle Toker’in 6 karo cevabı nihai kontrat haline geliyor.

Bazı okuyucularımız “bunda ne var ki, ben bu şlemi rahatça bulurum” diye düşünebilir tabii, ama bir Avrupa Şampiyonası fi nalinde %87 skor almak herkesin harcı değil. Bu el ile ilgili skor frekans tablosuna baktığımızda şleme ulaşamamış çok sayıda çift görüyoruz. Demek ki bu çiftlerin de sistemlerinde kararlaştırmamış oldukları birkaç detay varmış.

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Board 25. Dealer North. E/W Vul. [ 2 ] Q J 5 { A K Q 10 8 2 } 8 6 3[ 7 6 5 4 [ K J 10 8 3] A 9 8 3 2 ] K 7{ J 9 7 { 6 4} 4 } J 10 9 2 [ A Q 9 ] 10 6 4 { 5 3 } A K Q 7 5

Yazımızın başlığını oluşturan cümleyi ünlü Dünya Şampiyonu briççi Bob Hamman’ın söylediğine ilişkin bir rivayet var. Sözü kimin söylediğinden ziyade, önemli olan içerdiği ana fi kir.

Sıradaki elimiz Karışık İkili Şampiyonası Yarı Finalinden bir el.

Kuzey, Gonca Konyalı, 1 karo açıp Doğu 1 pik ile üste konuştuktan sonra Güney, Gökhan Darik, bilimsel rotayı takip ederek 2 trefl cevabı ile başlamak ile kestirme yol olan 3NT deklaresi arasında tereddüt ettikten sonra 3NT’yi tercih ediyor.

Bence, sadece ikili turnuvalarda değil günlük hayatımızda da konuşmalarımızı 3NT diyerek bitirmemizde büyük yarar var.

Gökhan Darik pik atağını dam ile kazanıp 2 tur trefl çekince trefl renginin arızalı olduğunu görüyor. Aynı arızanın karo renginde de başgöstermesi

ihtimaline karşı Gökhan karo vale empası ile yere gidiyor ve karo 10’lunun kazandığını memnuniyetle görüyor. Bu, ikili turnuva için belki riskli bir hamle olarak düşünülebilir fakat sonuç olumlu.

Gökhan, yerden sıra ile karoları çekmeye başlıyor. Doğu’nun üste konuşmasına bakılarak üç renkte sıkışması ihtimali oldukça yüksek. Yerden son karo oynandığında Doğu elinde 2 adet pik ve 2 adet trefl tutmak zorunda kaldığı için kör ruasını defos ediyor.

Gökhan, Doğu’nun elini doğru bir şekilde okuyup kendi pik asını tekliyor ve trefl ile çıkınca Doğu son 2 löveyi vermek zorunda kalıyor. 3NT+3 skoru Gökhan Darik – Gonca Konyalı çiftine %59 gibi güzel bir skor kazandırıyor.

Gökhan DARİK

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INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PRESS ANNUAL AWARDS

BEST BID HAND CANDIDATES

The IBPA has now arranged long term sponsorship to present its annual awards in Sanya, the home of the Hainan Bridge festival. Last year the awards were televised by Chinese National Television, and this will also be the case in the current year.

The presentation takes place on September 29 – the day after the Bermuda Bowl finishes in Wuhan, and all players who are shortlisted (and appropriate journalists) should by now have been informed that they are on the list. But I am pleased that since the shortlist had to be put together a little earlier than usual, we will be able to show all our readers the candidate hands. Barry Rigal

The awards to be presented in Sanya are as follows:

The Yeh Bros Best Bid Hand

The Gidwani Family Trust Best Defended Hand

The Keri Klinger Memorial award for Best Played Hand

The Richard Freeman Junior deal of the year

And IBPA Personality of the Year.

Player JournalistKlukowski/Zatorski Fu QiangMeckwell David BirdBilde/Duboin Brian SeniorAndrew Robson David BirdBoyd/Robinson Chip DombrowskiHult/Bertheau Sue MundayWiseman/Smith Mark Horton

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The 2018 ACBL Fall NABC Honolulu

Playing in the quarterfinals of the Baze Senior KO, Steve Robinson and Peter Boyd employed an unusual control-asking treatment that landed them in the plum spot.

Dealer North. NS Vul. [ K J 10 9 7 4 ] A 6 { A J 7 } K 10 [ 6 [ Q 5 ] 9 ] Q J 8 3 { 6 4 3 2 { Q 9 8 } A Q 9 8 4 3 2 } J 7 6 5 [ A 8 3 2 ] K 10 7 5 4 2 { K 10 5 } —

West North East South Robinson Boyd

— 1[ Pass 4}*Pass 5}* Pass 5[*Pass 5NT* Pass 7[Pass Pass Pass

1. Splinter2. ‘Key-Card’ ask, including a club void3. 2 key cards (club void is a key card), no [Q4. King ask; guarantees all key cards and the spade queen

A handy little gadget to have in the toolbox! Should it be called “Roman Key Card Inclusion Super Gerber”?

The 2019 Memhis Spring NABC

Simon Hult and Peter Bertheau are not a regular partnership, but they improvised very nicely here. This was from the first final session of the Platinum Pairs.

(See top of next page.) Given the space available (yes, West might have done better to bid two notrump, but who knew how the hearts were divided?), the two-club call was intended as forcing without spade support, else some other call such as double, two notrump or three of a minor.

Dealer West. Neither Vul. [ 10 9 8 ] K Q J 10 9 8 5 4 { — } A K [ Q 5 2 [ 7 4 ] — ] A 6 3 2 { A Q 10 8 7 { J 6 5 4 } 9 8 7 4 3 } J 6 5 [ A K J 6 3 ] 7 { K 9 3 2 } Q 10 2

West North East South Hult Bertheau

Pass 1] Pass 1[1NT 2} Pass 2{Double 4{ Pass 4NTPass 5[ Pass 6]Pass Pass Pass

The four-diamond jump showed the void, so Bertheau bravely drove to slam and was absolutely right. The top clubs proved enough to allow the spade loser to be discarded in peace and quiet.

PLAYERS: Boyd / RobinsonJOURNALIST: Chip Dombrowski

PLAYERS: Hult / BertheauJOURNALIST: Sue Munday

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Name Name IMPs Boards

1 ZOBU Ahu ARONOV Victor TUR - BUL 58.972 ZMUDA Justyna KLUKOWSKI Michal POL - POL 57.733 MIHAI Geta MIHAI Radu ROM - ROM 56.654 MARINA Bogdan PAOLUZI Simonetta ROM - ITA 56.595 GROMOVA Victoria MATUSHKO Georgi RUS - RUS 56.466 KRASNOSSELSKI Mikhail DIKHNOVA Tatiana RUS - RUS 56.327 IONITA Marius STEGAROIU Marina ROM - ROM 56.168 GROSSACK Adam GRONKVIST Ida USA - SWE 56.129 RIMSTEDT Cecilia SHEN Yu Xiong SWE - CHN 54.7110 RITMEIJER Richard TICHA Magdalena NED - NED 53.9311 KONDAKCI SEN Emine SEN Tezcan TUR - TUR 53.5512 KHOLOMEEV Vadim YAKOVLEVA Maria RUS - RUS 53.4513 GOLD David SEALE Catherine ENG - ENG 53.2114 GOBEKLI Altug TOKER Fatma Dicle TUR - TUR 53.1115 EFRAIMSSON Bengt-Erik ZACK EFRAIMSSON Anna SWE - SWE 52.3716 BELLO Isabelle LORENZINI Cedric FRA - FRA 52.1617 JANISZEWSKI Przemyslaw BALDYSZ Cathy POL - POL 52.0218 BROCK Sally HOFTANISKA Thor Erik ENG - NOR 51.7219 PSZCZOLA Jacek SAKR May USA - USA 51.7020 LE PODER Jean CURETTI Nicole FRA - FRA 51.6921 GROMOV Andrey GULEVICH Anna RUS - RUS 51.5622 MISZEWSKA Ewa DMOWSKI Jacek POL - POL 51.3723 FISCHER Brigitta RIMSTEDT Ola HUN - SWE 51.1924 BIANCHEDI Alejandro COLE Margie ITA - USA 50.9025 PREDDY Kay SELWAY Norman ENG - ENG 50.7426 SARNIAK Anna ZAWADA Przemyslaw POL - POL 50.4027 SMEDEREVAC Jovanka EIRIKSSON Sveinn Runar FRA - ISL 50.0628 PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS Yankos SYRAKOPOULOU Christina GRE - GRE 49.8029 GROSS Susanna PASKE Thomas ENG - ENG 49.5930 ZACK Yaniv SAADA Nathalie ISR - ISR 49.3631 JANSMA Jan JANSMA Aida NED - NED 48.9932 ANDRESEN Martin MADSEN Christina Lund NOR - DEN 48.8733 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 48.8634 METIN Kudret METIN Ayse Nazli TUR - TUR 48.8035 FARHOLT Stense CASPERSEN Henrik DEN - DEN 48.4836 FREY Nathalie THUILLEZ Laurent FRA - FRA 48.4837 BOTTA Giorgia DELIMPALTADAKIS Nikos USA - GRE 48.4838 BARONI Irene ZALESKI Romain ITA - ITA 48.2939 RAN Jing Rong SHAO Zi Jian CHN - CHN 48.2240 SHAN Sheng GAN Ling CHN - CHN 48.1741 ATTANASIO Dario MANARA Gabriella ITA - ITA 47.8042 HINDEN Frances OSBORNE Graham ENG - ENG 47.4343 FILIPOWICZ Dominik HANNA Adele POL - LIB 47.1144 PONOMAREVA Tatiana ZIMMERMANN Pierre RUS - MON 47.0745 YILMAZ Onur GOCEN Filiz TUR - TUR 46.9746 ROZENBLYUM Mikhail KIRILLOVA Olga RUS - RUS 46.7347 OREY CAPUCHO Manuel d' LARA Maria Joao POR - POR 46.4248 ROSSARD Martine ROMANOWSKI Jerzy FRA - FRA 45.7649 SAPORTA Pierre SAPORTA-TWORZYDLO Renata FRA - FRA 44.1650 MELTZER Rose DEMIREV Nikolay USA - USA 43.8851 VOLDOIRE Jean-Michel AVON Danielle FRA - FRA 43.8252 LYBAEK Astrid Steen ELLINGSEN Kristian NOR - NOR 43.6053 YADLIN Israel MORAN OHAYON Orit ISR - ISR 43.4854 VERSACE Alfredo PRAMOTTON Emanuela ITA - ITA 41.8255 YALMAN Ali YALMAN Gracia TUR - TUR 41.3756 KAMGOZEN Nuray KAMGOZEN Emin TUR - TUR 38.22

MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final A Results after Session 3/6


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Name Name IMPs Boards

1 BILDE Dorte Cilleborg BILDE Dennis DEN - DEN 60.962 UZUNHASAN Mert GUMRUKCUOGLU Lale TUR - TUR 58.813 ALUF Sedat SANUS Sirma TUR - TUR 58.214 PASSARINHO Joao GUTIERREZ-HERRERO Myriam ESP - ESP 57.715 KOKEN Recep KOKEN Olcay TUR - TUR 57.616 MENGU Kenan ERGIN Pinar TUR - TUR 57.027 GONUL VEDAT GORUN Gulgun TUR - TUR 56.938 GOWER Craig ROSSLEE Diana RSA - RSA 56.199 COKGOR Tamer SENCER Burcak TUR - TUR 55.9510 SEKER Olgu HARAC Aksan TUR - TUR 55.9311 TUNCOK Cenk HOTAMISLIGIL Selen USA - USA 55.8012 UNAL Kutluhan KOMESLI Serdar TUR - TUR 55.6113 OZER Ahmet Murat KANLIKILIC Ferda TUR - TUR 55.5414 GOKSU Hakan SEN Nuray TUR - TUR 55.5315 VAN DER TOORN Cheryl KAPTEIN Mark NED - NED 55.4316 KUCUKKILIC Yahya INAN Sanem TUR - TUR 55.2317 HOYLAND Sven Olai SJODAL Sofie Grasholt NOR - NOR 54.9718 VROUSTIS Vassilis BAMEHREZ Eman GRE - KSA 54.8519 YUEN Michael FENTON Angela CAN - CAN 54.8320 FRANCESCHETTI Pierre SETTON Hilda FRA - SUI 54.7321 SOGUTLU Isik BAYNAZOGLU Hakan TUR - TUR 54.4322 GUR Okay ALUF Maisy TUR - TUR 54.3423 BASARAN Berk ELMAS Tuna TUR - TUR 54.2224 KENNY Joan COSKUN Irfan IRL - TUR 54.1525 CLAIR Paolo PAGNINI-ARSLAN Carla ITA - ITA 53.7226 SUNGET Senol CIMEN Tan TUR - TUR 53.5827 DELESTRE Daniel SOTTO Michele FRA - FRA 53.1428 ESENER Mustafa KAYTAZ Bulent TUR - TUR 53.1329 PEYRET Hakan SGOLOMBIS SEZEN Aleksandra TUR - TUR 53.0830 MIZRAHI Ece SIRIKLIOGLU Mehmet TUR - TUR 53.0231 KURANOGLU Serap HALEZEROGLU Ismail TUR - TUR 52.8932 OZBEY Tayfun TORUN Bulent Ozgur TUR - TUR 52.7933 AKSOY Ibrahim ACEMYAN Fotini TUR - TUR 52.7834 SOYUCAYLI Servet KAT Bego TUR - TUR 52.6135 ERCAN Erdal Olkay YAVAS Dilek TUR - TUR 52.5136 KOKTEN Namik KOKTEN Hatice Nazan TUR - TUR 52.4737 CHOLAKOV Peycho REINING Jennifer BUL - ESP 52.2638 SKORCHEV Stefan NETTLETON Diana BUL - ENG 52.2039 ALACAKAPTAN Bedia GUNGOR Ahmet TUR - TUR 52.1140 GUNEL Kenan Kursad ISIM Zeynep Serap TUR - TUR 52.0341 OZKURT Kenan ULUSOY Emine Gulen TUR - TUR 51.6942 AKIN Sevil AYDOGDU Fikret TUR - TUR 51.6843 SCHETTINO Giulia PORCIANI Roberto ITA - ITA 51.5944 YAVUZ Simten KIRDAR Enis TUR - TUR 51.5845 HARRIS Jeniffer MALHASYAN Eduard ENG - BUL 51.4646 HARRIS Jonathan ROOT STEVEN ENG - ENG 51.4247 ADIGUZEL Canan SEKER Cengiz TUR - TUR 51.3948 WANG Wei ZHAO Hailong CHN - CHN 51.2949 KOKSOY Enver ANAPA Deniz TUR - TUR 51.2350 CURTIS Catherine FEGARTY Paul ENG - ENG 51.1951 KOLATA Suleyman UZUN Ozge TUR - TUR 51.1752 GOLD Marusa TIHOLOV Todor ENG - BUL 51.1253 DEMIRBAS Naci DEMIROZ Gulden TUR - TUR 51.0054 BASTUG Ozden Emine POZAM Nuri Emin TUR - TUR 50.8855 ACAR Asli OZER Ufuk TUR - TUR 50.8656 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 50.7957 PEKOZ Nevzat PEKOZ Eser TUR - TUR 50.77

EBL CUP I RESULTS

Congratulations to the winners of the EBL CUP I Dennis and Dorte Bilde!


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58 ONISHCHUK Anna BOLAND Conor IRL - IRL 50.7059 NARUNSKY Maureen KAPREY Imtiaz RSA - RSA 50.6060 EBER Neville BLOOM Valerie RSA - RSA 50.5661 SANDQVIST Nicklas SHASHOU Nathalie ENG - ENG 50.5362 KOVACHEV Valentin MARQUARDT Diana BUL - USA 50.4663 PANADERO Maria ROMAGUERA Nuria ESP - ESP 50.4064 KADIOGLU Oguzhan YAYLA Betul TUR - TUR 50.3665 KANDEMIR Ismail NUHOGLU Sevil TUR - TUR 50.2966 VAHABOGLU Haldun VAHABOGLU Guler TUR - TUR 50.2667 DI DIO Giuseppina SCHNEIDER Peter ITA - USA 50.1768 OZTURK Erdem CAKICI Ferda TUR - TUR 50.1769 SERANGELI Franca MAZZA Andrea ITA - ITA 50.0170 AVSAR Nukhet KURAL Husnu TUR - TUR 50.0071 PAPAZISSIS Constantine ARSLANOGLOU Marianthi GRE - GRE 49.9672 ESKINAZ Nesim OZAN Eren TUR - TUR 49.7473 KILIC Selim SEN Aslihan TUR - TUR 49.5774 GOTARD Barbara GOTARD Tomasz GER - GER 49.2975 GRIGORIU Mihai ONEA Monica ROM - ROM 49.2676 ADAMIC Tomaz DRINOVEC DRNOVSEK Barbara SLO - SLO 49.2277 THEOTOKIS Nikos PSILOU Molly GRE - GRE 49.1278 WAKSMAN Sophie USZYNSKI Woyciech FRA - FRA 49.0579 SHAMI Anisia CAMP Owen NZL - NZL 48.9580 YILMAZ M.Gokhan HALFON Tola TUR - TUR 48.9381 UGUR Aliye UGUR Ufuk TUR - TUR 48.6482 ERTUS Cemal Ersan ANAVI SINGER Odeta TUR - TUR 48.6183 OZCELEP Yigit SEN Asya Su TUR - TUR 48.5784 McGOWAN Elizabeth (Liz) LIGGAT David SCO - SCO 48.4585 PHELAN John PHELAN Lucy IRL - IRL 48.3786 KREIDIEH Hana ALKATTAN Khaled LIB - KSA 48.2987 CESARI Barbara ROSSI Carlo ITA - ITA 48.2688 KOLESNIK Alex KOLESNIK Finn USA - USA 48.2389 BALINT Mihaela GINOSSAR Itamar ROM - ISR 48.1590 BOYBEK Merter Kapulu BOYBEK Ulgen TUR - TUR 47.8691 DOBROWOLSKI Marcin MADUZIA Anna POL - POL 47.8492 GHOSN Rita GUVEN Metin LIB - TUR 47.7193 KANLI Ozgur KURTOGLU ZABCI Hatice Akten TUR - TUR 47.6895 ERK Aysegul KAHRAN Hulisi TUR - TUR 47.5396 OZFRESKO Rozet POLAT Salih Halidun TUR - TUR 47.2697 SIMSEK Zeyni DALVA Rozet TUR - TUR 47.2098 SIMANAITIENE Sonata JANKAUSKAS Arunas LTU - LTU 47.1299 OZSOY Serap EVCIMEN Erhan TUR - TUR 47.02100 ERBIL Erdinc BENEFRAIM Perla TUR - TUR 46.99101 MINASYAN Anna YILDIZ Taner TUR - TUR 46.97102 HAYUT Avi BEN SIMHON Amalia ISR - ISR 46.23103 GOLD Leigh MUNTZ Kitty AUS - AUS 46.15104 ALP Zeynep EKINCI Orhan TUR - TUR 46.02105 JESENICNIK Aleksandra ORAC Tolja SLO - SLO 45.97106 HUANG Yan SHEN Siyuan CHN - CHN 45.94107 BIRCHALL Alex IGOE Niall ENG - ENG 44.76108 TOUTENEL Els SZENTANDRASI Gergely HUN - HUN 44.70109 DONNER Gary SOBEL Yoko USA - USA 44.66110 CAPAL Steve SOBELL Andrew ENG - ENG 44.46111 ESKINAZI Alegre Sima OZYETIS Serdar TUR - TUR 44.33112 STANGHELLE Helge HARDING Gerd Marit NOR - NOR 44.21113 BACH Peer LICHTNECKER Setsuko NZL - NZL 44.15114 WALSH Terry KEMPLE Brid IRL - IRL 43.82115 OZBEY Funda ERDOGDU Helin TUR - TUR 43.76116 BASARAN Emin OZEN Jale TUR - TUR 43.70117 SORENSEN Lotte APTEKER Jude Jacob RSA - RSA 43.55118 WALLIS Jim NASH William AUS - AUS 43.47119 SARACOGLU Nazik KOSE Aydin TUR - TUR 43.18120 BULKAZ Zeynep Esra ARSLAN Nevin TUR - TUR 42.78121 GOZUBUYUKOGLU Pers VALTISIARIS Dennis TUR - ENG 42.21122 TEKELI Ayse Sniha ORS Orsan TUR - TUR 41.70123 ONEN Can TANSAL Mediha Sule TUR - TUR 41.57124 GILLILAND Dolores STEWART Peter IRL - IRL 41.16125 TAHTALI Gokhan BULUT Birdal TUR - TUR 38.40126 MALUISH Annette Elizabeth MILL Andrew John AUS - AUS 37.67

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