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Bulletin - 4 20th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019, AMMAN, JORDAN Page 1 of 12

Bulletin - 4 Thursday, 27th June 2019

INDIA dominates in all the Four Team Events Yesterday, at the end of 7 rounds, the 1st round robin of the OPEN event completed, The Indian team led the field with 105.88 VPs with a healthy lead of nearly 31 VPs to the 2nd position holder Pakistan having 74.89 VPs. Bangladesh with 72.82 VPs and Kuwait with 71.85 VPs were in the 3rd & 4th positions respectively. Based on 1st round-robin rankings, the teams were assigned new numbers for the 2nd round-robin. 2 rounds of the second round robin were further played yesterday and at the end of the 3rd day’s play, the Indian Team (Debasish Ray (NPC), Anirudh Bhattacharya, Dipak Santra, Keyzad Anklesaria, Kirubakara Moorthy NR, Rajeshwar Tewari, Uttam Gupta) are leading comfortably with 129.18 VPs in 9 rounds. The Bangladesh team (Zahir Abdullah Al (NPC), AhasanA Md. Rashedul, Chowdhury M.Asifur Rahman, Haque Shah Zia-Ul, Islam Mohammad Monirul, Kamruzzaman A.H.M, Quddus M A, Rahman Md Moshiur) is in 2nd place with 100.13 VPs. Kuwait (98.65 VPs) and Pakistan (93.61 VPs) are in race for the semi-finals at 3rd & 4th positions respectively.

In the Women’s team event, at the end of the 3rd day’s play yesterday, the ladies have completed 2 round robins (6 rounds) out of the four to be played.

At the end of 2nd round-robin, The Indian Team Subhash Gupta (NPC), Alka Kshirsagar, Asha Sharma, Meenal Thakur, Nikita Kamal, Puja Batra, Rupa Bakeri) are leading with a score of 76.46 VPs.

The Pakistan team (Qudsia Dosa, Rubina Agha, Rubina Saeed Hai, Shahnaz Pirzada, Fatime Raza, Najm Abid) are in 2nd position with a score of 68.80 VPs.

The Jordan & Palestine teams are in 3rd and 4th place respectively with 48.40 & 45.34 VPs. In Seniors event, on day-3, the teams played 3 rounds of round-robin-2 and at the end of the day the Indian team (Anal Shah (Coach), Dipak Poddar (Captain), JITENDRA SOLANI, RAMAMURTHY SRIDHARAN, SUBHASH DHAKRAS, SUKAMAL DAS, SUBRATA SAHA) with a score of 131.05 VPs are leading. The Pakistan team (Anwar Kazilbash, Azwer Ul Haque, Ghalib Bandesha, Ghias Malik, Khalil Izat, Safdar Mahmood) are in 2nd position with a score of 111.93 VPs. UAE is in 3rd place with 104.52 VPs, whereas UAE is in 4th place with 76.03 VPs. Top 2 teams qualify for finals after playing triple round robin. In the Mixed Team event on day-3, the teams played 3 rounds of round-robin-2 and at the end of the day the Indian team (Ramratnam Krishnan (NPC), Bharati Dey, Bindiya Naidoo, Himani Khandelwal, Priya Ranjan Sinha, Rajeev Khandelwal, Sujit Kumar Basu) with a score of 120.94 VPs are leading. The Pakistan team (Nilofar Aslam, Zia Hyder Naqvi, Rehana Saigol, Fehmida Sarfraz, Saeed UZ Zafar Shah, Ahsan Qureshi) are in 2nd position with a score of 116.18 VPs. UAE is in 3rd place with 97.45 VPs, whereas Jordan is in 4th place with 80.14 VPs. Top 2 teams qualify for finals after playing triple round robin.

See detailed results on page 3 & 4.


Today’s Play Schedule (Thursday – 27th June 2019)

OPEN TEAMS TBL # RR-2, RND-3 (1030 Hrs.) RR-2, RND-4 (1430 Hrs.) RR-2, RND-5 (1730 Hrs.)

TBL-01 INDIA Vs JORDAN S. ARABIA Vs INDIA INDIA Vs KUWAIT TBL-02 PAKISTAN Vs S. ARABIA KUWAIT Vs PAKISTAN PAKISTAN Vs BANGLADESH TBL-03 BANGLADESH Vs KUWAIT UAE Vs JORDAN S. ARABIA Vs UAE

WOMEN TEAMS TBL # RR-3, RND-1 (1030 Hrs.) RR-3, RND-2 (1430 Hrs.)

TBL-05 INDIA Vs PALESTINE JORDAN Vs INDIA TBL-06 PAKISTAN Vs JORDAN PAKISTAN Vs PALESTINE SENIORS TEAMS

TBL # RR-2, RND-5 (1030 Hrs.) RR-3, RND-1 (1430 Hrs.) RR-3, RND-2 (1730 Hrs.) TBL-07 INDIA Vs UAE 1 (TBD) Vs 6 (TBD) 5 (TBD) Vs 1 (TBD) TBL-08 JORDAN Vs S. ARABIA 2 (TBD) Vs 5 (TBD) 4 (TBD) Vs 2 (TBD) TBL-09 PAKISTAN Vs BANGLADESH 3 (TBD) Vs 4 (TBD) 6 (TBD) Vs 3 (TBD)

MIXED TEAMS TBL # RR-2, RND-5 (1030 Hrs.) RR-3, RND-1 (1430 Hrs.) RR-3, RND-2 (1730 Hrs.)

TBL-10 INDIA Vs UAE 2 (TBD) Vs 5 (TBD) 5 (TBD) Vs 1 (TBD) TBL-11 JORDAN Vs S. ARABIA 3 (TBD) Vs 4 (TBD) 4 (TBD) Vs 2 (TBD)

TBD - The next round robin match will be decided based on the ranking of Previous Round Robin

Today’s Vu-Graph Matches on BBO Round-1: 1030 Hrs

BBO 1: PAKISTAN Vs. SAUDI ARABIA (OPEN) BBO 2: INDIA Vs. UAE (SENIORS)

Round-2: 1430 Hrs BBO 1: UAE Vs. JORDAN (OPEN) BBO 2: PALESTINE Vs. INDIA (WOMEN)

Round-3: 1730 Hrs BBO 1: PAKISTAN Vs. BANGLADESH (OPEN) BBO 2: To be Decided (Mixed)

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RESULTS AT A GLANCE

OPEN TEAMS Round Robin - 2

Rnk T# Team Name CO - RR1 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 TOTAL Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs 1 1 INDIA 106.87 B 12.00 7 10.31 6 5 4 3 2 129.18 2 4 BANGLADESH 72.82 5 10.00 B 17.31 3 2 1 7 6 100.13 3 2 KUWAIT 71.85 7 14.80 6 12.00 5 4 3 B 1 98.65 4 3 PAKISTAN 74.89 6 6.96 5 11.76 4 B 2 1 7 93.61 5 5 UAE 55.58 4 13.04 3 9.69 2 1 7 6 B 78.31 6 6 JORDAN 59.30 3 10.00 2 8.24 1 7 B 5 4 77.54 7 7 S. ARABIA 61.69 2 5.20 1 2.69 B 6 5 4 3 69.58

WOMEN TEAMS Round Robin - 2

Rank T# Team Name CO

RR1 R1 R2 R3 PEN TOTAL Vs. VPs Vs. VPs Vs. VPs VPs 1 1 INDIA 39.85 4 6.72 3 15.92 2 13.97 76.46 2 2 PAKISTAN 33.85 3 17.72 4 11.20 1 6.03 68.80 3 4 JORDAN 17.23 1 13.28 2 8.80 3 9.09 48.40

4 3 PALESTINE 28.07 2 2.28 1 4.08 4 10.91 45.34

SENIOR TEAMS

Round Robin - 2

Rank T# Team Name CO - RR1 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 PEN TOTAL Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs Vs VPs VPs 1 1 INDIA 73.43 6 16.58 5 13.75 4 16.09 3 11.20 2 131.05 2 3 PAKISTAN 55.60 4 14.80 6 15.56 2 17.17 1 8.80 5 111.93 3 2 UAE 67.55 5 13.28 4 17.59 3 2.83 6 3.27 1 104.52 4 5 BANGLADESH 38.57 2 6.72 1 6.25 6 14.18 4 10.31 3 76.03 5 4 JORDAN 40.20 3 5.20 2 2.41 1 3.91 5 9.69 6 61.41 6 6 S. ARABIA 24.65 1 3.42 3 4.44 5 5.82 2 16.73 4 55.06

MIXED TEAMS Round Robin - 2

Rank T# Team Name CO - RR1 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 PEN TOTAL Vs. VPs Vs. VPs Vs. VPs Vs. VPs Vs. VPs VPs 1 1 INDIA 66.22 6 12.00 5 17.31 4 10.61 3 14.80 2 120.94 2 4 PAKISTAN 52.86 3 15.56 2 19.93 1 9.39 5 18.44 6 116.18 3 2 UAE 55.58 5 14.80 4 0.07 3 15.00 6 12.00 1 97.45 4 3 JORDAN 53.50 4 4.44 6 12.00 2 5.00 1 5.20 5 80.14 5 5 S. ARABIA 29.84 2 5.20 1 2.69 6 12.00 4 1.56 3 51.29


ROUND-BY-ROUND SCORE OF ALL EVENTS OPEN TEAM EVENT RESULTS

RR1 - Round # 7 TBL # Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs

1 1. JORDAN Vs. 2. UAE 37-4 17.17-2.83 2 3. INDIA Vs. 7. BANGLDESH 62-20 18.33-1.67 3 4. PAKISTAN Vs. 6. SAUDI ARABIA 50-31 14.80-5.20 5. KUWAIT 8. BYE 0 - 12.00


1 2. PAKISTAN Vs. 7. UAE 24-35 6.96-13.04 2 3. BANGLDESH Vs. 6. JORDAN 17-17 10.00-10.00 3 4. KUWAIT Vs. 5. SAUDI ARABIA 21-2 14.80-5.20 1. INDIA 8. BYE 12.00 - 0


1 7. UAE Vs. 1. INDIA 38-39 9.69-10.31 2 6. JORDAN Vs. 2. PAKISTAN 38-44 8.24-11.76 3 5. SAUDI ARABIA Vs. 3. BANGLDESH 15-49 2.69-17.31 8. BYE 4. KUWAIT 0 - 12.00

WOMEN TEAM EVENT RESULTS RR2 - Round # 2

TBL # Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 5 3. PALESTINE Vs. 1. INDIA 20-45 4.08-15.92 6 2. PAKISTAN Vs. 4. JORDAN 37-33 11.20-8.80


5 1. INDIA Vs. 2. PAKISTAN 32-17 13.97-6.03 6 3. PALESTINE Vs. 4. JORDAN 21-18 10.91-9.09

SENIOR TEAM EVENT RESULTS RR2 - Round # 2

TBL # Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 7 5. BANGLADESH Vs. 1. INDIA 27-41 6.25-13.75 8 4. JORDAN Vs. 2. UAE 13-49 2.41-17.59 9 6. SAUDI ARABIA Vs. 3. PAKISTAN 27-50 4.44-15.56


7 1. INDIA Vs. 4. JORDAN 36-10 16.09-3.91 8 2. UAE Vs. 3. PAKISTAN 17-50 2.83-17.17 9 5. BANGLADESH Vs. 6. SAUDI ARABIA 46-30 14.18.52


7 3. PAKISTAN Vs. 1. INDIA 28-32 8.80-11.20 8 6. SAUDI ARABIA Vs. 2. UAE 57-27 16.73-3.27 9 5. BANGLADESH Vs. 4. JORDAN 24-23 10.31-9.69

MIXED TEAM EVENT RESULTS RR2 - Round # 2

TBL # Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 10 5. SAUDI ARABIA Vs. 1. INDIA 10-44 2.69-17.31 11 4. PAKISTAN Vs. 2. UAE 68-9 19.93-0.07 6. BYE Vs. 3. JORDAN 0 - 12.00


10 1. INDIA Vs. 4. PAKISTAN 47-45 10.61-9.39 11 2. UAE Vs. 3. JORDAN 43-23 15.00-5.00 5. SAUDI ARABIA Vs. 6. BYE 12.00 - 0


10 3. JORDAN Vs. 1. INDIA 29-48 5.20-14.80 11 5. SAUDI ARABIA Vs. 4. PAKISTAN 31-74 1.56-18.44 6. BYE Vs. 2. UAE 12.00 - 0


Tournament Draw

OPEN TEAMS (7 TEAMS) - ROUND ROBIN - 2

RND # TBL-1 TBL-2 TBL-3 BYE TBL Team # TEAM NAME 1 2 Vs 7 3 Vs 6 4 Vs 5 1 Vs 8 1 INDIA 2 7 Vs 1 6 Vs 2 5 Vs 3 8 Vs 4 2 PAKISTAN 3 1 Vs 6 2 Vs 5 3 Vs 4 7 Vs 8 3 BANGLADESH 4 5 Vs 1 4 Vs 2 7 Vs 6 8 Vs 3 4 KUWAIT 5 1 Vs 4 2 Vs 3 5 Vs 7 6 Vs 8 5 SAUDI ARABIA 6 3 Vs 1 6 Vs 5 7 Vs 4 8 Vs 2 6 JORDAN 7 1 Vs 2 3 Vs 7 4 Vs 6 5 Vs 8 7 UAE

8 BYE WOMEN TEAMS (4 TEAMS) - ROUND ROBIN - 3

RND # TBL-5 TBL-6 Team # TEAM NAME 1 1 Vs 4 2 Vs 3 1 INDIA 2 3 Vs 1 2 Vs 4 2 PAKISTAN 3 1 Vs 2 3 Vs 4 3 JORDAN 4 PALESTINE

SENIOR TEAMS (6 TEAMS) - ROUND ROBIN - 2

RND # TBL-7 TBL-8 TBL-9 Team # TEAM NAME 1 1 Vs 6 2 Vs 5 3 Vs 4 1 INDIA 2 5 Vs 1 4 Vs 2 6 Vs 3 2 UAE 3 1 Vs 4 2 Vs 3 5 Vs 6 3 PAKISTAN 4 3 Vs 1 6 Vs 2 5 Vs 4 4 JORDAN 5 1 Vs 2 4 Vs 6 3 Vs 5 5 BANGLADESH

6 SAUDI ARABIA

MIXED TEAMS (5 TEAMS) - ROUND ROBIN - 2 RND # TBL-10 TBL-11 BYE TBL Team # TEAM NAME

1 2 Vs 5 3 Vs 4 1 Vs 6 1 INDIA 2 5 Vs 1 4 Vs 2 6 Vs 3 2 UAE 3 1 Vs 4 2 Vs 3 5 Vs 6 3 JORDAN 4 3 Vs 1 5 Vs 4 6 Vs 2 4 PAKISTAN 5 1 Vs 2 3 Vs 5 4 Vs 6 5 SAUDI ARABIA

6 BYE NOTES: 1. The first Round-Robin was based on team nos. taken out in the Captain's Meeting. 2. In the subsequent Round-Robin, the same draw as of the first round-robin will continue with new Team Nos. being allocated to Teams, based on their rankings at the end of previous round-robin 3. There will be 2 Round-Robins in OPEN, 4 Round Robins in WOMEN and 3 Round-Robins each in MIXED & SENIORS event.


Open Room: NS (INDIA) – Uttam Gupta – NR Kirubakara Moorthy EW (BANGLADESH) – Rahman Md Moshiur - Kamruzzaman A.H.M

Closed Room: NS (BANGLADESH) – Haque Shah Zia-Ul – Ahasan Md. Rashedul EW (INDIA) – Keyzad Anklesaria – Rajeshwar Tewari

Board 1, Dlr: North, Vul: None

72 A5 QJ82 98743

AK863 983 K7 AKT

QJT95 QJ764 4 Q5

4 KT2 AT9653 J62

The match started with a flourish for Bangladesh, when North in closed room found the only lead to beat 4S. Both the rooms reached 4S and in open room the Indian North led the DQ, won by South with Ace. Now also the chance of going down was there, if South leads a heart but he led the club and the contract had no problems. In closed room, the Bangladesh North led the HA and took his ruff when partner encouraged. That was one down and 10 IMPs to Bangladesh.

Board 3, Dlr: South, Vul: EW

J32 Q76 764 QJ42

54 AJ9532 J KT53

AK97 KT84 53 976

QT86 AKQT982 A8

Open Room:

West North East South 1D 1H Pass 3D 3S Pass 4D Pass 5D All Pass Closed Room: West North East South 1D 1H Pass 2D 3D 3H 4D 4H All Pass In the open room, East showed good support in hearts by bidding 3D but once South bid 3S, West passed showing his low range overcall in hearts. North gave preference to diamonds and South raised to game in diamonds.

On a spade lead from West, the contract would have gone 2 down but defenders led the trump and declarer after taking out trumps played the spades restricting his losers to 2 spades and a ckub going one down.

In the closed room, East after showing good support in hearts raised his partner’s 3H to 4H, which became the final contract.

North led the CQ and South won with the Ace and after cashing DA played back the club, declarer winning with Ace. Now when declarer played the HA, the bad break in hearts was found but it was not to the disadvantage of the declarer, who finessed the queen and just gave one more club to make the contract and India gained 11 IMPs.

Board 7, Dlr: South, Vul: All

K8 KJ984 Q95 KT4

AJ963 75 863 963

Q72 AQ62 AT42 Q7

T54 T3 KJ7 AJ852

Open Room:

West North East South Pass Pass 1H Pass 1NT All Pass West led his 4th best spade and declarer went up with the King and played back a diamond. When East played low the trick was won in dummy with the Jack and now if clubs are played correctly, 7 tricks were guaranteed. However, South after winning the DH, played HT and rolled it, East winning with the queen. SQ was cashed and another spade returned. The contract is down now with defenders having 4 spades, 2 hearts and DA. But West helped them, when after cashing spades, he returned the clubs allowing the contract to be made.

Closed Room:

West North East South Pass Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2C DBL 3C 3S All Pass After North bid 2C over the forcing NT from partner, East doubled 2C as takeout of clubs and West came out with the bid of 3S. There are 2 losers each in minors and the contract depends on spade & heart finesse working. As the cards lie, spade finesse was off but the contract was allowed to make as North tried the stunt of leading his SK. With heart finesse working the contract was made for a gain of 6 IMPs to India.

OPEN TEAMS – RR1, ROUND -7 (INDIA Vs. BANGLADESH )


Board 9, Dlr: North, Vul: EW

KJ5 AJ952 K Q875

T742 K84 J3 T432

Q T76 QT765 KJ96

A9863 Q3 A9842 A

OPEN ROOM: West North East South 1H Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 4S All Pass

CLOSED ROOM: West North East South 1H Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass 4S Pass 4NT Pass 5D Pass 6S All Pass

The bidding in the open room was sweet and simple. But in closed room, the Bangladesh NS overbid to the hilt. Bidding a slam with trump queen missing and no heart King was not the doctor ordered. Mainly it was overbidding by South who cue bid with poor values in spade & diamonds. The contract had chance of making only if spades are divided 3-3 with queen falling and heart finesse working and being 3-3. Though hearts behaved and SQ also fell but after diamond lead there was no way to enjoy the hearts as 4th heart was ruffed and diamond could not be ruffed in dummy. The contract went one down for another 11 IMPs loss to Bangladesh.

Board 10, Dlr: East, Vul: All

32 A52 A98 AT964

AT9654 93 J3 K32

K8 J76 KT52 QJ75

QJ7 KQT84 Q764 8

OPEN ROOM: West North East South Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass 3H All Pass

CLOSED ROOM: West North East South Pass Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2S All Pass

In the open room, after 2 passes, South knowing his partner to have points balanced with 3H, which became the final contract. West led the DJ and declarer won with Ace and played 3 rounds of hearts to be in dummy and now played a diamond. East hopped up with DK and played SK and a spade back. Declarer had no problem in claiming the rest after finessing the D9 for +170 on the board. In the closed room, EW were allowed to play in 2S as West preferred opening a light 1S on 3rd seat rather than 2S. The defence was not upto the mark and declarer was allowed to make 2S, which gave another 7 IMPs to India.

Board 12, Dlr: West, Vul: NS

T743 A8 KT863 76

AQJ KT42 975 K94

9865 QJ976 J AJ6

K2 53 AQ42 QT532

Open Room:

West North East South 1C Pass 1D Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3D Pass 4H All Pass

1D by East was heart and West’s 2H was good support. When 3D was bid by East (showing shortness or cue), West jumped to 4H. With SK inside, there was not much to the play and Bangladesh gained 7 IMPs when the closed room pair only bid 3H.

Board 13, Dlr: North, Vul: All

J832 JT52 AQ753

KQT65 964 8 8762

74 Q73 64 KQJT54

A9 AK8 KJT92 A93

In the closed room, the Bangladesh NS simply bid 3NT making 9 tricks. But in open room the Indian NS bid the hand well to reach 6D.

There was no problem in the play and when the Heart finesse worked, declarer was able to make all 13 tricks for 13 IMPs gain.

INDIA won the match by 62-20.


Some interesting deals of the championship are detailed below:

OPEN Team, Round Robin – 1, Round - 5

Board 15, Dlr: South, Vul: NS

QJ52 T64 JT542 6

AK9764 AQ A7 A93

83 KJ987 K6 KT75

T 532 Q983 QJ842

In the Bangladesh Vs Kuwait match Bangladesh was in 6S going one down, whereas Kuwait EW went for Grand slam going 2 down for a 2 IMPs gain for Bangladesh.

But none of the 10 tables playing in the championship could reach the makeable 7H.

7H played by East is always on trump lead or spade lead you win in dummy, cash hearts and go to hand with DK, take out trumps and play another spade. Ruff the 3rd spade. Now go to dummy with DA and ruff the 4th spade making the spades good. You still have the CA entry for entering dummy.

In case of a minor suit lead, win in hand, cash dummy’s hearts now come up with the other minor King, take out trumps, play top spade, ruff a spade and enter dummy with one of the minor ace and ruff the 4th spade. You still have another minor ace for entry.

Board 7, Dlr: South, Vul: All

J976 KQJ6432 6 T

Q8 Q85432 AKJ72

AK543 A87 K 8543

T2 T95 AJT97 Q96

In Bangladesh Vs Kuwait match, the Bangladesh pair reached 6C and played well to make it (see Bulletin-3, page 9 for details). It is interesting to note that the contract is doomed on D6 lead from North, as partner can give ruff to North. His C10 becomes the all important card.

The Pakistan Seniors team also bid 6C against Bangladesh Seniors on the above board. In the open room.

The bidding was:

West North East South Ghias Anwer Malik Kizilbash

1D 3H 3S Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass 4S Pass 6C All Pass

Heart King was led and declarer ruffed in hand after playing low from dummy. Now low diamond to King was won by South with Ace and the contract could have been defeated now also, if a diamond is returned but South played C9 and declarer finessed the Jack. Now a diamond was played and ruffed in dummy, spade played to Queen and another diamond ruffed; heart ruffed and another diamond ruffed. Now club was played and 12 tricks taken. SENIORS Team, Round Robin – 2, Round - 2

Saudi Arabia Vs. Pakistan

Board 9, Dlr: North, Vul: EW

KJ5 AJ952 K Q875

T742 K84 J3 T432

Q T76 QT765 KJ96

A9863 Q3 A9842 A

OPEN ROOM: West North East South Anwar Ghias Kizilbash Malik

1H Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass 6S All Pass The lead was a small club from West. Declarer played low from dummy and declarer won the Jack with the Ace. A low heart was played to Jack and when it held a small club played, East blundered by putting the King, which got ruffed. Declarer went to dummy with DK and discarded one diamond on CQ and the last club ruffed in dummy with S6. Now DA was cashed and a heart played to HA and another heart ruffed with S8. Now came a diamond. West was left with all the four spades (T742) and had to ruff perforce and over-ruffed in dummy. When the heart was played from dummy, East discarded a diamond and declarer ruffed with Ace and played another diamond. West had to ruff and finally only one last trick went to the opponents.

SOME INTERESTING DEALS FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIPS )


Jordan Bridge Brief History - By Ghassan Ghanem

.......... To be Continued


Against the odds!

The venue is the Women's Teams Competition of the Eighth World Teams Olympiad held 1996 in Rhodes. The USA ladies team, the team that had finished first in the qualifying round-robin was facing a young Bulgarian team that was fielded by the Bulgarian Bridge Federation that had been a member of the World Bridge for only about one month before the Olympiad. The American team lost the quarterfinal match to Bulgaria and was knocked out. Here is one of the hands that contributed +17 international match points to the winning team's score.

Dlr: East, Vul: EW

94 AT763 9843 97

Q75 KJ5 AK5 A862

AKJT3 Q Q62 KJT4

862 9842 JT7 Q53

The Americans E-W bid 6 and their declarer guessed the club Queen the wrong way to go one down. The Bulgarians E-W bid 6 and their declarer set up the hearts for two club discards, she did not need the club's finesse!

What happened? All text books advice you to give preference to a 4-4 fit compared to another 5-3 fit! If you replace the heart queen with a smaller card, the club slam will have a better chance. Also, the club slam is better if you switch the diamond queen and club four.

We can conclude that the over all strength is crucial and the trump suit strength is decisive.

Here is another hand which Marwan and I played against the Egyptian team during our first round robin match in the open teams' competition of the Fifth Asia and Middle East Championships held 1989 in Cairo.

Dlr: East, Vul: All

A9876 72 JT73 Q2

Q5 AKT986 Q654 A

KJT Q4 AK82 K974

432 J53 9 JT8653

West North East South - - 1N Pass

2(1) Pass 2(2) Pass

4(3) Pass 4(3) Pass

4NT(4) Pass 5(3) Pass

5(5) Pass 6(6) End

(1) Transfer

(2) Denies maximum points together with super fit in heart.

(3) Splinter but could be a Cue bid, good heart suit and shows slam interest.

(4) None or two of the three top Heart honors, the agreed upon trump suit.

(5) Denying controls of the spade suit.

(6) Yes, I have a spade stopper and the heart queen. We made 12 tricks; again, 17 imps went our way after the Egyptians went one down in their perfectly bid 6. Again, the 4-4 fit failed against the 6-2 fit in spite of all the text books recommendations! Marwan told me later that he did not show his diamonds as a second suit because it is relatively weak. We will keep on giving preference to the 4-4 fit against any other eight cards fit keeping in our mind that their are main decisive factors, the strength of both the compared suits, the over all shape and strength of both hands, the level of the contract and which hand should receive the lead.

- By Ghassan Ghanem

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DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES IN BRIDGE PLAYING Examples Compiled and presented by Mazhar Jafri

EXAMPLE 3: Attacking declarer’s communication

8 7 A 4 3 2 K T 9 4 3 2 J

9 4 2 K 9 8 Q 8 7 Q T 9 8

Vul: None, Lead: Q

West North East South 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2S Pass 3NT All Pass

Declarer wins our partner’s spade queen lead with the ace and exits with the diamond jack, ducking in the dummy. Let us focus on the defense plan.

SOLUTION Partner probably has the queen and jack of spades and the diamond ace. What about the suit distribution? West and South have four spades each. Where will the defensive tricks come from? The answer: Two diamonds and two spades.

Declarer’s tricks: Two spades, one heart, four diamonds and two clubs. The solution will suggest itself as soon as one realizes the consequences of the 2-2 division of diamonds in the closed hands. The only entry to the prospective diamond winners is the ace of hearts. Therefore, when West switches to a heart upon getting diamonds, declarer will not win it since by doing so he will end up losing four diamond tricks.

After cashing three heart tricks, we return to spades to gather all the tricks we have originally been entitled to.

Full hand

8 7 A 4 3 2 K T 9 4 3 2 J

Q J T 6 7 6 5 A 6 7 5 3 2

9 4 2 K 9 8 Q 8 7 Q T 9 8

A K 5 3 Q J T J 5 A K 6 4

The aforementioned play is an interesting variation of the Merrimac Coup.

The Merrimac Coup is a coup where a player (usually a defender) sacrifices a high card in order to eliminate a vital entry from an opponent’s hand (usually a dummy).

.......... To be continued


The 20th BFAME Championships, AMMAN 23rd June to 30th June 2019

Championships Schedule Daily Timings 1030 – 1250 Hrs. Match 1 of the day - OPEN/WOMEN/SENIORS/MIXED Teams 1430 – 1650 Hrs. Match 2 of the day - OPEN/WOMEN/SENIORS/MIXED Teams 1730 – 1950 Hrs. Match 3 of the day - OPEN/SENIORS/MIXED Teams Note:

1. From Monday, Jun 24 till Thursday, Jun 27, there will be every day 3 matches per day for OPEN Teams. On Friday, Jun 28, there will be 2 matches in OPEN Teams & the first session of Semi-Finals of 16 boards will also be played from 1730 Hrs..

2. From Monday, Jun 24 till Friday, Jun 28, there will be every day 3 matches per day for SENIORS / MIXED. 29th June will be a rest day for SENIORS / MIXED

3. From Monday, Jun 24 till Friday, Jun 29, there will be 2 matches per day for WOMEN

Saturday, Jun 29 1030 – 1250 Hrs. Semi-Finals – 2nd Segment OPEN Teams 1430 – 1650 Hrs. Semi-Finals – 3rd Segment OPEN Teams 1730 – 1950 Hrs. Semi-Finals – 4th Segment OPEN Teams

Sunday, Jun 30 1030 – 1250 Hrs. Finals – 1st Segment (OPEN, WOMEN, SENIORS, MIXED Teams) 1430 – 1650 Hrs. Finals – 1st Segment (OPEN, WOMEN, SENIORS, MIXED Teams) 1930 Hrs. Prize Distribution over Victory Banquet

Finals: 32 boards (16x2) for all four categories on last day (Sunday, June 30)

No Smoking

Smoking in the playing area, is strictly prohibited and will attract heavy penalties.

No Mobile Phones Use of Mobile telephones is prohibited in the playing area, while the play session is on. No player can take the Mobile phone inside the playing arena. It has to be deposited outside playing area and TDs will make a random check. Strict action will be taken against the offending players.

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE

The Tournament Directors would award penalties as prescribed by the Laws and Conditions of the contest for Use of Mobiles, Slow play or Late Arrival.

All players are informed that ENGLISH is the official language of the tournament for interacting while the match is on.

IMPORTANT LOCAL CONTACT OF ORGANISERS Mr. Bahjat Al Majali (Chief Organiser): +962 79 517 7111 Mr. Ramzi Ghousus: +962 79 591 5151 Mr. Raed Darwish: +962 79 666 5565

Documents

INDIA dominates in all the Four Team Events · tbl-01 india vs jordan s. arabia vs india india vs kuwait tbl-02 pakistan vs s. arabia kuwait vs pakistan pakistan vs bangladesh tbl-03