Issue No. 4 Sunday 31st May 2015 Final Push for the Seniors Our smiling and industrious caddies and ushers, without whom the Championships could never function. The BFAME had elections for the posts of officers - a full list can be seen on page seven. They also decided that the venue for the next Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East Championships will be held in 2017 in UAE. After nine rounds in the Open, Jordan, three VPs ahead of Bangladesh have opened a lead over Bahrain and UAE, who are currently favourites to take the other two semi-final places. Pakistan followed by India and Jordan have drawn away from the others in the Women. Today is the final three rounds for the Senior and India have an advantage over Sri Lanka who are slightly ahead of Pakistan, Jordan will need to make a big effort if they are to have a chance of going to Chennai. BBO Schedule Saturday May 29 10.30 10.30 14.30 14.30 17.30 17.30 Jor - Bah Jor - Sri Jor - UAE Pak - Ind UAE - Bah Pak - Jor Open Seniors Open Women Open Seniors Tomorrow the Seniors will have a day of rest. The following day the Seniors and Women will play their finals, whilst in the Open they will start their semi-finals, concluding them on the day after and also the final. Results & Standings Open Championship Round Robin 7 Bahrain 25 UAE Jordan 60 Pakistan Bangladesh 51 Qatar Team RR1 JOR 13.28 RR2 RR3 Round Robin 8 43 Pakistan 6 Bahrain 16 Bangladesh 20 Jordan 21 Qatar 21 UAE RR4 RR5 RR6 RR7 RR8 Round Robin 9 35 Bahrain 44 Bangladesh 19 25 Jordan 50 Qatar 4 52 Pakistan 18 UAE 46 RR9 RR10 RR11 RR12 RR13 RR14 RR15 2.41 12.03 14.39 10.31 14.80 18.55 11.48 18.77 BAN 15.56 16.42 7.97 18.33 9.39 16.09 16.73 BAH 20.00 17.85 7.71 113.09 5.40 16.58 15.92 94.82 7.45 10.61 5.20 14.60 16.88 16.09 86.79 UAE 6.72 PAK 4.44 17.59 12.29 12.55 QAT 0.00 3.58 10.91 116.02 8.52 4.08 1.67 9.69 2.15 9.09 Total 3.91 0.00 3.91 1.48 5.61 16.09 20.00 3.42 3.91 63.47 3.27 3.12 1.23 61.81 Women Championship Jordan Palestine Pakistan 41 UAE 20 India Bye Team RR2 RR3 PAK IND RR1 22 India 30 Pakistan UAE RR4 RR5 28 Jordan 28 India Bye 39 61 RR8 RR9 RR10 RR11 RR12 RR13 RR14 RR15 1.03 12.00 0.23 6.96 107.30 3.91 20.00 11.76 16.73 12.00 18.97 12.80 10.00 17.17 105.40 JOR 12.00 9.09 8.28 14.80 PAL 16.26 0.00 4.08 12.00 12.03 UAE 47 Pakistan 79 UAE Palestine RR7 16.09 12.00 15.92 5.20 19.93 3.74 10.91 12.00 3.27 RR6 47 Jordan 22 Palestine Bye 7.97 12.00 14.80 10.00 13.04 101.94 0.57 7.20 19.77 12.00 0.07 19.43 5.20 12.00 Total 81.91 2.83 69.45 Senior Championship Sri Lanka 48 Jordan India 21 Pakistan Team 32 Jordan 2 India 42 Sri Lanka 47 Pakistan RR1 RR2 RR3 RR4 RR5 IND 10.61 3.91 6.96 11.48 19.25 17.97 SRI 11.48 6.48 13.04 15.38 6.72 PAK 9.39 13.52 15.38 8.52 13.28 JOR 8.52 16.09 4.62 4.62 RR6 RR7 RR8 50 India 15 Jordan 18 Sri Lanka 14 48 Pakistan 14 RR9 RR10 RR11 RR12 4.81 18.97 11.20 Total 105.16 2.03 14.08 17.03 8.80 94.14 5.40 15.19 2.69 86.34 1.03 17.31 71.36 0.75 14.60 5.82 2.97 All scores subject to official verification Page 2 — Sunday 31st May 2015 18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan Today’s Schedule Morning Session 10.30 Start Times Afternoon Session 14.30 Evevening Session 17.30 Open Championship Round Robin 10 10.30 Round Robin 11 14.30 Round Robin 12 17.30 Jordan Bahrain Bahrain Qatar UAE Bahrain Qatar Pakistan Jordan UAE Pakistan Jordan UAE Bangladesh Bangladesh Pakistan Qatar Bangladesh Women Championship Palestine Jordan Palestine UAE UAE Jordan UAE Pakistan Pakistan India India Palestine Bye Bye India Bye Jordan Pakistan Senior Championship Pakistan India India Jordan Sri Lanka India Jordan Sri Lanka Pakistan Sri Lanka Pakistan Jordan 18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan Sunday 31st May 2015 — Page 3 All Another Round Up H ere we shall look at some of the deals that gave the greatest number of swings. Our first deal features a hand that was played in nine different contracts over the fourteen tables. Round 5 Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. ♠ Q732 ♥ J 10 ♦ AQ 4 ♣ J852 ♠ A K 10 5 ♥ 9754 ♦— ♣ A K Q 10 9 W N S E ♠J ♥ AQ 8 ♦ K98653 ♣ 643 ♠ 9864 ♥ K632 ♦ J 10 7 2 ♣7 The contract of Four Hearts declared by North was reached five times and succeeded four. The only other contract to make was Two Spades. Other contracts were the spade game, and no-trumps at the one- and three-level, East/West were not going to be left out and played in diamonds in various denominations. None of these other contracts were successful. The play in Four Hearts is not straightforward. There are many traps for declarer. If after a diamond lead ruffed in hand he cashes three top clubs he must discard diamonds and not spades, then he should cash the ace and king of spades allowing East to ruff but now he is in control as the trump ace is well-placed and the remaining trumps are 2-2. Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul. ♠ Q976 ♥ 87 ♦ J2 ♣ AQ J 9 6 Round 5 and 6 ♠ 10 2 ♥ J2 ♦ Q3 ♣ K 10 8 7 5 4 2 monds at all levels from two to five and hearts contract in the other direction and even an optimistic 3NTx by North. The most popular contract was Four Spades made twice and failed twice. If you are in Four Spades it seems to me you have no choice but to make the contract. Assuming the defence start with three rounds of hearts (otherwise contract is easy), ruff with the queen of spades and lead the jack of diamonds and pray for a doubleton honour in the North hand and a favourable trump situation. South wins the diamond and continues with another round of hearts, conceding a ruff and discard you need to take the right view in the trump suit about the position of the eight and the ten. Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. ♠ K 10 9 3 2 ♥ K83 ♦ 85 ♣ 642 ♠ AQ ♥ A 10 5 4 ♦ 96432 ♣ KJ W N S E ♠ 654 ♥ 972 ♦ A Q J 10 ♣ Q97 ♠ J87 ♥ QJ6 ♦ K7 ♣ A 10 8 5 3 This time ten tables were in 3NT and one declarer failed in his mission, strangely, he was the one who got a heart lead. At the other tables the lead was a spade and when the queen held declarer had to decide what was his best line. You have little option but to cash the king of clubs and then run the jack, when it holds what is your next move? Surely the best bet is a small heart towards to the queen, at least this way you are assured of an entry to the clubs. Though you do not know for sure, the fall of the cards strongly suggest that they break kindly. To fail you would East need to have the king of hearts and West the ace of diamonds and that four diamonds are cashable, not too likely. ♠ AK J 3 ♥ 965 ♦ A 10 9 7 6 5 ♣— ♠ 854 ♥ A K Q 10 4 3 ♦ K84 ♣3 You can find all the results and bulletins on the web-page: www.jordanbridgefederation.com/?page_id=910 This time we had ten different contracts! In spades and dia- Page 4 — Sunday 31st May 2015 18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan All Another Round Up Nine tables bid the club slam , one a small slam in no-trumps and one pair reached the grand. At one table reached Five Clubs and gained six IMPs, the other table stopped in Three Clubs!!! The question is how do you get to seven. One of the drawbacks of a five-card major is that an opening bid of One Club may well be on three cards, so North cannot leap around and get excited about his club fit. After the reverse, Round 6 Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. ♠ QJ ♥ AQ ♦ A7 5 2 ♣ K Q J 10 2 ♠ 10 5 ♥ 643 ♦ Q84 ♣ A8654 W N S E ♠ A9 8 3 2 ♥ K952 ♦ J 10 ♣ 97 ♠ K764 ♥ J 10 8 7 ♦ K963 ♣3 (an auction of 1♣ 1♥ 2♦) of course now North has ambitions. The question is what weapons does he have in armoury to show a strong hand with club support and get across the very important feature in his hand viz. the singleton spade. A lot tried a Two Spades bid and then supported clubs but South never really got the picture. Certainly a hand for you and your partner to discuss an test your methods. Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul. The majority played in 3NT, Those who elected to play in spades were thwarted by a club ruff. Those declarers who received a diamond lead had the most work to do. To succeed you must attack the spades first otherwise North/South can cash a couple of diamonds and eventually when South gets his spade trick he will be able to cash the thirteenth diamond to sink the contract. ♠ QJ7 ♥ 10 6 ♦ KQ765 ♣ K 10 4 ♠ Q 10 7 5 2 ♥ 9853 ♦ 854 ♣9 W N S E ♠ K985 ♥ KQ ♦ J984 ♣ A87 W N S E ♠ A4 3 ♥ A9 8 7 5 2 ♦— ♣ QJ32 ♠ 10 6 2 ♥ J43 ♦ A 10 3 2 ♣ 965 Board 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul. ♠4 ♥ K7642 ♦ KQ2 ♣ AQ73 Round 5 and 6 ♠ KJ83 ♥ Q J 10 ♦ J 10 7 ♣ 854 ♠ A96 ♥A ♦ A963 ♣ K J 10 6 2 Five tables attempted Four Hearts but only two of them were successful, all the rest bar one successfully played a heart partscore and that final table failed in 3NT. I cannot see an obvious route to ten tricks in hearts and I have no play record of a successful declarer. I can only assume a defensive error but even that is not obvious excepting the lead of the ace of diamonds. If you were a successful declarer come and tell me. Butler Scores for Open after Nine Rounds 1 0.73 Rana Abdel-Hady - Jamal Abdel-Jalil 9 2 0.71 Ali Ahmmmed - Sk. Aminur Rahman 10 0.09 3 0.53 Md. Zahid Hossain - Mohammad Al Mamun 11 -0.38 Khawar Ansari - Masror Ansari 12 -0.49 Khaled Hassan 0.15 Mahesh Kumar - Padmini Dilip Shujauddin Ahmed - Moazzem Hossain 4 0.41 El-Shourbagy Emad - Ahmed Mounir 13 -0.50 Abdallah Chaaban - Jihad Al Hajj 5 0.39 Marwan Ghanem - Serine Barakat 14 -0.57 6 0.27 Maci Teodoras - Basyouni Wael 15 -0.70 Jawed Niaz - Muhammad Shafique 7 0.18 Joan Halasa - Iskandar Imasaih 16 -0.81 Tamer Mahmoud 8 0.18 Humayun Sumar - Ravishankar Sadashiv 18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan Rita El Cordahi - Maan El Hashem Sunday 31st May 2015 — Page 5 Women Jordan vs. UAE W ith Jordan needing a good win to overtake Pakistan and UAE equally needing a good result so as to give them a chance to mount a charge towards the top, it should be a good tussle, not all matches live up their hype. ♠ KJ ♥ 982 ♦ Q J 10 8 2 ♣ 974 W N S E ♠ Q 10 9 6 ♥ J543 ♦3 ♣ A J 10 2 ♠ A8732 ♥ Q 10 7 ♦ 974 ♣ Q5 West North East South Pretti Alalol Cao Alzaben 1NT 2♦ 3NT Pass Pass All Pass 2♣ 2NT Pass Pass North led the queen of diamonds which declarer took with her ace. Declarer can only legitimately make her contract if she finds the queen of clubs, which this declarer did not do and was thus going to be two off but declarer took her eye of the ball and presented the defence with another trick -300. However what if you play a spade at trick two, the idea being that you will then duck the next round of diamonds and then take the club finesse toward South and if it fails now has to decide between the majors and if she chooses unwisely you have nine tricks. Closed Room West North East South Fakhuri Jaffer Najjab Gupta 1NT 2♦ Pass Double 2♣ All Pass Pass Did East/West have system faux pas? I am sure that East did not want to play 2♦ doubled. We will not dwell on the play save to say that declarer failed by one trick and having watched the BBO live and at trick eleven I was wagering a large sum it would fail by two tricks as declarer had no resource for another trick, but bravely claimed a seven tricks for again of three IMPs on the board rather than a loss of five. ♠ A K Q 10 7 5 4 3 ♥— ♦ KJ4 ♣ 53 ♠8 N ♥ A7 4 W E ♦ Q76532 S ♣ Q94 ♠ J62 ♥ K Q 10 8 5 ♦ 10 ♣ K 10 7 6 Open Room West North East South Pretti Alalol Cao Alzaben – Pass Open Room Page 6 — Sunday 31st May 2015 Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul. ♠9 ♥ J9632 ♦ A9 8 ♣ AJ 8 2 Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. ♠ 54 ♥ AK 6 ♦ AK 6 5 ♣ K863 Round Robin 7 1♠ 4♠ Pass All Pass 2♠ After the lead of a diamond declarer was not going to be unduly taxed in making her contract. After taking her ace West continued with a trump. Did North miss a theoretical chance of making six by taking it in hand and playing a club towards the king and settling for ten tricks. If she lets it run to dummy she now has three entries to dummy and can take a ruffing finesse in hearts and with some heart distributions will be able to discard both her clubs Closed Room West North East South Fakhuri Jaffer Najjab Gupta – Pass Pass Pass 1♠ 3♦ 4NT 5♠ Pass Pass Pass All Pass 2♥ 4♠ 5♣ As a novice I was taught that you do not use Blackwood when you have two losers in a suit or if you have a void (these were the days before exclusion Blackwood), maybe if you have both they cancel themselves out, but it appears not. You can argue that North could expect a little more from the South but even give South the ace of hearts extra, there is no play for the slam and five cannot be underwritten. An unnecessary twelve IMPs out. 18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan Women Jordan vs. UAE Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul. ♠ 765 ♥ K532 ♦ 65 ♣ 9743 ♠ 843 ♥ A87 ♦ J 10 7 4 3 ♣ A8 W N S E Round Robin 7 Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. ♠ AK J 9 2 ♥ 10 ♦ A9 8 ♣ KQ52 ♠ A J 10 9 8 5 ♥ 94 ♦ K7 ♣ Q72 ♠ Q 10 ♥ QJ964 ♦ KQ2 ♣ J 10 6 ♠ 63 ♥ K8 ♦ QJ9543 ♣ J84 W N S E ♠ KQ72 ♥ 653 ♦ 62 ♣ 10 6 5 3 ♠4 ♥ A Q J 10 7 2 ♦ A 10 8 ♣ AK9 Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Pretti Alalol Cao Alzaben Pretti Alalol Cao Alzaben Pass Pass 3♠ Pass 3♦ All Pass Double Pass – Pass Pass Pass – 2♦ 3♦ 5♦ Pass Pass Pass All Pass 1♠ Double The lead was the king of diamonds, and with the favourable trump position and the ace of clubs onside and doubleton declarer could make ten tricks. Declarer immediately took this trick and started the long road to defeat by setting up a force for the defence by playing a heart to king which lost to the ace and a heart came back and the hand fell apart and she was one down. A better line is to duck the first trick and if they play hearts ruff the second round, cash two high trumps and the ace of diamonds, ruff a diamond and play a club off dummy. Closed Room West North East South Fakhuri Jaffer Najjab Gupta Pass Pass Pass 3♥ 1♠ All Pass 2♥ West led her partner’s suit to the king, both sides played correctly and declarer lost her five tricks – two spaded and one in each of the other suits for one down, a good save against Three Spades. 2♣ 2♥ 4♦ A nice simple auction, leading to a good contract which declarer brought home. If one was hyper-critical one might say that West was a little timid in not mentioning his spade suit, not only could it have led to a good sacrifice but might well have impeded the opponent’s auction. Closed Room West North East South Fakhuri Jaffer Najjab Gupta – 1♠ 3♠ – Pass All Pass Pass 2♠ 1♥ 3♥ Here West’s intervention prevented the opponents attaining game and was just one off so eight much needed IMPs to UAE. At the end of the match Jordan won by 41 – 22 or 14.80 – 5.20 VPs. Both teams will need to up their game if they hope to get to the top spot. The results for elections of officers in the Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East are detailed below. President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President and Secretary Treasurer Representative to WBF Mr Ashok Goel from India Mr. N. R. K. Moorthy from India Mr. Bahjat Al Majali from Jordan Mr Ahmed Midfa from UAE Mr. Azwerul Haq from Pakistan Mr. Seenwera from Sri Lanka Mr. Mazrah Jafri from Pakistan 18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan Sunday 31st May 2015 — Page 7
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