Issue No. 7
Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Pakistan Gold in Women and Seniors
The two victorious Pakistani teams accompanied by Mr. Mazhar Jafri World
Bridge Feration Vice Presidentand and Mr. Azwerul Haq, Secretary Bridge
Federation of Asia and Middle East.
***** Starting Time Changes*****
Please note that the start time of the first match today is 10.00 a.m.
The final will be two ten board rounds starting at 14.00 & 16.00
In both the finals played yesterday the teams behind at half time came through to win. In the Seniors with just
seven boards remaining Pakistan were leading Sri Lanka by only 1.5 VPs, but over the final straight the Pakistanis added another thenty-three IMPS to win the match. In the Womens the Pakistanis started well and with
eight boards left had outscored India by twenty-four IMPs to lead by thirteen, but India gradually clawed back
and at the last board had reduced the deficit to six, on the last board there was a swing to India, but only five
and thus the Pakistani Women had won by the narrowest of margins, one IMP. The Pakistan team contained
three generations of one family, grandmother, mother and daughter. In the Open semi-finals Bahrain leads Jordan by 18.6 IMPs and UAE lead Bangladesh by 62 IMPs.
Gala Dinner
The presentations will be followed by the Amman Gala Dinner of the
18th BFAME Championships at the Laylaty Ballroom, Level -1 at 9.00 p.m.
Results & Standings
Open Championship
Semi-final
Jordan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
UAE
C. O.
R1
R2
R3
R4
Penalty
Total
0
61
29
28
118
2..66
37
44
53
136.6
0
12
18
50
80
15
50
35
42
142
Women Championship
Final
Pakistan
India
C. O.
R1
R2
Penalty
Total
8
29
42
—
80
0
48
31
—
79
Open Championship
Final
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
C. O.
R1
R2
Penalty
Total
0.5
54
16
—
70.5
0
49
46
—
95
All scores subject to official verification
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Today’s Schedule
Morning Session
10.00
Start Times
Afternoon Session
14.00
Evevening Session
16.00
Open Championship
Semi-final 4
10.00 Final 2
Jordan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
UAE
14.00 Final 3
16.00
***** Starting Time Changes*****
Please note that the start time of the first match today is 10.00 a.m.
The final will be two ten board rounds starting at 14.00 & 16.00
You can find all the results and bulletins on the web-page: www.jordanbridgefederation.com/?page_id=910
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All
The Daily Round Up
Round 14
Our first hand gave us hope that there might be a session
where the deals were a walk on the wild side.
Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul.
♠ 10 8 6
♥ KJ92
♦ 73
♣ 10 8 6 2
Rounds
14 & 15
♠ AK92
♥ Q5
♦ 52
♣ AKQ75
W
N
S
E
tion? It was North/South and it was not a success – in fact
neither side can make even One Heart, the opening lead
always gaining the initiative for the defence. The best results
for North/South was when they kept quiet and left West to
play in spade partscore.
Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul.
♠ QJ753
♥ 10 8 7 6
♦ 10 8 6
♣9
♠4
♥ A43
♦ AKQJ94
♣ J43
♠ Q3
♥ KQJ8765
♦—
♣ Q974
♠ A 10 8
♥ 10 4
♦ Q J 10 2
♣ AKJ5
W
N
S
E
♠ KJ96
♥ A2
♦ K765
♣ 10 6 3
A simple grand slam in either minor or even no-trumps if
you can bid it. Three pairs succeeded whilst five rested in the
small slam. What would be your prediction of IMPs if you
had a bidding misunderstanding and played in Four Clubs
plus three? Nine IMPs in of course, as at the other table
for reasons unbeknownst to me North/South were playing
in Two Hearts redoubled. The observant amongst you will
notice that it is possible to fulfill this contract but I suspect
that declarer’s eye was not fully on the ball realizing that a
grand slam had just gone astray and went one off, so minus
nine rather than plus eight.
Round 15
Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul.
Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul.
♠ AQ 9 6 4 3 2
♥ J754
♦ AQ
♣—
♠K
♥ AK98
♦ 10 7
♣ Q98643
W
N
S
E
♠ 10 7 5
♥ Q 10 3
♦ 6532
♣ 10 7 2
♠ J8
♥ 62
♦ KJ984
♣ AKJ5
Par on this board is Five Clubs by North/South one off, this
was achieved on three occasions. Two results required the
scorer to write down +990, not a non-vulnerable no-trump
small slam but a vulnerable Four Spades doubled plus one.
One pair managed to play in Four Hearts, but which direc-
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♠ 7542
♥ 93
♦ A9 8 4 3
♣ 82
Four out the five matches produced a game swing on this
board. Mr Alphonse “Sonny” Moyse came to the party in
spades on three occasions. Two declarers were successful and
one failed, unluckily He thought that as West had pre-empted
in hearts and in the two card ending he had seen three hearts
honours and the queen of spades in West’s hand and counted
East to hold one diamond and one club and so not unnaturally played for the drop of the queen of clubs.
♠ A K 10 9 8 7 4
♥7
♦ 10 2
♣ K 10 4
♠2
♥ Q 10 9 8 5 4 3
♦ 974
♣ 92
W
N
S
E
♠ J5
♥ AK 2
♦ Q53
♣ AQ J 8 5
♠ Q63
♥ J6
♦ AKJ86
♣ 763
Whenever West declared a spade contract he made thirteen
tricks, twice he was at the six-level, if North decided not to
open then East open 1NT and West transferred to spades and
occasionally got to the slam but South was not hard pressed
to cash his ace and king of diamonds and defeat the contract.
18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan
Open
Jordan vs. Bahrain
T
he first of four sessions in the semi-final between Jordan
and Bahrain, Bahrain had a carry-over of 2.67 IMPs.
Early morning sleepiness nearly got the better of one
of the contestants on the first deal.
Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul.
♠8
♥ K85
♦ J 10 8 5 2
♣ 9854
♠ KQJ3
♥ 97
♦ 43
♣ AKQ62
W
N
S
E
South had already decided in her mind that North had a singleton heart and in spite of prtner’s bidding to the contrary.
4NT showed a good hand and two of the top three spade
honours but no heart control. So her forward going bid of
5♣ implied a heart control and so North bid the slam. When
West led the jack of diamonds it was all over for the defence
and the fortunate result jolted South fully awake.
Closed Room
♠ 752
♥ A J 10 4 2
♦ Q97
♣ J 10
♠ A 10 9 6 4
♥ Q63
♦ AK6
♣ 73
West
North
East
South
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
–
2♠
West
North
East
South
Ghanem
Lakhani P.
Barakat
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
1♥
All Pass
1♠
Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul.
Lakhani M.
1♣
3♠
4NT
6♣
1♣
4♠
After the interference in hearts North/South were not going
to bid a failing slam but nevertheless a loss of eleven IMPs.
Open Room
–
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
Semifinal 1
1♠
4♦
5♣
6♠
♠ QJ85
♥ Q5
♦ 10 9 7 5
♣ 983
♠ A K 10 7
♥ K 10 7 4
♦ AJ8
♣ K 10
W
N
S
E
♠ 643
♥ 632
♦ KQ63
♣ J65
♠ 92
♥ AJ98
♦ 42
♣ AQ742
Open Room
Sireen Barakat
18th BFAME Bridge Championships — Amman, Jordan
West
North
East
South
Lakhani M.
Ghanem
Lakhani P.
Barakat
–
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
–
1♥
2♠
3♦
4♦
4♠
6♥
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
1♣
2♥
2NT
4♣
4♥
5♥
On the receipt of the king of diamonds lead, declarer cashed
the two top trumps and when the queen appeared he was
home, for reasons unexplained it seems he trumped the fourth
round of clubs and so just made his contract rather than plus
one. Which is better – finessing against the trump queen, or
dropping it doubleton or finding the clubs 3-3. I calculate the
latter is very close to 50% whether a shade better or worse I
am not sure. I will leave it to the erudite readers who are statisticians to tell me which is the more probable line.
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Open
Jordan vs. Bahrain
Closed Room
Board 21. Dealer North. N/S Vul.
West
North
East
South
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
–
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
–
1♣
4♥
5♣
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
1♥
4NT
6♥
With South as declarer West did not find the diamond lead to
trouble declarer. When declarer misguessed the trump queen
he still had his twelve tricks. Another push.
♠ A9
♥ 97632
♦ 65
♣ 10 5 3 2
♠ A K 10 7 5
♥ AK3
♦A
♣ K Q 10 2
W
N
S
E
♠6
♥ 7654
♦ 7642
♣ J987
Lakhani M. Ghanem
–
–
1♥
Double
Pass
2♥
Pass
4NT
6♠
S
E
♠ KQ75
♥ A 10
♦ A8 7 4
♣ A8 7
East
West
North
East
South
Lakhani M.
Ghanem
Lakhani P.
Barakat
1NT
2♥
Pass
All Pass
–
2♦
South
Lakhani P. Barakat
–
Pass
Pass
1♠
Pass
3♦
Pass
5♣
Even after the ace of clubs lead had South managed to play
the trumps for no loser with the double finesse she would
still have gone down because there would still be a club loser.
The slam needed a 2-2 break in the trump suit – we have all
been in worse slams than that and succeded.
A simple partscore that did not overtax declarer, who brought
his contract home.
West
North
East
South
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
1NT
2♥
Double
Pass
2♠
All Pass
–
2♦
Pass
West
North
East
South
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
–
1♥
Pass
–
Double
4♠
–
3♥
All Pass
Pass
Pass
When North could not get South to speak he took a unilateral position and bid what he hoped he could make. He must
have been relieved when East did not follow to the second
round of trumps. Ten IMPs back to Bahrain.
1♦
Double
Pass
I am not cognisant on North/South’s methods but I do not see
the merit in North’s double, especially as he will have another
chance to bid after East has responded to the transfer. Perhaps
a premature articulation of his values. I assume this goaded
South into bidding and East expressed his opinion with a red
card and -500 appeared on the score card and nine IMPs to
Jordan who at this juncture had outscored Bahrain 31-15.
Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul.
Closed Room
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1♣
Pass
Closed Room
Open Room
North
W
N
Open Room
♠ 9843
♥J
♦ Q9853
♣ 643
West
♠ J83
♥ KQ8
♦ Q J 10 9 2
♣ KJ
♠ 10 6 4 2
♥ J54
♦ K3
♣ Q964
Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul.
♠ QJ2
♥ Q 10 9 8 2
♦ K J 10
♣ A5
Semi-final 1
♠6
♥ K53
♦ QJ75
♣ A Q 10 6 4
♠ AJ842
♥ J 10 4
♦K
♣ 9875
W
N
S
E
♠ Q 10 3
♥ 72
♦ A9 8 6
♣ KJ32
♠ K975
♥ AQ986
♦ 10 4 3 2
♣—
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Open
Jordan vs. Bahrain
Board 27. Dealer South. None Vul.
Open Room
West
North
East
South
Lakhani M.
Ghanem
Lakhani P.
Barakat
–
1♣
2♦
All Pass
–
Pass
2♠
–
1♦
3♦
Pass
Double
4♠
I really like the North/South auction, aggressive but controlled. There was not too much to the play, declarer losing
a trump, heart and a diamond.
♠ Q J 10 7
♥9
♦ AQ J 8
♣ QJ62
West
North
East
South
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
–
1♦
2♣
Pass
Pass
All Pass
–
Pass
Pass
2♠
3♥
–
1NT
2♦
3♣
Pass
Pass
Double
2♥
Double
3♠
When North shows some support for hearts and a presumed
shortness in diamonds could not South punt the vulnerable
game? He did not and that cost another ten IMPs for Bahrain.
Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul.
♠ Q953
♥ Q43
♦ J 10 8 6
♣ 73
W
N
S
E
♠ K74
♥ A9 6 5
♦ AQ 5
♣ K82
♠ 10 6 2
♥ J 10 7
♦ 9742
♣ J 10 6
Both tables successfully bid 6NT for a push. But how good
a contract is Seven Clubs? I attempted to calculate the likelihood and came up with approximately 50%, maybe those
earlier mentioned statisticians will come to my aid, certainly
if declarer picks up the trump suit without loss then he is
close to 70% and I have not factored in the possibility of a
spade lead.
On boards 25 and 26 Jordan threw back ten IMPs on outright over-aggressive bids – perhaps the morning coffee was
now kicking in too hard.
♠ K9642
♥ Q85
♦ 952
♣ 95
W
N
S
E
♠8
♥ K732
♦ K763
♣ AK 8 7
♠ A53
♥ A J 10 6 4
♦ 10 4
♣ 10 4 3
Closed Room
♠ AJ 8
♥ K82
♦ K3
♣ AQ 9 5 4
Semi-final 1
Open Room
West
North
East
South
Lakhani M.
Ghanem
Lakhani P.
Barakat
Pass
Pass
Pass
—
1♦
1♠
3NT
—
Pass
Pass
All Pass
—
1♥
2♣
North led the nine of clubs, declarer attempted to set up his
ninth trick before revealing that he had eight tricks in the
minors and led a spade off table for the queen and king. North
was up to the challenge and played back the queen of hearts,
covered by the king and taken by South’s ace who cashed the
jack, North played the eight on this allowing East’s seven to
become a stopper so South now cashed her other two major
suit winners to take the contract one down.
Closed Room
West
North
East
South
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
–
1♣
Double
–
Pass
2♥
–
1♦
3 NT
Pass
1♥
All Pass
When North supported South’s hearts South led a heart and
that was the contract and yet another ten IMPs to Jordan.
Board 28. Dealer West. N/S Vul.
♠ J862
♥ 852
♦ J73
♣ K97
♠ 95
♥ 764
♦ K962
♣ A843
W
N
S
E
♠ 10 4
♥ A Q J 10 9
♦ A 10 5 4
♣ 65
♠ AKQ73
♥ K3
♦ Q8
♣ Q J 10 2
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Open
Jordan vs. Bahrain
Open Room
Semi-final 1
Open Room
West
North
East
South
West
North
East
South
Lakhani M.
Ghanem
Lakhani P.
Barakat
Lakhani M.
Ghanem
Lakhani P.
Barakat
–
1♠
2♠
Pass
Pass
All Pass
Pass
2♦
Pass
Double
2♥
1♥
Double
Pass
Pass2♦
All Pass
1♠
Somehow North, who had not been timid in the previous
boards, was unable to get into the auction, the upshot being
that North/South did not get to either of their black-suit
games. Two Hearts drifted peacefully two off non-vulnerable.
Closed Room
1♥
2♥
This seems unfortunate as theoretically there is a slam available in the minors and game in spades, it is not easy to point
the finger of blame, both are good for their bids and had
either made a bit more of an effort than it almost certain
game would have been reached.
West
North
East
South
Closed Room
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
West
North
East
South
Pass
3♥
Pass
Pass
Pass
4♠
Double
3♠
Hadi
Maci
Jalil
Basyoni
–
1♠
4♥
Pass
2♥
Pass
1♥
Pass
All Pass
I much prefer South’s double to the spade overcall, though
I may not necessarily be in with modern fashion, but then I
am no longer a young buck at the bridge table (or anywhere
else for that matter). Now North was able to enter the fray
and the game was reached and even though there was a trump
loser the contract was a success. Eleven IMPs back to Bahrain.
Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul.
♠ K 10 9 8 5 3
♥—
♦ AJ 8
♣ A8 5 3
♠ J42
♥ QJ65
♦ 652
♣ 10 9 4
W
N
S
E
1♦
Pass
5♣
1♥
3♥
All Pass
Once East had opened his motley collection West was going
to go to game. When East dropped the doubleton queen of
trumps he made an overtrick and gained ten IMPs for Jordan
Over the last three boards Jordan gained another nine
IMPs over some partscores and finished up winning 61-37,
but after allowing for the carry-over they lead by 61-39.66.
At last a set of boards where there was scope for some
action – it made for more exciting viewing.
♠Q
♥ 942
♦ KQ743
♣ KJ76
♠ A76
♥ A K 10 8 7 3
♦ 10 9
♣ Q2
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