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BBUULLLLEETTIINN 99 Saturday, May 25th, 2013, Panama CityEditor: Jan van CleeffImages: Elisabeth van EttingerLogistics: Melina Frontaura

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SEMI-FFINAL CACBF OPEN TEAMS:COSTA RICA V. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

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, Bulletin 9, 27th CACBF Zonal Championship and 1st International Bridge Festival, Panama 2013

Guadeloupe Seniors Team

Martinique Open Team


Anything can happen in Zone 5, the 'Voodoo Zone', buthow often does it occur that you bid a slam when it is7NT for them? And at both tables on the same board!Well it happened in the CACBF semi-final betweenGuadeloupe and Martinique.

Session I, Board No. 8

W/- ♠ A J 2♥ A 8♦ -♣ A K J 10 8 7 5 4

♠ K 10 9 7 5 3 ♠ Q 6♥ K Q J 10 9 6 5 ♥ 7 4♦ - ♦ J 10 9 7 6 5 4 3♣ - ♣ 9

♠ 8 4♥ 3 2♦ A K Q 8 2♣ Q 6 3 2

Obvious 7NT is cold, but look what happened in real life:

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Closed roomWWeesstt NNoorrtthh EEaasstt SSoouutthh

Kempczynski Dorn Mathieu Dabretau1♥ Dbl 2♦ 3♣3♠ 4♦* Pass 5♣

Pass 6♣ Pass Pass6♥ Dbl All Pass

* cuebid

Declarer ruffed the club lead and played the trump ten.North won the Ace, cashed the ♠A and declarer soon clai-med down one. North-South +100.

Open roomWWeesstt NNoorrtthh EEaasstt SSoouutthh

Rimbaud Pelletier Suivant Gerin1♠ Dbl Pass 2♠*4♥ 6♣ Pass Pass6♥ Dbl 6♠ Dbl

All Pass* cuebid

Declarer misguessed the trumps and went down two:North-South +300 and 5 IMPs in favour of Guadeloupeleading a 89 unanswered after 16 boards.

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Guadeloupe v. Martinique, Cl;osed Room


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Playing theTransnationalTeams as Southyou pick up thisboring hand:

♠ 3 ♥ K 10 9 4 2 ♦ A 7 6 ♣ 10 8 6 5

E/-WWeesstt NNoorrtthh EEaasstt SSoouutthh

YouPass Pass

1♠ Pass 2♣* Pass2♦** Pass 3♠ Pass4♠ Pass Pass ?

*Drury**after some hesitation

Gary Gottlieb from NYC showed alertness when he dou-bled: the opponents didn't excactly bid convincingly andhe might hide his partner's four card trump suit for decla-rer. Everybody passed and Peter Fredin led the ♦8:

E/- Fredin♠ K J 8 2♥ A Q 7 3♦ 9 8 4♣ 9 2

Goded Carrera♠ A 10 9 5 4 ♠ Q 7 6♥ 5 ♥ J 8 6♦ K 10 3 2 ♦ Q J 7♣ K Q J ♣ A 7 4 3

Gottlieb♠ 3♥ K 10 9 4 2♦ A 6 5♣ 10 8 6 5

South won the Ace, North took the heartswitch with hisQueen and played the Ace as well. Declarer ruffed andcrossed to dummy with a club and - convinced that Southhad the long spades - advanced the Trump Queen. Thatmove turned out to be disastrous for declarer. Not onlydid he loose and extra trump trick, but he completely lostcontrol over the game because North-South pressed inhearts. When the smoke cleared poor Gonzalo had toaccept down three.

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Guadeloupe was plainsailing through its semi-final againstMartinique. After 32 out of a total of 48 boards the marginwas already 110 IMPs. Take this board from Session IIwhich is typical for the match:

N/- ♠ A 7 2♥ Q J♦ Q 8 5 3♣ Q 7 5 4

♠ K 10 6 3 ♠ 9 5 4♥ K 10 7 5 3 ♥ A 8 6 2♦ A 10 6 ♦ J 2♣ 9 ♣ A K 6 3

♠ Q J 8♥ 9 4♦ K 9 7 4♣ J 10 8 2

WWeesstt NNoorrtthh EEaasstt SSoouutthhLasserre Aragones

Pass 1♣ Pass1♦* Pass 2♥** Pass4♥ All Pass

* transfer to hearts** 12-14, four card heart

South led the ♣J to the Ace. The contract seems to be indanger if declarer relies on a restricted choice in hearts:♥A and heart to the ten. René Aragones had differentplans. He immediately ruffed a club, cashed the ♥K, ente-red his hand with the Trump Ace, cashed the ♣K (♦6 fromdummy) and ruffed a club, leaving this position:

♠ A 7 2♥ -♦ Q 8 5 3♣ -

♠ K 10 6 3 ♠ 9 5 4♥ 10 ♥ 8 6 ♦ A 10 ♦ J 2♣ - ♣ -

♠ Q J 8♥ -♦ K 9 7 4♣ -

Aragones proceeded by playing ♦A and another diamond.The defence was forced to open the spades. Ten cooltricks. At th othe table declarer went down when she pre-maturely played a spade to the King.

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FFifty years ago, bridge was not considered a sport in Cuba.At that time, it was played in the casinos (as was poker),and it was primarily played for money. Even when it wasoccasionally played in high society homes, it was generallyplayed for money. Then, in 1959, the revolution trium-phed, and one of the first things the new government didwas to close all the casinos and forbid the playing of allthe games that were played in them.Especially prohibited was any typeof betting game. Bridge, of course,fell into this category and was perse-cuted. The years passed and Cubastayed away from bridge, andbridge stayed away from Cuba.In 1998, I was living in Argentina,playing bridge professionally andteaching. I had founded three bridgeclubs in Buenos Aires and was orga-nizing bridge tours all over theregion. I was intrigued to discoverthat bridge did not exist in Cubaand that no bridge tours had even been done there. So Idecided to go to Cuba and explore the possibilities myself.On that first visit, I made some informalcontacts with people in the Ministry of Tourism andINDER (the Ministry of Sport), but every time Imentioned the word "bridge" it was as though I was spea-king about the devil. To talk about card gamesin Cuba then was equivalent to talking about drugs,prostitution or homicide. But on my trip, I realizedthat this was the perfect place to put on a bridge tourna-ment and bring enthusiasts from all over theworld to a very beautiful, exotic island. This was myimmediate plan but . . . it wasimpossible. Each person to whom I spoke, each hoteldirector, told me it would be impossible. I wasdetermined, however, and I searched until I found ManuelLima, the Cuban director of a very famoushotel, who told me that he knew the game because he hadtraveled abroad and was actually very interested in theidea of foreign bridge tours coming to Cuba to play. Andso, after a little bit of time, and after meeting the CubanAmbassador and the Director for Latin America of theMinistry of Tourism at a party in Buenos Aires (to whichLima had invited me), things began to look up. They liste-ned to me and I presented them with a complete dossieron bridge, its origin, etc., and even a letter from the then-President of the International Olympic Committee, JuanAntonio Samaranch, from 1999 when bridge was officially

included in the Olympic family. After much back andforth, I finally had authorization to hold the first "bridgeholiday" with foreign players, and we had a beautiful brid-getournament with 92 players from Argentina. It was anexcellent experience and obviously carried out under themagnifying glass of the Cuban government. And so it was

that I decided to continue to intro-duce bridge and promote it to thefullest. It was a case of bangingdown doors, searching for recom-mendations from people I was mee-ting, and finally arriving after tre-mendous effort with the opportunityto present my case for bridge to theCuban government. Ultimately, I wasgiven authorization to begin to teachbridge and to hold an annual festivalin Cuba.Today there are about 50 players inCuba, all between 20 and 35 years of

age. On more than oneoccasion, we have had the honor of the presence of JoseDamiani and Gianarrigo Rona (the former andcurrent WBF presidents) as well as several members of thedirectorate of the WBF at the annual festival. My dearfriend, Enma Castro (sister of the president) has played inthe festivals as my partnerand has received several special invitations from the WBFand EBL to play in tournaments such as the world cham-pionships in Verona, the Open European championshipsin San Remo, and the worldchampionships in Philadelphia in 2010 In 2011, Cuba wasdesignated host for the 26th record number of players par-ticipating. The program was excellent. The next CubaBridge Festival will be in November 2013, and all thedetails will soon be available on the website www.festival-bridgecuba.com.Thanks to the success of the CAC 2011 in Cuba, thePanama Bridge Association decided to contractme to organize the 27th CACBF and International OpenFestival in May 2013. This promises to be themost enjoyable CACBF Festival ever, with players from allover the world.

Frankie Frontaura

* First published in the Daily Bulletin No. 9, 2013 Fall Nationals, SanFrancisco, USA

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The event will be staged in two phases, a Qualification, consisting in a Round Robin of 9 rounds, 16 boards perround, the four top teams advancing to the KO stage, and a KO.The Semifinal will be played over 48 boards, in three stanzas of 16 boards each.The Final will be played over 64 boards, in four stanzas of 16 boards each.

Tuesday 21st May - 17.00-19.20 - Round Robin, First Match- 21.00-23.20 - RR, Second Match

Wednesday 22nd May - 10.00-12.20 - RR, Third Match- 13.30-15.50 - RR, Fourth Match- 16.10-18.20 - RR, Fifth Match- 18.40-21.00 - RR, Sixth Match

Thursday 23rd May - 10.00-12.20 - RR, Seventh Match- 13.30-15.50 - RR, Eight Match- 16.10-18.20 - RR, Ninth Match

Friday 24th May - 10.00-12.20 - Semi Finals First Segment- 13.30-15.50 - SF Second Segment- 16.10-18.20 - SF, Third Segment- 21.00-23.00 - Final, First Segment

Saturday 25th May - 10.00-12.20 - Final Second Segment- 13.30-15.50 - F, Third Segment- 16.10-18.20 - F, Fourth Segment

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Wednesday 22nd May - 10.00-12.20 - First Segment- 16.10-18.20 - Second Segment

Thursday 23rd May - 10.00-12.20 - Third Segment- 16.10-18.20 - Fourth Segment

Friday 24th May - 10.00-12.20 - Fifth Segment - 16.10-18.20 - Sixth Segment

The event is a Category three, as for WBF System Policy, thus neither HUM Systems, nor Brown StickersConventions are allowed.

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SSeemmii--ffiinnaallss ccoo II IIII IIIIII TToottGuadeloupe 12 77 59 69 217Martinique 0 26 27 53

Costa Rica 35 50 20 105Trinidad & Tobago 2.33 22 12 25 61,33

FFiinnaallGuadeloupe (co +12) v. Costa Rica

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PPrrooggrraamm TTrraannssnnaattiioonnaall KKOOSemi-Finals10.00 am 1st Segment (10 boards)11.30 am 2nd Segment (10 boards)Finals14.30 pm 1st Segment (10 boards)16.00 pm 2nd Segment (10 boards)17.30 pm 3rd Segment (10 boards)

TTRRAANNSSNNAATTIIOONNAALL TTEEAAMMSS FFIINNAALL RREESSUULLTT RROOUUNNDD RROOBBIINN16) JJ.. VVAALLDDEEZZ 19 25 25 15 15 25 25 31014) LLEEVVIINNEE 23 25 22 25 25 10 9 3028) DDAATTTTLLOOFF 25 25 16 16 17 18 21 2929) FFRREEDDIINN 14 6 8 15 20 21 25 2812) PELLEGRINI 20 23 16 14 25 7 24 27510) PAGANI 16 24 20 21 13 22 15 27012) McAVOY 23 24 21 14 20 12 19 25415) ZUNIGA 20 14 14 9 10 20 2 2054) RIZZO 14 16 14 14 13 23 15 20311)BAUER 10 6 9 2 15 23 20 2003) HARVEY 7 3 3 21 18 13 5 1806) ROSE 10 5 20 16 5 8 11 17913) NIMBERG 16 7 10 16 3 5 24 1771) KROM 3 25 10 15 17 17 6 1585) MORAN 7 0 15 15 12 9 10 1377) CIRIO 11 2 15 9 10 7 6 114

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VVeenniiccee CCuupp JJaammaaiiccaa 17 37 54 63 117 27 144 40 16 200Guadeloupe 41 16 57 30 87 34 121 21 43 185

SSeenniioorr BBoowwll GGuuaaddeelloouuppee 58 64 122 30 152 30 182 13 48 243Panama 18 22 40 33 73 13 86 30 30 146

Winners RR Transnationals: Team J. Valdez


Panama Seniors team

Panama Open Team

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