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SATURDAY, 29 JUNE 2019EVENING – ISSUE NO 16

THE PARTY'S FINALLY OVER

Open Pairs Championships Winners:Jerry Stamatov and Diyan Danailov

Open Pairs Championships 2nd:Hervé Vinciguerra and Philippe Soulet

Open Pairs Championships 3rd:Thomas Bessis and Frédéric Volcker

Winner of the Masterpoint RaceTatiana Dikhnova

Winner of the Masterpoint Racefor the special events: Berk Basaran

After two wonderful weeks the 9th European Open Championships have concluded.

The Open Pairs provided a fitting climax, with the lead changing hands several times on the last day.

The victory went to the Bulgarians Jerry Stamatov and Diyan Danailov.

Congratulations to Tania Dikhnova from Russia, who won the Masterpoint Race.

A huge thanks to the Turkish organizers who made this event such a great success.

Time to say Goodbye - See you all soon, perhaps next year in Monaco for the 3rd edition of the Winter Games or in Madeira for the European National Championships.

Otherwise, it will be at these Championships in 2021!

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MIXED TEAMSGold: Good Six: Marc Bompis, Catherine D’Ovidio (FRA) Tatiana Dikhnova, Mikhail Krasnosselski (RUS), Christina Lund Madsen (DEN), Bas Drijver (NED)

Silver: Reess: Nathalie Frey, Eric Mauberquez, Bernard Payen, Vanessa Reess, Philippe Soulet (FRA)

Bronze: Zimmermann: Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon (MON), Michał Klukowski, Justyna Żmuda (POL), Tatiana Ponomareva (RUS), Sylvie Willard (FRA)

Bronze: Magis: Nicole Curetti, Jean Le Poder, Isabelle Magis, Lionel Sebbane, Laurent Thuillez, Pascale Thuillez (FRA)

MIXED PAIRSGold: Cecilia Rimstedt (SWE), Shen Yu Xiong (CHN)Silver: Tatiana Dikhnova, Mikhail Krasnosselski (RUS)Bronze: Geta Mihai, Radu Mihai (ROM)

WOMEN'S TEAMSGold: Apple Pie: Tatiana Dikhnova, Tatiana Ponomareva (RUS), Catherine D’Ovidio, Sylvie Willard (FRA), Katarzyna Dufrat, Justyna Żmuda (POL)

Silver: Poland: Grażyna Brewiak, Cathy Bałdysz, Sophia Bałdysz, Danuta Kazmucha, Anna Sarniak, Marta Sikora (POL), Mirosław Cichocki Captain

Bronze: Netherlands Blue: Carla Arnolds, Pauline Doedens, Sandra Kolen, Anke Wijma (NED), Alex van Reenen Captain, Rob van den Bergh Coach

Bronze: Desadima: Sally Brock, Marusa Gold, Susanna Gross, Diana Nettleton, Debbie Sandford (ENG), Barbara Drinovec Drnovšek (SLO)

SENIOR TEAMSGold: Lall: Hemant Lall, Zia Mahmood, Reese Milner (USA), Michał Kwiecień, Włodzimierz Starkowski (POL), Krzysztof Martens (MON), Petra Hamman Captain

Silver: Fox: Naci Demirbaş, Mehmet Ali İnce, Mesut Karadeniz, Namık Kökten (TUR), Mehmet Emin Çopur Captain

Bronze: Penfold: John Holland, David Kendrick, Sandra Penfold, Norman Selway, Brian Senior (ENG)

Bronze: Szenberg: Wit Klapper, Jerzy Michałek, Mirosław Miłaszewski, Stefan Szenberg, Wojciech Uszyński (POL)

OPEN TEAMSGold: Mossop: Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett, Alexander Hydes, David Mossop, Edward Jones, Thomas Paske (ENG)

Silver: Netherlands Blue: Berend van den Bos, Joris van Lankveld, Danny Molenaar, Tim Verbeek (NED), Ton Bakkeren Captain

Bronze: Ruchka: Krzysztof Buras, Jacek Kalita, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Michał Nowosadzki (POL), Andrey Gromov, Anna Gulevich (RUS), Vital Ruchka Captain

Bronze: Texan Aces: Anil Padhye, Padmanabhan Sridharan, Sundarram Srinivasan (IND), Ehud Friedlander, Inon Liran (ISR), Gopal Venkatesh (USA), Gopal Venkatesh Captain

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WOMEN'S PAIRS

Gold: Simonetta Paoluzi, Margherita Chavarria (ITA)Silver: Martine Rossard, Anne-Laure Tartarin (FRA)Bronze: Katarzyna Dufrat, Justyna Żmuda (POL)

SENIOR PAIRS

Gold: Sverre Johnsen, Åsmund Stokkeland (NOR)Silver: Rune Brenderford Anderssen, Helge Hantveit (NOR)Bronze: Vytautas Vainikonis, Wojtek Olański (LTU)

OPEN PAIRS

Gold: Diyan Danailov, Jerry Stamatov (BUL)Silver: Philippe Soulet, Hervé Vinciguerra (FRA)Bronze: Thomas Bessis, Frédéric Volcker (FRA)

Tatiana Dikhnova and Justyna Żmuda won three medals, Catherine D’Ovidio, Mikhail Krasnosselski, Sylvie Willlard and Katarzyna Dufrat two.

French players have won 22 (individual) medals, bringing their total medal count in European Transnational Championships to 113. The Netherlands added nine to their tally, confirming them to be the most successful nation so far.Leading nations:

1. Netherlands 1162. France 1133. Poland 934. Italy 805. USA 676. Norway 547. England 538. Israel 48

Romania has become the 35th country to have medalists at European Transnational Championships.

Sylvie Willard won two medals here, bringing her total at European Transnational Championships to twelve. Carla Arnolds moved up to ten, but she is joined in second spot by Catherine D’Ovidio. Wietske van Zwol remains on nine, Marion Michielsen on eight and Justyna Żmuda joins Bep Vriend and Philippe Cronier on seven.The winners of the Special Events

BAM I: Vinci: Monica Aghemo, Andrea Buratti, Leonardo Cima, Barbara Dessì, Fabrizio Hugony, Vera Tagliaferri (ITA)EBL Cup I: Dorte Cilleborg Bilde, Dennis Bilde (DEN)EBL Cup II: Berk Başaran, Tuna Elmas (TUR)BAM II: Vinciguerra: Thomas Bessis, Philippe Soulet, Hervé Vinciguerra, Frédéric Volcker (FRA)Jean-Paul Meyer Open Pairs I: Cédric Lorenzini, Baptiste Combescure (FRA)Jean-Paul Meyer Open Pairs II: Nantia Salem, Christodoulos Banikas (GRE)

HEROES of İSTANBUL

9th European Open Bridge Championships Istanbul, Turkey • 15 - 29 June 2019

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After a rocky start David Mossop had fought back to be down seven at the break.

For set three Mossop would come in and give the Hacketts a long lunch break.

The move appeared to pay dividends immediately. After a dull first board played in four of a major for 450 in both rooms, the fireworks started.

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

Open RoomWest North East SouthVan Lankveld Hydes Van den Bos Mossop

— — 1} 1[ 2]* 2[ 3} 4[Dble All Pass

2] diamonds

Closed RoomWest North East South Paske Verbeek Jones Molenaar

— — 1} 1[2{ Pass 3[ Pass4} Pass 4[ Pass5{ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

It almost seems an act of hubris for the opponents to double you in game after your side has made two slam tries. For the contract to go two down seems most inappropriate, but that was what happened in the Closed Room. Tim Verbeek led a club against 5{x and the defenders cashed out. Nicely done – but not nearly enough, though it should have been.

In the Open Room Van den Bos heard his partner show diamonds but felt obligated to show an unbalanced hand with clubs, and then elected to defend rather than raise diamonds. He was right in theory, but wrong in practice. Still, I’m sure Joris van Lankveld would be kicking himself for missing the low trump lead (which looks the textbook play against an auction where you hold the balance of high cards). Had he done that, he would have got in with a diamond to play two more rounds of trumps. When he led the }K to trick one, declarer ruffed and ducked a diamond. He was now well placed to take his diamond ruff; he still would have had complete control, even if the defenders had played a forcing game. Instead, the defenders shifted to ace and a trump at trick three, but the 3-3 heart break left declarer in control. That all meant 10 IMPs to Mossop, instead of 9 IMPs the other way; Mossop led by 3 IMPs now.

OPEN TEAMS FINAL, ROUND THREEBARRY RIGAL

ENGLANDThomas PASKE


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After a flat game, both sides had their chances on the next deal:

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


1] Pass 2{ Pass2NT* Pass 3NT Pass 4NT All Pass

2NT Extras, one-suited


1] Pass 2{ Pass2] Pass 2NT Pass3} Pass 3NT Pass 4NT All Pass

Both tables played 4NT, Jones from the normal side, Van Lankveld from the advantageous side where his diamond holding was concealed. Hydes led a spade to trick one as North, as Molenaar had done from the South seat. Both declarers won the lead in East and took the finesse of ]Q. Now it was relatively easy for Verbeek to shift to a diamond, much harder for Hydes to find the killing defence. But both defenders passed the test with flying colours. Well done!

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


— 1{ 1NT Pass2} Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 2[ All Pass


— 1} 1NT Pass2} Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 2[ All Pass

Jones received a trump lead. Verbeek as North won the [A and played a second trump. Declarer won in dummy and immediately ruffed a club to set up the suit, then ran the clubs. The defenders had two trumps and two diamonds and one trick at the end. That was a comfortable +110, but in the other room Mossop’s club lead gave declarer rather more of a challenge. Declarer won the ace and played ace and another heart. When Hydes won his king and played back a heart declarer felt forced to ruff high and play three rounds of clubs, pitching dummy’s last diamond on the third when South produced the 13th club.

Dummy was down to four spades and two hearts, and when South shifted to a low spade North could take his [J and [A and exit in diamonds. Declarer could take two trump tricks but South had the rest for down one.NETHERLANDS

Tim VERBEEK


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


— — Pass Pass1} 1{ Dble 1NT2] Dble Pass 3{ All Pass


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

Molenaar’s mini no-trump saw him play 2NT on a passive club lead. Jones won his king and returned the suit and Molenaar unblocked clubs then made the natural and fatal play of leading a low diamond to the king and ace – for which you surely cannot blame him. West won and shifted to [K. Declarer won and ducked a diamond to get the bad news. Jones took his {9, [Q, then played a heart, setting up the seventh winner for the defence.

Against 3{ Van den Bos led ]J in a brave attempt to pin North’s singleton. It didn’t help here, since after the club finesse lost, declarer ruffed the heart return and ducked a spade, then played on cross-ruff lines in the majors. He scored a spade and two ruffs, a heart and three ruffs plus a club. When East ruffed the third club at trick 11, declarer was left with the {Q10 for his ninth trick. Those 5 IMPs made it 52-40.

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


— — — Pass Pass Pass 1} Pass1[ Pass 2{ Pass 3} Pass 3[ Pass3NT All Pass


— — — Pass Pass Pass 1} Pass 1NT* Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass4} Pass 4{ Pass4] Pass 6} All Pass

1NT 9-11 balanced

The closed room auction saw West show 9-11 and then when East suggested a reverse in the minors with extras, he went past 3NT, the critical decision. East could now use keycard and drive to slam.

In the open room the auction took a more traditional route, and West devalued his heart holding facing the known singleton. Might he have tried 4NT over 3[? Having gone down once this set in that contract, maybe that was enough reason to put on the brakes. Netherlands had 12 IMPs to level the match at 52-52. The unbiased press room was expecting a close match but the rest of the set, while not exclusively one-way traffic certainly showed the Mossop team in good luck and good form.

Mossop moved back in front by two overtrick IMPs on a quiet game, then pushed a hand where Jones/Paske needed to bring in 9842 facing AJ63 for one loser in 3NT, while Van Lankveld/Van den Bos needed to do the same in 3}, and the cards did not cooperate.


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


— — 1] Pass1[ Pass 2}* Pass 2{* Pass 2NT Pass3{ Pass 3[ Pass4} Pass 4{ Pass4[ All Pass


— — 1] Pass1[ Pass 2NT Pass3{ Pass 3[ Pass4{ Pass 4] Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass6[ All Pass

I’m not convinced 6[ is a great slam here. A bad break in diamonds or trumps may skittle it, and even then, an unlucky location of the trump honours might sink you. But today was emphatically not that day. Each declarer won the }A and cashed ]A to pitch the club loser, then sensibly finessed the [Q and cashed [A, before trying to ruff out the diamonds, to finish with 12 tricks. This line looks right, since leading a spade to the ten and jack early would force you to leave a trump out when setting up diamonds. Had the finesse of [Q lost, declarer would have needed to cross to {A and finesse the trump ten, then hope to find South with 3-3 in spades and diamonds. Those 13 IMPs were not unlucky for Mossop; the next deal saw a very similar conclusion, but on this occasion, there was less luck involved.

Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. [ Q 3 ] K J 10 2 { Q J 9 6 5 } A 10 [ J 10 8 6 5 2 [ 7 4 ] 7 ] A 8 6 4 3 { 7 4 3 { 10 8 2 } Q 8 4 } J 6 5 [ A K 9 ] Q 9 5 { A K } K 9 7 3 2


— — Pass 2NTPass 3} Pass 3{ Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 6NT All Pass


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

1{ hearts 1NT 18-19+3] diamonds according to North, clubs according to South?

The Open Room auction was a model of simplicity; Mossop showed 19(+)-21 and Hydes named a final contract a moment later. Declarer claimed after the opening lead.

In the other room I believe North intended to show a canape with diamonds and then produced a quantitative 4NT sequence. The explanation at the table wasn’t clear, but I was told that South was trying to show a maximum but was under the impression clubs were trump and so was answering keycards? Since 6{ goes down on the ruff, I’m not sure if N/S were going to go plus in slam, particularly since North knew they had limited high cards; but I doubt whether +420 felt like a moral victory to them.

Mossop led by 26 IMPs and added to that immediately.


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


Pass 1} 3] Dble4] Pass Pass Dble All Pass


Pass 1} 2] Pass 3] Pass Pass DblePass 3[ Pass 3NT

We have seen the Dutch throughout this tournament adding one to the normal level of pre-empting at favourable vulnerability, but when you live by the sword you occasionally impale yourself on it as well.

I don’t object to Van den Bos’ choice of 3] pre-empt but if you play this style, then partner has to pull in their horns. (Robson and Segal on Partnership Bidding at Bridge is a must for devotees of the style of aggressive pre-empting.) Mossop wasn’t too proud to take his shot at the fish in the barrel, and warned by the second deal of the set, he led ace and another trump. This wasn’t necessary today to collect 500, but the bulletin approves.

In the other room it was hard for N/S to play for penalties and also hard to see how to get to 5}. Even there, after a top-heart lead, declarer needs to unscramble his tricks to take his discard. North wins and cashes the top spades, then must go to the {A to arrange the pitch, after which the defence have a diamond ruff coming. Of course Verbeek could tell his partner “I did try to get us to the best game partner!’. The defence to 4[ starts with a top heart lead. You win and play a club, ducked, then unblock two rounds of trumps and play another club. West wins and can force you with two rounds of hearts. But you simply ruff in and draw a round of trumps,

leaving West with the master spade. He can ruff in when he wants but will then have to lead a diamond into the tenace. You lose just a spade, heart and club.

The lead was now at 38 IMPs but the last two deals offered Netherlands a small chance to get back into the game. The results had come in first from the Closed Room, and each suggested a chance for gain to the Dutch.

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


— Pass 1} Pass 2NT All Pass


— Pass 1{ 2} Dbl. Pass 2[ Pass 3{ All Pass

In the Closed Room the 1{ was systemic and unfortunate in allowing South to overcall. Had East managed to get to 2NT, he might have made it; but on the auction shown, nobody did anything foolish. The defenders took their club ruff, then declarer misguessed trumps in logical fashion to lose two trumps and also get forced. He finished up -200.

In the other room 2NT looked favourite to make, though if the defenders didn’t lead hearts declarer might well misguess the suit. But Alex Hydes on lead knew his partner had an opening bid and hadn’t acted over 1}; so he must have club length. Accordingly he hit on the }10 at trick one and down went Van Lankveld. Still 3 IMPs to Netherlands, with another promising +300 to come on the last deal.

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Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ J 2 ] A Q J 9 4 { 5 2 } A J 8 5 [ A K Q [ 10 8 7 6 5 4 ] 8 6 3 ] K 10 5 2 { K 10 { J 8 } K Q 9 7 3 } 4 [ 9 3 ] 7 { A Q 9 7 6 4 3 } 10 6 2

Open and Closed RoomsWest North East SouthVan Lankveld Hydes Van den Bos Mossop

Paske Verbeek Jones Molenaar

— — Pass 3{ Dble Pass 4[ PassPass Dble All Pass

Nicely judged by both Norths. West might have been doubled had he bid 3NT – and who knows what would have happened after that? As it was, both Easts felt their extra shape made up for the missing high-cards; given that a 17-count opposite wasn’t nearly enough, were they right or are the kibitzers merely exhibiting 20-20 hindsight? Each South led their singleton and got the ruff, with three other plain losers to follow. No swing and Mossop had won the set by 42 IMPs and led by 35 with 14 to play.

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ZIMMERMANN STARTS NEW BRIDGE PROJECT IN THE COUNTRY OF HIS BIRTH – SWITZERLAND

The Swiss federation has sent a letter to both the EBL and WBF announcing Pierre Zimmermann together with the Swiss Bridge Federation have started a new project. Key elements of the project are Pierre Zimmermann supporting the Swiss Bridge Federation financially for promoting bridge in Switzerland and the set-up of a new professional team.

The news that Pierre Zimmermann is starting a new project has prompted renewed interest in bridge. These interviews with Pierre and the President of the Swiss Federation explain what is happening.

Why first Monaco and now Switzerland?When we started the Monaco project I wanted to

become Monegasque citizen for various private reasons. The FMB liked the idea of setting up a professional team and also the financial support I offered them. After all these years I decided I want to go back to my country of birth and help the Swiss federation that now has a professional administration and good ideas for developing bridge in their country. We have had several talks and we both have a good feeling about this project so we signed a contract last month.

How do you look back at the Monaco project?With mixed feelings of course. We have booked

some nice results and the cooperation with the FMB was excellent. Of course it is difficult for them to grow. Furthermore we have had the debacle of Fantoni-Nunes and later Helgemo-Helness who have run into personal problems. Fantoni-Nunes is over and out for me, even after the surprising CAS verdict. Helgemo-Helness are still good friends of mine and I’m sure they will play now and then for me in the future. But I don’t look back too much, I like to look to the future.

How do you see this future?I’m 64 years old now and I feel very well and fit.

So I like to compete in the Open; the Seniors can wait. The team of professionals I have built around me is a mix of talent, age and experience. This combination should be able to fight for a medal in all championships and tournaments. But we will not get it automatically. We will have to train hard and we will do it.

Tell us about your team!Gawrys-Klukowski is a pair that already has played

for me in several tournaments. Brink-Drijver I consider as one of the stronger pairs in the world. They will move to Switzerland where I have rebuilt a very nice building with luxury appartments. Krzysztof Martens will stay as our coach. With Franck Multon I’m still in discussion. He has a long time working permit in Switzerland and also is prepared to move to Geneva with his wife. But in his case we have an eligibility issue as you can only switch to another country once in every 10 years. Also Multon and Martens did play in Ostend 2018 so they are not allowed to play in Madeira 2020. Brink-Drijver and Gawrys-Klukowski did not play the Europeans in 2018. In the future we will fulfill all requirements of EBL and WBF concerning bona fide residence and eligibility.

When will your team be operational?Players have signed the working and rental

contracts starting June 1st and we have applied for their working permits. They are moving to Geneva now although it is a busy time with Istanbul and Las Vegas. And they still have other obligations like China, so it will take some time before we are settled. But I like to start as soon as possible. We have training facilities in this building so it is a real house of cards. Of course we will travel a lot around the world, but our home base is Geneva.

Pierre Zimmermann


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Why is Monaco not playing the Bermuda Bowl in Wuhan?

I don’t play. First of all, a long time ago I have decided I want to stay loyal to the players who qualified. Secondly, if we want to play the Bermuda Bowl 2021 for Switzerland we cannot play 2019 for another country.

What will happen with the Cavendish and EBL Winter Games you have always seriously supported financially?

The EBL Wintergames 2020, and by the way also after that a three-day big Open Pairs tournament with very good cash prizes, will take place in Monaco, as it was in 2016 and 2018. For the future I will continue to support these tournaments for sure and I am even discussing with EBL and WBF about more tournaments, for instance specific for the seniors.

How did EBL and WBF react on your plans?It’s all new for the moment. The EBL executive

committee has discussed it in Istanbul. The players have sent letters to both the EBL and WBF. From my experience I know EBL and WBF work closely together, so I have full trust in an appropriate handling.

How much do you pay to the Swiss Federation?This is between me and the Swiss Federation.

But I can tell you it is a multi-year contract that gives them the opportunity to promote bridge in Switzerland. I already heard some ideas they are working on and I think they already made a good start. International players of Switzerland also get support to play tournaments outside Switzerland. But probably Stephan Magnusson, president of the Swiss federation can tell you more about their plans.

Is there broad support for the project in Switzerland?

This is not yet clear; we have our General Assembly this Saturday (June 29th), where we will present this project in detail. We are reasonably confident that most of our members will be supportive.

This may mean that top players will have a somewhat lesser chance to represent Switzerland in the coming years; isn't the project therefore perceived negatively by them?

Frankly, the response by top players has been very positive so far, once we have the chance to explain all the facets of it. Sure, the open national team will be harder to get onto, but they will get more support to play in other international tournaments, to play regularly against the Zimmermann team, and have training sessions; but mostly the chance we will have to improve the promotion of bridge is what they see as the real value of the project for the FSB.

What projects are you working on to promote bridge in Switzerland?

First, we need to convince more clubs to have bridge courses, and therefore teachers, which the Federation had not done actively recently. We have just started with a 3-day course for teachers, and now will be able to accelerate this. Most clubs recognize this need, but do not necessarily know how to get started, or lack a qualified teacher.

As soon as we have enough teachers, we will start a project that has been successful in the

Netherlands, and later in other countries, aimed at singles over 50. The Dutch Federation gained several thousand new members, and have decided to start it anew. The politics and geography in Switzerland are quite different, but we should be able to realize this project nonetheless.

We also want to be able to introduce bridge in schools, but this may require a lot of preparation in order to be successful, so this will come a little later, hopefully.

Are there other advantages you can foresee with this partnership?

One can never be certain of such things, but it is likely that this team will achieve good results internationally in the coming years, and that will certainly help to spread the knowledge of bridge in our country.

Having the chance to meet these players in some of our national tournaments will help other players to improve, raising the general level.

We also hope, in collaboration with Pierre, to organize international tournaments in Switzerland in the coming years; nothing is decided yet though.

STEPHAN MAGNUSSON, PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS BRIDGE FEDERATION WAS KIND ENOUGH TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS:

Stephan Magnusson


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When you keep as many pieces of paper on your desk as I do, even the best submissions tend to have a habit of vanishing into the ether. Sometimes the documents reappear, at the very last possible minute for publication as was the case here.

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

West North East SouthO. Rimstedt P. Saporta B. Fischer R. Saporta

— Pass 1[ 2} 2NT 4} 4{ 5} Pass Pass 5[ All Pass

Renata Saporta sat South, Pierre was North. Renata argued that for her partner to jump to 4} at this vulnerability he must have a singleton. And where would that be, since it wasn’t in a black suit? Surely in diamonds. So she led a diamond to the first trick and won her [A before losing courage and cashing }A, then gave her partner the ruff for down one. That was a 95% board; the field made 450 here.

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

West North East South Yildirim Sahin

— 1] Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 2[ Pass 3{ Pass 3NTAll Pass

West led [Q (Rusinow); South, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Rifat Sahin took this with the ace and played }K, 4,8,3; then Q (]6 from dummy and [2 from East). West took with the ace and played ]2, 4, Q, 8. Now East plays [9, J, K, {3.

Back came a heart from West: the seven. Sahin took it with the ace, (pitching the [4 from hand) came to hand with {A, cashed the [10 (throwing the ]9 from dummy) and now played off the }Q and he discarded not the ]J from dummy, but instead the {7.

The reason was that he had already seen 13 cards from West and knew him to have begun with 4=3=1=5 pattern. He played the {6 to the King, West, as expected, discarding. And finally Sahin played ]J and endplayed East. He could win the trick but was then forced to lead away from his { J-8 round to dummy’s {Q-10. +400 brought declarer an 85% score.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

COUNTING THE DISTRIBUTION

BARRY RIGAL

VOLKAN DENIZCI


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With Bessis/Volcker having a somewhat comfortable lead after the first half of the event, Mark Horton and I decided to cover Willenken-Jansma in stanza four.

Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 9 ] 10 7 6 { K J 8 6 } A K 10 6 4 [ Q 8 4 3 [ A K J 2 ] K Q J 3 ] A 9 8 5 { 10 5 2 { Q } Q 8 } 9 7 5 2 [ 10 7 6 5 ] 4 2 { A 9 7 4 3 } J 3

West North East South Willenken Suzer Jansma Uslupehlivan

— 1} Dble 1]*2] All Pass

1] spades

I came to the table and sat down behind Jansma as he put down the dummy in 2], and he commented (silently) that maybe he should have bid more. Willenken proved him right after a top club lead and trump shift. He won in dummy and led dummy’s {Q. Uslupehlivan took his {A and played a second club. Back came a second club and now the second trump came too late. Willenken won in hand and ruffed a diamond, came to the [Q and ruffed a diamond, then ruffed a club to hand and drew the last trump with three spade winners to come for 10 tricks.

Declarer has four spade tricks and five heart tricks off the top; the defenders could have arranged a fourth trick either via an early spade play (to force declarer to draw trumps or suffer the ruff) or by getting a third trump in early. +170 was worth 45 matchpoints (with top 50 that is a 90% score of course). Note that the deal actually belongs to N/S in diamonds; but who bids minors these days?

If Jansma was unhappy with his first deal, he was far less content after the second deal:

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

West North East South Willenken Suzer Jansma Uslupehlivan

— — Pass Pass1NT Pass 2[* Pass3} Pass 3{* Pass3] Pass 4} Pass6} All Pass

*2[ range ask or clubs*3{ shortness

Jansma decided to stretch to force to game by relaying for range then showing short diamonds. With 5} eminently playable and 3NT awkward on a spade lead, this wasn’t unreasonable. But I wonder if Jansma intended 4} as non-forcing while Willenken took it as stronger than 5}? Willenken knew that 3NT was going to be a decent spot so maybe he had to commit to slam here. Regardless, there might have been ways for exploring for slam in a less committal way than the one he found – but he knew his partner would not co-operate. Declarer won the diamond lead and led a club to the king and ace. On the trump return he finessed, perhaps hoping that if he picked up the trumps for down one he might achieve a decent comparison against those down in other games. Not tonight Josephine...

Not surprisingly -100 was a terrible result, a stone-cold zero. Down one would have been equally bad but of course had Willenken’s view in clubs been correct he would have garnered quite a few MP.

PAIRS FINALS STANZA FOURBARRY RIGAL


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Fortunately for them, and this reporter, who prefers not to preside over tales of woe, things picked up from there. Deals three and four were played against Akhun and Ozer, and on the first a gambling 3NT in third seat from Akhun went down a trick for -50 on what was essentially a partscore deal, where his opponents could make 140 in spades. That earned declarer a 76% score – a lot of pairs went down 100 in clubs.

The fourth deal showed Willenken/Jansma’s system to great effect.

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

West North East SouthWillenken Jansma

1} Pass 1{ Pass 1]* Pass 1NT* Pass2[ All Pass

Taken in tandem, Willenken’s first two calls showed a balanced hand or hearts, while Jansma relayed then showed specifically 4-4 in the majors without game interest. Willenken played 2[ on a trump lead and won in dummy to lead a low club from the board. I suspect South’s best play in theory as well as practice is to rise with the ace and shift to diamonds, but he did not do so, letting his partner win the club and play back a spade. Declarer now drew trumps and led a second club, and on the diamond shift he had nine tricks for an 88% score.

For the next two deals Willenken/Jansma were in the right place at the right time.

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

West North East South Kahraman Willenken Cakici Jansma

— — 1] Pass2} Pass 2] Pass2NT Pass 3] Pass4] All Pass

After a spade lead, it looks logical to take in dummy and take a club finesse. When it holds, you may simply draw trumps and give up two diamonds and a trump. But Cakici won the spade in hand and played }A and another. Unluckily for her when the king turned out to be onside she was a long way behind the field. Willenken at this point shifted to a low diamond. Declarer guessed to duck this to the ace, and put up the 10 on the diamond return that went to the queen and king. Now she made the fatal error of forgetting the Dentist Coup of cashing the [K before taking the heart finesse, and when Jansma returned a spade, declarer had to guess how to exit from dummy. She made the best percentage play of ruffing a club low, but Jansma could overruff for down one. That gave the defenders a 94% score. Even making ten tricks would have been below average for declarer (11 are available by taking a club finesse then running {J.)

Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul.

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK 9999999999999999999999999999999999 7777777777777777777777777777777777 5555555555555555555555555555555555

Chris Willenken


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[ K 8 6 2 ] Q 7 2 { K Q 10 } 7 6 4 [ A 10 5 4 3 [ J 9 7 ] J 8 6 5 3 ] 10 9 4 { — { 8 7 6 4 } 10 9 5 } K J 8 [ Q ] A K { A J 9 5 3 2 } A Q 3 2

West North East South Kahraman Willenken Cakici Jansma

— Pass Pass 1{Pass 1[ Pass 3} Pass 3{ Pass 3NTPass 4NT Pass 6{ All Pass

Who if anyone did too much? Probably no one; with slam no worse than a finesse and some chances for a defensive slip, 6{ is playable even if 6NT by South is slightly preferable. Jansma won the club lead in hand and tested trumps, then led a spade to the [Q and [A. He now needed to find his RHO following to the second spade and third heart to get his losers away, and all was well. +920 raked in 78% of the MP.

For the last two deals I was going to watch our heroes take on another medal contender. At the end of this stanza Tatlicioglu/Baskan were in third place.

Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul.

[ 10 6 4 3 ] A Q 8 6 2 { 8 } A Q 8 [ K 7 5 2 [ J 9 8 ] 4 ] 9 3 { 10 9 6 3 2 { A J 7 5 } 6 5 3 } K J 7 2 [ A Q ] K J 10 7 5 { K Q 4 } 10 9 4

West North East SouthWillenken Baskan Jansma Tatlicioglu

— — — 1NTPass 2} Pass 2]Pass 3[* Pass 3NTPass 4{ Pass 4] All Pass

3[ GF heart raise with a singleton somewhere

Jansma could have doubled 4{ for a spade lead; does that make Willenken’s choice of a spade an anti-percentage one? You be the judge. As it was, declarer could win the spade cheaply and draw trumps, then lead a diamond and avoid one of his two minor-suit losers. A club lead holds declarer to ten tricks; that would have turned declarer’s 96% score into 30%.

Again, the Willenken/Jansma system clawed back something on the next deal.

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

West North East SouthWillenken Baskan Jansma Tatlicioglu

2} Pass 2{ Pass 2] Pass 3NT All Pass

Baskan twitched over 3NT, but did well not to double. After a diamond lead Jansma ran his winners but N/S defended correctly and held him to 430. That was still a 70% result for declarer.

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NETHERLANDSJan JANSMA


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I STANBUL DIARYMARK HORTON

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

29 JuneAs the end of another Championship draws close,

we wait to see if anyone can mount a challenge to the runaway leaders of the Open Pairs, Thomas Bessis and Frederic Volcker. They will be hoping to emulate the achievement of their compatriots, Cedric Lorenzini and Baptiste Combescure, who dominated the field to win the first edition of the Jean-Paul Meyer Pairs - how fitting that it should be a French pair.

There is so much to do at such a big event, that important things can be overlooked. At breakfast this morning, I bumped into David Mossop and we had a quick chat about his team's victory in the Open Championship. When he mentions that he is surprised that a report on the third session of the final has not appeared in the Bulletin, the alarm bells start ringing, as I know Barry watched it. You will find it in this issue - better late than never!

Meanwhile here is a great deal from the second session of the Pairs' final - maybe the best defence of the event:

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

West North East South Welland Graversen Auken Caspersen

2[ Pass 4[ All Pass

North found the spectacular lead of the {Q, which was to have unforeseen consequences as the play unfolded. South followed with the two and North continued with the {A, ruffed by declarer, who ran

the [Q and then played a spade to the ace. He ruffed a diamond and exited with a spade, North winning and exiting with the {10. Declarer ruffed and paused to reconstruct North's hand. He was marked with [K94 and from the lead and play appeared to have {AKQJ10. That made it virtually impossible for North to hold the ]K and so declarer played four rounds of clubs, throwing South in to lead into dummy's heart tenace. As expected, South held a red king - but when he produced the {K the contract was one down. As you might have guessed, this was a complete top.

Russia's Yuri Khiuppenen drew the attention of a Director to a revoke by his partner that had gone un-noticed by the other players. It changed the result on the deal from 4[+1 to 4[-1. Wonderful sportsmanship from the Russian star.

Producing the last Bulletin of any championship is always a challenge, especially if an exciting result is in prospect. The advantage of having an online only version is that there is no rush to deliver the pages to a printer, so if there is a decisive deal at the end we have more chance of including it - and we have even had occasion to add deals to a Bulletin several days after the event.

As I write the Open Pairs has every indication of being 'a close run thing' as some obscure general once said of a famous battle and we will do our best to do it justice, although the lack of BBO coverage complicates matters. Barry is reporting on the first half of set four, while I looked at the second half of that session.

On Board 10 Chris Willenken took an unfortunate view in a suit of ]K52 opposite ]AJ86 losing a trick even though the queen was onside in his spade part-score, +140 was only 7/43. Ten tricks would have been 19/31 with those recording +620 gathering 41/9.


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Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. [ Q 8 7 5 2 ] A Q 10 { 8 5 4 } 10 4 [ K 6 [ 10 9 4 3 ] 7 6 5 ] 9 2 { A 7 3 { K J 10 9 } Q J 9 8 6 } K 7 5 [ A J ] K J 8 4 3 { Q 6 2 } A 3 2

West North East South Willenken Dogan Jansma Zabunoglu

— — — 1NT Pass 2]* Pass 2[ Pass 2NT All Pass

I would have been tempted to open 1] and then rebid 1NT, downgrading the hand (worth only 14.05 on the KR Hand Evaluator). The fact that this leads to the best contract of 2] (worth 43/7) is purely coincidental.

West led the }J and declarer ducked, won the next club (the queen) East retaining the king, crossed to dummy with the ]Q and played a spade to the jack and king. East won the club return and switched to the {J which led to four down, -200 and 5/45.

By this stage Willenken and Jansma were very close to the leaders, but they suffered a setback when good bidding by their opponents (Mossop/Hydes) saw them defending 2[ and a defensive error cost a vital trick, changing -110 (37/13) into -140, 47/3.

Then they stayed out of a marginal slam (it was making) and their opponents found their only trick on the lead, +480 gathering a miserable 43/7.

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

West North East South Iavicoli Willenken Gerli Jansma

— — — Pass 1NT* Pass 2}* Pass 2{* Pass 2NT All Pass

1NT 10-132} Stayman2{ No major

North led the {4 and declarer won with dummy's jack and played a heart for the ten and queen. North switched to the }5 and back came the {10 covered by the queen and ace, dummy pitching a club. Declarer took the {9 with the king, crossed to dummy with a spade and ran the ]J. North cashed his diamonds and then played a club, so that was 4 down, -200 and 49/1.

A normal result on the last deal of the session was worth 43/7 and my featured pair remained in second place, just under a top behind Bessis/Volcker.

As we prepare to leave the office that has been our home for the last two weeks, it is time to pay tribute to the people who worked long hours to bring you just some of the action. Our team of reporters was led by Barry Rigal and Ron Tacchi here in Istanbul, supported by David Bird, Ram Soffer, John Carruthers and Marc Smith, who were 'off-site'. Our Turkish readers were entertained by Murat Molva and Riva Şalhon. The proof-reading team was led by Jan Swaan, aided and abetted by Herman (Roll of Honour) De Wael (also our statistical guru), PO Sundelin (who, as you might expect also provided vital insights into the complex areas of bidding and analysis), Barry and Ron. We were also joined in the office by Simon Fellus and Arianna Testa who were busy producing a brilliant series of videos. Josef Harsanyi was our vital link to the organisation. As usual, I have saved the best and most important person until last. The queen of the Daily Bulletins, now the Regina, Francesca Canali (formally the Principessa, a title that has been bestowed upon her daughter, Margot) who turns our miserable prose into something special with her outstanding photographs and design.

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After session two of six Bessis & Volcker were still seven percent ahead of the field.

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

West North East South Alter Allerton Streck Jagger

— — — Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 3{* Pass 4[ All Pass

Had West been a follower of Meckstroth’s well-known law ‘If partner freely raises your six-card major, bid game’ he would not have bothered with a game-try bid but gone directly to the four-level. However his partner bid the game for him. To succeed, declarer, as an absolute minimum, needed the king of trumps to be onside, not the case here. Only ten pairs actually bid the game and just one of them made it, though not for a complete top, as that went to the pair defending 4{X played by South. At our table, North led a small trump, taken in hand. Declarer then tried a small diamond but North rose with his king and switched to a club, taken by South.

Clubs were continued, ruffed in hand and declarer crossed to dummy via the queen of diamonds to lead a spade towards hand. Getting the bad news in trumps, he rose with the ace and ruffed his last diamond. He then had to lose a heart and the king of trumps, one down. Only 16% to E/W.

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

West North East South Alter Allerton Streck Jagger

Pass Pass 1NT 2[* All Pass

2[ spades and a minor

On the lead of the king of diamonds, declarer was not hard pressed to make his contract, especially when E/W did not find their diamond ruff. So N/S wrote +200 in their scorecard. Eight N/S pairs bid game – I suspect after North opened with his eleven count. Scores varied from +990 to -790. As you can see, E/W can make 3} or 3]. 200 was worth 58% of the match-points.

OPEN PAIRS FINAL, SESSION 3RON TACCHI


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

West North East South Vroustis Ron Delimpalt. Brondum

— — Pass Pass 1NT 2}* Pass 2{* Pass 2] Pass Pass Dble All Pass

2} majors2{ you choose

I should point out it was not I who was sitting North.North made a typical daring pairs intervention, but

this time it was not a success, more a bloodbath. Very quickly -800 was entered into the Bridgemate. On a different day the East and South hands are swapped and you have a potential 300 save against a vulnerable 3NT.

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

West North East South Dragonov Kandemir Stefanov Kubac

— — — Pass 1}* 1{ Dble* 1] Dble Pass 2] Pass 2[ Pass 4[ All Pass

1} Polish clubDble 6+HCP

N/S were lying third at the end of the second session. North led the king of hearts, which was ducked. He continued with the }2 to the nine, queen and king. Declarer crossed to dummy’s }10 and took a losing trump finesse. He still had a red-suit loser, keeping him to just ten tricks. This gave Kubac & Kandemir 76%. Declarer can make eleven tricks but he must not duck the opening lead.

8888

DENMARKFreddi BRONDUM

DENMARKJacob RON


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Board 24. Dealer West. None Vul. [ K J 8 ] Q 9 8 5 { J 10 9 6 4 3 } — [ 4 [ A 9 7 3 ] K J 6 3 ] A 10 7 4 2 { A Q 8 7 2 { 5 } A 7 2 } J 8 6 [ Q 10 6 5 2 ] — { K } K Q 10 9 5 4 3

West North East South Dragonov Kandemir Stefanov Kubac

1{ Pass 1] 2NT* 3[* Dble 4] 4[ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

2NT Black suits

3[ Spade shortage, agreeing hearts

Declarer ruffed the opening heart lead in hand and tried the king of clubs, ducked by West. He continued with the club queen covered by the ace and ruffed in dummy. Another heart was ruffed in hand, followed by another club ruff. Yet again, a heart was ruffed. Declarer now had six tricks and made two more by ruffing a club with the bare king – either this won, or if East overruffed with the ace declarer’s Q10 were worth two tricks.

Only seven E/W were allowed to play the contract. The majority were playing 4[X. Failing by just two tricks was worth 62%.

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

West North East South — Pass 1}* Pass 1] Dble Rdbl* 1[ 4] Pass Pass 4[ Dble All Pass

1} Polish ClubRedble 3]

I have not included names to protect the guilty but I award the 4[ bid ‘The Most Courageous Bid of The Year’. Courage was not rewarded, as -1100 was the cost.

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

West North East South — — — Pass Pass 2{ All Pass

Note there is no ‘*’ on the 2{ bid. My second instance of a natural weak 2{ during these championships. Declarer, Kieran Dyke, fresh from qualifying to represent England, played his king of spades under the opening lead of the ace. East continued with ace and another heart to his partner’s jack. The king of hearts was ruffed by declarer and a small diamond taken by dummy’s lone ace. The jack of clubs was covered by the queen, king and ace. East got off lead with a club, which went to declarer’s seven, who now had two trumps to lose and finished one down. With E/W not finding their heart fit this result was worth 62%.BULGARIA

Julian STEFANOV


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

West North East South Delimpiadakis Vroustis

— — — 1NTPass 2} Pass 2]Pass 3[* Pass 3NTPass 4{ Pass 4] All Pass

We saw on this deal from our global report that the key to scoring well in 4] by South was the lead from West. A spade would concede 680, a diamond 650…but what about a club? Vassilis Vroustis declared 4] on a club lead and decided the lead would not be away from the king. He played low from dummy and East won cheaply and shifted to [8 – which fortuitously looked like a high spot-card to declarer. He took his [A (if he finesses the [Q he might even go down), then drew trump in two rounds ending in dummy. Now he led a low diamond from dummy, and East could not work out what had happened in spades, so ducked smoothly. Nice play; not the right moment for it!

Declarer now gave up a spade, then rejected the club finesse when a club came back. He went up with the ace and ruffed out the spades, and could discard the club loser from hand on the [10. Back to +650 and very nicely done too.

As usual, I count the number of deals played in the championships.

Including the six special tournaments and the extra deals in the Women Teams' final, 92,115 deals were played. This makes the ninth edition of the Transnational European Championships the fifth largest, behind Menton 2003 (123,647), Poznan 2011 (109,734), Sanremo 2009 (102,826) and Montecatini 2017 (98,160), but ahead of Antalya 2007 (89,882), Oostende 2013 (82,637), Tromsø 2015 (77,678) and Tenerife 2005 (77,393).

For the second time running, in all tournaments (even including the Staff pairs), every table received an individual set of boards. That means that the duplication staff needed to produce that same number of boards (and some extra in reserve). Indeed, Monica Gorrerri, chief of duplication, reports that her staff produced around 95,000 boards.

PLAYERS

Altogether 1,472 players from 47 countries competed in these championships. 638 players participated in the first week, and 1,162 players in the second week, with 328 players staying for both weeks.

NICE RECOVERY!

THE HARDEST WORKERS

BARRY RIGAL

HERMAN DE WAEL


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I managed to catch a few deals towards the end of the session.

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

Open Room West North East South Gerli Bessis Iavicoli Volcker

— 1[ Pass 2}* 2[* Pass 3] Pass 4{ Pass 4] All Pass

2[ The red suits

West was clearly determined to play in game. My finessing friend tells me that the lead of any diamond or the ace of hearts allows East to make his contract. From this preamble you are probably already guessing that South unerringly selected the ace of hearts. He continued by cashing the ace of clubs and just to make matters easier for declarer played another trump. When both defenders followed declarer gave up a diamond and claimed. That was 28% to the competition leaders.

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

West North East South Gerli Bessis Iavicoli Volcker

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

1{ 2+{ or 4+{ unbal, forcing 1 round2} Take out without hearts2[ Strong hand3[ 4-4 or better minors

North led the jack of hearts and declarer’s problem was that with the ace of spades obviously offside there were only eleven tricks. This was 80% for the top-placed pair – they had got out off this table with a smidgeon more than 50%.

OPEN PAIRS FINAL, SESSION 5RON TACCHI

ITALYAldo GERLI


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

West North East South Teodorescu Allerton Moraru Jagger

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

West had a difficult decision as to whether to overcall, and as frequently happens in the pairs environment, the aggressive action paid off. With Four Hearts cold, Four Spades was an excellent save for thirteen pairs and for two a shared top when they brought their contract home. At this table, the defence immediately found the club ruff and the contract had no chance. Finding the sacrifice was worth 68% of the match-points.

Board 28. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ J ] K Q 10 5 4 3 { K 6 5 } K 8 6 [ A K 6 4 [ Q 10 9 7 5 ] J 9 6 ] — { A 3 { Q 10 8 7 } A Q J 2 } 10 7 4 3 [ 8 3 2 ] A 8 7 2 { J 9 4 2 } 9 5

West North East South Teodorescu Allerton Moraru Jagger

1}* 1] 1[ 3] 4] Pass 4[ Pass 6[ All Pass

Another kibitzer at the table at the end of the auction remarked that West was aiming to get his name in the Bulletin and he was right. South found the lead of the jack of diamonds to avoid all possibilities of a mistake by the defence. Only one other pair reached the dizzy heights of slam. Three pairs decided to rest in a part-score and the rest played in 4[, three of them making two overtricks. The third-placed English pair scored 98%.

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

Açık İkili Finali 3. Seansından bir el. Dealer olarak Kuzeyin pasından sonra Sarper Uslupehlivan Doğudan 1 trefl açıyor.

Batı, Uğurcan Süzer, 1 karo cevabı vererek en az 4lü kör rengi gösteriyor. Şimdi Kuzey kontr ile “diğer” renkleri, yani pik ve karoları vaad ediyor.

Bu başlangıçtan sonra Uğurcan ve Sarper normal 4 kör kontratlarına ulaşıyorlar. Fakat transferli sekanstan gitmiş oldukları için deklaran Doğu. Karo ataktan sonra 4 körü nasıl oynardınız?

Sarper yerden valeyi giriyor ve karo damını elden alıyor. İlk iş olarak kör 10’luyu kuzeyin valesine kadar gönderiyor. Dört eli görebilen bizler “ah evladım keşke kozları rua-dam çekserek oynasaydın, bak kör vale ne güzel düşüyordu” diyoruz ama masada oynarken böyle bir imkan yok.

Kuzey, karo defansına devam ediyor. Sarper bunu elden alıp üçüncü karoya yerden çaktırıyor ve kör rua ile çıkıyor. Kuzey bunu kazanınca, bir bakıma oyun sonu olmuş duruma düşüyor ve pik oynamayı tercih ediyor. Biz seyirciler içimizden “ah evladım trefl oynasaydın ya, bak şimdi deklaranın pik rengi konusundaki problemini çözdün” diye düşünüyoruz. Güney pik asını alıp pik ile çıkıyor. Şimdi geriye bir tek trefl dam sorunu kaldı.

Nasıl bulunacak bu dam? Bu gibi durumlarda briççilerin davranış şekillerini aşağıdaki farklı kategorilerde inceleyebiliriz:

1) Standard briçsever: Trefl vale ile empas yapar ve empas tutmayınca omuz silkerek bir sonraki ele geçer.

2) Tecrübeli turnuva oyuncusu: Deklarasyon ve oyuna bakarak rakiplerin ellerini saymaya çalışır. Kuzeyin dağılımını 4243 olarak sayınca temel matematik bilgisi sayesinde trefl damın Kuzeyde olma ihtimalinin yüksek olduğunu anlar ve empas atarak batar. Ortağına da “elleri saydım ve yüksek yüzdeli oyuna oynadım ama istatistik ilmi bana ihanet etti” der.

3) Gerçek iyi oyuncu: Yukarıda tecrübeli oyuncunun yaptığı fi kir yürütme çalışmasını aynen yapar. Ama bununla yetinmeyip rakiplerin konvansiyon kartını inceler! Neden? Çünkü iyi bir oyuncu rakibin konvansiyon kartında işe yarar bilgi bulma ihtimali olduğunu bilir. Sarper de aynen bunu yapıyor ve rakibin zonsuzken 1NT açışlarının 10-13 puan olduğunu görüyor. Bunun anlamı ne? Okumaya devam etmeden önce bu sorunun cevabını bulmaya çalışın.

Deklaran, artık oyunu yapmak için gerekli tüm bilgilere ulaşmış durumda değil mi? Trefl damı Kuzeyde olamaz. Çünkü öyle olsaydı Kuzey en baştan pas geçmek yerine 1NT açardı!

Sarper trefl as-ruasını çekerek Güneyin trefl damını topluyor! İşte briç. Bu güzel oyun Sarper-Uğurcan çiftine bu elden %84 gibi mükemmel bir skor getiriyor.

Konvansiyon kartının yararı

Uğurcan SÜZER – Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN


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P.O. Sundelin, sayısız uluslararası başarıya imza atmış bir briççi. İstanbulda yapılan Avrupa Şampiyonalarında Sistem Uzmanı ve “Reviewer” olarak görev yapıyor. Burada yaşadığı küçük bir olayı sizlerle paylaşmak istediğini belirtti:

Geçen akşam arkadaşları ile gittiği yerel bir restoranda, yemek bittikten sonra Green Park otele dönmek üzere dışarı çıkıyorlar.

Fakat taksi azlığı veya aşırı yoğunluk dolayısı ile bir türlü taksi bulunamıyor. Son 15 günlerini neredeyse sadece briççileri ağırlamakla geçiren

lokanta yöneticisi de işi gücü brakıp arabasını alıyor ve Sundelin’i kendi elleri ile Green Park’a bırakıyor.

Bu durum, Türkiye’ye sık sık gelen eski dostumuz ve bricin yaşayan efsanesi Sundelin’i çok mutlu ediyor ve bültenimiz aracılığı ile hepinize sevgi

Bir Avrupa Şampiyonasının daha sonuna geldik. Bugüne kadar Türkiye Briç Federasyonu’nun üstün başarı ile ev sahipliği yaptığı uluslararası etkinlikler aşağıdadır:

Şampiyona süresince günlük bültenimiz aracılığı ile sizleri birazcık ta olsa kendi dilimizde bilgilendirebildiysek ve neşelendirebildiysek ne mutlu bize. Hepinize sağlıklı mutlu briç dolu güzel günler…

Yaşayan efsane’den hoş bir İstanbul anısı

Artık önümüzdeki şampiyonalara bakacağız

P.O. Sundelin

2000 Avrupa Gençler Şampiyonası (Talya Otel, Antalya)2004 Dünya Briç Olimpiyatları (Cevahir Otel, İstanbul)2007 Avrupa Açık Şampiyonaları (Topkapı Palace-Kremlin Palace, Antalya)2009 Dünya Açık Gençler Şampiyonası (Yeditepe Üniversitesi, İstanbul)2010 Avrupa Şapiyon Kulüpler Kupası (Ege Palas Oteli, İzmir)2014 Dünya Genç Takımlar Şampiyonası (Koç Üniversitesi, İstanbul)2019 Avrupa Açık Şampiyonaları (Green Park Otel, İstanbul)

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1 STAMATOV Jerry DANAILOV Diyan BUL - BUL 56.70

2 SOULET Philippe VINCIGUERRA Herve FRA - FRA 55.46

3 BESSIS Thomas VOLCKER Frederic FRA - FRA 55.32

4 JANSMA Jan WILLENKEN Chris NED - USA 54.94

5 WINKLER Gabor DUMBOVICH Miklos HUN - HUN 54.70

6 STEFANOV Julian DRAGANOV Zhivko BUL - BUL 54.36

7 DELIMPALTADAKIS Nikos VROUSTIS Vassilis GRE - GRE 54.31

8 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 53.76

9 TSONCHEV Ivan MARASHEV Vladimir BUL - BUL 53.59

10 GIERULSKI Boguslaw SKRZYPCZAK Jerzy LTU - LTU 53.47

11 ALLERTON Jeffrey JAGGER Chris ENG - ENG 53.09

12 NEVE Olivier BOCKEN Patrick BEL - BEL 52.46

13 TATLICIOGLU Sinan BASKAN Burak TUR - TUR 52.41

14 CULLIN Per-Ola PALMA Antonio SWE - POR 52.40

15 DOBRIN Florin BACALU Iancu ROM - ROM 52.36

16 KUBAC Nezih KANDEMIR Ismail TUR - TUR 52.09

17 THUILLEZ Laurent SCHMIDT Pierre FRA - FRA 52.06

18 SCHOLLAARDT Maarten GROENENBOOM Merijn NED - NED 52.02

19 TOLEDANO Oren ZAMIR Ami ISR - ISR 51.88

20 DOGAN Irfan ZABUNOGLU Okan TUR - TUR 51.80

21 RON Jacob BRONDUM Freddi DEN - DEN 51.57

22 MARSTRANDER Peter ELLINGSEN Kristian NOR - NOR 50.76

23 BYRNE Michael DYKE Kieran ENG - ENG 50.71

24 OZGUL Levent KOLATA Suleyman TUR - TUR 50.65

25 ASLAN Bulent UMUR Omer Celal TUR - TUR 50.64

26 SUZER Ugurcan USLUPEHLIVAN Sarper TUR - TUR 50.57

27 PLEJDRUP Andreas LAHRMANN Christian DEN - DEN 50.34

28 LAKATOS Peter BIRMAN Alon HUN - ISR 50.29

29 PASKE Thomas TOKAY Mustafa Cem ENG - TUR 50.25

30 VERSACE Alfredo BERNAL Francisco ITA - COL 49.63

31 ALTER Florian STRECK Lauritz GER - GER 49.46

32 GRAVERSEN Hans Christian CASPERSEN Henrik DEN - DEN 49.10

33 VOLL Roar KINDSBEKKEN Asbjorn NOR - NOR 48.96

34 GINOSSAR Itamar BEN DAVID Yuval ISR - ISR 48.86

35 YADLIN Doron LIBSTER Benjamin ISR - ISR 48.30

36 AKGUL Mustafa OZBAY Tolga TUR - TUR 48.24

37 ZIPOVSKI Dimitraki RADISIC Goran SER - SER 48.23

38 IAVICOLI Federico GERLI Aldo Giovanni ITA - ITA 48.20

39 BILGEN Salih UNALDI Oktay TUR - TUR 48.01

40 ERBIL Erdinc PEYRET Hakan TUR - TUR 47.83

41 PROKHOROV Dmitri GOMEROV Pavel RUS - RUS 47.40

42 YEKUTIELI Asaf BANIRI Ilai Ilan ISR - ISR 46.80

43 HYDES Alexander MOSSOP David ENG - ENG 46.47

44 TENN Marko AASMAE Joel EST - EST 46.40

45 CIVGINER Haldun UNAL Serkan TUR - TUR 46.23

46 WEISSELBERGER Yves KHANFIR Samir FRA - FRA 44.93

47 TEODORESCU Cornel MORARU Dan ROM - ROM 44.84

48 ALENFALK Bjorn NORDLINDH Joakim SWE - SWE 44.73

49 KOLDZIC Zoran CURLIN Igor SER - SER 44.67

50 KAHRAMAN Ahmet CAKICI Ferda TUR - TUR 44.07

51 OZER Ahmet Murat AKHUN Mustafa TUR - TUR 41.23

52 OZDIL Mahmut OZBALCI Ersen Alp TUR - TUR 39.71

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1 SALEM Nantia BANIKAS Christodoulos GRE - GRE 61.132 FRUSCOLONI Leonardo ALPERT Claire ITA - USA 59.073 GRUDE Tor Eivind BAKKE Christian NOR - NOR 58.944 DURSUN Baris BAYSAL Dursun TUR - TUR 58.625 AKCA Esref TEMIZ Veli TUR - TUR 58.156 BRGULJAN Karlo CARIC Jurica CRO - CRO 58.077 CUBUKCU Soner TARHAN Turker TUR - TUR 57.938 ZAHIR Hanif GOKCE Hakan SUI - SUI 57.719 SLIVA Vitold VORONOV Andrez RUS - RUS 57.2710 CAPAL Steve SOBELL Andrew ENG - ENG 56.6111 SIMSEKEL Saim Celal POLATKAN Ismet TUR - TUR 56.4512 EMANUELSSON Bengt TJARNEMO Hakan SWE - SWE 56.4213 KARADENIZ Mesut DEMIRBAS Naci TUR - TUR 56.3714 IVANOV Peter TIHOLOV Todor BUL - BUL 56.3115 WENNING Ulrich WENNING Karin GER - GER 55.9516 FILIKCI Abdulkadir EKINCI Dicle TUR - TUR 55.7817 ISPORSKI Vladislav Nikolov ZOBU Ahu BUL - TUR 55.6718 NAWROCKI Piotr KEPEKCI Mehmet Faruk POL - TUR 55.2019 DRAGAN Volodymyr TRETYACHENKO Konstantin UKR - UKR 55.0520 STEPHENS Robert SORENSEN Lotte RSA - RSA 54.9321 DOGRULAR Serkan OZTURK Guzide TUR - TUR 54.6822 MATUSHKO Georgi BAKAL Mikhail RUS - RUS 54.6223 CASPERSEN Soeren Veel BUNE Soren DEN - DEN 54.3124 KHIUPPENEN Yury VASILYEV Petr RUS - RUS 54.2425 OZTURK Bircan GOKCE Gul TUR - TUR 54.1226 AVCIOGLU Huseyin Kerem PEKOZ Nevzat TUR - TUR 54.0727 ERLINGSSON Hrannar KRISTINSSON Sverrir ISL - ISL 54.0628 GOWER Craig ROSSLEE Diana RSA - RSA 53.7429 NOKHAEVA Tatiana SVECHNIKOVA Marina RUS - RUS 53.5130 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 53.4131 STRZEMECKI Wojciech ZAWADA Przemyslaw POL - POL 53.3932 KADIOGLU Oguzhan AKSAKARYA Yalcin TUR - TUR 53.3133 HARSANYI Josef LATALA Slawek GER - POL 53.2734 DEMIROZ Gulden GONEN Hamide TUR - TUR 53.2435 CHUMAK Yuliy ROVYSHYN Oleg UKR - UKR 53.2336 HILL Janet Elizabeth HILL Paul Sydney AUS - AUS 53.2137 VIKOR Daniel FEHER Peter HUN - HUN 53.0738 CIESLAK Jaroslaw KRASNICKI Mariusz POL - POL 52.9439 ROGOV Dmitri BERKTAS Can RUS - TUR 52.9340 HOYLAND Sven Olai HOYLAND Sam Inge NOR - NOR 52.9141 EIRIKSSON Sveinn Runar SIGURJONSSON Julius ISL - ISL 52.9042 GOTARD Tomasz GOTARD Thomas GER - GER 52.8543 HINDEN Frances OSBORNE Graham ENG - ENG 52.6444 DURGUT Sabahattin KILICARSLAN Hilmi TUR - TUR 52.6245 KAPUSUZOGLU Ilker KOCABAS Alper TUR - TUR 52.4646 BJERREGARD Sven-Ake APTEKER Noah Thomas SWE - RSA 52.0747 SIMANAITIENE Sonata JANKAUSKAS Arunas LTU - LTU 51.9548 GOKOZ Ataov BIYIK Mehmet TUR - TUR 51.7949 KHONICHEVA Elena KULIK Irina RUS - RUS 51.7450 ACAR Ahmet Emir GULSEN Enes TUR - TUR 51.6151 DIKBAS Merih UZUN Fevzi TUR - TUR 51.6052 ALUF Sedat KAYA Erdogan TUR - TUR 51.4553 SALMAN Yusuf CEBECI Evrim TUR - TUR 51.4154 AKSUYEK Ender DENIZCI Volkan TUR - TUR 51.3355 HAFFER Joachim KOLESNIK Emma AUS - USA 51.3256 SIVERTSEN Are KOFOED HANSEN Ingar NOR - ENG 51.1057 ALP Zeynep EKINCI Orhan TUR - TUR 50.9758 KUTLU Arif KALE Ahmet Erol TUR - TUR 50.8859 RUBINS Karlis ALFEJEVA Jelena LAT - LAT 50.8460 ELMAS Tuna ERKAN Berrak TUR - TUR 50.7561 MAAT Roeland DE MEER Mark NED - NED 50.6962 EIDE Lars SIVERTSVIK Ranja NOR - NOR 50.6763 SEN Deha TASKINER Basar TUR - TUR 50.5864 KROEJGAARD Niels KROEJGAARD Mads DEN - DEN 50.5565 KURANOGLU Serap NUHOGLU Sevil TUR - TUR 50.54

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66 SOHTORIK Yusuf KIZILKAYA Metin TUR - TUR 50.4467 ERCAN Sehmus TEGMEN Mehmet Alper TUR - TUR 50.0468 HARRIS Jeniffer MALHASYAN Eduard ENG - BUL 49.9969 ULUGOL Ahmet TIGLI Bilal TUR - TUR 49.8570 SEZER Metin KURANOGLU Mehmet TUR - TUR 49.7871 GUNAY Deniz PEKOZ Eser TUR - TUR 49.6572 WIANKOWSKI Piotr KURT Kemal POL - TUR 49.6573 KUKUL Selcuk YAZ Baris Omer TUR - TUR 49.5774 HARRIS Jonathan ROOT STEVEN ENG - ENG 49.4475 UZUM Dogan KIZILOK Omer TUR - TUR 49.4276 ARSLAN Erdem AKYUZ Metin TUR - TUR 49.3977 McMAUGH Ronan RUDZINSKI Marcin IRL - IRL 49.3678 SELIM KAPLAN Ahmet AKARGUL Hakan TUR - TUR 49.3479 TORAKAY Yusuf SUMER Fahri TUR - TUR 49.3480 ONURLU Sinan PINHAS David TUR - TUR 49.3081 TUZUN Haldun KOKEN Recep TUR - TUR 49.2082 APTEKER Alon APTEKER Jude Jacob RSA - RSA 49.1483 KOVACHEV Valentin KRAL Ronald Peter BUL - USA 48.8984 GUNEL Kenan Kursad ISIM Zeynep Serap TUR - TUR 48.8685 SHATROV Arkadiy KHLYZOVA Evgeniya RUS - RUS 48.8286 ERTUS Cemal Ersan ANAVI SINGER Odeta TUR - TUR 48.6387 NEHIR Serkan SAHIN Bulent TUR - TUR 48.5488 KURTULMAZ Veysel TOPTAS Ali Ozkan TUR - TUR 48.4089 BACH Peer LICHTNECKER Setsuko NZL - NZL 48.3390 SAHIN Ahmet Rifat YILDIRIM Yusuf Umit TUR - TUR 48.3291 YAGMUR Ercument CENGIZ Sedat TUR - TUR 48.3292 LUPU Smaranda LUPU Mircea Sergiu FRA - FRA 48.2793 MERCIL Yasemin ARSLAN Mustafa TUR - TUR 48.2094 SOFIOS Michalis DIPLOUDI Maria GRE - GRE 48.0595 KOKTEN Namik ALUF Tuna TUR - TUR 47.9496 ANDREI Florin ROSU Ovidiu Gabriel ROM - ROM 47.8797 SZABO Csaba HODOSI Peter HUN - HUN 47.8498 PSZCZOLA Jacek SAKR May USA - USA 47.8199 EKINCI Omer AVKAN Huseyin USA - TUR 47.66100 MINASYAN Anna YILDIZ Taner TUR - TUR 47.37101 COPE Simon BOWLEY Richard ENG - ENG 47.30102 WALLIS Jim NASH William AUS - AUS 47.26103 ESMERLIGIL Suphi Serhat CENGIZLER Ilker TUR - TUR 46.92104 ISTVAN Vidami ZOLTAN Magyari ROM - ROM 46.89105 YARDIMCI Julide SAKIRLER Mehmet Remzi TUR - TUR 46.84106 FASTING Espen C. BOGO Kaare NOR - NOR 46.78107 BULKAZ Zeynep Esra ARSLAN Nevin TUR - TUR 46.57108 GULERMAN Aysel BAYDAR Kurtul TUR - TUR 46.46109 CINAR Nur SEN Nuray TUR - TUR 46.14110 SAGRA Mehmet DEMIR Erdem Vural TUR - TUR 46.11111 SHAMI Anisia CAMP Owen NZL - NZL 45.48112 DIONYSOPOULOS Dimosthenis BOZEMPERGK Kostas GRE - GRE 45.34113 MISCIOGLU Leyla ERDEM Gelengul Mecbure TUR - TUR 45.31114 AVSAR KOSEOGLU Nuket OZEN Jale TUR - TUR 45.30115 MACCORMAC Thomas YAYLA Betul IRL - TUR 45.13116 YARAS Alp Arslan GOLET Ali Salih TUR - TUR 45.12117 BERTHEAU Markus KOLESNIK Finn SWE - USA 44.98118 NIKITINA Alexandra GUSEV Viacheslav RUS - RUS 44.96119 GOKTULGA Seyda SAHBAL Ali TUR - TUR 44.94120 DAGDEVIREN Attila DAGDEVIREN Deniz TUR - TUR 44.90121 KARLYKOV Petro PLATONENKO Volodymyr UKR - UKR 44.90122 YALCINKAYA Bulent ARIKOKOGLU Tahir Can TUR - TUR 44.35123 KAHRAMAN Ramazan KARADENIZ Mehmet TUR - TUR 44.18124 CUSSON Danielle GUVEN Metin USA - TUR 44.07125 DONNER Gary SOBEL Yoko USA - USA 44.05126 DUMITRASCU Florin MARCU Codrin ROM - ROM 44.03127 KHAZANOV Igor LEBEDEVA Maria RUS - RUS 43.94128 ATALAY Onur ARIKAN Yilmaz TUR - TUR 43.91129 FRANCIS Sheila BRAATVEDT Susanne RSA - RSA 43.81130 PANELLA Ana FRANCO Marta ESP - ESP 43.22131 GURBUZ Azem MARASLI Tutku Kahraman TUR - TUR 42.89132 KLOET Jos ARENDSE Wim NED - NED 42.10133 JASKIEWICZ Ryszard GRZELCZAK Jacek POL - POL 41.92134 ODINTSOVA Svetlana VLASTOVSKY Oleg RUS - RUS 41.35135 KALAYCI Seref Ali CALISIR Yusuf TUR - TUR 38.60136 ABACIOGLU Oznur ABACIOGLU Erdal TUR - TUR 35.89137 PEKPERGEL Huseyin TANER Mustafa TUR - TUR 35.50


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MASTERPOINTS RACERANKING OF ALL TOURNAMENTS COMBINED

Rank player MxT BAM1 EBL1 EBL2 MxP OpT WoT SeT BAM2 WoP SeP OpP JPM1 JPM2 Tot1 Tatiana DIKHNOVA 100 68 50 2182 Philippe SOULET 80 10 115 2053 Thomas PASKE 8 150 13 1714 Justyna �MUDA 45 38 50 35 1684 Mikhail KRASNOSSELSKI 100 68 1686 Alexander HYDES 150 3 1536 David MOSSOP 150 3 1538 Catherine D'OVIDIO 100 50 1508 Edward JONES 150 1508 Jason HACKETT 150 1508 Justin HACKETT 150 15012 Diyan DANAILOV 125 12512 Herve VINCIGUERRA 10 115 12512 Jerry STAMATOV 125 12515 Berend VAN DEN BOS 120 12015 Danny MOLENAAR 120 12015 Joris VAN LANKVELD 120 12015 Tim VERBEEK 120 12019 Thomas BESSIS 3 10 105 11820 Chris WILLENKEN 10 15 90 11520 Frederic VOLCKER 10 105 11522 Simonetta PAOLUZI 10 50 5 45 11023 Jan JANSMA 1 3 15 90 10924 Christina Lund MADSEN 100 2 10225 Tatiana PONOMAREVA 45 6 50 10126 Bas DRIJVER 100 10026 Marc BOMPIS 100 10028 Sylvie WILLARD 45 50 9529 Chris JAGGER 30 63 9329 Jeffrey ALLERTON 30 63 9331 Laurent THUILLEZ 45 2 45 9232 Katarzyna DUFRAT 3 50 35 8833 Nathalie FREY 80 2 5 8734 Andrey GROMOV 3 13 70 8634 Anna GULEVICH 3 13 70 8634 Gabor WINKLER 86 8634 Miklos DUMBOVICH 86 8638 Cecilia RIMSTEDT 10 75 8538 SHEN Yu Xiong 10 75 8540 Zhivko DRAGANOV 2 82 8441 Michal KLUKOWSKI 45 38 8342 Julian STEFANOV 82 8243 Vassilis VROUSTIS 3 78 8144 Bernard PAYEN 80 8044 Eric MAUBERQUEZ 80 8044 Nikos DELIMPALTADAKIS 2 78 8044 Vanessa REESS 80 8048 Roy WELLAND 5 74 7948 Sabine AUKEN 5 74 7950 Anna SARNIAK 10 10 35 22 7751 Michal KWIECIEN 50 25 7551 Wlodzimierz STARKOWSKI 50 25 7553 Cathy BALDYSZ 10 27 35 1 7354 Ivan TSONCHEV 2 70 7254 Vladimir MARASHEV 2 70 7256 Anil PADHYE 70 7056 Ehud FRIEDLANDER 70 7056 Gopal VENKATESH 70 7056 Grzegorz NARKIEWICZ 70 7056 Inon LIRAN 70 7056 Jacek KALITA 70 7056 Krzysztof BURAS 70 7056 Michal NOWOSADZKI 70 7056 Padmanabhan SRIDHARAN 70 7056 Sundarram SRINIVASAN 70 70


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66 Jean LE PODER 45 23 6866 Nicole CURETTI 45 23 6868 Boguslaw GIERULSKI 66 6668 Jerzy SKRZYPCZAK 66 6670 Burak BASKAN 5 57 6270 Sinan TATLICIOGLU 5 57 6272 Geta MIHAI 61 6172 Radu MIHAI 61 6174 Olivier NEVE 60 6074 Patrick BOCKEN 60 6076 Danuta KAZMUCHA 35 22 5776 Maarten SCHOLLAARDT 15 42 5776 Merijn GROENENBOOM 15 42 5779 Antonio PALMA 1 54 5580 Adam GROSSACK 3 46 5 5480 Per-Ola CULLIN 54 5482 Ismail KANDEMIR 5 48 5382 Margherita CHAVARRIA 3 5 45 5384 Florin DOBRIN 51 5184 Iancu BACALU 51 5184 Jovanka SMEDEREVAC 20 16 5 10 5184 Pierre ZIMMERMANN 45 6 5188 Bogdan MARINA 50 5088 Hemant LALL 50 5088 Krzysztof MARTENS 50 5088 Pierre SCHMIDT 5 45 5088 Reese MILNER 50 5088 Zia MAHMOOD 50 5094 Ahu ZOBU 42 7 4994 Ida GRÖNKVIST 3 46 4996 Freddi BRONDUM 15 33 4896 Jacob RON 15 33 4896 Nezih KUBAC 48 4899 Ausmund STOKKELAND 45 4599 Franck MULTON 45 4599 Isabelle MAGIS 45 4599 Lionel SEBBANE 45 4599 Pascale THUILLEZ 45 4599 Sverre JOHNSEN 45 4599 Vytautas VAINIKONIS 10 35 45106 Ami ZAMIR 5 39 44106 Oren TOLEDANO 5 39 44106 Tezcan SEN 29 15 44109 Martine ROSSARD 2 40 42109 Przemyslaw JANISZEWSKI 10 27 5 42109 Victor ARONOV 42 42112 Irfan DOGAN 5 36 41112 Okan ZABUNOGLU 5 36 41114 Anne-Laure TARTARIN 40 40114 Helge HANTVEIT 40 40114 Rune Brenderford ANDERSSEN 40 40117 Mehmet Ali INCE 35 3 38117 Namik KOKTEN 35 3 38119 Bulent ASLAN 15 21 36119 Henrik CASPERSEN 20 2 5 9 36119 Mesut KARADENIZ 35 1 36119 Naci DEMIRBAS 35 1 36119 Nathalie SAADA 20 16 36119 Omer Celal UMUR 15 21 36119 Sveinn Runar EIRIKSSON 20 16 36119 Yaniv ZACK 20 16 36119 Zofia BALDYSZ 35 1 36128 Kristian ELLINGSEN 3 2 30 35128 Magdalena TICHÁ 3 32 35128 Marina STEGAROIU 35 35128 Marius IONITA 35 35128 Richard RITMEIJER 3 32 35128 Wojtek OLANSKI 35 35134 Norman SELWAY 21 13 34134 Sally BROCK 10 11 13 34134 Yankos PAPAKYRIAK. 4 30 34137 Ricco VAN PROOIJEN 3 30 33

Rank player MxT BAM1 EBL1 EBL2 MxP OpT WoT SeT BAM2 WoP SeP OpP JPM1 JPM2 Tot


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138 Frances HINDEN 2 30 32138 Graham OSBORNE 2 30 32138 Kieran DYKE 5 27 32138 Michael BYRNE 5 27 32142 Aris FILIOS 30 30142 Bart NAB 30 30142 Bob DRIJVER 30 30142 Dorte Cilleborg BILDE 20 10 30142 Konstantinos DOXIADIS 30 30142 Konstantinos KONTOMITROS 30 30142 Louk VERHEES Jr 30 30142 Peter MARSTRANDER 30 30142 Petros ROUSSOS 30 30142 Philippe COENRAETS 30 30142 Sam BAHBOUT 30 30142 Steven DE DONDER 30 30142 Suleyman KOLATA 1 5 24 30142 Tassos KOUKOUSELIS 30 30142 Thierry COOREMAN 30 30142 Zvi ENGEL 30 30158 Brian SENIOR 13 16 29158 Emine KONDAKCI SEN 29 29158 Levent OZGUL 5 24 29158 Sandra PENFOLD 13 16 29162 Cedric LORENZINI 3 15 10 28162 Georgi MATUSHKO 3 25 28162 Victoria GROMOVA 3 25 28165 Egbert MEIJER 5 22 27165 Henk DEN BOER 5 22 27167 Andrew ROSENTHAL 10 15 25167 Morten BILDE 20 5 25167 Selen HOTAMISLIGIL 20 5 25170 Carole PUILLET 3 5 16 24170 Véronique BESSIS 3 5 16 24172 GAN Ling 20 2 22172 Maria YAKOVLEVA 3 19 22172 SHAN Sheng 20 2 22172 Stense FARHOLT 20 2 22172 Thor Erik HOFTANISKA 10 11 1 22172 Vadim KHOLOMEEV 3 19 22178 Kay PREDDY 21 21179 Cenk TUNCOK 20 20179 Dimitraki ZIPOVSKI 3 17 20179 Frederic WRANG 15 5 20179 Gunnar HALLBERG 15 5 20179 HUANG Yan 20 20179 Jessica LARSSON 20 20179 LU Dong 20 20179 Michael BAREL 20 20179 Przemyslaw ZAWADA 10 10 20179 Sedat ALUF 5 15 20179 SHEN Siyuan 20 20179 WANG Yanhong 20 20191 Hatice OZGUR 19 19191 Irem OZBAY 19 19191 Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN 19 19191 Ugurcan SUZER 19 19191 Willem GOSSCHALK 19 19191 Willem VAN EIJCK 19 19197 Anna ZACK EFRAIMSSON 18 18197 Bengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON 18 18197 Enver KOKSOY 3 15 18197 Erdinc ERBIL 15 3 18197 Hakan PEYRET 15 3 18197 Mehmet Remzi SAKIRLER 3 15 18197 Sarah BELL 3 5 10 18204 Berk BASARAN 10 7 17204 Brigitta FISCHER 17 17204 Christian LAHRMANN 17 17204 Dario ATTANASIO 10 2 5 17204 Gabriella MANARA 10 2 5 17



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204 Irene BARONI 3 9 5 17204 Ola RIMSTEDT 17 17204 Romain ZALESKI 3 9 5 17204 SHAO Zi Jian 10 7 17213 Isabelle BELLO 15 1 16214 Aaron SILVERSTEIN 15 15214 Andreas PLEJDRUP 15 15214 Andrew BLACK 15 15214 Andrew McINTOSH 15 15214 Arrigo FRANCHI 10 5 15214 Bircan OZTURK 15 15214 Boye BROGELAND 15 15214 Cristina GOLIN 10 5 15214 Erdogan KAYA 15 15214 Espen LINDQVIST 15 15214 Guy MENDES DE LEON 15 15214 Ibrahim MUMCUOGLU 15 15214 Ihsan TOSUN 15 15214 Jacco HOP 15 15214 Luc TIJSSEN 15 15214 Mads KROEJGAARD 15 15214 Massimo LANZAROTTI 10 5 15214 Meike WORTEL 15 15214 Mert BILGEN 15 15214 Niels KROEJGAARD 15 15214 Peter BERTHEAU 15 15214 Peter LAKATOS 15 15214 Philip (Phil) KING 15 15214 Safak URAS 15 15214 Tamer COKGOR 15 15214 Thibo SPRINKHUIZEN 15 15214 Tunga OGUS 15 15214 Vera ADUT 1 14 15214 Veri KILJAN 15 15243 David KENDRICK 13 1 14243 Dilek YAVAS 14 14243 Francisco BERNAL 3 11 14243 Georgi GERGOV 14 14243 Jerzy MICHALEK 13 1 14243 John HOLLAND 13 1 14243 Rumen MANTCHEV 14 14243 Wit KLAPPER 13 1 14251 Alon BIRMAN 13 13251 Anke WIJMA 13 13251 Baptiste COMBESCURE 3 10 13251 Carla ARNOLDS 13 13251 Debbie SANDFORD 13 13251 Dennis BILDE 3 10 13251 Diana NETTLETON 13 13251 Ferda CAKICI 10 3 13251 Hans Christian GRAVERSEN 5 8 13251 Marusa GOLD 13 13251 Miroslaw MILASZEWSKI 13 13251 Pauline DOEDENS 13 13251 Philippe CRONIER 3 10 13251 Sandra KOLEN 13 13251 Sophie WAKSMAN 13 13251 Stefan SZENBERG 13 13251 Susanna GROSS 8 5 13251 Woyciech USZYNSKI 13 13269 Alfredo VERSACE 2 10 12269 Bernhard STRATER 12 12269 Gaye UYGUR 12 12269 Jacek PSZCZOLA 12 12269 May SAKR 12 12269 Selma DERMAN 12 12269 Ulrich KRATZ 12 12276 Mustafa Cem TOKAY 11 11276 Piotr TUSZYNSKI 5 5 1 11278 Adolf BOCHENSKI 5 5 10278 Andrea BURATTI 10 10



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278 Apolinary KOWALSKI 10 10278 Artur MALINOWSKI 10 10278 Barbara DESSI 10 10278 Christodoulos BANIKAS 10 10278 Dominika OGLOBLIN 10 10278 Erdem OZTURK 10 10278 Ewa SOBOLEWSKA 10 10278 Fabrizio HUGONY 10 10278 Fredrik NYSTRÖM 10 10278 Igor GRZEJDZIAK 10 10278 Irina LEVITINA 10 10278 Jakub WOJCIESZEK 10 10278 Janet DEBOTTON 10 10278 Johan UPMARK 10 10278 Kathrine BERTHEAU 10 10278 Lauritz STRECK 10 10278 Lech OHRYSKO 5 5 10278 Leonardo CIMA 10 10278 Linnea EDLUND 10 10278 Marion MICHIELSEN 10 10278 Marta WOJCIK 10 10278 Migry CAMPANILE 10 10278 Monica AGHEMO 10 10278 Nantia SALEM 10 10278 Philippe MARILL 10 10278 Rafal MARKS 10 10278 RAN Jing Rong 10 10278 Robert LARSSON 10 10278 Sabina GRZEJDZIAK 10 10278 SHI Bin 10 10278 Tuna ELMAS 10 10278 Vera TAGLIAFERRI 10 10312 David GOLD 2 7 9312 Florian ALTER 9 9312 Itamar GINOSSAR 3 6 9315 Ahmet KAHRAMAN 5 3 8315 Asaf YEKUTIELI 5 3 8315 Dmitri PROKHOROV 5 3 8315 Giovanni GENOVA 8 8315 Ilai Ilan BANIRI 5 3 8315 Marta SIKORA 3 5 8315 Massimo MORITSCH 8 8315 Michael BELL 3 5 8315 Pavel GOMEROV 5 3 8315 Roar VOLL 8 8315 Signe BUUS THOMSEN 8 8315 Stanislaw GOL�BIOWSKI 3 5 8315 Susanne THOMSEN 8 8315 Tor Eivind GRUDE 3 5 8329 Alp Ferruh OZORAL 7 7329 Asbjorn KINDSBEKKEN 7 7329 Claire ALPERT 7 7329 Craig GOWER 2 5 7329 Giulia SCHETTINO 7 7329 Guzide OZTURK 7 7329 Jing Rong RAN 7 7329 Lale GUMRUKCUOGLU 7 7329 Leonardo FRUSCOLONI 7 7329 Mert UZUNHASAN 7 7329 Ozlem OZORAL 7 7329 Richard Mark PLACKETT 7 7329 Roberto PORCIANI 7 7329 Ronald Peter KRAL 7 7329 Serkan DOGRULAR 7 7329 Umran SEMERCI 7 7329 Valentin KOVACHEV 7 7329 Vladislav Nikolov ISPORSKI 7 7329 Yuval BEN DAVID 7 7329 Zafer BILGIN 7 7349 Ahmet IRGIN 6 6349 Andrzej PAWLAK 5 1 6



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349 Doron YADLIN 6 6349 Elena KHONICHEVA 5 1 6349 Goran RADISIC 3 3 6349 Igor CURLIN 3 3 6349 Irina KULIK 5 1 6349 Mary SARANGA 6 6349 Mine PARDO 6 6349 Roko KASAPOGLU 6 6349 Zoran KOLDZIC 3 3 6360 Ahmet CELIK 5 5360 Alexi CHUMAKOV 5 5360 Ali YALMAN 3 2 5360 Alon APTEKER 5 5360 Anders MORATH 5 5360 Andrei ARLOVICH 5 5360 Andrez VORONOV 5 5360 Andrzej KNAP 5 5360 Arturo WASIK 5 5360 Astrid Steen LYBAEK 3 2 5360 Barbara DRINOVEC D 5 5360 Baris CENGIZ 5 5360 Bartosz CHMURSKI 5 5360 Benjamin LIBSTER 5 5360 Can BERKTAS 5 5360 Carmelo PENNESTRI 5 5360 Caterina FERLAZZO 5 5360 Christian BAKKE 5 5360 Claudia POMARES 5 5360 Constantin STANCESCU 5 5360 Dan URSEANU 5 5360 Dana BERKOWITZ 5 5360 Daniel Octavian SAVIN 5 5360 David WRANG 5 5360 Diego BRENNER 5 5360 Ekrem SERDAR 5 5360 Emil JEPSEN 5 5360 Emma KOLESNIK 5 5360 Ercan KURU 5 5360 Erdal CALISKAN 5 5360 Erikas VAINIKONIS 5 5360 Gary GOTTLIEB 5 5360 Gergana TENEVA 5 5360 Gracia YALMAN 3 2 5360 Grazyna BREWIAK 5 5360 Guler VAHABO�LU 5 5360 Hakan GOKSU 5 5360 Haldun VAHABO�LU 5 5360 Hasan FIRAT 5 5360 Ibrahim AKSOY 5 5360 Ilker CUBUKCU 5 5360 Jacek GRZELCZAK 5 5360 Jacek SIKORA 5 5360 Janusz GAWECKI 5 5360 Jaroslaw CIESLAK 5 5360 Jelena ALFEJEVA 5 5360 Jerem STEPINSKI 5 5360 John PHELAN 5 5360 Kacper KOPKA 5 5360 Kamil NOWAK 5 5360 Karlis RUBINS 5 5360 Kenan OZKURT 5 5360 Krzysztof CICHY 5 5360 Lisbeth Aulid EIDE 5 5360 Lucy PHELAN 5 5360 Maksymilian CHODACKI 5 5360 Marcin Wojciech OSMANSKI 5 5360 Marina SVECHNIKOVA 5 5360 Mariusz KRASNICKI 5 5360 Mary KELLY-ROGERS 5 5360 Mateusz SOBCZAK 5 5360 Mehmet EKSIOGLU 5 5



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360 Mehmet Isin KANDEMIR 5 5360 Mehmet SIRIKLIOGLU 5 5360 Metin EKSIOGLU 5 5360 Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE 5 5360 Miguel VILLAS-BOAS 5 5360 Mikhail BAKAL 5 5360 Mutlu DEMIRKAYA 5 5360 Nevin ARSLAN 5 5360 Nevzat AYDOGDU 5 5360 Nur CINAR 5 5360 Nuri CENGIZ 5 5360 Pavel VOROBEI 5 5360 Peter FREDIN 5 5360 Piotr ZATORSKI 5 5360 Ron PACHTMAN 5 5360 Serban DRAGHICESCU 5 5360 Sergei ERSHOV 5 5360 Sirma SANUS 5 5360 Soner CUBUKCU 5 5360 Stanislaw PAJAK 5 5360 Stefano CATA 5 5360 Suleyman Ufuk KOC 5 5360 Tatiana NOKHAEVA 5 5360 Tim LESLIE 5 5360 Tolga OZBAY 5 5360 Tomasz SIELICKI 5 5360 Vitold SLIVA 5 5360 Yusuf SOHTORIK 5 5360 Zafer SENGULER 5 5360 Zdzislaw INGIELEWICZ 5 5360 Zeynep Esra BULKAZ 5 5453 Aida JANSMA 1 3 4453 Christina SYRAKOPOULOU 4 4453 Esat ERGIL 4 4453 Joanna ZOCHOWSKA 3 1 4453 Kaare BOGO 3 1 4453 Ranja SIVERTSVIK 3 1 4453 Sedat CENGIZ 4 4453 Siv THORESEN 4 4453 Virginia CHEDIAK 4 4462 Adrian SILVASANU 3 3462 Ahmet Murat OZER 3 3462 Aldo Giovanni GERLI 3 3462 Alejandro BIANCHEDI 1 2 3462 Alessandro GANDOGLIA 3 3462 Alexej GERASIMOV 3 3462 Alison WILSON 3 3462 Andrea MANNO 3 3462 Aurélie LORENZINI 3 3462 Baris DURSUN 3 3462 Bénédicte CRONIER 3 3462 Bjorn ALENFALK 3 3462 Canan ADIGUZEL 3 3462 Cemal Ersan ERTUS 3 3462 Cengiz SEKER 3 3462 Cornel TEODORESCU 3 3462 Dan MORARU 3 3462 Dursun BAYSAL 3 3462 Eitan ORENSTEIN 3 3462 Elena RUDAKOVA 3 3462 Eman BAMEHREZ 3 3462 Ersen Alp OZBALCI 3 3462 Evgeni RUDAKOV 3 3462 Federico IAVICOLI 3 3462 Funda OZBEY 3 3462 Gerd Marit HARDING 3 3462 Gert-Jan PAULISSEN 3 3462 Haldun CIVGINER 3 3462 Hana KREIDIEH 3 3462 Helge STANGHELLE 3 3462 Helin ERDOGDU 3 3



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462 Hilda SETTON 3 3462 Hye Min OH 3 3462 Hye Young KIM 3 3462 Irfan COSKUN 3 3462 Jennifer REINING 3 3462 JIN Ke 3 3462 Joakim NORDLINDH 3 3462 Joan KENNY 3 3462 Joao PASSARINHO 3 3462 Joel AASMAE 3 3462 Khaled ALKATTAN 3 3462 LIU Yi Qian 3 3462 Mahmut OZDIL 3 3462 Maisy ALUF 3 3462 Margie COLE 1 2 3462 Marian GRUDE 3 3462 Marion ROBERTSON 3 3462 Marko TENN 3 3462 Martin ANDRESEN 2 1 3462 Massimiliano DI FRANCO 3 3462 Mathilde THUILLEZ 3 3462 Matilda POPLILOV 3 3462 Matthias HUBERSCHWILLER 3 3462 Merih TOKCAN 3 3462 Mikael RIMSTEDT 3 3462 Mustafa AKGUL 3 3462 Mustafa AKHUN 3 3462 Myriam GUTIERREZ-H 3 3462 Okay GUR 3 3462 Oktay UNALDI 3 3462 Olga PAVLUSHKO 3 3462 Olga VOROBEYCHIKOVA 3 3462 Ozlem OYMEN 3 3462 Peycho CHOLAKOV 3 3462 Pierre FRANCESCHETTI 3 3462 Quentin ROBERT 3 3462 Romana-S-A TANASE 3 3462 Salih BILGEN 3 3462 Sam PUNCH 3 3462 Samir KHANFIR 3 3462 Sarah COMBESCURE 3 3462 Selim TRABOULSI 3 3462 Sergey ORLOV 3 3462 Serkan UNAL 3 3462 Simon COPE 3 3462 Stella SAGIV 3 3462 Stephen PETERKIN 3 3462 Tutku Kahraman MARASLI 3 3462 WANG Weimin 3 3462 Wei WANG 3 3462 Yehuda SAGIV 3 3462 Yves WEISSELBERGER 3 3462 ZHAO Hailong 3 3462 ZHU Ping 3 3547 Adele HANNA 2 2547 Ali Can USTUNBOY. 2 2547 Altug GOBEKLI 2 2547 Andreas KONYVES 2 2547 Ayse Nazli METIN 2 2547 Berna SERIN 2 2547 Burcu TASLAK 2 2547 Carol STANTON 2 2547 Catherine SEALE 2 2547 Daniel VIKOR 2 2547 Danielle AVON 2 2547 Diana ROSSLEE 2 2547 Dominik FILIPOWICZ 2 2547 Ecem YAVUZ 2 2547 Ekaterina DOBRUSHINA 2 2547 Emanuela PRAMOTTON 2 2547 Emin KAMGOZEN 2 2



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547 Emre Can AKKAYA 2 2547 Esref AKCA 2 2547 Ewa MISZEWSKA 2 2547 Fatma Dicle TOKER 2 2547 Filiz GOCEN 2 2547 Giorgia BOTTA 2 2547 Grozio DONEV 2 2547 Hennie FICK 2 2547 Israel YADLIN 2 2547 Jacek DMOWSKI 2 2547 Jean-Michel VOLDOIRE 2 2547 Jerzy ROMANOWSKI 2 2547 Kemal BESKEN 2 2547 Kudret METIN 2 2547 Manuel d' OREY CAPUCHO 2 2547 Maria Joao LARA 2 2547 Mikhail ROZENBLYUM 2 2547 Neville EBER 2 2547 Nikolay DEMIREV 2 2547 Nuray KAMGOZEN 2 2547 Olcay KOKEN 2 2547 Olga KIRILLOVA 2 2547 Onur YILMAZ 2 2547 Orit MORAN OHAYON 2 2547 Peter FEHER 2 2547 Pierre SAPORTA 2 2547 Recep KOKEN 2 2547 Renata SAPORTA-T 2 2547 Rolf BENGTSSON 2 2547 Rose MELTZER 2 2547 Valerie BLOOM 2 2547 Veli TEMIZ 2 2547 Veronika ROMASHOVA 2 2597 Ahmet DEDEHAYIR 1 1597 Alain KAPLAN 1 1597 Alain LEVY 1 1597 Basak KUTUK 1 1597 Buket BULUT 1 1597 Carolina PIMENTA 1 1597 Catalin POPESCU 1 1597 Codrin MARCU 1 1597 Connie MARFELL 1 1597 Constance COQUILLETTE 1 1597 Costache DARIE 1 1597 Dana TAL 1 1597 Esin ERGUN 1 1597 Espen ERICHSEN 1 1597 Faramarz BIGDELI 1 1597 Florin DUMITRASCU 1 1597 Fredrik HELNESS 1 1597 Guy POLET 1 1597 Harald EIDE 1 1597 Jacques STAS 1 1597 Jale OZEN 1 1597 Jurica CARIC 1 1597 Karlo BRGULJAN 1 1597 Kenan MENGU 1 1597 Liya KOSTOVA 1 1597 Lotte SØRENSEN 1 1597 Mehves PISAK 1 1597 Michel ABECASSIS 1 1597 Mihail BALUNA 1 1597 Nuket AVSAR KOSEOGLU 1 1597 Peter IVANOV 1 1597 Pinar ERGIN 1 1597 Ronnie BARR 1 1597 Simona Felicia DARIE 1 1597 Susanne BRAATVEDT 1 1597 Tuna ALUF 1 1633 Deniz ANAPA 0 0



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MASTERPOINTS RACERANKING OF THE SPECIAL TOURNAMENTS (BAM, EBLCup, Jean-Paul Meyer Pairs)

Rank player BAM1 EBL1 EBL2 BAM2 JPM1 JPM2 Tot1 Berk BASARAN 10 7 172 Cedric LORENZINI 3 10 133 Andrea BURATTI 10 103 Baptiste COMBESCURE 10 103 Barbara DESSI 10 103 Christodoulos BANIKAS 10 103 Dennis BILDE 10 103 Dorte Cilleborg BILDE 10 103 Fabrizio HUGONY 10 103 Frederic VOLCKER 10 103 Herve VINCIGUERRA 10 103 Leonardo CIMA 10 103 Monica AGHEMO 10 103 Nantia SALEM 10 103 Philippe SOULET 10 103 Thomas BESSIS 10 103 Tuna ELMAS 10 103 Vera TAGLIAFERRI 10 1019 Ahu ZOBU 7 719 Alp Ferruh OZORAL 7 719 Claire ALPERT 7 719 Craig GOWER 2 5 719 David GOLD 7 719 Giulia SCHETTINO 7 719 Guzide OZTURK 7 719 Lale GUMRUKCUOGLU 7 719 Leonardo FRUSCOLONI 7 719 Mert UZUNHASAN 7 719 Ozlem OZORAL 7 719 Richard Mark PLACKETT 7 719 Roberto PORCIANI 7 719 Ronald Peter KRAL 7 719 Serkan DOGRULAR 7 719 Umran SEMERCI 7 719 Valentin KOVACHEV 7 719 Vladislav Nikolov ISPORSKI 7 719 Zafer BILGIN 7 738 Alon APTEKER 5 538 Anders MORATH 5 538 Christian BAKKE 5 538 David WRANG 5 538 Frederic WRANG 5 538 Gary GOTTLIEB 5 538 Guler VAHABO�LU 5 538 Gunnar HALLBERG 5 538 Haldun VAHABO�LU 5 538 John PHELAN 5 538 Lucy PHELAN 5 538 Nevzat AYDOGDU 5 538 Nur CINAR 5 538 Peter FREDIN 5 538 Sedat ALUF 5 538 Sirma SANUS 5 538 Tor Eivind GRUDE 5 555 Baris DURSUN 3 355 Carole PUILLET 3 355 Cemal Ersan ERTUS 3 3


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Rank player BAM1 EBL1 EBL2 BAM2 JPM1 JPM2 Tot55 Dimitraki ZIPOVSKI 3 355 Dursun BAYSAL 3 355 Gert-Jan PAULISSEN 3 355 Goran RADISIC 3 355 Hilda SETTON 3 355 Igor CURLIN 3 355 Joanna ZOCHOWSKA 3 355 Joao PASSARINHO 3 355 Matthias HUBERSCHWILLER 3 355 Myriam GUTIERREZ-HERRERO 3 355 Pierre FRANCESCHETTI 3 355 Quentin ROBERT 3 355 Tutku Kahraman MARASLI 3 355 Zoran KOLDZIC 3 372 Ali Can USTUNBOYACIO�LU 2 272 Berna SERIN 2 272 Burcu TASLAK 2 272 Carol STANTON 2 272 Daniel VIKOR 2 272 Diana ROSSLEE 2 272 Ecem YAVUZ 2 272 Emre Can AKKAYA 2 272 Esref AKCA 2 272 Grozio DONEV 2 272 Hennie FICK 2 272 Ivan TSONCHEV 2 272 Kemal BESKEN 2 272 Neville EBER 2 272 Olcay KOKEN 2 272 Peter FEHER 2 272 Recep KOKEN 2 272 Valerie BLOOM 2 272 Veli TEMIZ 2 272 Vladimir MARASHEV 2 272 Zhivko DRAGANOV 2 293 Ahmet DEDEHAYIR 1 193 Aida JANSMA 1 193 Alejandro BIANCHEDI 1 193 Antonio PALMA 1 193 Basak KUTUK 1 193 Carolina PIMENTA 1 193 Codrin MARCU 1 193 Costache DARIE 1 193 Espen ERICHSEN 1 193 Florin DUMITRASCU 1 193 Fredrik HELNESS 1 193 Harald EIDE 1 193 Jan JANSMA 1 193 Jurica CARIC 1 193 Kaare BOGO 1 193 Karlo BRGULJAN 1 193 Kenan MENGU 1 193 Liya KOSTOVA 1 193 Margie COLE 1 193 Martin ANDRESEN 1 193 Peter IVANOV 1 193 Pinar ERGIN 1 193 Ranja SIVERTSVIK 1 193 Simona Felicia DARIE 1 193 Suleyman KOLATA 1 193 Thor Erik HOFTANISKA 1 193 Vera ADUT 1 1

9939993 R Rananjaja S SIVIVERERTSTSVIVIK K 1 1 11

9939993 PPeteterer IIVAVANONOV V 11 11

9939993 S Sululeyeymaman n KOKOLALATATA 1 1 11

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