GOLD COAST CONGRESS - 2009 @ QUEENSLAND , AUSTRALIA BRIDGEINDIA.COM WEBSITE
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Gold coast congress
Bulletin No 8 dt 08-03-09 - Here
Bulletin No 7 dt 07-03-09 - Here
Bulletin No 6 dt 06-03-09 - Here
Bulletin No 5 dt 05-03-09 - Here
Bulletin No 4 dt 04-03-09 - Here
Bulletin No 3 dt 03-03-09 - Here
Bulletin No 2 dt 02-03-09 - Here
Bulletin No 1 dt 01-03-09 - Here
Dates = 28th Feb to 6th March - 2009
Venue + Gold Coast Convention Centre. Queensland - Australia
NADAR - GUPTA - Ramen VENKATRAMAN-CHOKSHI-SATYA
Rd Opponent
IMP VP Total Rank MPs
1 129-STORR 30 22 2258 0.90
2 4-MCGANN 27 22 4419 0.90
3 88-CLARKE 59 25 69 4 0.90 Hands
4 91-VAINIKONIS -30 8 77 22
5 196-GILFOYLE 31 23 100 9 0.90
6 21-MORRISON -6 14 114 14
7 14-WARE 12 18 131 12 0.90
8 23-BURKE 38 24 155 5 0.90
9 1-CAYNE -55 2 157 26 Hands -Here
10 79-GINSBERG -4 14 171 31
Nadar did not qualify for the next round of four.
Swing deals
Open room N=India Closed room N >> Opponents
Bd contract by lead result Cont by lead result IMP(Ind)
Rd 10
17 1NT N D7 120 2D W CA 110 +6
19 4C E D2 -130 5C W HA -100 -6
18 4S S C5 620 1NT E S7 -50 +11
22 4S E HK -650 6S E HK -100 -13
15 5DX W HA 500 4H N DQ -620 -3
Rd 9 vs Cayne (catastrophic Round = 2VP opp 25VP)
1 3NT E H5 -400 3NT E S4 -50 -10
2 6H S HJ -200 4H S CQ -620 -13
8 6DXX N HA -1600 3NT N D2 -430 -19
7 4H N H5 -300 1NT S D3 -120 -9
Rd 8
19 6C W HK -1370 3NT W S7 660 - 12
24 5D E H2 50 5D E H8 400 +10
26 5D S HA 600 3H X W DK -200 + 9
27 3H N CQ 140 4H X S DA 100 + 6
28 3C E SQ -110 2S X N D6 1100 +14
Rd 7
Bd 2 4H E S7 -510 6H E CA 1010 +11
12 3NT N HT 600 5C S HA 100 +12
7 1NT E 7 -90 1NT W -- -200 - 7
3 2 E A -110 3NT W Q -100 -5
Rd 6 Open room N=India Closed room N=Morrison
21 2S S DJ -100 1S S C2 80 -5
22 3S S H3 140 4S S H3 50 +5
24 4H N D3 450 5HX N D5 -650 -5
Rd 5 Open room N=India Closed room N=GILFOYLE
4 3NT S C4 600 3NT S C4 100 +12
14 4HXX S DK 880 3D E C6 130 +14
2 2S N SK 110 3C E S7 110 +6
Rd 4 Open room N=India Closed room N=Vainikonis
Round 4 vs VAINIKONIS
20 3NT E HJ -660 1NT W 7 210 -10
25 3C N C5 110 3NT S DK -430 - 8
17 2DX S CJ -800 2DX S CJ 500 -7
27 2H S DA 140 4H S DA -420 -7
22 3 N A 110 3NT X N 6 300 +9
Round No 3 vs Clarke
5 6 S N Club A 14307Club X W DA -500 +
6 4 H W H7 200 4H W CK 620 +
11 5DX S HK -300 6C W SK 940 +
13 3S N HJ 140 3NT W SK 600 +
QUALIFIED Teams for Rd of 4 after SWISS LEAGUE
Rank Open Teams Total
1 HORWITZ - GILL - DEL'MONTE - GREEN - PEAKE 202
2 CAYNE - VERSACE-ZMUDZINSKI-BALICKI-LAURIA-SEAMON 201
3 MCGANN-HANLON-APTEKER-GOWER-CARRUTHERS-WEINSTEIN 197
4 MELBOURNE-DE LIVERA-HIRST-HACKETT-BAKKEREN-BERTENS 190
5 OHNO-YAMADA-INO-HIRATA 188
6 GIURA-HUGHES-GENC-PERLEY 187
7 BOCCHI-DUBOIN-MADALA-SEMENTA 185
8 KANETKAR-BROWN-NEILL-HUGHES 185
9 REITZER-CHADWICK-TISHLER-GUE 185
10 VAINIKONIS-OLANSKI-KOWALSKI-ZHURAVEL-ORLOVICH-JEDRYCHOWSKI 183
11 HAUGHIE-BRAITHWAITE-KLINGER-THOMSON 180
12 WARE-WHIBLEY-GRIFFITHS-ROBINSON 180
13 WYER-SCHWARTZ-COURTNEY-NUNN 179
14 DOECKE-WARE-CLARSON-JENNER-O'SHEA-BROWN 179
15 CHUA-HINGE-RODWELL-HOWARD 179
16 WIGNALL-WOOLES-SYKES-DEWAR-SCOTT-HAY 179
17 DE JONG-ARBER-CHRAPOT-CHIRA 179
18 JONES-MILLINGTON-STUCKEY-TARBUTT 178
19 RICHMAN-GASPAR-SARTEN-WILKINSON 178
20 TRAVIS-REYNOLDS-BIGNALL-APPLETON 177
Indian Team's performance - Here
BOLS Tips
Consider the discards - - - - - Here
Be ready to change plan - - Here
The value of small cards - - Here
Count opponents'cards but - Here
Mid Hand attituse - - - - - - - - - Here
6 Diamond=in Open&down 4 in closed-Here
Gold Coast playing arena - Here
FINALS
Team C/F Set 1 Total Set 2 Total Set 3 Total Set 4 Total
Cayne 53 53 33 86 16 102 WINNER
Ohno 12 12 18 30 8 38 conceeds
We will try, soon,to analyse swing deals as to why CAYNE is
far superior to other teams.
RESULTS - Semi Finals
Ohno Defeated Horwitz and Cayne Defeated McGann
Team C/F Set 1 Total Set 2 Total Set 3 Total Set 4 Total
Horwitz 33 33 7 40 5 45 12 57
Ohno 2 2 14 16 25 41 39 80 Q
Team members
HORWITZ Horwitz - Gill - Green - Delmonte - Peake
OHNO - - - - Ohno - Yamada - Ino - Hirata
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Team C/F Set 1 Total Set 2 Total Set 3 Total Set 4 Total
Cayne 31 31 14 45 30Win - - - - - - - - - - - Q
McGann 4 4 26 30 0
Team members
CAYNE Cayne - Versace - Zmudzinski - Balicki - Lauria - Seamon
MCGANN McGann -Hanlon -Apteker -Gower -Carruthers -Weinstein
VuGraph S.F & Finals
OPEN N - S > CAYNE Final CLOSED E - W > Ohno
Bd Contract Lead Score Contract Lead Score
1st Rd
6 3NT E DQ 100 3NT E H6 600
7 6H S SQ 1430 4H S SK 680
8 5D W H J 50 3NT W HJ 430
Teams event winners - Cayne Team
Lorenzo Lauria, Jimmy Cayne, Michael Seamon, Alfredo Versace, Adam Zmudzinski & Cezary Balicki
Teams Runners Up
Akihiko Yamada, Kyoko, Ohno, Masayuki Ino and Makoto Hirata
