In the matches, Sweden v. Austria and
the Netherlands v. England, beside the vugraph match Poland
v.Poland, the boards 13 through 18 were more exciting at times.
Both Sweden and the Netherlands managed to stay out of trouble
on board 15:
| Board 15 - Dealer South,
NS vul. |
| |
ª
K Q 2
© A J
9 8 6 2
¨ 9 5
§ 9 2 |
ª
J 9 7 3
© Q 10 8
7 4
¨ 4 2
§ K J |
 |
ª
A 8 5
© K
¨ J 8 7 6
3
§ 10 6 4
3 |
| |
ª
10 6 4
© 3
¨ A K Q
10
§ A Q
8 7 5 |
The Swedes Gustawsson-Morath bid 1¨-1©;2§-2©
and there it rested. Gustawsson knew that Morath was probably
unbalanced and so saw no reason to get overexcited. The Dutch
Van Prooijen-Vis made it look even easier: 1§-2©.
This was the strong variety of the weak jump response, showing
8-10 hcp.
| Board 16 - Dealer West,
EW vul. |
| |
ª
K 9 8 6
© 10 6
4
¨ 8 7 4
2
§ 9 8 |
ª
Q 2
© 9 8 7
2
¨ 9 6 3
§ 7 6 4
2 |
|
ª
7 4 3
© A 5 3
¨ A K J 6
§ A J 6 |
| |
ª
A J 10 6
© K Q
J
¨ Q 10
§ K Q
10 3 |
| Closed Room |
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| Wenneberg |
Strafner |
Goldberg |
Simon |
| pass |
pass |
1§ |
dbl. |
| Pass |
1ª |
dbl. |
Redbl. |
| 2§ |
pass |
pass |
dbl. |
| All pass |
|
|
|
This went down three. In the other room,
EW stayed out of trouble when east could open 1 NT and south
could not double for penalties.
| Board 18 - Dealer East,
NS vul. |
| |
ª 7 5
© A 8
¨ A Q 7
5
§ J 10
6 4 3 |
ª
9 2
© 9 7 6
5 2
¨ 8 6 4 2
§ A 8 |
|
ª
A 10 6 4
© K J
¨ K J 3
§ K Q 9
7 |
| |
ª K Q
J 8 3
© Q 10
4 3
¨ 10 9
§ 6 2 |
When the opponents end up in 2© after
east opens 1 NT, should north balance? For the Netherlands,
east, Drijver, definitely did not think so, as he immediately
doubled north's 2NT overcall. North rescued himself in 3§
and thanks to the expensive lead of the ©K this contract went
only four down. Still, 800 to the Netherlands…
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