Philippe Busquin, member of the European Parliament, addressing the 4th European Bridge Champions Cup participants at the Town Hall reception, on Friday evening.
   

After an incredible final round the standings had changed their complexion dramatically when play ended last night. BCOB Brussels, Modalfa and Chlodnia were having high hopes of making it, but none of them succeeded. Chlodnia was beaten all ends up by Parioli and nearly the same happened to Modalfa. So it was left to Besiktas and the hosts to fight it out in a direct confrontation. A side effect of the Parioli outburst was that the Schaltz team could even afford a narrow defeat at the hands of Gromov. It was a tense evening, but there certainly will be even more tension today. Read more about last night’s tension in tomorrow’s Bulletin.