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Michal Kwiecien
Michal Kwiecien is a 42 years old car
engineer and businessman from Lublin. He represents Bridge club
- Unia Winkhaus, Leszno. His biggest wins include first place
in the World Open Pairs Championship at Lille in 1998, second
place in the European Open Teams Championship at Montecatini
in 1997, third place in the World Transnational Open Teams at
Hammamet in 1997, all of them with Jacek Pszczola. He has been
playing together with Jacek Pszczola for 8 years.
He was a little younger back in 1982 when
he was a member of the Polish team that won the Junior Championship
in Sasomaggiore.
This hand comes from a match played in
the Polish First Division in 1991.
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Dealer North
Game All
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ª
A Q 4
© A K Q
8 5
¨ -
§ K 10 9 7 5
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K 10 7 5 2
© 2
¨ A J 10
8 4 3
§ Q |
Without any interference you have reached
a small slam in spades. After a long huddle West leads a heart.
Can you make the most of your opportunity?
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Solution
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ª
A Q 4
© A K Q
8 5
¨ -
§ K 10 9
7 5 |
ª
J 9 8 3
© 7 6 4
¨ K 9 2
§ J 8 3 |
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6
© J 10 9 3
¨ Q 7 6 5
§ A 6 4 2 |
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K 10 7 5 2
© 2
¨ A J 10
8 4 3
§ Q |
Winning the opening heart lead, Kwiecien
cashed two more tricks in the suit, discarding a club and a
diamond from hand, and then proceeded to cross ruff in clubs
and diamonds, cashing the ace of diamonds along the way. On
the fourth diamond, West had to play a trump, and declarer overruffed.
In the three-card ending, Kwiecien played a heart from the table,
discarding his remaining diamond from his hand. West had to
ruff and play a spade into the declarer’s [K10.
A club lead obviously defeats the contract.
The declarer will also have problems after an unlikely trump
lead, provided the opponents defend carefully.
This deal comes from Poland’s match in
the Round Robin against the eventual winners, USAI in the Orbis
Bermuda Bowl 2000.
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Scottish Team Profile
This is the first ever
Scottish representative team in any EBL event, and we are very
happy to find ourselves at such a wonderful event.
Scotland has a very strong
sense of national identity, though the only real unifying factor
is that we are not now, and never have been, English. Our mountains
host numerous clans constantly fighting with one another, something
our team is rather good at. They are;
Robert Carr
Clan: MacChatty.
Motto: “They Shall Not
Pass”.
Coat of arms: Mouth rampant
on background of pure silage.
Douglas Marshall
Clan: MacStrongsilent
Motto: “Let Passers Beware”
Coat of arms: Two large
blue crosses on background of blood red.
Long-standing clan rivalry
means this pair must be separated by a screen at all times.
Their claymores were confiscated
at the airport, but watch out for the sghean dhu, a smaller
weapon, easily concealed in a sock.
Duncan Cockburn
Clan: MacRaki
Motto: “Who Dares, Passes”
Coat of arms: White flag
on background of deep mistrust.
Andrew Myles
Clan: MacGotalight?
Motto: “Let No Man Double”
Coat of arms: Three green
tickets on background of green baize.
Do not be fooled by the
apparent docility of this pair. The fact that an army marches
on its stomach came to light when they were once deprived of
food, drink and tobacco. Things will be all right as long as
the honey cakes and ale last, but if they are roused by hunger
blood will flow.
Harold Bergson
Clan: MacDozy
Motto: “Pass the Bread”
Coat of arms: Red lion
rampant, yellow mouse couchant, separated by black question
mark.
David McCrossan
Clan: MacDeepthought
Motto “Does Pass Exist?”
Coat of arms: Open system
file on background of doubt.
This pair, from two of
the more peace-loving clans, have nonetheless had to perfect
the art of self-defence (“it was his fault”) to survive in a
warmongering environment.
Captain: Catherine Gerrard
Clan: McAllthevices
Motto: “Pass the sickbag”
Coat of arms: Whisky bottle
couchant on background of resignation.
Welding these old enemies
into a unified team has had some effect on this once tall stately
lady. It is a mark of her character that her team stand in awe
even of the smaller version.
Coach: Liz McGowan
Clan: MacThemsuffer
Motto: ‘Bid, Bid, and Bid
Again’
Coat of arms: Red hand
rampant above a bidding box.
Research in her guidebook
revealed that in Turkey women are demure and inconspicuous.
Quite so.
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