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Table of Contents Page They Think It's All Over 1 Open Round 9: Italy vs Iceland 2 Open Round 10: Bulgaria vs Poland 3 Hand Stories 4 Laws of bridge (1A-2A) 5 Laws of bridge (3) 6 Open Round 12: Spain vs Italy 7

With three big wins Italy have opened up a massive 30 VP lead over second placed Norway after only 14 rounds of the Open series. Bulgaria are third and then there is a log jam with only six points covering the next six teams, Netherlands, Iceland, Poland, France, Russia and Spain.

Holders England have gone into the lead in the Women's series, but the big story concerns the highly regarded French team, that lost heavily to both Faroe Islands and Spain.

Two maximums saw Denmark sweep to the top of the Seniors, just ahead of France with Israel third.