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Transnational Day 2
DAY 10 Tuesday 24th September
The Australian involvement is now solely in the Transnational event.
In this event, as the name suggests, entries are not limited just to players from the same country and many players have embraced this concept.
There are 110 entries and, even though the field comprises of players not to reach the quarter finals in their respective sections, there are many very good teams and players.
This is the 2nd of 3 days of Swiss play with 5 matches today. Then follows the knockout round of 32, 16, 8, 4 and the final [which is Saturday 28th September].
The Australian involvement includes the following
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AURUSSIA |
Renee Cooper |
Ben Thompson |
Olga Paulushko |
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C. Lund Madsen |
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Australia Seniors |
Peter Buchen |
Ian Thomson |
Pauline Gumby |
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Warren Lazer |
Bruce Neill |
Avi Kanetkar |
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Australia Mixed |
David Beauchamp |
Jodi Tutty |
Andrew Braithwaite |
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Arjuna de Livera |
Stephen Fischer |
Pele Rankin |
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PIONEERS |
Kim Morrison |
Avon Willsmore |
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Plus 4 competent Chinese |
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GINNAN |
Laura Ginnan |
Peter Hollands |
Jenny Thompson |
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Denis Humphries |
Susan Humphries |
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Australia Open |
Peter Gill |
Sartaj Hans |
Liam Milne |
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Tony Nunn |
Nabil Edgtton |
Andy Hung |
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Australia Women |
Helena Dawson |
Lorna Ichilcik |
Rena Kaplan |
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OZ ANGELS |
Helene Pitt |
Avril Zets |
Giselle Mundell |
At the end of the second day, the placements were as follows
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PIONEERS |
11th |
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Australia Seniors |
27th |
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Australia Mixed |
45th |
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Australia Open |
57th |
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GINNAN |
58th |
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AURUSSIA |
71st |
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OZ ANGELS |
105th |
The Quarter Finals of the Bermuda Bowl
Boards of interest in this match:
Board 25
How do you bid the North and South hands? North is void in two suits and South is void in one of your suits.
What could happen if you open 1♠?
5♦ shows 1st round ♦ control and North must have good ♥s – South could punt 7♥ and know that it should have a play.
What could happen if you open 1♥?
3♠ is a splinter agreeing ♥s and 5NT is a grand slam try asking about ♥s and 6♦ shows 2 of the top 3.
Both of the above are possible but require a lot of partnership trust etc. (and perhaps a bit of hindsight).
These wildly distributional hands are always difficult.
Posted by Chris on Tuesday, 24 September 2019 at 22:19