US Bridge Championship Finals 1 of 8 Ekeblad vs. Welland =================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 | 4S E +1 450 | 2S W +1 140 | | 7 | | 2 | 2H N = 110 | 2C W = 90 | 5 | | | 3 | 3NT W +2 660 | 3NT W +2 660 | | | | 4 | 1NT E -2 200 | 1NT E -2 200 | | | | 5 | 4S E = 420 | 4D W +1 150 | | 7 | | 6 | 5S N +1 480 | 6S S = 980 | | 11 | | 7 | 1D N = 70 | 3H S -1 100 | 5 | | | 8 | 4H W +1 450 | 4H E +1 450 | | | | 9 | 3NT S +1 430 | 3NT S +1 430 | | | | 10 | 3NT S +1 630 | 3NT S +1 630 | | | | 11 | 3NT S +2 460 | 3NT S +1 430 | 1 | | | 12 | 4H S +2 680 | 4H S +1 650 | 1 | | | 13 | 4HX E -2 500 | 3D W +1 130 | 12 | | | 14 | 3NT N -2 100 | 3NT N -2 100 | | | | 15 | 5C S -2 200 | 3H W -1 50 | | 6 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | Total: 24 31 | =================================================================== Board 1 - Dealer North - None vul. S 6 5 H K Q 10 6 D Q 10 7 2 C 10 7 2 S K Q J 10 9 3 S 8 7 4 H 5 4 2 H A 8 3 D 9 3 D K J C K 5 C A J 9 6 4 S A 2 H J 9 7 D A 8 6 5 4 C Q 8 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C3 C5 C10 CJ 2: E C4 C8 CK C7 3: W SK S6 S4 S2 4: W SQ S5 S7 SA 5: S H9 H2 HQ HA 6: E CA CQ H4 C2 4S by E, making 5, NS: -450 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 2S by W, making 3, NS: -140 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 0 - Welland 7 ============================================================= Board 2 - Dealer East - NS vul. S 5 4 H A J 7 6 4 D A 7 5 2 C J 8 S 7 2 S K J 10 9 H Q 8 3 2 H 5 D J 4 D K Q 6 3 C A 10 9 6 4 C K 5 3 2 S A Q 8 6 3 H K 10 9 D 10 9 8 C Q 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman 1C 1S Dbl 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H5 H9 HQ HA 2: N S4 S9 SQ S2 3: S SA S7 S5 SK 4: S S3 D4 H4 S10 5: N H6 D6 HK H2 6: S D8 DJ DA D3 7: N D2 DQ D9 C6 8: E C3 C7 CA C8 9: W H3 H7 2H by N, making 2, NS: 110 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 1D 1S Dbl Rdbl Pass Pass 2C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S5 S9 SQ S2 2: S SA S7 S4 S10 3: S S8 C10 CJ SJ 4: N DA D3 D8 D4 5: N D7 DK D9 DJ 2C by W, making 2, NS: -90 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 5 - Welland 7 ============================================================= Board 3 - Dealer South - EW vul. S 10 4 3 H 9 D K 10 9 8 6 5 3 C 7 6 S K Q 8 S A 9 6 2 H A 7 6 5 H K Q 4 D Q J D A 4 2 C A 9 4 3 C J 8 5 S J 7 5 H J 10 8 3 2 D 7 C K Q 10 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D9 D2 D7 DJ 2: W C3 C6 C8 C10 3: S H3 H7 H9 HK 4: E CJ CQ CA C7 5: W H5 D10 HQ H2 6: E C5 CK C4 D3 3NT by W, making 5, NS: -660 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D10 D2 D7 DQ 2: W C3 C7 C8 CK 3: S H3 H5 H9 HK 4: E S2 S5 SK S3 5: W C4 C6 CJ CQ 6: S H8 H6 D9 HQ 7: E C5 C2 CA D3 8: W SQ S4 S6 S7 9: W S8 S10 SA 3NT by W, making 5, NS: -660 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 5 - Welland 7 ============================================================= Board 4 - Dealer West - Both vul. S A 10 5 4 H A J D A 6 5 C J 9 5 3 S K Q 8 7 2 S J 9 3 H 6 5 3 H 10 9 8 4 D K 9 D 10 7 3 C K 8 6 C A 7 2 S 6 H K Q 7 2 D Q J 8 4 2 C Q 10 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman 1S Pass 1NT 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) N/F Play 1: S D4 DK DA D7 2: N D6 D10 DQ D9 3: S DJ H3 D5 D3 4: S D2 S2 S4 S9 5: S D8 C6 C3 C7 6: S S6 SK SA S3 7: N HA H8 H2 H5 8: N HJ H9 H7 H6 1NT by E, down 2, NS: 200 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 1S Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D4 DK DA D7 2: N D6 D3 DJ D9 3: S DQ C6 D5 D10 4: S D8 H3 S10 S3 5: S D2 H5 S4 C2 6: S HK 1NT by E, down 2, NS: 200 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 5 - Welland 7 ============================================================= Board 5 - Dealer North - NS vul. S 10 5 H A 9 8 6 2 D 9 2 C A 10 6 3 S Q 7 6 S A J 9 4 3 H H Q J 5 D A Q J 8 7 6 3 D 10 4 C K 9 5 C J 7 4 S K 8 2 H K 10 7 4 3 D K 5 C Q 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass Pass Pass 1D 1) Pass 1S Pass 3D 2) Pass 3H Dbl 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) nat 5+!ds 2) 6+!ds & 3!ss Play 1: S C2 C5 CA C7 2: N H2 HQ HK S6 3: W SQ S5 S4 S2 4: W S7 S10 SA S8 5: E D10 D5 D3 D9 6: E D4 DK DA D2 7: W DQ C3 H5 SK 8: S H4 4S by E, making 4, NS: -420 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Pass Pass 1H 2D 3D Pass 3H 4D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H5 H10 D3 2: W SQ S10 S4 S2 3: W DJ D2 D4 DK 4: S C2 C5 CA C4 4D by W, making 5, NS: -150 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 5 - Welland 14 ============================================================= Board 6 - Dealer East - EW vul. S A 9 8 4 3 H A 6 5 3 D Q 4 C Q 9 S Q S K 7 2 H K J 10 9 8 4 H 7 D K J 9 8 2 D 10 7 6 5 3 C 3 C 8 7 6 5 S J 10 6 5 H Q 2 D A C A K J 10 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass 1C 1H 1S Pass 4S Pass Pass 4NT 5H Pass 5S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H7 HQ HK HA 2: N SA S2 S5 SQ 3: N S3 SK SJ HJ 5S by N, making 6, NS: 480 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Pass 1C 2NT Dbl 4D 4S 5D 5H Pass 6C Pass 6S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D2 DQ D3 DA 2: S SJ SQ SA S2 3: N S3 6S by S, making 6, NS: 980 ------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 5 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 7 - Dealer South - Both vul. S A K 2 H K Q 7 D K 10 6 5 C K 7 3 S 9 7 6 3 S Q J 10 4 H A 9 6 H 10 3 D A 8 7 2 D Q 9 C 10 5 C A Q J 8 2 S 8 5 H J 8 5 4 2 D J 4 3 C 9 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass Pass 1D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E SQ S5 S3 SA 2: N HQ H10 H2 H6 3: N HK H3 H4 HA 4: W C5 C7 CJ C4 5: E S10 S8 S6 SK 6: N S2 S4 D3 S7 7: S DJ DA D5 D9 8: W H9 H7 DQ H5 9: E CA C6 C10 C3 10: E C2 1D by N, making 1, NS: 70 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Pass Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S6 SA S10 S5 2: N HK H3 H4 HA 3: W C10 C3 C2 C4 4: W C5 CK CA C6 5: E CQ C9 H6 C7 6: W S3 SK S4 S8 7: N HQ H10 H2 H9 8: N S2 SJ H5 S7 9: S DJ D2 DK D9 10: N D5 DQ D3 D7 3H by S, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 10 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 8 - Dealer West - None vul. S J 5 2 H 4 2 D 7 4 C K Q 9 8 4 2 S K 7 6 4 S A Q 10 3 H A K 6 5 H Q 9 8 7 D K 8 6 D Q J 9 2 C 10 6 C 7 S 9 8 H J 10 3 D A 10 5 3 C A J 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman 1C Pass 1D Pass 2H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CK C7 C3 C6 2: N D7 D2 DA D6 3: S D3 4H by W, making 5, NS: -450 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 1D Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S9 S4 SJ SA 2: E H7 H3 HA H2 3: W H5 H4 HQ H10 4: E H8 HJ HK C2 5: W D6 D4 DJ 4H by E, making 5, NS: -450 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 10 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 9 - Dealer North - EW vul. S K 10 8 7 H 10 5 D Q 9 C A K 9 5 3 S J 9 3 S A 5 2 H K 8 6 4 2 H 9 7 3 D A 8 4 D J 6 5 3 2 C 10 6 C J 2 S Q 6 4 H A Q J D K 10 7 C Q 8 7 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman 1C Pass 2NT 1) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) nat. & For. Play 1: W H4 H10 H9 HQ 2: S CQ C6 C3 C2 3: S C8 C10 CA CJ 4: N S7 S2 SQ S9 5: S D7 D4 DQ D2 6: N CK D6 C7 H8 7: N C9 H7 C4 H6 8: N C5 D3 S6 S3 9: N H5 H3 HA H2 10: S HJ HK D9 S5 11: W SJ SK SA S4 12: E D5 D10 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 430 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 1C Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H4 H5 H3 HQ 2: S CQ C6 C9 C2 3: S C8 C10 CA CJ 4: N S7 S5 SQ S3 5: S C7 H2 C5 D6 6: S D7 D4 DQ D5 7: N CK H7 C4 S9 8: N C3 D3 S6 H6 9: N H10 H9 HA H8 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 430 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 10 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 10 - Dealer East - Both vul. S A Q 9 H J 5 4 D 9 2 C Q J 10 8 6 S K 10 7 3 S 6 4 2 H K 7 6 3 H Q 9 D K 8 4 3 D 10 7 6 C 7 C K 9 5 4 2 S J 8 5 H A 10 8 2 D A Q J 5 C A 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass 1NT 1) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 14+-17 Play 1: W S3 S9 S6 SJ 2: S CA C7 C6 C4 3: S C3 S10 CQ CK 4: E HQ HA H7 H4 5: S H2 H3 HJ H9 6: N D2 D6 DQ DK 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 630 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H3 H4 HQ HA 2: S H2 HK H5 H9 3: W D3 D9 D10 DQ 4: S H10 H6 HJ S6 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 630 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 10 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 11 - Dealer South - None vul. S A J 10 4 3 H 7 6 3 D 9 5 C 7 6 3 S 9 2 S K 8 7 5 H Q 5 H J 10 2 D Q J 8 7 4 3 2 D 6 C Q 8 C J 10 5 4 2 S Q 6 H A K 9 8 4 D A K 10 C A K 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman 2C 3D 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DJ D5 D6 DK 2: S HA H5 H3 H2 3: S SQ S2 S3 SK 4: E C2 CA C8 C3 5: S H4 HQ H6 H10 3NT by S, making 5, NS: 460 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 2C 2D 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DJ D5 D6 DK 2: S HK H5 H3 H2 3: S SQ S2 S3 S5 4: S H9 HQ H6 H10 5: W S9 SA S7 S6 6: N H7 HJ HA D2 7: S H8 D3 C3 C2 8: S H4 D4 S4 C5 9: S CK C8 C6 C4 10: S CA CQ C7 C10 11: S DA D7 D9 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 430 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 11 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 12 - Dealer West - NS vul. S A 10 4 3 H A 8 4 D 10 C K 6 5 3 2 S Q 7 2 S K J 9 8 H J 9 3 H 10 2 D A Q 8 7 5 D K J 6 4 C 9 7 C J 10 4 S 6 5 H K Q 7 6 5 D 9 3 2 C A Q 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H3 HA H10 H5 2: N D10 D6 D3 DQ 3: W HJ H4 H2 HK 4: S D2 D5 H8 D4 5: N C2 C4 CA C7 6: S HQ 4H by S, making 6, NS: 680 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S2 S3 SK S5 2: E D4 D3 DQ D10 3: W C9 C2 C4 CQ 4: S H5 H3 HA H2 5: N H4 H10 HQ H9 6: S D2 D7 H8 D6 7: N SA S9 S6 S7 8: N S4 S8 H6 SQ 9: S HK HJ C3 C10 4H by S, making 5, NS: 650 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 12 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 13 - Dealer North - Both vul. S K Q J 8 2 H 7 6 D 9 3 C K 9 7 6 S 4 3 S A 9 6 H 5 3 H A K 10 8 2 D K Q 8 7 5 2 D 6 4 C A 4 2 C Q J 5 S 10 7 5 H Q J 9 4 D A J 10 C 10 8 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman 2S Pass 3S Pass Pass 4H Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S10 S3 S8 S9 2: S C3 C2 CK C5 3: N C6 CQ C8 C4 4: E HA H4 H3 H6 5: E HK H9 H5 H7 6: E D6 DA D2 D3 7: S S7 S4 SJ SA 8: E D4 D10 DK D9 9: W DQ S2 S6 4HX by E, down 2, NS: 500 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SK SA S5 S3 2: E D4 D10 DK D3 3: W H3 H7 HA H4 4: E D6 DJ DQ D9 5: W H5 H6 HK H9 6: E H2 HJ D5 S2 3D by W, making 4, NS: -130 ------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 24 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 14 - Dealer East - None vul. S A J 9 H J 10 2 D A 7 C A J 10 5 2 S Q 6 3 S K 10 8 7 4 H A 8 3 H 7 6 4 D K J 8 6 3 D 9 4 C 8 3 C K 9 6 S 5 2 H K Q 9 5 D Q 10 5 2 C Q 7 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman Pass Pass 1NT 1) Dbl 2S Dbl Pass 3C Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 10-14 Play 1: E S4 S2 SQ S9 2: W S6 SJ SK S5 3: E S7 D2 S3 SA 4: N H10 H4 HK H3 5: S CQ C3 C2 CK 6: E S10 3NT by N, down 2, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 3NT by N, down 2, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 24 - Welland 25 ============================================================= Board 15 - Dealer South - NS vul. S A J 9 8 2 H Q 8 6 D Q 8 4 C 8 4 S Q 6 5 4 3 S 7 H 10 9 4 3 2 H A K J 5 D 10 3 D J 9 5 2 C 6 C K J 10 7 S K 10 H 7 D A K 7 6 C A Q 9 5 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman 1C 2D 1) Pass 2S 2) 3D Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 5C Pass Pass Pass 1) weak 2 in !hs !ss multi 2) P/C Play 1: W H10 H6 HJ H7 2: E HK C2 H4 H8 3: S D6 D3 DQ D2 4: N C4 CJ CQ C6 5: S CA H2 C8 C7 6: S C3 S3 S2 C10 7: E HA C5 H3 HQ 8: S DA D10 D4 D5 9: S DK S4 D8 D9 10: S SK S5 S8 S7 11: S S10 S6 SA 5C by S, down 2, NS: -200 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia 1C Pass 1S Dbl 2D 2H 2NT Pass 3C 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H8 HA H7 H2 2: E CJ CQ C6 C8 3: S DK D3 D4 D2 4: S S10 S3 SJ S7 5: N H6 HJ C2 H3 6: E CK CA H9 C4 7: W S4 S2 H5 SK 8: E D5 D6 D10 DQ 9: N HQ HK C3 3H by W, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 24 - Welland 31 =============================================================