United States Bridge Championship Finals 7 of 8 Ekeblad vs. Welland =================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 91 | 3C N -1 50 | 1NT N +2 150 | | 5 | | 92 | 4SX N -1 200 | 5H W +1 480 | 7 | | | 93 | 5H E = 650 | 6NT E = 1440 | 13 | | | 94 | 3NT S +1 430 | 2S W -3 150 | 7 | | | 95 | 5C S = 600 | 4HX E -2 300 | 7 | | | 96 | 5DX N -3 500 | 5CX W = 750 | 6 | | | 97 | 2S S = 110 | 4S N -1 50 | 4 | | | 98 | 2S W -1 50 | 2H E -1 50 | | | | 99 | 3NT S +1 430 | 2HX E -3 800 | | 9 | | 100 | 1NT W +2 150 | 3NT W = 600 | 10 | | | 101 | 6S W -1 50 | 5S W = 450 | 11 | | | 102 | 3NT N +2 460 | 3NT N +2 460 | | | | 103 | 3NT E +2 660 | 3NT E = 600 | | 2 | | 104 | 2C N +1 110 | 3D W -1 50 | 2 | | | 105 | 5CX S -1 100 | 5CX S -2 300 | 5 | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 72 16 | | Carryover: 148 189 | | Total: 220 205 | =================================================================== Board 91 - Dealer South - None vul. S A 2 H 10 9 5 D A K Q 5 C Q J 10 9 S K 9 8 5 S J 10 6 H A J 8 6 H K 7 3 D 10 8 7 3 D J 6 4 C 7 C K 8 6 3 S Q 7 4 3 H Q 4 2 D 9 2 C A 5 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin Pass Pass 1C Pass 1D 1) Dbl 2) Pass 1S 1NT Pass Pass 2H Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass 1) 0-8 2) !h/!s Play 1: E SJ S3 S5 SA 2: N CJ C3 C2 C7 3: N C10 C8 C4 H6 4: N DA D4 D2 D3 5: N DK D6 D9 D10 6: N DQ DJ S4 D7 7: N D5 C6 CA D8 8: S SQ SK S2 S6 9: W S9 C9 S10 S7 10: N H9 HK H2 H8 11: E CK C5 S8 CQ 3C by N, down 1, NS: -50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius P! Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass 1NT by N, making 3, NS: 150 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 148 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 92 - Dealer West - NS vul. S A J 9 8 7 6 2 H 6 D C K Q J 4 3 S 10 3 S K Q 5 H J 9 8 5 4 H A K Q 10 D A K J 9 2 D Q 4 C A C 9 7 5 2 S 4 H 7 3 2 D 10 8 7 6 5 3 C 10 8 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1H 1S 2S Pass 3D 4C 4D Pass 4H 4S Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HA H2 H4 H6 2: E DQ D3 DK S2 3: N SA S5 S4 S3 4: N S9 SQ D5 S10 4SX by N, down 1, NS: -200 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1H 4S 5H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CK C2 C6 CA 2: W H4 H6 HA H3 5H by W, making 6, NS: -480 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 155 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 93 - Dealer North - Both vul. S Q 9 7 6 5 4 H 2 D A 9 6 3 C 8 2 S A K 10 3 2 S 8 H K 6 H A Q J 9 7 D K Q D J 8 7 4 2 C Q J 7 5 C A K S J H 10 8 5 4 3 D 10 5 C 10 9 6 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3C Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 4C Pass 4D Pass 4H Pass 5D Pass 5H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SJ SA S7 S8 2: W HK H2 H7 H3 3: W H6 C8 HA H4 4: E HQ H5 S2 S4 5: E D4 D5 DQ DA 6: N C2 CK C3 C5 7: E HJ H8 S3 S5 8: E CA C4 C7 S6 9: E H9 H10 S10 5H by E, making 5, NS: -650 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3C! Pass 3NT Pass 4NT Pass 6NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SJ SA S7 S8 2: W C5 C2 CK C3 3: E CA C4 C7 C8 4: E D7 D5 DQ D6 5: W DK DA D2 D10 6NT by E, making 6, NS: -1440 ------------------------------------------------------------- 13 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 168 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 94 - Dealer East - None vul. S K 7 6 2 H K 10 9 2 D K J 7 C 9 7 S J 10 9 8 4 3 S 5 H 7 H A Q 8 4 3 D 6 2 D Q 9 8 3 C J 10 5 3 C K 8 4 S A Q H J 6 5 D A 10 5 4 C A Q 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1H 1NT 2S 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H7 H2 HQ H5 2: E S5 SA SJ S2 3: S H6 S3 H9 H4 4: N DJ DQ DA D2 5: S HJ S4 H10 H8 6: S SQ S9 S7 C8 7: S D10 D6 D7 D3 8: S D4 C3 DK D8 9: N SK H3 C2 S8 10: N S6 HA D5 S10 11: W CJ C7 CK CA 12: S CQ 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 430 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C9 CK CA C5 2: S CQ C3 C7 C4 3: S C2 CJ S2 C8 4: N DK D3 D5 D2 5: N DJ D8 D10 D6 2S by W, down 3, NS: 150 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 175 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 95 - Dealer South - NS vul. S A J 10 H 9 8 7 4 3 D 4 3 2 C K Q S K 9 8 7 4 S 6 2 H H A Q J 10 6 5 2 D 9 8 7 6 5 D A Q C 9 5 2 C 10 8 S Q 5 3 H K D K J 10 C A J 7 6 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 2C Pass 2D 4H Pass Pass Dbl Pass 5C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D9 D2 DA D10 2: E HA HK D8 H3 3: E H5 CJ D6 H4 4: S C3 C2 CQ C8 5: N CK C10 C4 C5 6: N D3 DQ DK D5 7: S CA C9 H7 H2 8: S SQ S4 S10 5C by S, making 5, NS: 600 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1C 1S Dbl 4H Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DJ D5 D2 DQ 2: E HA HK S4 H3 3: E HQ C7 D6 H8 4: E HJ C4 S7 H4 5: E H10 C3 S8 H7 6: E C8 C6 C2 CK 4HX by E, down 2, NS: 300 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 182 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 96 - Dealer West - EW vul. S A K 10 9 H 2 D A K J 6 4 3 C 10 3 S J 8 6 5 S 3 H K Q 8 3 H A J 6 4 D D Q 9 7 5 C A K J 5 4 C Q 8 6 2 S Q 7 4 2 H 10 9 7 5 D 10 8 2 C 9 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1C 1D 1H Pass 4D Pass 4H Pass Pass Dbl Pass 4S Dbl Pass Pass 5D Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S3 S2 SJ SA 2: N DA D5 D2 C4 3: N DK D7 D8 HK 4: N D3 D9 D10 S5 5DX by N, down 3, NS: -500 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1C 1D 1H Pass 4H Dbl Pass 4S Dbl Pass 5C Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DA D5 D2 C4 2: W S5 S10 S3 S7 3: N H2 H4 H9 HK 4: W H3 C3 H6 H5 5: N C10 C2 C7 CA 6: W S6 S9 C6 S2 7: E D7 D8 C5 D3 8: W S8 SK C8 S4 9: E D9 D10 CJ D4 10: W SJ SA CQ SQ 11: E HJ H7 HQ D6 12: W CK 5CX by W, making 5, NS: -750 ------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 188 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 97 - Dealer North - None vul. S A J 10 6 3 H A K Q 8 D A Q 2 C Q S K Q S 9 8 4 H J 10 5 2 H 7 3 D 9 8 7 4 D K J 5 3 C J 10 8 C A 9 6 3 S 7 5 2 H 9 6 4 D 10 6 C K 7 5 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1C Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H2 HQ H7 H4 2: N CQ CA C4 C8 3: E H3 H9 HJ HA 4: N HK S4 H6 H5 5: E C3 CK C10 D2 6: S D6 D4 DQ DK 7: E D3 D10 D9 DA 8: N SA S9 S2 SQ 9: N H8 S8 C2 H10 10: E DJ S5 D7 S3 2S by S, making 2, NS: 110 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S4 S2 SQ SA 2: N CQ CA C2 CJ 3: E S8 S5 SK S3 4: W H5 HA H3 H4 5: N HK H7 H6 H2 6: N HQ S9 H9 H10 7: E C3 CK C8 4S by N, down 1, NS: -50 ------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 192 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 98 - Dealer East - NS vul. S 7 6 H A 7 5 4 D K Q 9 C K J 8 4 S 10 8 4 2 S A Q 9 5 H J 6 3 H Q 10 9 2 D 10 7 4 3 2 D A J C 10 C Q 5 3 S K J 3 H K 8 D 8 6 5 C A 9 7 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1C Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK DA D8 D3 2: E DJ D5 D2 DQ 3: N HA H2 H8 H3 4: N CK C3 C2 C10 5: N CJ C5 C6 S2 6: W D10 D9 CQ D6 7: W S8 S6 2S by W, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D8 D2 DQ DA 2: E SA SJ S2 S7 3: E SQ SK S4 S6 4: S D6 D4 DK DJ 5: N D9 C3 D5 D10 6: W C10 C4 C5 CA 7: S S3 S8 H4 S5 8: N H5 H2 HK H3 9: S C2 H6 C8 CQ 10: W HJ H7 H10 H8 11: W D7 HA 2H by E, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 192 - Welland 194 ============================================================= Board 99 - Dealer South - EW vul. S K 8 5 H K Q 10 6 D Q 8 C Q J 7 2 S 4 S J 10 7 6 3 2 H A J 8 4 H 9 7 3 D A K 9 6 2 D 10 4 C 8 4 3 C 10 5 S A Q 9 H 5 2 D J 7 5 3 C A K 9 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1NT 2D 1) 3D 2) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) !d + M 2) stayman Play 1: W DK D8 D10 D3 2: W DA DQ D4 D5 3: W S4 S5 S10 SQ 4: S H2 H4 HK H3 5: N C2 C5 CK C4 6: S H5 H8 HQ H9 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 430 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1NT 2D Pass 2H! Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CA C3 C2 C5 2: S H5 H4 H10 H3 3: N C7 C10 CK C4 4: S H2 HA H6 H7 5: W C8 CJ H9 C9 6: E D4 D5 DA D8 7: W DK DQ D10 D7 8: W D9 S8 S2 DJ 9: S C6 H8 CQ S3 10: W D6 2HX by E, down 3, NS: 800 ------------------------------------------------------------- 9 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 192 - Welland 203 ============================================================= Board 100 - Dealer West - Both vul. S A 8 3 2 H A 9 6 2 D Q 6 4 C 8 3 S K Q 10 S J 9 7 5 H Q 3 H K J 8 5 D J 10 8 7 2 D A C 10 7 6 C A Q J 4 S 6 4 H 10 7 4 D K 9 5 3 C K 9 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin Pass Pass 1C Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H2 H5 H10 HQ 2: W C7 C8 CQ C2 3: E S5 S4 SQ SA 4: N D4 DA D3 D7 5: E S7 S6 SK S2 6: W H3 HA H8 H4 7: N DQ C4 D5 D2 8: N D6 CJ DK 1NT by W, making 3, NS: -150 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius Pass Pass 1C Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SA S5 S4 SQ 2: N D4 DA D9 D2 3: E H5 H4 HQ HA 4: N DQ H8 D5 D7 5: N D6 3NT by W, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 202 - Welland 203 ============================================================= Board 101 - Dealer North - NS vul. S 10 H A J 8 3 D 10 9 8 4 C J 5 4 3 S K Q J 9 8 6 3 S A 2 H Q 9 6 H 10 2 D A 5 3 D K Q J 2 C C A K 9 8 7 S 7 5 4 H K 7 5 4 D 7 6 C Q 10 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin Pass 1C Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 4D Pass 4H Pass 4NT Pass 5H Dbl 6S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H2 H4 H6 2: N H3 H10 HK H9 6S by W, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius Pass 1C Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass 5D Pass 5S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H2 H7 H6 2: N H3 H10 HK H9 5S by W, making 5, NS: -450 ------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 213 - Welland 203 ============================================================= Board 102 - Dealer East - EW vul. S Q 10 7 6 H A 4 2 D J 4 C K J 10 9 S 3 2 S A K J 8 4 H 7 5 H K J 10 9 8 D 10 8 5 D 6 2 C 8 6 5 4 3 2 C 7 S 9 5 H Q 6 3 D A K Q 9 7 3 C A Q Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1S 2D Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E SA S5 S3 S6 2: E C7 CA C8 C9 3: S D3 D10 DJ D6 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 460 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1S Dbl Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E SK S5 S2 S6 2: E SA S9 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 460 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 213 - Welland 203 ============================================================= Board 103 - Dealer South - Both vul. S K 9 6 H 10 9 5 4 D K 10 6 C 10 6 2 S Q J 7 3 S 5 4 H Q 3 H A K 8 D J 9 D A Q 8 4 3 C J 9 8 7 4 C K Q 5 S A 10 8 2 H J 7 6 2 D 7 5 2 C A 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin Pass Pass Pass 1D Pass 1S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H7 H3 H9 HK 2: E CK CA C4 C6 3: S H2 HQ H4 H8 4: W DJ DK DA D7 5: E D3 D5 D9 D10 6: N H5 HA H6 S3 7: E DQ D2 S7 D6 8: E D8 S2 SJ S6 9: E CQ C3 C7 C2 10: E D4 3NT by E, making 5, NS: -660 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius Pass Pass Pass 1D Pass 1S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H6 H3 H9 HK 2: E CQ CA C4 C2 3: S H2 HQ H4 H8 4: W DJ DK DA D7 5: E D4 D2 D9 D10 6: N S6 S4 SA S3 7: S S2 S7 SK S5 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 213 - Welland 205 ============================================================= Board 104 - Dealer West - None vul. S A 10 H J 9 D 9 8 C A Q J 9 8 7 5 S 2 S Q J 9 7 5 4 H K Q 10 8 7 H 5 4 D A Q J 5 D K 7 3 C K 3 2 C 10 6 S K 8 6 3 H A 6 3 2 D 10 6 4 2 C 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin 1H 2C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H5 HA H7 H9 2: S C4 C2 CQ C6 3: N CA C10 H2 C3 2C by N, making 3, NS: 110 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius 1H 2C Dbl Pass 2D 3C Pass Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D9 D3 D6 DJ 2: W HK H9 H5 HA 3: S C4 C3 CJ C6 4: N CA C10 S6 C2 5: N C5 S4 D2 CK 6: S H2 H7 HJ H4 7: N S10 SQ S3 S2 8: E DK D4 D5 D8 3D by W, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 215 - Welland 205 ============================================================= Board 105 - Dealer North - EW vul. S 10 9 6 H D 9 6 5 4 2 C J 10 6 4 2 S K 8 4 2 S 7 5 3 H A Q 9 5 H K J 10 8 6 4 D Q 3 D K J 8 C A 8 3 C 9 S A Q J H 7 3 2 D A 10 7 C K Q 7 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Ekeblad M. Rosenberg Rubin Pass 2H Dbl 4H 4NT Pass 5C Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H5 C2 H8 H7 2: N C4 C9 CK C3 3: S H2 H9 C6 H4 4: N S6 S3 SA S4 5: S H3 HQ C10 H6 6: N S9 S7 SQ SK 7: W CA CJ HK C5 8: W S8 S10 S5 SJ 9: S CQ C8 D2 D8 10: S D10 DQ D4 DK 11: E H10 C7 HA 5CX by S, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Welland Gitelman Fallenius Pass 2H Dbl 4H 4NT Pass 5C Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C3 CJ C9 C5 2: N D2 D8 D10 DQ 3: W HA C2 H4 H3 4: N S6 S7 SQ SK 5: W H5 C4 H6 H2 6: N S9 S5 SA S2 7: S H7 H9 C6 H8 8: N C10 S3 C7 CA 5CX by S, down 2, NS: -300 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 220 - Welland 205 =============================================================