US Bridge Championship Schwartz V. Ekeblad SF 5 of 8 Schwartz vs. Ekeblad =================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 61 | 4S W = 620 | 4S E +1 650 | 1 | | | 62 | 4SX N -3 500 | 4SX N -2 300 | | 5 | | 63 | 4H W -1 50 | 4H W -1 50 | | | | 64 | 1NT S = 90 | 5CX S -1 100 | 5 | | | 65 | 4H E = 420 | 2H W +1 140 | | 7 | | 66 | 1NT W = 90 | 3C E = 110 | 1 | | | 67 | 3NT E +2 660 | 3NT E = 600 | | 2 | | 68 | 3NT W -1 100 | 3D N -2 200 | 7 | | | 69 | 4H W -2 100 | 4HX W -2 300 | | 5 | | 70 | 3NT W +2 660 | 3NT W +2 660 | | | | 71 | 4H N -1 100 | 4H N -1 100 | | | | 72 | 2S E = 110 | 2S W = 110 | | | | 73 | 4C N -2 100 | 4C N -2 100 | | | | 74 | 3D N -2 200 | 3H W -1 100 | | 7 | | 75 | 3NT S +3 490 | 3NT S +3 490 | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 14 26 | | Carryover: 106 123 | | Total: 120 149 | =================================================================== Board 61 - Dealer North - Both vul. S 9 H Q J 9 6 5 D Q J 4 3 2 C K 7 S A K Q 10 7 S J 6 4 3 H 8 3 H A 4 2 D 10 9 5 D A K 6 C 9 8 6 C A J 10 S 8 5 2 H K 10 7 D 8 7 C Q 5 4 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass 1C Pass 1H Dbl Pass Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D2 DA D8 D5 2: E S3 S8 SK S9 3: W SA H5 S4 S5 4: W SQ D4 S6 S2 5: W H3 H6 H2 H7 6: S D7 D10 DJ DK 7: E HA H10 H8 H9 8: E H4 HK S7 HJ 9: W D9 4S by W, making 4, NS: -620 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass 1NT Pass 2H! 1) Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) Transfer Play 1: S D8 D10 DJ DK 2: E S3 S5 SA S9 3: W SK D4 S4 S2 4: W S10 H5 S6 S8 5: W H3 H6 H4 H7 6: S D7 D9 DQ DA 7: E D6 4S by E, making 5, NS: -650 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Schwartz, Schwartz 107 - Ekeblad 123 ============================================================= Board 62 - Dealer East - None vul. S A 7 4 3 H Q 3 2 D A 9 5 C A Q 9 S K Q J 10 5 S H A 7 6 H J 10 5 D 10 7 2 D K 8 4 C 7 3 C K J 10 6 5 4 2 S 9 8 6 2 H K 9 8 4 D Q J 6 3 C 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen 3C Pass Pass 3NT Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass 4C Pass 4S Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HJ HK HA H3 2: W H7 H2 H10 H4 3: E H5 H8 H6 HQ 4: N S4 C2 S9 S10 5: W D2 D9 DK D3 6: E D8 D6 D7 DA 7: N D5 D4 DJ D10 8: S DQ S5 S7 C5 9: N CA C4 C8 4SX by N, down 3, NS: -500 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman 3C Pass Pass 3NT Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass 4C Pass 4S Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HJ H4 HA H3 2: W SK S3 D8 S2 3: W D2 D5 DK D3 4: E D4 D6 D10 DA 5: N HQ H5 H8 H6 6: N H2 H10 HK H7 7: S H9 C3 D9 C6 8: S DQ D7 C9 C5 9: S C8 C7 4SX by N, down 2, NS: -300 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 107 - Ekeblad 128 ============================================================= Board 63 - Dealer South - NS vul. S K Q 4 H 6 2 D A Q 9 8 4 C 9 8 3 S A 8 2 S J 10 7 6 H J 10 9 8 7 5 3 H A Q 4 D J D K 2 C J 2 C K Q 7 4 S 9 5 3 H K D 10 7 6 5 3 C A 10 6 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SQ S6 S3 SA 2: W HJ H6 H4 HK 3: S S9 S8 SK S7 4: N DA D2 D3 DJ 4H by W, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SK S6 S9 SA 2: W HJ H2 H4 HK 3: S D3 DJ DA D2 4: N C3 C4 CA C2 5: S S5 S2 SQ S7 4H by W, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 107 - Ekeblad 128 ============================================================= Board 64 - Dealer West - EW vul. S A K Q 8 3 H 7 6 D 7 6 5 C K J 9 S J 7 6 S 10 9 5 2 H J 2 H K Q 8 5 4 3 D K 10 8 2 D A 4 3 C A 6 5 3 C S 4 H A 10 9 D Q J 9 C Q 10 8 7 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass 1S Pass 1NT 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) semi-for Play 1: W D2 D5 DA D9 2: E H5 H9 HJ H6 3: W H2 H7 HQ H10 4: E D4 DQ D8 D6 5: S C7 C3 CK H4 6: N CJ H3 CQ 1NT by S, making 1, NS: 90 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass 1S 2H Pass Pass Dbl Pass 4C Pass 4S Pass Pass Dbl 5C Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HJ H6 H5 HA 2: S S4 S6 SA S2 3: N SK S5 H9 S7 4: N SQ S9 H10 SJ 5: N CJ H3 C2 C3 6: N D5 D3 DQ DK 7: W H2 H7 H8 C4 8: S C7 C5 CK H4 9: N D6 DA D9 D2 5CX by S, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Schwartz, Schwartz 112 - Ekeblad 128 ============================================================= Board 65 - Dealer North - None vul. S 10 9 2 H 10 8 D A 9 5 4 C K 8 5 2 S Q 8 7 3 S K 6 4 H K J 6 4 H A 7 3 2 D K J 3 2 D 8 7 6 C 3 C A Q J S A J 5 H Q 9 5 D Q 10 C 10 9 7 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C9 C3 CK CA 2: E H2 H5 HJ H8 3: W HK H10 H3 HQ 4: W H4 C2 HA H9 5: E CQ C6 S3 C5 6: E CJ C4 S7 C8 7: E D6 D10 DK DA 8: N S10 S4 S5 SQ 9: W S8 S9 SK SA 10: S SJ H6 S2 S6 11: W D2 4H by E, making 4, NS: -420 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C5 CA C10 C3 2: E HA H5 H4 H8 3: E H2 H9 HJ H10 4: W HK C2 H3 HQ 5: W S3 S2 SK SA 6: S D10 DJ DA D6 7: N D4 D7 DQ DK 8: W D2 D9 D8 C4 9: N D5 H7 C6 D3 10: E S4 S5 S7 S9 11: N CK 2H by W, making 3, NS: -140 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 112 - Ekeblad 135 ============================================================= Board 66 - Dealer East - NS vul. S A 8 6 5 H Q 10 9 7 2 D Q 10 4 C J S Q 4 S K 10 9 7 H K 3 H 8 6 4 D A 9 5 2 D K 8 6 C 10 8 7 6 3 C A K 9 S J 3 2 H A J 5 D J 7 3 C Q 5 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen 1D Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H7 H8 HA H3 2: S HJ HK HQ H4 3: W SQ SA S7 S2 4: N H10 H6 H5 D2 5: N H9 D6 C5 C3 6: N H2 C9 D3 D5 7: N S5 S9 SJ S4 1NT by W, making 1, NS: -90 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman 1C Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C4 C3 CJ CA 2: E S7 S3 SQ SA 3: N H2 H6 HA H3 4: S HJ HK HQ H4 5: W C6 H7 C9 CQ 6: S C5 C7 D4 CK 7: E D6 D3 DA D10 8: W C10 DQ H8 C2 9: W D2 H9 DK D7 10: E D8 3C by E, making 3, NS: -110 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Schwartz, Schwartz 113 - Ekeblad 135 ============================================================= Board 67 - Dealer South - EW vul. S Q 8 5 2 H J 7 5 D J 9 8 7 C 6 2 S A K 9 6 S J 3 H 9 4 H A 10 3 2 D 4 3 D A Q 10 5 C K J 9 8 5 C A 10 7 S 10 7 4 H K Q 8 6 D K 6 2 C Q 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2C 1) Pass 2S 2) Pass 2NT Pass 3C 3) Pass 3D 4) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 4th suit 2) 6/5 or waiting 3) nat. 4) could be flexible hand Play 1: S S7 S6 SQ S3 2: N D7 D10 DK D3 3: S D6 D4 D8 DQ 4: E SJ S4 S9 S2 5: E CA C3 C5 C2 6: E C10 C4 3NT by E, making 5, NS: -660 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HQ H4 H5 H3 2: S S10 SA S2 S3 3: W C9 C2 C10 CQ 4: S S7 S6 SQ SJ 5: N D7 DQ DK D3 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 113 - Ekeblad 137 ============================================================= Board 68 - Dealer West - Both vul. S 9 2 H A 10 2 D K Q 8 7 3 2 C J 3 S Q 10 5 3 S 4 H K Q H 8 6 5 4 3 D 10 D A J 9 4 C A K Q 8 7 5 C 9 6 4 S A K J 8 7 6 H J 9 7 D 6 5 C 10 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen 1C 2D Pass 2S 3C Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S9 S4 SK S3 2: S H7 HK HA H3 3: N DK DA D6 D10 4: E DJ D5 S10 DQ 5: N H10 H4 HJ HQ 6: W CA C3 C4 C2 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman 1C 1D 1H 2S! 1) 3C 3D Pass Pass Pass 1) Weak Play 1: E C4 C2 CQ CJ 2: W CK C3 C9 C10 3: W HQ HA H3 H7 4: N S9 S4 SA S3 5: S D5 D10 DK DA 6: E H6 HJ HK H2 7: W S5 S2 D4 S6 8: E H4 H9 3D by N, down 2, NS: -200 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Schwartz, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 137 ============================================================= Board 69 - Dealer North - NS vul. S 10 6 5 4 3 H K 6 4 D K 9 C 10 8 5 S A 8 S K J H A J 9 8 3 H Q 10 7 5 D 8 5 3 D J 10 7 6 C A 7 6 C Q J 4 S Q 9 7 2 H 2 D A Q 4 2 C K 9 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass Pass 1D 1H Dbl 2NT 3S 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S3 SK S7 S8 2: E H7 H2 H3 HK 3: N DK D6 D4 D3 4: N D9 DJ DA D5 5: S DQ D8 S5 D7 6: S D2 C6 H4 D10 7: N S4 SJ 4H by W, down 2, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass Pass 1D 1H 1S 2S 3S 4H Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK D6 D2 D3 2: N D9 DJ DA D5 3: S DQ D8 C8 D7 4: S D4 C6 H4 D10 5: N S6 SJ SQ SA 6: W S8 S5 SK S2 7: E HQ H2 HA H6 8: W H9 HK H5 4HX by W, down 2, NS: 300 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 142 ============================================================= Board 70 - Dealer East - EW vul. S A 9 4 H 9 3 2 D A 9 4 C J 8 7 6 S K Q 3 2 S 7 H 8 4 H A K J 10 6 D J 8 5 D K Q 10 7 6 C A K Q 4 C 5 2 S J 10 8 6 5 H Q 7 5 D 3 2 C 10 9 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen 1H Pass 1S Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C6 C2 C9 CQ 2: W D5 D4 DK D2 3: E D6 D3 DJ D9 4: W D8 DA D7 S8 5: N C7 C5 C10 CA 6: W H4 H2 HJ HQ 3NT by W, making 5, NS: -660 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman 1H Pass 2C! Pass 2D Pass 2NT Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C6 C2 C9 CQ 2: W D5 D4 DK D2 3: E D6 D3 DJ DA 4: N C7 C5 C10 CA 5: W H4 H9 HJ HQ 6: S C3 3NT by W, making 5, NS: -660 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 142 ============================================================= Board 71 - Dealer South - Both vul. S 2 H K Q 9 7 3 D K Q 9 8 3 C K Q S A J 4 S Q 10 9 8 6 H J 8 2 H A 5 D 5 D J 4 2 C A 10 8 7 3 2 C J 9 5 S K 7 5 3 H 10 6 4 D A 10 7 6 C 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass 2C 2H Dbl 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E C5 C4 CA CQ 2: W D5 D8 DJ DA 3: S H4 H2 HK HA 4: E D4 D6 H8 D9 5: W C7 CK C9 C6 6: N HQ H5 H6 HJ 7: N S2 S9 SK SA 4H by N, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass Pass 1H Pass 2H 3C 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E C5 C4 CA CQ 2: W D5 D9 DJ DA 3: S H4 H2 HK HA 4: E D4 D6 H8 D3 5: W C7 CK C9 C6 6: N HQ H5 H6 HJ 7: N S2 S8 SK SA 4H by N, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 142 ============================================================= Board 72 - Dealer West - None vul. S A 10 9 H K 6 2 D 7 6 4 2 C K 6 3 S 7 6 4 3 2 S Q J 5 H Q 10 9 7 H A J 4 D K 9 D Q 8 5 C 8 4 C Q J 7 2 S K 8 H 8 5 3 D A J 10 3 C A 10 9 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass Pass 1D Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H3 H10 H2 H4 2: W S2 S9 SQ SK 3: S D10 DK D7 D5 4: W S3 SA S5 S8 5: N C3 CJ CA C4 6: S C10 C8 CK C2 7: N D2 D8 DJ D9 8: S D3 H7 D4 DQ 9: E SJ 2S by E, making 2, NS: -110 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass Pass 1C Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2H! 1) Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass 1) Non-invitational Play 1: N D7 D5 D10 DK 2: W S2 S9 SQ SK 3: S C5 C4 CK C2 4: N D2 D8 DJ D9 5: S DA S3 D4 DQ 6: W S4 SA S5 S8 7: N S10 SJ D3 S6 8: E CQ CA C8 C3 9: S C9 S7 C6 C7 2S by W, making 2, NS: -110 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 142 ============================================================= Board 73 - Dealer North - EW vul. S 7 4 3 H K Q 7 D 2 C A K 10 6 4 3 S Q 6 5 S A K J 9 8 H 9 8 5 H A J 10 4 D A 8 6 5 3 D Q 4 C 5 2 C J 9 S 10 2 H 6 3 2 D K J 10 9 7 C Q 8 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen 2C Dbl 3D Pass 4C 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) just making sure Play 1: E SK S2 S5 S4 2: E S8 S10 SQ S3 3: W H5 HK HA H2 4: E HJ H3 H8 HQ 5: N CA C9 C7 C2 6: N D2 D4 DK DA 4C by N, down 2, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman 1C 1S Pass 2S 3C 3H 4C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E SK S2 S6 S7 2: E S9 S10 SQ S4 3: W H8 HK HA H2 4: E HJ H3 H9 HQ 5: N S3 S8 C7 S5 6: S CQ C2 C3 C9 7: S C8 C5 CA CJ 8: N D2 D4 DJ DA 9: W H5 4C by N, down 2, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 142 ============================================================= Board 74 - Dealer East - Both vul. S K Q J 10 2 H J D A K 10 9 C J 6 4 S A 4 S 9 8 6 5 H A 10 7 4 2 H Q 9 5 D Q 8 3 D J 7 C A Q 8 C K 9 7 2 S 7 3 H K 8 6 3 D 6 5 4 2 C 10 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen Pass Pass 1NT 2D Pass Pass 2H 2S Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H5 H3 HA HJ 2: W CQ C6 C2 C3 3: W S4 SK S6 S3 4: N DA D7 D2 D3 5: N DK DJ D4 D8 6: N SQ S5 S7 SA 7: W DQ D9 C7 D5 8: W CA 3D by N, down 2, NS: -200 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman Pass Pass 1NT Dbl Pass 2C! 2H 2S 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SK S5 S3 SA 2: W D3 DK D7 D2 3: N SQ S6 S7 S4 4: N SJ S8 D5 H2 5: W D8 DA DJ D6 6: N S10 S9 D4 H4 7: W HA HJ H5 H3 8: W H7 D10 HQ HK 9: S H6 H10 3H by W, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 149 ============================================================= Board 75 - Dealer South - None vul. S A 6 H Q J 10 8 5 D 10 6 2 C 9 4 3 S Q J 5 3 2 S K 10 H 6 4 2 H K 9 7 3 D 7 5 3 D Q J 9 8 4 C Q J C 8 6 S 9 8 7 4 H A D A K C A K 10 7 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Berkowitz Greco Cohen 1C Pass 1D Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H6 H5 H3 HA 2: S CA CQ C3 C6 3: S CK CJ C4 C8 3NT by S, making 6, NS: 490 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Casen Moss Krekorian Gitelman 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H6 H5 H3 HA 2: S CK CQ C3 C6 3: S CA CJ C4 C8 4: S C5 D3 C9 3NT by S, making 6, NS: 490 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 120 - Ekeblad 149 =============================================================